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killed. it is one of two mass shootings overnight. and huge russian deployment standing in the way of the drone deployment. and now, special treatment given to children of alumni and a new lawsuit. i'm sara sidner with john berman, and this is cnn "news central." we have new video to show you the moments before a celebration turned tragic in texas. you can see it is pretty out of control just before gun fire erupted. at least three people were

killed and eight others injured at that scene in fort worth and one of two deadly mass shootings overnight. five people were killed in philadelphia after one man opened up gun fire when a 2-year-old and 13-year-old were killed. he was armed with an ar-15-style gun and also wearing a bulletproof gun stocked with ammunition. danny freeman and ed lavandera are live with the story. danny, let me start with you in philadelphia, and what can you tell us about the latest of the investigation, because it is interesting to note all of the things that the shooter had on his person? >> yes, sara. it is one of the details that perked up our ears when we heard about this last night. the investigation by philadelphia police still ongoing, and there were police officers overnight combing through the scene, and multiple

crime scenes in the southwest part of the city, but at this point, we don't know much about what may have made this suspect open fire in and other wise residential neighborhood the night before the fourth of july. it all started at 8:30 p.m. when the philadelphia police got a call of the number of gunshots in the concessing neighborhood. they heard gunshots also in the area. and police commissioner danielle outlaw reported how the police officers chased down the gun fire trying to find the suspect. they did chase the suspect across a small area of the neighborhood, and across several blocks. they cornered the suspect in an alley and arrested him without incident which is amazing considering what you just said how much he had on him in terms

of the ammunition and gun, and this is what the commissioner had to say about that last night. >> our officers were able to apprehend the male in the rear alley of 1600 frazier street, and when they did the male was wearing a bulletproof vest with multiple magazines. he also had a scanner and ar-style rifle and handgun underneath his body. he was taken into custody without further incident. >> reporter: sara, when we heard from commissioner outlaw, we have heard that two of the victims were children including one 2-year-old, and they are both in stable condition, but overnight, we heard a seventh victim and a fifth person who was killed. a tough way to start the fourth of july holiday. >> truly horrible.

and ed lavandera now in fort worth where there was another shooting. ed, you been talking to the neighbors as you always do to try to understand what happened. what are you hearing? >> well, what unfolded here around midnight is the p pre-fourth of july celebration where people are now out here for the fourth of july parade about to get under way, and the fireworks are about to go off, and cars were spinning out in roadways and the witnesses told us that they felt it was getting chaotic, and they felt the tide was turning, and this is when the fort worth police said that three of the victims were killed. the witnesses that we talked to said that they believed that multiple people were firing their weapons, and one witness said that as the shooting

erupted many people started to run for their lives. >> everybody was right here, and they were popping the fireworks and doing the burnouts and stuff, and then a lot of gun fire started to ringing out, and everybody started to running everywhere. now, fort worth police say they are trying to get to the bottom of who was behind this, and multiple arrests have been made, and what happened, but in this very same neighborhood the night of july fourth, eight people were wounded, and police said it was an argument that erupted that turned into people firing at each other, and that is what this community here is dealing with, but there are people gathered on the streets and waiting for the fourth of july parade to kick off as usual. sara. >> thank you, ed lavandera and

thank you to your team out there in fort worth, texas. and there were several other instances of gun violence. police in baltimore are searching for the shooter of 28 people injured and 2 killed in baltimore. the police chief is saying they will not rest until they have a shooter captured. a reward is being offered there. and also, there were four firearms used inside of that club in wichita, kansas, and one person is in custody there. and now, there was an exchange of gun fire in a hospital where officers arrived at a disturbance call, and today, there is going to be a

remembrance ceremony at the highland park hospital where there were svictims who will be honored. for america to be the land of the free, and there is no path without mistakes, the usa still gave a powerful dream where the darkness of the lawlessness now reigns, freedom will one day shine. >> while he is delivering that message, russia is striking the eastern ukrainian city of kharkiv, and they say that

180,000 russian troops have been deployed to the eastern part of the country and this is an unusually high number. and now, there is not independently verified video to show that the drones have been deployed, but we are looking at video that some activity has been deployed, but what are the russians saying? ben wedeman. >> they are saying that some type of drone or some type of damage has bun sustained, but there is no other reports of damage or flights diverted from one of moscow's airports. the spokeswoman for the foreign

