response will not affect their care or result in a report of their status to immigration officials. the law does not apply to private doctors' offices or community health centers. in ohio, the canton repository leads with a bipartisan push to address a national shortage of police officers. lawmakers in the house introduced a federal bill that would allow police departments to use grants for recruitment and retention bonuses. the bill has been endorsed by the small and rural law enforcement executives association. and that does it for us this morning. we'll see you right back here tomorrow morning, same time. ryan nobles picks up the coverage right now. ♪♪ thank you, willie. it is 10:00 a.m. eastern, i'm ryan nobles reporting from washington in today for ana cabrera. and moments ago, the man suspected of shooting and killing five people in philadelphia made his first appearance. that city's still reeling from

the terrifying shooting spree, but the gun violence this weekend was not limited to philadelphia. three people were killed in fort worth, texas, another lost their lives in shreveport, louisiana, and nine were injured in a drive-by shooting in our nation's capital. we're live from philadelphia. >> this country needs to re-examine its conscience and find out how to get guns out of dangerous peoples' hands. also this hour, a scorching day for most of the country after the world marked the unofficial hottest day on record yesterday. and later, suspected cocaine in the white house, the new steps in the investigation on how exactly the illegal drug ended up inside the west wing. we're going to begin this morning with the devastating outbreak of gun violence and the frantic search for answers in multiple communities including philadelphia, where the suspected philadelphia mass shooter appeared in court for

the first time since five people were gunned down. no cameras or phones were allowed, but our own nbc news correspondent george solis was inside the courtroom. also joining us donnell harvin, the former chief of homeland security, and the executive director of moms demand action. george, let's start with you. what can you tell us from this court appearance that just happened? >> reporter: yeah, good morning, ryan. the suspect appearing in the courtroom via a closed circuit television wearing a white jumpsuit. did not say much other than yes or no to understanding the charges against them. 11 charges, about 30 counts in each of those charges and they range from murder to aggravated assault to weapons charges to reckless endangerment for that mass shooting in that southwest philadelphia neighborhood. again, remember, police say this suspect shot at least 50 rounds seemingly at random in this

neighborhood. number of people dead, five. the judge reading off the names of each of those victims as well as listing all of those that were injured. we know two twin toddlers were injured as a result of the shooting. one of them sustaining a gunshot wound to the leg, the other receiving wounds to the eyes, a result of shattered glass. there was also a woman in a car that was also injured by some of the debris from the shooting. we're actually trying to clarify now if there was an additional victim of this shooting, 10-year-old teen, the judge not clarifying if this was a gunshot wound or if they were injured as a result of the gunfire. the suspect held with no bail for each of the aggravated assault charges for those survivors. bail was set at 1.5 million totaling 7.5 million, which is procedural really at this point, considering the suspect was held without bail. no plea of guilty or not guilty during this arraignment, the judge setting a court date for

later this month. the suspect ordered to appear in court. again, we're just getting these details in. the suspect identified as kimbrady carricker appearing via closed circuit television. murder, aggravated assault, and those weapons charges. we'll be following this case and developments throughout the day today. >> george solis live from philadelphia, george, thank you for that. let's now go to donnell. the suspect in this case reportedly armed with body armor, multiple weapons, even a police scanner. what does that tell you about a possible motive? >> i'm not quite sure about the possible motive, but it clearly says that this individual put a lot of planning and effort into thinking about how they were not only going to kill as many people as possible but understand what the law enforcement response in the moment was going to be. what's really concerning is i think that many people when they hear this type of violence, we had the violence in baltimore,

you know, go back a year ago on fourth of july in the mass shooting there. i think many americans are becoming desensitized and so to kind of snap everyone back into reality, we're in day 184, and we've had 351 mass shootings so far, and there's nothing normal about this, and so back to your original question, this individual clearly had a plan and was ready to execute this plan and had the armament and the weapons to do so. >> angela, to donnell's point, 350 mass shootings so far this year. there were incidents in philadelphia, fort worth, shreveport, and here in washington just in the last three days. are you, like donnell, concerned that americans are becoming a little too desensitized to this violence that seems to be happening almost every day? >> well, unfortunately, this is a heartbreaking reality when you have extremism, politicians that are frankly ignoring what the american people want, which is common sense gun laws that are

