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♪ gunfire interrupting the holiday festivities with dozens of victims across the country and children among the dead. the nation marking 247 years of independence and this tragic number as well. a number of shootings, mass shootings, so far this year. plus, developments in the middle east, the israeli military now says it is withdrawing from a refugee camp in the west bank. this as new violence as erupted as far as tel aviv. we're going to have the latest. and i'm pretty sure it's the first rule of spin, you don't admit when you're down. but that's exactly what someone in ron desantis' camp just did. he's on the campaign trail today alongside other republican hopefuls. we're going to take you to new hampshire and iowa as we follow these major developing stories

and many more call coming in to "cnn news central." on this fourth of july, three american cities are dealing with the aftermath of a mass shooting. in philadelphia, five people are dead and two children injured after a neighborhood shooting spree. authorities arrested a suspect that they they had a rifle, a handgun and wearing a bulletproof vest. city officials will reveal new details in moments. in indianapolis, at least one person is dead, four others injured after shots were fired at a block party. and then in fort worth, texas, just before midnight, three people were killed, eight were injured in a shooting that police believe was related to a fourth of july celebration.

ed lavandera is live for us in fort worth. are you hearing anything more about a suspect in this particular case? >> reporter: so far no word from fort worth investigators as they try to find out who was responsible for this shooting that wounded eight people and killed three others. all of this unfolding here. and this intersection speaks to the polar extremes that so many communities across the country are dealing with. about 15 hours ago, this mass shooting here where three people were killed, this was the spot where one of the victims died, the flowers there for an 18-year-old victim. we spoke with his mother who described he was a young man who was a manager of a local mcdonald's and was trying to enlist in the air force. and then just a few hours ago, brianna, there was a normal fourth of july parade with horses and vintage cars coming up and down the pathway. families lining the streets. but you know last night it was just chaotic out here. hundreds of people jammed into the street, cars spinning out in the intersections, fireworks

going off, and one witness said it quickly started to turn and became a much more tense situation when the gunfire erupted. >> everybody was just having fun and then you just had gunfire and everybody started running away. >> what did you do? >> i went to the other side of the street just trying to, like, find cover, trying to find my people that i was with, make sure nobody else got hurt that i was with. >> now this neighborhood here in southwest fort worth has dealt with this on this particular holiday before. two years ago, the night before july 4th, many people gathered out here just the exact same way, an argument erupted, gunfire re gunfire erupted as well. some witnesses say this has been a source of growing concern as the festivities the night before july 4th has become kind of a popular thing, but it has become

also a much more dangerous event taking place in this particular neighborhood. >> and then that philadelphia shooting, ed, are police explaining how that unfolded? >> well, it's a very different situation there. it sounds like a much more premeditated attack. philadelphia authorities are saying that the suspect who is a 40-year-old man, he was using an ar-style assault rifle killing five people in a crime scene that they described several locations, spanning several neighborhood blocks. when they -- police say they were able to chase the suspect down in an alley and cornered him and that's where he was arrested, we're still waiting to see what kind of criminal charges will be filed against that suspect. but clearly a much greater sense of premeditation, some deeper motive going on there perhaps than what we're seeing here in fort worth. but at the end of the day, there are still a number of families grieving on this national

holiday. >> thank you so much. we're still awaiting that press conference in philadelphia where we're expecting to learn more. we'll bring that to you as soon as possible. we'll get an update on the shooting that killed five people in philadelphia. jim? as we wait for news at home there in philly, now to news in the outbreak of violence in the middle east. israeli defense forces say they are leaving jeanine in the occupied west bank. this comes two days after -- after two days of what they call counterterrorism activities in the city. but we are getting disturbing images of the aftermath of the operations including allegations of many civilians injured. a palestinian father crying over the body of his young son who was killed. you can see there just how small he was during an israeli raid. moments ago, unicef said three children were killed, many more injured during clashes in the area and that israeli operation.

