do you think it s going to happen again? miah was one of several witnesses who gave heartbreaking and really disturbing testimony at the hearing about america s epidemic of gun violence. mass shootings are on pace to hit record levels this year. the parents of lexi rubio, who was killed at robb elementary we want as they implored lawmakers to change the country s gun laws. we don t want you to think of lexi as just a number. she was intelligent, compassionate, athletic. she was quiet, shy unless she had a point to make. if she knew she was right, as she so often was, she was firm, direct, voice unwavering. so today we stand for lexi and as her voice we demand action. we seek a ban on assault rifles and high capacity magazines. we understand that for some reason to some people, to people with money, to people who fund political campaigns that guns are more important than children. somewhere out there there s a mom listening to our testimony thinking i can t even imagine
dana: dr. mehmet oz and dave mccormick are separated by a few thousand votes. if the margin doesn t get bigger it heads for a recount. bill: pennsylvania s recount threshold, half a percentage point, .5% still tallying the votes and both candidates sounding very confident late last night. when all the votes are tallied i m confident we will win. we can see the path ahead. we can see victory ahead. dana: bryan llenas is reporting live from new hope, pennsylvania. you had a late night. catch us up this morning, bryan. good morning. we re in bucks county, the philadelphia suburban county that put oz over the top. the margins here were better than people expected. oz is currently leading dave mccormick by less than 3,000 votes statewide. the doctor is winning bucks county by some 5,000 votes. the mccormick camp says they re confident that thousands of absentee and mail-in ballots will break their way. perhaps voters chose mccormick before trump s endorsement of dr. oz
honk the victims, 86-year-old ruth whitfield who stopped for groceries, she had just returned from visiting her husband in the nursing home. her son spoke to omar jimenez. one of the things that we as a family wanted to ensure is that we call it what it is, it is white supremacy, it is hate, it is racism, it is bigotry. we got to call it what it is and stop beating around the bush and take it head-on because it is proliferating, it is not getting better. jasmine wright is for us in washington. and as you just heard, the families are calling for officials to confront racism head-on and it seems like that is what the president plans do today. reporter: that s right, christine. a white house official says that the president is expected to address the racial motivations that led to this shooting and he is expected to condemn them, but also call on americans to embrace diversity, the thing that makes this country really america frankly america here. so we will see the presid
wow. americans heard and responded with a resounding ew. bizarre. president biden whew. on defense. over high consumer prices. there you go, inflation in the morning. he says inflation is a top domestic priority. and, again, takes aim at maga republicans. we re going to play for you his new comments and have the new inflation report when it crosses later this morning. plus, a mixed night for trump-backed candidates, with a win in west virginia, but a loss in nebraska. boy, that nebraska loss, statewide, it may show again, it may be easier for donald trump to win in smaller congressional races, much harder, statewide, in states like nebraska. maybe pennsylvania, we ll see. we ll discuss what this says about the former president s hold on the republican party. and ukraine reports new gains in kharkiv, saying it has managed to recapture villages. and is pushing back russian forces. we ll have the latest on the counteroffensive in a region that has come un
Dollar index continuing to climb higher and higher out of the case as well for crude oil. This is the global benchmark. Imax is up as well, over 96 a barrel, real strength in the oil market as we heard the russians and the saudis will continue production cuts at least through the end of the year and also in the last few minutes we learned that United Airlines is issued a nationwide ground stop for all flights due to a computer issue. This is according to abc news and they cite the faa and united for this nationwide founding of all united flights. The shares are down to session lows off of 4. 2 4. 6 . John we will continue to watch. You are talking about the energy trade today and the commitment for some opecplus nations to supply cuts the has few Energy Stocks on the down day for most sectors, but Occidental Petroleum up 3. 5 at this hour. As we continue to read through to the health of the economy, americas car market was an interesting example. A used car dealers profitability is tak