going to save lives every single day. so yes, it's exhausting to see, but i will tell you we have volunteers across this country that are doing the hard work every single day from their state houses all the way up to federal government just to make sure we're getting policies that are going to save lives. we know this proves that elections have consequences, and when you do not elect people that are going to be in line with the values of the american public, which is making sure that our communities are safe, which is making sure that the leading cause of death in this country for children are not firearms, you elect those folks and we're going to see less of this happening. yes, exhaustion is certainly something that you feel. sadness is what you feel, but we also have strong resolve, and we're going to continue to push to make sure that we have gun safety across this country. >> let me expand on that, angela. president biden did release a statement after the shootings, and he said, quote, it is within our power to once again ban assault weapons and high

capacity magazines. i come from capitol hill every day. something like this is not going anywhere in congress. i know you're very focused on the election. that election, at least at the federal level, is not going to take place until the fall of next year. what can be done in the meantime to try and curb this violence that's happening so frequently? >> we're already doing it? we're already across the country in every state. you mentioned this marks a year since last year, highland park where we saw that horrific tragedy and mass shooting, and i just did an op-ed with governor pritzker marking this year and saying there's more to be done. we know that illinois after this, the mass shooting last year and also the daily gun violence, a lot has been done to push in that state for gun safety, and we've seen those wins happen. we know that we can continue by reinstating the assault weapons ban. i will tell you that this is public opinion. the polling from pew research shows that gun violence is

widely viewed as a major and growing national problem. we know that "axios" did separate polling that tells us that a growing number of americans think gun violence is a top public health concern. we have no issue at all as far as people wanting this to be done. we need to look at the politicians and folks that are getting in the way of what american people want, which is safe communities and for them to do their job and pass common sense gun safety laws in this country. >> and donnell, i want to ask you just about what it's like for the aftermath for a community that goes through an awful shooting, let's go back to the one that took place in el paso, texas, at that walmart in 2019. 22 people killed in that particular incident. the suspect in that case who's been accused of it, will be in court for sentencing. the former mayor of el paso is actually planning a trip to the federal courtroom so he can see the sentencing for himself. what does the end of the justice process do for a community like this that's been torn apart by such a horrific crime?

>> i worked forensics for about a dozen years, and it really marks the beginning of the grieving process for many of these communities. if you go back to las vegas, they have a huge grieving center and a capability for the residents there. you know, it's not lost on many of us in the homeland security space that there are a growing number of communities that annually have to grieve, and that list just grows bigger and bigger every single day. we nearly have 1.6, 1.7 mass shootings a day, and it's not long before mass shootings come unfortunately to every community. the grieving process never, never ends. there's schools that have no children. there's mother's days and father's days without parents. so it really just begins with the sentencing. if you look at, you know, some of these other cases that the sentencing hasn't been exactly what the victims, relatives and family wants, it really -- it really just retraumatizes them

and it's the beginning. >> we go through this so often, i was in el paso just days after that the shooting, that community just ripped apart by what's happening there. it seems to be happening over and over again. thank you so much for being here. we appreciate it. >> thank you. now we're going to turn to the weather woes across the country. much of the country remaining under a severe weather watch today after millions brave the inclement conditions to ring in america's 247th birthday, suffocating heat in the south and the west, the el nino weather phenomenon pushing global temperatures to an all-time high. this as rain battered the east coast, postponing some fireworks displays and temporarily delaying the worth famous nathan's hot dog eating contest in coney island, and that's where we find nbc's emilie ikeda. so emily, it was a bit of some dramatic weather moments there on coney island yesterday. what were people dealing with

and how's everybody getting home now? >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. good to be with you, ryan. severe weather continuing to snarl travel and put a damper on so many holiday festivities playing out over the course of this week. just this morning we're starting to see air quality alerts pop up from the midwest to the east coast. you can see the haziness lingering behind me. here in coney island, we saw those sweeping storms take a dangerous turn yesterday. two people rushed to the hospital after a lightning strike in the area as more severe weather will slam other parts of the country today. mother nature lit up the nation's skies with fourth of july fireworks all her own as millions from coast to coast dealt with the holiday full of extreme heat and severe storms, from the rockies to the east coast scattered storms disrupted a host of independence day festivities, clearing out beaches in new jersey, and abruptly pausing coney island's famed hot dog eating contest.

