good morning and thank you so much for spending some of your july 4th holiday with us. it is 10:00 eastern. i'm ana cabrera reporting for two hours this morning. as we come on the air and some of you wake up on independence day, americans are confronting once again a uniquely american crisis, gun violence. a deadly night in america, with a pair of shootings. one claiming the life of five people in philadelphia, the very city where the u.s. constitution was drafted. another at a celebration in fort worth, texas, killing at least three people there. what we're learning about both shootings. also right now, severe weather impacting millions from intense storms in the midwest and the east coast to nearly triple digit temps out west putting july 4th celebrations literally up in the air.

>> it would be great if it was the fourth. but it is the whole month, the whole year, we live in the best country in the world. and watch the water. two teens attacked ten mil apart in new york while in the ocean on monday. what you need to know if you're heading to the beach. let's begin in texas where police are still looking for a suspect in the shooting in downtown fort worth. police say three people have died and eight others including a minor were injured after shots were fired during a celebration called como fest. a potential motive is still unclear. we're going to continue to monitor this story and bring you new developments. meantime, in philadelphia, overnight, five people have died, two others injured after a gunman wearing a bulletproof vest opened fire. this crime scene spans several blocks. the last victim found early this morning inside a house. two people have been taken into custody. let's bring in nbc news correspondent george solis. what more are we learning about this shooting spree?

>> reporter: yeah, good morning, ana. we know this was a very chaotic scene. police apprehending that suspect and then a secondary suspect, one who picked up a gun at the scene and began returning fire at the first shooter on the scene. the scene is massive. police are out there today look for more video, hoping to talk to witnesses. as you mentioned, five dead, that fifth victim discovered in a home this morning. authorities say they do believe he is connected to the mass shooting. this morning, yet another community in america reeling from a mass shooting. after a gunman opened fire in philadelphia, shooting seven people, killing five, and injuring two children. >> all right, all units use caution. >> reporter: police say the suspect was armed with an ar-15 style rifle and handgun, carrying a police scanner and wearing a bulletproof vest.

still firing as police were at the scene. >> as they were scooping up the victims and preparing them for transport to the hospital, they also heard multiple gunshots up the street. >> reporter: officers chasing down the suspect, finally cornering him in an alley. >> he was taken into custody without further incident. >> reporter: investigators say they currently do not have a motive in the shootings, and do not know if the suspect is connected to any of the victims. police also taking a second person into custody. >> we have another person that we believe acquired a gun somehow, don't know how, and picked up the gun and returned fire in the direction of the shooter that we have in custody. >> reporter: this incident comes just one day after two other mass shootings in baltimore where a community block party descended into chaos as gunfire erupted, killing two and injuring more than two dozen others. and in wichita, kansas, nine people shot and wounded at a nightclub. in philadelphia, the mayor saying he's horrified by the

shootings, writing, my heart is with the loved ones and families of everyone involved and i send my prayers to the victims. we can report that that 2-year-old toddler and that teen that were injured in this shooting, they are expected to survive. as i mentioned, authorities back out there today, they still have no word on a motive and they have notreleased the names of the suspects they arrested overnight. the police commissioner putting it bluntly last night saying they have no idea why this happened. they will be investigating this thoroughly this fourth of july weekend. ana? >> george solis reporting for us in philadelphia. thank you. it is also been a violent day overseas as israeli police say seven people were hurt in a car ramming and stabbing incident in tel aviv. according to police, the vehicle drove into a crowd of pedestrians at a shopping center and then the driver got out of the car and started stabbing people with a sharp object. the militant group hamas praising this attack as a

preliminary response for israel's raid on a refugee camp in the occupied west bank. at least ten palestinians were killed in that strike. it is israel's biggest operation in that region in decades. nbc news foreign correspondent josh letterman is joining us from london. josh, bring us the latest from this region. >> well, right now, ana, this israeli read is continuing, more than 36 hours after it started. and the israeli national security minister says israel's forces are nearing an end, a completion to the goals that they set out for this raid at this refugee camp. as of right now, it is not yet over. but in the meantime, we're already starting to see that retaliatory cycle of tit for tat violence that so often is a part of these tensions in the west bank and in israel begin to take hold with that car ramming and stabbing taking place really in the heart of central israel and tel aviv.

