biden to address active duty military families gathered at the white house for a holiday barbecue ahead of tonight s fourth of july celebrations here in the nation s capital. be we ll go there live. a pair of mass shootings interrupting the festivities in two major u.s. cities. a gunman in philadelphia accused of killing five and injuring two children, one of the victims just 2 years old. just hours later in texas, three people were shot and killed in a fort worth parking lot. we ll get the latest on the investigations. plus, in israel, eight people are injured after a man rammed a pickup truck into a crowd of people gathered near a tel aviv shopping center. police say the man then jumped out of his vehicle and began stabbing people before being killed by an armed civilian. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer s off today i m alex marquardt, and this is a situation room special report. we are standing by to hear from
navigate challenges in the coming years. over the past three years, as chief of staff of the air force, general brown has become known for his signature approach, accelerate, change, or lose. accelerate, change or lose. general, you re right on. as i ve often said, our world is at an inflection point, where the decisions we make today are going to determine the course of our world for decades to come, and to keep america and people safe, prosperous and secure, we have to move fast and adapt quickly, we have to maintain a combat ready force capable of defeating any potential threat, and we have to manage our competition with china and meet the reality of renewed aggression in europe. we need to make sure we retain our competitive edge in an age where emerging technologies like ai to 3d printing could change the character of conflict. with general brown as chairman, i know i ll be able to rely on his advice as a military strategist and as a leader of military innovation, dedica
over the past three years, as chief of staff of the air force, general brown has become known for his signature approach, accelerate, change or lose. general, you re right on. as i often said, our world is at an inflection point where the decisions we make today will determine the course of our world for decades to come. to keep the american people safe, we have to adapt and act quickly. we have to manage our competition with china and meet the reality of renewed aggression in europe. we need to make sure we retain our competitive edge in an age where emerging technologies from ai to 3-d printing could fundamentally change the character of conflict. with general brown as chairman, i know i ll be able to rely on his advice and i ll also be able to have a leader who is unafraid to speak his mind. as someone who will deliver a message that needs to be hard and will always do the right thing when it s hard. that s the number one quality a president needs in a chairman. that s the
and to keep america prosperous and secure, we have to move fast, adapt quickly. we have to maintain a combat credible force capable of deterring any potential threat and manage competition with china and meet reality of renewed aggression in europe. we need to make sure to retain our competitive edge in an i think where emerging technologies from ai to 3d printing could fundamentally change the character of conflict. with general brown as chairman, i know i will be able to rely on his advice as a military strategist and leader of military innovation, dedicated to keeping the armed forces, the best in the world, and best in the history of the world and that s a fact. i ll also be able to s line with a leader unafraid to speak his mind, someone who will deliver an honest message that needs to be heard and always do the right thing when it s hard. that s the number one quality a president needs in a chairman. and that s the leader. that s the leader that all americans met three
Emails. And then the letters comey sent to the hill, one saying we found more emails on Anthony Weiners laptop that could be pertinent to our investigation, we need to look at those, and then his followup letter a few days before the election in which he said, weve done that review and we havent had anything. Hillary clinton herself has said she thinks that first letter in late october changed the course of the election. So, the Inspector General is going to look at that and a couple of ancillary things. There have been allegations that an fbi Deputy Director should have taken himself off part of this case because of some connections to the campaign or his wifes connections to the political to politics in virginia. Some allegations that an Assistant Attorney General for legislative affairs passed information along to the Clinton Campaign, and other employees disclosed nonpublic information. The Foeklecal Point is the two actions by the fbi director, the letter to the hill in late
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