this is myrtle beach in south carolina. i hope you get a chance to enjoy sand and a little sun as well today. catch be every weekday at 10:00 a.m. eastern right here on msnbc. i'm going to hand it off to my colleague. coverage continues with lindsey reiser next. good to be with you on this 4th of july. a philadelphia community is in mourning after a mass shooting leaves five dead and two others, 2 and 13, recovering. this hour, we are watching the weather across the country. millions eager to celebrate with cookouts and fireworks hope extreme heat and storms don't ruin their plans. republican presidential candidates are hitting parade routes in key primary and caucus states to try to sway undecided 2024 voters. we are going to begin with

that mass shooting in philadelphia last night. at least five people are dead, two injured after a gunman wearing body armor opened fire in a southwest philly neighborhood. the two injured victims are 2 and 13 years old according to police. police say they believe they have the suspect in custody, but are trying to establish a motive. what's the latest? >> reporter: details still emerging this morning. initially, police had said four people were shot and killed. all of them dead. we are learning there's a fifth victim, another man that was found in a nearby home. police saying this crime scene was expansive, several blocks. they apprehended a 40-year-old man after this mass shooting that now we know seven people were shot at, including two young children, a 2-year-old and a 13-year-old. police say this suspect was heavily armed, carrying an ar-15-style rifle, a handgun,

wearing a bulletproof vest and had a police scanner. they say they followed him into an alley where he surrendered. not much is known about the suspect. authorities also saying they apprehended a second suspect in the shooting. a man who recovered what appears to be a weapon from the initial shooter, was returning fire. the names of the individuals have not been released. you can imagine a lot of shock in this community. we still don't know from authorities if this was a shooting at a gathering or if this was a random event taking place where this incident occurred. again, initially, police saying four people were dead, all men. we now know a fifth victim was recovered. authorities expected to update us on this shooting today. again, a 40-year-old man we know is in custody. a second suspect apprehended as this investigation unfolds. back to you. >> george, thank you. overnight in ft. worth, texas, three people were killed and more than a dozen injured in two separate shootings police

say. the first shooting took place just before midnight at a 4th of july party attended by several hundred people. why it happened or how many gunmen, unknown. police say they have identified all 11 shooting victims. one under the age of 18. three victims have died. the rest are recovering. two hours earlier in an unrelated incident, three adult men were injured when a large group fight escalated into a shootout between two gunmen. one was shot in the head but is expected to survive. the rest have non-life-threatening injuries. a gang unit is investigating that. more than 30 million americans are facing weather alerts across the country. in the south and the west, a dangerous heat wave with temperatures reaching 113 degrees. it's set to make for a scorching 4th of july holiday. in the northeast, severe weather, flash flooding threatens new york city's

fireworks display. antonia hylton, we will go to you. what's the latest from the city? >> reporter: happy 4th of july. everyone here is crossing their fingers that the show is still going to go on. as you can see behind me here, it's a bit gray and damp. a few minutes ago we had a downpour. people are worried there will be more throughout the day. a little rain shouldn't threaten a fireworks display. lightning or more severe weather or winds could. we received a statement from macy's saying they will monitor today and keeping an eye out for severe weather like lightning. we will keep an eye on that for updates. under the assumption the show is on, around 9:25 p.m., there are going to be 60,000 shells launched from barges all along the east river behind me here. it's the biggest display across the country. there will be about 30 different

colors and shapes and affects. they are promising a dazzling show for new yorkers. this is an important part of a tradition in new york. for anyone when hasn't seen this show, new york's 4th of july, you spend the day out in public parks. you go to some of the beaches. then people at night come here at the water, they relax. it's a low cost way to celebrate july 4th. it brings people of all walks of life together. they hang out at restaurants, bars with a view. the hope is that the show can go on even if there's a little bit of a downpour. >> antonia, thank you. appreciate it. michelle, walk us through the forecast. >> great to see you. i have good news for new york city. it does look like it's trending drier after 7:00 p.m., but we need to get to 7:00 p.m. because we will see a chance of downpours continuing. the forecast today, a lot of spots will be soggy, stormy, steamy. a lot of green on the map on our

