that brings the total number of dead to seven now. and dozens more are injured. we also learned today among the dead are 35 and 37-year-old arena and kevin mccarthy. they are or were aidan s parents. he is a 2-year-old boy. he was found alive after the shooting and was reunited with his grandparents. but now we know that he s an orphan. a gofundme page has been created to raise money to support little aidan. here we are again in america, after ewe vaumd day, after buffalo. my god. it goes on and on and on. at least 319 people in the u.s. so far this year, according to the gun violence archive. and it is only july. only hours after that crowd went running for their lives in highland park, so did a crowd of july fourth revelers in philadelphia when shots rang out, injuring two police officers. thankfully they re okay. the democratic mayor of that city is so fed up with gun violence, he says he can t wait until he s not in his job anymore. this is a gun country. it s crazy. we
Dow close to segment lows. Lets get to it. We know the president will be speaking in the diplomatic room at 11 306789 we are getting new details from the White House Press pool about how the president has spent his morning. We are told that the president and vicepresident were notified of the situation in alexandria this morning the president has already spoken to the speaker of the house, the Senate Majority leader and the wife of congressman, Steve Scalise, the congressman that was apparently bad will you injured in that attack we are also told he has spoken to congressman Steve Scalise and the chief of the Capitol Police, which would norm will you not be under president ial jurisdiction but the president clearly reaching out to all of those individuals to offer his support and condolences an also to coordinate the federal government response. We will find out more from the president at 11 30 about what the government knows about this gunman, the attacker, his possible motive. You sa
As democrats prepare for a convention in which their new Vice President ial pick will take center stage, Kamala Harris is making it Crystal Clear today shes ready to take on whatever trump and republicans dish out from false birtherism claims to accusations of being too ambitious. Theyre going to engage in lies. Theyre going to engage in deception, in an attempt to distract from the real issues. For the latest on the battle surrounding the post office, lets go to josh ledderman at the white house. We just played that sound from chief of staff mark meadows arguing somewhat awkwardly the lack of evidence of voter fraud is the evidence of voter fraud . Yeah, those comments already being compared on twitter, lindsey, to former defense secretary don rumsfeld in the leadp to the iraq war saying the absence of evidence does not mean the the absence of evidence. Basically, the fact that you dont have evidence of something doesnt mean its not necessarily there. Not a great comparison there, but
Cox connect and compete. Politico has a story looking at a survey done by the conservative growth club for growth group that sends a warning shot at the former president on the eve of his expected Campaign Launch indicating in my bag is the essential rival Florida Governor ron desantis. Over the last year is broken with him providing pulling numbers saying that Governor Desantis led by double digits in oneonone matchups in iowa and new hampshire. First to state on the gop nominating calendar, surveys showing Governor Desantis leading the former president by a wide margin in florida, their shared home state and in georgia which is holding that december 6 ronald. You can find that story at politico, go to the pages of the Tampa Tribune even a story there posted yesterday saying Governor Desantis maybe playing point about the president ial intentions you may have a new super pack is informed get oxygen to the idea of serving as campaign until the honor makes it official. Ron to the rescue
Off china. I cut off china very early. If i didnt, we would have a chart that you wouldnt believe. How would i know to cut off europe. I cut off europe very early. People knew some bad things were going on. They got off to late start. We cut off china. If we didnt cut off china, we would have been in some big trouble p we cut it off way early. Go ahead. Mr. President , the toll up on the Insurance Point in a separate question that came from from a colleague that cant be in the room. On the Insurance Point who are you with . Role call. Is there going to be an opportunity for Insurance Companies, if hospitals are compensated for uncompensated care, are the Insurance Companies going to also get compensated for its extraordinary expenses that they may have or they sieming that cost . We havent discussed it but were talking to them. Getting them to not pay copays and the case of the big ones. Thats a lot of money we gave up but were discussing that with the Insurance Companies. Go ahead. I