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philadelphia do prepare to give an update any moment now. we'll go straight to that. also this hour, extreme weather in reeking havoc on picnics and parades as blistering heat and thunderstorms leave millions under a severe weather watch. we'll have the latest weather forecast of what you can expect today and on this busy holiday, about 15,000 hotel workers in southern california walked off their jobs further complicating travel plans. we'll explain why they're hitting the picket line. we'll start with the mass shootings that left two u.s. cities reeling with eight people killed. fort worth texas, three are dead and more than a dozen injured while in philadelphia, five were killed and two injured after a gunman wearing a bulletproof vest opened fire on a street. any moment, we're expecting an update from philadelphia's mayor. this is the live picture at the microphone. we're watching that.

when it does happen and the police commissioner joins the mayor, we'll take you there live. meanwhile, president biden responded saying this, quote, today jill and i grieve for those who have lost their lives as our nation celebrating independence day. we pray for the day when our communities will be free from gun violence. now the president is also calling on republicans in congress to come to the table on meaningful, common sense reform that is the american people support. let's bring in priscilla thompson and rehema ellis. how are the crime scenes? is the tape still up? what are they looking for in terms of the suspects? >> reporter: we've got two separate incidents here that occurred on the eve of the fourth of july. that deadly one occurring just before midnight. it was a block party celebration. there were hundreds of people there when this gunfire erupted. and we don't know the details about how exactly all of this

unfolded. officials there still looking for a suspect or potentially suspects and also a motive. not even a word on what type of gun or guns may have been used but what officials have described is a chaotic scene. when they got there, there were vehicles everywhere, people on foot. they found multiple shooting victims in a parking lot and it was so sort of crowded in this neighborhood that spanned various blocks that they weren't able to get ambulances in at certain points and one officer actually had to put a victim in a patrol vehicle to transport them to an ambulance to try to get folks help. as you noted, there were 11 victims. including a juvenile. we don't have names confirmed just yet but that was one incident last night then the other happened just a few hours before that one. it happened at a private residence where there were a handful of people shot and

injured. thankfully no people who died in that situation and police have arrested a suspect and that is being investigated by the gang unit there in fort worth. but as far as that other shooting at the block party that left three people dead, still no answers on a suspect as that investigation continues. richard? >> in a discussion here of linkages and how are they handling law enforcement today? a big party day across the country. in texas included. >> reporter: yeah. so it does not appear that these events are connected in any way and in fact, two years ago at that same block party, there was a shooting that happened hours after it wrapped as well. so really just devastating for this community that when they get together to celebrate during this time of year, there seem to be violent incidents happening for various reasons but the city certainly paying attention to that and wanting to make sure

people feel safe. >> as we saw in baltimore over the weekend, another block party that turned violent. thank you so much. live in texas. let's go to rehema. now what you're following is a different type of shooting where the suspect was actually move ng the area of philadelphia. what's the latest that we have right now? >> the suspect according to police was going through several blocks in the community. we don't know if this was a random act of violence. the news conference from the police commissioner and mayor to bring us up to date. there were seven people shot. five dead. all males between the ages of 15 and 59 years old. two children were hurt. one a toddler. just 2 years old. the other, 13. the children are expected to recover from their wounds. this as you point out happened, the police have in custody, a 40-year-old man who they said was surrendered to police if you

will. police were responding to a call of shots fired when they got there, there was active shooting going on. according to the police, they confronted the man and he gave up to police without them having to fire their weapon. but the damage was already done. they say he was armed with an ar 15. a handgun, and another gun and police say that he was wearing a bulletproof vest and had a police scanner. they also said earlier that they had arrested a second person but we may find out more details about that in the news conference. in shootings like this, details are likely to change, but again, we know one person is in custody, is a suspect. we don't know a motive. we don't know why these people were targeted. if they were targeted or if this was something that random happened in the street of philadelphia. >> expect the mayor as you know and you mentioned t police commissioner we're watching that

microphone which we expect any moment they said they were to start within the last five minutes or so. what might we expect for them to cover? as throughout your reporting, you said those injured also included children. i think age 2 and 13. maybe an update on their well-being, where they're at. also in addition to this, was there any discussion of potentially other suspects other than this one that they have in custody right now? what else might we expect them to cover? >> all of that and maybe even more. again, this is an ongoing investigation and oftentimes, we will find that information thafls originally given to us might change in the course of police finding out more information. but you had up on the screen a moment ago the names of the people who were killed in this. it's so important i think that we share those names. and the point you see a young man there, daujan brown, 15 years old. a 29-year-old, 31-year-old, and

