violence in the united states. washington, new york, chicago and atlanta, some of the cities seeing deadly shootings as the country braces for a possible summer unrest. all of this ahead of a midterm election where crime will likely be a top concern for voters. anita: thank you so much, i m anita vogel in for sandra smith. a teenager is dead in the nation s capital and three others are hurt including a d.c. police officer during a shooting during a concert. the teen was screaming for his mother as chaos unfolded around him. john: a stampede as dozens attempted to escape. more than 100 officers were at the scene but organizers of the event were completely overwhelmed. park meredith to kick us off with more on the tragic events. another violent weekend in the nation s capital, and one shooting a lot of attention after a 15-year-old boy was killed and multiple other people were hurt. police have not identified the victim in the shooting but witnesses say he was calling for
pledging america s unwavering support for democracy in taiwan. the ccp is not taking that lying down. china putting out a new saber rattling video this morning showing missiles at the ready and fighter jets moving into position as beijing prepares to hold its largest taiwan military drills. they will go on for six days. we haven t seen them at this magnitude in 30 years. bill: they re set to surround the island while conducting live fire exercises. some of those drills will happen in taiwanese waters. former secretary of state mike pompeo saying it is america s responsibility to hold beijing accountable. over these last 48 hours with respect to pelosi s trip is a symptom of the challenge in front of us. we weren t going to sit back and listen to the rhetoric and do nothing. if you continue down this pack and conduct live fire exercise we ll begin to take real action. there was no threat to china itself. they created this crisis. we should not let them use the visit of s
who may it be? i know somebody who s going to turn 35 about a month before the election in 2024. they represent new york s 14th. greg: if democrats ditch their political equivalent of yoda they can save themselves a ton of headaches. with aoc, they won t have to worry about winning over the far left face. she already embraces their platform. capitalism has not always existed in the world and it will not always exist in the world. i think there s a lot of people more concerned about being precisely factually and semantically correct than about being morally right. the world was going to end in 12 years if we don t address climate change. your biggest issue is how are we going to pay for it? talking about the reduction of our nypd budget. $6 billion nypd budget. greg: yes. joe biden can rest easily she will no longer have to convince the american people that her husband is doing a good job and say things like i don t want to sound like a political ad. we have do
are paying diesel. the president wants to suspend that through september. he needs congressional approval to get it done, however. members of both parties are a bit skeptical. dana: jason chaffetz echoed concerns of republicans who say it won t address the real issue. it s a pure gimmick and does not solve the problem at all. it really doesn t. we have a supply problem and the president has no plan other than to go to the saudis, cut some gas tax, tap into the strategic petroleum reserve, all of which are bad ideas. produce the energy at home and they can solve the problem. that s not what he is doing. bill: what is he doing? peter doocy joins us from the north lawn leading the coverage today. good morning. even if this gas tax holiday gets passed by congress, it is unclear this morning exactly how much help people are going to get. markets don t respond to gimmicks. the administration it is an unserious solution to a serious problem and they are just not takin
from a historic visit by the house speaker nancy pelosi prompting threats of fierce retaliation out of beijing. good morning. it is tuesday. dana has the day off today. i m bill hemmer. welcome back, sandra. good morning. glad to be with you. i m sandra smith. this is america s newsroom. those chinese fighter jets buzzing taiwan airspace amid local reporting now the speaker could be arriving there in a matter of hours. bill: she would be the highest ranking u.s. official to be in that island in 25 years. china sees it as a slap in the face saying the u.s. should not support a country that beijing views as a breakaway province. the white house has not confirmed her trip but maintains it will not be intimidated. here is what nfc spokesperson john kirby said just this morning. we gave her advice and counsel and gave her information and we re helping with her transportation. this is her decision and we support and respect that decision. what we have said is there is no