NEWS SUMMARY INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 6/2/2022 SHOOTING OUTSIDE CHURCH IN IOWA THREE DEAD, COVID SHOTS FOR INFANTS AND SMALL CHILDREN IN WEEKS IN US

 

                         (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)

                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:

In Pennsylvania a state court judge ruling in favor of Republican US Senate candidate David McCormick saying that undated mail-in votes should be counted.

A state mandated recount now underway in a close primary race between McCormick and Dr. Mehmet Oz.

More on the race later in the summary...FREE REPUBLIC POST-DISCUSSION

THREE ARE DEAD IN AN ATTACK OUTSIDE CORNERSTONE CHURCH IN AMES, IOWA THIS EVENING.

ONE OF THE DEAD IS THE ALLEGED SHOOTER.

THE ATTACK OUTSIDE THE CHURCH MINUTES BEFORE A WORSHIP EVENT FOR COLLEGE AGE PEOPLE WAS SET TO BEGIN AT 7 PM LOCAL TIME (8 PM EASTERN US TIME)...WHO-TV DES MOINES...KCCI DES MOINES (VIDEO EMBED)

COVID shots for children five and under are just weeks away.    The US government expects the jabs for infants and toddlers to be starting after June 21st.

FDA and CDC approval expected in the coming days...NEWS AGENCIES-ORF AUSTRIA

Joe Biden making a pitch for new gun control legislation in a 17-minuter speech this evening from the White House....

INCUMBENT PREMIER WINS IN ONTARIO CANADA ELECTION TODAY

                                                          (UPDATED)

ITS ELECTION DAY IN CANADA'S MOST POPULOUS PROVINCE.

ONTARIO'S INCUMBENT PREMIER DOUG FORD OF THE 'PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE' PARTY SEEKING A NEW MANADATE.

HIS PARTY CURRENTLY HOLDS 67 OF THE 124 SEATS IN THE ONTARIO LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.

FORD, KNOWN FOR ENFORCING STRICT COVID RESTRICTIONS DURING THE LAST TWO YEARS, FACES A DIVIDED ARRAY OF OPPOSITION PARTIES.

THE RESULTS BEING TALLIED TONIGHT PUT THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVES IN A STRONG LEAD TO RETAIN POWER.

                       CBC NEWS RESULTS ALL PARTIES

                     WIKIPEDIA ONTARIO ELECTION 2022

(Updated with recount votes)  Politics here in Pennsylvania Democrats said to be jittery about US Senate candidate Lt. Gov. John Fetterman.

It's been three weeks since Fetterman suffered a stroke and then had a pacemaker with a defibrillator installed.

Fetterman's return to the campaign trail still a mystery as he wife Gisele continues to speak in public for him...NBC NEWS...

The official recount of the close Republican US Senate Primary contest here in Pennsylvania continues with final results expected by next Wednesday Dr. Mehmet Oz went into the recount with a 900 some vote lead over investment banker David McCormick....

At 720 pm Eastern US Time tonight Dr. Mehmet Oz with 419,661 votes and David McCormick with 418,687 according to the Associated Press.

Political polling in South Carolina ahead of the June 14th Primary where two Republican incumbents are being challenged over their support for impeaching President Trump.

In the 7th District State Representative Russell Fry with 42 percent of the vote according to the Trafalgar poll.    Incumbent Congressman Tom Rice stands at 25 percent.    Fry is backed by Trump.

Over in the 1st District incumbent Congresswoman Nancy Nance with 46 percent of the vote to State Representative Katie Arrington's 41 percent in another Trafalgar poll.   Arrington backed by President Trump...REAL CLEAR POLITICS

IN SWEDEN RAPIDLY DETERIORATING ECONOMIC CONDITIONS WITH PRICES RISING RAPIDLY AND MORTGAGE INTEREST RATES CLIMBING.

ONE ECONOMIST PREDICTING "SOME KIND OF RECESSION NEXT YEAR" IN SWEDEN....SVT SWEDEN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

The Wall Street numbers positive today the Dow Jones Industrial Average up 435.05 points or 1.33 percent in value.

The NASDAQ rising 322.44 points or 2.69 percent in value...MARKETWATCH

(Updated) In London today the celebration got underway of the 70th anniversary of Her Majesty The Queen's reign as the British monarch...BBC NEWS BLOG...Word late today that the Queen will be unable to participate in events scheduled for tomorrow due to "discomfort".

Greetings from all over the world on the occasion including one from North Korea's ruler Kim Jong-un...TASS RUSSIA

POLITICAL INTRIGUE IN SOUTH AFRICA AN ALLEGATION LEVELED AT THE CURRENT PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA BY THE FORMER HEAD OF SOUTH AFRICA'S SPY AGENCY AND PRISONS.

ARTHUR FRASER ACCUSES RAMAPHOSA OF KIDNAPPING AND BRIBERY.   FRASER IS CONSIDERED AS AN ALLY OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA.     

THE ALLEGATION SEEN AS PART OF INTERNAL POLITICAL MANEUVERING WITHIN SOUTH AFRICA'S RULING AND DOMINANT AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS...BBC NEWS

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan says his country is headed for civil war if the current government doesn't announce new elections.

Khan interviewed by a local media outlet says there cannot be a return to the National Assembly by his PTI party's members because it means "accepting the conspiracy" that removed his government from power.

He is holding back from calling a new protest march pending a court ruling on protection for it.   

Last week tens of thousands of his supporters flooded into the capital city of Islamabad where there were clashes with police...DAWN-PAKISTAN

                 RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA

                     TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED

                           BBC NEWS UKRAINE BLOG

In other news...

A GRAND JURY IN STEUBEN COUNTY IN UPSTATE NEW YORK INDICTING A SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT AND ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL.

THE SUPERINTENDENT ACCUSED OVER MISHANDLING OF PARENTS COMPLAINTS ABOUT IMPROPER SEARCHES OF FEMALE STUDENTS.

THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL ACCUSED OF 10 COUNTS OF ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD...HORNELL EVENING TRIBUNE

The man who shot President Ronald Reagan 41 years ago is headed for freedom.    

John Hinckley, 67, will no longer be under surveillance as of June 15th.    He will be free to travel and use the internet at that time.

Hinckley was released from a psychiatric hospital in 2016...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)