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violence stalks every corner of the nation on any given day. in the last 28 hours in chicago at least 21 people were shot and seven died. last night four people were shot and one died in denver. five people shot in a park in louisville, kentucky. two are dead, four injured after a shooting in gary, indiana. in georgia a man shot and killed himself after killing his wife and daughter and injuring his granddaughter. it's a lot every weekend here that we cover on cnn about these mass shootings. let's go to our capitol hill unit, eva, it doesn't go as far as some gun safety advocates wou...

i'm sorry to tell you. the average cost of gas now topping $5 a gallon this morning. this is not just everyday drivers, obviously, being impacted. how emergency crews now are trying to save as well. plus, a new saudi-backed golf league luring some big names and reportedly handing out even bigger payments. the controversy surrounding the new league. ♪ it is saturday, june 11th. good morning, christi. >> good morning, boris. let's talk about this national call for gun reform this morning. hundreds are marching for our lives rallies. they're planning nearly all 50 u.s. states toda...

a gas station in l.a. paul, how are people reacting to these very high gas prices in california? >> reporter: they're reacting with shock and they're in agony. if you look behind me, this gas station is considered a discount at $6.09 a gallon. as you articulated, here in california the average now, $6.42. what drives all of this, california has an extremely high gas tax at 51 cents per gallon. these taxes used to improve roads and infrastructure and whatnot. for these vendors we're talking to today, they're absolutely getting jackhammered by these prices. a family rental business, pa...

>> yep. wow, that one is really bright. >> where? >> and really low. what? >> oh, yeah. >> what? >> an assistant professor of astr astronomy, lawler has been watching from her farm as the number of active satellite exploded from 1,000 in 2017 to more than 5,000 today. >> this is a lot worse than i expected. it's changing fast. >> reporter: and it's about to get much worse. lawler and her colleagues created this simulation based on their recently published predictions about satellite pollution. >> this is the number of satellites that are in orbit right now that we're seeing in the sky. and thi...

The growing number of satellites may disrupt age-old astronomy practices that are independent of today’s current space technology.