Crimes. The gun violence archive finds that there have been nearly 300 Mass Shootings, meaning at least four people shot at once, since this year began. Cnn chief White House Correspondent Kaitlin Collins is with us now. So give us a look at what we expect to hear from the president. Reporter i think, number one, the fact that were hearing from President Biden taking the entire day at the white house to focus on this publicly shows that the white house is wanting to look like President Biden is on top of this, that he is taking steps to address the spike in Violent Crime that youve seen happening in several cities across the u. S. So thats why hes sitting down with the attorney general, with those Law Enforcement agencies and mayors to talk about this. Whats important, though, is what were going to hear from President Biden is he is viewing all of this through the lens of gun violence. That is primarily going to be his focus when he comes out a few moments from now to address this. One
Look up to a lot. Hes a South Carolina senator. Im a North Carolina boy. And senator scott is somebody who in his initial primary, he defeated Strom Thurmonds son in that primary. We realized taking out in a primary the son of a longtime leader is something thats quite remarkable. I dont care if youre white, black or purple. But senator scott is a black man and only the fourth black man to serve as a u. S. Senator since reconstruction along with the great edward brook, barack obama, and my Law School Buddy cory booker. Theyve worked together in a number of efforts. Part of the area where senator scott has really reached across the aisle is the area were talking about today, criminal Justice Reform. And the senator opened some ears and minds in conservative circles where he talking about his experiences with the police, being stopped disproportionately, even in the Capitol Building where he serves as a senator. Lets lead off with that. Its an important topic. How is your thinking on the
City of portland or detaining black lives matter protesters without any explanation. The United States is struggling to contain a rising wave of the corona virus with cases of infections and deaths soaring more than 77000. 00 infections were reported in the latest daily tally that was on thursday thats another record high resources in many areas a stretch to the limits and hospitals are in danger of being overrun by patients debate is raging over mosques and whether they should be made mandatory u. S. President donald trump has ruled out making them compulsory at a national level. Would you consider what you consider a National Mandate that people need to wear a mask i want people to have a certain freedom and i dont believe in that no and i dont agree with the statement that if everybody were a mask everything disappears a doctor felt she said dont wear a mask or Surgeon General terrific guy said dont worry mask everybody was saying dont worry mask all of a sudden everybodys got to we
And iraq now committed to reduce the number of american troops in that country can we really expect that to happen though and if it does is it going to create a power vacuum in that region all right its time to move through news i. Q. Today marks the 21st consecutive day of nationwide protests following the death of george floyd over in minneapolis minnesota but now a Deadly Police shooting involving a black man in atlanta is triggering even more demonstrations all of this as new congressional legislation is being introduced to address Police Tactics across this country fronsac is outside of capitol hill with more on these developments there. Now and also in that building behind me Senate Republicans theyre getting ready to push out a package thats going to be all about policing. And what Police Officers can and cannot do now this is all coming forward from the only africanamerican republican in the Senate Senator tim scott of South Carolina which President Donald Trump has signaled hi
Family members argue thats not the case and since most of the country reopened just a couple of weeks ago more than 20 states are now reporting an increase in corona virus and. Today marks the 21st consecutive day of nationwide protests following the death of george floyd over in minneapolis minnesota but now a Deadly Police shooting involving a black man in atlanta is triggering more demonstrations and moments ago the mayor of atlanta addressed this latest shooting all of this as new congressional legislation is being introduced to address Police Tactics across this country are to project is just ahead of the white house with more on these latest developments fair. Woman as you know ive been covering these protests since the beginning we are on day 211 of the biggest changes that were seeing here is remember those big 10 foot barricades up those fences well those fences are. An hour down and you can see behind me open to the public is Lafayette Park where 2 weeks ago President Donald