the gaza strip-based group hamas has been praising the person who committed that act in tel aviv. but it is not yet clear whether that was on behalf of hamas, hamas operative, or simply someone asking on their own and receiving praise and accolades from groups trying to support palestinians who are in the west bank right now. but certainly the concern is how much larger this could get. over the last 36 hours or so, israelis say that they have been able to take out an explosives factory at well as operational situation rooms that they say were used by militant groups in the occupied west bank. they also have been using machines to try to detect ieds. they say they have found tunnels that were being dug underneath buildings including under a mosque to be used according to the israelis to carry out terror attacks. in the meantime, the international community pleading for calm, hoping to de-escalate

the situation. the u.s. state department has stood firmly behind israel's right to defend itself, including by carrying out this raid, but the u.s. is also calling on israel to really try to minimize civilian casualties and make sure that the civilians in the west bank aren't unduly harmed by the israeli forces actions right now. and the united nations has humanitarian officials who have been raising significant concern over the last few hours not only about the scale of this operation, but at the fact that it has targeted a densely populated refugee camp, populated, of course, by thousands of refugees who have nowhere to go. we have seen people fleeing out of jenin, the israelis saying they're allowing people to leave the city of jenin, but the u.n. raising concern about whether israel is providing proper access to medical care for those who have been injured at this incursion so far, ana? >> josh letterman, thank you. now to the latest on the war in ukraine. the russian defense ministry

claims it foiled an alleged ukrainian drone attack in the moscow area. ukrainian officials have not commented on this attack. meantime, we may be hearing from the man behind last month's failed mutiny in russia for the first time in more than a week. a new voice message that appears to be from yevgeny prigozhin has been posted on his official channel on telegram asking for support. but it is impossible for nbc news to authenticate that message. and we should note prigozhin has not been seen in public since the wagner mutiny. nbc's kelly cobiella is joining us from dnipro, ukraine. what more can you tell us, first, about this alleged drone attack? >> reporter: well, ana, the moscow mayor says this drone attack was targeted at the city of moscow, the capital and the region as well. apparently disrupting operations at one of moscow's airports today. the defense ministry said they managed to intercept one of the

drones, which then fell out of the sky. and shoot down four others. no casualties, no damage recorded. the russians calling this a case of terrorism and blaming the ukrainians. well, the ukrainian government, as you mentioned, aren't commenting yet, but they are hitting back at this, the spokesperson for the president saying -- accusing russia of a campaign of terror, a 16-month campaign of terror against its civilian population, including yet another strike today on a residential area on a village in the kharkiv region, in the northeastern part of the country. 31 people injured. nine of them children. at the last count, this was according to the prosecutor general's office, a strike by a highly accurate hypersonic missile. the prosecutor general calling it yet another war crime. ana? >> and vladimir putin spoke today about last month's mutiny by the wagner group.

what is he saying now? >> reporter: right, so this is the first time we're hearing from the russian president since that alleged mutiny more than a week ago now. first time he's speaking out on an international stage, i should say. we have heard from him before. this was an economic and security summit with some of russia's allies. he was trying to project this image of stability, domestically. he said that the attempted mutiny had no popular support whatsoever in russia. he said the country is more united than ever, trying to reassure allies like china and india that sort of it is business as usual now in russia and he's firmly in control. >> kelly cobiella, appreciate your reporting. thank you so much. and when we're back in just 60 seconds, farewell fireworks? how extreme weather could put a damper on some independence day

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tonight? >> reporter: hey there, ana, the july fourth celebratory preps are under way right now. more than 60,000 shells being loaded on to barges that will move along the east river behind me to light up the night's sky in the largest july 4th fireworks display. but will weather interfere? that's the question on everyone's minds, especially in the northeast where we could see up to two inches of rain in an hour as regions in many parts of the country are experiencing stormy weather and stifling heat that could hamper the holiday. this morning, americans celebrating the fourth even as wild weather hits the country coast to coast. this massive funnel forming in the northern plains as strong winds and torrential rain drenched parts of the south and the northeast overnight. a 1-2 punch of severe weather for some communities already battered by deadly storms over the weekend. meantime, the chicago area still cleaning up from up to 9 inches of rain sunday.

