w fireworks and gunfire, another violent night in america. new details from philly as ft. worth, texas mourns three killed during a fourth of july celebration. an eye in the sky. police in california are adding drones to the force. they say it's safer for cops and civilians. hear why critics worry it's a slippery slope we are less than four hours away now from a strike that could halt deliveries nationwide u.p.s. workers ready to walk offer the job. the delayed dleadline is a glimmer of hope. from the tech of the future to pioneers of the past. the first woman to enter space memorialized north of hollywood stars. it is wednesday, july 5th, and "early today" starts right now >> good morning, i'm vinita nair >> i'm jessica layton. we are learning more this morning about the deadly attack

on a philadelphia neighborhood police say a40-year-old suspect who was wearing a bulletproof vest fired more than 50 rounds shooting aimlessly at people on the street five people were killed, including 15-year-old dwan brown. he was trying to help an injured friend after the gunfire rang out. >> there's no way could you meet dwan and have a conversation with him and not fall in love with him he lost his life trying to, you know, doing a selfless act >> hours after that rampage on monday, three people were killed in a shooting in ft. worth, texas. eight more were injured. police believe several men fired into a gathering, but no suspects have been identified. police departments are now turning to new tech to stop crime. drone patrols over southern california are helping catch criminals, but, as ken delainian reports, some critics worry all that access could compromise

privacy. >> reporter: an eye in the sky helping police deescalate gun confrontations, catch drug dealers and put away violent criminals. >> about 88% to 90% of the time the drone is first on scene before any of our officers in the scene arrive >> will be responding east >> reporter: in beach side, santa monica, peter can survey a city block for a reported suspicious person from a chapd ce command scenter a while away or zoom in to read a license plate. footage was used to convict an attacker >> how have these drones changed the way your department does its work >> it's a fundamental change it allows an experienced police officer see what's going on in real time and communicate those facts to the officers responding >> reporter: they say the

drone's eye view can prevent officer from overreacting. santa monica police got a call last year of a man with a gun. at first drone footage appeared to confirm it. >> as you watch him, you can see him exhale, i'm 99% sure that's some type of lighter >> reporter: given that, police didn't need to approach aggressively drones can also help police on dadangerous operations we got a demonstration of the lemur, which s.w.a.t. teams can use to break windows and fly inside buildings, even talking to a barricaded subject. >> this is the police department we're here to resolve the situation peacefully >> we don't want to see drones used for routine mass surveillance, where they're watching everybody all the time. and we're afraid that this is going to lead to that. >> reporter: seattle has banned the use of police drones and other communities have demanded strict rules >> there are some people that

are just uncomfortable with the idea of the police flying anything that could conduct overhead surveillance. >> we respond to calls for service. we don't utilize it as a random surveillance tool. i think as it rolls out on a national level, that's going to be incumbent upon agents that deploy it to be responsible with it >> reporter: and important for communities to keep watch on those who protect and serve. ken delainian, nbc news, santa monica a federal judge spent independence day rolling back some freedoms between the white house and the country's biggest tech companies it follows accusations of censor-fro censorship from republican officials. lay out what it means for the federal government >> reporter: good morning jessica. on tuesday, federal judge terry doty issued an injunction in a case brought by republican attorneys general from louisiana and missouri the ruling restricts some federal agencies and biden

administration officials from meeting and communicating with social media companies to moderate their content a number of key government departments were affected by this injunction. most note bring, justice, state, hhs and the cdc the judge did make some exceptions for communications when it comes to issues of national security and criminal activity. the legal challenge brought by the republican a.g.s allege that government officials went too far in efforts to encourage social media companies to address posts they worried could contribute to vaccine hesitancy or upend elections in a statement, jeff landry called the ruling historic and said it prevents the biden administration from censoring ordinary americans on social media. >> and brie, does the biden administration have any recourse when it comes to the ruling? >> reporter: so a white house official told nbc news that the

justice department was reviewing the order and will evaluate its options. it's worth noting that this was not the final ruling in the lawsuit, but this prepreliminar injunction points to him siding with the plaintiffs. jessica? >> so, brie, to be continued thank you. the israeli air force has struck the gaza strip after palestinian militants fired rockets toward an israeli town there are no reports of injuries on either side, bubut earlier in the day a palestinian man injured nine people in a car ramming and stabbing anttack in tel aviv let's go live to megan fit

ge fitzgerald what do we mow abknow about they >> what we continue to see is this escalation of violence, this retaliatory attacks the latest is that there were some explosions seen in gaza, the israeli military claiming responsibility, saying they launched attacks on underground military facilities for hamas in retaliation for what we saw earlier this morning, when hamas claimed responsibility for launching five rockets into israel, though israeli forces say that they were able to intercept those missiles that were, thatat were shot, those rockets. but then of course as you mentioned yesterday, we saw palestinian militant driving his vehicle into a crowded bus stop in tel aviv, wounding at least nine people, including a pregnant woman who reportedly lost her baby until a bystander shot and killed that 20-year-old suspect.

that was praised by hamas. they say it was in retaliation for this activity in the jenin camp we haven't seen anything like this in two decades, hundreds of troops on the ground, air support firing down below. the issue was to try to seize weapons from palestinian militants inside this camp benjamin netanyahu, the israeli prime minister saying this is not a one-off. this was an operation that killed at least 13 people, including an israeli soldier so, again, we continue to see the violence in this region showing no signs of slowing. >> disturbing images in that hit f at thisthat

>> reporter: in the middle of its bloody offensive, ukraine's success relies in part on a very different frontline. this one more than 5,000 miles away in scranton, pennsylvania >> we are producing, you know, thousands of rounds more a month than we this time last year. >> reporter: inside this u.s. army ammunition plant, contractor general dynamics produ produces 155-millimeter artillery shells, crucial in the fight against russia in late may, nbc news was granted access to the plant. one of the locations helping make 24,000 rounds each month. i can feel that heat from back here the army says this is a 2,000-degree furnace turning steel into play-doh. inspected and sent off to be armed with explosives, part of what the pentagon says is an urgent ramp up

the army won't tell us exactly how many are going to ukraine because of security concerns but even if every one of these shells went to ukraine, that may still not be enough. some in the scranton community grateful for the city's role in the ukrainian war effort >> pride is just huge. >> i think sthey should get as much ammunition as they can. >> reporter: but figuring out thousand send so much firepower to ukraine also raises concerns about america running out of ammunition if the united states went to war today, would this country be ready for the fight? >> if the united states went to war today, it would have enough weapons in some cases for a short war. it would not have sufficient weapons for a protracted war, and that is the problem. >> reporter: the pentagon told nbc news it was meeting the needs of ukrainian forces while ensuring our inventories are

replenished. but amid tensions with russia and china the army says it's experiencing its fastest conventional ammunition ramp up since the korean war a race to help those on the battlefield today and possibly tomorrow jesse kirsch, scranton, pennsylvania one person was killed and nine more were hurt in a fireworks explosion in michigan a 43-year-old woman from holland was found unresponsive when first responders arrive. and one was killed in texas when something went wrong as fireworks were being prepared for an event on a farm both of these explosions are under investigation. monday was the hottest day ever recorded on earth now that's according to analysis bit university of maine. researchers found the area above the planet's surface reached an average of over 62 degrees climate scientists believe this is because after combination of

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