hello, everyone, it's 11:00 on the east coast. i'm fredricka whitfield. the newsroom starts right now. more on the breaking news we've been following this weekend. the world is on edge after two terror attacks in a span of four days, as the national manhunt continues for all those responsibility. here's what we know right now. overnight in bangladesh gunmen seized a popular tourist cafe in dhaka. 20 hostages were killed and among them nine italians. and three u.s. college students, two emory university students. abinta kabir and faraaz hossain. an indian citizen from berkeley was also killed. the standoff lasted 10 hours. 13 hostages were rescued. although there has not been one report of -- there has been, ratherer o one report of isis claiming responsibility. meanwhile, investigations are progressing into tuesday's bombing in istanbul, turkey. officials say a top soldier in the isis war ministry organized that suicide bombing. the chairman of the committee on homeland security says the man nicknamed akhmed one arm ordered the attack on istanbul's airport. he is from russia's caucasus region. 44 people were killed in tuesday's attack. 239 were injured. we have full coverage. we have the latest developments in bangladesh. global affairs analyst kim do h dosier and bob bauer joining us on the phone. let's begin, where does the investigation stand right now? >> reporter: well, as we've been saying fredricka, one of the terrorists was captured. that's what the prime minister of bangladesh announced earlier this morning. so presumably, they will be questioning that one terrorist. of course, we don't know what's really -- what he has said, whether the questioning has even started. but a few new details coming from bangladesh and that is that this clamp down that happened early in the morning at 7:30 local time, this was actually sanctioned by the prime minister of bangladesh because of this tense situation. that's when the commanders stormed into the restaurant. and within 13 minutes, they were able to kill all six of the terrorists, capturing one of them. now, all 20 bodies have been sent for their autopsy reports to a hospital, military hospital in dhaka. out of those 20, nine of them we know now were italians. one an indian citizen, a student from berkeley, university. and, of course, two from emory university. fredricka. >> let me bring in bob on the phone with us. so isis has claimed responsibility for the attack, but some sources are telling cnn that instead it may be a group with some extension to al qaeda. bob, what do you think? >> well, the islamic state rarely claims attacks it hasn't undertaken. it takes time, this one, in fact was done fairly quickly. it has the hallmarks of an islamic state attack, multiple attackers, soft targets. i think the interesting thing they didn't have explosive vests. it's a technology that apparently moved to bangladesh yet. which is not really a surprise. it's something you need to be trained on in the battlefield. i think the fact that these guys tried to with stand a military assault meant they were ready to die. the fact they didn't negotiate tells me they were ready to die. right now, it looks like the islamic state and certainly al qaeda hasn't claimed it. you know, at the end of the day, it doesn't really matter. it's people that are radicalized and ready to attack western targets. and they consume any group identity they like. >> so kim, while there may be distinctions, what might it say about whether it's a shared philosophy, whether there are competing groups, and as bob says, you know, in the end perhaps it doesn't really matter because so many people die. but when it comes to counterterrorism intelligence and law enforcement global law enforcement trying to get to the head of these terror efforts, how important is it to know whether these are competing groups, whether these distinctions say something about with who may be behind the points? >> to bob's point isis seldom claims responsibility for something it doesn't have some connection to. i've spoken to u.s. officials who say they've seen isis try to make inroads with preexisting groups throughout southeast asia. and one of their frustrations is that they can't get local governments to recognize that there is this outreach happening in their midst. what happens with a lot of these groups is they go with whoever they perceive as the strongest terrorist group. right now, that's isis. one of the reasons it carries out attacks like the attack in turkey is while it may be losing territory on the battlefield in iraq and syria, on the television sets for all intents and purposes what everyone sees is a victory. a few militants taking out large numbers of people. that has drawn groups like boko haram to pledge allegiance to isis and we're hearing there are groups across southeast asia who are considering doing that. we've seen some groups silentpl. young men want to splli split o join isis if they see their group not being successful enough. >> and there have been other recent attacks in bangladesh. was there a level of anticipation from police there, from law enforcement that something may be afoot, something may be coming, even though it was not necessarily predicted it would be in this high