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texas just hours after a mass shooting left five dead in philadelphia. the suspect there had multiple weapons and wore a bulletproof vest. and an attempted drone attack in moscow. russia is blaming ukraine. what we know about the threat the kremlin is calling a terrorist attack. harvard accused of discrimination for allegedly giving special treatment to the children of donors and alumni. kate is off today, i'm john berman alongside sara sidner, and this is "cnn news central". this morning two deadly mass shootings. at least three people killed, eight others injured overnight in fort worth, texas. police say the violence may have been related to the fourth of july celebrations there. so far we know that ten of the victims are adults, one victim a juvenile. we're going to go live to that scene in a moment. in philadelphia, five people were killed and two children

injured after a gunman opened fire at several locations in one neighborhood. when officers arrested the suspect, he was armed with both an ar-15-style rifle and a handgun. he was also wearing a bulletproof vest, stocked with several magazines of ammunition. police have yet to determine a motive, and so far they have found no connection between the victims and the suspect. we have cnn's ed lavandera and danny freeman joining us live. i want to start with ed in fort worth. give us the latest from that scene. >> reporter: one resident we spoke with here this morning said that they'd never seen so many people gathered out here on the streets in this neighborhood in southwest fort worth celebrating the night before the fourth of july. this area is gearing up for a traditional fourth of july parade that's supposed to be held later this morning. we're told these streets were lined with people, hundreds of people out here last night. fireworks is going off. people driving around in the streets, as well.

and that's when the gunfire erupted. fort worth police say in all, 11 people shot, three of those victims have died. we're still waiting for more information on the identities of these victims. we know that most were adults, and that perhaps one juvenile is one of the shooting victims, as well. not clear if that was one of the victims who has died or is being treated in the hospital. right now, fort worth police say they are still trying to figure out the motive and who was behind the shooting here. >> we don't know if this is domestic related, if it's gang related. it's too early to tell at this point. we just know somebody shot multiple times, and a bunch of people were injured in reference to that. hopefully it's a single shooter and wasn't something that it was a crossfire situation. >> reporter: and you heard there the investigators trying to talk about whether or not this was a

single shooter. that is not clear. you can imagine how chaotic it must have been last night. we spoke with two witnesses that were just on the other side of the street when the shooting erupted. they told us that they believe that there were multiple people firing off weapons last night when everybody started scattering and running for their lives. that is all part of what investigators here this morning are trying to figure out right now. john? >> all right. from fort worth, that's the scene there. let's go to philadelphia now. danny freeman is there. bring us up to speed on the situation this morning. >> reporter: well, john, what i can tell you is a suspect is in custody after shooting or allegedly shooting i should say seven people in philadelphia last night. we don't know much more about the suspect. he was the primary suspect. we know he was a man in his 40s. he was taken into custody without any bullets being fired by police. we do know that he was carrying multiple weapons and wearing body armor when he was arrested. let me tell you exactly how all

of this went down last night. it started around 8:30 when the philadelphia police department got word of multiple gunshots in the kingsessing area, southwest part of the city. they found there were multiple gunshot victims in the street. then they heard actually more gunshots going off. so the police commissioner last night in a press conference described how officers were following the sound of gunshots and running kind of all throughout a neighborhood chasing after the suspect. they eventually cornered him. like i said, they were able to make an arrest without firing a single shot. but i want you to listen to what commissioner outlaw said about that moment when they finally were able to apprehend this suspect. take a listen. >> our officers were able to apprehend the male in the rear alley of 1600 frazier street. when they did, this male was wearing a bulletproof vest with multiple magazines in the vest. he also had a scanner and an ar-style rifle and a handgun

underneath his body. he was taken into custody without further incident. >> reporter: now commissioner outlaw initially said that there were six victims in this shooting, four people who were killed and two children including one 2-year-old who were injured. those children, though, are in stable condition at this time. we learned overnight there was actually a seventh victim, a fifth person was found dead in relation to this shooting. basically a man said that he came home, found another person lying in his home dead on the ground. came out to the police officers who were already handling the crime scene and said, "i think this person was part of this shooting," at this point we're waiting for an update from police on a potential motive. but a tough way to start this fourth of july weekend here in philly. >> an awful way to start. danny, keep us posted when police do give that update. that's philadelphia and fort worth. this morning, police in baltimore are still searching for multiple suspects in a deadly mass shooting at a block party there early sunday morning. two people were killed, 28

