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A major heat wave in store for the Pacific Northwest and growing Fire Concerns for the droughtstricken southwest. Lets get to meteorologist chad myers. Chad . John, a remarkable heat wave about to occur in the northwest. Also, British Columbia as well. Hundreds of record highs will be broken without a doubt. To the east there will be some severe weather. But this remarkable heat wave across the west is going to happen thursday, friday, saturday, and into sunday and then at the same time were going to get almost 10 inches of rain in parts of missouri. One side across the country to the other. Seattle has only been over 100 degrees three times in history. The forecast is for three times again by monday. New day continues right now. Im Brianna Keilar alongside john berman on this new day. Combatting crime, President Biden taking action to address a surge in big city violence. Democrats strategizing their next move after Senate Republicans knocked down, even debating, an election reform bill. And cdc advisers are meeting to discuss a vaccine booster shot. You want a third one . However many it takes. Right . Theyre doing this because this Delta Variant is spreading fast. A former sportswriter says she was raped by a Major League Baseball player and this morning is speaking out about her startling revelation. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Its wednesday, june 23rd. Were just about halfway there, arent we . Halfway to what . Friday. The best day of the week. Well past halfway to july. Were almost there, folks. In just a few hours President Biden is going to unveil his administrations Crime Prevention strategy. This plan of his is expected to focus on curbing gun violence in the face of a Violent Crime wave that is raging across the country and one that has only escalated during the pandemic. There have been 296 mass shootings, 16 mass murders, 9,487 deaths from guns alone. Just two examples in the past week. A gunman opened fire in the street on a man. Two children barely escaped the barrage of gunfire. Just horrible to see that. And a father of twins was mugged and murdered while sitting in his car. His fiancee will join us in just a moment. First, i want to go to jeff and what well hear and why from the white house. Reporter good morning. President biden will lay out a series of steps to address this growing crime rate. The reason why theyre doing it, they are hearing from local officials across the country who are sounding alarm about the rising rate of homicides and other Violent Crimes. The white house does not want to be caught flatfooted on this. The president is going to be meeting with a series of mayors, republican and democrat, a police chief and the attorney general, to lay out a series of anticrime initiatives focusing on guns, specifically on the rising level of homicides across the country. But hes also going to unveil a policy of Zero Tolerance for rogue gun dealers, going after some of the guns that are on the street. Of course the president making clear that the rise of the Violent Crime coming after the pandemic is something that is simply unacceptable, but hes going to be signing a series of executive actions as well as urging congress to do more on guns. But we know that is something that simply has not happened over the last several years or so. This rise in crime rate certainly a concern to the white house. Hes going to be calling on congress to confirm the director of the atf and of course something that has not happened as well as a series of other things but specifically the amount of money used for the american recovery plan, the big covid relief plan. Hes going to be calling for cities to use some of this funding for Community Policing efforts. So these are just a series of some of the efforts hes calling on. The most important thing the white house is doing is trying to draw attention to this. Hell be talking with local leaders for a couple hours this afternoon and then delivering a speech later. Trying to draw focus on this. This is no stranger to this issue. Joe biden led the crime bill in 1994, very controversial at the time, now trying to get ahead of this as this rising crime rate is impacting the country. Jeff zeleny, thank you for that reporting. Police release this had video showing a robbery in New York City which took the life of milton grant. Early monday morning as grant sat in his car speaking to a friend, three suspects walked up to his black bmw, pulled out guns and tried to rob the two men. When grant tried to drive away, he was shot in the head, crashing his car nearby. Surveillance video shows one suspect hop into the crashed car to steal his watch, ring and chain. Police are still looking for the suspects who remain atlarge and grants family is demanding answers. I am joined now by the fiancee of milton grant, the mother of twin boys. Thank you for being with us. We are so sorry for your loss. So sorry that you are going through this this morning. Thank you. Tell us about milton. My fiancee was a great father. He was a family man. He put his kids first and his family first. And now i have to tell my little ones that their father is not returning home anytime soon. They dont know yet . Its unfortunate, its definitely unfortunate. You had said you never thought this could happen to your family. I never thought that my husband would be taken from me in this way. We talked about having forever together, about raising our kids. We just put them in sports, and so now im thinking how am i supposed to take them to practice without their dad accompanying me. How am i going to do Family Vacations without him . And its all for his jewelry, a robbery. How do you explain that . My husband liked nice things. He worked hard for his jewelry, for his shoes, for his clothes, for his cars, and for someone to just murder him, senselessly murder him for his belongings instead of working hard for getting his own is just a slap in the face. To take a life just for his jewelry is just insane. Why shouldnt he like nice things, right . You see whats happening yes. In New York City. Again, you never believed this could happen to your family, never happen to milton, yet you know that right now were seeing this rise in crime in cities across the country. Why do you think its happening . I think many people are struggling due to covid, due to unemployment rates, even though we have jobs available, people dont want to work. They would rather collect unemployment, and i feel the government needs to put a stop to people making claims that have the ability to work. Go out and work for your money. Go out and work to buy your own things. Dont steal and dont kill just to get those things. Work for them just like my husband did. What have you heard from police so far in the investigation . Not a thing. They have not contacted me since the death, and they didnt contact me about the death. His fatherinlaw was on the scene and