hadas gold is live in jerusalem. as we see just not accounts but images like that of what appears to be a child killed in these attacks, please hold off -- we're going to go. we have an update here in philadelphia. this is a press conference, an update on the shooting there. let's listen in. >> for all the neighbors traumatized in the wake of the shocking and disturbing incident, philadelphia mourns with all of you. i want to thank the police department for their response to this tragic incident. police got victims to the hospital and successfully apprehending the armed suspect in a short amount of time. may i say, that scene must have been chaotic. they were taking active fire, scooping people up, trying to get them to the hospital to save them and ours officers deserve our a debt of gratitude for their courage and commitment to philadelphians. i'm frustrated and outraged that

mass shootings like this continue to happen in communities across the united states. this country needs to find out how to get guns out of dangerous people's hands. a person walking down the city street with an ar-style rifle and shooting randomly at people while wearing a bulletproof vest, with multiple magazines is a disgraceful but all too common situation in america. and i was at independence hall where they wrote that constitution and the second amendment was never intended to protect this. this was a terrible tragedy situation that has traumatized the community. we're begging congress to protect lives and do something about america's gun problem. i will turn it over to police commissioner outlaws for updates on this incident. >> good afternoon. thank you, mr. mayor. first first and foremost, i would like to express my deepest condolences to the families, friends and all of those affected by this senseless act of violence. our hearts go out to them during

this unimaginably difficult time. everyone, everyone you see here today and not here in this room is committed to finding answers to what happened last night in seeking justice for the victims and their families. as the investigation continues, i kindly ask for your patience and your understanding. our investigators are working tirelessly to gather and analyze all available evidence ensuring a thorough and comprehensive investigation. that said, let me be crystal clear, what happened last night was unimaginably disgusting and horrifying. on what was supposed to be a beautiful summer evening, this armed individual wreaked havoc,

firing with a rifle at their victims, seemingly at random. shooting seven, killing five, including children, babies. such an act of violence is abhorrent and goes against everything we stand for in this community. i too would like to take a moment to recognize the valor of our courageous officers, the actions of our 12th district officers and supervisors last night. these officers swiftly and immediately responded to a radio call reporting a person with a gun and an active shooting situation in the 1600 block of south 56th street. while tending to victims at that location, they heard multiple gunshots at the intersection of 56th street. some of the responding officers promptly tended to the wounded and rushed them to an area hospital. while others fearlessly ran toward the sounds of gunfire.

with remarkable bravery, they pursued the suspect on foot as they fled from the avenue onto frazier street, all while they continued to discharge their weapon. the officers persisted in their pursuit and successfully apprehended the suspect in the rear alley of 1600 frazier street without any further incident or injury. again, i commend these officers for their unwavering bravery. their swift actions undoubtedly saved additional lives. at this time, i want to emphasize that we have no reason that there's an ongoing threat to the community as it relates to incident. we're confident that we have the individual responsible in custody. however, we do ask for your continued patience and cooperation as i mentioned before as we meticulously piece together the events leading up to this heinous act. i want to assure the public that

the philadelphia police department is fully committed to ensuring the safety and security of our communities. we will exhaust all efforts in our pursuit of justice for the victims, the families, and the neighborhood. in closing, i want to express our gratitude for the support and understanding of the public and the media during this challenging time. our cooperation is essential as we worked alongside our law enforcement partners to uncover the facts and provide some semblance of closure to this devastating event. please continue to keep everyone involved in this and affected by this uplifted in prayer. i would like to invite staff inspector, the commanding officer of our homicide unit to provide the case details as we currently know them. >> thank you, commissioner.

