Murders. Those are events in which four or more people are killed. And nearly 9500 Gun Violence deaths already this year. The president is using this moment to announce new Executive Action to tamp down, to try to tamp down gun crime. Hes also once again calling on congress to act on gun legislation. Lets begin this hour At The White House. Our Jeremy Diamond joins us. What is to come from Biden Today . Reporter listen, were going to see the President Layout a comprehensive Gun Prevention Violence strategy to address the surge in violent crime that happened over 2020 and appears to be continuing into 2021, with Experts Warning of a potentially dangerous and violent summer. Were going to hear the president sign some new Executive Actions on gun reforms. Hes also going to push congress once again to enact Gun Control laws. Press for the confirmation of his atf director. This will all follow a meeting between the president , his attorney general, and several mayors and chiefs of police as well as Community Violence Intervention experts here At The White House. This is all to show thAt The president is indeed taking this rise in violent crime across the country and in major american cities seriously. Now, as far as the plan itself, there are five main pillars At The White House. Senior officials laid out for us last night. One is to stem the flow of firearms. Thats going to create a zero tolerance. Supporting local Law Enforcement with tools, investing in Community Violence Intervention. One of the real interesting things happening on the Community Intervention Front as well as the broader Law Enforcement funding is the administration wants to make clear those funds from the american rescue plan, those Coronavirus Relief funds, those state and local funds from that bill can, indeed, be used to help communities that are dealing with the surge in violence related to the pandemic to bring up their Law Enforcement staffing, to invest in some of these Community Violence Intervention measures. That is certainly something were going to hear President Biden highlight today. Again, this is all showing this intense concern inside the White House about this rise in crime because of the impact it will have, not only on lives lost, but also on the economy. And there is, of course, always politics at play here, and that is an attempt to prebutt some of the arguments weve heard in the past and we will surely hear from republicans ahead of the 22 midterms, that biden is soft on crime. They want to make clear, the White House wants to make clear President Biden and his administration are taking this seriously, and there is an interesting Marrying Hereof some of those efforts to combAt The violence and also to attack the Gun Violence problem in america. Jeremy diamond, thank you. Well wait for bidens remarks a little later this afternoon. The president s announcement comes as statistics show homicides continue to rise year over year. In many of americas biggest cities. And a new York City Police Man had taken guns off the street in a faster pace, were joined by shimon perez. Community leaders told me whAt They call an iron pipeline. Guns coming from states with lax laws. I wonder how that factors into the numbers youre seeing. It factors greatly into the numbers in Law Enforcement and new York City. Also other parts of the country are seeing. Thats why were seeing as part of this announcement from the President Today that hes announcing thAt The atf, police officials in new york, chicago and l. A. , and others, washington, d. C. And san francisco, where they are seeing an increase in Gun Violence, specifically Gun Violence they are seeing an increase in over the last 18 months. Theyre stepping up this Task Force to deal with gun trafficking. Its basically whats going on, that people are leaving their cities like new york and going out of the state where there are lax gun laws, buying the guns and bringing them into new York City, selling them in new York City, and also sharing them. There is a big problem with gangs and crews that are using these weapons thAt Theyre buying out of state. We see the numbers here in new york. 2,169 guns have been seized in really the first six months of this year. The n. Y. P. D. Said they are seeing the numbers bigger than they have seen in almost 15 years. The numbers are continuing to rise. Its a great concern here in new York City, as well as in chicago. In chicago they have now seized ne nearly 6,000 guns. Chicago police saying they have seized 5,556 guns. Thats A Thousand over the same time period last year. These are all very troubling numbers. Police officials from all across the country have gOne To the department of justice, have gOne To the White House and have said, we need help. So perhaps this is the first step in that. The other thing, jim and poppy, what youve been focusing on, the Bail Reform laws. A lot of times whats happening, people arrested with mere gun possession, thats a big deal. They are being let out of jail. Meaning they dont have to spend any time except that one night in jail. In many cases whAt The n. Y. P. D. Is seeing is those folks are out there carrying guns and getting arrested and also involved in shootings. So theres a lot of things going on here. The first steps were going to see from the biden administration are going to be helpful to Law Enforcement. One of the cops we spoke so the other night said folks are relieved before they even finish the paperwork for that arrest. Thank you very much. Joining us is former