110 degrees in california. This is reel, really important moment in our history. Nationwide Juneteenth Celebrations kick off across the country. Im Pamela Brown in washington. You are in the Cnn Newsroom on this saturday. And there is breaking News Tonight out of south florida. That is where at least two people were run over by a truck during wilton manners stonewall pride parade. This is according to the City Commissioner there. The commissioner says it seems increasingly probable this was an accident, but we will keep you updated as we get more details on that. And meantime on this Saturday Night the clearest evidence yet of the spiraling Gun Violence Epidemic in america. More than 280 Mass Shootings in this country this year alone. The numbers are way up not only from last year but the year before. And before this night is over if this trend continues, 54 people will die in various shootings somewhere in america. A staggering jump so far in 2021 compared with the same time frame over the past six years. And some of the video of those targeted is nothing short of heart breaking. Cnns Evan Mcmorrison is in new York City for us, one of the cities seeing the crisis itself. Reporter it feels like for viewers at home were talking about another one of these shootings every single day. Thats because we are. Thats because of how fast they are happening in this country right now. Another deadly weekend in the u. S. With even more Mass Shootings and Gun Violence incidents. Overnight a shooting left five people injured, and in Colorado Springs two separate shootings less than a mile apart friday night. One shooting erupted at a Mall Carnival and another outside a restaurant. Five people total including three young people ended up in a hospital. The specifics of each incident vary but all three tell the same story, the terrifying normalcy of Gun Violence. Cnn defines a Mass Shooting as four or more people shot excluding the shooter. Thats happened more than 280 times across the country since the beginning of 2021. Thats about 40 more than this point in 2020. And 65 more than in 2019. That type of violence has been surging through the pandemic and now in 2021 were really seeing these numbers rise, and we can think about how the pandemic has increased stress, increased frustration, added to things like Job Loss and trauma and isolation, and we know all of that has an impact on Gun Violence. Reporter in chicago a Mass Shooting early Tuesday Morning left four people dead and another four injured. Among those killed 19yearold williams who was supposed to attend her High School graduation. Unfortunately, chicagos not unique. We are part of a club to which cities to which no one wants to belong. Cities with Mass Shootings. Reporter across the country in arizona a single suspect was arrested in connection with eight different shootings in the Phoenix Metro Area that left one person dead and at least 12 others injured by Gunfire Or Hit by shrapnel. A warning, the following video is disturbing to watch. We usually see only the aftermath of these terrifying incidents. But in the Bronx Surveillance cameras captured an attack on thursday. And children caught in the cross fire. Though the children were not shot and the victim is in stable condition, it serves as a stark reminder of the violence and an increasing number of americanerize confronting. Now, pam, i know a lot of us, You And Me in this Look'>Business Look at that video is part of our jobalize the time, but that Bronx Video is one of the most disturbing ive ever seen. And its that kind of thing playing out across this country almost every night, and its something we can almost guarantee will happen again before the next time you and i talk. Pam . Its just awful. Theres no word to describe what the situation is that you just laid out there in your reporting. Even mcmorris santoro, thank you so mup. And joining me now one of the survivors of the Shooting Rampage in at Marjory Stoneman douglas High School in parkland, florida. Thank you for being with us. Thanks for having me. You became a vocal advocate for stronger Gun Laws immediately after the attack that claimed 17 lives at your school. Here we are three years, one pandemic later. What goes through their mind when you see Gun Violence soaring right now . Right now when youre somebody thats been in a community so affected by Gun Violence, you notice the coverage of Gun Violence is very, very different with democratic president in the administration. You know, with big, bad Donald Trump in office covering Mass Shootings, its so easy to get traction, right . A Mass Shooting happens, everyone wants to talk about how this is trumps america, this is what happens with Donald Trump in office. But when Joe Bidens the president , generally speaking the goal is to not show the flaws in america but to celebrate all the great things that are going on. So a lot of people i know at the Gun Viprevention Community are very frustrated because the fact weve not seen substantial Gun Reform from the biden administration which is especially disappointing from the Fact Joe and pamela both campaigned on