in broad daylight yesterday a quadruple drive-by shooting took place one block from national stadium. a man and woman died as a result. two other victims are in critical condition. what we know there were some individuals at one of the corner stores on the block, a white jeep cherokee came around the corner and an individual began to discharge a firearm. the jeep involved in the shooting is the same one found torched last night. investigators said it was involved in an armed carjacking wednesday night, the night before the shooting. carjackings have more doubled in 2023. d.c. police have so far logged 943. the age most compare for thieves arrested in these crimes, 15 years old. withth ten days left in 2023 the were 225 homicides. the highest number since 1997. that s when the nation s capital was emerging from a violent decade. the white house have shied away from recent questions about rising crime in the district. last month the press secretary said the administration i
office. [cheering] you go, colorado. it s not partisan, it s about applying historic principles. what do you say to the republican candidates argument the voters should have the say and not the courts? why are you standing with confederates. john: democrats celebrate the move to ban trump from the 2024 ballot, president biden is going to hit the campaign trail, other states are looking into it. jacqui: slow start to president biden s re-election campaign, heading to the polls weeks from today, the biden campaign is saying that president biden, kamala harris, and others will fend off his challengers in the democratic primary. john: the shift in strategy as polls show president biden struggling to energize his democratic base. and much win swing states. jacqui: karl rove standing by and whether the effort to ban trump from the ballot might backfire. peter, is the campaign planning a rose garden strategy for the president? peter: they say they are not, jacqui,
but first another alert kicks off america reports on this august afternoon. lawmakers on both sides demanding answers into the raid at mar-a-lago carried out one week ago today. welcome as we kick off two hours of america reports. i m bill hemmer, a big welcome to my colleague. nice to see you, always a new yorker. i m aishah in for sandra smith. fbi documents revealing the agency seized 11 sets of classified records, including some marked as top secret. mike: now the former president demanding the fbi return some documents allegedly covered by attorney/client privilege. the trump team also asked for an independent review of the records but the doj knocked down that request. all of this as republicans call for the release of the affidavit that would justify the search in the first place. team fox coverage this hour. chris swecker. but but mark meredith live i washington, there is also some growing fears now about violence towards government officials, includ
We will not talk about numbers of troops. That is new for the american presidency. At no point tonight did the president clarify anything about what would actually change militarily for the United States in afghanistan. If this speech is meant to be interpreted as an increase in Troop Strength in afghanistan, its the first time a president has announced an increase in Troop Strength without actually announcing an increase in Troop Strength. As commander in chief, i have determined that it is in our Vital National interest to send an additional 30,000 u. S. Troops to afghanistan. After 18 months, our troops will begin to come home. These are the resources that we need to seize the initiative while building the afghan capacity that can allow for a responsible transition of our forces out of afghanistan. And here is how president george w. Bush described the Military Surge that he ordered in iraq. So uch committed more than 20,000 additional american troops to iraq. The vast majority of t