holiday outlook. a severe risk throughout the plains into the upper midwest. notice all the isolated showers on the gulf coast states, southeast. see brighter colors, red, orange, yellow, we could see heavy downpours. there's a lot of moisture with the storms. any of the storms could produce a downpour as we just heard. into new england, we are looking at the chance for heavy downpours as well. the northeast, again, we expect to be drying out closer to the 7:00 hour for places like philadelphia, d.c., also new york city. we have the record heat in the west coast. temperatures soaring into the triple digits. that's dangerous. if you are out and about, picnics, celebrations, parades, stay in the shade if you can. drink lots of water. get indoors if possible. this is what satellite and radar looks like. that's green, a lot of rain. i wish we had a better picture. heavy rain throughout the northern plains, lightning

there. lightning in new england. we have a flash flood watch in new england. as we look for the rest of the day, 14 million people at risk for winds gusting up to 60 miles per hour. that's a problem because it could bring down trees and power lines. hail that could cause damage. a tornado or two, the likeliest spots in portions of the central plains, upper midwest, into the rockies. minneapolis, denver, dodge city, you are under the gun for strong storms. we could see strong thunderstorms also frompeninsul carolinas and parts of the northeast until later this evening. the heat, this is a big story. that's dangerous if you are out and about. 31 million people impacted by heat alerts. heat advisories, heat warnings. warnings in the southwest, that's you where see the hot pink color. everywhere else, a heat advisory. we will see temperatures soaring into the triple digits. close to the triple digits in the pacific northwest.

they're rare. port atlanta, 97 today. 20 above what is typical for this time of year. 112 in phoenix, that's six degrees above normal. notice the upper midwest, great lakes, 93 in chicago, ten degrees above average, 95 in kansas city. notice the cold air in portions of the northern plains. rapid city, that's where we expect the chance for severe storms because we have the cold canadian air meeting up with the cold front. that's going to trigger storms. let's spend time here because this is what we are wondering about the fireworks forecast. looking better than yesterday. boston, new york city, d.c., we will see the chance for storms and some really heavy downpours throughout the day. i do think we will clear it out after 7:00, 8:00. hopefully, trending towards a drier forecast for the fireworks. miami, atlanta, new orleans, you could see storms. heavy rain in minneapolis. could see storms there, too. denver, same story. the west coast, it's about the

heat. phoenix, 101. you have clear skies. clear skies in los angeles. 61. that's picture perfect. same story in san francisco, 56 degrees. 76 in seattle. boise, 73. billings, 57. this is the story for today, the setup. we have the really long cold front. we have the cold air coming down from canada. that's going to trigger storms. severe risk from rockies to the great lakes. we could see an inch per hour. that's part of the problem. if you are out and about, you may not see them. but if you do, it could be a heavy downpour. that's what you want to be prepared for. >> good advice. thank you. in israel today, at least eight people were injured in tel aviv when a man drove a car into a crowd of pedestrians and went on a stabbing rampage. the palestinian militant group hamas praised it saying it was heroic and revenge for the military operation in janine. it's the focus of a

counterterrorism sweep, the most intense military incursion there in nearly 20 years. at this hour, ten palestinians have been killed in the raids in their second day. the israel military has made clear that the operation will go on as long as needed. joshledderman is following this. the concern is hamas would get drawn in. the militant group, the main target of the operation. what's the latest? >> reporter: that's right. the concern has been that whenever we see the outbreaks of israeli/palestinian violence, in the old city over some of the holy sites or in the west bank over israeli settlements and israeli raids there, that they tend to follow this pattern of escalation. our groups get involved and we see tit for tat retaliation that creates a situation in which a crisis can spiral out of control. so far, we are hearing from hamas praising, as you mentioned, the attacker who

conducted that car ramming and stabbing attack in tel aviv today that injured eight people, including we're told one who is in critical condition. it's unclear at this point whether that attacker was actually a hamas operative, carrying out an attack on behalf of hamas or simply in solidarity with their broader mission and being praised by hamas. the internal security service said they identified the attacker as a 20-year-old palestinian who was from the west bank and had no previous security record, criminal record. that is about what we know so far of this particular incident. the concern is how much broader could this get? what we haven't seen, rocket attacks, either from hamas in the gaza strip, or from southern lebanon from hezbollah or other militant groups, or from syria, which we have seen in some of the our outbreaks in recent months. from israel's perspective, that's the good news so far. in meantime, this israeli raid is not yet over.