injured. the baltimore mayor, brandon scott, vowed the city will not rest until the shooters are caught. the fbi is offering a $28,000 reward for any information. seven people were shot, two others injured during a shooting at a nightclub in wichita, kansas, over the weekend. pleats say at least four frarmts frarp -- four firearms were used. in indiana, a police sergeant and suspect were killed in not exchange of gunfire at a hospital. officers had initially arrived on the scene for a disturbance call. today at 11:00 a.m., there will be a ceremony remember could the victims from the shooting at the highland park july 4th parade one year ago that left seven people dead and dozens more injured. now to the continued violence in the middle east where a car ramming attack in tel aviv has left at least eight people injured. according to police, a driver rammed into pedestrians standing in a shopping center, then got out of the car to stab people. police say an armed civilian

then shot and killed the attacker. this comes one day after israel launched its largest military operation in the west bank in more than two decades. the palestinian authority says the violence in jenin has killed ten people there, almost 100 others have been injured. heavy smoke could be seen as israeli forces carried out drone strikes and deployed hundreds of soldiers to target what they say is terrorist infrastructure in a refugee camp. we have more live from tel aviv on the latest. israel is labeling this car ramming attack and stabbing attack a terrorist attack. what can you tell us about what happened there in tel aviv? >> reporter: yeah, i'm in northwest tel aviv where the attack took place in the last two, three hours or so. this is on a kind of main thoroughfare in front of a line of shops. what police have been saying, that this truck that you can see behind me, they say that it -- mounted the pavement, running

into pedestrians. you can see how the windshield is completely smashed. the front of the car, front bumper almost entirely torn off. this bus stop very, very badly damaged. police saying that after running into the pedestrians on the pavement, the attacker then got out of the car and began stabbing people they say with a sharp object before an armed civilian who was actually on scene, who had heard what happened, turned around, heard the noise, and responded by shooting and killing the attacker. hamas has now claimed credit for this attack saying that the attacker was one of its fighters. a defense official telling me he crossed over from the west bank. we just spoke to the spokesperson for the israeli police. take a listen to what he had to say. >> it was an elderly individual who actually heard the loud noise that was happening behind him, turned around, saw that there was an individual, a terrorist, with a sharp object trying to stab people after he committed the terror attack with the bus stop. he knew right then and there

this was a terror attack and neutralized this terrorist. >> reporter: now eight people we know have been injured. one of them a woman in her 40s is in critical condition. now as i mentioned, hamas has taken credit for this. h this is coming in direct connection to what's happening in jenin. you mention we're in the second day of that massive military operation. this is the biggest, largest israeli military operation in the occupied west bank since the days of the infada since 2002. overnight things were not as dramatic as they were the day before. the israeli military saying they're operating there. they said they've touched every single corner of the refugee camp. and overnight thousands of palestinians have fled the refugee camp trying to seek safer ground as the israeli military operation continuing they say trying to dismantle jenin as a hornets nest, as they call it, for terrorist activity. of course, civilians so often caught in the crossfire. the israeli military saying this

operation could continue for another day or two. and hamas, once this operation started taking -- started, hamas called on all of its members to strike israel wherever they could. that's what we have today is a member of hamas, hamas claiming this person as one of its fighters, ramming into pedestrians here in northwest tel aviv in what pleolice are calling a terror attack. >> the plo calling this war crimes, what's happening in jenin. the israelis saying they were after terrorists. what do you see happening going further now? you have hamas claiming this car ramming as a response. do you expect another response from hamas or anyone from inside gaza, as well? >> reporter: yeah, we've been asking the israeli military about this, and they say they are prepared for really a response from anywhere, from the west bank, potentially from gaza, or from like what we saw

today, this car ramming attack. so far we have no indication that hamas and gaza is planning on, for example, shooting up rockets. there has been a response from palestinians in the occupied west bank and parts of east jerusalem. they have gone on a general strike in solidarity with the people in jenin. so far the action seems to be very much focused on enjjen westhoven -- on jenin. republican presidential hopeful and governor ron desantis is spending the fourth of july on the campaign trail as some in his circle sound the alarm about low polling numbers. if your mother or father went to a certain college, should you have a leg up in getting in there? legacy admissions under attack in the wake of the supreme court affirmative action ruling. the new case facing harvard. and a georgia deputy likely saved a woman's life after pulling her out of a burning car. we have the dramatic video ahead. i got into debt in college and, no matter how much i paid, it followed me everywhere.

