dangerous people s hands. also this hour, breaking news, a showdown in international waters. the u.s. navy says they stopped iran from suspected attempts to seize two oil tankers. and just 48 hours ago, scorched earth, the new unofficial hottest day in human recordkeeping. we re going to begin the hour, though, with the number 351. that s the total number of mass shootings in the united states so far this year according to the gun violence archive. it affected many american cities this july 4th weekend. a shooting at a block party on sunday in baltimore left two dead and 28 injured. in philadelphia, five were killed including a teen boy. and more than a thousand miles away in fort worth, texas, three people died after gunfire broke out. on independence day, a celebration turned tragic in louisiana leaving three people dead. police there say it was hard to reach victims because of so many parked vehicles belonging to families and friends in the crowds. in our nation s capi
he is present. we have reverend senior pastor of the church of christian compassion, who has collaborated with us many times and among other things is providing assistance to one of the families to deal with one of the most traumatic aspects of the aftermath of the shooting. we have emam kenneth nordeen of the philadelphia mosque whose antigun violence work is constant. we have the reverend dr. sean james, senior pastor here at the salt and light church, which is our host. in the back at this time we also have josephine wama and jasmine wama who are the two sisters of one of the homicide victims. if they are able, they will be speaking today, and if they are not able, you will understand the reality of what they re up against. let me just say a couple of words. it really only should be a couple of words before we hear