59-year-old. they do not have the -- >> stand by. that press conference just began. let's go straight to it. >> short amount of time. likely preventing more deaths and may i say that scene must have been chaotic. taking active fire, scooping people up to try to get them to the hospital to save them and our officers deserve our gratitude for their courage and commitment to philadelphians. i am frustrate and outraged that mass shootings like this continue to happen in communities across the united states. this country needs to re-examine its conscious and find out how to get guns out of dangerous people's hands. a person walking down a city treat and shooting randomly at people while wearing a bulletproof vest with multiple magazines is disgraceful but all too common situation in america and i was today at the independence hall where they wrote that constitution and is second amendment was never intended to protect this. this was a terrible, tragic

situation that's traumatized the community. we are begging congress to do something about america's gun problem. i'll turn it over to mr. outlaw for updates on this incident. >> good afternoon. thank you, mr. mayor. first and foremost, i would like to express my deepest condolences to the families, friends and all of those achkted by this senseless act of violence. our hearts go out to them during this unimaginably difficult time. everyone, everyone you see here today and not here in this room is committed to finding answers in what happened last night and seeking justice for the victims and their families. as the investigation into this tragic incident continues, i kindly ask for your patience and understanding. our investigators are working tirelessly to gather and analyze all available evidence, ensuring a thorough and comprehensive

investigation. it is crucial that we allow them the time and resources necessary to uncover the truth, which includes the why. that said, let me be crystal clear. what happened last night in our neighborhood was unimaginably disgusting and horrifying. on what was supposed to be a beautiful summer evening, this armed and armored individual reeked havoc. firing with a rifle at their victims seemingly at random. shooting seven, killing five including children. babies. such an act of violence is abhorrent and goes against everything we stand for in this community. i, too, would like to take a moment to recognize the valor of our courageous officers. the actions of our 12th district officers and supervisors last night. these officers swiftly and

immediately responded to a radio call reporting a person with a gun and and active shooting situation in the 1600 block of south 56th street. while tending to victims at that location, they heard multiple gun shots at the intersection of 65th street and concession avenue. some of the responding officers promptly tended to the wounded and rushed them to an area hospital while others fearlessly ran towards the sound of gunfire. with remarkable bravery and determination, they pursued the suspect on foot as they fled from consessing avenue on to frazier street while they continued to discharge their weapon. the officers persisted in their pursuit and successfully apprehended the suspect without further incident or injury. again, i commend these officers

for their unwaivering bravery. their swift actions undoubtedly saved additional lives. at this time, i want to emphasize we currently have no reason to believe there are additional suspects or an ongoing threat to the community. we're confident we have the individual responsible in custody, however, we do ask for your continued patience and cooperation as i mentioned before as we meticulously piece together the events leading up to this heinous act. i want to assure the public that the philadelphia police department is fully committed to ensuring the safety and security of our communities. we will exhaust all efforts in our pursuit of justice for the victims, families and the neighborhood. in closing, i want to express our gratitude for the support and understanding of the public and the media during this challenging time. your cooperation is essential as we worked alongside our law enforcement partners to uncover the facts and provide some

semblance of closure to this devastating event. please continue to keep everyone involved in this and affected by this uplifted in prayer. now i'd like to invite staff inspector earnest ransom, the commanding officer of our homicide unit, to provide the case details as we currently know them. staff inspector. >> thank you, commissioner. good afternoon. so yesterday evening approximately 8:28 p.m., officers from the 12th responded to a radio call person with a gun shooting at 1600 south 56th street. officers then located multiple shooting victims at several locations suffering multiple gun shots to the body. six shooting victims were transported to penn where four were pronounced dead. two are in stable. two juveniles are treated in the

