we are the heirs of that first revolution. we are the keepers of the flame of liberty. we hold it high tonight for the world to see. we will safeguard our values. we will teach our children to cherish and adore their country so that they can build its future. we can make the years ahead the best years our nation has ever had. there is new ground to be broken and new action to be taken. america has always been greatest when we dared to be great. together, we are part of one of the greatest stories ever told, the story of america. the ideals of july 4th, 1776, still speak to all humanity, and the revolution declared that day goes on. happy, happy fourth of july america, to all of you out there welcome to our big independence day special celebration live here in new york city where it is 80 degrees, very hot and humid. i m aishah hasnie here tonight with joey jones carley shimkus and joey failla and we have a jam packed two hours ahead including live pe
explosives. more now from evan perez. reporter: according to the fbi, he checked the bag and in routine screening happening by the tsa, they found explosives in this checked bag. according to the fbi, this is what they found. they found powder that was in a plastic wrap, they found fuses. powder appears to be from commercial grade fireworks. and so the question is, you know, what was he doing with this. the airport tried to page him while he was still at the airport. he left. and he was later arrested that evening on monday by the fbi. the court documents that were released today by the u.s. attorney in philadelphia don t mention any indication of extremism or his ties to terrorist groups or anything like that, something obviously that the fbi was focused on the last couple of days. nothing like that appears to have emerged in that investigation. this is a very serious thing obviously. if you read the court documents, the fbi says that this powder that was included in this
Iran took aim at Secretary Of State antony blinken. According to blinken was wrongly blaming iran for the conflict between israel and hamas and says the u. S. Is exacerbating the conflict by overly aligning itself with israel. Whats happening to u. S. Troops overseas. Theyve been attacked 14 overseas they have been attacked 14 times and sitcom telling two dozen Service Members killed in iraq and in syria in just one day. And earlier today another rocket fired at u. S. Forces in iraq and intercepted and no injuries reported. We go live to jerusalem, Trace Gallagher is standing by. Is there concern tonight in israel that this conflict is destined to grow wider and more dangerous, especially when it comes to the risk to our troops in the region . Yep, i think it is already there, laura. You are pushing in that direction. You talked about the 14 attacks against u. S. Servicemembers and blinken, who is blaming iran, as is the Biden Administration vowed to defend u. S. Forces and you have u.
Activity behind this incident. However i can confirm to the house that we do have indications that this was the suspected work of a malign actor and we cannot rule out state involvement. This incident and we cannot rule out state involvement. This incident is further proof that the uk is facing rising and evolving threats. Threats. Well. Grant shapps also apologised to Armed Forces Personnel whose names, addresses and bank details were potentially compromised in the. In the hack, its understood 272,000 people may have been affected. He set out an eight point plan to support them and announced a full investigation. Meanwhile, though beijing has strongly denied reports it was behind the hack, saying the accusations are completely fabricated. John swinney says fabricated. John swinney says that hes over the moon to have been voted in as scottish parliaments choice to be the next first minister. He was backed by 64 of his colleagues and his name will now be submitted to the king. He replac
Suspected work of a malign actor and we cannot rule out state involvement. This incident and we cannot rule out state involvement. This incident is further proof that the uk is facing rising and evolving threats. Threats. Well. Grant shapps also apologised to Armed Forces Personnel whose names, addresses and bank details were potentially compromised in the. In the hack, its understood 272,000 people may have been affected. He set out an eight point plan to support them and announced a full investigation. Meanwhile, though beijing has strongly denied reports it was behind the hack, saying the accusations are completely fabricated. John swinney says fabricated. John swinney says that hes over the moon to have been voted in as scottish parliaments choice to be the next first minister. He was backed by 64 of his colleagues and his name will now be submitted to the king. He replaces humza yousaf, who sent his own official letter to king charles earlier confirming he was stepping down. Speak