hatching right now, a deadly shooting at a dallas hospital sparking outrage today. the suspect, on parole and wearing an ankle bracelet. plus, a pledge to keep the student debt relief program moving full speed ahead, just as a court rules to hit the brakes for loan cancellations for now. and which major retailers won t be open on thanksgiving day? you re live in the cnn newsroom. hello, everyone. thank you for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. in new york, officials say they re working to tackle the rising crime on the subway system. the city has sewn a seen a wavef crimes like this one. police releasing video of someone pushing someone off a subway platform. police are searching for the suspect. the nypd says subway crimes have skyrocketed 41% from the same time last year. the mayor and governor announcing new plans to address the problems. cnn s reporter is joining us live now. gloria, what are officials saying? reporter: that video you just showed there in many ways
good question. certainly in addition to uvalde, you also had a significant ruling from the supreme court on concealed carry this summer, and you had the first bipartisan gun restrictions put in place at the federal level in decades. so it probably seems weird to people on the surface. but one thing to consider is that a lot of times that after major events like uvalde, you ll see a spike in interest and support for gun control policies. and then that will wane over time. part of this is a cyclical nature of how this issue ebbs and flows in response to high profile shootings. and i think there s also that bipartisan bill probably helped that process along to lessen the interest, which was i mean, one of the goals, mitch mcconnell said that, told politico this is one of the reasons they agreed to get on board with that bill. i wonder too if it xibl exhia
level of frustration that people feel like even after a uvalde, a litany of mass shootings, so little changes. and might people be reflecting in that kind of recent polling that they simply have given up on it being a high priority among those that they want to vote in or out of office? yeah, it could be a level of apathy taking place. that s probably one of the reasons you see the ebb and flow in interest. because among people who want stricter gun laws, they tend to have a more fatalistic view about what congress is going to do on the issue. although they did something this time. it s not something a lot of people on either side were terribly happy with. but it perhaps takes the issue off the top of the mind for some of the less committed voters out there. that s one of the reasons you