good afternoon. yesterday evening at approximately 8:28 p.m., officers from the 12th district responded to a call of a person shooting. officers then located multiple shooting victims at several locations. they were suffering from multiple gunshots to the body. six shooting victims were transported to penn where four of the victims were pronounced dead. two of the victims are currently listed in stable condition. two additional juvenile are treated in an area hospital, one suffering from a gunshot wound to the leg, the others sustaining injuries to the eyes. those individuals are listed in stable condition. based on your witnesses, interviews and recovered evidence, an individual was observed near chester avenue and springfield avenue. the suspect then began shooting

aimlessly at occupied vehicles and individuals on the street as they walked. the suspect fired at vehicles being operated by a mother who was driving her set of twins home. one of the twins suffered a gunshot wound to the leg. their sibling sustained injuries from the eyes from shattered glass. officers heard multiple gunshots in the area and observed the suspect. after a brief foot pursuit, officers made contact with the suspect in an alley. officers engaged that suspect where he was -- where they were able to apprehend the suspect without incident. officers were able to locate a 9 millimeter handgun and an ar 15 style assault rifle. none of the victims engaged the suspect or were aware that the suspect was going to inflict this act of violence upon them. we believe the victim was the

first shooting victim. the victim was not discovered by family members until hours after the incident. our deceased is lashod merritt, a 29-year-old male, a 59-year-old male, a 15-year-old male, a 31-year-old male. the investigation, again, is currently being reviewed by the district attorney's office. the suspect as of now has not been charged. we do expect charges to become forthcoming. i will now turn it over to district attorney krasner. >> good afternoon. i want to echo and support all the comments that you have heard from the mayor, the police commissioner and the more specific comments about the investigation itself.

i agree with every bit of it and i don't want to repeat it. but there are a couple things i do want to say. first of all, there are different things that a prosecutor's office does in a situation like this. and the first thing that we do at the same time as we're providing whatever assistance is needed to law enforcement in its investigation, is we try to make sure victims, survivors, witnesses and other people traumatized by an absolute nightmare happening on the street have their needs addressed. make no mistake, what the police officers went through out there, the couple whom i spoke with just this morning when i was there, having to scoop injured or dying people into a vehicle at a time when there are shots going off everywhere, when they have no way to protect their own backs, having to do that is rough. having to do it all night is rough. getting two hours of sleep and then being back out there this

morning is rough. there's a lot of people who had a very, very hard time last night. but our first step is that, is to reach out to those who have been affected and for that reason, we are happy that there are 58 people who work in the da's office on victim witness issues, including the grant funded cares team, the purpose of which is to deal with the families of homicide victims intensely for the first 45 days. all of them have been deployed with the single exception of the 15-year-old victim who was not identified until recently. we have been in contact with every single family trying to do whatever we can to support them and there is so much support that they need at this phase. we will continue to work with them, but also work with the community that is deeply, deeply affected, by what happened out there. i can tell you what i saw this morning, what i saw this morning

on a beautiful july 4th when the temperature wasn't too hot this morning, there were little sprinkles. but it was a beautiful day, it was completely empty streets. i saw every porch empty. i saw every door closed. i saw every curtain where there was a curtain pulled. i saw no kids playing. i saw a bicycle that had been left there from the time of the shooting sitting on a corner untouched. apparently untouched for or more hours. nobody coming out to move it, to take it to touch it or anything else. as if everybody understood what happened here was so horrible that for right now this is a desert. and for right now, everything that we associate with celebrating fourth of july is off. that was step one for us. step two for us, is the charging. i've been in close contact with the head of our homicide and nonfatal shooting unit with the very experienced attorney who is

assigned to this case. we're aware of investigative details that we are not in a position to put out here and will not put out here. but i can tell you this, the man who did this is in custody. the man who did this will be facing multiple counts of murder and will be facing multiple counts of aggravated assault as a first-degree felony, weapons charges, among others. we will be able to be more specific tomorrow. it is expected that the preliminary arraignment, which is the first public event in a case like this, where bail will be set at -- held without bail, in other words, this is a person who is never going to leave jail before the trial and it is my expectation who is never going to leave jail, period. but the first public event will be occurring tomorrow, either during the workday or possibility later in the afternoon depending upon the demands that are placed upon this queue by which people come up for their arraignment. at that time it will be possible

