overseas, as israel launches strikes against palestinian militants in the west bank. what the white house is saying about the stepped up violence there. and later, new reporting on the race for president. why the first gop debate is at risk of losing its draw. the latest on donald trump s double digit lead against his republican rivals is straight ahead. welcome to msnbc s live coverage on this tuesday, july 4th. we start with breaking news overnight. five people are dead and two children injured after a gunman wearing body armor opened fire in a philadelphia neighborhood. police first responded to the attack just before 8:30 p.m. after reports of gunfire in multiple locations. officers arrived on the scene and began chasing the suspected gunman who continued firing and didn t stop until he was cornered in an alley. that is where he surrendered. about 50 spent shell casings were found in the area which covers a two by four block stretch. the people were all adult men. the
good evening. with funerals under wade of the victims of last week s school shooting in uvalde, texas. we have another mass shooting to report tonight. police say at least three people are dead plus the shooter in tulsa, oklahoma. cnn s joe johns is working the story and joins us now. what do we know so far, joe? reporter: anderson, what we do know, at least according to the authorities so far is that three people have been reported dead as a result of this shooting, a fourth if you include the shooter himself. and we re also told by authorities that one person was taken from the hospital in critical condition. this initially went out, according to authorities, as a report of a man with a rifle, and escalated into an active shooter situation at the st. francis hospital campus, in what is referred to as the natalie building, apparently a very large building. authorities having to go door-to-door there in that building and remove people in what they re referring to as a slow
A olds and possibly explosives will be going live to pot some in just a second also on the Program Fresh pressure on the Trumpet Ministration is federal investigators challenge another senior official this time its former National Security advisor Michael Flynn hes pleaded guilty to lying to the f. B. I. About his conversations with russian officials. And the countdown to next years Soccer World Cup in russia has begun officials making the Group Stage Draw in moscow well find out whos playing who and what that means for the favorite. Hello and welcome my name is Christopher Spring it thanks for joining us German Police have secured and destroyed a package in the city of pottstown near the end they say contained nails and a powdery substance its unclear whether it was whether it was part of an explosive
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Minutes because thats theyll be focusing not only 17 victims in parkland, but the 13 victims in columbine that were killed in that 1999 shooting that really sparked this sort of awareness across the country. Andrea. Thank you, steve paterson. And the students at North High School in denver. We go to chicago, which is an hour earlier, rather an hour later, so they have already been out for an hour. Ron mott, a city rocked almost every day by violence in various neighborhoods but all reacting to what happened in florida. Ron . Reporter yeah, absolutely, andrea, good day to you. Im with young man from Leo High School here on the south side. You mention this is a daily problem here in chicago, gun violence. So these students who came out today, this rally wrapped up 10 minutes ago, those rally not just for those folks lost at parkland but all the people lost
daily basis in chicago to gun violence. Cash a, senior, what brought you out today and whats your message . I wanted to promote peace
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