well over 36 hours after it started, it's not only the largest israeli incursion in the west bank in some -- in nearly two decades, but potentially one of the longest, with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu a little while ago visiting an israeli military group near there. he says they will continue with this operation, just as long as it takes to root out what israel described as a terror threat from that refugee camp there. >> thank you for that update. days after the supreme court struck down affirmative action, there's a new lawsuit challenging legacy admissions. one of the nation's most prestige out universities, the controversy at harvard. ies, the controversy at harvard love with the irresistible scent. ♪ ♪ huh, huh, so did their dog roger. ♪ ♪ gain scent beads keep even the stinkiest stuff smelling fresh.

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harvard is once again at the center of the debate with a civil rights group challenging legacy admissions, saying it discriminates against students of color and gives an unfair boost to the mostly white children of alumni. joining me, carol lamb and anthony coli. carol, to you. supporters of the policy say it builds an alumni community, encouraging donations. opponents say it's no longer defensible without affirmative action providing a counterbalance. what's at the heart of the legal argument? >> it's important to first realize that this is a complaint filed with the department of education. this is not a lawsuit in federal court, not yet anyway, as the firmive action case was. it raises a different issue. there are differences between the two. in the affirmative action case, the allegation was that harvard was engaging in actually discriminatory conduct. that's in the admissions decision, they were actually considering race as a factor and

the supreme court held that that violated the 14th amendment and the civil rights act. they are alleging discriminatory impact. it's not a racially-based decision, but it has an impact on -- a disproportionate impact on unrepresented minorities. that's a little bit of a tougher legal road to do. there are lots of things that colleges engage in that are not racially motivated but they have an impact on racial groups. for example, let's say a college wants to diversify itself geographically and wants to admit more students from the midwest. that may result in fewer underrepresented minorities coming to the school. it wasn't a racially motivated decision. the analysis legally has to be a little bit different.

it will depend on what practices the college engages in and what their motivations were for engaging in that practice. >> anthony, carol points out the distinction. why go that route instead of the lawsuit route? >> there are any number of ways to get to equity here. i think what's really important is for people to realize how we got here and why this is important. at the end of the day, ending legacy admissions in college is new or novel idea. some of the nation's most elite colleges and universities have already done it. we are talking johns hopkins, we are talking amhurst and others. what they have understood and articulated is that legacy admissions provides an unfair advantage to students, to applicants from families who are well off and in many cases, they don't otherwise meet the

academic standards for admission. i will add one other thing. at harvard, they found applicants are six times more likely to gain admission to harvard via the legacy applicant pool than they were if they were ordinary applicants. what this effort is signifying is that at the end of the day, if race is not allowed to be a part of the consideration in the process, then nothing else should be allowed as well. this is an effort where i think you are going to see a lot of agreement from both the left and the right who are coming to say, you know what, judge? everybody completely by the merits. >> legacy admissions are not as explicit in terms of the process and government involvement. how does that impact the way that a judge or an admission

person would consider? >> we have to consider how much institutional autonomy the university has. i gave the example of die geogr. what about if they need more math or history majors? do they look at the racial impact? i think i'm here as a legal analyst. i think the question is what is unfair in a particular instance is necessarily illegal, that's the question that the department of education is going to have to struggle with. >> anthony, i think you and care are pointing out here the sort of brave new world we are in post affirmative action, this ruling of what the landscape means now. do you think with this challenge

to legacy admissions here, do you think we will see more schools and universities just proactively doing away with those programs? >> i hope so. there are so many others. harvard and other colleges have got to realize, you can get a good education at this institution, but there are other places where students can go to get great educations. i went to a historically black college and university. i did that because i wanted to be in a place where i was valued, where i was supported. i think if harvard doesn't recognize the state of affairs right now, they are going to be left behind. i hope they change. >> carol and anthony, thank you so much. we will head to new developments on a suspicious substance that led to a brief ee evacuation of the white house sunday. they are investigatin a white powdery substance in the work area in the west wing.

