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he was read his miranda warnings, offered attorneys, et cetera, he went into details about what he had done. he admitted to what he had done. >> reporter: the county sheriffs office also revealed that there were red flags about the shooter well before monday's mass killing. in april of 2019, police were called about a suicide attempt of his. five months later, a relative contacted police after the suspect threatened to quote kill everyone in the family. but still, he was able to obtain the illinois equivalent of a gun license in 2020. today the prosecutor tried to explain it. >> ther...

If we faced recession, it would be normal and okay. >> experts you're talking to at cnbc about the potential for recession. explain what this nice bounceback is. i'm sure folks are happy to see the dow in the green today. >> including myself, which is interesting. the president calling up the media for an obsession about recession argues against everything we have. for the most part, americans prosper, all of us do, when the stock market goes higher. the reason wall street is bouncing back a little bit now is there is a big push and pull with stock markets near record highs. there is a chance ...

You cite an example in england. there's a guy who is going to stop the rich from enjoying their privilege. >> jumped in the water when the regatta was going on because he thought there was an elitist contest. well, damn, so what if it is. golf is elitist. tennis is elitest. >> he would ban those things too. he also said cabbies should take rich passengers on detours. the media spin, the rich get richer at the expense of the poor. >> that's false. while the richest americans prosper, the other 90% of workers suffer. >> this is the story of the rich getting richer. >> while the poor are poorer. ...

John has a program on income inequality this thursday on the fox business channel. >> while the richest americans prosper, the other 9% of americans are left to suffer. >> this is the story of the rich getting richer. >> while the poor are now poorer. >> after all as the movie wall street says. >> it's a zero sum game. somebody wins, somebody loses. money itself isn't lost or made, it's simply transferred. >> that's a mistake a lot of people make. it's as if they think wealth is like a pot. >> oh, you smell that fresh baked pie right from the oven. would you like a piece? which of you gets a b...

Inequality. it hit record highs last year with the top 1% of americans receiving the greatest share of income ever recorded by the internal revenue service. now the social security administration is just released wage statistics for 2012, and the figures are staggering. the median wage was just over $27,000 last year when adjusted for inflation. that number is down from 2011's median. now, while half of american workers earn under $27,000, the richest americans saw wages climb to absolutely new heights. the number of americans making over $5 million or more grew by 27%. while the richest ameri...