Even before the events of this week, the campaign for president was waged under pretty extraordinary circumstances. I mean come a current president against a former president , a felon and fraudster, 78 years old, and an 81yearold facing calls from his own party to drop out. It was all crazy enough. And then came the horrifying Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump and if theres one thing that Terrifying Shooting in and pennsylvania left us with, with lots of questions. How did this happen . What were the Security Failures . What is the motive . What is it mean for the president ial race . I dont think we have answers to any of those questions just yet. We just dont. In in the immediate aftermath, many were. On a very sad night Mike Collins tweeted Joe Biden sent the orders. Senator j. D. Vance, not yet chosen as Running Mate said the Biden Campaigns rhetoric quote, led directly to president trumps attempted assassination. Now it is incredibly important to note we have no idea why the
Bidens agenda. And the new concerns about the cost of living and inflation drives up prices, putting a squeeze on your wallet and texas authorities are taking new steps to try to hold back the flood of migrants who continue to cross our southern border. We have Team Fox News coverage today. Mark meredith reporting on the president , hes in wilmington, delaware. Alex hogan is in new York City on inflation concerns. Bill malusian is in texas on the border crisis. First, lets go to david spunt, live in washington, with how the feds are trying to tackle crime in our cities. Reporter crime is a serious problem, not here in washington, d. C. Only but in other cities big and small across the United States. The justice department, the Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on thursday a Strike Force to combat Drug Trafficking in the United States, to help curb the problems. Still, authorities on a local and federal level feel a bit overwhelmed because of the rise in crime. Case in point, w
Sentenced to eight months in prison, less than prosecutors wanted. Welcome to our viewers in the united states and Around The World. Wolf blitzer is off today. Im jim acosta, and you are in the situation room. We begin this hour with the Delta Variant hitting this country harder every day. Lets go to our chief white House Correspondent kaitlyn collins. Covid trends are moving in the wrong direction all across the u. S. And tonight the markets are feeling the pain as well with the dows biggest Nose Dive this year. Reporter yeah. And, jim, the fears of the Delta Variant seem to be making their way into the market, sending the Dow Down 700 points at closing today. It started going down at the opening. It never bounced back from that, making it the worst day not only of 2021, but since october. Amid these concerns about potential of another slowdown and the impact that the Delta Variant is going to have on the u. S. With the Delta Variant spreading tHroughout the u. S. , President Biden is
u.s. customs took a look his passport, said, okay, you were in ukraine. are you bringing any weapons back? he said no. he said, okay, come on in, and that was the end of that. there you go. jake tapper, rest up. see you tomorrow night. thank you, sir. thanks, don. this is don lemon tonight. two big breaking news stories here at home and overseas. manhunt first. police urgently searching for a subway passenger in brooklyn who they say put on a gas mask, deployed a gas canister and began shooting at rush hour commuters as a train pulled into the station earlier today, firing 33 times. wounding at least ten people. thankfully, though, no one was killed. police believe he only stopped firing because the gun jammed. now, the nypd tonight saying that they are looking for a man, look on your screen now, calling a person of interest. they are not calling him a suspect. frank james, that is the person of interest they are looking for. they say that he rented a u-haul van, conn
also tonight, another deadly shooting rampage across two texas cities. six people killed. a 34-year-old army veteran under arrest tonight. the dramatic rescue. a chopper pulling people from floodwaters as an atmospheric river drenches the northwest with more rain on the way. the fighting raging in gaza. our new reporting. is israel preparing to flood hamas tunnels with seawater? the u.s. charging four russian soldiers with war crimes. the horrific things they re accused of doing to an american. two months after he was ousted as house speaker, kevin mccarthy making a big announcement about his future. donald trump revealing what he d do if he wins the white house again. what he said about dictatorship as his gop rivals meet on the debate stage tonight. and from all in the family to sanford & son to good times, remembering sitcom genius norman lear. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone. breaking tonight, police in