to say more publicly. although not everything. understand we are in a situation where some of the detectives working hardest on this did not sleep all night. and i know this because i need to have a really well-written affidavit of probable cause for the purpose here and i am well aware that the detective who was working on that, i'll keep his name out of it, had to get some sleep. he had been up without any kind of rest all night and he was out there this morning again. but he needed a few hours' sleep so he could write the best affidavit you can write because that's what we need to prosecute a case properly. phase one for us was really to reach out and try to support all those so adversely affected. phase two is the beginning of a vigorous criminal prosecution of a truly atrocious, horrific act. it will either be prosecuted by this office or possibly by the feds. if so, they will have your complete cooperation as they

always do. and we always look forward to working with them jointly. finally, i just want to say this, it is disgusting the lack of proper gun legislation that we have in the commonwealth pennsylvania. i cannot agree more heartily with the mayor. it's disgusting that you can go to new jersey and find a whole list of reasonable gun regulation that we don't have, that you can go to delaware and there's almost as long a list of reasonable gun legislation that we don't have. some of that legislation might have made a difference here. and it is time for everybody in our legislature, including the ones that would like to walk around with an ar-15 lapel pin, it is time for every one of them to face the voters. if they're not going to do something, then the voters are going to have to vote them out. because that's what that lapel pin means.

it means vote me out. i am against you. i'm against your safety. and a lot of us have had enough of it. i can tell you i certainly have had enough of it. i would ask everyone, i know how painful this is, how emotional it is, everyone who was there, we intend to help you any way we can. we know the police department does. we know the city does. we intend to help you any way we can. do not think in terms of any kind of violent response. do not think in terms of anything other than peace on the streets. the man who has done this horrible thing is in a jail cell. he's going to stay there. you cannot get to him to hurt him. so please do not hurt anyone else. thank you. >> i think we have time for a couple of questions -- >> we've been listening to an update there from philadelphia. that was the district attorney larry krasner speaking. prior to that, the mayor of philadelphia, the police commissioner.

a couple of updates, they say we should expect more details on the investigation tomorrow. in fact, the da saying the likelihood of multiple counts of murder, multiple counts of aggravated assault, aggravated assault against the suspect here, the da also saying it is unlikely that that suspect will have the opportunity to be released on bail. we got some new details on the shooting, including this alarming one that among the victims, two twins, the shooter confronted a mother driving her two twins home. both of them were shot and wounded. among the five people killed in this shooting here. and you heard an impassioned comment there as well from the da calling the shooting disgusting as well as the use of an ar-15 here and talking about laws in pennsylvania that exist in neighboring states that do not exist in pennsylvania that the da says might have prevented something like this. the mayor said as well that a

person walking down the city street with an ar style wildlife and shooting randomly at people with multiple magazines is a disgraceful but all too common situation in america. as you've been watching this show prior, this is not the only mass shooting to take place in this country in the last 24 hours as the country celebrates july fourth. we're going to continue to stay on top of this and other stories. we will be right back. this is c"cnn news central." they collect hundreds of data points like hrv and rem sleep, so you know all you need for recovery. and you are? i'm an investor...in invesco qqq, a fund that gives me access to... nasdaq 100 innovations like... wearable training optimization tech. uh, how long are you... i'm done. i'm okay. using the finest materials, like indulgent memory foam,