>> as soon as we saw that first lightning, that's it, cut it off. >> reporter: the new york fire department reporting two people were rushed to the hospital after a lightning strike. out west it was the damper on h plans, fueling wildfires in washington and arizona and canceling nearby fourth of july events. 450 flights canceled and another 4,200 delayed tuesday. at one point there were ground stops at all three of new york city's major airports. adding to a week of travel chaos amid record holiday travel. united airlines plans to reduce its schedule to give even more spare gates and buffer especially during thunderstorm season. despite the wild weather, americans' patriotism shining through. baseball fans singing during a rainy game at fenway park. ♪ sweet caroline ♪ >> and the u.s.s. constitution, the navy's oldest commissioned

warship setting sail under stormy skies. as families and friends flocked to the beach, barbecue and fireworks, dazzling skylines nationwide celebrating america's 247th birthday. for those beginning to make their way back home, remember, you will be in good company. a record 50 plus million people traveled for the july 4th holiday, many of them getting behind the wheel today. aaa says if you are hitting the road, you want to do so before 2:00 p.m. for those heading to our nation's airports, be prepared for long lines. you want to get there early. tsa screened 2.7 million passengers each day over the weekend. now many of those people will be heading home. today already it's 10:00 a.m., more than a thousand flight delays. >> emilie ikeda, thanks for wrapping it all up for us, we appreciate it. when we're back in 60 seconds, a growing investigation into what appears to be a bag of

cocaine in the white he or she. plus, donald trump off the campaign trail on independence day, how his gop competitors took advantage of that opening with voters. and also, israeli troops have left a palestinian city after conducting some of the biggest raids on occupied west bank in two decades, but is the unrest over? and then later, what's behind a rare uptick in shark attacks on the east coast. we're back in just one minute. a. we're back in just one minute. about two years ago, i realized that jade was overweight. i wish i would have introduced the fresh food a lot sooner.

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full review to find the culprit. president biden and his family were at camp david when the substance was discovered. and this morning, former vice president mike pence is hitting the campaign trail in iowa for the second day in a row. expense one of seven presidential hopefuls using the july fourth holiday to meet with voters. noticeably absent from the trail was former president donald trump. joining me to talk about this is nbc news correspondent vaughn hillyard, republican strategist susan del percio. >> mike pence really does appear to be planting his flag in iowa. he's campaigning there for a second day in the state. he wants to visit all 100 counties. is this his path to the nomination? >> you know, look, iowa is so crucial, and i know we say that every election cycle, but for this particular republican

nomination, folks on the republican side continue to tell me it's iowa or bust at this point. if there is somebody that does not best donald trump in iowa, it's going to be full steam ahead for the former president in his ascension to the 2024 nomination. if you look at iowa and mike pence, you're talking about two-thirds of republican voters identifying themselves as evangelical voters. that is exactly the wheel house that mike pence needs to succeed in. if you look to new hampshire, three out of four say they do not identify as evangelical christians. this is for mike pence really where he needs over the next six months to set up base and go county to county to win over support. take a listen to him. >> we're going to do ten counties this week. i actually -- i actually announced my campaign for president here in southern iowa because the road to the white house always and should always begin in iowa.

>> of course you'll recall eight years ago it was ted cruz that visited all 99 counties and won over a great number of pastors across the state and was ultimately able to beat donald trump in the iowa caucus. that is what mike pence and these other candidates are going to need to do this time around. >> there was someone who was notably absent from the campaign trail. that was donald trump, he was very busy on his social media platform over the weekend. he's a clear front runner here. are we looking at this the wrong way? is he doing himself damage by not getting out there and shaking hands and meeting people in iowa, or is this kind of a vestige of past campaigning, is it not as important this time around? >> it all depends where you stand. for mike pence it's very important to be out there, because he doesn't have the resources or the media attention or the popularity, so he's got to get it done from the grass roots up. donald trump, however, has a built-in base, and he's working from grass tops down because he can. he had a rally in south