this. And people are frustrated and a lot of people dont want to talk about how little is being done because weve got fortunately the biden administration in office and the conversation has shifted very drastically. Okay, im just going to push back on that, though, cameron, respectfully. And i can speak for this show. We have covered this topic extensively under the biden administration, and weve called out the lack of action extensively. And as you saw were leading the show on this matter right now. So i dont i dont accept that premise that were ignoring this because the biden administration but i do want to get your reaction to two major developments in recent days. In texas the governor just signed law that would allow people to carry handguns without a License Or Training if theyre already blocked by law from doing so. And then you have in California A federal judge overturned the states long time ban on Assault Weapons created after the 1989 School Shooting that killed five children and wounded dozens. When you see whats happening in the courts and statehouses, how much tougher does that make your fight for stronger Gun Control . Well, again, the fight for stronger Gun Control in the world, the biden administration is going to be tougher because its an uphill battle. I applaud your Bravery And Ability to Look at Gun Violence with the pandemic that it is. But if you ask every single person in the Gun Violence prevention community, they will tell you fighting against Gun Violence with an administration that everybody wants to be cheering for is a lot more difficult. Now, Greg Abbot is one of the countrys worst governors. Hes up there with desantis and all those other freaks who like to engage in these culture wars, Weird Legislative Battles where theyre talking about how, you know, critical Race Theory is going to ruin your kids and make them hate america, and they freak out about, you know, dr. Seuss books. Greg abbot is a mess, so seeing him pass this kind of law just so he can score easy, cheap points with his base is not something going to be surprising. We need our administration, and we need the people in office right now to actually go hard on these people, to actually keep this conversation at the front of the debate and say in this bloody summer, in this bloody country and in this situation where people are less and less safe, we need to be making very, very serious steps here. And unfortunately, we arent seeing very many. As you know republicans like Greg Abed say this isnt about the guns, this is about the mental Health Crisis in this country. That is the real problem here. But do you agree that that also is a major issue that needs to be addressed to cut down on Gun Violence . Look, im a walking, talking mental Health Crisis, so i get it. The mental Health Crisis we face in this country is horrific. The mental Health Crisis that genz is facing having spent the year inside with remote education, everyone can agree. Its one of the only things people can agree upon right now across party lines theres a horrible, horrible mental Health Crisis going on. But as anybody who has Looked at what these laws do will tell you putting more guns in any situation is only going to escalate the violence. So while we desperately need to address the mental Health Crisis, The Way to address the crisis is not to have as many people packing heat willynilly. You know, people in texas just carry these firearms around, all youre doing is putting more and more people in situations where guns are going to be shot. The good guy with the Gun Fallacy is something that was debunked a very long time ago. Its something that is not real, and we need to get to the bottom of the mental Health Crisis without doing so pointing a gun at everybody. Its the same thing happening in new York City right now. People are talking about how the data fixed the issue we mental Health Issue on the streets is to get more cops out there pointing guns at people. It is a disaster. And The Way were approaching guns in this country is a mess. And that is of course your views, your political views that i assume you developed in the wake of being part of a shooting. And im curious, we talk so much about those who die in Mass Shootings. We were someone actually there in a midst of a Mass Shooting. Now years later what do you feel are the repercussions, the consequences of that . How is your Mental Health impacted by that . Well, i was not very particularly close to the violence that broke out at my school. A lot of the mental Health Issues i faced from the shooting in Marjory Stoneman douglas High School actually involved the Countrys Response to the shooting and the fact that shooting ended up being paraded around the country. But its really tough. I mean, people especially the past year who have been facing Gun Violence have had to watch their tragedies unfold in a tragic year. Losing people to Gun Violence in a year where hundreds of thousands of people are being killed by this horrible violence, its awful because when a shooting like the Parkland Shooting happened, the whole country stopped. Everybody was