it tested positive for cocaine. more testing is being done by the secret service. the president was not at the white house at the time. we will have more on this developing story on msnbc reports throughout the day. parade politics. many of the republican candidates for president are making this a working holiday. how they are trying to stand out at donald trump takes a few days off the trail. as we go to break, a live look at myrtle beach, south carolina. a big crowd there with their umbrellas and sun block, packing it in to enjoy this 4th of july holiday. we will be right back. weill be . ♪ tourists tourists that turn into scientists. tourists taking photos that are analyzed by ai. so researchers can help life underwater flourish. ♪

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the republican presidential primary race kicks into high gear today as candidates blanket iowa and new hampshire. ron desantis, tim scott are in new hampshire. mike pence, asa hutchinson are in iowa. hello to all of you. happy 4th. we know that former president trump is off the trail, until a rally in iowa friday. given his dominant polling, does this give other candidates a chance to stand out? >> yes. but he is looming over the

entire field, whether it's the 4th of july or just any other day of the week, this is the period of any normal campaign where it is introduction season. most of the voters that i have been talking to have been clear they are very much candidate shopping, unless, of course, they are republicans who just want to continue the era of donald trump. those voters, of course, still exist. frankly, as i have been out there talking to voters, it's clear that for those candidates who have the opportunity to make impressions on voters that want to turn the page, this is a good chance for them to do so. nevertheless, look at the fact the former president still out on campaign trail, still drawing big crowds. he was never going to be the kind of candidate even before he was running as a former president, when i was covering him in 2015 and 2016, he was not doing parades, not doing the small scale retail politics stuff that so many of the other candidates are doing. that's how most campaigns start. trump's was never a traditional campaign. of course, never a traditional candidate. this is a continuation of that.

the fact that we are not seeing him on the trail on july 4th, that tracks with that. he is up in the polls. he did a rally over the weekend. that's what his campaign would point to as the fact he is out, but he doesn't have to be out all the time, unlike the rest of the folks who are trying to build their name i.d. >> matthew, there have been questions early in the process by desantis' retail politics. can he put some of the problems behind him in new hampshire? do you think he is still testing things out on the road? >> it's fascinating about ron desantis. he had success in florida and won overwhelmingly. can't do anything when he goes out. at some point, the first time, second time, third time, fourth time outside their state, if they are not doing well, i don't know if the fifth or sixth or seventh helps them. the biggest problem he has is donald trump is as he is the incumbent in the case. eight years ago when donald

trump first ran, donald trump was at 14% or 15% in the polls. today, he is at 50% or 60% in the polls. he is in a more dominant position, donald trump, than he was in 2015 and 2016 when he still won the nomination in this process. the problem for ron desantis and anybody else running in the race, it's not about them. will some external event happen, something -- some legal cause or something else happen that gives them a window where they can actually succeed? without it, i don't see how they do. >> that said, do you think there is a non-trump candidate out there, possibly desantis or tim scott, who will march in the same parade next hour? the biden re-election is concerned about? >> the biden re-election team, i still think trump is going to be a major concern for the biden team. also, ron desantis. for a couple of reasons.

one, because trump will be a tough candidate. it's a tight race. it's a 2.0. i think anything can happen. i still think biden pulls that out. ron desantis is interest gs -- interesting because he knows how to negotiate local politics, statewide politics to implement and codify his policies. that's compelling. i don't think in either case they make good general election candidates. i think we are talking about small margins. i would make a point about chris christie. the reason i raise chris christie is because building on matthew and ali's earlier points, everybody seems to be in a race to out trump trump. if you are a republican voter, why go with the imitation when you can go with the real thing?

chris christie is one candidate who is trying to present a much clearer alternative to donald trump. i don't want to say he represents that old northeast republican. but he comes as close to that as you can, given this current primary field. maybe that has some -- there's some opportunity there to bring back some of the disaffected republicans that voted for joe biden in 2020. i'm not sure about that, because as everybody said, trump still looms very large in the race. >> matthew, do you think any of the candidates want trump on the debate stage? do you think they are eager for him to sit the first one out? >> i think they want him. it's the only option. that's when you will get millions of republican primary voters. you do these retail stops, and you might get 500 or 1,000 people. the debate stages reset the race. the only way they can get in the race and overcome the 20 or 30

