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back-to-back hearings in the georgia school shooting. a major topic in a matter of moments. the teenage suspect age 14 made his first court appearance 30 minutes ago. his father, which is was announced late last night also faces charges. he will appear in court in a matter of minutes. good morning on a friday morning. we begin with this now and i'm bill hemmer and dana good morning. >> dana: i'm dana perino and this is "america's newsroom." groundbreaking in georgia and take you through it. prosecutors say the teen suspect is responsible for killing two teachers and two classmates facing four counts of felony murder and he will be tried as an adult. >> bill: authorities the suspect's father of enabling his son facing charges of involuntary manslaughter and second degree murder now. >> dana: last year a tip about the suspect making threats online prompted sheriff's officers to visit the family home. they asked the father about his firearms. here is newly released audio of

that conversation. >> do you have weapons in the house? >> i do. >> are they accessible to him? >> they are. nothing loaded but they are down. we actually do a lot of shooting. we do a lot of deer hunting. he shot his first deer this year. >> dana: first dana marie mcnicholl live from minder, georgia. >> the court appearance was quick and lasted five minutes. the teenager being tried as an adult was originally scheduled to appear virtually but we got word an hour ago he would be inside the courtroom and indeed he was. he faces four charges of felony murder for shooting four people with an a.r. style weapon. we want to give you a look inside this courtroom. our first look at him. the judge addressed the teenage shooter directly making it clear to him that he not only faces life in prison, but also the

death penalty in the state of georgia. now we do have a reporter inside the courtroom. she described colt as 5'8", small build. he did speak when answering the judge. our microphones didn't pick up his voice. they say he was very quiet. now again it was a very quick court appearance. the judge mentioned at the end that his father is scheduled to appear in the same courtroom in a half hour from now. so, of course, we'll get more information on that. but georgia law enforcement officials hold 54-year-old colin gray responsible for the tragedy that struck the high school this week charging him with the most severe charges ever filed against a student shooter. second degree murder and cruelty to children and manslaughter. >> these charges stem from mr. gray knowingly allowing his son, colt, to possess a weapon.

>> police are also questioning the mother of colt gray who has a criminal history charged with family violence and drug possession after being found with meth and fentanyl. recently arrested this year for theft. we do believe she is cooperating with the investigation. our reporter in the courtroom did mention that they are bringing colt back in for some reason. we'll go straight to that -- we'll send it back to you. >> dana: let's dip into court now. >> except for the fact you are under 18 years old so i wanted to inform you and make it clear to you that the penalty for the crimes for which you are charged does not include death. it includes life without the possibility of parole or life with the possibility of parole. i also wanted to inform you that the court has set december 4th

at 8:30 a.m. for your preliminary hearing and that is, of course, subject to change as you secure new counsel later today and so forth. is there anything else that needs to be addressed that anyone can think of? >> no, your honor. >> no. >> all right. with that you mays court mr. colt gray back out. >> i will step out for a few minutes to allow our media to reset and then we will come back in for mr. colin gray's preliminary hearing. >> bill: it's never happened in georgia before and we frankly have only seen one other case like it in michigan five or six months ago when a mother and father of a child who was

accused and found guilty of a school shooting in michigan were sentenced to jail for involuntary manslaughter. similar charges now. phil holloway, former assistant d.a. joins us from atlanta, georgia. first time in your state, phil. what are they up against? >> good morning, guys. great to be with you although i'm sorry it is on such a sad subject. you know, what you just saw was the initial appearance within a short period of time, a day or so. everyone who is arrested and held without bond has to be informed what the charges are and what the range of punishment is. the judge corrected that. he is a minor and does not face the death penalty. the father who we will see coming up in court later on is facing different charges. now his charges are grounded in criminal negligence, which is something more than ordinary negligence. it is an extreme recklessness or

carelessness without regard to people's lives and safety. so it is very fact dependent. right now we don't know all the facts but the charges, the second degree murder in particular, he has two counts of those, i understand. each one of those carries up to 30 years. minimum i think of ten not including the other charges. so both of these individuals are potentially facing the rest of their natural lives in prison. i think law enforcement is still having to complete their investigation. but the criminal negligence aspect is very, very fact dependent and all we know right now is that he is allegedly made this firearm available to his son. so we need to find out some additional details. needless to say, the facts as alleged against both of these guys appear to be very, very damning for both of them. >> dana: there is an additional comment in the audio we played