hospital, one suffering from a gun shot wound to the leg, the other injuries to the eyes caused by shattered glass. those individuals are listed in stable condition. based on our witnesses, interviews and recovered video, the suspect while wearing body armor, a ski mask, and holding a ar 15 assault rifle was observed at several locations near 56th street near chester avenue and springfield avenue. the suspect then began shooting aimlessly at occupied vehicles and individuals on the street as they walked. the suspect fired at vehicles being operated by a mother who was driving her two, her set of twins, home. one of the twins suffered a gun shot wound to the leg. their sibling sustained injuries to the eyes from shattered glass. so while assisting victims, officers heard multiple gun shots in the area and observed the suspect. after a brief foot pursuit, officers made contact with the

suspect on springfield avenue. officers engaged the suspect and were able to apprehend the suspect without incident. officers were able to locate a 9 millimeter handgun and ar 15 style assault rifle. none of the victims engaged the suspect or were aware the suspect was going to inflict this act of violence upon them. we believe the ceased victim at the location inside of 1600 south 56th street was the first victim, however due to the victim being home alone, the victim was not discovered by family members until hours after the incident. our deceased are again is a 20-year-old male, a 29-year-old male, ralph moralis, 59-year-old male. daujan brown, a 15-year-old male and josepher wamah, a

31-year-old male. the suspect as of now has not been charged. we expect charges to be forthcoming. now i'll turn it over to district attorney crafts. >> good afternoon. i want to echo and support all the comments that you have heard from the mayor, police commissioner and more specific comments about the investigation. i agree with every bit of it and don't want to repeat it, but there are a couple of things i want to say. first of all, there are different things that a prosecutors office does in a situation like this and the first thing we did at the same time as we're providing whatever assistance is needed to law enforcement in its investigation is we try to make sure victims, survivors, witnesses and other people traumatized by an absolute nightmare happening on

the street have their needs addressed. make no mistake. what the police officers went through out there, couple of whom i spoke with just this morning when i was out there, having to scoop injured or dying people into a vehicle at a time when there are shots going off everywhere, when they have no way to protect their own backs. having to do that is rough. having to do it all night is rough. getting two hours of sleep and then being back out there this morning is rough. there's a lot of people who had a very, very hard time. last night. but our first step is that, is to reach out to those who have been affected and for that reason, we are happy there are 58 people who work in the d.a.'s office on victim witness issues including the grant funded cares team, the purpose of which is to deal with the families of homicide victims intensively for the first 45 days.

all of them have been deployed with the single exception of the 15-year-old victim who was not identified until recently. we have been in contact with every single family trying to do whatever we can to support them and there is so much support that they need at this phase. we will continue to work with them but also work with the community that is deeply, deeply affected by what happened out there. i can tell you what i saw this morning. what i saw this morning on a beautiful july fourth when the temperature wasn't too hot, this morning, there were little sprinkles, but otherwise a beautiful day, was completely empty streets. i saw every porch empty. every door closed. every curtain where there was a curtain pulled. no kids playing. i saw a bicycle that had been left there from the time of the shooting. sitting on a corner untouched. apparently untouched for 12 or more hours. nobody coming out to move it to

take it, touch it, as if everybody understood what happened here was so horrible that for right now, this is a desert and right now, everything we associate with celebrating fourth of july is off. that was step one for us. step two for us is the charging. i've been in close contact with the head of our homicide non fatal shooting unit with a very experienced attorney assigned to this case. we are well aware of a lot of investigative details that we will not put out here, but i can tell you this. the man who did this is in custody. the man who did this will be facing multiple counts of murder and will also be facing multiple counts of aggravated assault as a first degree felony, weapons charges among others. we will be able to be more specific tomorrow. it is expected that the preliminary arraignment, the first public event in a case like this where bail will be set

at held without bail. in other words, this is a person who is never going to leave jail before the trial and my expectation, never going to leave jail period. but the first hearing will occur tomorrow either in the morning or afternoon depending on the demands placed upon this cue by which people come up for their arraignment. at that time, it will be possible to say more publicly although not everything. understand we are in a situation where some of the detectives working hardest on this did not sleep all night. and i know this because i need to have a really well written affidavit of probably cause for the purpose here and i am well aware that the detective who was working on that, i'll keep his name out of it, had to get some sleep. he had been up without any kind of rest all night. he was out there this morning again. he needed a few hours sleep so

he could write the best affidavit you can write because that's what we need to prosecute a case properly. so phase one for us was really to reach out and try to support all those so adversely affected. phase two is the beginning of a vigorous criminal prosecution of a truly atrocious, horrific act. it will either be prosecuted by this office or possibly by feds. if so, they will have our complete cooperation as they always do and we always look forward to working with them jointly. finally, i want to say this. it is disgusting the lack of proper gun legislation that we have in the commonwealth of pennsylvania. i cannot agree more heartily with the mayor. it is disgusting that you can go to new jersey and find a whole list of reasonable gun regulation that we don't have.