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of agents that might be conducting these drone attacks inside of russia. john? >> all right. ben wedeman for us in eastern ukraine, and thank you very much. sara. >> to talk to us about this is cnn's cedric layton, and thank you for being here on this fourth of july weekend. we are hearing from the ukrainians that 180,000 or so russian members of the military are going to end up in the front on the eastern flank in a couple of places, and if that ends up being true, and the number is close to being true, how does this impact ukraine's march forward. >> well, sara, happy fourth to you, and the big impact is going to be that it is going to stress the ukrainian forces that are defending the eastern front, and

especially around kharkiv and then headed south to bakhmut, and those areas are the most important ones that the russians are concentrating on, and they are doing this while the ukrainians are making progress in the south. it is clear they want to cut the land mass from donbass to the central area of ukraine. so to prevent that from happening, russians are trying to divert the ukrainians to the northeast and make that a much more difficult environment for them to work in. >> colonel, we know that the ukrainians have not deploy all they have got to the field, and that they are holding back to do another big offensive. when might that happen, especially in light of the potential of having the tensf thousands of russian soldiers

show up on the eastern flank? >> in some ways it can't happen soon enough, but the ukrainians need more weaponry, and munition, and a longer range, you know, using the longer range attack'ems, and like the high marks, which is to keep farther back. so it is a much more difficult environment for the ukrainians to do this and counter the almosts in the next few weeks, and keep that possibility of the counter ukrainian offensive alive. >> colonel, i wanted to ask you about the train of all of this, because it has been a year and a half of non-stop fighting in many parts oukraine, and what is that going to do to the troops to wear them down, and how do

you see this playing out, because russia, also, they have been worn down as well. >> yes, it is almost like a boxing match, sara, where the two fighters are going at each other in the ninth round. it is tough for both sides, just in terms of the troop morale, and the troops to restrain themselves. they do have a rotational purpose to take them out for rest, and then bring them back for the depth of people to serve in a military campaign for a long period of time, and the weapons systems are being worn out, so it is a dangerous razor's edge type situation that the ukrainians find themselves

in. but the rushians find themselves in that part of a reserve and that is as well for the ukrainians to bring it to the front very quick ly and if they can continue, they will have a chance of succeeding. >> thank you, colonel, for joining us. and now, hoping to gain a little traction in the polls. what's in a name? well, for some, it can help you to get into college. legacy admissions are under attack in the wake of the affirmative action ruling. ♪ to help you see untapped possibilities

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and there are the trombones and the clarinets and i suspect some baritones as well. and he is struggling to gain traction of frontrunners behind donald trump and ron desantis. and kyung lah is in iowa following mike pence on the road, and kyung lah, what are you seeing there besides i have to say a parade which is looking fantastic behind you. >> i mean, it is fantastic, and you have the old cars here, and kids throwing out the candy, and this is about as fourth of july as you can get here in the state of iowa. this is a mix of a lot of families, and a lot of celebration, and what is one of the largest celebrations in the des moines area. we are anticipating, and i will get away here as they push away the crowd, and a lot of free kids are trying to grab the candy. it is okay. this is a mix of the ground game politic, and retail politics to see the former vice president

walk through the crowd and shake the kids' hands and hand out candy, and this a part of the 99-county strategy that the former vice president has. his plan is that he wants to hit the people at their level here in their communities at their parades in the cafes, and the campaign says that this is where mike pence will shine. he is a midwesterner, and he really enjoys talking to people, and people who he connects with, and that this is the way to crack into the poll numbers and the last cnn poll shows him right at 9% lagging behind the two frontrunners, but the campaign does believe that they will chip away and it is iowa who is going to bring the path forward. john? >> kyung lah is literally on the set of "the music man" where it took place in an iowa parade with the boys brass band and

maybe a wells fargo truck, and what is coming? what is coming? >> it is -- oh, man, i have to check, because it is a high school band, a high school band on the way. >> all right. that is looking awesome. kyung lah -- >> oh , no. it is -- >> wait for it. >> oh, it is, yes, they are still handing out the candy, and it is the sikhs handing out candy. cultural here. >> that is great. and now, the legacy and donor process is nondiscriminatory here after the

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the morning in wake of the supreme court decision, gutting affirmative action, three minority advocacy groups are suing harvard for giving preferential treatment for children of wealthy donors and alumni called legacy admissions. the suit alleges that students who are admitted to the university are overwhelmingly white and make up 15% of admitted students. athena jones has more on this. the lawsuit comes out, and they are arguing that they are not going to be using race as a determining factor, and so they can't use legacy, because neither of them are based on merit. what are you hearing from har harvard? >> harvard is not commenting on the case, because they said in response to the lawsuit decided last week on race that they would find a way to comply to the supreme court ruling and also on their own value.

