It evening from new york, i am chris hayes. Well, it s been a brutal few weeks for the country. Particularly for the democratic party, for the broad pro democracy coalition in this party. Three weeks ago we were all holding our breath ahead of the first presidential debate, the early is such a debate had happened in the modern era. You know how that went. In the aftermath of that, messy and painful as joe biden and the democratic party try to find a way forward. And last weekend, donald trump was injured in a near miss assassination attempt. I mean, i was looking today, but near miss understates how close this came to being a catastrophe. It was the first time in more than 40 years we saw shots fired at a president or presidential candidate. And then just 48 hours, trump named an extreme rightwing senator, jd vance of ohio, as his running mate. On the first day of the republican national convention, the david judge aileen cannon handpicked donald trump throughout the entirety of the st
Andrew yang will respond right here live. And we ll talk to the former republican congressman who said his antitrump views literally got him canceled from his new j job. A good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world. It is thursday, may 27th. And it is a tough morning. Americans who are surviving the pandemic are dying from america s other epidemic. Another day, another hour, another mass shooting. This morning, the friends and loved ones of nine more americans are shott shattered b unimaginable grief. The latest carnage in san jose, california, where a shooter went on a rampage at a light rail yard in a case of workplace violence. This is the 232nd mass shooting of 2021. It is the 17th just in the past week from an analysis from the gun archive. 17 shootings in america this past week. 17. Since last wednesday, at least two dozen people have been shot to death with many more injured. It s a list that is expanding. Mass shootings occurring in san jose, michiga
Information. Authorities were warned about this suspect s potential for violence in the past. We also know cops believe the gunman used a rifle. A home is being searched in connection with the suspected shooter and the sequence of last night s events are starting to be posed together. There was no confrontation with anyone that was there. There was no disturbance. There was no argument. He just appeared to randomly start shooting, and that began in the parking lot, and then he did go into the building, into the facility for a brief period of time. Before he took his own life. My understanding is that everything by the time that officers entered that the situation was over. The estimates that we have heard are just a couple minutes, that it was it did not last very long. Just a couple of minutes. And about the time it s taken me to read this story, the gunman took eight lives. This morning a heart wrenching scene as some of the workers reunited with loved ones. Oh, thank you, god. I wan
spot right now, those were her words. what steps are being taken to get this outbreak under control? reporter: jim, we can continue to borrow some of the words used by health officials here in michigan. quote, overwhelmed, according to chief medical officer that brought us up to speed with the numbers. telling us right now they re tracking close to 1,000 outbreaks across the state. about 18% of covid tests right now are coming back positive, four-times higher than where these numbers were in february, the way these numbers are going they could potentially surpass some of the numbers that we saw last spring, back to those outbreaks that state health officials are monitoring across the state, 291 of those outbreaks have been linked to youth sports, that s why yesterday we heard from governor whitmer a long list of recommendations, not requirements, but recommendations including that high school return to remote learning for a couple of weeks after spring break, some of those
of colorado, which has seen so much bloodshed over the years. a lot of questions right now. the primary question being what would cause that shooter to go into that supermarket and begin firing seemingly at random. ten people are dead after a gunman opened fire inside this boulder, colorado, supermarket monday. right down there. oh my god. guys, we got people down inside king s soopers. reporter: witnesses recall hearing several loud bangs before customers frantically ran for the exits. this feels like the safest spot in america, and i just nearly got killed for getting a soda, you know, and a bag of chips. reporter: police quickly arrived at the scene. the shooter was still inside the store firing a rifle. 136, still multiple shots being fired at us. start pushing. slow. be advised, we do not know where he is. he is armed with a rifle. officers shot back and returned fire. bang, bang, bang, bang, bang. and i immediately sprinted over to her. hey, we got to ge