high highly diplomatic area? >> nothing that we've heard or been aware of. really, as you mentioned several attacks against intellectuals, bloggers, people from minority groups, christians, hindu priests, buddhist monks. more than 40 people have been killed by various attackers. sometimes isis has claimed responsibility. other times groups related or linked to al qaeda have claimed responsibility. and every time the bangladeshi government has always come out and denied that at least isis is present in bangladesh. attributing most of the attacks against individuals to what they call home-grown militants. so, no, this kind of attack was not anticipated at all. people have gotten used to those kinds of individual attacks against bloggers and writers, that's when these attackers arrive on motorcycles. hack certain individuals to death with muchachetemachetes, wealthy part of dhaka where there's so many expats, embassies, five star hotels, this was completely unexpected and unprecedented. >> all right. thank you so much. we'll check back with all of your momentarily, thank you. coming up, donald trump is slamming the nation's top law enforcer for something she did out of the office. but hear how democrats agree that loretta lynch should not have made this unforced error. then a toxic algae as thick as guacamole is taking over parts of south florida. some are blaming the federal government, a live report straight ahead. i like the bride more than the groom. ♪ turquoise dresses... so excited. did all her exes get invited? 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ask your doctor about victoza®. welcome back, donald trump is seizing on the controversial surrounding attorney general loretta lynch. the nation's top prosecutor is now on the defense. announcing she will accept the findings of career justice department lawyers and investigators in the case of hillary clinton's use of a private e-mail server while secretary of state. the move by lynch is standard procedure. her public declaration of it is not. it comes in response to the outcry over lynch meeting with former president bill clinton on the tarmac. their planes parked side by side. and some are saying that was very inappropriate. lynch speaking at the aspen ideas festival. said their conversation was social. but admitted the meeting does raise questions. >> i had already determined that would be the process. in large part is because as i'm sure you know, as a journalist, i do get the question a lot. but in this situation, you know, because i did have that meeting, it has raised concerns i feel. and i feel that's while i can certainly say this matter is going to be handled like any other as it has always been. it's going to be resolved like any other as it was always going to be. people need the information about exactly how that resolution will come about in order to know what that means and really accept that it had faith in the ultimate decision of the department of justice. >> all right. donald trump trying to use this to his advantage. cnn's chris frates has that part of the story. chris? >> reporter: hey, it's important to note here that it's not just donald trump. republicans generally have pounced on this meeting between lynch and bill clinton saying that it shows she can't be impartial, she has conflict of interest here and that she really shouldn't be allowed to proceed. now, lynch, of course, making the case she decided this spring not to get involved to accept whatever her team says and whatever the fbi recommends. but, you know, that did not stop donald trump from mocking the idea that somehow this impromptu meeting at the phoenix international airport was a coinciden coinciden coincidence. >> when i first heard the story i said no you're kidding i don't believe it. i thought somebody was joking. but it's not a joke. it's not a joke. it's very serious thing. to have a thing like that happen is so sad. and as you know, hillary is so guilty. she's so guilty. i mean, you can read them right off here. and how that's not being pursued properly. and i think that he really, i think he really opened it up. he opened up a pandora's box. it shows what's going on and it shows what's happening with our laws. and with our government. >> reporter: so there you have donald trump really hitting both hillary clinton and democrats. that's a vulnerability with voters is the trust issue. she said recently she needs to work on that issue with voters. this is something that donald trump really trying to exploit to show you can't trust the clintons, they have private meetings while hillary clinton is under investigation and trying to stir the pot. >> when loretta lynch was asked about it yesterday she made it appear as though it was spontaneous, it wasn't necessarily planned. although she wasn't asked that directly. she did try to poke a little fun at herself over the controversy, didn't see? >> she did. this was interesting. she poked fun at herself. showed self-awareness. to set up the joke, you have to remember that both loretta lynch's plane and bill clinton's plane was on the tarmac. bill clinton decided to pop over to loretta lynch's plane to say hello. >> what didn't eric holder tell you about the job? what's the one thing you