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
at least 50 deaths now in 13 states blamed on the storms. the brutal cold now moving in this weekend. when this breaks. rob marciano timing it out. and the other scare tonight. oh, my god, it s on fire. a boeing 747 cargo jet, flames shooting from the engine just after takeoff. the pilot declaring a mayday. a hole found above the engine. victor oquendo tonight. the breaking news late today after alec baldwin indicted by a grand jury. kayna whitworth reporting. four days now until the new hampshire primary. the major snub for nikki haley. donald trump endorsed by former candidate and south carolina senator tim scott, who was appointed to the senate by nikki haley. rachel scott in new hampshire. the israel/hamas war tonight. a member of the israeli war cabinet now saying the release of the hostages should come before the killing of the enemy. he s now calling for new elections for a new leader. as we hear tonight the harrowing story of a son held hostage, freed, but
he found his father dead in the driveway. there s no doubt in my mind what happened. i immediately knew. there was someone else who may have known, too. i turned around and looked at my mama, like you know who did this, that but there was one thing no one could no, the strange stream twists still to come. it was a bit of a surprise. kind of a shock. when they found out she was seen him again. a lovers triangle, always leads to trouble. how could you do such a horrible thing? you destroyed me. did this one lead to murder? what was your like watching him walk out of jail? he beat the system. hello and welcome to dateline. how long does it take a killer to stop worrying about whether he will ever be caught? a couple of weeks? a couple of months? 25 years? if he is still a free man then, he probably would be pretty sure he did indeed get away with murder. after all, detectives retire, witnesses forget, the trial goes cold, never to warm up again. until
on scene or close to being on scene. retired us navy captain armon joins us with the latest on search and rescue but first to matt finn on how crews are working to find the source of underwater noises that have been detectd the. matt good evening. good evening trace. the u.s. coast guard says a canadian surveillance plane picked up some type of underwater sounds yesterday and again today. but a coast guard captain says they cannot confirm reports that those sounds were happening in 30-minute intervals and also could not confirm those sounds were banging or tapping. the coast guard captain says the recordings were turned over to the u.s. navy for analysis and underwater robots were sent to the area where those sounds came from. an ocean science expert, who s assisting the coast guard said the noises sound like banging but could have come from various sources including a nearby ship. tonight some of the world s best data analysts are determining whether the sounds might have