that you can go to delaware and find a list. some of that legislation might have made a difference here. and it is time for everybody in our legislature including the ones who would like to walk around with an ar 15 lapel pin, it is time for every one of them to face the voters and if they're not going to do something, then voters are going to have to vote them out. because that's what that lapel pin means. it means vote me out. i am against you. and i'm against your safety. a lot of us have had enough of it. i can tell you i certainly have had enough of it. i would ask everyone, i know how painful this is, how emotional it is. everyone who was there, we intend to help you any way we can. we know the police department does, the city does. please do not think in terms of any kind of violent response. in terms of anything other than peace on the streets. the man who has done this

horrible thing is in a jail cell. he's going to stay there. you cannot get to him to hurt him so please do not hurt anyone else. thank you. >> i think we have time for a couple of questions. >> and for the d.a. as well. you mentioned this man was wearing a bulletproof vest, had the handgun, the ar style rifle. is there any reason to believe this was a premeditated attack? >> again, there's only so much we can divulge at this time, but i think it is safe to say that with the evidence that we have available to us that these acts were done knowingly and intentionally. >> commissioner, how are you trying to determine the motive? >> well that's for the investigator to find out. it's not just going back and speaking to witnesses but it's also once we get the ability to speak to the suspect as well and then also identifying any communications that have been made by the person in custody prior as well. >> really quickly. you mentioned a secondary

suspect yesterday that had been arrested. we understand that individual was released and not charged. is there any reason behind that? >> there was a second person who was investigated. the investigation is ongoing but i can tell you based upon limited information i have that we do not see a basis for concluding that that person's discharge of a firearm was illegal. when you're under fire in a mass shooting, there are rights to protect others and rights to protect yourself. obviously, the investigation is not complete but we are not in the practice of holding people in custody when we don't have probable cause. that's all i can say at this point. >> not at this time. not at this time.

>> ma'am. >> i can see. [ speaking spanish ] >> watching questions and answers there after a news briefing following who was a mass shooting there in philadelphia. joining us right now in the last 24 hours, rehema ellis as well as jim cavanaugh, former hostage negotiator for the atf. a lot covered. what would be the summary of what we learned? >> there was a lot covered there, richard. first and foremost, the authorities came out and said this act was done randomly, it was shooting and perpetrated by

someone asked of the officer if they intended to cause harm. and the police commissioner said, yes, indeed. they are still investigating and analyzing material but they said what happened was quoting the police commissioner, it was disgusting and horrifying. an abhorrent act of violence. she praised her officers respond to be a radio call of shots fired. they quickly responded to that and they helped out some victims who were shot, some officers taking them to the hospital. while other officers pursued the suspect on foot. and they were able to stop that person, authorities say, from firing and injuring and killing more people. so there was a lot of praise for the officers and the way that they behaved and the way they conducted themselves. they asked for continued patience from the public. they said the investigation is still ongoing.

and they said they're very confident they have the person who committed these crimes in custody. one of the things they said was they had not yet charged the person. the district attorney came out and said that one of the reasons for that is that the officer who has to, detectives who have to write the report from which they will place those charges basically is exhausted. they have been up investigating this tragedy all night long and have not yet had an opportunity to write the report. they want that report to be written with clarity because that's going to make a difference in how they charge this. but again, they were expressing just the disgust at what had happened. and saying that they know now that the person they have in custody according to the district attorney, the person is behind bars. they don't expect that person ever to be released at all. >> over to you, jim. correct me if i'm wrong here, rehema, what was also said by the case inspector is that they