wish he would told you. >> where the lock on the plane door was. >> so there you have loretta lynch making light of the situation. you know, and she was asked in that interview couldn't you have kicked him out. she made the point it was kind of a social call that would have been awkward. essentially, you know, she's trying to get past this, the democrats are trying to get past this. i don't think the republicans are going to let it go. certainly, also important to remember here, she was appointed by president obama. he's a democrat, stumping for hillary clinton. this will continue to be an issue, fred. >> i guess that's what she was trying to underscore and making it very awkward, because he did get a lot of credit as to how she got on this particular plateau of her career. however, you know, she is kind of regretting it. she did use that word she actually regrets it. chris frates, thank you so much. even former obama advisor david axelrod has been weighing in on this. tweeting, i take loretta lynch and bill clinton at their word that their convo didn't touch on probe. but foolish to create optics. let's turn to the executive director of the new york state democratic party. he used to be an aide to hillary clinton when she was a senator. good to see you. here is cnn political commentator marc lamont hill who is host at b.e.t. news. lynch herself said if tlhere wa a do over she'd take advantage. clearly donald trump is going to get some real mileage out of this. how big of an error is this? >> i don't think it's that big an error. simply because the republicans, frankly, are hitching their wagon to this idea that hillary clinton is going to be indicted. it seems like a good -- the cornerstone of their presidential campaign is that she is indicted in a criminal investigation. so i understand that republicans are going to make hay about this. the democratic response has been -- what the democrats has said -- there hasn't been a lot of outrage there. look, yes, she was appointed by president obama. she was also appointed to the eastern district in new york by bill clinton back in 1999. there is a preexisting relationship here. if the former president of the united states wants to pop over and say hello, you know, i take her at her word. >> yeah, but i know but all the more awkward. marc, we're talking about, you know, the clinton -- hillary clinton under investigation, yes, bill clinton did appoint her. he is married to the democratic presumptive candidate. it says awkward all the way around. so, marc, is this a big problem for hillary clinton in that now she's looking at her husband, the former president, as a potential liability? i mean this is another moment that puts her in a very awkward situation. how does she recover? >> well, it remains to be seen how big a deal this will be. i think there are bigger fish she's going to have to fry than this particular incident. i'm a bit confused about his point. he said it's not a big deal because the republicans are painting her as crooked. if you're painting hillary clinton has someone who doesn't follow the rules and then you have a moment where your husband who also was the president of the united states and appointed loretta lynch to a position at one time having a conversation, it adds to the narrative. i believe loretta lynch. i don't think anything inappropriate happened. i believe it was a social conversation. i don't believe that bill clinton attempted to influence a judicial investigation. i believe them. the point is it was a bad choice and it continues to add to a narrative that they are undermining justice and don't play by the rules, they continue to color outside the lines. >> bill clinton understands optics, too. and i mean, it was a convenient moment, the planes are parked alongside one another. but his wife is running for office. potential ramifications?bout the >> i think he just didn't think he'd get caught to be quite honest. i don't think anyone thought it was going to be a big deal. i don't think they had like, a criminal mind mens rea here. i don't think they thought it was a bad deal. it was an unforced errors. you don't need unforces errors to reinforce the narrative. >> for hillary clinton, this is potentially damaging for her, right? i mean, she now has to either respond -- it's been pretty quiet. either she responds or she hopes it just goes away, which? >> well, i don't think -- you know, just to go back to marc's point a little bit. i don't think that -- i think the point i was making is still fair here, which is that i think republicans are going to make more hay of this than i think the situation actually warrants. i don't necessarily thinks it fits substantially into hear narrative. i don't have a plane, a friend who has a plane. if my car went up against somebody else's car in a parking lot and i went over and said hello -- >> if there's an investigation going on you might not step into the other vehicle to talk. >> listen, i understand that some of the -- that there are people who are concerned about the optics, i totally get that. i don't think that -- again, i don't think this is something that she's going to have to deal with for the next one, two or three weeks. certainly not leading into the democratic