watching, and as awful as what happened was, we got this outpour of support from people who saw the pain we had, and they shared it, and it was theres a unity between an awful lot of people who came together and said this is horrible. But this has been a year of tragedies. This has been a year of death. So people who are facing Mass Shootings, i mean there have been Mass Shootings this year roughly the size of the one in my High School that people just dont talk about because theres omso much tragedy of people of the united states should be expected to handle. You know, our trauma only has so much bandwidth, so i obviously send my love to everyone this year whos had to face this kind of Gun Violence, and its only going to get worse before it gets better until we get some serious work done. Yeah, and the projections are its going to get worse over the summer, and youre right. I mean youre dealing with a pandemic with coronavirus and this pandemic with Gun Violence. Its just awful. Thanks so much for coming on and sharing your views on this. Thank you for having me. And in Alabama Drone Footage shows a path of devastation after a tornado rips through a town. Were still waiting for a full assessment on the ground there, but three people were injured and multiple homes were clearly damaged. All of a sudden the trees over this way behind the houses over there, they just kind of it was just like they imploded. They just fell over. I was in shock really. I didnt i mean i didnt really know what to do. 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Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the u. S. And the day in 1865 when former slaves in galveston, texas, were finally told slaves in the u. S. Were freed. President Joe Biden signed the juneteenth Holiday Bill into law on thursday. And he gave the first pen from the signing to 94yearold opal lee, the woman known as the grandmother of juneteenth. She helped lead the fight to make the day a federal holiday. Cnn national Correspondent Suzanne Malvo joins me now in washington. So whats happening where you are . Reporter pam, dont be alarmed if you hear loud noises. There are some folks who have been actually letting off Fire Crackers, homemade Fire Crackers on the street here. So its been very loud. But the crowd is just beginning to disperse. Thousands of people gathered here at a very significant point. This is 14th Street and the context here this is where the Black Community, where many come to celebrate, to protest, to express community joy, anger, frustration. Today is a day of celebration for many to celebrate black resilience, black achievement during this holiday. But, of course, also knowing that theres much work to be done, that a lot of this is symbolic as well. But it is a celebration. The go go bands just broke up, and people have been Dancing And Partying and also talking about real issues here. I want to bring in one of our ges. She and her husband very creative have every year designed various art installations. Tell us a little bit about what were seeing here on the ground and this tank that you built and some of the other things. Of course. First of all ive got to tell you weve got to give it up to amazing collaboration with all the art. And the tent was built by my husband, and we tend to forget almost 200 years ago thats the connection we have black and latinx people. Were all the same. Reporter let me ask you this. Its a national holiday now. Is it beyond the symbolism . What are you Looking for now beyond the Celebration Part of this . We all want change. What do we want beyond celebration . Beyond celebration we want reparations. We want systematic changes behind the move were making. This is just our form of advocacy to have our voices heard. But at the end of the day we want reparations, we want land, what belongs to us. So were out here demanding change and we want to be the change we see in the world, and so we are. Were going up to elected officials, were getting them elected. Were getting Council Members elected. Were out here demanding d. C. Statehood which is just a blasphemy against africanamericans. Its a slap in the face every day. Reporter we hear you. Weve run out of time. Weve got to wrap it up, but we hear you loud and clear. 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Thats compared to 28 of other white protestants. 27 of nonwhite protestants and 25 of americans as a whole. Is this any wonder when Church Goers are presented with messages like this . If you think for one minute that those political elites actually got that vaccination, you are Smoking Meth in your mamas faces. I aint getting, i aint promoting it, and i discourage everybody under this tent to get it. Because im telling you if you think youre going to get healthy over a vaccine thats supposed to do away with a virus that has a 99. 