from the father and that police home visit from 2023. listen to this before colin gray, the father of the shooter, goes into court. let's listen. >> he knows the seriousness of weapons and what they can do and how to use them and not use them. so it is kind of a -- it's kind of a little bit of a shock. so in whatever you are telling him please instill in him wherever this is coming from, it's no joke. it is no joke. >> we wouldn't be here if it was. >> i know. i'll tell you right now we talk about it quite a bit. all the school shootings. things that happen. are you getting picked on at school? he is. he is getting picked on at school. is everything okay? that's why i keep going up there. you just never really know. i don't want anything to happen to him, so -- yeah. >> ainsley: as i understand it, though, then the police,

prosecutors are looking at that saying there was prior knowledge about this. >> when i say it's fact dependent, that's one of the facts that is obviously going to be very key. if he had notice and he was -- he had advanced knowledge that his son may have made these kind of threats and then he later provided him a firearm or access to a firearm, that's obviously, i think, what's driving the charges against the father. you know, there is other things to consider, though. the investigation is going to have to determine did he have more than access, was he able to have ammunition? was he able to access these things without adult supervision? exactly how were any weapons stored? and what specifically other than that may 2023 incident, what other information might have been known to the father? these are all going to be parts

of the investigation. the judge just said there will be a preliminary hearing set for a couple of months from now. that's a more detailed exposition, if you will, of the facts of the case. it is called a probable cause or committal hearing where we'll hear if that hearing is not waived we'll hear evidence from law enforcement under oath on the stand as to all the facts and circumstances that justify the warrants in the case. the judge will have to decide if there is enough evidence against the father and son actually to proceed for further court proceedings. >> bill: it appears the most damning thing they said last night the father knowingly allowed his son to process a weapon. age 13 and 14 now. we'll be back inside the courtroom in a moment. >> dana: get you to this. former president trump heading to north carolina this afternoon coming as a judge decides if the state can send out mail-in ballots today. aishah hosni has the latest from

charlotte. september 6th, early voting day in charlotte maybe. what's going on? >> that's a great way to put it. good morning. i got my hands on a sample ballot here. you can see rfk junior's name is the second in line and that's the issue in this state. these were supposed to go out to the post office around midnight last night. that did not happen. they instead were moved into a vault for safekeeping. we have video of the real ballots we'll show you now in charlotte. the state board of elections told all counties in the state to not mail these out after a judge ordered a 24-hour stay to allow rfk junior to appeal her decision to have his name stay on the ballot. why is it staying on the ballot? the argument is reprinting thousands and thousands of ballot would eat into early voting time. >> the problem is i can't just remove his name and start printing. i have to look at ballot layout, make sure it's all lining up and

then have to get it approved by the state and then i have to start testing it. >> that would be another two weeks? >> ill still takes time. it will take five to six days to make all that happen. >> rfk junior is telling his supporters to vote for trump no matter which state they live in red or blue to avoid any confusion. president trump is swinging through charlotte later today to speak at the fraternal order of the police fall meeting. trump is only one point ahead of harris in north carolina. a critical state for him according to a recent fox news poll. he is expected to make remarks before this event. that will happen at trump tower earlier today in new york city. he spoke to the economic club of new york yesterday where he reiterated his push to cut energy prices, to remove regulations on businesses and lower the corporate tax rate. he also announced, dana, he will create a big government

efficiency commission to audit the federal government led by elon musk. back in charlotte and back on the ballots we expect to get an update by noon, that's when that 24-hour stay is presumably expiring. more updates to come. >> dana: so much excitement today on a friday. thank you, aishah, we appreciate it. >> bill: looking this up. in 2020 there were how many votes cast in north carolina? >> dana: 14 million. >> bill: 5.3 million and they printed 2 million ballots when this panel ruled 3-two against kennedy last week saying we won't redo it because it costs too much money. they are considering it. >> dana: if kennedy had decided to endorse trump at the rnc convention, one might have been a little more powerful. but they spent the month going back and forth to the harris and trump campaign and went with trump. this is one of the consequences of the delay. >> bill: they may have avoided the 2 million in paper already out there. see what they decide.

we have a night next tuesday night. >> dana: simulcast of the abc presidential debate tuesday night and special coverage at 8:00 until the end. >> bill: back to georgia keeping an eye on this. when a father comes back in the room and see whether or not they bring the son back in for a third time. it is a story developing out of georgia in a way we have seldom seen in america. we mentioned the case in michigan five or six months ago. georgia is enforcing a similar law today. we'll get you back inside with that. >> dana: a disturbing report on venezuelan gang members preying on residents in a colorado apartment complex. how long their reign of fear has been going on. >> bill: who could survive this? good samaritans to the rescue of a man trapped in a car engulfed in flames.

