we have new polling on what that message might do with a key bloc of voters. plus, what a raging wildfire in california is warning us about this summer s fire season. and two days after the supreme court rules to make it easier to rapidly fire a gun, a man shoots nearly 30 rounds at families using a community splash pad for kids. nine injured, including children. some seriously. an 8-year-old boy who has a gunshot wound to the head. he s in critical condition. those stories in a moment. first, let s begin with politics. the new more aggressive strategy from team biden to go after donald trump as a convicted felon. the new $50 million ad campaign is going up in battleground states, framing the election as a choice between a convicted criminal, that s in a quote, and a president who is, quote, fighting for your family. it was juiced over the weekend as george clooney, julia roberts, jimmy kimmel and former president obama laid out the stakes for november. the next pre
people were actually out there and standing around and all that have kind of stuff so i told them i think they are downstairs so when i went down there and i get confronted. they are actually in the building. are i honestly didn t know that they were that far in the building, so and then they lock eyes on me right away and just like that i was in it, so it it wasn t a matter of let me leave them alone. i feel like they would have followed me anyway. most people don t know that i was actually outside, too, during a little bit, outside and the fighting and all that kind of stuff. yeah, it just i don t know. i was i was i was just in go mode, you know what i mean. de-escalation was big on your mind though, too, safety and de-escalation. safety, de-escalation. i mean, de-escalation to a point, you know what i mean, because there were few of them that you had you had a few that were angry and screaming,
rachel scott at the capitol. reporter: he s the hero officer seen directing senator mitt romney to safety, as the rioters drew even closer. today, officer eugene goodman describing that experience for the first time since insurrection. i was just in go mode, you know what i mean? reporter: on the podcast three brothers no sense, goodman didn t even know the mob was nearly upon him, steps away from the senate chamber. when you see me come up the stairs and you see me look, before i had went down the stairs to look at the door people were actually out there and standing around and all that kind of stuff, so i told them i think they re downstairs. so when i went down there and i get confronted and i was like oh, they re actually in the building. i didn t i honestly didn t know that they were that far in the building. reporter: goodman describing how he and his fellow officers didn t want to escalate the sitd wags. it could have been easily been a blood bath, so kudos to
was like. when you see me come up the stairs and you see me look, before i went down and looked at the door, people were out there standing around and all that kind of stuff, i told them i think they re downstairs. so when i went down there and i get confronted by them, they re actually in the building. i honestly didn t know they were that far in the building. and they lock eyes on me right away and just like that i was in it. it wasn t a matter of let me leave them alone or not. i feel like they would have followed me anyway. most people don t know i was actually outside, too, for a little bit during that, outside the fighting. yeah, it just i don t know. i was just in go mode, you know what i mean. de-escalation was big on your mind, safety and de-escalation.
so much worse, and just listening to that again, you know, i m struck i heard this from so many officers the idea that it was in go mode, that once this started the whole day became a blur of action and activity until the capitol was resecured and you heard it there from officer goodman telling his story for the first time. he also talked about why he has not done an interview before, and he referenced michael fanone, the d.c. police officer violently assaulted. he s done interviews and goodman has said he s had drinks thrown in his face by strangers. goodman didn t want to deal with that, who are officers who protect the capital dealing with today more than a year after the attack? the attack has become so politicized and for officers whether or not they talk about it publicly is a very personal decision. i interviewed harry dunn, one of the officers many people will recognize. he likes to talk about it, feels