9 Survival Rate youve been watching too much Fox News and cnn at the same time. So that kind of Preaching Results in this kind of response. Because were the radical right. We dont believe in gay marriage. We dont believe in abortion, all that. Are you going to get the vaccine . No. I believe its Bill Gates and them trying to kill us. Im going to bring in a Faith Leader who wants to help, Reverend Franklin Graham, hes the son of the late evangelist Billy Graham and President And Ceo of the Billy Graham association and samaritans purse. Welcome to the show, reverend graham. Thank you, pamela, for having me. Why are so many evangelical christians hesitant to get vaccinated . What are they so afraid of . Thats a question im not sure i can answer. And its not just evangelical christian wheres, its people across the country and around the world. A lot of people are just scared of needles. But for me as a christian its very easy for me to support the vaccine because as a christian Jesus Christ came to this earth to save life. He gave his life on a cross for the sins of man kind, for your sins, pamela, for mine, for the whole world. And god raised him to life. And while he was here on earth he uses power as the Son Of God to bring healing to peoples lives. And so as a follower of Jesus Christ i want to do all that i can to try to bring healing to peoples lives where i can. And samaritans purse, weve had a covid hospital in new York City and Central Park last year. Were in los angeles county, the bahamas and indian reservation, and even here at home in North Carolina we were working. Covid is a real problem, and it can destroy your life, and a vaccine could possibly save your life. And i dont know why people are afraid, pamela. For me its an easy, easy question to answer. I took the vaccine, but i tell people this is your personal choice. I dont say people have to have it. This is a personal choice. Talk to your doctor, pray about it. And then you examine it and then do the right thing. And so i spoke with dr. Francis collins of the National Institutes Of Health just this week about this and i put it on my facebook. If anyone wants tago to Facebook Weve got about a 20minute Interview discussing these various things, why people dont want to take the vaccine. And dr. Collins does a tremendous job in answering these questions that people have. You know, is it going to change my dna . Is the government going to be able to trace me, ethese kinds of things. I dont know where people get that, pamela. It must come from somewhere. Maybe the internet. I dont know. Well, misinformation is a big problem. When it comes to this youve said people in your own family dont want to get vaccinated and that is where all these Conspiracy Theories about the vaccine often spread. What is your message to evangelical pastors like the one we heard earlier who are telling their congregation not to get vaccinated . Well, first of all, i think that pastor is a minority. He certainly isnt in a majority at all. And i think most evangelical churches i know are telling their Dawn Congregants to study Look at it. So a lot of my pastor friends have taken it. And i think more and more people are coming around as they see how dangerous covid is. And right now were in the summer and people have relaxed a little bit thinking, well, maybe this is behind us, its over. I can tell you its not over. Ive got some of my staff right now sick with covid. And its very frightening. And i would encourage people to pray about this Issue And Talk to your doctor and just see whats right for you. And as you pointed out in that poll earlier, 40 of evangelicals said they didnt want to get vaccinated as you talk to people in your own family and convince them to get vaccinated showing them the facts and science. What has it been like for you, personally . Well, you know, everybody has to make up their own mind. And i cant make up my mind for my family. All i can do is set the example. And thats why my Wife Jane and i, we took the vaccine. We want to set an example. And all we had was the next day i felt a little sick, and it was over with. And most people that get the shot have a similar kind of reaction. A lot of people have no reaction at all, but for me i was sore the next day. And then the following day i was fine. But im glad i took it. And i would encourage people again to pray about this. This is a very serious issue. Covid can kill you, and this vaccine could possibly just save your life. Absolutely. I mean, we are seeing hospitalizations go down across the country. Deaths go down, all the numbers go down because of the vaccine more and more people are getting vaccinated. I want to ask you this. Last august you did an interview with the christian broadcast network. And in that interview you said the Democratic Party is opposed to faith, accused the Mainstream Media Of Being Run by socialists, and then you said this. Youre going to see christians attacked, youre going to see churches closed. Youre going to see a real hatred expressed toward people of faith. Thats coming. I got to ask when Faith Leaders like yourself issue dire warnings like that is it any surprise white evangelicals feel theyre under assault and have to maintain political and social divisions and have this distress . I dont think its white evangelicals. I think its people of faith. People that believe in god and his son Jesus Christ, they