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overnight russia is claiming it shot down five ukrainian drones near moscow. in this video, you can see a smoke trail there between these highrise buildings after reports of the thwarted attack. cnn cannot independently verify their claim. also, vladimir putin on the world stage for the first time since the revolt. the kremlin leader thanked his friends in china and iran as he seeks to reassure them his grip on power remains strong. this as we're learning that russia has deployed more than 180,000 troops to two major battle fronts in ukraine. both areas are in eastern ukraine. according to ukraine's army, more than 120,000 sent, 50,000 deployed to bakhmut. in bakhmut, a new round of explosions were seen hitting the already-decimated city overnight. it's still one of the most

contested front lines in this war. at least three people have now died following a russian drone attack in the city of simu. the terrifying impact of that was caught on camera. [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ] beep[ bleep ] >> in eastern ukraine our ben wedeman is. can we talk about the new claim from russia saying that the ukrainians sent drones into moscow. have the ukrainians responded in any way on that? >> reporter: the ukrainians as isson the case do not -- as is often the case do not comment on events inside russia itself. certainly not this. this is the second time there's been an alleged drone attack on moscow, the laust one in may whn a drone allegedly blew up over

the kremlin. but we have heard from an adviser to president zelenskyy saying that it's somewhat ironic that a country that since february last year has been pummelling the civilian infrastructure of ukraine including last week, the pizzeria where 13 people at least were killed, so the ukrainians essentially brushing this off. as far as the details go, according to the russians, five drones were shot down over moscow, four by air defenses, one by electronic warfare methods. now the one -- the drones caused what are called technical issues at one of moscow's four airports. and as a result, according to the news agency, 14 flights had to be diverted to other moscow airports. now the spokesman for the foreign -- spokeswoman for the

foreign ministry said the target was an area that included civilian infrastructure. she also said that because -- she said zelenskyy sent these western weapons paid for by the west, it was, therefore, in her words, international terrorism. rather ironic which you consider what's going on in ukraine since last year. now, in addition to that, we've heard from the spokesman for ukrainian forces in eastern ukraine that they believe the russians have deployed 180,000 troops along the eastern front. focusing on two areas -- the limon access in the northeast, in addition to in and around the city of bakhmut. this might explain this huge number of russian troops. that's more than the entire -- more than twice the entire british army. would explain why the ukrainian count

counteroffensive is meeting such stiff resistance. >> you always do great reporting from there. thank you to you and your team. 180,000 troops russia sending to eastern ukraine. john, you're going to explain all what that means to everybody. >> yeah. retired army major mike lyons. let's show where the troops are. on the map they're deployed in bakhmut and the far east. i can push into this region, major. you see around bakhmut, this is where they sent 50,000, 50k here. and up here, that's 120,000 there. that's a lot of troops. i'll erace my bad -- erase my bad writing. why so much of a russian presence in these areas? >> a couple things. this area was already occupied by russia. it's a safe area from russia's perspective. somewhat needs to -- russia needs to find success. this could be setting the tone for what could be a russian counteroffensive into kharkiv here, this area.

that's where the major city was where the ukraine military had won a battle. they won a counteroffensive in september. they've -- russia has to do whatever they can to show some level of success. when you mass these kind of troops in that area, that's what's signaling to me. >> i can show people on the larger map. the region here, there's kharkiv you were talking about there. also in bakhmut. we had been told or under the impression that some of the ukrainian activity was down here in the southern part of the country. so is this trying to force the ukrainians to focus on this area? >> i think so. it's going to give the ukrainian generals something to think about. their counteroffensive has been focused down here. they looked to try to cut off this area here, threaten crimea. that's always their objective. however, if they put these kind of troops, if russia puts this mass in the north, they're going to have to respond to it. what the ukrainian military does not want to do is deploy its reserves. in those reserves are the nato tanks and the equipment they've been saving for this counteroffensive that they could break through.