acting baltimore Police Commissioner and national political reporter for the new york times. Chief barksdale, if i can begin with you, the cop is right, theres no single Cause Or Solution to this rise in crime. Youll hear from the left and the right these are simple issues, right. Its one thing, but its not. Its multiple things. Its layered. From your perspective and your experience, what is the most urgent issue here that needs to be addressed not just by the president , but by cities around the country . Jim, you got out there and you saw whAt The cops are dealing with. The most urgent thing that can be done is one step President Biden is taking. Solidify the position in the atf. I believe its chipman. Get the local agencies to work with the federal agencies. Figure out who is who are the worst individuals on the streets driving the violence and then have the locals with the feds work to subtract them Constitution Tally from the crime equation. The politics of this,s tom Freidmans Article Today is really important in the times, talking about his Home City of minneapolis where they have seen city wide crime up nearly 90 compared to the first half of last year. And he writes this. Quote Department Officials say it is no coincidence the rise in crime the departure of 200 members of the citys police force, Retirement Resignations and medical lives in the month since George Floyds death. He notices 19 people are in the new class of cadets that just hit the streets. The headline column, want to get trump lerkted . Dismantle the police. He calls defund the police for some democrats political dynamite for them. Is it . Im not going to defend the premise of the column. Thats not the argument i think i see from the reporting. We see Police Departments that have experienced a decline that experience an uptick in crime for a lot of reasons, including some that have seen Mass Resignations or folks leave the force since George Floyd. Weve seen some Police Departments be financially ham strung. We have seen others where they have actually increased the budget that went to the Police Departments locally and that still has not resulted in a prevention of crime. So i think its kind of simplistic to look at one notion. We also speak to the politics. Its not as if Donald Trump did not try to drive the increase in Crime Numbers against Joe Biden last year. That was something that we saw being successful. But it could be different in the midterms, right . Donald trump is a specific person who is not making that argument in full. If this is a referendum as Joe Biden and the democrats, we could see a different type of backlash, particularly in those Gerrymandered Suburban House districts. The politics here is complicated. We know the solutions are also complicated. And i dont think it will be helpful for anyOne To say that is specifically tied to one specific movement, particularly when we havent seen that lead to a very large scale local defunding of police. I dont think thAt Thats a One To one comparison. Commissioner barksdale, when i speak to cops, they say they need help with guns. Straight up, theyre too easy to find. High capacity magazines they run into, highpowered weapons. You know the politics of Gun Control in this country. I want to ask you a basic question given your experience of someone who led a police department. Can you do crime prevention, can you address this rise in crime without addressing the Prevalence And Availability of guns . Jim, i believe that you can do both. You can focus on guns, but At The same time, it takes a human hand. It takes a person to pull the trigger. Who are the worst . Cops need better intelligence so they can know who theyre confronting and focus their efforts. Thats what we did in baltimore. This isnt about stats. Theyre seizing guns all day now, all day and all night. What are the results . But if theyre flooding in at such a rate, which they appear to be, dont you need a national effort to make them less available, lessees i to get . Absolutely. And President Biden focusing on atf is an excellent step forward. What im saying is on the ground level, the cops need they do need federal partnerships so when they do Grab Somebody with a gun, that person goes federal instead of getting released overnight. Yeah, weve heard the n. Y. P. D. Commissioner talk To Jim previously about that and whAt They are dealing with in terms of these people getting out so quickly. Whats interesting about what biden is going to say this afternoon, there is a lot of history here for him in terms of Crafting Bills to combat crime. Im talking about the 94 Crime Bill specifically. And there are parts of it he has disavowed and said he was wrong on. There are parts that he stands by and they remain today. How do you think that shapes his fight on this fund . Yeah, i think its critically important. I remember going to wilmington, delaware, to write a story how Joe Biden, the 27yearold fresh face to congress made biden a focus to his letter to the senate. That is something he wanted to be looking at. We know how that kind of played out. Not just the 94 Crime Bill, but the decade leading Up To that. He worked with republicans like Strom Thurman to take punitive measures. He thought thats where they needed to be to politically insulate themselves. The tension of that bill has not gone away. He sees it as something to stem the Root Cause of crime or a reactive measure to listen to Law Enforcement sources to increase their resources. That is going to be still a question about, we dont know kind of where Joe Biden has moved. The biggest portions of the party have moved on those questions, but they have elected someone who has been somewhat resistant to doing that. And i think, again, it comes up with a filibuster thats going to stymy every piece of legislation the democrats put on the table. Its where is the president individually and where is the party going to deliver on this issue where they know republicans will try to use it against them. Thank you both for the important discussion on this. GreAt To have you both. Thank you. Ahead, quite a warning from dr. Anthony fauci on the delta covid variant. He says it could upend all the progress that weve made against covid19. 