good morning and thank you so much for spending some of your july 4th holiday with us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting for two hours this morning. as we come on the air and some of you wake up on independence day, americans are confronting once again a uniquely american crisis, gun violence. a deadly night in america, with a pair of shootings. one claiming the life of five people in philadelphia, the very city where the u.s. constitution was drafted. another at a celebration in fort worth, texas, killing at least three people there. what we re learning about both shootings. also right now, severe weather impacting millions from intense storms in the midwest and the east coast to nearly triple digit temps out west putting july 4th celebrations literally up in the air. it would be great if it was the fourth. but it is the whole month, the whole year, we live in the best country in the world. and watch the water. two teens attacked ten mil apart in new york wh
with compelling video showing russian fighter jet maneuvers harassing u.s. drones in syria. that interrupted a mission against isis targets. pentagon officials are calling it reckless and unprofessional. another example of russian aggression against the u.s. and international skies. jennifer is live with the la latest. all day we have been following an incident in which three russian planes harassed three american drones over syria. we have learned of a second incident involving a russian warplane and u.s. drone. details are coming in. central command released this video of a second incident of a russian war play harassing a reaper drone over syria. clearly meant to harass. we called on them to cease this reckless behavior. three russian military planes began harassing three jones targeting isis in syria. central command released of this video of the incident. the jets dropped multiple flares in front of the drones, first thing forcing the drone pilots to perform evas
autobiography to orphans. who paying my student loans. i was recently looking at that famous jfk inauguration speech. ask not what your country can do for you. ask what you can do for your country. i great line, right? [ applause ] really, a gutsy line for a politician. think about it. it s his first day in the office. he says my fellow americans, don t look at me. you want something done, do it yourself. that is refreshing isn t it? that s what i want to hear more of. from now on, when i m looking at candidates, i only have one thing on my wish list. give me this one thing and all the other things fall in place. give me freedom. it s sad that we have to say that. it supposed to be a given. remember the constitution? the first amendment is all about freedom. there s a reason the founding fathers put it first. thanks all the while of white guys. [ applause ] the bureaucrats in charge said freedom is great. it would have to wait. we re in a climate crisis. we re in a health
situation room. happening now, breaking news, the first deaths are reported from a powerful earthquake that flattened homes and unleashed a wall of water in japan. stand by for new images and information on the massive 7.5 quake and its aftermath. also this hour, at a critical moment in israel s fight against hamas, the nation s high court striking down a key part of a controversial government plan to limit the power of the judiciary. the unprecedented decision now threatening to fan par time tensions and division. plus, 2024 is here. the first presidential votes are now just two weeks away. we ll get the lay of the political landscape as donald trump s rivals battle to be the last republican standing in his way to the nomination. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m brianna keilar, and this is the situation room special report. we begin with breaking news. the earthquake disaster in japan turning deadly. at
but from early morning, people in and around the russian capital did report hearing explosions. i heard them too. at home, my windows shook from the force of the blasts. russia s defence ministry accused ukraine of carrying out the attack, but said that russia s military had downed all the drones. ukraine has denied having anything to do with this. president putin clearly doesn t believe that. translation: the kyiv regime has chosen the path of scaring l russia and russian citizens by launching strikes on residential buildings. this is a clear sign of its terrorist activity. as they flew towards moscow, the drones sparked disbelief. look at that , the man says. it s right above our house! one of the drones crashed into a high rise apartment block. another flew into this residential building. here is part of it on the ground. the explosives failed to detonate. the area was cordoned off and emergency services removed it. among the local residents, the sense of shock is palpa