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more on that at 7.20. it's children in need today so we'll find out how owain is feeling after his epic drumathon and have a look forward to some of tonight's special events. and we'll meet the former gurkha who climbed the 14 highest mountains in the world in just six months beating the previous record by a mere eight years. just eight years, that's all. so, this is happening tonight. children in need is on bbc one tonight and later this morning we'll be catching up with our very own drumathon legend owain. and with mike, who is also getting involved in the fun. before we do that, let's focus on one of the projects which is funded by the money you donate. the kemp hospice, in kidderminster, offers specialist counselling to children when a loved one takes their own life.
big artillery now. they skipped a lot of middle steps. they're on trump's inner circle because it is wise, if we're going to have the fight, let's have it now. let's not lose another week. let's engage, fight back best we can. >> let's focus on one of the members of the inner circle, steve bannon specifically. there's this portion of the new book from bob woodward, robert costa, talk about bannon's involvement leading up to the insurrection on the 6th. this is a portion of steve bannon's podcast, he seemingly admits to the reporting. watch. >> we need to kill the biden presidency in the crib. that was the phrase based on reporting and our conversation. >> that's what this illegitimate regime is doing.
realize that the common enemy is the virus and we have a tool, a highly effective tool against this virus. >> why do you think that fact alone is not convincing more people to get a covid vaccine? >> i think that fact is not trickling down to many people. there's a lot of folks that, for better or worse, don't watch tv or listen to dr. fauci, who are getting their news primarily from social media or from their community groups or from their family and friends. those folks may not be hearing that statistic. they're hearing the stuff that's misinformation or actually lies about the vaccine instead. i am hopeful that we'll be able to permeate through communities that have been hesitant, but it's really much more of a ground game than a mass media game at this point. >> when you look at the numbers, let's focus on one part of the country, arkansas. it's one of ten states where cases jumped more than 25% in a
whether it's funeral expenses or other things. again, we have to understand that fema has also been directed by president biden to provide assistance. it's a coordination effort. more importantly, i think, that people understand that in this situation there's a process to make sure as money is collected from these groups, you've seen what the mayor and the governor are doing, that it gets to groups that will help and ultimately looks at the unmet needs of these nam lease. >> craig fugate, thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. president biden failed to meet his vaccination goal for the nation. so will he set a new one? what we're learning about the administration's plans up next. plus, at least 150 people killed and more than 400 shootings across the u.s. this fourth of july weekend. what the u.s. might be able to learn from our neighbor to the north.
gunshot wounds. police identified one of the victims as paul pearson, the registered owner of the ram truck. the other victim has yet to be iden identified. while police investigated, kennesaw state university sent out an alert to students and sfak faculty. the suspect is described as a hispanic male with long hair, 61 hollywood, 170 pounds with a darker complex wearing a white or tan t-shirt, work pants and possibly a hat. investigators are still trying to figure out if this was a targeted incident? >> he was a peaceful dude. clearly it's an act of evil, an act of selfishness. we need to come stog and have a sense of selflessness, or we don't let anger and sad nsz to inform our decisions. >> reporter: pga's president said, quote, we are truly
golf course just one of many tragedies. there were hundreds of shootings in the u.s. over the july 4th holiday. four people shot in a drive-by shooting in chicago. at least two people were killed and three others injured in a shooting in cincinnati and eight people were shot when an argument turned violent near a car wash in ft. worth, texas. sadly the fourth of july violence is shining the light on a uniquely american epidemic, one that seems to end at the northern border. why is that? cnn's security correspondent josh campbell takes a look. >> reporter: mass shooting after mass shooting in the united states. >> be careful. >> more than 300 in 2021 alone where four or more people were injured or killed. we're a nation saturated with guns, more firearms than people. nowhere else compares. canada is one of the western nations come closest. mass shootings in canada are so
the same materials. until we know why that is build came down, that one is on question. >> reporter: i got off the phone with one of the captains on the scene. he said right now ear focusing on searching the bedrooms in this complex, saying that's where they believe most of the people that are missing were at 1:30 in the morning when this condo collapsed. the national weather service tweeting that the surrounding areas are under a thunderstorm warning. if you look around, you can see it's pouring. i asked this cap stan if this is hampering the search. he tells me that right now there are still brave men and women on that pile of rubble looking for signs of life. pamela? >> they've been tireless from the get-go. thanks so much, row is a flores. let's go to cnn's tom sater who is tracking the storm. what does it look like to you when it comes to surfside and
legislation. what does it mean for the lone star state's young and diverse residents? plus, a study says people are willing to quit if they can't remotely. the ultimatum for those not back in the office by september. it is juneteenth. i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm sorry coffin in for lindsey this morning. in the south tropical moisture claudette makes its landfall. we are seeing some early remnants from this tropical storm. we will have updates later this hour. we have a team of report exist and analysts following the latest. >> the superdome in new orleans, it is expected to make a mess of juneteenth celebrations in the southeast and father's day celebrations as well tomorrow. let's focus on one of our top stories this morning.
process of evaluating all these potential candidates. jim? >> you think it's a plum assignment but difficult to fill at this point. the filings out friday were significant. to explain that, let's focus on one key revelation and one key lie. following the findings, the president tweeted, quote, totally cloers the president. thank you. his lawyer, rudy giuliani tweeted, quote, fake news coverage can't change the reality that mueller's late friday dump again demonstrates no connection to the president. both statements are false. read the filing. it says -- and i'm quoting here. regarding payments of hush money to two women during the campaign, quote, as cohen himself has now admitted with respect to both payments, he acted in coordination with and at the direction of individual one. individual one is the president.
was that your takeaway? >> yes, it was. in fact, i was just listening to the show where you read the statement this morning, the follow on statement from mr. schumer and mrs. pelosi. i think that's the accurate description. we have the makings of a deal. there's a deal on the table. think it's unfair to say there's a done deal. . i know there's no done deal. really what we're discussing right now is how big a portion this border security will be. border security continues to be absolutely critical to the president. i think that's where the discussions will go. >> let's focus on one of the key elements of this conversation. it's about those dreamers. nearly 800,000 young undocumented immigrants. will the white house fight for legislation to protect those dreamers? >> it will. in fact, i think general john kelly, now the chief of staff, has been very public, saying when he was at dhs, he was begging congress to do something about getting daca into law and congress didn't act. i think what you've seen is a