believe he died for our sins. And earlier, pamela, you had a segment on guns and the Gun Violence we have in this country. I think it was 280 Mass Shootings weve had so far this year. Governor abbot said this is a mental Health Crisis. I dont see it that way, pamela. I see it as a spiritual crisis. I see this as a sin crisis. Gods the one who said thou shall not murder. And whats happened weve taken god out of our schools, taken god out of our government and there is no rudder, anymore steering our nation morally. And we have become morally bankrupt, and we need gods help, but were not going to solve these problems without almighty god. And i think for people that believe in god, that trust in god i think were going to be no question more and more in the minority. And i think that its going to be difficult for people of faith in the future. The world doesnt want to hear that jesus is The Way, the truth and the light. They dont want to hear Jesus Christ died for our sins. They dont want to turn from their sins. They enjoy their sins. But if we dont turn, if we dont repent, pamela, god is going to judge us one day. And Hell Judge us and well have to stand before him. And jesus said im The Way, the truth and the light. No man comes to the father but by me. Theres not two ways to god, theres only one path and it goes through the cross because Jesus Christ is the only one in history to pay the debt of sin. When he went to the cross he paid your debt. All we have to do is be willing to receive it. I need to jump in here, reverend graham. And i just want to circle back on what i asked before. You had said at that time the mainstream media is being run by socialists, and then you have right wing media like Fox News stoking reluctance in the vaccine. Do you think that this is part of the problem, thats why so many people have distrust because of leaders in society that are telling them to distrust the system . Im not quite sure i understand, pamela. Lets go back to the origins of the vaccine. That was during the Trump Administration where we had operation warp speed, and they were able to cut the Red Tape and get this vaccine get it going, getting it under way. And im grateful that President Biden has pick up on the vaccine and hes pushing the vaccine like President Trump did. This is going to save life. And thats why its so important we all work together whether were democrats, republicans and by The Way, pamela, im not a republican. Im an independent. I get fed up with the republicans as much as i do the democrats. So im just one of these Guys Tha thats kind of in the Middle Of The Road so to speak as an independent. But i do believe if we work together with gods help, calling on god to help us, we can solve some of these problems. So you say you are not a republican, but you have been a supporter of the former President Trump. Youve suggested to him that he should do a psa about the vaccines because at you pointed out, it started under his administration. Have you talked to him directly about doing a psa to get his supporters onboard just given the influence he has on so many people . No, pamela, i havent talked to him about that. I thought about it, but, you know, hes got so many people that are pulling on him. First of all, it wasnt a supporter of Donald Trump. It was i support the policies that Donald Trump, they gave us the best economy we had in 70 years, more people working than at any time in my lifetime. And i appreciate the policies that the man signed and was behind. And of course he was very friendly to evangelicals, and i appreciate that. But the biden administration, hes the president now and we need to do all we can to support him and back him and try to help him understand the importance of this vaccine and that we continue working together. All right, Reverend Franklin Graham, thank you so much for coming on the show and sharing your perspective. On this really important topic. Thank you, pamela. God bless you. Thank you. Same to you. Well, the u. S. Federal reserve under pressure to pump the brakes as surging prices make investors run for the exit. Cnn economics and political Commentator Catherine Rampel is Up Next to explain. Its the easiest because its the cheesiest. Kraft. For the win win. Introducing Aleve X. Its fast, powerful longlasting relief with a revolutionary, rollerball design. Because with the right pain reliever. Life opens up. Aleve it, and see whats possible. 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Producer prices jumped a Record Amount last month, up 6. 