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hey, alison. >> hello, good. evening im alison camerota. a manhunt is underway for the mass shooting in texas, including 44-year-old. boy -- shaw stop shooting his rifle next to their house. the noise was keeping their baby awake. but instead of simply arguing with them, he shot and killed five of his neighbors. theres also the 79-year-old illinois man who fatally shot his neighbor for using a leaf blower in his own driveway. and the 29-year-old in texas who shot and killed a guy for o...

>> five people died on the street. another died later in hospital. more than two dozen others were treated for gunshot wounds. those taken to hospital range in age from 8 to 85. and most have since been released. police say they believe robert crimo iii opened fire from the rooftop of a building along the parade route. they say they recovered firearm evidence from the scene. crimo was arrested a few hours later not far away, in lake forest, illinois. he led police on a brief chase, but...

american plague. >> live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster. >> it is tuesday, july 5th, 3:00 a.m. in highland park, illinois. the chicago suburb dealing with yet another tragic mass shooting. at least six people are dead, more than two dozen wounded and a suspect is in police custody now. the shooter started just after 10:00 a.m. local time monday as people lined the parade route along central avenue in the suburb north of chicago. we have video from the scene, but we...

participate in vent which is what they were planning. people dont want everyone to forget what happened in orlando six years ago. >> senseless. happens all the time. really we need to pay respect for things like that. im pamela brown in washington. you are live in the "cnn newsroom." . it is 19 days since 19 young children were slaughtered in uvalde, texas, with 2 teachers and the senate is taking a step to gun safety. here are the provisions under discussion. funding for mental he...

Country are once again asking americans to mask up. This is due to a late summer spike in covid cases. Trace critics argue its more harm than good during the pandemic. Gillian should we expect we will all be Wearing Masks at work once again, at school . Thats what Everyone Wants to know and you are seeing more masks, covid cases are up, masks are making a return, even at the white house where the guidance seems to be a little confusing. This is what the Press Secretary yesterday had to say on th...

Sweetheart plea deal that he got that fell apart over the summer. It could be mean a highstakes trial playing out at the same time his dad will be fighting for reelection. Three felony charges. Lets take a look. Two for lying about his drug use while buying a gun in 2018. The third count is for possession of that gun knowing he lied to get it. His attorney is pointing to david weiss. Republicans are in the drivers seat of the prosecutors car. There will be a defense on the facts as well and peop...

Deal hangs in limbo, raising new questions about where this leaves the presidents son and his legal team. hunter biden entered the courtroom today, prepared to plead guilty to two mcdonalds federal tax crimes and avoid prosecution on a gun charge. it all started with normal procedural questions as hunter biden explained his tax troubles and detailed his history of drug use. but things went off the rails when it came to the scope of his immunity deal on potential additional charges. say, for exam...

Because we have a comprehensive immigration strategy in place, then you can focus on individuals like this and actually deploy -- dip wart criminals permanently across the border. >> lee, lets talk about the gun aspect of this. because its not just this, in the past two weeks, weve had been all these examples of what used to -- but wouldve been resolved, or maybe not resolved, but at least fought out with a shouting match or fistfight. now, someones shot for. it you pull into the wrong driveway,...

Police doesnt say it. police unions dont say it. this is the challenge, i think, scott, sorry to just talk to you but i will say to you. the challenge is, we dont have this conversation. we dont talk about this nexus. molly said it is not an either/or. absolutely not. but, the problem is that the response, i have to say, from the republican side is, we dont want to talk about this. we only want to talk about this as mental health, nothing else. when the river looking controlled congress, they wo...

This is an epidemic. >> i wanna let scott respond, scott, why are republicans uncomfortable talking about the gun aspect of this epidemic? >> well, republicans, generally, and this is a long helds principle of the republican party, is that were defenders of the second amendment. we believe in the constitutional rights that flow from the founding documents of this country. that is generally one of the longest held principles of this party. its where a lot of legislators think that they haveli to ...