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saying about operation home and garden? >> reporter: so we are just hearing from the israeli military that they are starting to leave jenin, specifically the refugee camp. but this operation is not totally over. actually, the idfq spokesperson was just on cnn international saying that they expect this to wind down in the next few hours. we're getting reports of active clashes going on in the refugee camp. just in the last few seconds, actually, we received word from the military saying that they carried out an air strike on a cemetery because they said that there was an armed group of gunman there threatening the vehicles as they were exiting. we are approaching nearly 48 hours now of the military operation. as you noted, we're hearing from palestinian officials, i believe the death count is up to 12 have been killed as a result of this

operation. the ages are ranging between 16 to 23. now the spokesperson just said on cnn international that as far as they know, no noncombatants have been killed. all of those that were killed were engaged with their soldiers in some way. but the idf is acknowledging that of the more than 100 injured, there are civilians among the the injured. when you look at the scale of what's been happening in the refugee camp, the roads are torn up, the houses and cars that are damaged and also the electricity and water that has been severely damaged there. thousands of palestinians have fled the refugee camp trying to seek safer ground. and then now we're also seeing the fallout of that from hamas militants who have claimed credit for this attack in tel aviv. a ramming attack. where a man drove a truck onto pedestrians on a sidewalk outside of a shopping center. and then he got out and started stabbing people.

eight people were injured. an armed civilian shot and killed the attacker. hamas saying that the attacker is one of their fighters and the hamas militants had called on all of their members to come out and strike israel. they said wherever they could in direct response to this operation. the israeli prime minister speaking about this attack and about this operation saying they will continue to fight terrorism wherever they think they find it. take a listen. >> translator: at this moment we are completing the mission. and i can say that our extensive activity is not a one-time operation. we will continue to uproot terrorism. we will not allow jenin to be a safe haven for terrorism. >> reporter: so now we will be watching closely what will happen in the coming hours. sometimes the last few hours of these types of operations can be very critical and very busy and

very violent, potentially, and, of course, for those thousands of people who have fled the refugee camp, they will likely be waiting to see when they can return and what will be left of the camp when they do return. guys? >> hadas gold for us in jerusalem, thank you so much. next new pictures from the web telescope showing saturn's rings like you have never seen them before. nothing about this image is edited. we're going to tell you why they appear to glow. and mark zuckerberg is coming for twitter. we'll tell you about the new app about to be unveiled by the facebook founder. i'm saving with liberty mutual, mom. they customize your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. check it out, you could save $70000 dollars just by switching.g. ooooh, i'll look into that. let me put a reminder on my phone. save $700 dollars. pick up dad from airport? ohhhhhh. only pay for what you need.

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tonight, cnn celebrates independence day with a special concert event, the fourth in america. and preps are under way to welcome thousands of people who are expected to flock to the national mall in the nation's capital to mark america's birthday with an all-star musical lineup and a spectacular fireworks show. boris is going to be there co-hosting. but cnn's gabe cohen is superexcited. you have to join him tonight. gabe cohen is there right now. gabe, tell us what is happening. >> reporter: i'm excite too. it is sweltering, it feels close to 100 degrees right now in washington. if you look behind me, you can see, it doesn't seem to be

slowing a lot of people down and we're expecting many thousands more will be arriving in the coming hours. the national mall will be packed for this spectacular fireworks show that's set to go off just after 9:00 p.m. tonight. one of the biggest in the entire country. it's 17 1/2 minutes long. it may not sound like a lot, but we know that a lot of work and a lot of money, close to $270,000, are used to make sure that this is both safe and spectacular. we talked with the head of the company that puts on this show just a few minutes ago. take a listen, brianna, to what he told me. >> it's hundreds of man hours of work that go into the project. the devil is in the details. we have over a mile of wire out there. dozens of computer modules, circuits, it's high-tech and complicated. >> reporter: and all of those fireworks are already set up

just down the mall from where i'm standing near the reflecting pool which is right by the lincoln memorial. they are set for the 9:09 p.m. start time and we're all excited down here. >> gape, i know it's going to be awesome. thank you so much for the preview. jim? another big july 4th tradition and a wind delay, but not denied. one of the most well-known and grossest fourth of july tradition, the nathan hot dog eating championship. joey chestnut ate 62 hot dogs and buns in ten minutes. the men's competition was on hold for 90 minutes due to a storm in the new york city area. the women's competition, that happened before the storm hit, and mickey won their ninth title devouring 39 and a half hot dogs in ten minutes. not bad for both of them. boris, i wouldn't even come