national convention in philadelphia. >> there's no doubt donald trump is going to continue to use this. >> he certainly is. he will. >> that's the problem. >> that's the big problem if you're hillary clinton. >> absolutely. he's going to use that narrative to beat up. donald trump has his own narratives around xenophobia, racist and unstable. all those things are a problem. this election cycle seems to be a race to the bottom. they both keep making unforced errors to reinforce the worst critiques in the biggest sites of the trust, it's weird. >> i would add with donald trump at 70% of the country believing that he is unfavorable. i don't think that hillary's racing to the bottom. i think he's going -- doing that very well on his own. and quite frankly -- >> that's just -- only arguing that he's racing to the bottom fa faster. the problem is with stuff like this is doesn't help. it's a bad choice and gives the perception of impropriety. even though i don't believe the clintons in this instance were doing anything wrong. >> we'll leave it right there. thank you so much. all right. a very grisly discovery being made in florida. a toxic algae bloom. it's blanketed several south florida beaches this holiday weekend. we're live on the ground next. i think it's important for everyone to know that there is so much more to memory support than the stigmas you hearabout. that these residents still have lives and their lives still matter and that they are still living their lives. that they're not locked away and that they still have a lot to live for, you know, that they have people that care about them and they have people that love them and i love them, so (laughs). call now to find out how we can put our 30 years of understanding to work for your loved one today. all right. welcome back. an unwelcome guest at some of florida's beaches this holiday weekend, a toxic algae bloom. and it's actually killing some animals and it's stinking up the beaches. and there it is right there. some have described it looking like guacamole. this nasty bloom coating some of the waterways there. our meteorologist jennifer gray is there in stuart florida. it's hard to believe what we're seeing there. how did it get to this point? >> reporter: it's all a water management issue. they drain lake okeechobee to regulate the water levels there. they have pushed all of this fresh water out into the canals. it's created this thick toxic algae bloom. somebody on social media described it as sticking your head in a trash can of rotting meat and cat litter and multiplying it by ten. it smells awful, looks disgusting. it's created a huge economic nightmare but not only that, look at these estuaries, they're pushing the fresh water into the salt water estuaries, what's happened basically is because they're releasing all this water out. all of the fertilizers from the agriculture industries are in that water in lake okeechobee. a lot of the pollutants are in that water. all that polluted water, is coming down into the beautiful pristine waters of florida. and people are furious. >> i'm sure. >> reporter: back in 2014 they voted to buy out some land south of lake okeechobee to store this polluted water. they voted for it but nothing has happened. so people are screaming wanting answers. but, yeah, this is just disgusting quite frankly, it's a mess down here in these canals. >> what about a cleanup? i mean, is there such a thing? is it even possible? in this stage of the game? >> reporter: well, i think they're going to have to let it run its course, honestly. i think that rainfall in the afternoons will help. i don't think you can just go around and pick it up because a lot of this extends throughout the entire water column. it's not just on the surface. and so basically something needs to be done about the water management across all of florida. it's a bigger issue than what you see right here. but the cost as far as tourism and fishing and recreation, people's livelihoods in florida depends on the waterways and they're being ruined. >> it's horrible for people, the marine life. jennifer gray, thank you so much. we'll check back with you. we'll talk more about this. not far from where jennifer is, a family actually saw a huge manatee struggling to survive in that thick algae. >> clean out your nose, buddy. >> they did what they could. the family rushed over with that garden hose you see right there. they showered the manatee with fresh water. let's find out how that manatee did after all of that. joining us now, adam palace and chris palace, who actually shot that video. good tuesd good to see you. tell me about that moment. could you make out right away that was a manatee that was struggling? what happened at that moment? >> well, i was in the kitchen i looked out the window and saw a manatee up against the wall. we had never seen one back there before. seeing one was kind of a shock. then we ran out there with our cameras and we looked at it and it looked like it was struggling. we got the hose and couldn't find him. he came up against the hose and sat there for 20, 30 minutes drinking water and cleaning himself off. >> that's amazing you had the instinct to do that. you use the hose to break up a path. that manatee was able to