around the world, i m john berman in highland, park, illinois, about 25 miles north of chicago. brianna keilar in new york this morning. behind me is the scene where now 24 hours ago six people were killed in a fourth of july parade. another 25 injured. and you can see the street behind me, it s a moment frozen in time. it was 10:15 a.m. where a shooter opened fire from a rooftop two blocks hence. but you can see the streets here littered with the beach chairs, towels, i see a frisbee, a beach ball, frozen in time, where people fled in every direction when they heard dozens of gunshots ring out from that roof. now, police say the shooter got to the roof from a back alley using a ladder, they called the shooting intentional, but random. now, eight hours after the shooting itself police did apprehend a person they re calling a person of interest. they also called this 22-year-old man a suspect. they got him after a short police chase. police got him on a road about five miles f
wanted, but the fight is not over. that s the thing with politics, you don t always get the things you want initially, and i certainly understand how difficult that has been. i am a conservative, but god knows, i don t want people not being able to see a doctor one they re ill. that is something that is unconscionable for me as a question. my hope is that my conservative friends, who i believe would have the same values as me with change their hearts on that issue. with that said, i think the president is doing the best he can to keep the economy on track. jonathan, there are progressive lawmakers who attempted to push through an amendment that would have included seven days of six they leave furlough workers, but were struck down in the senate. every democratic some percentage are joe manchin voted for it, and as shermichael set, you had 40 republicans voted against it. we know that members of congress have unlimited six paid leave. talk about the contrast here. what is the argument
question. my hope is that my conservative friends, who i believe would have the same values as me with change their hearts on that issue. with that said, i think the president is doing the best he can to keep the economy on track. jonathan, there are progressive lawmakers who attempted to push through an amendment that would have included seven days of six they leave furlough workers, but were struck down in the senate. every democratic some percentage are joe manchin voted for it, and as shermichael set, you had 40 republicans voted against it. we know that members of congress have unlimited six paid leave. talk about the contrast here. what is the argument, the moral argument, the financial argument that these republicans and joe manchin are making as to why americans cannot have sick paid leave? the contrast is stark. this is why so many americans think politicians are hypocrites, but just to take
they were not allowed to furlough workers although they did offer voluntary outs and retirement packages. when that comes together with summer weather, that s when the deck of cards begins tumbling down and the cancellations begin piling up. we re not totally out of the woods this summer especially since the threat of summer weather is out there still and airlines are scrambling to hire. they re still a lot smaller than we saw back in 2019, brianna. pete, that means i look forward to seeing you again very soon. pete muntean live for us just outside of washington, d.c., thank you. president biden is facing criticism for suggesting that companies running gas stations are overcharging americans for gas. an zahn founder jeff bezos taking to twitter to say this, inflation is far too important an a problem for the white house to keep making statements like it. it s either straight ahead misdirection or a deep understanding of basic dynamics.