found what they believed to be the first victim at the very end because that first victim was in their home. and in addition -- >> and lived alone. >> and lived alone. and in addition to that, that the feds may or may not be involved here. as you look to see why this happened, jim, do those two points that they made stand out at all? >> she's been spot on. yes, the first victim is key when working a case like this. so the reason why this is a person killed indoors. so it wasn't necessarily a random act. did he know the person? seeking revenge? did he do him wrong? a criminal associate? was he a person who might have come across this guy's plan? in other words, this guy leaked something and this person knew about it and tried to stop him. there's a lot of big questions

with the first victim that need to be answered. oftentimes, these are precipitated by the murder of a loved one, a spouse, boyfriend, girlfriend. mother, grandmother. we've seen all those. so that's going to be key to what happened. then we have the murder spree after and we have the killer very well prepared. not only a bulletproof vest by a police scanner, a 9 millimeter. the ar 15 rifle and he's moving in the city. according to chief of detectives there, started shooting at a moving car with a mother and children. that's random. he's just shooting at random people now looking for crowds and he's moved a couple blocks down the street shooting at people so we have a random event. >> what have we seen in the past, jim, as to why that happens? i remember el paso when you and i were covering that together.

that was another moving shooter, but driving. is that an initial event then based on this heated moment, they just keep on shooting? obviously we don't know all the facts right now, but a lot of folks asking why did he keep on moving. >> right. sometimes these killers, they have their plan and that's they're going to go out in a blaze of glory. we didn't see suicide here. so that's pretty interesting. there's a man killed inside. all this random shooting on a city street. travels a couple of blocks then surrenders. so he's going to be talking to the detectives. a person that acts like this, he'll be singing like he's on the voice. how we going to know his motive? he's going to tell you. he's going to tell you all the reasons he wanted to shoot all these people. and it could be a lot of things. hate, revenge, power. there's a lot of things. now the question just to wrap up here the feds, question of the feds. if it's a hate crime for example, that's a federal crime. so if he targeted people based

on their race, religion, national origin and some other categories, that could be a federal hate crime. if he came from another state and transported the firearms across the state line with the intent to commit murder, the fbi will enforce the hate crime violation so we could have a person who traveled interstate with the intent to commit murder. there's a lot of possibilities. most likely it's going to be state multiple homicide counts which would be the strongest. clearly, they caught him red handed. it's not a mystery. he's going to spit out the motive. he's probably posted about it, told people about it. the real questions are why didn't we stop this guy before earlier? philadelphia pd, great job. i mean they tracked this guy down, followed this guy in the face of that rifle and got him. super job, philadelphia pd. and people don't realize. one of the biggest police forces

in the nation, philadelphia pd. they've got 80,000 cops. they're big and they did a good job but we've got to start thinking of stopping it way before the shooter hits the street. >> jim while we've got you, let's take a step back to 50,000 feet. rehema and i have been watching over the last three days, unfortunately, similar thematics here of shootings in communities. where are we at? we were talking earlier with priscilla and rehema about texas. we have you know, a neighborhood party that happens annually. they had a shooting there. they had another shooting which is unexplained at the moment. we had baltimore in the last two days. another annual gathering and somebody coming out and shooting. when you do think about this and i know you do think about this a lot, how would you tie this all together if you can even do that?

>> well, you have a contagion. that catches people across the whole country. the country's become one big city now or community. our communications on the internet, our media. we know about crimes that happen in cities across the country instantly. years ago, we were more localized. now we're living in one big community and it becomes a contagion. there's all these people on the edge, they're sue suicidal, depressed. there's killers now somewhere cooking up to do a mass killing somewhere. there always is. of course we have added millions and millions of semiautomatic assault rifles which are very, very deadly and when they bring those out, that's where you see multiple deaths and injuries and it's hard to take them down. officers have rifles in their

patrol cars but some have to jump out with just a handgun. some on foot patrol. some on a motorcycle. they have to engage these guys as they can and take them down. so yes. you know, there will be a lot of talk post shooting as there always is about gun laws and maybe the congress will step up with something reasonable. they have in the past. that's the history of gun control. whenever there was assassinations by gangsters in the '30s, the congress did step us and give us something. maybe they can do something but still protect america's second amendment rights. >> one year ago when you were on our air, you were talking about one shooting. for many, many hours and today, on the same weekend, we are talking about at least three or four that are in the headlines if that's any point of context. hey, jim, thank you so much as always for giving us that context. rehema ellis, nobody better in the business.