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>> so falling our questions that i'll ask informing you of some things. you have the right to remain silent, anything you say can be used against you at further hearings or at the trial on the charges that you are facing. for this hearing you are not going to be questioned about facts and circumstances surrounding your charges. you are currently charged with -- you'll be provided with copies of the warrants if you don't already have them. you are currently charged with

two counts of felony murder in the second degree, you are charged with four counts of felony involuntary manslaughter. you are charged with eight counts of felony cruelty to children in the second degree. now for these offenses, for the felony murder counts, in the second degree, felony murder in the second degree the maximum penalty for each count is up to 30 years imprisonment. for felony involuntary manslaughter, of course, again four counts, the maximum penalty for each of thieves offenses is ten years imprisonment. for the eight felony cruelty to children counts, the maximum penalty under the law for each

of those eight counts is ten years imprisonment for a maximum total possible penalty for the charges that you currently are facing of 180 years imprisonment. if you have questions about these charges, which i assume you will, the court us you to discuss those with your attorney. let me inquire as to whether there is a motion for bond if mr. gray is moving for bond at this time? >> not at this time. we'll allow alternate counsel to make that decision. >> thank you. you need to inform you that you have the right to an indictment by a grand jury and you also have the right to a preliminary

hearing unless you make bond or waive such a hearing. you have the right to a speedy and public trial by a judge or jury. you have the right to confront and cross-examine all witnesses. you have the right to call witnesses on your own behalf and testify in your own defense, if you so choose. i want to make it clear to you, mr. gray, that you are presumed innocent. your refusal to testify at any point cannot be used against you in determining whether you are guilty or not guilty. it's in the first appearance hearing a moment ago, that is being set for you for december 4th, 2024, at 8:30 a.m. currently that's set to take place in the court of barrow county. it could be subject to change. i want you to know that's the

date we currently have. counsel, could you approach, please? i have this -- let's see, i need to scratch this out. this document that discusses bond and gives the date of the preliminary hearing. i can sign that and he can get a copy of it and the warrants are attached to that. i would like for him to sign it, please. >> do you want me to give him

his copy? >> yes, please. >> the page continues. >> copies of the warrants. >> they say service copies on them and i assume they are for him. >> okay. is that what those copies are for? was it for the detention center? he has his own copies or he will have them provided? >> we'll provide them. >> the detention center wants to hold onto those.

all right. let me -- thank you, ms. graves. certainly acknowledge the presence of our district attorney, mr. brad smith. he is assisted by his chief assistant patricia brooks. anything else, counsel, the court needs to address that i have neglected to address? >> no, your honor. >> no, sir, not at this time. >> all right. i do want to thank those who are in the gallery who have an interest and who have appeared. i appreciate the decorum maintained throughout this proceeding, both of these proceedings today. with that, this matter is adjourned. >> bill: that was something, real human drama playing out for this 54-year-old man and he is obviously shaken up, clearly. and probably had a very, very long night and is about to have a lot of long days ahead of him. want to bring in phil holloway and chris swecker with us. it appears as dana and i were talking a moment ago when you

think about the michigan case where the two parents were sentenced to jail for 15 years for the work of their son at a local school, america has entered a new era. >> yeah. it's incumbent on every person who owns a firearm, of course, to make sure that firearms are properly secured, that no one who doesn't need access to them can get access to them. it is really telling that law enforcement is absolutely cracking down on that. they are taking this piece of it very, very seriously. it is not just that parents can be held responsible for the acts of their children as a general principle, but when the parents' own negligence or criminal negligence comes into play, then law enforcement usually at least in this day and age is going to

take quick and swift action to enforce any applicable laws. that's what you see playing out here. law enforcement wasted no time whatsoever in bringing these charges. it ising to be interesting to see what information is revealed once those arrest warrants are released to the public or even in december when we see the next phase, which is where we actually can hear testimony from law enforcement as to what the facts and the circumstances are. needless to say, it is obvious that law enforcement and prosecutors are not only prosecuting, of course, the perpetrators of the crime but anyone who may have played some part of it, even if it's -- if the person has criminal liability they will take whatever actions appropriate. >> dana: one is the speed with which the charge against the father came. perhaps that is because they had that visit to the home in 2023

