minutes? the lead starts right now. from iowa to new hampshire to the white house, candidate hit parade, kissed babies, and tried to make their case face to face with voters with one notable exception. then a burst of blast, but not fireworks. three more mass shootings in texas, indiana, and philadelphia are the latest sites of a uniquely american tragedy. plus, hidden cameras in the women s locker room exposed a troubling pattern of sexism and abuse. in this case, it was the police behind the offense. see what a cnn investigation reveals, and meet the brave women who want answers. welcome to a special edition of the lead. i m abby phillip in for jake tapper. we start with our politics lead. today is independence day in america, but it is no holiday for the many who are hoping to become the country s next commander in chief. republicans are all out on the campaign trail in the key battleground states of iowa, new hampshire, where voters pride themselves on getting
america reports. already, more than 150 cancellations and 1700 delays today as folks are trying to get back home. the national flightmare has been causing major chaos at airports close to a week now. bill: pete buttigieg, the transportation secretary claims everything is back to normal but bad weather could slow things down even more, especially in parts of the plains and the midwest, gillian. gillian: right to jonathan serrie now, he joins us from atlanta s heartsfield jackson airport. how are the lines there looking this hour? hi there, gillian, as you can see behind me, long lines outside the main tsa checkpoint but they are moving along rapidly. much of the activity is taking place on the concourse as passengers transit from aircraft to other aircraft. what s going on nationally, according to the tracking service flight aware, more than 1700 flights into or out of the u.s. have already been delayed today, and more than 150 have been canceled. those numbers are exp
welcome to a second hour of ayman. we are following the breaking news the man once heralded does the future of the republican party, the self styled air to trumpism, has ended his bid for the presidency of the united states. he suspended his campaign today, bringing a close to perhaps the single most cringeworthy, disastrous gop primary showing in modern political history. the announcement comes two days before voters head to the polls in new hampshire where he was projected to finish far behind both former president donald trump and former u.n. ambassador nikki haley. as a final sign of disrespect to his supporters, desantis chose not to break the news on the stump, surrounded by the people who spent months trying to keep his campaign alive, instead, he ended his never back down campaign on acts, and then immediately, shamelessly, endorsed donald trump. yes, these same donald trump who spent much of the past year mocking, denigrating, and humiliating ron desantis. we re
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