see that and took advantage of it. so have you been watching this kind of algae bloom over a gradual period? i mean, have you been able to look out your window and see what was happening? describe for me how long this has been going on. >> this has been happening in stuart for many years. and every summer they start dumping and then people forget about it because they stop the dumping. it's a continual problem. we need the water to stop flowing from okeechobee here. it's decimating our waterways. it's disgusting, the smell, the look. everything about it is absolutely disgusting. >> oh, my gosh. and then the manatee, do you know anything about, you know, how it's doing in terms of did it stick around in that area? were you able to watch its behavior, or how about other manatees? >> we honestly have never seen a manatee over here. we've been building our dream house for the past two and a half years. we just moved in about two months ago. in that process of building, we were here every day. over seeing our house being built. we would often take our boat out, which we took out of dry storage as soon as we bought the lot. and put it at the dock. we were out there, we have never seen anything before as far as manatee. just fish. but -- >> now we see no fish as a matter of fact. all the algae is so thick. it chokes all the marine life out of here. we haven't been able to see any fish or crabs or ducks or anything except for that one manatee that was looking like it was searching for fresh water. >> and in terms of feet, are you able to estimate you know, how wide this swath is from the docks into the depth of the water? >> it's choking all our waterways, it's not just our canal. it's under the bridges, beaches, miles and miles. i believe there's a 33 mile bloom in algae bloom inside lake okeechobee that purposefully released into our waterways. that's been the big problem. we need this to stop. we need to buy the land south of lake okeechobee and clean the water and send it down to the everglades where they need it and where we don't need it. >> it's hard for anybody to understand at this point. thank you so much. keep us posted. appreciate it. all right. still ahead, with just a few weeks until the democratic and republican conventions kicking off, both presumptive nominees are in vp vetting mode looking at their possible running mates. we'll run through the short list after this. werful sunscreen? yes! neutrogena® ultra sheer. unbeatable protection helps prevent early skin aging and skin cancer with a clean feel. the best for your skin. ultra sheer®. neutrogena®. this just got interesting. why pause to take a pill? or stop to find a bathroom? cialis for daily use is 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trump could announce his vice presidential pick before the republican convention. which begins july 18th in cleveland. here are the people that we know are actually being considered. the list includes former house speaker newt gingrich and new jersey governor chris christie. both are finalists and have submitted their paperwork even for vetting. and we just learned trump is scheduled to meet with indiana governor mike pence today at the trump national golf club in new jersey. hillary clinton's short list of potential running mates include elizabeth warren and tim cain. joining me now is ben ferguson. also with me is basil smikle. what's the criteria donald trump is looking for? >> i think it's changed over the last week, especially with the meeting with justice department and bill clinton on the plane. if i'm donald trump right now and i think his team is going to be smart about this, they're going to realize they need somebody who can go out there and prosecute hillary clinton, especially if she is indicted. chris christie has got to be at the top of the list now. newt gri newt gingrich has gone after bill clinton. i've gone after him, he lied today me when i was speaker. those two have to be looked at in a better position they were before. if immigration becomes an issue again, at the forefront i think you got to look at alabama and jeff sessions. i also think you could look at tennessee and corker if you're looking for someone that can help you get things done on the hill. newt gingrich and chris christie have got to be in a good position for the vp pick. >> do you agree with ben, that the recent current events may, indeed, dictate who a donald trump might lean toward? >> tried dutifully to make the cornerstone of their race for the white house, a hillary criminal investigation. but i don't think that's what trump is looking for. and i don't think that factors in. i think for any of his potential vp picks it's got to be somebody that has nothing to lose. because that person is going to be spending a lot of time defending donald trump's speeches and language. so i think chris christie -- >> who would that be? >> you know, i think newt gingrich or crust crist i think are probably the better candidates for trump. chris christie is probably someone who the republican establishment can get behind if there are concerns about that. he's not a darling of the conservatives. obviously, took a lot of heat when he hugged the president when the president -- president obama came after