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minutes? the lead starts right now. from iowa to new hampshire to the white house, candidate hit parade, kissed babies, and tried to make their case face to face with voters with one notable exception. then a burst of blast, but not fireworks. three more mass shootings in texas, indiana, and philadelphia are the latest sites of a uniquely american tragedy. plus, hidden cameras in the women s locker room exposed a troubling pattern of sexism and abuse. in this case, it was the police behind the offense. see what a cnn investigation reveals, and meet the brave women who want answers. welcome to a special edition of the lead. i m abby phillip in for jake tapper. we start with our politics lead. today is independence day in america, but it is no holiday for the many who are hoping to become the country s next commander in chief. republicans are all out on the campaign trail in the key battleground states of iowa, new hampshire, where voters pride themselves on g ....
it s saturday 8th july. our main story: tributes are being paid to the eight year old girl who died when a car crashed into her school in wimbledon on thursday. she s been named as selena lau. her family says she was adored and loved by everyone . another eight year old girl and a woman in her 40s are still in a critical condition. a woman who was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving has been released on bail. louisa pilbeam reports. an intelligent and cheeky girl, adored and loved by everyone. selena lau s family have paid tribute to the eight year old. she was killed when a land rover crashed through a fence at the study preparatory school in wimbledon, where an end of school school tea party had been taking place. 12 people taken to hospital, among them another eight year old girl who remains in a life threatening condition. a woman in her 40s is in a critical condition. large numbers of people have been coming to the school to lay flowers a ....
the situation room. breaking this hour president biden and the united states making good on their vow to strike back after three american soldiers were killed in jordan. the white house revealing moments ago strikes on three facilities and iraq and four in syria were successful. our correspondents are standing by as our live coverage continues right now. let s get straight to natasha ber trnd at the pentagon. what more are we learning about these strikes? reporter: we are getting more information in from the national security council as well as a senior official at the pentagon joint chiefs. we re told the reason why there was kind of a delay here in conducting these 85 different strikes across these facilities, these seven different facilities in iraq and syria is essentially they were waiting for good weather to present itself. and that window kind of opened today and it all came together so they would avoid, of course, unnecessary casualties according to the mili ....
synonymous with who we are as americans. the education president, joe biden. i hate to say that i think she may be the only person who believes that. the president and the first lady addressed 7000 of the country s educators promoting the administration s work to support schools coming out of the pandemic. joe biden has so under supported and under prepared our kids. this was the hottest fourth of july in 25 years. really? dang. an excessive heat wave affecting air quality especially in parts of southern california. our privilege to give you a home and present you with the key. there s really no words that could express how grateful i am, and my entire family is. thank you. [cheers and applause] i ve got a feeling, that tonight s gonna be a good night that tonight s gonna be a good night kayleigh: well, hello on this july 5th just one day after our nation s birthday. steve doocy and i are here in new york city live, but griff jenkins is ....
when they put me in prison, i heard they were recruiting. serve six months and they pardon you, he tells me. so he signed up with storm z, a unit made up of convicts attached to the russian defense ministry. after only two weeks of basic training, he was shipped off to the frontlines near bakhmut. [ gunfire ] after days of intense shelling, with only rainwater and no food, he heard ukrainian troops outside his foxhole. he assumed they would execute him. i thought that was the end, he recalls. i switched my rifle to single shot mode and thought, i ll shoot myself, but i couldn t. this video, shot by soldiers of ukraine s assault brigade, shows the intense moments when he and his comrade surrendered. the ukrainian troops told them, unlike russians, we don t kill prisoners. we spoke to him and another soldier in a jail in eastern grain, concealing their faces and not using their real names. the third assault brigade granted us access to the p.o.w.s, and two of their ....