6 between May 2020 and may 2021. So why is this happening . The general belief is that as the pandemic ends demand for goods is accelerating so fast that supply Chains Cant keep up which in turn is causing prices to spike. Investors are feeling the fear. The dow just had its worst week since late january. Joining me now is Cnn Economics and political Commentator Catherine Rampel. Catherine is also a the Washington Post Opinion columnist. Great to see you, nice to have you on. Last month you wrote this oped with the headline, dont freak out about inflation yet. How about now . I would say i wouldnt freak out yet even now. The fed has argued, i think fairly convincingly, that they expect these sources of inflation to be transitory, temporary, exactly as you laid out. Basically the economy is reopening. Everybody has decided simultaneously theyre ready to start traveling again, theyre ready to start dining out again. And, you know, supply just cant keep up. You know, the capacity just isnt there yet because restaurants have been shutdown. Hotels are still reopening. Large parts of the economy are just still trying to ramp up. And once that adjusts, then things will calm down price wise. Weve already started to see that happen a little bit in some areas that had been hot. Lummer prices shot way up because there was a huge demand for housing which is partly related to the pandemic, of course, and partly related to the fact we just havent built enough houses over the past couple of decades. But Lumber Prices have fallen a little bit back down. So the real question is, you know, what is the psychology behind all of this . So even if companies are able to ramp up up again and that puts a damper on inflation, will there be this sort of selfsustaining inflation that the fed does worry about . That it becomes kind of a Selffulfilling Prophecy . That you and i Look around, we see the prices falling elsewhere and again it becomes a sort of Selffulfilling Prophecy . It doesnt seem like were in that world yet. Of course we could be. That would be a very bad world to be in, but the fed has indicated that they are taking the threat of inflation seriously, which i think should kind of tamp down those kinds of concerns that there could be this selffulfilling Out Of Control Spiring inflation. If the fed is willing to step in and make sure that inflation gets under control, i dont need to Preempt Chbly raise my prices. How concerned are you, though, these companies wont get up to speed with the demand because theyre having a hard time getting people to work for them . As you know thats been an issue. It has been an issue, and theres this real question about why so many companies complain aboutvulg too few workers. Is it because of more generous Unemployment Benefits . I think its possible thats playing a role in some cases for some workers, but there are a lot of other obstacles as with elam. Things like lack of access to child care, a lot of people retired in the past year and those people may not be coming back to work because they were close to Retirement Age anyway. In some seasonal areas where employers are highly dependent on an immigrant seasonal work force, there have been a lot of problems getting those workers here. So there are a lot of things that go into a lot of factors that go into why employers are having difficulty finding workers. Many of which may be temporary. And if thats the case, it should be a little bit easier for employers to eventually ramp up particularly as it becomes safer to return to work because more people are getting vaccinated. Okay, i want to talk about something that impacts so much of us. I actually just spoke to a colleague who said he just sold her house because the Housing Market was so hot. And this Cnn Headline really speaks for itself. The Housing Market is so hot buyers are paying over 1 Million in asking price. Is this starting to Look like the bubble before the 2008 financial crisis. I think there are a few things that are different about the Housing Market dynamics this time around versus in 2008. This time around people are putting down huge Down Payments to buy houses, which was not the case in 2008, right . People have the cash to spend or willing to spend it. So the kinds of purchases, the nature of the purchases, how risky they are is very different. There are a number of other reasons to think its different this time around including we just didnt really build that much housing as i said over the last couple of decades. You have a lot of people around my age, people who are starting to have kids, theyre realizing they need more space. The market has also changed for other reasons, too. You know, maybe remote work is here to stay, so if youre in your 30s, lets say, you decide youre going to work from home, youre going to be able to work from home, you want to a little more space. So there are reasons to think this is not just, you know, a bubble, that this is not just about people getting too excited about the market, that there are real dynamics at play here. Okay, catherine, thanks as always for your insight. And in another Sign Life is starting to return to normal the eu is now lifting Covid Travel restricts making it much easier for americans to vacation in europe. With visible, you get unlimited data for as little as 25 a month. But when you bring a friend, you get a month for 5. So im bringing everyone within 12 degrees of me. Bam, 12 months of 5 wireless. Visible. Wireless that gets better with friends. Psoriatic arthritis, made my joints stiff, swollen, painful. Tremfya® is approved to help reduce joint symptoms in adults with active psoriatic arthritis. 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