>> this is the strongest downpour of rain since 1987. >> reporter: the unrelenting storms throwing a wrench into july 4th plans. >> the weather does its own thing every year. so sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you don't. >> reporter: but new york city's iconic macy's fourth of july fireworks still hoping to light up the sky. macy's telling nbc news they have done shows in the rain before, adding in a statement, we'll determine what steps to take in the event of severe weather such as lightning. 31 million americans are sweating it out, with heat alerts impacting parts of the south and the west. authorities say a 57-year-old woman died during an eight-mile hike in the grand canyon, with temps topping 100 degrees. cities like las vegas and phoenix expected to, again, top triple digits today. the extreme temperatures fueling fast-moving flames in washington state. with fears that risk of wildfire may increase during july 4th

celebrations. >> south, about five feet. >> reporter: in salt lake city, for the first time, they're replacing fireworks with a drone show. in flagstaff, laser light show takes the place of pyrotechnics. the american spirit will find a way to celebrate our nation's birthday. >> it would be great if it was the fourth. you know what, it is the whole month, it is the whole year, we live in the best country in the world. >> reporter: and while mild air quality alerts are lingering in parts of the midwest and in los angeles, here in new york city we are finally seeing air quality return to healthy levels after days of those hazy skies because of the canadian wildfires and pollution. new york's governor encouraging people to celebrate today outdoors. we'll just have to wait and see to what degree the rain allows. ana? >> nice to have a reprieve from the heat heat we have been feeling and the humidity. thank you for that reporting. we sure hope that the show can go on.

angie what is it looking like? >> into the evening hours, let's talk about first the heat because that's something that we'll likely deal with for folks celebrating leading up to tonight's celebrations. we have people in parts of the southwest ending up in the triple digits. phoenix, those are some of the areas you're going to need to be careful where we still do have the heat warnings in effect. because 112 uncomfortable and can be dangerous. 94 for santa fe. kansas city, 95 degrees. chicago, 93. some locations will feel much warmer than that and into the triple digits for the feels-like temperatures. we also have the rain and in the east, it is just kind of unsettled. not just a big wave of rain working through all at once. we have scattered showers that are draped down through the gulf coast, to parts of the northeast. through the day today, in places like new york, you're likely going to see a couple of periods of rain, maybe that 1:00 to 6:00 time frame and this and we'll start to see it taper off. parts of central plains, that's where the -- we'll see the stronger storms, more dangerous

conditions with the hazards including some large hail, some strong winds, up to 60-mile-per-hour gusts will be possible. even a couple of tornadoes. this is the spot where you want to make sure you have the availability to get the alerts for any strong storms and always reminding people, when thunder roars, go indoors. now, here's the evening hours. we have got to take some time on this. this is your fireworks forecast. talking about 9:00, notice the good news from washington, d.c., new york and boston. it looks like most of that rain is going to be out of here and we'll see nicer conditions and dryer conditions for folks that are going to celebrate with some fireworks shows in that region. detroit looks great. 73 degrees. perfect temperature out there. upper 70s for chicago. you'll dial back the heat you'll see into the afternoon hours. and in places like st. louis, and dallas, you're going to see the nice quiet conditions too. there is a couple of trouble spots. mainly minneapolis stretching to denver. upper midwest, those plains states and into the rockies, that's where we still could see some rain hanging around, even into the evening hours.

