united states and around the world. and just ahead on cnn newsroom make no mistake, if any object presents a threat to the safety and security of the american people, i will take it down. to see that i couldn t stop it, it was the worst thing. they were like my kids. we will go through this process with the citizens of east palestine for as long as it takes. just happened to hit some good shots finally and made a couple putts. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, february 17th. in washington, d.c., u.s. president biden is finally speaking publicly about those unidentified objects shot out of the sky by the military. he says nothing suggests these objects are related to china s spy balloon program or that they were surveillance objects from any other country. it is important to note the u.s. has not been able to recover any of the debris because of the remote locations and severe weather. phil mattingly r
flooding remains. and the tiny islands off the coast of england that are banning visitors, to try and stop the spread of bird flu. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s eight in the morning in singapore, and seven in the evening in chicago. i want to bring you some breaking news now. we are getting reports that police are reported to have arrested a person of interest in connection with the killing of six people at an independence day parade in highland park. you will remember earlier they released the identity of the man they were searching for. we can hear more from the police now. a, can hear more from the police now. ~ , can hear more from the police now. , , ., ., can hear more from the police now. ~ , ., , can hear more from the police now. , ., , now. a person of interest has been identified. now. a person of interest has been identified. his - now. a person of interest has been identified. his name - now. a person of interest has
rapid fire shots rang out. we have video from the scene but we warn you it is disturbing . investigators recovered firearm evidence from the rooftop of the nearby building. they believe the gunman climbed an unsecured ladder in an alley and opened fire from the roof. police say the gun was a high powered rifle. and the attack appears to be random and intentional. senator of illinois pledged to do whatever she can to help the community recover. the last time i heard a weapon with that capacity firing that rapidly on a fourth of july was iraq. it was not united states of america. we can and we should and we will do better. the suspect was arrested without incident. a few hours later. identified as robert crimo. third. he posted ominous music videos online. under the nakme awake the rappe. this individual is believed to have been responsible for what happened and the investigation will continue. charges haven t been approved yet at this time. we re a long way from that.
five people died on the street. another died later in hospital. more than two dozen others were treated for gunshot wounds. those taken to hospital range in age from 8 to 85. and most have since been released. police say they believe robert crimo iii opened fire from the rooftop of a building along the parade route. they say they recovered firearm evidence from the scene. crimo was arrested a few hours later not far away, in lake forest, illinois. he led police on a brief chase, but it was eventually taken into custody. this individual is believed to have been responsible for what happened and the investigation will continue. charges have not been approved yet at this time and we re a long way from that. there s still a long investigation and there are a lot of efforts that are going to continue tonight. we have more now from cnn s adrienne bros does. reporter: investigators say it was a north chicago police officer who found that 22-year-old investigators believe who
injured including children. a suspect now under arrest after leading officers on a brief chase. authorities say he fired on the crowd from a rooftop where they recovered a high powered rifle. witnesses describe chaos, some hid behind and inside dump sisters, under cars, gas stations. the parade left with abandoned strollers, camping chairs, bikes littered the ground an one lone shoe lost in the panic. i saw people shot and killed around me. and a lot of people hiding. and they let us go back to get our car keys and everything. and right where we were, there was a girl dead. another man shot in the ear. someone was on the ground with his leg in the air and the girl crying next to him. and my mom and i saw at least three more people on the ground like bloody. i don t know better man is there for us. what are we learning this morning about the shooting? all right yeah,. reporter: you see this is a parade that people come to from decades, from all the towns surrounding he