hurricane sandy to express his concern and send support. so he certainly is not a darling of the conservatives. but i do think he has been at donald's side ever since mr. trump dispatched all of his other opponents in the primaries. so he may be the leading candidate. >> all right. if you think donald trump is looking for a prosecutor type of vice president who would hillary clinton be looking at? >> at this point you have to look at who really wants to put their career all in on hillary clinton when there's a big trust issue here. elizabeth warren had i think great chemistry on stage. i think elizabeth warren is probably one of those that if she decided to take that job as vp candidate, it would be towards the end of her career. is she going to have a chance at the white house on her own. does she even want that. probably not. and i think that's the reason why you saw her on stage do so well with hillary clinton. and i think she really does hate donald trump. it would be easy for her to go out there and be an attack dog against donald trump and whoever he picks. outside of that right now, if you're younger, and you're -- or you have your own independent career when you see the trust issue that hillary clinton has had to deal with throughout the entire campaign, why bernie sanders has done so well, and she even admitted a week ago. she said i have to work on that issue. are you willing to put your entire campaign at the feet of hillary clinton and this investigation right now. there's a lot of people that may decline even to take that job. >> you mentioned bernie sanders. senator warren would appeal to those bernie sanders supporters, that would bode well for hillary clinton. >> yeah, i think, listen, i think that the democrats are uniting behind hillary clinton. but the republicans certainly not uniting around donald trump. so i don't think the issue of unity and career is the concern -- is a concern for democrats. certainly not a concern for hillary clinton in choosing a vice presidential pick. but i would say, you know, as we discussed, i think elizabeth warren's a pretty good surrogate. she's certainly knows how to get under donald trump's skin. she's been great on the campaign trail. i think a lot of this has to do with chemistry. she probably will be auditioning candidates in the next couple of weeks. i like thei idea of cory booker he's an energizing member of the senate. and has certainly has national credentials, not just coming out of new jersey. >> you also have the -- >> number of great leaders to choose from. but a lot of it's going to come down to chemistry and someone she can work with on policy. >> i think history, too, that's one of the things, if you had a ticket with elizabeth warren and hillary clinton and hillary's being a woman a major center point of her campaign with equal pain and everything else she's talked about. there's an excitement there especially with women voters. they may be enough for her to say it's worth taking this risk and moving forward in this way because i've got all in on this issue and people will fienld th find that exciting the same way they thought president obama was exciting as being the first african-american president. >> thank you so much. speaking of cory booker, one of the folks on the possible, you know, vp short list for hillary clinton. he's going to be a guest on state of the union tomorrow morning. don't miss that conversation at 9:00 a.m. 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in the military. >> i'm also confident that we have reason to be proud to do of what this will mean for our military. because it's the right thing to do and it's another step in insuring that we continue to recruit and retain the most qualified people. and good people are the key to the best military in the world. our military and the nation it defends will be stronger. >> meanwhile, history was made again when for the first time ever not one but two transgender candidates won their major party congressional primaries, they were both supporters of bernie sanders made their campaigns on issues like raising the minimum wage. victor blackwell just spoke with misty snow. he's with me now. >> she's a political outsider for sure. 30 something grocery store clerk. her first entree into politics, she won in a run off for the democratic nominee for senate in utah. the first openly transgender person to win that position. and she holds a lot of the positions that we saw from bernie sanders in the primary. $15 minimum wage. legalization of american. criminal justice reform. free or reduced tuition for college. but i asked her about the big win that fred mentioned at the top of this story, now trands gender people being allowed to serve openly in the military. here is part of the conversation. you're running for federal office, let's talk about some federal issues, pentagon announced it would drop one of the last major barriers allowing transgender men and women to serve openly in the military. that prompted backlash from former marine and family research council president tony perkins. let's put this up here. he said this is another example of president obama using america's military to fight culture wars instead of fighting real wars against the