tonight as several republican presidential hopefuls are spending their fourth of july campaigning in early battleground states, former vice president mike pence is going all in on iowa. cnn s kyung lah is traveling with the former vice president in boone, iowa. so why is pence focusing there? reporter: the campaign is making no secret, alex, of it is iowa for now. everything is being put on the line when it comes to the campaign for the former vice president here in iowa because this is where the campaign says he flourishes. he s a amemidwesterner, he love the sort of hand-to-hand campaigning in iowa. we certainly saw it during the fourth of july parade in urban dale, iowa. the former vice president didn t just walk the two-mile parade route, many times he burst into a full run, sprinting from side to side, trying to shake
out of india where a bridge under construction collapsed in the ganges river making a huge splash. this is the second time the bridge was crumbled in just over a year. indian officials have ordered an investigation but still haven t said publicly what caused the first collapse. cnn has not confirmed reports of any injuries there. as of this morning former vice president mike pence is officially running. pence who also happens to be celebrating his 64th birthday today launched his presidential bid with a campaign video focused conservative politics, faith and also hitting at president biden and his policies. he joins what is now a rapidly changing and expanding republican field. cnn s kyung lah is in iowa where mike pence will be taking part in a cnn town hall later this evening. jeff zeleny is also joining us from washington. kyung, first to you. donald trump is the clear front runner right now of course. what s the case mike pence will be trying to make? reporter: well, what his
sorry, we let them practice here on thursdays! sounding good, friends! in our long justice lead a federal grand jury this week indicted a failed republican candidate who does not appear to be particularly familiar with the concept of losing gracefully. 40-year-old solomon pena faces charges in connection with several shootings that targeted the homes of democratic officials after he lost his midterm election bid for the new mexico state house. cnn s kyung lah explains how this allegedly escalated from claims of election fraud to violence. these are significantly sized holes. they are. it was so loud. this happened when my husband and i were asleep. and my grandkids could have been
behind bars. and jake, we did reach out to his attorney. we did not hear back. jake? all right. kyung lah, thanks so much. a hiker alone and dying in mount everest s death zone. how one sherpa pulled off one of the most dangerous and daring rescues at the top of the tallest mountain in the world. that s coming up on the lead. how white do you think your teeth really are? let s try the tissue test. ooof, still yellow. whitening toothpaste can only do so much. there s toothpas white, and there s crest 3d whestrips white. souch whiter! crt.
shooting. banko brown was accused of shoplifting from the store last month. according to the office brown tried to stab the guard before the shooting. the incident led to protests in san francisco. cnn s kyung lah has more. reporter: the surveillance video is silent, but this clash at a walgreens speak volumes about the struggles in san francisco. the person in white is homeless named banko was murdered because of his crime of being hungry. he was murdered for the crime of being homeless. reporter: the other person dressed in black is security guard michael anthony. brown is a transgender man but anthony describes him as a woman in a police interview. the whole time we were wrestling, she was saying that she was going to stab me. and that s what really put the fear in my heart. reporter: that stabbing threat was repeated multiple