minutes? the lead starts right now. from iowa to new hampshire to the white house, candidate hit parade, kissed babies, and tried to make their case face to face with voters with one notable exception. then a burst of blast, but not fireworks. three more mass shootings in texas, indiana, and philadelphia are the latest sites of a uniquely american tragedy. plus, hidden cameras in the women s locker room exposed a troubling pattern of sexism and abuse. in this case, it was the police behind the offense. see what a cnn investigation reveals, and meet the brave women who want answers. welcome to a special edition of the lead. i m abby phillip in for jake tapper. we start with our politics lead. today is independence day in america, but it is no holiday for the many who are hoping to become the country s next commander in chief. republicans are all out on the campaign trail in the key battleground states of iowa, new hampshire, where voters pride themselves on getting
parts of the administration interacts with the social media company and judge siding with the plaintiff on overreach and the administration pleasured platforms to address posts that contributed to vaccine hesitancy they said. the preliminary injunction specifically restraints employees from a number of agencies from meeting with social media companies or urging them in any way to remove, delete, suppress, or reduce content and posts involving criminal activity, national security threats and efforts to suppress voting and conduct cyber attacks impacting elections are exempt from the ban and white house says it is weighing the next steps and reviewing the ruling, which came down on a federal holiday. now tonight, the president will celebrate independence day on the south lawn after military families and this morning addressing a virtual without having gun violence this holiday weekend. they re part of the answer. they ll make a big difference. the president briefly touched
so get allstate, and be better protected from mayhem, like me. roar. (sfx: family screams in background) the july fourth holiday marred by mass shootings in two american cities. philadelphia authorities captured a suspect they say wore body armor and a ski mask as he shot and killed five people and injured two children. just a few hours later, in fort worth, texas, a gunman indiscriminately fired into a crowd, killing three. also tonight, the kremlin claims it foiled a ukrainian drone attack on moscow, calling the attempted strike a terrorist attack. this as russia s relentless shelling kills two in the southern ukrainian city of kherson. cnn is live on the ground in ukraine. plus today is not a holiday for republicans hoping to move into the white house in 2024. they re hitting the campaign trail and parade routes in the key early states of iowa and new hampshire. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off. i m alex m
ukraine makes slow progress on the front lines. zelenskyy, meanwhile, acknowledging difficulties on the battlefield, but claiming his military is retaking territory. championing the fight ahead by drawing inspiration from ukraine s strongest backer, the united states, on their independence day. only the brave gain independence and only the best of the brave are able to pass the freedom from generation to generation. a prominent journalist is recovering after being brutally assaulted. elena milos, not a reporter with the independent news maker was attacked on the way to cover a court sentencing in grozny. the attention capital. she said armed men and kidnapped her and the attorney traveling with her. they cut off her hair, broker vickers and doused are in green dye. she describes how it happened. the assailants pulled the taxi driver out of the car. they put our heads down. they tried to tie my hands behind my back. it looked like they stepped alexander because blood starting pourin
united states on their independence day. only the brave gain independence, and only the best of the brave are able to pass the freedom from generation to generation. reporter: ben wedeman, cnn, eastern ukraine. and cnn s scott mclean joins me now live from london. good morning, scott. what more are you learning about the fighting on the front lines and attacks target ing civilian and infrastructure. while they have been able to move the front lines forward and make progress around the outskirts of bakhmut, that heavily contested city in eastern ukraine, they say the russians have dug in pretty deep in many other places, and frankly, while they continue to try to move the front liempbs f lines forward, they are running into pretty heavy resistance there. we re also getting new reports just this morning from local russian governors of two regions just across the border to the