where they discussed this very issue? but the speed with which the authorities there decided to move forward and charge him seemed -- it seems very decisive and sending a message. your thoughts. >> deaf niftily. it's warp speed. as a former prosecutor before i was an agent we handled cases like this. not like this but cases of second degree murder and cruelty to children and you never see these charges come this quickly. i think one of the reasons it did come so quickly is because of the prior session that the parents or father had with the sheriff's department or gbi. and he assured them that the guns were not available. all they had were hunting guns in the house and he closely supervised and kept the guns away from him unless supervised by the dad. an ar-15 is not a hunting gun. i think where they are coming from is that i think they are

going to allege or the facts will come out that he lied to law enforcement about the circumstances in the house and his son. i think that's one of the reasons they were able to bring the second degree murder charge much more serious charge, which is also based on the cruelty to children charge in the state of georgia. so i think this is a big message. >> dana: can i ask you about that, chris? the cruelty to children piece. i have been following a few of the posts that the shooter's aunt has put forward and she claims that the child, the 14-year-old, the shooter, who will now be charged as an adult, was begging for mental health support and that is the cruelty to children, is that partly that he didn't help provide that? >> i don't think so. in reading the georgia statute, i don't think it's the meant --

particularly since he didn't die. and he wasn't inflicted physical pain. in this case, i think it's directed toward the two children that were killed and the ones that were wounded. >> dana: okay. >> that's just the way the statute reads. it's an unusual statute. no parallel in north carolina where i practice law. >> it is based on the pain and the suffering inflicted upon the children who were victims of the shooting because that is a what we call offense or second degree murder. the second degree murder statute is limited in scope and it only applies when there is a second degree child cruelty charge underlying that led to a death and that second degree child cruelty is based on criminal negligence. first degree child cruelty is something where you intentionally injure or harm a child. if it's based on negligence or

criminal negligence, i should say, then there is a death, then that triggers the second degree murder and it is only applicable if there is an underlying second degree child cruelty. it is very narrow, so it is not the kind of charge we see on a frequent basis, but it is limited and that's what this father is charged with and that's why he has got, you know, so many years, 180 years because they were able to use that underlying child cruelty to bring the second degree murder. >> bill: let our viewers know may of 2023 the f.b.i. got a tip. the f.b.i. went to the sheriff's department in northern georgia and the sheriff's department went out and recorded the audio clip we've been playing. he openly admitted we have firearms. i take my kid hunting. >> dana: that's a good way to get young men responsible. >> bill: he is on tape saying and recorded as saying i want him to understand about gun

safety. then they said do you have firearms and he says there is nothing loaded, but they are here. and i imagine that will be a big part of this. >> dana: can i add one other thing as well? the judge thanked the people there in the audience members in those seats and thanked them for their decorum. i want to mention that because family members of the victims were in there as well and they were very dignified in the face of their grief and i want to thank them also for helping us tell this story as they have been willing to share their pain and grief. we'll continue to follow this story. certainly different time in georgia with this prosecution. >> bill: stoic and strong as they filed out. fox news alert. economy, listen, folks, every time this jobs report comes out, it matters because we've got an election 60 days away. the august jobs report is out. there it is on your screen.

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>> dana: fox news alert on the economy. united states adding 142,000 jobs in august. weaker than analysts were expecting. unemployment dips slightly to 4.2%. want to bring in our fox business panel. brian brenberg and taylor riggs. this is right before the election and people's livelihoods and their ability to pay their bills. what is happening in this economy? >> i think for me it's a normalization and cooling of the economy that you would expect this late in a business cycle. i think we have to remember yes, there are people's jobs on the line but recessions and job slowing are normal and healthy. you need these in classic business cycles to keep the

economy going on and healthy reset. this is not alarming to me in the sense the world is falling apart. this is exactly what we should see in a normalization and cooling of the economy. you shouldn't add 200,000 jobs every month forever. it doesn't work that way. >> it feels more like a minnesota definition of cooling to me, which means getting cooler faster. the jobs number came in weaker than expected. revisions brought those numbers down by 86,000, down by 400,000 over the past year. it tells me this labor market might be degrading faster than the fed thought. if you step on the scale and every month you find out the number you saw last month was higher than it really was it is hard to manage weight. the spot the fed is in right now. they might cut by half a point coming up in a couple of weeks. not taylor's vote. >> i am. i think it has signals there is panic and a lot going on we don't know.