it will be tough, but we'll have to watch and see what happens with that, because, again, some storms could be strong. so it might be time -- 9:00 gets closer, we might be calling it for folks putting on the displays. last, it is warm, still warm in phoenix, even at 9:00 p.m., we're still into the triple digits. 101 is the temperature as the sun goes down at that hour. for folks that are in san francisco, mid-50s, great. los angeles, it is going to be a little on the cool side too. but dry and you see that extends up to parts of the pacific northwest where this afternoon they could be dealing with some record-breaking highs, but by the time we get to seattle and boise and the evening hours, we'll be looking at nicer conditions, looking at dry conditions, it won't be quite as warm as it has been the past couple of days and will be this afternoon. >> no pressure, but i believe in you. >> i'm doing it for you. and everybody else. >> work those connections with mother nature. i know you have them. thank you so much. up next here on "ana cabrera

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welcome back. a sweeping new immigration crackdown has just gone into effect in florida, leading to concerns about a potential

worker shortage in that state. the law is the brain child of florida governor and presidential hopeful ron desantis as he tries to prove his ultra conservative credential. as gabe gutierrez reports, the consequences might be felt even beyond state lines. >> reporter: the new immigration law that took effect july 1st prompted protests in florida. >> we are people too. we are all people. we are not illegal. >> reporter: the state's republican governor ron desantis signed the bill in may, just weeks before he announced his run for president. >> it is easier to come to this country illegally than it is legally. >> reporter: the law bans local governments from issuing i.d. cards to people who cannot prove citizenship, it requires hospitals that accept medicaid funds to ask about a person's citizenship status and increases penalties for people who hire or transport undocumented immigrants, and it expands the

use of e-verify, a federal database employees can use to check a worker's immigration status. we recently asked the governor what he would tell desperate immigrants fleeing violence in their home countries. governor, wouldn't you do what you could to protect your family? >> once biden became president, he said come and so they're coming. in that sense, i have sympathy for the predicament they found themselves in because they have been sold a bill of goods. on the other hand, we have to have a rule of law in this country. >> reporter: south of miami in the agricultural fields, yvette cruz says some migrant workers have already left the state. there would be people who support governor desantis would say that's a good thing. >> they would say that. i just say, i tell them, okay, let's wait and see who's going to do the work that no one else is doing. >> reporter: we spoke to a woman who asked us not to show her face because she thinks the new law will make it easier for her

to be deported. you're going to stay? why? she tells me she plans to stay for now because this is her home. but she and other immigrants like her now live in fear. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, homestead, florida. let's talk more about this and more with anna navaz and someone with a lot of experience in florida, also with us, because he used to represent the state, former congressman carlos curbelo. what have you heard from folks about the new immigration law and how do you think it is going to play nationally? >> obviously the migrant community is very concerned. there is a lot of anxiety. but the business community specifically small businesses who rely on some of these workers because as people know there is a labor shortage in the united states, so, especially a lot of small farms in the state of florida, the agriculture industry relies on these workers, they're extremely concerned. and, yes, this could have an

effect beyond florida's border because florida is a big ag state. people around the country think of beaches and theme parks when they think of florida, but florida is a major ag state that provides supplies the rest of the country, especially during the winter months. we could see some food shortages as a result of this as well. >> i would think of florida orange juice when i think about florida. clearly this is at least partially being done with an eye toward 2024 and trump as president as candidate before he obviously made immigration one of the hotly debated issues. will it be this time too, do you think? >> i think if governor desantis has anything to say about it, it absolutely will be. this is part of a pattern in terms of steps he's taken to in many cases demonize arriving communities and undocumented populations. governor desantis was the force behind the flying of recently arrived migrants to martha's vineyard. we know some of those moves are under investigation as well by

local authorities there. but the economic impact i do think we have to underscore here is it is definitely about agriculture in florida, and the construction, hospitality sectors, industries where immigrants make up the vast majority of workers and we should point out, florida has a widespread labor shortage and unemployment is very low. just under 3% in earlier months this year. and so that could actually be an economic problem that blows back on governor desantis here. this is part of a larger pattern in terms of positioning himself as this standard bearer. the new standard bearer for conservatives taking more and more extreme positions. certainly on immigration which we know will be a hot button topic in the upcoming election, but also in terms of antilgbtq bills, also on abortion laws. we saw him sign the most restrictive abortion law we have seen there. six-week ban, which is much more conservative than where most of the country is. so, absolutely, ana, this is with an eye toward 2024 and we'll probably see more of this in the months ahead.