and they don't want to use that in a manner where they have to respond to a russian -- >> to be clear, it is our understanding that the largest mass of ukrainian troops has not yet been deployed in this counter counteroffensive. i looked at a shopping list you put together of what the ukrainians would like in order to push this counteroffensive more quickly. one of the things you say they want -- reaper drones. why? >> yeah. this is becoming more and more a drone war with regard to what russia is doing to ukraine and what ukraine can do back. they can get drones on station for a long time, have great range of capability to attack. gives them eyes in the sky so to speak. you saw this attack that russia claims that ukraine did on them. i'm not sure that that really makes any sense. you're the commander of ukraine, you're not wasting that kind of asset to go deep without attacking something. these kind of drones would be difference-makers for the ukrainian military. >> you also talk about assault breacher vehicles, somewhat fantastic imagery here.

what are we looking at, why would this be helpful? >> so what the ukraine military needs are these attachments that go itn front of armored vehicle to clear the minefield the russians have laid. the ukraine counteroffensive hasn't even gotten to the defensive belts yet. when they get there, they're going to be slowed by obstacles. this is going to be a critical piece of equipment. aside from the kinetic, the tanks, missiles, and artillery, you're going to need in engineering assets to clear those kind of obstacles. >> brute force there. finally, the attack -- looking at this weaponry. >> another difference-maker. this will allow deep strikes, command and control centers. they have to go after the russian capability for the air superiority that they already have. this will attack some of the helicopter bases, give them an opportunity to give legs up. also bring back command and control, spread out the russian supply lines in order for the ukrainian military. once they break through, i've got to think they'll have to blitzkrieg. they're going to -- a successful counteroffensive means speed and shock effect.

we just haven't seen that yet. >> not yet. they seem to be looking for that breakthrough. if and when it comes they might flood the zone. great to see you. thank you so much. sara? >> all right. the presidential campaign in full effect this july 4th. florida governor and republican presidential candidate ron desantis is in new hampshire on this july 4th as he tries to increase his poll numbers. we'll dig into that. plus, it's being called nature's ozempic, but could this urban dietary supplement really cause significant weight loss? that's ahead. so, no more sweating all night... ...or blasting the air conditioning. because the tempur-brereeze feels up to 10° cooler, all night long.. for a limited time, save $500 on all-n-new tempur-breeze mattresses.

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this fourth of july florida governor and gop presidential candidate ron desantis is on the campaign trail in new hampshire where he will participate in the wolfboro and meramec independence day parades. the latest cnn polling shows desantis is currently in second place among republican voters, but he is still trailing far behind former president trump. basically by double digits. cnn's omar jimenez is in meramec for us this morning. desantis' campaign last week put out sort of a strange ad. but what are you hearing from those like his super pac about what they think his chances are? >> reporter: well, at this point they still feel this race is winnable, of course, despite how far behind they are in the polls. they still are way ahead of everyone else in the poll. it really has been former president donald trump who by latest cnn polls has been around 47% and ron desantis around 26% and everyone else in single

digits. to this point, a spokesperson for the pro-ron desantis super pac never back down said they feel they are way behind, but listen to how he put it. >> look, right now in national polling, we are way behind, i'll be the first to admit that. being blunt and really honest. it's an uphill battle. i don't think it's unwinnable by any stretch. clearly donald trump is the runaway frontrunner. >> reporter: and one of the reasons he cited later in the answer was that the recent indictments he feels has actually solidified gop voter base around the former president and made things a little bit even more difficult for some of these other candidates. even after former president trump was indicted in florida for allegedly mishandles classified documents, i talked to some of his supporters in new hampshire to see if that made any sort of a difference, and it only seemed to embolden them.

that is the dynamic that all of these candidates today, fourth of july, part of why they're out and about across the country. here in new hampshire, later today here in meramec, new hampshire, we're going to see florida governor ron desantis, south carolina senator tim scott, north dakota governor doug burgum and more as they come through here. in iowa we'll see former vice president mike pence, former arkansas governor asa hutchinson. all of them out and about to try and make some inroads to again what so far has been a runaway race. pollings have indicated for former president donald trump. it's still very early, and this is where all of these candidates i think are going to try and make some progress. >> they got to get the primary before they go on to the general. a lot of shaking hands and kissing babies. thank you so much. appreciate it. this morning the "wall street journal" reports a special counsel jam smith's investigation -- jack smith's investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election is zeroing in on donald trump's

