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cnn newsroom. good to be with you. thailand is reeling right now after a massacre inside a child care center. at least 36 people were killed, including 24 children. they were gunned down or stabbed. the children inside were sleeping at the time. investigators say the shooter was an ex-cop who had been fired and just appeared in court on drug charges. one of the teachers described the moment she saw the shooter. translator: around noon i saw him enter the gate. the staff was having lunch. i suddenly heard what sounded like fire crackers. he pulled the gun from his waist, loaded it and was about to point the gun at me. i called to another teacher who was holding a kid. i didn t expect him to also kill the kids. authorities say the gunman later killed his own wife and stepson, then took his own life. mass shootings are extremely rare in thailand. what else do we know? reporter: this is a peaceful, quiet area that is now believed to be the scene of thailand s de ....
democracy by refusing to say whether they will accept election results they don t like. also tonight, what s next after a very bad week for trump with the special master telling his lawyers to put up or shut up and new york s attorney general exposing years of alleged fraud. and as kevin mccarthy makes his pitch for speaker, president biden reminds americans exactly what republicans want to take from you if they win. things like reproductive rights and social security. good evening, everyone. i m jason johnson in for joy reid. we begin tonight with the cancer that continues to rot what s left of the desiccated corpse of the republican party. moments from now, the former president will stand shoulder to shoulder with ted budd, north carolina s republican senate candidate. he refused to accept the results if he loses but voting to certify the 2020 election as a member of congress just hours after the attack on the capitol. and he s not the only one. from the carolin ....
. o er the ramparts we watched were so ball lantly streaming and the rocket s red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there o say does that star-spangled banner yet wave? o er the land of the free and the home of the brave . rachel: good morning, america and happy independence weekend to all of you you. it is 6:00 a.m. here in west point, new york, where we re having fox & friends all weaken long. good morning will, good morning pete. pete: it good morning. beautiful day for pt. cadets are up and at em. no rest for the weary, for them and us. rachel: you have bad memories of pt? pete: i have fond memories in retrospect. you never want to get up that early and work out if you don t have to. rachel: are you morning workout person? will: i am not a morning workout person. pete: part of the pt test. liveselves on both sides. intense. will: keep sending your photos to us on independence day weekend. friend at ....
release of brittney griner and paul whelan. cnn learning exclusively that the u.s. is now proposing a deal to exchange a convicted russian arms dealer for the two americans. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin with new evidence that the justice department s criminal investigation of january 6th is picking up steam big time. a star witness from the house hearings is now cooperating with federal prosecutors who have been asking questions about former president trump. let s go to our congressional correspondent, ryan nobles, up on capitol hill. tell us about the key witness who is now working with the feds. yeah, wolf. it is the witness that perhaps delivered the most compelling testimony of any of the january 6th select committee s public hearings. that s the former aide to mark meadows, cassidy hutchinson. it shows that this probe is expanding, specifically into the efforts ....
yesterday and according to a source, he told the panel the secret service has not fully cooperated with his probe. the secret service denies deleting any texts maliciously. the subpoena is the first time the panel has publicly targeted an executive branch agency. cnn s katelyn polantz joins us now. what more do we know about 0 how this subpoena came about, the response, and what are the other things the secret service is saying? reporter: right, fred, so this is a very fast-moving story. we only learned there may be a problem or confusion around these secret service text messages from january 5th and 6th just three days ago, july 13th. that is when the department of homeland security inspector general which is an independent watchdog conducting its own look into the secret service handling of january 6th, they flagged for capitol hill that there were erased or missing text messages from the secret service and they were this inspector general was quite concerned that ....