bryan llenas reporting a number that authorities are asking if you have any information. that number again is (856)451-0101. eric. eric: arthel, increasing number of attacks against jewish americans in the country. these occurring allegedly at the hands of propalestinian protestors in the wake of the hamas-israeli hostilities. arresting a prime suspect they say in one of the attacks. police there say that the protestors targeted jewish diners at a restaurant and started attacking them. in new york city, the suspect in a similar attack says he would do it again after a jewish 29-year-old was pummeled in times square in the midst of propalestinian protest. christina coleman with the very latest on the increasing attacks and the attempts to try to get the perpetrators, christina. christina: yeah, eric, it's tragic. the hate crimes just yesterday orthodox jews reporting attacked in brooklyn and hate crime task force are investigating. there's reports of similar cases like this occurring during the sabbath. no remorse from the suspect accused of another attack. the man arreste

shannon. >> shannon: bryan llenas in new york, thank you.ocrats are calling it for the people act but republicans say it's just a progressive power grab. the g.o.p. says the sweeping election reform bill, it would greatly expand the federal government's role in elections. democrats they would protect the right to vote for all americans. correspondent kevin corke wraps up a contentious tan capitol hill and previews the legislative battle now ahead. >> quite the battle. the senate rules committee vote whether or not to move forward with the legislation concluded for the predictable 9-9 tie right along party lines. that trap the bill we've been talking about in the panel. that's of course until the majority leader chuck schumer decides to send the motion headed to full chamber. >> this is not the last you'll hear. this is the beginning, as senator schumer will, under his rights, be able to bring this bill to the floor. >> amy klobuchar ready for action. the democrats do have 40 new members sponsoring the bill but the holdouts, senator joe manch

bryan llenas is following it for us tonight.d evening. >> the colonial pipeline shutdown has led some gas stations running out of supply but it's panic buying is making the public exponentially worse. it is panic at the pump. this cell phone video of a fight erupted in a gas station just outside raleigh, north carolina. a woman reportedly trying to cut the line before spitting the face of another driver who spat back. in the southeast, fears of gas shortages is feeling what officials say is unnecessary panic buying. >> everybody needs some gas right now. i don't know if you will have it tomorrow. >> it's affecting deliveries. >> delivery drivers. >> 69% of north carolina's gas stations are now out of fuel. 52% of virginia's gas pumps are empty. so too are half of the gas stations in georgia. all three states have issued states of emergency. so too has florida over fears of gas shortages and price gouging. all sparked by the cautionary shutdown of the colonial pipeline, the nation's largest. for five days following a ransomware c

correspondent bryan llenas has details from brooklyn tonight. good evening, brian. >> bret, good evening. tonight, six republicans on the senate finance committee wrote a letter to the committee chairman senator ron wyden, a democrat, urging him to launch an immediate investigation and congressional hearings into whether into governor cuomo's administration alleged cover-up of nursing home deaths in new york state. today i asked the governor about this. >> are you willing to testify in front of congress or cooperate with any investigation? >> look, this is -- they want to play more politics, the republicans. they have fully politicized covid from the beginning. >> governor, have you been accused of doing the exact same thing. you have said the reason you didn't d. not provide the data because you feared that data would be used politically against you. >> no. >> did you also. >> no. don't tell me what i said. the republicans politicized an order that -- health order that was put out by the state department of health on march 25th, which was from

>> bret: bryan llenas in queens, bryan, thanks. work. here is what some fox affiliates are covering. fox 46 in charlotte as a district attorney shooting death of a black man by sheriff's deputies last month was justified. the d.a. there says deputies clearly identified themselves to andrew brown jr. who refused orders to stop and then drove his car directly at one of the officers. fox 5 in new york as andrew giuliani announces a run for governor. is he the son of former new york mayor rudy giuliani. he served as an aid in the trump white house. he has never run for public office. also tonight fox 35 in orlando as florida democratic congresswoman val demings says she will challenge incumbent republican senator marco rubio for that senate seat next year. and this is a life look at chicago from fox 32. one of the big stories there tonight, firefighters rescue a pet parrot from an office building ledge. a fire crew was returning from an emergency medical run sunday when he was flagged down by the owner of the bird. firefighters grabbed