carolina, 50,000 people showed up in a town of 3,000, so he knows he could get the crowds. he knows he could get the media attention, and i think right now after basically having a successful weekend, he -- it even goes more into his calculation of why bother showing up to the first debate because i'm not going to give these guys the attention that they would normally get if i was there. >> so obviously there's the calculation that trump is making as is it relates to the primary, but elena, what about his absence in terms of the general election? does this open the door for rivals like president biden who he ultimately still has to beat if he's going to return to the white house? >> well, i think ultimately right now people are seeing this as a matchup or a mashup between donald trump and joe biden. him staying away and putting out social media tweets on fourth of july starting out with a text on

joe biden, ending up with pictures of him leading the revolutionary war, i don't think that does him any favors, and it's what the american public has come to expect when it comes to donald trump. by contrast, you know, joe biden who was able to use the fourth of july and the bully pulpit of the white house to talk about independence and freedom and to talk about preserving our democracy and also to talk about his economic agenda. so i think by taking a step back and by trump doing what trump normally does, he doesn't change the dynamic at all, but he creates an opportunity for joe biden to show himself as presidential, as a uniter, as a preserver of our democracy. and with a forward-looking economic agenda that voters care about. >> so you know, alaina, there does appear to be a degree of weakness, particularly with the progressive left when it comes to president biden. he's actually facing some pressure from his own party when

it comes to the supreme court, especially after last week's rulings. there are some democrats that are renewing calls for the president to overhaul the courts, perhaps add more justices. this is something he's been very resistant to in the past. is this something that you think joe biden needs to take action on ahead of 2024? and if he should take action, what type of action should he take? >> great question, so i do think that he should consider structural reform of the court. what we've seen in this last weak in the supreme court decisions have been a rollback of our constitutional rights and protections, and a rollback of precedent. we have a supreme court that has functionally gone rogue when it comes to our constitutional protections, and the only way that we're going to shore them up within a generation is if we are able to have reform on the court. so i think -- i think president biden knows that this is going to be an animating issue for his base, for constituents of color,

for women, for lgbtq members of his voting constituency. i think this is going to mobilize people to get out to vote, but he also needs to show up and i think he's starting to consider those options in terms of structural reform of the court. >> talk to me about it from the other side of the spectrum now. these recent major supreme court decisions effectively eliminating affirmative action, dealing with lgbtq rights and freedom of speech, student debt cancellation. these are things that base republican voters really like. is this going to be a motivating factor for them to get out in 2024, just like it will be for democrats? >> probably not because when you have what you want, you're not motivated to go out and get it. so they already have it. that's one of the reasons why trump is doing so well. i think nothing will motivate voters like dobbs, the reversal of dobbs in women's health care and right to have an abortion, but this is where the democrats can actually take a -- you know,

something that's unfortunate that happened in the supreme court and refocus their efforts to get out turnout because the base of the party is not excited about joe biden. they need to be excited about the issues that they want to fight for. that's what will help biden in a general election. >> and we certainly saw democratic voters motivated in the 2022 midterms. we'll see if that carries into 2024 as well. vaughn hillyard, alaina beverly, susan del percio, thank you for being here. rockets fired by militants in the gaza strip after israeli forces withdrew from the palestinian city of janine, we are live in the region tracking the fallout from one of israel's largest military incursions into the occupied west bank in decades. t bank in decades. help make trading feel effortless. and its customizable scans with social sentiment help you find and unlock opportunities in the market. e*trade from morgan stanley.