lawyers. the "journal" reports prosecutors have issued subpoenas and questioned key figures including attorney sydney powell. powell helped spread baseless claims of widespread election effort to overturn biden. investigators spoke to rudy giuliani who was trump's personal lawyer at the time. with us is former deputy assistant secretary for the department of homeland security and former federal prosecutor paul rosen. great to see you this morning. what are the areas of possible illegalilty that investigators could be looking at? what is that the employer for trump could have done that would draw legal questions? >> well, i think it depends upon whether you're talking about the false elector scheme in georgia or the false voting scheme in congress. in each of them the attorneys in question are likely to have provided advice to donald trump about the legality of his

conduct, probably telling him it was illegal in some cases. rudy giuliani is famous for having been reportedly in a meeting with trump and sydney powell at which -- which degenerated into a yelling match because powell's advice was so crazy that even giuliani thought it was untenable. that kind of evidence of conversations that happened with the president would go directly to speak to his state of mind as he continued his courts of con -- course of conduct notwithstanding the advice of his attorneys. >> interesting. it gets to his state of mind. it's possible investigators are trying to talk to these people not because of what they may have done, if they engaged in illegal activity, but their testimony could provide evidence to prosecute someone else, even the president. >> i think that's right. but actually i think it's both. i mean, if you're rudy giuliani, you don't go in and make a proffer to the prosecutor unless you at least have some fear that

you yourself might be at risk of prosecution. people who are just witnesses to a crime, if i see a murder on the street, i don't make a proffer. i judge go and testify. so giuliani obviously has some fear of personal liability for his conduct, and he's trying to trade or offered to trade, reportedly, his knowledge of what trump has done in exchange for lenity from the special prosecutor. >> cnn has reported and the "wall street journal" was reporting that rudy giuliani, when he went in to testify, did so with a proffer agreement. also a campaign aide named mike roman under the same circumstances. can you explain to our audience what that means, what that proffer is? because you were just alluding to it. >> okay. a proffer agreement is simply an agreement between the prosecutor and a potential witness who's also a potential defendant, to have what is essentially an

off-the-record conversation. you come in, mr. defendant, and tell me what you would testify to if i were to give you a deal. tell me the things that you can say that would help me prove the case against somebody else. typically it happens, for example, in large criminal conspiracies. the mafia hit man testifies that the don ordered him to do the shooting. so he -- his lawyer tells the prosecutor, hey, let me come in, i'll tell you what i can tell you, and if the prosecutor thinks it's good enough he gives the lower level person a deal, and he takes the testimony of that lower level person against the leader. here the lower level person's giuliani and other attorneys, and the person that's obviously in the targets is -- of the special prosecutors is president trump. >> the phrase is, what, queen for a day? >> yeah. yeah. the phrase queen for a day is just prosecutor shorthand for

one of these proffer agreements. you will have one day in which to convince me that i should be lenient with you. i will make you the queen of the court, for example. and you get to tell me everything under a veil of secrecy. i can't use what you tell me in court, so i can't go into court if we don't make the deal and say, well, rudy giuliani said in our meeting that he did x, y, and z. so i give you this one day's worth of immunity and make you in effect royalty for a single day, and then that's your opportunity to convince the prosecutor, to convince me that the deal is worthwhile. >> yeah. it is interesting because there are implications there. it does imply most likely there is activity from what you do need immunity from, and it implies there is another target beyond you that they are looking at. all these things tend to be true in investigations like this. paul, thank you so much. happy fourth of july. we appreciate your help us in understanding all this.

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in the wake of the supreme court ruling on affirmative action, three minority advocacy groups are now taking on legacy admissions at harvard. the lawsuit accuses the university of discrimination by giving special consideration during the admission process to the children of donors and alumni. roughly 40% of harvard's accepted undergraduates are white, but the lawsuit cites a study by the national bureau of economic research that found 70% of legacy applicants are white. and that legacy applicants are six to seven times more likely to gain admission to harvard. joining us now are michael a. gibbons with lawyers for civil rights and abdul hussein, ceo and founder of african community economic development of new england. all right.

