in philadelphia where the suspect was wearing a ballistic vest. good evening, bill. as you mentioned, this has been an incredibly violent fourth of july holiday weekend including a mass shooting in philadelphia tonight that left four people dead and four others injured. it happened in southwest philly after police say a man in his ballistic vest opened fire with eight people shot in total including two juveniles. police now have that suspect in custody. meanwhile, in baltimore, police are hunting for suspects after shooting left two people dead and 28 others injured at a large block party in the brooklyn home area. the fbi offering a $28,000 reward for any information that can lead to an arrest the city s mayor is vowing that the shooters will be caught. this was a reckless, cowardly act of violence that has taken two lives and altered many more. as i said earlier, we will find those who are responsible. we will not stop until we do so. in washingtoning d.c., police are
special counsel s investigation. standing by for the next big announcement in the race for the republican presidential nomination. the former new jersey governor chris christie kicking off his campaign this hour. we ll have live coverage. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. let s get right to the breaking news on the special counsel s investigation of former president donald trump. our senior legal affairs correspondent paula reid is joining us right now. paula, tell us about this new york times report and why potentially it is so significant. reporter: incredibly significant in the special counsel investigation. the new york times reporting trump s former white house chief of staff mark meadows testified before the grand jury, that special counsel jack smith has been using in both of his investigations, both into january 6th and also into the
these were attacks that took place. it was interesting. he used a different devices. the investigation is really going to be focused on what those devices were made of. the atf is very good examining bombs and the way they manufactured. those are the signature type of crime. people that make a bomb have their own particular signature. interesting that they used a device or he used a device that was two devices that were similar. then, a molotov cocktail. that s a little unusual. clearly, they weren t targeting people, per se. it will be very interesting to see what the motivation was. the fact that he allowed himself
now, obviously the context here that christie is jumping into what has been a growing gop field and polls have shown he has a lot of work to do. when you look back at 2016 he held a lot of town halls in new hampshire and still ended up finishing sixth in the primary voting here so they are trying to build on, of course, what happened in that 2016 campaign, make sure that things are different this time around. kicking things off with what has become a signature type of town hall here in new hampshire and then when we get to the actual speaking portion of things, he will make remarks and then take questions from the audience as well as he lays out again these very first steps for his campaign and more importantly sets the tone for what this campaign will be and if it s able it stand out from an ever-growing pack. anxious to hear what he has to say. omar, thank you very much. i want to bring in our political expert, dana bash, let me start with you, christie is angling to