the white house while a hazmat crew came in. president biden and his family were at camp david at the time. bill: meanwhile, at the same time a federal judge issuing a temporary injunction against the administration barring many officials from contacting social media companies like twitter and facebook. they include the surgeon general, hhs secretary and the press secretary karine jean-pierre. dana: former director of national intelligence john ratcliffe is here. let s speak to mark meredith at the white house to give us an update. good morning. president biden welcomed thousands of visitors to the white house last night for the annual fourth of july celebrations. a beautiful night in the nation s capital. today there are growing questions about who and what is coming into the people s house after cocaine was found in the west wing. the secret service said it s investigation is still ongoing. investigators discovered the substance sunday. the building was briefly evacua
the covid global health emergency is over. that s the word from the world health organization. a historic moment since he declared an emergency more than three years ago. it also comes as the u.s. is set to end its own public health emergency. bracing for a surge. right now homeland security alejandro mayorkas is at the u.s. southern border as worries grow about a sharp rise of migrant crossings days before a covid-era policy ends. live from there. a major threat to putin s war in ukraine. the head of a mercenary group deployed in the war against ukraine by tens of thousands, wagner, says he could pull out from a battle as russia raises a major counteroffensive against ukraine. this, all coming in here to cnn news central . it is a historic moment in the global fight against coronavirus. the world health organization today announcing covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency. it was more than three years ago now that coronavirus was declared a public health emerg
identified as francisco oropeza he s 38-year-old, mexican national is a large tattoo on his left forearm. if either investigators found his phone and a rural area that county sheriff greg capers admits the suspect could quote to be anywhere now. homeland security secretary vows the killer will be brought to justice. it is a horrific crime and i can assure you and the american people that law enforcement will deliver accountability. our hearts go to the victims and the victims families and those children. christina coleman is live at the very latest, christina what more do we know? high arthel law enforcement scheduled to hold a press conference on this case any minute now so we are waiting for that. also today the fbi released more photos of the alleged gunman francisco oropeza hoping it can lead to an arrest rate take a look one of the photo shows a prominent tattoo on the suspect left forearm for authority say 38-year-old mexican national shot and killed five of his nei
terrified of the thought of having to return to school in a few short weeks that she comes to tears. what will you tell her? i can assure you that my children are not mentally prepared to return to campus and i husband and i are unwilling to send them. reporter: now, the school administration said they are considering virtual schooling, but that, of course, still needs to be determined. as for the latest on the investigation, texas department of public safety telling cnn that its ongoing criminal, and the key word here is criminal, its ongoing criminal investigation is also examining the actions of law enforcement. and, kaitlan, that s important because we hadn t heard this before from the lead investigating agency. and so the latest is that they are looking at the actions or in this case the inaction of law enforcement, but as you know, it would be up to the d.a. to charge anyone in this case. yeah, and i know the families want to know exactly what s happening there. las
texas power grid operator to warn people to cut back on the ac or face possible blackouts. extreme heat also roasting southern europe with wildfires raging in france and spain and a worsening drought in italy and portugal. and in the uk, monday was the third hottest day on record and today promises to be even hotter. even china is experiencing a massive heatwave with dozens of cities announcing heat alerts. we have live reports from north america, asia and europe and our coverage begins with melissa bell in france. reporter: southern europe in flames. vast swathes of the mediterranean engulfed by wildfires driven by the sweltering temperatures of europe s second heatwave this summer. from portugal through spain, italy and france, where one of two massive fires near the city ten to rage and spread. down here on the ground, you get a real sense of what the firefighters are facing. these parched conditions, the earth already dry for so many months of high temperatures and hose