>> as amna just listed, all the different issues, florida hasn't gone blue in presidential elections in over ten years. is florida just moving even further and further to the right? >> well, certainly post pandemic florida has shifted strongly toward the red column. and that's the tragedy in all of this. ron desantis should be running on his pandemic record, whether some people like it or not, florida benefitted from the governor's pandemic policies, the economy boomed when the rest of the country was shut down florida was open for business and a lot of low income families and small businesses benefited because of that. that's what he should be running on. not trying to get into a race to the bottom with donald trump on all of these culture issues, especially when some of these policies are actually hurting people in businesses. >> amna, desantis has yet to decide the so-called loyalty pledge, which requires participants to promise to support the eventual nominee.

trump hasn't signed this pledge yet either. he's indicating he may choose to sit out the debate, arguing he doesn't need it, but does desantis need that debate stage? and what do you think happens to this loyalty pledge given there are a lot of other candidates who don't want to sign it either. >> a lot of questions around this pledge which seems to be getting weaker by the day. if you can't get your party's early front runner to sign it i'm not sure what the enforcement pattern could be here. and you have candidates as you mentioned openly saying they would not sign it. there is a carve out i'm sure folks remember, asa hutchinson, former governor of arkansas, said can we have a carveout so we can say we won't support the nominee if he or she is convicted of a crime, referring to the federal charges that mr. trump is facing on the mishandling of classified documents, but that could be a moot point because that trial is not likely to be wrapped up by the election. so the real question i think here is what purpose this debate will serve when you look more

largely at the republican party, that field of primary candidates is the most diverse they have had in history. there is a real range of opinion and viewpoints and experience there, you would think voters would benefit from hearing the arguments and candidates in their own word. that's the point of these debates. when you employ a loyalty pledge to it, you have to wonder how much the audience and the public is actually going to be served. >> congressman, politico is reporting that the desantis super pac is expressing some concern about where this race stands right now. take a listen. >> right now in national polling we are way behind. i'll be the first to admit that. i'm being really blunt and really honest. it is an uphill battle. clearly donald trump is the runaway front-runner. >> congressman, is it surprising to hear that lack of confidence? >> well, it is not surprising

because thus far ron desantis has run a copycat campaign of donald trump's. and you can't beat donald trump by imitating him. if you try to imitate donald trump, people are always going to prefer the real thing. ron desantis has to try to distinguish himself from donald trump. he actually during his first year as governor of florida focused on environmental policies. he had a libertarian streak to the way he governed during that first year. during the pandemic, of course he stood out, that's the type of campaign he needs to run if he wants to defeat donald trump, if he's going to imitate donald trump, he's going to remain behind donald trump. the only bet here is that trump leaves the race. i don't think anyone predicts that's going to happen, no matter what happens to donald trump legally. >> former congressman carlos curbelo, amna nawaz, thank you for joining us. happy fourth of july. appreciate you taking the time today. >> thank you. up next on "ana cabrera

reports," thousands are now on strike. what they're asking for and how it could impact tourism at the height of summer. and more fallout from the supreme court's affirmative action ruling with a new lawsuit challenging harvard's legacy admissions. what's being alleged next. admissions what's being alleged next. abdu. i was diagnosed with afib. the first inkling that something was wrong was i started to notice that i couldn't do things without losing my breath. i couldn't make it through the airport, and every like 20 or 30 yards i had to sit down and get my breath. every physical exertion seemed to exhaust me. and finally, i went to the hospital where i was diagnosed with afib. when i first noticed symptoms, which kept coming and going, i should have gone to the doctor and told them what was happening. instead, i tried to let it pass.