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♪ this just into cnn. a federal judge has just blocked the biden administration from meeting with the heads of social media companies. this order is part of a lawsuit from two republican state attorneys general. we've been following this story. let's take a step back and talk to us about the origins of all of this. >> as you mentioned, boris, this judge saying that key administration officials and key agencies can no longer communicate with social media companies. but as you said, this started in 2022 when two states attorneys generals, republicans from mississippi and louisiana, filed a lawsuit against the biden administration saying that the administration overstepped or overreached in terms of communicating with social media companies to try to combat covid disinformation. but these are the agencies that the judge has listed can no

longer communicate with these social media companies. they include the department of health and human services, the cdc, the fbi, the justice department, also including about a dozen key administration officials, including the white house press secretary and the u.s. surgeon general. now those people and those agencies cannot contact whether it's email, phone, text or meeting in person with, facebook, instagram, whatsapp, twitter, google and tiktok. and this is very important because this is a communication line that many of these administration officials and agencies had -- have had with the social media companies. now we did reach out to the social media companies for comment. we didn't hear back except from meta who said they have no comment on the issue. we reached out to the white house and we're awaiting a response from them. there are a few exceptions in this ruling from this judge in

this injunction. the treasury department, the commerce the department, and the fda can still communicate with the social media companies, but those agencies and folks i just listed cannot, unless it has to do with illegal activity and security threats. this judge is a trump appointee. he has not made a final ruling on this case, boris, but this banning of these agencies and officials from communicating with the social media companies is certainly a victory for these states who are suing the biden administration, boris. >> fascinating development. thank you so much. now to some of the other headlines that we are watching this hour, a sheriff's deputy in georgia raced to save a woman trapped inside of her burning suv. body camera video capturing this traumatic rescue battling smoke and flames. the deputy smashed the window, he pulled the woman to safety, her car caught fire after she crashed into the woods.

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this year is special for the military. it's celebrating its 50th anniversary of the all-volunteer force with ranks filled by americans who have made the choice to serve the nation. the air force brass band joins us now along with its commander and conductor, colonel don schofield. we're grateful to have you. we'll hear from the band in a moment. first, tell us a bit about its history. >> happy fourth of july. >> happy 4th. >> the air force band started in 1941. what we do is we connect people and have partnerships. less than 1% of the american population serves in the military, so military bands and the air force bands connects people with that military. we do about 1,600 performances each year, 800 of those are at arlington national cemetery. we also do protocol work, we're at the white house. in fact, we're at the white house tonight, as well. we do community relations work in which we connect the publics both here in the united states

and with foreign publics with the united states. when we're traveling, like in iowa, there are no active duty bases in iowa, so when the united states air force band goes there, we represent the air force. when we travel overseas, some of the people may have never met an american, so we represent the united states of america. we were performing in ukraine, in kharkiv, and a gentleman came up after the concert and through the interpreter said, "i do not like america, but i like you." >> wow. >> yeah. again, building these connections and partnerships. >> that is so special, and we appreciate not only that representation but your service overall. what does the fourth of july mean to you personally, colonel? >> growing up, it was an opportunity for us to pause and have a day off and reflect on the birth of our nation. as a professional military musician, we're able to be a part of that celebration. i had a really neat moment last night during our sound check. i was talking to people in the audience, and i talked to a

young lady who had just become an american citizen from taiwan. she had studied for ten years, just passed her test, and this was her -- is going to be her first fourth of july as an american citizen. so getting to see that enthusiasm and pride through eyes of a new american citizen very special. >> yeah. as an immigrant myself, it is a special day celebrating the birth of a nation that embraced you. so colonel, let's hit it. >> absolutely. >> great. >> we have a band that's going to play "yankee doodle" and "america the beautiful." >> all right. ♪ ♪

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