In the country, but we begin with matt finn live in our newsroom on todays incident. Hello, matt. Moments ago, the Berrien County undersheriff confirmed to fox news that three people are dead. That includes the two court blalfes and the gunman. That happened at 2 30 time in the afternoon in st. Joseph, michigan, loathed in the southwestern part of the state. There are two other people hurt. They are considered stable. The names of the victims have not been released and we do not have the identity of the gunman. They are investigating. Fox 32 news in chicago is reporting the male shooter was being taken to jail when he took a gun from a deputy and opened fire. The governor of michigan tweeted out earlier that Michigan State police have secured the the courthouse and started its investigation into the shooting that occurred this afternoon. And the governor later tweeted, please join me in praying for those effected. We will share more information here as it becomes available. And there is a News Conference expected to begin any moment. Well be monitoring that and keeping you updated. Matt finn live in our midwest newsroom. Well monitor the News Conference and bring you details from that. Now to dallas and the latest on last weeks shootings that left five Police Officers dead and a city in mourning. Casey is in dallas tonight. Reporter nearly four days after Downtown Dallas looked like this, the First Responders who treated the wounded and tried to save the dead say they have barely had a chance to process the magnitude of what happened here. This tragedy, incident, will not discourage us from continuing the pace of urgency in changing and reforming policing in america. Dallas police chief david brown talked about the difficulty of managing a massive investigation while trying to comfort his own officers and keep them going. As the touching memorial outside Dallas Police headquarters grows, investigators continue reviewing hundreds of pieces of video from police body cameras, dashcams, and surveillance cameras near the shooting site. Police also revealed the letters rb were written on the wall in blood at the crime scene. Which authorities are trying to understand the meaning behind. They do know he was planning a largerscale attack, and we also heard from the parents of the suspect, micah johnson, speaking to the blaze in an interview that will run wednesday at 5 00 p. M. , they had no idea their son was planning Something Like this. I didnt see it coming. Neither did the trauma team at parkland hospital. I understand the anger and the frustration and distrust of Law Enforcement. But theyre not the problem. The problem is the lack of open discussions about the impact of Race Relations in this country. Dpds top brass also had this mesfrj those who dont like police and want to see change. Were hiring. Were hiring. Get out there and protest line and put an application in. Out of the five officers who lost their lives on thursday night, at least Family Members from three of those families are planning funerals tonight. We can tell you that dpd senior Corporal Lorne ahrens and Brent Thompson will be laid to rest wednesday. Michael smits funeral scheduled for thursday. Zamarripa and michael krols arrangements are still pending at this point. Casey live in dallas. Thank you. President obama will speak in an Interfaith Memorial Service tomorrow in dallas. The president s role in the apparently worsening racial divide in this country is being scrutinized both for what he is saying and what hes not. Correspondent rich edson has that part of the story tonight from the white house. Reporter five Police Officers assassinated in dallas. Nationwide protests of white officers shooting black men. Race, rhetoric, violence in black communities, and against those who police them. In leadership, president obama continues to seek a balance. Demanding respect for Police Officers, claiming protesters have legitimate grievances. I want all of them to maintain a respectful, thoughtful tone. I would hope that Police Organizations are also respectful of the frustrations that people in these communities feel. Reporter the black lives Matter Movement, its demands, message, and those who claim theyre involved, are varied. The president s critics say the refusal to condemn the movement in its entirety as antipolice encourages violence against Police Officers. Responsibility has to come from the very top. It has to come from the presidency. Its disarmament, hes become the Neville Chamberland of this war on cop. A spring gallup poll says more than a third of americans are worried a great deal about racerentials. More than dozen from two years ago and the highest since 2001. And further criticism of the president on this issue, hes too deferential to Police Officers. Liberal activists and professor cornel west tells the washington post, obamas response has been week, adding, quote, hes always got to explain to White America how black people are feeling. Black people dont feel as if were being treated unequally. Its a fact were being treated unequally. Unsatisfying to some on the right and the left, it appears as though president obama will again bring that nuanced tone on this issue to his remarks in dallas tomorrow. And again attempt to approach the issue of policing and of race in the United States. Thank you. The premise for the recent protest is