i don't think the fed wants to start panic. going 25 shows them they see it is a cooling economy but we aren't so far behind the curve that it is catching us off guard. i wore eft about a 50 basis point cut heading into an election. >> bill: the 18th of september is what we have circled on the calendar. >> dana: i heard from ed lawrence manufacturing jobs are being cut. from an election standpoint, both trump and harris want to go after those voters. trump certainly maybe has the edge there. but biden-harris campaign, administration, sorry, it's in the title and she hasn't said what she would do differently on that front. not yet. >> she hasn't. in the past jobs report we saw we saw a decrease in manufacturing jobs. trump came out strong on that yesterday. he said if you make stuff in america we'll cut tax rate and allow you to expense things faster. that would be a hold jolt to american manufacturing. i haven't seen anything from

harris on par with that focused on producing here. >> i agree. the manufacturing data we got earlier this week shows manufacturing is now contracting for a fifth month. that's what we heard from china and europe. it sounds global. in policies we haven't heard a lot from the harris campaign. trump wants low taxes. >> bill: well ole see what's behind the curtain tuesday night. well done. 22 before the hour. awaiting judge merchan's decision whether or not he will postpone former president trump's sentencing in the manhattan criminal case. it's on the docket for next wednesday. can it change and will it be punted? we expect a decision today and that would be significant. stand by. back on that and more after this.

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>> dana: that is bill's favorite music. democrats are touting a surge of enthusiasm for vice president harris. despite that momentum polls show the race is still essentially tied in the battlegrounds. that matters. want to bring in ian sams. senior spokesperson for the harris-walz campaign. want to point out the nate

silver forecast. 61.5% puts trump in the category for right now. what will happen before next tuesday that kamala harris can do to help her turn that around before the debate? >> well, i think they are working hard. the vice president is sharing her message. in last couple days you've seen a lot of the economy. saw president trump speaking at the economic club and vice president harris speaking in new hampshire. a different choice for the american people between president trump who wants to cut taxes for big corporations and vice president harris with a plan to jump start small business growth by giving them the resource evers to get off the ground. it comes on top of her middle class tax cut she is running and campaigning on for the country. so in the coming days i think you will hear us talk more about the economic vision just this morning 88 top ceos from across

the country business leaders, companies like ford, starbucks, pepsi, lyft, real american companies came out and endorsed vice president harris saying she would be great for the business community. donald trump is a former ceo himself. i'm not sure why the ceos don't like him so much because i think they have seen the difference in the economic vision. >> dana: i think he might say -- i'm not a spokesperson for him but i imagine what he would say he has never been a friend of wall street. never been a friend of the establishment. of course the ceos don't like him. what he would say, i would imagine is one, the trump tax they would argue that it did not just help the top and you hear that even from voters who are saying the biden-harris administration the last 3 1/2 years has led to a point where you have three months of declining manufacturing job growth, retirees as the fastest growing seekers of returning to work at this point because they can't meet the cost of living

standards and kamala harris yes $50,000 to help start a new business. if you are a retiree that's not what you are looking for. they want to go back to something that they can make ends meet at the end of the month. she is going to be pressed on the economy, no doubt. do you imagine that president trump and kamala harris will figure out a way for example on the trump tax cuts. she flip-flopped on a lot of things and said she wouldn't want to extend them. that helps the middle class. would she agree with him on that like taxing on tips? >> that's a lot to sift through. a couple of things. if you are a senior in this country you are probably more worried about the project 2025 agenda that might cut your social security and medicare benefits. when it comes to manufacturing, people forget even before covid hit in 2019 we were in a manufacturing recession because of president trump's policies. i think when you think about these things that you mentioned you have to understand the facts there. secondly when it comes to --

>> do you include the pandemic? >> the vice president has clear that the trump tax cuts were a disaster for this country. she focused in a more taylored way insuring workers and small businesses get tax relief as opposed to a one size fits all approach like president trump and promoting doing more of that slashes taxes overwhelmingly for those at the very top and big corporations and hopes that trick also down to the rest of us. that's different than the economic visions and i think you are hear her talk about that on the debate stage. >> dana: pennsylvania is an important state. you have to have that in your column if you want to get to 270. this is what he said about vulnerabilities for the harris campaign with older white voters. talking in particular about those retirees. watch. >> part of her struggle right now is the older white voters where joe biden was doing better than she is right now. she has to address this and she did yesterday in her announcement but you are on to one of the challenges of the election for her, which is these

