Let's dive right into your need to know headlines at this hour
and let's start with the hot temperatures and the threat of storms
didn't stop Americans from celebrating the Fourth of July. Yesterday.
People turned out for parades and events that despite
heat domes spinning almost the entire Southern Us.
That heat by the way is expected to persist for the rest of this week.
President Biden and First Lady Dr
Jill Biden hosted a barbecue for military families
over at the White House and they spoke
before a crowd of thousands on the White House lawn for an evening fireworks show.
Meanwhile,
the Fourth of July holiday also brought reports of
gun violence all over the country early this morning.
Just before 1 a.m. nine people were wounded in a shooting in Washington DC.
This is just five miles from the US Capitol,
a nine year old and a 17 year old were among the victims reported here.
Now,
the assistant police chief shared the information just hours after the shooting.
Listen here.
Investigation so far has revealed that this dark colored SUV
drove through the 4700 block of Mead Street
northeast
as it drove through the street, it stopped
and it fired shots
in the direction
of some of our residents that were outside just celebrating the Fourth of July.
It appears that the shooting was targeted towards
those residents and victims that were struck.
Now, police are looking for the SUV,
but so far have not made any of the identities of the suspects known.
We'll continue to watch that story for you
elsewhere, five people killed in a shooting in Philadelphia yesterday,
four additional people were injured including 22 year olds and a 13 year old.
According to police that gunman was wearing a bulletproof
vest and had no connection to the victims.
The shooter was arrested by police later at the scene.
Meanwhile,
Fort Worth, Texas, three people were killed,
eight more injured late Monday night that after police say
several men just began shooting into crowds of hundreds.
One of the three killed was an 11 year old child.
The shooting took place just blocks away from Como
fest.
That's an annual Independence Day celebration
in the historically black community.
The police say that shooting was separate and unrelated to the festival.
Police say no arrests have been made just yet.
All right, let's move to Russia.
They say they are in contact with the
US over the imprisonment of American journalist Evan Gershowitz
that suggests a possible prisoner exchange could be in the works here.
A Kremlin spokesperson says that the talks would continue in complete silence.
Gershowitz was arrested in Russia back on March 29.
Th this on suspicion of espionage,
which both he and the US government deny
the news comes just days after Gershowitz was allowed to visit the US
ambassador Lynn Tracy for the second time that since his imprisonment started,
Tracy reported that Gershowitz was in good health and in good spirits.
Despite the situation
last month, a Russian court extended his detention through at least August
actress Allison Mack was recruited by who recruited women,
excuse me to the cult known as NexIUM has now been released from prison.
The Smallville actress was released Monday that after
serving two years of her three year sentence,
she originally faced a 17 year sentence,
but that was reduced that after she agreed to
cooperate with prosecutors and hand over evidence against the group's
founder and Mack pleaded guilty back in 2019 to racketeering
and conspiracy charges for her role in the scheme.
A woman in Massachusetts has been found alive after
going missing last week in a state park.
31 year old Emma Tay
was found in a swampy area of the park late Monday
that after officers were called to the area in borderline state park.
Investigators say
task may have been trapped there for at least three days.
That's since she was going missing on June the 26.
She's now recovering at a nearby hospital
with serious but not life threatening injuries,
good news there.
And finally if you indulge in a little bit too many hot dogs over the holiday weekend,
you're not alone.
Nathan's famous fourth of July hot dog
eating contest took place yet again yesterday,
reigning champ Joey Jaws Chestnut taken home
yet another win in that famous competition.
He down 62 Franks and Buns in just 10 minutes achieving his 16th win.
Meanwhile,
in the women's category defending champ Mickey Pseudo was
able to get down 39.5 dogs and Buns.
This being her ninth victory.
Now, by the way, uh Michelle Joey Chestnut, you know, that's incredible.
The amount of hot dogs he was able to get down and still not his record.
By the way, his record 73 hot dogs that he got down in about 10 minutes.
You know what the, the, the trick is to how to get it down.
You have to dunk it in water and you have to sort of swallow it like it's like
the whole thing.
Yeah, I, I guess it, because it expands. Right. Exactly.
Well, plus if you chew too much, it takes too much time, too much effort.
You train those muscles.
Um I actually went down to the hot dog
eating contest a couple years ago to photograph it,
saw Joey Chestnut take the win.
Um, in person, it is an impressive feat.
I can see why some people consider them athletes
they are. And by the way, the indigestion is real after something like that?