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Among new infections. There is some encouraging news here, though. He believes its unlikely that we will see a return of the high virus surges we saw last year. Lets bring in the clinical director of the division of infectious diseases at brigham and womens hospital in boston. Doctor, its good to have you. Thanks. On top of that warning from dr. Fauci, you have dr. Rashel walensky, the head of the cdc, saying something i suppose is obvious but so important to hear, and that is At This point with such effective vaccines available to everyone in this country, almost every death from covid shes saying is preventible. That is absolutely true. One of the key findings from countries where the Delta Variant is spreading rapidly is that people have received two doses of the vaccine are largely still protected from getting it even though its much more transmissible. In addition, those who Do Get Delta who have been vaccinated typically get much milder disease. We have the tools available to us even though it is spreading rapidly. So, when you look at our national Vaccination Rate At This point, we talked for ages about getting to herd immunity. Were not there yet. We are above 45 fully vaccinated. And among adults, were in the high 60s or will be in the high 60s for adults having at least one shot. Is that Vaccination Rate high enough, in your view, to prevent a big surge in infections as a result of the Delta Variant . Its a really good question. It depends also on the region you live in. For example, right here in New England in particular, we have very high Vaccination Rates and the state of vermont is astoundingly high. There the combination of the people who have been vaccinated in certain parts of the country and the people who have already recovered from covid19 means we arent going to see the kind of surges we saw either in the spring of 2020 or the winter of 20202021 which over hemmed hospitals. However, there are parts of the country where Vaccine Rates are really much, much lower and there are still a lot of vulnerable people. They might be lulled, the difficult situation going on the better situation we have in the summertime, they can be lulled into a false sense of security. Yeah. Today there is a really important meeting, thats the one with the Cdc Vaccine advisers. There are going to hear more detail about people who developed Heart Problem after the covid vaccination. Is there a causal link or incidental . How do you determine that . In the united states we have One Of The Best Safety Monitoring systems for vaccines actually in the world. And were the envy of many other countries. As a result, theyre going to look At The data carefully, try to provide some sort of clear evidence, whether theyre linked 0er not, and come up with recommendations. What i anticipate they will see is there is an association, most cases are mild, is thAt The situation is rare. However, it could lead to at least temporary either pausing of the vaccines for younger people or potentially a different recommendation, maybe one dose rather than two. Well have to see. We are all eagerly awaiting that meeting. For sure. Dr. Paul sachs, thank you. Thank you. Covid19 deaths have fallen across the country. Data from Johns Hopkins University shows deaths are less than a tenth whAt They were At The peak of the pandemic. Still, 300 americans are dying every day and some groups remain at risk more than others. Cnn medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen has been following it. Elizabeth, tell us whAt The latest data shows. Reporter so, cnn has done an analysis of cdc data, jim. Unfortunately what we are seeing is a continuation of whats been going on since the beginning of the pandemic, which is that people of color are disproportionately affected, in fact, more so now than ever. So relets Take A Look at what R Analysis found. Black people in the united states are 25 of the population. You would expect they would also be around 12. 