point advantage donald trump has is take him on in this race. will they take him on? none of them want to except for chris christie, which i find fascinating. you are running against the guy but you are unwilling to take him on. i think they want donald trump, because it's one of the few opportunities they have to talk to millions of republican primary voters simultaneously and show their differences with donald trump. >> ali, we asked if any of the non-trump candidates worry the biden reelection campaign. do any of the non-trump candidates worry the trump campaign? >> i think the trump campaign perspective, frankly, is the more the merrier. it splits the field that many more directions. we are talking about the way that trump was able to win the nomination in '15 and '16 without the dominant polling position he has shown. now it's thinking about the ways the pie can get split up. this has been the conventional wisdom among republican sources. the more people trying to

counter trump, the more ways the non-trump vote gets split up. that's one of the things the trump campaign is looking at. i think i would argue going back to what we have been talking about about debate stages, the other reason they might want trump on that stage, because they have to go to him to get to any nomination, and for someone like chris christie, that would elevate his position, but it's clear trump is very eager to go at ron desantis. every other campaign would be happy to not have to take out the number two contender in this and let trump be the person that does that. it means they make less enemies, and they can focus on presenting their own message as opposed to going on the attack. that's one thing we will lose out on if trump doesn't come on the debate stages. you and i have -- frankly, all of us remember in 2020 each of the debates were constant chances to reset the narrative.

it felt like we went month to month to month in the 2020 democratic primary each new turn of the debate cycle. that's what it could have been for republicans. if trump chooses to just take himself out of the process, that gums up the entire gears of the process. at that point, you have to see what the rnc does and the rest of the field does. everyone is debating without the main guy in the room. i don't know how that helps anybody get ahead. >> ali, matthew, basil, thank you. coming up, moscow targeted by drones. how it disrupted flights at one of their major international airports. we are live with the latest. (vo) if you have graves' disease, your eye symptoms could mean something more. that gritty feeling can't be brushed away. even a little blurry vision can distort things. and something serious may be behind those itchy eyes. up to 50% of people with graves' could develop a different condition called thyroid eye disease, which should be treated by a different doctor. see an expert.

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russia says it intercepted drones targeting moscow today, an alleged attack the kremlin is blaming on ukraine. all five drones were shot down or jammed and crashed, according to russia defense ministry. no one was injured. the incident did ground flights at one of moscow's major airports. ukraine has not claimed responsibility. kelly cobiella is reporting from ukraine. what do we know about this alleged drone attack? >> reporter: this was the third drone attack in the moscow area this year. it happened early this morning, from what we understand, about 5:00 a.m. local time. five drones in all. the russian ministry of defense saying that they shot down four

and intercepted the fifth, which then fell down from the sky. no casualties. nobody injured. no damage according to the russians. they are calling this a terrorist attack. they are accusing ukrainians. in fact, they are calling it international tourism. the foreign minister in russia saying that international terrorism because ukraine is supplied with weapons by other countries. nato, obviously, and the u.s. the ukrainians aren't commenting on this. they usually don't. but they are talking about the attacks on this country. a spokesperson for president zelenskyy's office said that this country has been under a series of terrorist attacks for the past 16 months. attacks on civilian sites. there was yet another missile strike today in the kharkiv region, on a city there, a

residential part of the city, that left more than 40 injured, including a young baby, a 10-month-old baby, according to local officials there. yesterday, there was a drone attack on the northern city of sumi here in ukraine. that attack killed three people and left 21 injured. it led to president zelenskyy calling for more air defenses. he said, we simply don't have enough air defenses to protect the entire country. >> kelly cobiella, thank you. as philadelphia grapples with yesterday's mass shooting, the community in highland park, illinois, is remembering the mass shooting there last july 4th by walking the same parade route moments ago. there was a moment of silence earlier for the seven victims who were killed. two dozen others were injured. cooper roberts, a boy paralyzed in the shooting, threw the first pitch in milwaukee yesterday.

