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
i m not a ruler of the people i m a servant of the people. i come from the people. my job s to serve you. god rules over us. i don t rule over you. these issues here of education i don t think have ever been as significant as they are now in our country partly io because thn e education system o lost its way, not just k-12 but also higher education. i think iowans believe this is an important process and the people s voice is ultimately what matters. so you have that power in your hands, you have the ability to bring people into this process in ways that will be meaningful and historic. we are doing what it takes tn win here in iowa and it also helps that i m the candidate that s most in tuned with the of values of the people of iowa, that i have a record that backs that w up. so now s the time. we did the 99, now we caucus night to victory. god bless. o de [cheers and applause]. to des moines iowa good evening from prosecute center tonight the special of l town ha
president of the united states. [cheers and applause] i m not a ruler of the people. i m a servant of the people. i come from the people. [cheers] gov.desantis: my job is to serve you. god rules over us. i don t rule over you the education system has lost its way. not just k through 12 but also higher education people s voice is what matters. you have the ability to bring more people in this process in ways that are going to be meaningful and historic. we are doing what it takes to win here in iowa. and it also helps that i m the candidate that s most in tune with the values of the people of iowa. that i have a record that backs that up. so, now s the time. we did the 99. now we need caucus night to victory. god bless. [applause] bret: welcome to des moines, iowa. good evening from the iowa event center tonight. the second of three special town halls this week, just days before the first in the nation iowa caucuses featuring republicans who want to be president. it
uh. here i ll take that. -everyone: woo hoo! ensure max protein with 30 grams of protein, one gram of sugar. enter the nourishing moments giveaway for a chance to win $10,000. just one hour from now, speaker mccarthy faces his first major test on the hill. will hard-line republicans tank this debt deal? is mccarthy s speakership potentially at risk? we re on top of it. plus the united states assessing what happened after drone attacks reach moscow. the kremlin is accusing ukraine of terrorism. we re going to take you live to kyiv with the ukrainian response and the explosions that shook the capital city. new developments in the james brown death mystery. bags of evidence that a woman handed over to the fulton county district attorney s office has disappeared. we re following these major stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. one hour from now, the hard-fought debt deal forged by president biden and speaker mccarthy will face its first
plus failure to launch. north korea admits its attempt to put a satellite in orbit did not go as planned. and chilling new warning about artificial intelligence, could ai one day be the death of us all? good morning, welcome to our viewers here in the grouunited states and around the world. a crucial day ahead as republican and democratic leaders race to overt a government default. first votes begin midafternoon on the compromise bill to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for spending cuts. the timing is very tight to pass the measure by june 5, first kay the treasury says it may not be able to pay all it bills.kay the treasury says it may not be able to pay all it bills. conservative republicans are threatening to unseat kevin mccarthy if he doesn t keep a promise to pass a bill with the majority of republicans on board. still stundecided. i m angry that we are being held hostage. and we are continuing to be held hostage because we don t have a choice. i think to a democ