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the gaza strip fired rockets into israel after israeli leaders announced that they were pulling troops out of the palestinian city of jenin. that retreat comes after some of the most intense israeli air strikes on the west bank in nearly two decades. the israeli military officials said the operation was meant to destroy military infrastructure and weapons at a refugee camp. at least 12 palestinians were killed in the raid. let's bring in nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley. he is in jenin, and form ert presidential middle east

adviser, ambassador mark ginsburg. so matt, where do things stand right now in the west bank? . >> reporter: we've just been walking around jenin and inside that refugee camp. what we're seeing is people picking up the pieces from what was left from that massive, intense, focused raid in that refugee camp. we're also seeing a lot of people walking around with guns, a lot of militants. they were at funerals today. a lot of that is kind of -- it's kind of celebratory in a way because the israelis ended up retreating, and while benjamin netanyahu came out last night and said this was a job well done, mission accomplished and that they might be launching further incursions into jenin or other cities, for a lot of folks here this was seen as a retreat, and a lot of those militants who were playing a part of that were still celebrating. but it was a blistering battle last night that we witnessed right in the center of the city, not in the camp itself. and i want to show you a little bit of our report from last

night on nbc nightly news. take a look. he says the israelis are firing missiles, using armored cars and live ammunition, throwing everything they had. israeli forces pushed towards our portion. an armored bulldozer -- and exchange -- >> reporter: and i've been talking to some people in that camp. they said while there were a lot of bombardments, missile attacks, which is almost unprecedented for the past 20 years, missiles being fired by the israelis into the west bank, that's very rare, they said that the soldiers didn't actually make it into the camp itself. they only made it to the very fringes. ryan. >> okay, ambassador, let's go to you now. israel claimed that the goal of these strikes was to root out armed palestinians after

shooting attacks over the past year with no intention of holding the territory. part of why we saw them retreat. we did see more strikes overnight. is the situation calm enough now or are you concerned that more violence could bubble up? >> i'm absolutely convinced more violence will bubble up. we have to understand that jenin, the refugee camp along with other refugee camps in the west bank have been impenetrable not only to israeli security but palestinian security. they've become in effect radicalized over the last 20 years by a variety of terrorist as well as outside iranian influence. hamas is now a major political and militant influence in these refugee camps. as you know, hamas controls the gaza, so unfortunately when israel wakes up in the morning, it's going to look at the west bank and see hamas on one side and when the sunsets, guys that will be controlled by db on other. >> to that end, the prime minister benjamin netanyahu said on the heels of the withdrawal,

he said, quote, i can say that our extensive operation in jenin is not a one-off. so do you expect another intense attack like the one we saw here? could there be another strategy by netanyahu? what's his next move? >> unfortunately this is a tit for tat. the instigation for this initial assault was the murder by palestinian terrorists of four israelis. the attack that occurred in tel aviv during the wake of this israeli defense force operation is just symptomatic of the type of terrorism and violence that unfortunately you're going to see. why? because israel has a right leaning government, an extremist government that is determined to push settlement expansion into the west bank. the israeli militants who -- israeli militants who live on the west bank -- it's a wild west out there on the west gib

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so here's an interesting story you might have missed over the fourth of july holiday. the biden administration is expected to appeal a new federal court ruling restricting agencies and officials from interacting with social media companies to moderate content. the 155-page injunction, which was handed down on july 4th was in response to a lawsuit filed by the republican attorneys general of louisiana and missouri. they allege the government went too far in encouraging social

media companies to address posts related to vaccines and elections. joining me now is nbc news justice reporter ryan reilly and nbc legal analyst danny cevallos. there's a lot to unpack here. walk me through the parameter os of this injunction. >> it basically has some limits on what exactly the fbi is able to do. and i think that, you know, you have to take a step back and acknowledge what the reality is about how the fbi's been interacting with this. look at january 6th itself, for example, right? it's not as though the fbi has been going in and saying, hey, take down this post. take down this post. that's what they're alleging. there's not a lot of evidence to support that. and basically we've had a situation where some politicians are making any contact between social media companies and the fbi or law enforcement seem problematic in some way. the fbi's not very good at monitoring social media. look what happened on january 6th. there are all of these warning signs. red flags going up all over the place.

