thing every year so sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you don t. coming up, we ll have the latest weather forecast with what you you can expect today during your celebrations. we re going to start with two u.s. cities responding to a series of mass shootings last night that left a combined eight people dead in fort worth, texas then in philadelphia. in fort worth, three are dead and more than a dozen injured after two separate shootings. while in philadelphia, a gunman wearing a bulletproof vest and armed with an ar type rifle killed five people and injured two. a toddler and a 13-year-old boy. at least one man is now in custody and officials there are set to give a press conference at the top of the next hour. we ll cover that for you live. in a statement, president biden responded to the violence writing quote, today, jill and i grieve for those who have lost their lives and as our nation celebrates independence day, we pray for the day when our communities will be fre
Now, 13 million people still at risk for really strong storms. denver area, upper midwest. the concern with that is that trees are going to come down. powerlines. it s warm in many spots. also we ll see hail. the few chances for tornado, that s not the biggest threat but still not zero. that s the soggy and stormy part. now we have the steamy part. this has been the story for weeks and weeks and weeks. 31 million people impacted and that s dangerous because we re spending a lot of time outdoors. we want to celebrate today with parades and picnics and then the fireworks so you want to take those breaks like guad mentioned. drink lot of water. spend time indoors in the air-conditioning. if you can, find the shade outside. phoenix, up to 112. heat advisories in the upper midwest.
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Department has been on the phone both with the israelis and the palestinians. retired lieutenant general twitty, great to hear from you. appreciate your time. still ahead, it s been one year since the deadly mass shooting at a july fourth parade in a small town called highland park, illinois. we re going to speak with one of the survivors a year later. plus, what the secret service is now saying an the suspicious white powder that prompted a short evacuation at the white house. and we re tracking severe weather in parts of the united states threatening july fourth plans. what you have to know when we come back in 60 seconds. know w come back in 60 seconds. aff, ar. i m an older student. i m getting my doctorate in clinical psychology. i do a lot of hiking and kayaking. i needed something to help me gain clarity. so i was in the pharmacy and i saw a display of prevagen and i asked the pharmacist about it. i started taking prevagen and i noticed that i had more cognitive clarity.
West bank closer to lebanon is the space we re talking about right now. we look at netanyahu specifically. having put together a coalition government, why might this make sense for him as the leader right now in israel? well, what he s trying to do is he s received a lot of pressure from the israeli civilians. the violence has gone up in israel as a result of the cross border so to speak attacks from hamas and the palestinians. and the israeli populous, they re tired of the violence. so they have called on netanyahu to do something about this and as a result, this operation has occurred here and we ll see what the results will be here. of course, proportionalty needs to be the thing that occurs