and so this is a parent or relative who went to harvard or related to a donor, and these black and latina groups are saying that these kind of applicants get special consideration, and that is violating the 1964 civil rights act. and they say that white students make up 70% of these admission, and the district court has called these preferences sizable and significant and spelled out in the data in the complaint. let's look at some of it, and it is clear the case they are making. the class of 2026, for instance, some just under 2,000 students werekaccepted out of the applicant pool. and so, we are going to have a legacy applicant, and looking historically that applicants

related to the donor were seven more times likely to be admitted and that was 42% in that period, and if someone was related to, or a parent or other relevant went to harvard, they were six times more likely to be admitted. and those without a legacy getting in at 6%, so clearly a significant difference and the timing is important, because now that the supreme court has said that you cannot use race, these groups are saying it is more imperative to eliminate any policies that disadvantage a students of color, and arguing, that this one, which largely bene benefits an admission, and it is a zero sum gain, because if someone else is getting in without merit, then someone else

does, and so they will see the minorities will go up, and white students will go down. >> so that is interesting, athena jones. and now, joining us is legal analyst, and former prosecutor jennifer rogers, and it is interesting that many of the plaintiffs that we were talking to in the affirmative action cases came out against the legacy admissions as well. they said that, you know what, that is unfair, too, and why is that important for them to say. >> well, it is only going to make sense if you are going to argue for ameritocracy, you have to be color blind to some constituencies, then you should be for those who are giving money, and we have to give it to them. >> and where would it run up to

the constitution, because it is not merely the constitution in this case, right? >> that is right. talking about the private colleges, and univerities, and they are claiming that it applies to private colleges as well. they are not suing harvard directly, but filing a complaint with the department of education saying that the civil rights act requires you the treat the groups the same, and the protected groups the same, and unprotected groups, and so on, and saying that it is systemic ly different. and so overwhelmingly white applicants, and it is not inherently race-based, but the impact is race-based. so it is not so much that money

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right now, florida governor and presidential hopeful, ron desantis is making his way down a parade route in wolfeboro, new hampshire as he is trying to make up double-digit ground to donald trump. >> if desantis ran tomorrow, he would win, and this is a hard

pill for people to swallow. >> reporter: priscilla told me that she was a fan of ron desantis, and many more like her. >> reporter: when we spoke to you in 2021 you told me that you had a group of mom friends on twitter who were obsessed with desantis, and it stuck in my mind for years. >> he would just do stuff and say stuff with this conviction, and we were all like thank you. >> reporter: you guys have a nickname for him? >> daddy desantis, and it is all joking. >> of course. >> reporter: we are desperate women who could try everything that we could do in our own power and communities, and we were not getting anywhere. >> he was vocal in the summer of 2020 to open the schools, and we were not getting anywhere. they wanted to open up the schools all over the school, and they wanted desantis to be a

model for their cities. >> when i started to advocate for kids to go back in person, i was called a granny killer, a teacher killer, selfish on twitter. oh, my god, it was awful. >> reporter: steenkamp is a teacher in dallas, and she was warned that opening schools would kill kids especially vulnerable kids. >> and we have just created the equality generation leader. >> reporter: she moved to florida to send her schools in person. >> we found a community online, and i found it interesting that she was a teacher to advocate for in person schools. i found it interesting that we could go to a strip club or a bar, but not the school.

>> reporter: and after undermining the employees. >> i wrote about play grounds and schools, and now, i am not embarrassed about it. >> reporter: they traveled to each other's homes and many had been life-long democrats, including julie who lives near l.a. >> reporter: you voted for obama? >> yes. >> you voted for clinton? >> yes. >> you voted for biden? >> yes. >> i have never voted for a republican. but as we were more vocal on twitter, we were demonized. >> reporter: she ran for school board in palace verdes and won and active representative for her friends. >> reporter: and data shows that the kids have been hurt by long term remote learning, brown kids

more than white. in august of 2020, desantis was early to open up the schools in the united states, but not the world. in may of 2020 for example, in finland, it was found that kids did not play a significant role no spreading virus. but desantis focused more on the ideological wars. >> reporter: the backlash they experienced made them more devoted to desantis and his backlash to the woke policies. >> i wonder if that is going to distract from the message that you like about him? >> well, i think it does, but to be honest, i do feel like it would be really good to be having a good public debate about what we got wrong about