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shake-up for california tourism. thousands of hotel workers have gone on strike. they walked off the job sunday as their union is pushing for higher wages and other benefits. here you can see some of those strikers picketing and the signs reading to strike in spanish. the strike includes roughly 15,000 workers at 65 hotels including cooks, room attendants, dishwashers, servers, bellmen and front desk agents. joining us with more is nayala charles. how are these hotels still running? >> reporter: right now for the third day now, negotiations are at a stand still. and can you imagine this couldn't come at a worse time for the hotels because this is a busy travel weekend, with hundreds of thousands of people coming into los angeles. what are the people going to do

once they check in and find the hotel staff is picketing? well, the hotels say they're bringing in non-union usized employees to back fill the positions but there are going to be some amenities that are missing, like spas or there may be longer times for food or even housekeeping upon request. and, ana, important to remember that the hotel industry was already short staffed leading up to this strike. so if you go into hotels, you may have seen a lot of housekeeping services are only available upon request and that's because the hotel workers say they're under staffed. right now they're asking for $5 raise, they make 20 to $25 an hour. they're also asking for benefits and annual wage increases to afford living in southern california. they say they should be able to live here, just as they're able to work here. listen to what the union is telling us and what the hotel companies are telling us. >> unfortunately it is not enough now.

it is 2023 and we live in los angeles and everything has gone up. >> we pay our employees, our great employees well and provide terrific benefits. we understand that living in l.a. is expensive, it is expensive for everybody. >> so, hotel workers want more money. but the hotel companies are pointing to the state government to take care of the housing crisis. also pointing to the federal government to take care of inflation. but, ana, for these workers, it is a lot easier for them to ask their bosses for more money than it is for them to go over to the white house and ask them to fix inflation. so, what we're seeing now is as the travel demand is very high this summer, hotel stays are more expensive, and these employees are saying they deserve to get a piece of the pie with those processes that hotels are bringing in right now. in a couple of hours, this is going to be the third day of strikes, thousands of hotel employees across southern california going to be picketing and that includes big chains

like the hilton, marriott, the luxury brands. so definitely a sight to see this holiday weekend. >> those employees are so vital to our economy and so important to many communities. thank you very much. more fallout from the supreme court's affirmative action decision. a civil rights group has now filed a complaint against harvard university claiming the school's legacy admissions policy is biased against applicants of color and violates the civil rights act. in a statement, a lawyer for the group asked why are we rewarding children for privileges and advantages accrued by prior generations? your family's last name and the size of your bank account are not a measure of merit and should have no bearing on the college admissions process. now, this move comes, of course, five days after the supreme court barred the consideration of race in college admission. let's bring in former u.s. attorney barbara mcquaid and nbc news correspondent steven romo.

talk to me about this complaint filed, having to do with legacy admissions. >> it is filed by the group lawyers for civil rights on behalf of black and latino communities. they're citing things like harvard's legacy admissions being possibly a violation of the civil rights act. and this complaint looks at data from the national bureau of economic research and we have some of those numbers for you. they are pretty stark showing 70% of these applicants or legacy and donor related applicants and 40% of those applicants, the white students admit ready legacy or athletes, children of faculty and staff, those types of categoies and the applicants that are legacy related are 5 to 7 times more likely to be admitted than nonlegacy students. so, for reasons like this, this group brought this complaint forward. we heard from democrats including the president about the legacy admissions, just

after that supreme court ruling. opponents of this saying that without affirmative action as a counterbalance to these legacy admissions, they just don't think it is fair when the number of these legacy admissions are overwhelmingly white. >> that number is staggering as he just laid out. 70% of legacy applicants were white. five times more likely to be admitted than nonlegacies. lawyers are trying to argue that legacy and donor-related preferences violating the civil rights act. do they have legal standing to bring this forward, barbara? >> yes to the extent they represent students who are denied admissions based on these programs, they'll have standing. on the merits, the civil rights act of 1964 does not require evidence of intent to discriminate. it is enough, if you can show disparate impact. i think the numbers we just saw there show disparate impact. the only response they could use

