overseas, as israel launches strikes against palestinian militants in the west bank. what the white house is saying about the stepped up violence there. and later, new reporting on the race for president. why the first gop debate is at risk of losing its draw. the latest on donald trump s double digit lead against his republican rivals is straight ahead. welcome to msnbc s live coverage on this tuesday, july 4th. we start with breaking news overnight. five people are dead and two children injured after a gunman wearing body armor opened fire in a philadelphia neighborhood. police first responded to the attack just before 8:30 p.m. after reports of gunfire in multiple locations. officers arrived on the scene and began chasing the suspected gunman who continued firing and didn t stop until he was cornered in an alley. that is where he surrendered. about 50 spent shell casings were found in the area which covers a two by four block stretch. the people were all adult men. the
attention and watch it because it s pretty important. hope is not a strategy. should get something done. this is true. i m gillian turner. we re on mccarthy watch. we ll bring you any news out of the speaker s office as it comes out at this hour. a presidential candidate is raising alarms, saying linkedin intentionally censored him. this was no accident. this was intentional viewpoint-based censorship. i fear it s just the beginning of what we ll see all over again this election cycle like we did in the last one. he s accusing microsoft-owned linkedin of shutting down his posts on climate and china. the company s response and mollie hemingway just head. passengers near pre-pandemic levels. as to has already screened over 2.6 million people, the highest number since 2019, pre-pandemic. spike and near misses on runways have hit the industry hard as it is trying to bounce back. president biden s transportation chief says things are getting better. listen. we re a l
debt ceiling deal in principle though. and now the race is on get the votes to pass it and get it signed in order to avoid a default. if you are planning to go to the beach this weekend, be cautious. officials are telling people to be on high alert after a string of recent shark sightings and some attacks. what you need to know to protect yourself and your family. a warning from the surgeon general. why he says social media presents a, quote, profound risk for children. we are going talk to an experts about what parents can do to protect their children. have you seen it? i mean, it was a huge night for boston and the celtics. this buzzer-beater really is a fraction of a second at the ind end. you ve got to look closely to see it. they forced a winner-take-all game seven. we will show you highlights ahead. all right. we begin this morning with the race in washington to craft legislation, the text of it all, to raise the nation s debt ceiling and avoid an historic defau
That was stopped by president obama. And also streamlining manufacturing regulation and President Trump met with top Auto Executives and the president met with democrat and Republican Leadership to move through congress. Im Elizabeth Macdonald filling in for deirdre bolten. The president is meeting with Senior Leadership in congress. We will bring you anything important. This, as earlier today, the president invited top executives from ford, gm and fiat chrysler. This is a longterm job that were looking for. Were bringing manufacturing back to the United States bigly and reducing unnecessary regulations, we want unnecessary regulations, a regulations that mean something. Mark and i were here yesterday and we understand that. Well make things much more simple for the Auto Companies and everybody else who wants to do business in the United States. The Auto Executives praising the president right after the meeting. As an industry, as an Automotive Industry we employ many people across ame