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
endowed by their creator with since inalienable lights. among them life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. we haven t always lived up to those words, but we ve never walked away from them. today and all days we have to say clearly we never will. we never will. [ applause ] folks, this year we honor the 50th anniversary of the all-volunteer force. [ cheers ] 50 years. 75th anniversary of desegregating the military. [ cheers and applause ] the 75th anniversary of women s official integration into the military full blown. [ cheers and applause ] after the great honor of appointing some military commanders, haven t i, that are women. a lot. any rate, this is a great guy, by the way. this is a great good day. he has incredible, incredible
example to the country of someone who put country first, displayed tremendous courage, incredible integrity. loved his work. passionately believed in the issues that he fought for, but did it in a way that preserved our democracy and strengthened our democracy. i think he is an example to all of us particularly in this moment of what it means to be a statesman, not a politician, because he put our country first, served our country, did it with great courage, spoke his mind and i think that s an example and inspiration for everyone and we should honor his legacy by conducting ourselves that way. senator mccain was popular in his home state of arizona and as a national figure very popular, but among republicans nationally he had a higher disapproval rating than he had an approval rating. some of that is because he would buck his party, vote against the repeal of obamacare but there are other reasons for it, too. yeah, and i think he was coming at the tail end of a time when among the
hope we could add honorably. i think that we can say honorably. our last interview with senator john mccain almost one year ago at this very table. my panel is here with me. congressman, you are a democrat, you are in the house, as opposed to senator mccain, republican in the senate, but this seems like a loss that all of congress will feel. i think it s a loss our whole country will feel. i was in college when senator mccain was first elected, but even for people who didn t know him personally or maybe work with him directly, he was an example to the country of someone who put country first, displayed tremendous courage, incredible integrity. loved his work. passionately believed in the issues that he fought for, but did it in a way that preserved our democracy and strengthened our democracy. i think he is an example to all of us particularly in this moment of what it means to be a statesman, not a politician, because he put our country first, served our country, did it with gre
trey gowdy has incredible integrity. i think he s conducted himself well. he ll be under extra scrutiny going forward. at the end of the day it will stand on its own. i have a lot of confidence in trey. reporter: the clinton campaign is seizing on this news. here s what a clinton spokesperson said earlier today, quote, these are explosive allegations. from inside the benghazi committee, they may provide the most significant prove to date that this has been a partisan sham from the part. helping the clinton campaign just this past week or several days ago the house majority leader kevin mrk car think suggested that this committee was abls at dragging the poll numbers down. he was putting his name into the ring for becoming the next speaker of the house. he withdrew that the last week. the clinton campaign has not