in defense is to show the program is a educational necessity. that might be difficult when it comes to donor and legacy programs. even harvard in promotional materials doesn't say it is an educational necessity. they say instead is it helps build community, and it encourages generous financial support. and so on that basis, it seems that these plaintiffs may have a strong case here. >> it is sort of a tactic, this reaction, right, to the supreme court's affirmative action decision. what do you make of this kind of response and could this case, i wonder, end up landing in the supreme court? >> yes, my guess is it was no surprise when the supreme court ruled the way it did by taking up the affirmative action cases this term. i think most people knew that the programs were doomed and my guess is these groups have been working away on their complaint all this time if the decision came down as anticipated, they would be prepared to file.

so within days, and their strategy seems to be, well, if you're going to take away programs that benefit minorities, then we need to offset it by rectifying this other problem that is causing a suppression of minority students by favoring wealthy students who disproportionately are white students. just to use an analogy, ana, i would liken it to red lining programs that banks use. i remember bringing a case against banks when i was serving as u.s. attorney and what they said was, we don't intend to discriminate against anybody. what we do is we deny mortgage applications from certain zip codes because our data shows people in those zip codes tend to be poor risks with finances. but the problem is, those neighborhoods were minority neighborhoods and so it had a disparate impact on the people living in those neighborhoods, whether they individually were or were not a good credit risk. so that program was a violation of the civil rights act of 1964. i think in a similar vein, this

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we're back with a major scare at a wisconsin festival with roller coaster riders stuck upsidedown on a ride this weekend for hours after a mechanical failure. take a look at this. this is from the forest county festival in wisconsin. it shows rescuers climbing up to free the passengers who were -- get this, they were inverted for at least three hours. everyone was safely rescued. this is now the second roller coaster-related incident we have reported on in as many days. you will recall a ride in north carolina was shutdown after a man spotted a large crack in its support beam, and thankfully no injuries reported there. and then two shark scares yesterday, and a teenage surfer was bitten in the leg at one beach, and then on another beach a few miles away another bite.

stephanie gosk. >> reporter: the second incident is a popular beach in the new york city area. moments ago i got a sense of how uneasy the lifeguards and people on the beach are. people have been in the water, swimming and suddenly a bunch of whistles blew, and a lifeguard said they spotted something down the beach and added there are lots of dolphins in this area, but without a doubt i think those coming here today are having second thoughts about going into the water. this morning fresh shark fears off the coast of new york. prompting new warnings for beachgoers heading out to celebrate the fourth of july holiday. two incidents happening just seven miles apart. on monday long island police responded to calls of a shark attack on fire island.

police say a 15-year-old boy was surfing when he was bitten, puncturing his left heel and toes. >> he was able to swim to shore where he was able to get assistance and he got to a local hospital where he's recovering with nonlife-threatening injuries. >> then a 15-year-old girl was treated for bites on her leg. >> it's unknown what bit her. a state park's drone was immediately deployed but was unable to detect dangerous marine animals or sharks in the area. back near long island, there has been a recent increase of tiger and sand sharks swimming closer to shore. >> i think it's crazy. there have been a lot of shark attacks happening on the beaches

and there have been a lot of warnings of sharks. >> a warning to those headed to catch a wave and soak up the sun this week, beware of your surroundings. >> if you see something that looks like a shark or something in pods, it's a good idea to leave the water and notify the authority. >> the lifeguards are out and walking the beach and on jet skis, and are using drones to see what they can see above and give people a warning. but like i said, there were people earlier in the water today, and the beach as crowded as you would expect it to be on the fourth of july, ana. >> sure looks beautiful out there. i have to say, you have the envy of all assignment today. much more ahead in our next hour of the special edition of "ana cabrera reports," including

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hello and thank you for being here on this fourth of july holiday. it's 11:00 a.m. eastern, and 8:00 a.m. specific. we begin with a deadly night, a tragedy in philadelphia. five people killed there. at least three are dead after a shooting at a celebration in fort worth, texas. we have