covid. >> the left will never have that debate. >> there is a number of incendiary tactics to smear him. >> he did sign a law that restricts transgender cares for adults as well as kids. >> i have greater concerns about the six-week abortion ban. >> reporter: tell me about that. >> if he made it clear that he is a states rights person, and not looking to kind of pass a national law in this regard. i would be less concerned. >> reporter: not everyone in the sphere agrees on the tactics, but not everybody believes that a six-week ban is bad. >> i don't think it is going to be bode well for his campaign, and it might be a real impediment from bringing in moderate women. >> reporter: none of the idea like a rematch of biden and trump. they are open to voting for

desantis but not convinced. >> reporter: many believe that they are very concerned about the stuff online, an someone struggling to pay for the bills is not concerned about pronouns, and is that true? >> i don't think so. i have been down florida, and they say, he helped my business open up, and my kids to go to school. the media fixates on the cultural war pieces. >> reporter: is it possible that you are too online? >> do i need to fight with some random person online, no. >> reporter: okay. >> i feel like with all of the bad, there is some good, and i have connected with the like-minded women, and they are not alt-right demons, but moms who are unseen, unheard.

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finally this hour, we're just minutes away from one of john berman's most beloved fourth of july traditions. competitors from across the united states will meet atcony island for the famous nathan's annual hot dog eating contest.

>> it's an essential part of what it means to be a human being. joey chestnut will try to take down his 16th yellow mustard belt. last night i had a chance to speak to him to find out how he gets ready for all this. >> reporter: joey, do you even like hot dogs? >> oh, man, i love them. it's one of the best foods there is. on the fourth of july, there's nothing better. >> reporter: when you go out to eat on your own, do you ever order hot dogs. >> at a baseball game, not all the time, if -- i'll try -- i'm almost doing one every inning in a baseball game. i love them. >> it's not like you separate work from pleasure. it's just nonstop. there's never an off season in the hot dog eating business. >> it's -- i love them naturally. when i'm eating them at home, i'm not dunking them in water.

and i'm not -- i'm not eating to the point where -- where i'm uncomfortable. >> reporter: so you've won 15 out of the last 16 contests. this is, you know, contests eve. what are you doing today to get ready for this? how do you prepare? >> today i had an apple, i had a little bit of salad, some protein supplement. but i -- lots of liquid. i'm going to be going to the contest tomorrow empty, loose, happy, healthy. last year i had a broken leg. this year i put a lot of work into rehabbing it and getting back into good shape so i can push myself to an extreme limit tomorrow. >> when you eat vegetables, does your body say, no, what are you doing? i don't want any of this. >> no, it's not -- i'm not antivegetable at all. actually, this year i did a three-week detox, a vegan detox because i -- last year i had so many infections, i took a crazy

amount of antibiotics. i had to do a crazy detox to get my body back to even. some people are against them, but i'm definitely not. >> i like the fact that you're not antivegetable. you're vegetable inclusive. you like hot dogs in great quantities. how do you feel after eating so many hot dogs at once and you were just talking about the detox and the antibiotics. how long does it take you to recover? >> it takes awhile. a football player, tom brady, he would go into a football game knowing he's going to get hit. i know that after this time i'm not going to feel great. it's going to take four days to feel really normal and the first 12 hours after the contest, i'm going to feel like garbage. i go in knowing that and i'm willing to go through that because it's an amazing contest, it's fourth of july, and i'm going to do what it takes to get number 16.

>> in 2021, you set the record, 76 hot dogs in ten minutes. what are you shooting for in this one? >> if the conditions are right and i find a mean nasty rhythm, a record is possible. and the crowd is -- it's an amazing crowd. coney island. they're going to be pushing me and supporting me and i'm going to do whatever i can to deliver. >> 80 possible? >> 80 is -- oh, i hit it in practice. things would have to be perfect. i'm not saying -- you know what, i'm -- it's possible. and that's the way i try not to limit myself and say anything is impossible. but 80 is going to be tough. but it's -- i can do it, i think. >> i told him last night, if you can dream it, you can do it. >> you were cheering him on? >> i was. and he is going in, as he said, loose and empty. >> okay.

>> that's what he said. >> empty and loose. >> sorry. >> which i think just shows your ac acumen as a reporter. >> he also compared himself to tom brady, but this guy is the g.o.a.t. there has never been a better competitive eater than joey chestnut. 50 consecutive. he's good. the guy is good at this. >> it does make me gag watching him eat, but 80 hot dogs, i'll believe it when i see it. >> it could happen any minute. >> make sure to join "cnn tonight" if you want to get some fireworks in. we've got an all-star lineup and spectacular fireworks through the u.s. air force band will perform with the zach brown band and the fabulous sheryl you.

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