enemies of our nation. what's your response to that? >> i think, you know, i think it's a right move by the military. you know, there's no reason why a trans person serve in the military. i think it's long overdo. the comments from more conservative people, it's like, you know, we need soldiers, why deny qualified people for any reason if they're willing to serve. >> here's the barrier here, the state of utah has not elected a democrat to the senate in more than 45 years. so my follow up was how does she turn this historic nomination into a historic win. she plans to play up those bernie sanders supporters and her connection there, of course, utah voters chose bernie sanders four to one back in march over hillary clinton. >> all this taking place with the backdrop, sharing the spotlight, north carolina. and this bathroom bill. >> yeah, there has been a revision that's been passed by both houses of the state legislature there sent on to the governor of north carolina. but it does not touch the clause that requires people to use the bathroom that's assigned to the gender that's -- sex that's on their birth certificate. this is not yet a win for people who believe that the charlotte bill which was originally passed that allows people to use the bathroom assigned to their gender identity should be the law of the state. the only change here is that it allows people to sue based on employment discrimination. the governor likely will sign that. the fight continues for people who want to overturn hb 2. >> starting to early in the morning. >> clean face, i had hair. when was that picture taken. >> yeah, happy. ready to go. every sunday morning. a crime is on the rise in chicago and the city's top cop says he's quote sick of it. what officers are doing this weekend ahead of what could be the year's deadliest holiday. w6 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and energy to get back to doing... ...what you love. ensure. always be you. so guys with ed can... take viagra when they need it. ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain or adempas® for pulmonary hypertension. your blood pressure could drop to an unsafe level. to avoid 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requires background checks on ammunition purchase and making it illegal to lend guns to anyone other than relatives. the governor says his goal so to improve public safety while improving the rights of gun owners. just within the last 24 hours 10 people have been shot in chicago and one has died. historically the fourth of july weekend marks some of the deadliest days in that city all year long. ryan young has more. >> reporter: with the continuing images of crime scene tape and gree grieving in the city, the chicago police are trying to avoid the bloodshed. the city is on pace to blow past last year's murder rate. >> the crime in chicago is totally unacceptable. >> last month a bullet struck a 3-year-old in his side. a few days later, a 4-year-old boy holding his mother's hand felt blood pouring down his face after he got shot in the face. he survived. but the children are the latest victims of chicago's continuing violence. in the month of june 72 people were killed with a tote of 429 shooting victims. one recent shooting took place near downtown in front of several people getting off of the subway. the fourth of july weekend was one of the deadliest of the summer last year, at least nine people were killed, over 50 more were injured in shootings. heading to this year's long holiday weekend, more tough talk from police. >> repeat gun offenders are telling us that they're not going to stop that behavior unless we stop them. so that's what we're going to do. we're going to stop them. >> police say 5,000 officers will be be on the streets over the holiday weekend helping to protect big events. but the south and westside neighborhoods of the city are where the bulk of the murders and shootings are happening. look at the numbers so far and the increase in violence is easy to see. this year through the end of june there were 315 murders, over 100 more than the same period last year. and more than 700 more shooting victims reported through the first six months of this year, according to the chicago police department. windy city residents can only hope for some winds of change to help blow away a crime problem that only seems to be getting worse. brian young, cnn chicago. u.s. officials on high alert this holiday weekend after multiple terror attacks overseas. a live report next. all her aches and pains. and i said "come to class, let's start walking together" and i said "and i bet you money you'll be able to do that senior walk". that day i said "ok it's me and you girl, me and you!" i said "if you need to stop, there's a bench we'll just hang out in the shade." she said "absolutely not! we are going to finish this race!" and we were the last ones in, but you know what? we finished the race. and she goes "desiree, i'll never quit walking. ever" world saleilton is on honors members save up to 25% on brands like hampton, doubletree, hilton garden inn, and waldorf astoria so stop clicking around. book direct at hilton.com now that's satisfaction. fight 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