thank you. still ahead, we're following a major operation going on in the west bank. back in 60. back in 60 (vo) this is sadie, she's on verizon. and she's got the new myplan, so she gets exactly what she wants and only pays for what she needs. she picks her perks and saves on every one. make your move to myplan. act now and get it for $25 when you bring your phones. it's your verizon. lactaid is 100% real milk, just without the lactose. delicious too. just ask my old friend, kevin. nothing like enjoying a cold one while watching the game. who's winning? no idea. real milk. real delicious. and don't forget to try some delicious, creamy lactaid ice cream.

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of casualties in jenin is 12 and number of martyrs is now 12. >> actually that number has just increased. we're not in jerusalem. we're on the outskirts of jenin and we saw saw a clearing operation, witnessed from afar, that the israelis were conducting. they are pushing back some palestinian youth fighting against them. also the latest news here, richard, is that we're hearing from the israeli side that this operation is over after two days of pretty brutal fighting and this was without exaggeration, probably the largest operation the israelis have conducted in the west bank in the past 20 years. so you know, this was a really comprehensive operation. we heard benjamin netanyahu, the prime minister, he got up and spoke to the public and said this is basically mission accomplished. he said this isn't done.

they're going to continue to be trying to push out militant groups from inside jenin. jenin not far from where i am now. it's not the whole city. it's a ref ju camp. they found a number of improvised weapons, able to make arrests of people accused of making terrorist operations in israel. and we saw today also that incident in tel aviv where a man, a 20-year-old palestinian man, drove his car into people standing outside of a busy shopping center in the center of the city then he got out and started to stab them. now hamas, a militant group that controls the strip, they praised that operation and claimed it as their own and said this was essentially a retaliatory operation for what is happening now in jenin. so that raises the question along with netanyahu saying this is not the final operation. as to whether or not this latest spat of violence is going to be

confined to here in this city in the west bank or whether or not it's going to spill out into other places like the gaza strip and elsewhere. >> in reporting today earlier on air, had to wear a hard hat for reasons you do not if that's any statement in terms of the amount of military activity that might be one indicator. why now? why jenin? and why netanyahu? >> well as you know, that's a couple of different factors colliding here. this is all based on intelligence. it wasn't based on any particular incident but they say that a lot of the terrorist operations, the uptick in violence, what the israelis call terrorist operations, facing in the west bank and in israel proper, that these are all originating from jenin and not

just from jenin, from that refugee camp that has been the target of their operations from inside the city. so that's why they moved to try to snuff out what they call a lot of palestinian militants there. why now? netanyahu has just gotten back into office. he now has a very right wing government. so politically, now is the time for him to perform an operation like this. one of this scale and this really is of gar began tan scale. there's a lot of factors involved here determining when, why, and how this all came together in these past 48 hours. >> as always, excellent context for us there. nbc news correspondent in jenin. matt bradley. thank you. it helped democrats in the 2022 midterm elections but will the battle for abortion rights still be a potent issue for the party come this november? party r

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nearly completely banned abortion. the one safe haven is on the verge of starting a six-week ban. angela bisson followed an obgyn in florida. >> good morning, nisha. good morning. good morning. happy tuesday. i am an -- in fetal medicine. >> if i took the cheap medication -- >> i have just over 40 patients on my schedule. we see patients from out of state every day. in this part of the country and a lot of the surrounding states, there are either complete or near complete abortion bans. georgia has a six-week ban so we see many patients from georgia. >> i made a four-hour drive.

my choice was her. there was someone there to listen and understand what i was going through. i could feel the weight just lifting off my shoulders. and i literally drove down here with my kids in the car. >> it's called mifepristone. this stops development. about 60% already have a child and relief is a predominant feeling they have. they are not ready to be pregnant or they have to prioritize their health or another child's health. >> it's the choice that necessarily nobody wants to make but it's something that we have to do for our future and what we feel is right by us because it's our bodies. >> we are in a true public health emergency. it's very sad. it's devastating. i provide the care that i can to the best ability that i can.

