https://nypost.com/2019/07/02/pences...ied-emergency/

Pence suddenly cancels New Hampshire event to stay at White HouseBy Mark Moore July 2, 2019 | 11:51am | Updated

Vice President Mike Pence abruptly canceled a scheduled event in New Hampshire on Tuesday, but his spokeswoman said there was “no cause for alarm.”


“Something came up that required the @VP to remain in Washington, DC. It’s no cause for alarm,” spokeswoman Alyssa Farah wrote on Twitter. “He looks forward to rescheduling the trip to New Hampshire very soon.”


In another tweet, Farah said Pence never left Washington and there was no “emergency callback.”


The White House said Pence’s plane never left the ground in Washington.


And an administration official told reporters covering the White House that the reason was not related to Pence or President Trump’s health or because of a national security matter.

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Ok, no emergency. They just grabbed him from the airport, said, 'Sorry,' to those already waiting for him in New Hampshire. We'll let you all know why in a few weeks.


https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/02/polit...son/index.html

The Great Mike Pence MysteryChris Cillizza
Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large


Updated 7:31 PM ET, Tue July 2, 2019

Washington (CNN)Mike Pence was supposed to travel to Manchester, New Hampshire, on Tuesday morning to hold an event on the opioid crisis. He never went.


Why? No one knows.


"Something came up that required the @VP to remain in Washington, DC," tweeted Alyssa Farah, Pence's press secretary. "It's no cause for alarm. He looks forward to rescheduling the trip to New Hampshire very soon."


Added Pence chief of staff Marc Short: "It's not a national security issue. ... It's not a personal or family issue."

Which is good! But also, kind of-sort of weird, right?


The plot thickened. Pressed on what was behind Pence's cancellation Short offered only that "there will be more later." Then, when asked what "later" meant, Short added: "Weeks from now."


Whaaaaat?

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https://www.npr.org/2019/07/02/73806...ssian-navy-sub

A Fire Kills 14 Crew Members Onboard Russian Navy Sub
July 2, 20194:21 PM ET

Russia's Defense Ministry said Tuesday that 14 submariners were poisoned by fumes and died after a fire broke out aboard a navy deep water research vessel. The fire began while the crew was surveying the seabed in Russian territorial waters on Monday.


NPR's Lucian Kim reports Russian President Vladimir Putin has dispatched the defense minister to lead the investigation of the accident.


Putin described the stricken vessel as "an unusual submarine" and said seven of those killed were high-ranking naval officers.


Some Russian media outlets, citing military sources, said it was a secret nuclear-powered submersible that can operate thousands of feet deeper than regular submarines.


NPR's Lucian Kim reports from Moscow that the craft has been recovered and is in Severomorsk, the main base for Russia's Northern Fleet on the Arctic Ocean.


"Accidents have plagued the Russian navy," Kim says. "The worst was in 2000, when the Kursk submarine sank, killing all 118 personnel aboard, and creating the first crisis for Russia's new president at the time, Vladimir Putin."


The Kursk submarine was also part of Russia's Northern Fleet.

Kim reports that Putin has canceled a previously scheduled appearance to meet with Russia's defense minister.


According to Sky News, "The Russian navy uses Priz-class and Bester-class deep water vehicles, which have a hull built of titanium and are capable of operating at a depth of 3,281ft (1,000 meters). The blaze marks the deadliest Russian naval incident since 2008, when 20 died when a firefighting system was accidentally initiated while the Nerpa nuclear-powered submarine of Russia's Pacific Fleet was undergoing trials."