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overseas, as israel launches strikes against palestinian militants in the west bank. what the white house is saying about the stepped up violence there. and later, new reporting on the race for president. why the first gop debate is at risk of losing its draw. the latest on donald trump's double digit lead against his republican rivals is straight ahead. welcome to msnbc's live coverage on this tuesday, july 4th. we start with breaking news overnight. five people are dead and two children injured after a gunman wearing body armor opened fire in a philadelphia neighborhood. police...

Far. as he puts his hat in the ring. but he doesn't -- he's not qualified -- he's not meeting the requirements right now to be part of the debate, is he? >> there are big questions about whether chris christie will be able to qualify for this debate because as you mentioned, there are two qualifications that candidates need to meet. one is a polling criterion and another is a donor criterion that states you need to have 40,000 donors in order to get on the debate stage. for a candidate like chris christie, it could make it harder to get on the debate stage. and there's other candidates who mig...