i advocate for my patients in every way i see possible and from an emotional toll, it's more just i'm very, very sad for the women of this country, the patients of this country. for what has happened to what should be such a basic and fundamental right. for 51% of our population. >> joining us now, dan, and former republican congressman, charles dent of pennsylvania. representative, i want to start with you on this. what are you seeing happening not only in florida but let's get to your state of pennsylvania. >> well, what i see happening, richard, is that abortion will be a dominant issue in american politics for the foreseeable future and particularly for the republican party. i should state i was the last house republican in congress to vote against defunding planned

parenthood, recognizing that some day there would be consequences to votes like this. the issue has changed dramatically post dobbs and it seems to me that republicans need to throw out the old playbook because right now, what they're doing is they're making their electoral chances much less in swing states like pennsylvania also in swing congressional districts. so i think they have to really revisit their position on abortion. clearly they're on the wrong side of popular opinion, public opinion, on this issue. and really need to develop a whole new strategy. state legislatures across the country are moving in another direction getting aggressive with these bans. this would not strengthen the republican party. >> dan, what are you seeing politically that's been taken from florida to pennsylvania and vice versa for that matter and

what similarities would you make of the two states that democrats can use if they're trying to win in those states? >> it's clear that abortion is going to be a dominant issue in elections going forward as states are passing more restrictive abortion laws. we saw in 2022, the dobbs decision. it was the motivating factor for democrats. not only for getting people out to the polls, but when it came to money as well. after the dobbs decision, a number of candidates and groups saw huge surges in money in response to that decision and in 2023, there are few elections but there are some and in virginia, we've already seen abortion be a hot button issue in primaries between democrats are with democrats fighting over who has the more acceptable view on the democratic base with abortion. pro-life democrat in virginia who lost a state senate race to

someone who was challenging him because of that view almost explicitly. and looking forward in 2024, we covered a number of races that we think are going to hinge on abortion including congressman dent's state. and in that race, i think you're going see abortion expected to. in that race i think you're going to see abortion politics especially in a blue state, a purple state be a huge issue not only for motivating democrats but motivating republicans especially in those counties around philadelphia. >> representative, as republican are now looking at what democrats are doing via, you know, fund-raising narrative as well as geo tv which we've got more than a year to go to talk about geo tv, but what would republicans need to do to

counter to push on this topic of fund-raising and even the mid-terms a year ago which they did well on they still seem to be riding that crescendo. >> from a fund-raising perspective republicans certainly are on the defensive on this issue. you know, post-dobbs -- i should say before dobbs roe v. wade was the law of the land. republicans they're able to basically fund raise off of that. they could advance a lot of legislation they knew would have no consequence because of the back stop, roe v. wade. but now the goalie has been pulled figuratively and literally, the goalie hae pulled, guess what? they're playing defense. and a right that has been taken away now has completely energized and motivated and angered the democratic base, and so that's why they're able to raise all this money. republicans really don't have an answer for that right now. again, i keep arguing i think

the party needs to moderate on this issue because my own estimates suggests close to a third of republicans probably consider themselves supporting legal abortion understand most or all circumstances. it's a significant number. look what happened in kansas or kentucky or other states, red states where these referendums occurred that your republicans -- significant numbers of republicans clearly voted to maintain legal abortion. >> national political reporter, thank you for your reporting and analysis as well. representative charlie dent, appreciate your time today. up next why thousands of hospitality workers have walked out on their jobs amid a busy holiday weekend and what they're asking for in order to return. e asking for in order to return. help make trading feel effortless. and its customizable scans with social sentiment help you find and unlock opportunities in the market. e*trade from morgan stanley. with powerful, easy-to-use tools,

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>> reporter: we're in downtown l.a., richard, and you cannot ignore the timing here. one of the hotel's busiest weekends here on the fourth of july. we're outside the ritz-carlton where hundreds of their workers are now on strike for the third day. listen to what one of the strikers told me. >> we work very hard and it's not just us, but it's the truth. we work very hard and the hotel makes a lot of money, every year it's a lot of millions dollars and we really struggle to live here around the downtown. many people live about an hour from the downtown to where they live because they can't afford to have an apartment around the downtown. >> reporter: the workers are now taking their lunch break, but they've been here since the morning for hours marching in solidarity with thousands of other hotel workers across other hotel companies that are also on strike. they're demanding a $5 raise right now. they make about $2025025 per

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