that it is open season on africanamericans by police. But do the facts back that up . Brit hume is in washington tonight. Good evening. Hi, there. In dallas, tuesday, president obama will be trying to calm racial tensions that his own behavior has done much to aggravate. From his denunsiation of the cambridge, massachusetts, police as acting, quote, stupidly in the arrest of henry lewis gates, to his assertion that the motives of the dallas cop clear are unclear, they arent. The president has kintdly chosen to see things through the eyes of an aggrieved black activist rather than of a president of all the people. Hes not failed to speak out whenever a black is killed by a white police officer, but has said next to nothing about the continued slaughters of blacks by other blacks in chicago, baltimore, and other cities. Hes made his sympathy for the black lives Matter Movement obvious and never mind the whole premise of the movement seems to be fallacious. No case has given it more impetus than the false claim Michael Brown was shot down in cold blood while trying to surrender to a cop two years ago. Now a study led by a black harvard law professor has examined 15 years of crime data. The study found while police were more often likely to get physical with black suspects than with white ones, when it came to Police Shootings, there was no racial bias. Did you hear that, mr. President . No racial bias. You know, last week, i had senator tim scott, africanamerican, republican from south carolina. He came on and said even though hes a lawmaker, he still feels sometimes a tension because he believes hes africanamerican and that feeling seems to be pervasive, at least when you talk to africanamericans in different communities around the country. That was certainly one of the findings of the harvard study. If found theres no racial bias involved in Police Shootings. That the general treatment of blacks by Police Officers is rougher and tougher and perhaps unfairly so, than it is for whites. To understand that data fully, i suppose you would have to know about the circumstances under which these various incidents occurred over time. I dont know how you would ever do that, but to fully understand you might have to, and of course, the other question is given the high rate of crime committed by blacks as opposed to other groups in this country, you would have to be able to assess whether that has something to do with it. It does seem to be a grievance widely shares and one the Police Departments in this country should be working on. Thank you. Now, to politics. Were one week away from the start of the Republican Convention. A convention probably unlike any other in recent memory. And today, the presumptive nominee blasted the Current Administration and his likely november opponent for abdicating their responsibility to take care of americas heroes and failing to support the Law Enforcement community. We have fox team coverage. Mike emanuel in washington with a look at theitary veteran said to be on trumps short list as a potential running mate. James rosen in cleveland with how the nuts and bolts are being fine tuned for the rnc convention. We begin with carl cameron in norfolk, virginia, tonight, where donald trump talked about old dents and new responsibilities. Good evening, carl. Hi. As you said with the convention a week away, everything becomes more politicized. This is the first time trump has spoken publicly since the violence in minnesota, louisiana, and dallas last week. We must maintain law and order at the highest level or we will cease to have a country. I am the law and order candidate. Crooked Hillary Clinton is the secretary of the status quo. Trumps remarks came at Virginia Beach near Norfolk Naval station. He also outlined a tenpoint plan to help veterans and the broken veterans association. Every veteran in america has the choice to seek care at the Veterans Administration or to seek private medical care, paid for by our government. The Clinton Campaign slams trump as untrustworthy for commander in chief for too often praises repressive dictators. We would be so much better off if gadhafi were in charge right now. Trump slams clinton for downplaying va problems in the past, and warning if Congress Balks at changes, hell clean house. Im going to use every lawful way to remove people who fail our veterans or breach the public trust. Trump offered few specifics to achieve his goals but does have military brass on his list of potential running mates which has been slashed to five remaining virginia, Chris Christie announced him. Hes the first to endorse trump. I support donald trump and have for quite some time because i know that he will be the type of president who will put the rule of law first. But trump slammed christie when they were rivals, declaring christie did know that his aides deliberately closed down part of the George Washington bridge to punish a political rival. Christie has steadfastly maintained his innocence, but trump six months ago effectively called him a liar. The George Washington bridge, he knew about it. He knew about it. Totally knew about it. Insiders say after rocky meetings with house and senate republicans, trump is fed up in general with typical politicians and christie is now a less likely pick. Trump heads to indiana tomorrow where hell have another meeting with mike pence