bryan llenas is live in times square with more for us. hi, bryan. >> hi, martha. been around in new york since 1984. for the second time in a row, this year it will be virtual. except for that enlistment ceremony that you just saw. take a look at this video, a special moment for 25 men and women that took the oath of enlestment to go down the journey and the path of becoming u.s. marines and sailors. so special. a chance for the public to meet the service men and women and this was really an incredible moment when the rear admiral swore these young men and women in. take a listen. >> a tremendous sense of pride. one, it's memorial day weekend. the commit my that these young men and women have made to our navy and marine corps is tremendous. even more significant because of that. second, this is a great place to your our military. what an amazing city. thank you for that opportunity. >> so look, you won't be seeing people dressed in whiteout here in the city but you can join them online at fleetnewyork.com. there's a lot of events helping add vaccination sites and

bryan llenas has more from brooklyn. >> good morning, bill. for the new york state attorney general's office according to the "wall street journal" have reviewed at least three democratic county executives about who said that governor cuomo's czar larry schwartz, the man in charge of vaccine distribution in the state, called and asked them whether they would be calling for the governor's resignation. at least one of those county executives filed a complaint to the a.g.'s office in march alleging that they were engaging political loyalty of the governor as a prerequisite for allocating vaccines doses to the counties. cuomo's office has called the allegations false. to be clear larry's conversation did not bring up vaccine distribution. he would never link political support to public health decisions. he resigned as the vaccine czar two weeks ago unrelated to the investigation. here is a breakdown of all the cuomo investigations that we now know of. the state attorney general's office is looking in the sexual harassment organizations and the vac

we're going to go to bryan llenas on the scene. what's going on, bryan? >> reporter: good evening.and to better understand what it is that they do. but this year for the second year in a row because of covid-19 fleet week is all virtual. that did not stop for an in-person enlistment ceremony to take place here in the hart of times square. 25 men and women enlisting to become u.s. marines and u.s. navy sailors. we poke to rear admiral chip -- spoke to rear admiral chip rock about the moment. >> just a tremendous sense of pride for a couple reasons. one, it's memorial day weekend, and the commitment these young men and women have made to our navy and marine corps is just tremendous. i think even more because of that. and second, this is a great place to join our military. what an amazing city. thank you for that. >> reporter: and as i mentioned, this is a virtual fleet week, but that doesn't mean you can't participate. more people can participate in virtual tours of our submarines and aircraft carriers, ride along with our fighter pilots as well on line. all you have to do is go to f

. >> shannon: bryan llenas for us in new york, thank you.essive policymakers and berries critical race theory, an increasing number of republican led states are moving to block or limit the controversial educational programs. correspondent matt finn is looking into that for us tonight. >> right now virginia is crafting its controversial new curriculum called social emotional learning. the state says it is designed to provide equity in education. they say they are trying to instill values in their children. critics say it's even a trojan horse for left wing ideas. for example, at the third or fourth grade level, students in virginia could be expected to learn ideas like, i could understand that people may face different barriers based on their identity and groups in society. and that is not fair. and at the seventh and eighth grade level, students may be expected to learn, i can recognize and describe unfairness and injustice in many forms including attitude, speech, behaviors, policies, practices, and laws. and in the 11th-12th grade level,

for bryan llenas covering this story of the challenge to andrew cuomo as we wait for this story from andrew guliani. hi, bryan. >> good afternoon. the bottom line is there's two republican governors of new york since 1975. the last, governor pataki in 2007. republicans are trying to seize the opportunity created by democratic governor andrew cuomo's own scandals who despite it all is still set to run for a fourth term next year. andrew guliani, former new york city mayor rudy guliani's son released his first add as a candidate to unseat cuomo this afternoon. he talks about the crime he's father fought. andrew guliani is speaking from downtown new york. >> i think about where we are right now, what this means to me, what this means to so many new yorkers and so many families. how many people wish everything that they possibly could and the first time that they stepped in america, in new york, was right here or right over there on ellis island including my great grandfather that first stepped in the united states of america about 100 yards this way. they believed what i believe. that ne