5 of deaths. But throughout the pandemic they have accounted for more than 15 of deaths. And if you look starting in may, black people accounted for 19 of deaths, even though there are theyre 12 of the population. Now lets Take A Look at an Age Trend thats going on. Throughout the pandemic the majority of deaths have been people over age 75. But in may a majority of deaths were people under age 75. A big reason for both of these things is that black people as well as young people are not vaccinated At The same rates as other groups. So unfortunately, just the uptake, Vaccine Uptake among black people also among young people has not been as high as its been for other folks. And so there is a great effort now to convince those, both of those groups to take up the vaccine. Great strides have actually been made with the black community. We have seen changes. There need to be even more. As far as trying to get young people to take the vaccine, dr. Fauci At The age of 80 is doing something new. Hes going on tiktok. He said he didnt think he would ever find himself on tiktok. There he is. Lets hope he can make a difference. Jim, poppy . It does make a difference. Its right in the data how this spreads. Elizabeth, thanks very much. Im smiling. I dont know how he does tiktok. Maybe you do, jim. I do not. Good for fauci. Democrats will go back to the Drawing Board on Voting Rights. The biden White House is full steam ahead with infrastructure. With only two days ahead of the jul july 1st, what are we going to see . Stocks plunged after they said it. One will raise rates. We are on top of all of it. 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They are trying to iron out some kind of agreement on how to pay for the framework. Im told theyre very close on how to spend the money. Thats really never been the issue, though. They are still having issues with how to finance all this and whether to finance all of this, those are two separate questions. No one in the room can necessarily agree on how much each of these provisions actually raises. How much money you get out of tax enforcement, for example. Republicans are arguing its under 100 billion. The democrats are saying its more than billions of dollars and going further whAt The Senate Number might be. Thats whAt The Hold Up is. Were told yesterdays meeting didnt yield anything. They met for two hours on and off. They came to the White House in the evening. They had another meeting. Still no agreement. Meanwhile democrats are trying to fast track this proposal. You saw the Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders put in a blueprint. Also related to changing the Immigration System through reconciliation. So very significant developments of what democrats are eyeing in their go it alone reconciliation package. Poppy and jim . Tea tell us the time line. If compromise fails again how quickly and democrats move on and get a bill, will get a law, Infrastructure Law passed, both signed by the president for reconciliation. We could be promised a very busy summer if the negotiations over the current package falls apart. Ellen r everyone is getting extremely tired of waiting for particularly on the progressive side. Theyre tired of this negotiation. They dont think republicans At The end of the day are going to the closer we get to 2022, the harder it is to get anything done. Were running into debt limit, all sorts of other Issues Congress has to deal with as we get closer to the fall. Joe manchin said yesterday, i believe, he hopes this doesnt bump into august. But its the u. S. Senate, and it moves like turning an aircraft carrier. This is not a speed boat. Great point. So, jackie, just on the bigger picture here, following on the collapse of the democrats push and the Question Mark on infrastructure, Mazie Hirono is going to be on with Anna Cabrera later this afternoon. Quote, if we dont make changes to the filibuster, i think were going to look at losing the house and the senate anyway. Thats a big call. Is she right . So youre hearing that a lot, just the dire consequence of keeping the full buster in place from the left. A lot of Joe Bidens Agenda Items are stuck because they arent able to get 60 votes or republicans to agree to these proposals. The problem is that you have a lot of democrats. Like joe manchin, Kristen Cinema are not going to vote to get rid of the filibuster. Theyre saying it creates more pressure and shows the democrats that are holdouts of what is being blocked. It does sht seem to have changed the calculus, though. That hasnt really moved. Theyre hoping to use this as a political issue, as a way to bludgeon republicans going into the 2022 midterms. A cause instead of a law. Laurenne fox, is there a plan b. For democrats on Voting Rights . I think At This point they plan to use this as a real election issue. Youre starting to see that with democrats, theyre going to hold Field Hearings outside of washington, d. C. Where democrats and republicans are dug in where they stand on this issue. Senator manchin said, look, im going to keep talking to my republican colleagues. If you talk to many republicans, most would argue there was nothing in that massive Voting Rights bill. Even if you broke it appears, thAt They would make that pass on a republican vote, they have to use it as a Messaging Discussion in the midterms to say this is why we need more democrats in the u. S. Senate. Its washington today, man. A lot of legislation, not much in it. Thank you very much. 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Democratic candidate over the republican candidate, joining me now Katie Glick At The the new york times. To some this was going to be a big progressive moment for the city. That aocs endorsement, for instance, would be the deciding factor here. But instead you have a more moderate candidate at least with the lead nor now. How much of the issue is rising crime fundamentally change the dynamic of the case . That was part of Eric Adams case, crime. The race is going to be absolutely, until we see that. But essential to the question of how central is Public Safety in this race, it was the dominant issue which is really striking. As you noted, of course, new york is perceived by much of the rest of the country as this deeply progressive bastian. What has been striking is a