who many conservatives say is the best pick on his short list of running mates. The decision is expected by thursday or friday. Carl cameron, fox news. Carl, thanks. It is possible the republican ticket could feature not one but two political outsiders. The former military Intelligence Officer retired Army LieutenantMichael Flynn is a registered democrat. And he is, according to some, engaged in some damage control tonight, as he considers a possible crossover of both occupation and affiliation. Mike emanuel takes a look. A couple of things. Retired Lieutenant General is considered a running mate for donald trump even though hes a lifelong democrat. His background is National Security, but now hes facing questions on social issues. Abortion, i think its i think for women, women have to be able to choose what they you know, the sort of right of choice. That angered some leaders in the prolife movement. Quote, general flynn has disqualified himself from consideration as Vice President , said the president of the national prolife group, susan b. Anthony list. His proabortion stance is unacceptable and would undermine the commitments trump has made throughout the campaign. Today, flynn clarified, telling fox hes a prolife democrat. His views sound more in line with trump and the Republican Party on the issue of illegal immigration. If theyre here illegally, its illegal. Back to my very first point. The rule of law in this country is probably the single biggest strategic advantage we have over all other countries in the world. Flynn served in a number of senior posts in the army including intelligence chief of the joint special Operations Command and u. S. Central command. Flynn was chosen by president obama to lead the Defense Intelligence agency in 2012 but said he was fired for trying to reform the military intelligence system. We dont know much about him except hes an ardent opponent of extremism. Hes leading the effort to find Major Players in al qaeda and take them out. Flynn has a book coming out tomorrow calling the field of fight, how we can win the war against radical islam and its allies and all this speculation will likely drive sales. Flynn told fox this election is not about social issues, gay rights and abortion rights. He notes his focus is National Security and what seemed to be a key contender if trump makes the case defeating terrorism and keeping america safe are the top issues in this election. And today, trump referred to himself as the law and order candidate. Mike emanuel in washington, thanks. Flynn told fox this election is not about social issues, gay rights, and abortion rights. He notes his focus is National Security and would seem to be a key contender if trump makes the case defeating terrorism and keeping america safe are the top issues. Now, moving on. While donald trump is certainly the headliner for next weeks gathering in cleveland, theres plenty of work to be done as we speak to make sure the gop platform reflects both the Political Party and its nonpolitician standard bearer. James rosen is following the action tonight in cleveland. Welcoming to cleveland the 112 republicans drafting the partys official platform. One man and one woman from each of the 50 states and the u. S. Territories, rnc chairman rienls priebus predicted they would coalesce around a platform. Our platform process reflects a unifying approach that considers diverse views held by many republicans in this room, but many republicans across the country. As usual, the partys stance on hot button issues are being debated with issueoriented subcommittees poring over draft language. Donald trump is widely regarded as more tolerant than the rank and file on homosexuality and even transgender individuals choosing which bathrooms to use. Gay republicans told fox new theyre struggling to secure a recognition of the Lgbt Community recognizing samesex marriage and the victims of the orlando massacre. Both of those factors, i hope, would inform members of the Platform Committee. Seldom do Party Platforms fully align with the views of a nominee, but the chairman here told fbn, he asked trump to embrace thir years product and he believes trump will do so. Trade will be a component of it, and you talk to donald trump and he tells you that he is for trade. But he wants to make sure theyre good trade deals. Evidence of the tension in the process, however, became apparent as early as the morning prayer offered by Committee Woman melodia potter. Our freedoms come through you. As many of us support mr. Trump, we know its truly only you who can make America Great again. Late today, the full Platform Committee voted to define marriage as a union between one woman and one man. Gop sources tell fox news that while donald trump may indeed embrace the party platform, he will mostly keep his distance from it since he didnt write it and the platform on which he prefers to run, as always, is his own. Namely, the donald trump brand. James rosen at the Convention Site in cleveland. James, thanks. Up next, Bernie Sanders prepares to officially throw his support behind Hillary Clinton. First, some of our fox affiliates covering tonight. Fox 7 in austin, as greg abbott deals with severe burns on his legs, the Governors Office said he sustained the second and third degree burns when he was scalded by hot water while vacationing in wyoming. He retur