they took his phone to give me their number, detective walters. Ive contacted them yesterday about three or four times, no answer. I just want his phones back. I want his belongings. I want to get arrangements settled for me and his family to put him in the ground. Do you think the city at this point is doing enough to stop crime like this . No. Not at all. What more should they do . I cant say what needs i have no idea what needs to be done, but something has to be done. We have to protect our husbands and our brothers and our children. Its just too much happening. Its not even safe to go outside your house anymore. Look, im the father of twins. Its devastating. I cant imagine what youre going through right now and the discussion youre going to have to have with your children. Tell us about milton. Tell us about what kind of man he was. Tell us about his life. Milton was very confident. He always would tell you he was the grittest cook. Anything that you wanted to eat, i could make it. Im the best. He always was around his kids. I dont even know how im going to go on. He picked them up from school. He was just a very handson father and a very handson son. He and his fathers relationship, theyre thick as thieves, and thats how i wanted my kids to be with him and now theyve been robbed of that opportunity. His legacy will live on i will keep his memory alive for them. You will. Keep his memory alive. Tell your children about him. Tell them about the cooking, the food, but i know its not enough. I know its not enough. Nixia jordan, again, so sorry for your loss. We do appreciate you being with us. Please let us know if theres anything we can do. Thank you, john. Just really drives home how senseless all of this is. And we see the numbers, and that is the fallout from one person being taken in this scourge we are seeing. As so often with tragedy when we see rising numbers, the most important number is one is its someone you know, when its your fiancee, the father of your twins who doesnt come home one morning. She says, i think what a lot of people feel, which is something has to be done. I cant tell you what has to be done. I know, though, this cant keep happening. There just shouldnt be more families like milton grants. Its senseless. We want to turn now to congress where republicans have essentially sunk democrats efforts to defend Voting Rights now under assault across the country. Vice president Kamala Harris provided over this 50 50 vote and it results that means not only will the for the people act not pass, it wont even get a debate. So this isnt even going to be debated on the senate floor. What is next then . Turns out Senate Democrats have other options as john avlon explains in our reality check. Reporter Mitch Mcconnell wants you to know everything is just fine with our democracy. Theres nothing broken around the country. The system upheld very well during tense stress in the latter part of the previous congress. Reporter i mean, despite the big lie and the insurrection and the continued baseless belief by majorities of republicans that the election was illegitimate, everything is cool, the system worked. I mean, thats why republican State Legislatures keep trying to pass laws making it harder to vote, right . That was just moments after mcconnell had all republicans kill the for the people act, a wideranging bill to reform much of our democracy to protect veiting rights, restricting Big Money In Politics and establishing new ethics rules for officials. Theres plenty to debate in that bill even with unanimous democratic support, but republicans shut down any debate via the filibuster. After all, when senator mike lee called it a bill as if Written In Hell by the devil himself, well, reason had left the building a long time ago. So what can democrats do next . Well, theres the john lewis Voting Rights act named after the late congressman and civil rights leader that focuses on restoring the 1965 Voting Rights act. This would override the Red State Voter Restrictions and ensure a more level Playing Field and even has more bipartisan support in the form of its sponsor lisa murkowski. So maybe this would get a fair hearing, right . Well, not according to Mitch Mcconnell. He called the bill unnecessary. Which brings us to plan c, the joe manchin compromise proposal which would make it automatic, election day a holiday, require at least 15 days of early voting, prohibit jegerrymanderi and require voter i. D. S. A major concession to republicans so clearly bipartisan support, right . Even stacy abrams endorsed the compromise but, no. Senate Republican Leaders quickly said they with oppose it. Democrats should bring it up for a vote anyway, make it clear that republicans oppose expanded Voting Rights even when they get some of what they say they want. Its a little bit like republicans asking for and getting specific conditions for a bipartisan john 6 commission and killing it anyway. Just more evidence that bipartisanship has become a partisan virtue in congress. Republicans wont meet democrats halfway. Its delay on the road to denial every time. So heres the deal. Do democrats accept the refusal to negotiate in good faith before the next election, or do they go it alone . Which brings us back to filibuster reform. Notice i said reform as in bend it dont end it. Maybe after republicans show they wont accept compromise Senators Manchin will consider reform. Manchin said to express openness like returning to the ole talking filibuster. Mcconnell will howl but it is a matter of fact the filibuster has been abused in recent years. Its also a matter of fact the filibusters lowest moments came from southern conservatives blocking Voting Rights in the past. Mitch mcconnell saying this, the filibuster has no racial history at all. Well, dr. Martin luther king would like a word with him. We have a congress with a senate that has a minority of misguided senators who will use the filibuster to keep the majority of people from even voting. They wont let the majority of senators vote, and certainly they wouldnt want the majority people to vote because they know they do not represent the majority of the american people. Reporter yes, times have changed. But some issues remain the same. And thats your reality check. John avlon, thank you for that. Theres a key question for cdc experts as the Delta Variant continues to spread. So will a booster shot be required . Are we going to need more to prevent a resurgence . Cases . Plus, dozens of medical workers who refuse to get vaccinated get word on whether they get to keep their jobs. And Billie Eilish apologizing for behavior from years ago. Which brings us to this question. Has cancel culture gone too far . You love rich, delicious ice cream. But your stomach doesnt. That disagreement ends right now. Lactaid ice cream is the creamy, real ice cream you love that will never mess with your stomach. Lactaid ice cream. 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