year after the rise of defund the police movement, which was quite influential in new York City, we saw consistently in polling throughout the new York City mayoral primary that crime, Public Safety the top issue for democratic voters. We saw a lot of support for adding more police to patrol. Eric adams was perceived by some voters as having some real credibility on a fairly urgent issue. He is someone who had a complicated relationship with the police unit, longtime police captain. Misconduct from within the department. So youre talking with a lot of voters, he was seen that could speak with some credibility on this issue. Its also fascinating to compare what happened in new York City and the top choices here with what just happened in buffalo new york. Much to the surprise of the incumbent there, india walton, a remarkable story. Cnn has not called the race, but appears to be on her way to winning the primary there. I think it is important to note also she has not embraced the defund the police movement. She is a socialist. How do you square the two . They are still counting for sure in the new York City measure. This may end up being a different discussion in a couple weeks. We have sharply divergent views. Two cities in new york, this comes at a time of national debate the democratic party should head. Of course, President Biden is empowering, At The local level and some places across the country. Youre going to remain busy at least a few more weeks to come on this race. Come back soon, Katie Glick. Thank you. Thank you. Restaurants and Restaurant Owners across the country have opened their doors again to customers. One Restaurant Owner said she had to start closing an hour early every day. Well find out why. Shell join us next. This is sam with usaa. Do you see the Tow Truck . Yes, thank you, that was fast. Sgt. Houston never expected this to happen. 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I was asking you, has the Labor Shortage youre facing in your restaurant gotten any better . I think the publicity about the fact thAt There is a shortage is helpful. My story is not unique, but my staff are absolutely overwhelmed and completely maxed. Its really difficult. Theyre spread so thin and theres just many issues that go along with surviving covid for 16 months. Most Restaurant Owners like me havent had a day off in 16 months. Youve said rain, sleet, snow, even covid didnt close my business, but now you are having to close, sometimes 4 1 2 hours early, not enough staff, nobody to wash dishes, using paper plates. I guess the Fundamental Question is why . I think its popular to go straight to unemployment or the federal supplement. I think that probably is partly true. But i do think that will be an incomplete narrative if were to tell the whole picture. Right now theres so many things in the change of events from covid are affecting this. The Supply Chain is very n inconsistent right now. People are squared and exhausted. Were five miles from the George Floyd incident last year. Theres a different levelo social unrest in the Twin Cities than in most places. Everyone is maxed. There is an interesting proposal from the legislature. A Minnesota Bill proposing a 2,000 Signing Bonus for people who go back to work before july and stay in that job for 90 days. This would replace the extension of 300 weekly supplemental federal Uninsurance Aid that minnesota is still participating in. Do you think a bonus like that, basically a Signing Bonus could help . Im for unemployment as a wonderful tool. We needed it. That confuses me. Im not sure. I dont know if thats the an answer. People are out and about, not wearing plas, people are vaccinated. Over 70 ps in minnesota. The science says we can take them off and be safe and follow the guidelines. I think people should come back to work. What about paying people more . I understand with tips you said your average salary is between 22 to 28. You had a barista last year who made 67,000, but there was another Restaurant Owner on with my Colleague Ana Cabrera who doubled his Hourly Wage before tips from 7. 25 to 15 an hour. My fatherinlaw is a small business owner. I understand the challenges you face on that front. That worked for this owner. I wonder if you thought about that. Its different for every business. Im part of a Leadership Group in the Twin Cities for restaurants. Some of us are doing Service Charges and going to a different Service Charge model. Some of us are thinking the 15 Minimum Wage is coming anywhere. Were trying to Figure Out how to have healthy businesses and still stay after loet. Its a lot coming at us At The same time. We need the rrf funded, additionally funded. I think we need something. We need to have more solutions on the table, especially about w wage. Whether theyre tipped or a service model, No One has the answers. I didnt know how to handle a pandemic. Who did . But you made it, you made it through. I have a strong feeling you will make it through this. Sandra weise, thank you for coming on and talking about these issues with us. This Breaking News in to cnn. Cnn is learning one of the Oath Keepers involved in the violent attack on the u. S. Capitol is, and this is crucial, going to plead guilty. Our Whitney Wild has the breaking details. Reporter this is a significant development, jim and Poppy Excuse me. Sorry because this was a major conspiracy case. 16 people charged as part of the Oath Keepers. The allegation has always been thAt They preplanned this attack, coordinated it ahead of ti