jesse kirsch joins us from highland park. how is the community doing one year later? >> reporter: the mayor marking this one-year anniversary by calling last july 4th the bloodiest day they have ever experienced in highland park. right behind me you can hear and see they are removing the barriers that were up along this march route. last year, it was the parade route. they took the same path on a walk today to commemorate, to remember, to memorialize, but also the sense that we get from the community is to show that it's not going to define highland park. leaders here talking about being able to celebrate on this day. you can see in the crowd, there are people in highland park shirts but also in red, white, and blue. the american flag present as well. this was and is july 4th here but has a somber underpinning to

it. here is what we heard earlier from the mayor. >> time to ban assault weapons, to address the very real epidemic that this is to the public's health and safety. there's no reason that we live this way. we know no other country has this kind of experience. we need to stop normalizing gun violence. this is not a way a civilized society lives. we deserve better as americans. we deserve better as human beings. >> reporter: that's the mayor speaking. something else called for by the community, a federal assault weapons ban. that's something that is now present here at the state level in illinois that went into affect in the aftermath of this shooting. that has been working its way through the federal courts. they are trying to make a broader push for that. a lot going on here. i think just simply put, july 4th here is now complicated by gun violence,marred this

community last year. >> thank you. powerful words from the mayor. rescue crews found a hike we are a broken leg in california. thanks to quick thinking and a new feature on her cellphone. erin mclaughlin has that story. >> reporter: this remarkable rescue from a remote area of the los angeles national forest made possible by modern day tech. halfway through a four-mile hike last week, this woman fell down an incline, fracturing her leg. >> the pain so unbearable. my foot was swelling to maybe twice the size of its normal. >> reporter: on a trail like this, she didn't have cell service. but she did have an iphone 14 which boasts an emergency sos. it's only on the latest iphone model can contact first responders, allowing you to let them know what the problem is,

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dr. jill biden as one of its members. she is speaking right now. she talked about the fact she just signed her contract in fact to begin her 39th year of teaching. also touting what she said was the -- her husband being the education president. it is an interesting group to be speaking to on this day, as we think about teachers being on the front lines of so many of the political battles we have seen during the biden presidency, whether it was returning to in person instruction in the classrooms coming out of covid-19. the remarks they're delivering today is to the nea's convention happening right now in orlando, florida. governor ron desantis, a number of policies he's taken that teachers have responded to quite vigorously. the president of the nea also talking about gun violence that has happened in schools and the need to keep both educators and students safe. so this is an interesting event, of course, as the president is seeking re-election that he's

finding time to speak to them on this day. later today, we will also see the president and the first lady doing what they have done every year in office, which is welcoming military families to the south lawn of the white house for a barbecue and also to watch the fireworks. they are spectacular from the south lawn. we'll see some prominent musical acts including deejay denice, the brothers osbourn, as well as neo. some great musical acts lined up to entertain the first family and the military families at the white house correspondent. >> will you watch the fireworks from that perch, mike? >> i think i'm going to try to sneak over to the white house if they'll let me watch it from the south lawn. sometimes reporters are able to join that and it is an honor of course to do so. >> they got to know who you are. mike memoli, thank you. this independence day many active duty service members and families are dealing with an unexpected challenge, food insecurity. military families experienced food insecurity in a higher rate than the general population.

shaquille brewster has the story. >> let's go. let's roll. >> reporter: andre sutherland runs food pantries like training drills. >> keep going, please. line wraps around the corner all the way down the street. >> reporter: he brings his recruits each week to help distribute food and clothing to local veterans and service members at the midwest veterans closet. >> thank you for your service. >> reporter: he also relies on the pantry himself. >> first time i was shy, apprehensive. you're in the military, everybody thinks we're make all this money, but we're not. >> reporter: a family advisory network found one in six respondents are experiencing food insecurity, higher than the general population. finding military families are economically vulnerable because of frequent moves, high rates of spousal unemployment and how salary and housing allowances are considered for federal aid. explain a little bit about how the housing factors into the food insecurity. >> military families receive what is called a base pick

allowance for housing. the way snap is calculated, it includes that basic allowance for housing in the calculation. and so most military families are not eligible. >> reporter: it is a problem made worse by the pandemic and a year of high inflation. >> i recently met with 12 other food bank ceos representing food banks in florida, and texas. they are all saying the same thing. an unprecedented need. >> reporter: navy wife and mom of two josie who asked us not to use her last name, recently got a part time job to supplement her husband's salary. >> it says extreme budgeting skills and financial awareness to understand how much you need to save in order to survive. >> reporter: she is frustrated by what she feels is a lack of government support. >> they are aware of the problem. but they don't care. that's why i'm angry. that's why i'm frustrated. >> reporter: the department of defense tells nbc news, it takes the issue of food insecurity

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