and shot it off the coast of south carolina. welcome to a brand-new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: i m bill hemmer. i think j.j. should have a shot. take your shot. he needs a party first. have all the kids over. dana: more to come on that as well. bill: once the snow melts. incident ramping up tension between china and the u.s. antony blinken postponing his trip to beijing scheduled for this past weekend. dana: president biden said he ordered the military on wednesday to shoot it down as soon as possible. the pentagon waited until it was safely over the atlanta after a week of entering u.s. airspace. some lawmakers say officials should have acted sooner. michael waltz last hour. from a propaganda standpoint a tremendous win for china. they can now message to taiwan, our allies and others that on top of afghanistan, america is a declining power and they can t even stop one of our most basic surveillance tools, a balloon. that they are either in
they say disturbing posts and videos were discovered on social media. there are questions tonight about why no red flags were raised, possibly stopping him from legally buying at least five guns. alex perez and pierre thomas are standing by. we re also learning more about the seven people killed. their names made public late today. the 78-year-old grandfather, the beloved wife and mother, dedicated to helping her community. and the financial adviser who at 88 was still taking the train to work in chicago every day. the dead and wounded range in age from 8 to 85. president biden ordering flags lowered to half staff. also tonight, more than 40 million under threat of severe storms from montana to the east. damaging winds, very large hail and a new flood watch just issued. news tonight about wnba star brittney griner s hand-written letter to president biden. pleading for hlp while on trial near moscow. the white house is now out with a response. overseas tonight, russia
into chaos. six people are dead and 30 hurt in the horrific attack. a chicago 911 dispatcher says this is typically a quiet area. wonderful communities, quiet area, michael jordan previously lived there, this is not some troubled area we normally see things of this nature. across the united states, these things can happen anywhere. ashley: the first victims are being identified, including nicolas toledo, a grandfather who flew in from mexico to visit family. we are learned more about the suspected gunman, including a history of violence leading up to the attack griff: jonathan will break it down, thank you for joining us. what do you think is the motive here? what can you tell us about what we re learning about the suspect? i think one thing, griff, this individual follows a pattern we continuously see with mass shooters. an anti-social type of personality, many of these people and i would not be surprised this individual has left this leaning policy tendencies, altho
some at first thought they were hearing fireworks. families frantically trying to protect their children. a father hiding his son in a dumpster. tonight, we hear from a doctor who was at the parade with his family and young grandson. he describes the horrific scene on the street. alex perez and pierre thomas are standing by. also today, a curfew in place and fireworks canceled in akron, ohio, tonight. tensions are rising after police released body camera footage of the deadly police shooting of jayland walker. the medical examiner finding more than 60 wounds on his body. frustration is already mounting as millions repair to make their return trip home after the holiday. more than 2,000 flights delayed or canceled just today. that number is likely to soar tomorrow. tracking severe thunderstorms from montana to illinois. damaging winds and possible flash flooding. red flag warnings threaten fireworks displays in the west. wnba star brittney griner s personal appeal to presid
good evening the tears haven t even dried in places like buffalo and uvalde, and yet here we are tonight feeling the familiar pangs of anger, sadness and bitter frustration from a random attack on innocent americans. this time in highland park, illinois at least six people are dead, dozens injured after police say a young man took a position on a rooftop with a high-powered rifle, firing down into crowds gathered for a small town july 4th parade as survivors scrambled for safety, the shooter escaped, setting into motion a massive and urgent manhunt. nearby residents wer ordered to stay indoors. the upscale chicago suburb unaccustomed to such violence. on a day we celebrate the promise of america, we are again confronted with one of its bewildering shortcomings police a short time ago saying they have located a person of interest in the shooting we have expanded coverage beginning with miguel almaguer reporter: from parade to panic on the fourth of july this the terrifying s