to celebrate july 4th in several key battleground states. we ll show you how the presidential contenders marked the holiday. plus a federal judge orders the biden administration to stop talking with social media companies. what it means for the effort to tamp down misinformation about covid and so much more. and later which of these things is not like the other? looks like the gop needs to brush up on its social studies. how its twitter page mixed up the american flag. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, july 5th. i m jonathan lemire, and thanks for starting your day with us. we certainly hope you had a happy and safe july 4th. the white house celebrated america s independence yesterday with a barbecue, a concert, and of course plenty of fireworks. we re turning from a weekend at camp david, president joe biden addressed military members in the crowd who he called the protectors of democracy. you are the backbone, the reality of why we are
july champion of the world, joey chestnut! how is that for an introduction of the all-time greatest joey jaws chestnut getting it done again on coney island winning the nathan s hot dog eating contest by putting down, ready for this, 62 hot dogs in 10 minutes. he s gross and he s a champion, jonathan lemire. john, there was a rain delay yesterday. you always wonder how s the rain delay going to affect the pitcher. yep. how does the rain delay affect a team? boy, he seemed to ride it out. keep that game face on and just again achieve disgusting, disgusting heights again yesterday with 62 hot dogs in ten minutes. his 16th nathan s hot dog eating contest. he s the greatest. he s the goat. i refuse to watch the footage of joey chestnut eating these hot dog. my eyes are closed. that right there, that introduction, that joey chestnut just received, he would like the same introduction. that s mike barnicle. congrats to joey chestnut. my god, let s stop watching this now.
we have a long duration heat wave that has kicked off in phoenix. it is going to be like the 90s and the northeast in triple digits in the south. a federal judge sentenced patrick crusius to 90 consecutive life sentences for the 2019 massacre at an el paso walmart, which left 23 people dead. jericka: controversial cluster bomb. the new $800 million aid package for ukraine, concerns tonight about one weapons impact on civilians. every weapon system ukraine is using it is using to defend its people. crews continue to battle a fire on a cargo ship in new jersey that has already taken the lives of two firefighters. loved his wife, loved his kids. he loved the job. that fire now in its third day. jericka: malaria warning. for the first time in 20 years, the cdc says mosquitoes are infecting americans on u.s. soil. how to protect your family. the mosquitoes love my wife. they hate me. jericka: consumer alert. a popular children s bike is reca
wave that has kicked off in phoenix. it is going to be like the 90s and the northeast and triple digits in the south. jericka: controversial cluster bomb. the new $800 million aid package for ukraine, concerns tonight about one weapon s impact on civilians. every weapon system ukraine is using, it is using to defend its people. a federal judge sentenced patrick crusius to 90 consecutive life sentences for the 2019 massacre at an el paso walmart, which left 23 people dead. crews continue to battle a fire on a cargo ship in new jersey that has already taken the lives of two firefighters. loved his wife, loved his kids. he loved the job. that fire now in its third day. jericka: malaria warning. for the first time in 20 years, the cdc says mosquitoes are infecting americans on u.s. soil. how to protect your family. the mosquitoes love my wife. they hate me. jericka: consumer alert. a popular children s bike is recalled because the handlebars
Almost one year after the worst mass shooting in Baltimore City’s history, it’s unclear what will happen this year for Brooklyn Day.The event last year was not