bryan llenas has the lawsuit-breaking details. >> reporter: at this hour we know 14 people were shothouse party in south jersey last night in bridgeton in rural cumberland county about 50 miles south of philadelphia. hundreds of people were reportedly at this house party mostly outside, enjoying the summer weather, when shots were fired. fourteen people shot, twelve wounded. at least six adults were rushed to nearby cooper university hospital, a level i trauma center. four are still being treated there, ooh i'm told some requiring surgery. two adults, a man and a woman, were tragically found dead at the scene. new jersey governor phil murphy tweeted: at this time at least two people have lost their lives among numerous other shooting victims including several with injuries that are life threatening. we hold those who have died and their families in our prayers today, and we also pray for the recoveries of those injured. initial reports indicate this was a 90s theme thed birthday party when suddenly shots came out from the nearby woods with. people began running for their lives, one m

let's begin the bryan llenas live in times square for us. >> bill: the crossroads of the world. 350,000 people walk through times square every day. at the heart of the pandemic that number dropped to 30,000. the hope is today is the beginning of a new day. the back to normalcy for the city. more commuters walking the work and more tourists enjoying times square's hotels, restaurants, shops and soon broadway show. fully vaccinated people don't need to wear facemasks and no longer need to social distance. in most indoor and outdoor settings 52% of new york's adults are fully vaccinated. those unvaccinated should continue to wear masks and social distance. masks, however, are still required in subways, buses, nursing -- businesses can reopen to 100% capacity. retail stores, restaurants, offices, gyms, museums. private businesses can set their own business policies and require masks. a historically tomb -- we've had crime spike and 53,000 people dying of covid-19. we were at the epicenter of the pandemic for the world at one point. crime shootings are up 81% over the last year. less than tw

bryan llenas is with us today. >> we know the f.b.i.vestigating whether his administration purposely underreported nursing home deaths and withheld those numbers from the feds. now the "wall street journal" reports that criminal probe has expanded to include accusations that the governor was giving priority access to covid-19 tests to vips, top aides and friends and family including his brother, cnn anchor chris cuomo and their mother. now, this was at a time last year when covid-19 tests were scarce for the public and for the state's nursing home. the tests for cuomo's families were known as specials and at times rushed by new york state troopers to the state laboratory where they were prioritized. it also appears this special priority testing for cuomo's family continued through at least last month. according to the "new york times" state health officials became alarmed when this april cuomo's daughter and boy frepd's covid-19 test results were rushed and prioritized. it is against new york law for governor cuomo to improperly use sta

>> john: bryan llenas live in brooklyn, new york, do the math, sandra, 50,000 books, he got $5 million. use on the intro there, "the new york post" covered today, governor got $5 million for covid book as he lies lied about those nursing home death, blood money since "the new york post." president biden set to speak about 20 minutes from now. around one: 45:00 p.m. eastern time as he visits the board fordassembly plant in michigan e pitches a plan to ramp up electric vehicle production in this country. part of a massive multitrillion dollar infrastructure spending plan book put some mixed messaging hinder his support for that? professor of business and economics in manhattan and jason furman is the former obama economic council chair and a harvard professor. all right, the two of you, but your brain together. are we seeing the right messaging coming from this white house? brian, i will start with you first, it seems that in one sense the white house talks about the importance of these pipelines and any other this is a nonissue, but yet you got gas prices doing this, you can put it up o

bryan llenas is live in brooklyn. quite a payoff. >> good morning. governor cuomo making 5.1 million to write a book at the height of the pandemic lauding his covid-19 decisions which are now the subject of multiple investigations. cuomo released his tax information in a financial disclosure form as required by law revealing that he made 3.12 million dollars last year after taxes. he took home 1.5 million. the governor's office said cuomo donated $500,000 to the united way for covid-19 relief and put the remainder of that book deal money, a million dollars, in a trust for his daughters. cuomo will make an additional $2 million over the next two years from the book deal. cuomo's 5.1 million contract for american crisis is richer than previously reported and a huge payday for a book that has flopped. he sold only 50,000 copies. not nearly enough for crown publishing to recoup its investment. as part of the state assemblydown going impeachment inquiry he is under investigation if he improperly used his office and staff. he said his staff volunteered to