A shooting in a Manhattan skyscraper late on Monday that killed four people, including a New York City police officer, has been marked by statements of sorrow and prayers for the victims' families, but no sign of the Republican-controlled U.

Plus, some Republican lawmakers are pushing for legislation to end "weather modification," pushing a fringe theory that humans are controlling the weather into the mainstream.

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he was briefed on the Monday night mass shooting in New York City, saying his “heart was with” the four people killed. “I trust our Law Enforcement Agencies to get to the bottom of why this crazed lunatic committed such a senseless act of violence,” he wrote in a Truth Social post.

The electrical outage at West 4th Street led to numerous subway delays and cancellations on a sweltering hot day.

Four people were killed, including a police officer, and one was seriously injured when a gunman opened fire inside an office building before fatally shooting himself.

The gritty Americana poet is a co-founder of "Lucinda's," and will perform an intimate show at the venue that livestreams on SiriusXM's Outlaw Country channel