older white voters that love joe biden and are still waiting to figure out what to do in this election. >> dana: they haven't heard from her. she did the speech in new hampshire. president trump for all the interviews he has done, he is willing to take questions and everything. is that a risk to put all your chips on one debate when she hasn't really been able to do any sort of q and a with anybody except for debate prep? >> well, she sat down with dana bash for a long interview on cnn. >> dana: one interview in 47 days. >> i know you guys are paying attention to her as a presidential candidate. she has done 90 interviews as vice president. she has taken questions from reporters on the campaign trail so far in this campaign. people who are covering her every single day. she will do more interviews and take more reporter questions. of course she will do that over the course of this campaign. but i think she will explain to

the country on tuesday night what the difference in this election is and the choice between president trump and her and who has the right vision for the future. are we ready to do what donald trump has been doing for the last decade or turn the page and look forward to something else? >> dana: ian, first of all. she hasn't done a lot of interviews. saying debate prep is going well. yelling to the pool is not taking questions from the press. the last thing, which is do the american voters not need to hear from her directly? she wants to be the commander-in-chief. we pay attention to her and you guys didn't like that, either. go ahead. give you the last word. >> funny, i hear the question and funny. you are acting like she is in the witness protection program. she has been talking to thousands of people in packed arenas much more packed than what president trump is speaking to and people are seeing that on the news and hearing her

message. >> dana: it's great but different from doing an interview and she hassoun nitty had to explain the flip-flop on fracking, green new deal and banning plastic straws. >> dana, dana last week on cnn in a sit-down interview asked her questions about all those things. it is inaccurate to say she is not answering the questions. she did a long interview to explain her positions on these issues last week and how her views developed between the vice president to president biden and how she has gotten so much done when you talk about fracking. this is the vice president who cast the tiebreaking vote on the biggest piece of legislation to spur clean energy job growth in american history. that's what she will build and grow on. >> dana: and retirees have to go back to work. i love talking to you. you have been a really good person for me to be able to reach out to and i appreciate that. thanks for coming on the show. i hope we will have you back. you are working long hours and

we appreciate you. thanks, ian. >> thank you. >> bill: tuesday night big night. see how it goes down. from colorado police arresting more suspected venezuelan gang members. what the feds are saying about how they entered the u.s. in the first place and you would not believe this. a stunner yet again. you can cross the border, apprehended and let go into the country. hunter biden with a stunner in court. what is next for the embattled first son after pleading guilty to tax evasion? [shouted questions]

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>> bill: now to a community reeling in grief. dallas police officer daron burks laid to rest tomorrow. he was shot inside his cruiser last week in trois is being described as a targeted execution. cold blooded murder. brooke taylor has more live from dallas. >> officer burks was a long-time teacher and coach. recently became an officer. he hadn't been on the job a year and brutally attacked and murdered thursday. police say he was sitting in his marked car last week when the shooter went up to him, pulled out a handgun and killed him. the dallas police chief says

this was a targeted execution. i want you to take a look at this dash cam footage showing the final confrontation between the shooter and police following a 25-mile chase. he stops in the middle of the freeway, walks toward the officers, you could see that shotgun in his hand there. the officers are yelling at him to drop the gun before he is shot. president of the dallas police chief association tells me this is a war on cops. nationwide staffing shortages, no secret. we reported on it before. this, he says, is a perfect example of why so many people don't want to become officers anymore. >> these young officers, when they are arriving in their scenes they respond to scenes of war. that's not normal. the days of the simple 911 calls, loud music, you know, family disturbance. those days are gone. we are responding to acts of war. >> according to fox research,

there have been 32 officers intentionally killed so far this year. i wanted to point this out. thought it was worth noting. in 2015, 35 officers killed intentionally. the year isn't over yet and almost close to that total for the entire year. back out here public visitations are going to be held tonight. there is a growing memorial behind me. the funeral is going to be tomorrow. i did get the chance to speak to officer burke's mom on the phone. she didn't want to speak on camera because she is so upset by this as you can imagine. she did want me to share this message for anyone who is watching that her son wanted the best for everyone. dana and bill. >> bill: it's a message and we need to hold onto. welcome to the family, by the way, welcome to fox. >> dana: great to have you. you are in a great city with a lot of news and we're so glad to have you as part of the fox family. welcome. >> thank you so much. i'm excited to be here and tell important stories like this