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committed to replacing obamacare the same day it is repealed? cnn newsroom starts now. hello again. thank you for joining me. i m fredricka whitfield. we have distressing new video from inside that ft. lauderdale airport. showing when the gunman opens fire in the baggage area. this video is difficult to watch. it is crucial in understanding the context of this shooting. this is a freeze frame, now, of what appears to be security camera footage, obtained by tmz. the man in the blue shirt is believed to be accused gunman, esteban santiago. we will play the video one time throughout this hour. it is silent. and it is security footage. and it is disturbing. pay attention to the left side of your screen, where the man in the blue shirt enters the frame. he is due in court. he is facing serious charges. all of them eligible for the death penalty, fred. boris sanchez. at ft. lauderdale airport. i want to bring in matthew haras and paul shmek. good to see you. your reaction to the ....
most cases, it would be a grand jury, but here in minneapolis, the county prosecutor has decided he alone will review evidence and determine whether to pursue charges. david? alex perez leading us off tonight. alex, thank you. there is also a state of emergency playing out tonight. 43 major fires burning. one in particular forcing nearly 5,000 from their homes as the fire now gets closer. and tonight, it is moving in on yosemite national park. smoke so thick in the park, you cannot see what makes it most famous. abc s kenneth moton on the fire lines from california. reporter: tonight, the detwiler fire, exploding in size to more than 70 square miles. firefighters calling it the most powerful of their careers. talking to firefighters, it s been over ten years since we ve seen fire and fire growth like this. reporter: 2,200 firefighters trying to keep up in grueling conditions on the ground. these firefighters are the first line and pretty much the only defense watch over ....
claims, it s always possible that a high-level russian defector will appear sometime in the future with documents proving that jeff sessions is in fact a foreign agent, perhaps of a sleeper cell sent to alabama during the cold war and activated at vladimir putin s request during the last election, that would be a game changer. otherwise the russian conspiracy seemed to hit a cul-de-sac this afternoon in the senate, but that doesn t mean there are no scandals for congress to investigate. maybe the biggest one about, our intel services are corrupt and politicized and they re making very hard to run u.s. governmen government. they are running it themselves to some extent. consider how much of american politics now revolves around information that has been strategically, often misleadingly and illegally released for political effects. if the hearing he watched today are just one example. they took place in part because former fbi director jim comey told senators last week that session ....
have heard from president trump, his words of bringing people together but think about what matters, we thank you so much for being with us tonight at nationals park on this beautiful summer evening as we celebrate what s good the paradigm good evening everybody and welcome to tucker carlson tonight, i m ed henry in from out of the bullpen, where broadcasting live from nationals park site of tonight s baseball game, the game is going on despite yesterday s attack on g.o.p. lawmakers, steve scalise, the wounded republican leaders said they wanted it to go forward. we will be showing you the exclusive interview with fred warmbier, the father of otto warmbier who was detained in north korea, just release in cincinnati, listen to this. were taking at a moment at a time to my dad time. we re going to support each other like we agreed to do and we are adjusting right now. were adjusting to a different reality. will bring you the rest of the interview a little later, the game ....
honored that recusal with regard to matters pending the department of justice, but i just want to comment on what may have been on anybody else s mind or offer any opinion about that because it s not for me to make those decisions. well, it is exactly, i think, why senator schatz asked a whole series of questions about the scope of recusal, because i am a lawyer. senator schatz may not be. he asked better questions than i did, but i also am having real difficulty understanding the scope of the recusal, its contours in definition, and i have an unresolved question about whether or not that s why the attorney general failed to appear before us today, is to avoid having to answer direct questions about the scope of his recusal. i do appreciate and respect your appointment of a highly talented special counsel, and there have been questions from both sides that imply strong support for his independence and his conduct, and i appreciate the care with which you are answering my questio ....