they weren't prepared, they didn't do enough. they did not take proper precautions. i think that's the framework you have to remember that this is important to live by. this opinion is 155-page opinion starts off with essentially a big "if true" comment. if these things are true, this is one of the biggest first amendment abuses in american history. and i suppose so if it were true, but that's not necessarily where the facts are lining up with and how exactly -- what exactly the evidence shows that social media companies, how they were interacting with at least the fbi. >> danny, i wonder when you were in law school if you started off one of your arguments with "if this is true" how that would have gone over with your professors, but let me just read what the federal judge is calling this in terms of a first amendment issue. agencies could not exact kmeed companies for the purpose of urging, encouraging, pressuring or induing the removal, deletion, suppression or reduction of content containing protected free speech. i mean, what are the potential

implications here for the government's ability to address content? i mean, as reporters every day we have government officials talking to us about our reporting. that doesn't necessarily mean we have to listen to them, but does this mean that they can't even call us anymore or they can't call these social media companies? what are the implications? >> you've honed in on one of the main issues. when it comes to social media, if we have a problem we can submit our request to twitter or facebook and they can listen to it or throw it in the garbage. it's not surprising that when the white house wants to talk to facebook or twitter, they listen a little more than they would to us. it's the white house. there were meetings, there were many emails, arguably aggressive emails depending on the context, but the mere fact that the white house contacts twitter and facebook, even if it's advancing a message, may not be coercive and violative of the first amendment. when you start getting in trouble, the allegations that

the white house when it didn't get what it wanted held press conferences talking about maybe we need to look at section 230 of the communication decency act, or maybe we need to look at antitrust issues with these companies. it's kind of like an analogy to the old, hey, this is a real nice store, it'd be a shame if it were to burn down, you know, when the mafia's shaking down for money, but obviously the white house is involved in policy. the white house does contact people lake journalists and the white house contacts people like facebook and twitter. so this opinion appears to say that where they do so and then make not so subtle threats, that may cross the line into first amendment violations. however, it's interesting because it's facebook and twitter, but those aren't exactly the plaintiffs. those aren't exactly the people that the white house contacted to get them to stop speaking. >> yeah, and furthermore danny,

they do make exceptions, the judge makes exceptions for national security and criminal activity. isn't there a fine line when it comes to national security specifically? especially when we're talking about elections here, the fact that elections, the full faith of the american public has in elections could be undermined? could that potentially be a national security threat? >> of course. and really one of the core issues here is when and how often and to what degree can a government agency and specifically the white house or maybe the surgeon general or some other government agency, to what degree can they contact the private social media company and put some pressure on to advance their message? what if it is vaccinations, the importance of vaccinations, and to what degree can there be consequences for the company not doing what the white house wants. of course, there are exceptions for national security. there are exceptions for threats and other criminal activity, but here maybe a narrower issue for us to consider in the future is to what degree can the white house, even if that agenda is

for ostensibly public health, to what degree can they engage in a pressure campaign on facebook, twitter, other social media companies to advance their message, even if their message is backed up by medicine and science, and then afterwards perhaps more importantly, what kinds of consequences can they imply or otherwise suggest might happen to those who don't listen. >> i'm sure what's going to ultimately come from this is a very nuanced and responsible conversation online about the implications of this judge's ruling, and i'm being sarcastic if you can't tell. ryan reilly, danny cevallos, thank you very much for being here. fresh threads from facebook's parent company in an attempt to rival twitter, meta will launch what it's described as a text-based conversation app tomorrow called threads. nbc's erin mclaughlin has the details. >> reporter: it's the battle of

the billionaires after elon musk challenged mark zuckerberg to a potential cage match and zuckerberg agreed, the two have yet to physically face off. but the source of their dispute, zuckerberg berg's company meta is now entering the ring to take on twitter. >> i kind of -- i enjoy being doubted. >> reporter: announcing the launch of a direct competitor threads, the app which appears to emphasize public conversations much like twitter already showing up in apple's app store for users to download on thursday. photo previews suggest users will be able to log in using their instagram account. >> meta is the biggest social media company in the world. they can take this to their users, their existing user base and leverage that. >> reporter: the number of users on instagram worldwide, 2 billion. compared to some 300 million on twitter, and buzz is building on social media. >> this is what it's going to look like. it's really cool because you can actually log in with your instagram username. >> reporter: threads is launching amidst an earthquake