the supreme court case that we all watched go down, they decided that in harvard and north carolina, those are the two places that brought brought the case, they ruled case could not be considered a factor in college admissions and cited the amendment of equal protects under the law. you are arguing if race cannot be a factor, and make sure i get this right you're arguing if race cannot be a factor in admissions, in all fairness neither can legacy. michael, how are you trying to force colleges to get rid of legacy admissions? >> sure. so first, thank you for having me. then second, i'd like to clarify one thing. i would say that the supreme court did not necessarily eliminate entirely the use of race in admissions in higher education. what it did, it substantially limited the use of race as a consideration. so with respect to the federal civil rights complaint that we

at lawyers for civil rights filed yesterday, we are saying that legacy and donor preferences that are given to applicants who have family ties to harvard donors and harvard alumni should not receive that benefit. it is discriminatory toward applicants of color, and it harms the educational opportunity for those populations. >> abdul, let me ask you what your role is in this, and why wait until now to bring this complaint because legacy admissions have, of course, been around for decades and decades. >> yes. first of all, thanks for having me. because of the last decision by the supreme court, it's the time and this unfair -- to end this unfair admission policy come is called legacy policy. it's really impacting all of our students, students of color. and i think it's -- it is the time we need to end that

practice. as you know, that harvard has been practicing this for some time. we're just looking, you know, for equal opportunity and equal access for all students. >> michael, can you explain to me -- legacy like race has nothing to do with merit. why do you think that harvard has fought against removing legacy admissions? is it just about money? >> well, i won't speak for harvard on that account. i don't want to do that. what i will say is it has been a long-standing policy, and it has been one that has overwhelmingly benefited white applicants, as you said in the beginning. up to 70% of the students who are admitted through these donor and legacy preferences are white, and they make up in some cases for legacy up to almost a third of the class which is a clear -- that's a clear thing to say that it's not fair. it's an unjust and unearned

benefit. these applicants are receiving the benefit based on work or money donated by other people. it is an individual merit situation. it is not something where they're being considered on an equal playing field with their colleagues, with their fellow applicants. and it's a practice that needs to be eliminated as it violeate the criminal law. >> michael, let me ask, how will this work going forward? after this complaint has been filed with the department of education. >> sure. so we at lawyers for civil rights fully expect that the department of education and the office for civil rights will launch an investigation. and that it will be deliberate, that it will have widespread scope, and we urge the department of education to get data from all schools that have these practices in their admissions policies to provide these preferences to the applicants with family ties to donors and to alumni.

and we have full confidence that given the importance and the timing of this issue, especially in light of the supreme court's decision last week, that the department of education will take this seriously, will investigate, and will take appropriate action. >> michael with the lawyers for civil rights and abdul hussein, thank you for joining us on this issue that has a lot of people's attention. we appreciate it. have a good fourth of july. so the diabetes drug ozempic is in short supply and high demand because it helps some people lose weight. now an herbal supplement is being touted as nature's ozempic. a georgia deputy is being commended for his bravery after rescuing a woman from a burning car. it was all caught on video. right now get a free footlong at subway. like the subway series menu. buy one footlong in the app, get one free. for freeee.

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this morn, a georgia sheriff is being hail adhere row after pulling a woman out of a car.

a body cam captured the rescue. the sheriff responded to a car gone off of the highway and crashed into the woods and caught fire. here is the video. >> get out! get out of the car! unlock it. ma'am, get out of the car. take the seat belt off. take the seat belt off. take your seat belt off and get out of the car. take your seat belt off. ma'am, i am trying to help you. take the seat belt off. take your seat belt off, ma'am! come on, give me your hands. come on. get out of the car. come on. jesus.

>> after all of that, the driver is expected to be okay. sara. the dietary supplement burrborine is a supplement that is being touted to help for weight loss. does it really work? >> well, it is associated with a reduction in the body mass index with a 0.25 drop, and those taking wygovy tend to see a 0.65 drop, so there is that difference, but as far as the risks and benefits. the risks are abdominal pain and

diarrhea and nausea and those who are pregnant or breastfeeding should not take this supplement, and it might interact with these supplements. and it might have glucose benefits, but bottom line, we need more scientific evidence before anybody can call this nature's ozempics, and we need to weigh the risks and benefits. >> thank you for that, jacqueline howard. john. >> eight lives lost in pennsylvania and in x, we will have the latest on the investigations. and the terror attack in tel aviv and what the officials are saying about the civilian who took down the attacker.

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