at twitter since elon musk bought the platform last year, he's changed the verification process, charging $8 for blue check marks, overhauled the layout that determines what tweets users say, and just days ago imposed limits on how many tweets users can read per day. musk, for his part, is not modulating his controversial takes. >> also wouldn't want to say if the consequence of that is losing money, so be it. >> reporter: it's caused many users and advertisers to flee the site, triggering a flock of new challengers scrambling to offer an alternative. new social media platform spill aiming to serve diverse communities was number four in the free app store on tuesday, but users on all those platforms remain relatively few, and now meta is entering the fray. >>ed the timing could not be more perfect. >> elon musk has left an opening in the social media landscape and meta, mark zuckerberg always

likes an opening. >> reporter: erin mclaughlin, nbc news. all right, erin, thank you so much. also today, a match at wimbledon was briefly put on pause after a group of climate protesters stormed a court and covered it in confetti. they were part of the just stop oil group, which is calling for the uk to stop all new oil, gas, and coal projects. the match was only briefly delayed, and it soon resumed, according to wimbledon's organizers, the two protesters were arrested. next, i think we'd all rather just watch "jaws" than liver it. i think that's a pretty easy guess. what's behind an uptick in rare shark attacks along the east coast this summer. shark attackst coast this summer.

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sam brock joins us live from the beach in miami-dade county. sam, we all want to preface these reports by saying it is very rare to be attacked by a shark, but it is something to keep in mind if you're on the beach, am i right? >> reporter: it is the point to be made here. it is not like the numbers are so eye popping. the issue appears to be that there are so many incidents recently. i'm in surfside, and there was a hammerhead shark just off the coast. i heard that yesterday, and i'm thinking that's not discomforting at all. navard beach, they had a shark bobbing up in the water through groups of swimmers. this comes on the heels of a trio of attacks on long island. that makes five in two days in new york. shark sightings along the east coast, sending shock waves. in a familiar scene in florida, a shark in the pensacola area, darted around swimmers and sent them rushing to dry land earlier

this week as folks on the beach were screaming get out of the water. >> it looks like we got a hammerhead shark. >> reporter: another ferocious fish spotted off the coast of surfside, in the miami area. a hammerhead seen crashing into independence day celebrations, swimming sweet from the busy shore. further north, three suspected attacks as people packed the beaches on long island for the holiday. >> be advised, confirmed shark bite. >> reporter: officials say two men in their 40s and a 50-year-old woman are the latest victims from separate shark bite incidents. all three were taken to nearby hospitals and treated for nonlife threatening injuries. just hours earlier, new york state park officials temporarily closed a nearby beach to swimmers after spotting a school of sand tiger sharks in the water. this 40-mile stretch of long island's coastline, now the site of five suspected shark attacks in two days. >> come to the side. >> reporter: that comes less than a week after another closer counter with paddleboarders and

a hammerhead in the waters between the bahamas and florida. all peeking paranoia for beachgoers. >> that's the great white. somewhere probably a pterodactyl. i don't know. trying to enjoy my day. >> i don't go than more up to my waist because of the sharks. >> reporter: shark attacks are very rare. florida reports the most shark bites in the u.s. nationwide, fatal and nonfatal shark bites are less common than in the past. still, those running the parks in new york say more sharks have recently been swimming closer to shore, putting lifeguards on high alert, ready to raise any red flags. and new york's governor kathy hochul has been deploying drones from above to try to increase safety and a spotlight on all the sharks. looking at the numbers, five incidents in the last two days. last year, eight reported shark attacks confirmed to be six.

historically, new york state had 12 up to that point. there is something going on off the water of long island. >> always good to remember that it is their habitat, not ours. so it shouldn't be that much of a surprise when we venture into their territory. thank you. that does it for me today. ana cabrera back tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. eastern. right now, a special two-hour edition of "andrea mitchell reports" is next. edition of "andrea mitchell reports" is next diets and exercise add to the struggle. today, it's possible to go from struggle to cholesterol success with leqvio. with a statin, leqvio is proven to lower bad cholesterol by over 50% and keep it low with two doses a year. common side effects were injection site reaction, joint pain, urinary tract infection, diarrhea, chest cold, pain in legs or arms, and shortness of breath. ask your doctor about twice-yearly leqvio. lower. longer. leqvio. ♪ first, there's an idea and you do something about it for the first time with godaddy.

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