crime. legally this case appears to be the weakest of the cases trump may be facing, but the indictment has not been read or witnesses not heard and evidence not been examined. or cross examined. what we know is that trump s prosecutor opened his tenure in office by announcing all of the laws he would not enforce, those he would ignore, ignores the law gives others long distances to ignore the fact. when you ignore the law and the facts, you don t have a justice system, ours appears teetering on brink of being another political tool to protect friends and punish foes, when that is opposite of a real justice system, we don t prosecutor lock people up based on the chance of a crowd or political wims of a progressive prosecutor. or at least we should not. joining us now two men who care about the justice system, they used 2, in it, former prosecutors anni an andy mccarthy, what are you expecting when the indictment is made public? i think based on the reporting that we ve
reporter: appearing in court for the first time since the july fourth massacre, prosecutors say shooting suspect robert crimo, iii admitted to opening fire on parade goers celebrating independence day in highland park, illinois. authorities say three 30-round magazines and 83 spent shell casings were recovered and crimo was considering another shooting in madison, a 2.5 hour drive away. he did see a celebration occurring in madison and he seriously contemplated using the firearm he had in his vehicle to commit another shooting in madison. reporter: a judge ruled he will be held without bond. [ gunshots ]. reporter: the state s attorney is charging the 21-year-old with seven counts of first-degree murder. the fbi is also considering federal charges. these are just the first of many charges that will be filed against mr. crimo. i want to emphasize that. there will be more charges. we anticipate dozens of more charges centering around each of the victims. reporter: n
his family says he s now paralyzed from the waist down. an eight-year-old boy, his brother, mom, all with the kind of wounds that men and women came home from afghanistan or iraq, signed up knowing it might happen, cooper, luke and keeley, they just went to a parade. friends of the family have set up a gofundme page to help cover ethical expenses and therapy. in the meantime the gunman s father is speaking out telling abc news, he has no regrets about helping his son in 2019 obtain the documentation needed to buy the weapons he did, despite his son suicide attempt , threats to kill his family and police confiscating 16 knives, a dagger and a sword from an earlier that year. filled out the consent form to allow my son to go through the process. whatever that entails. the killer s father told abc news he had no inkling his son would do this and said his threats against the family were taken out of context and that he can t understand why his son did what he did. could the g
they say he was trying to aid his escape by hiding his identity and trying to blend into the crowd. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. we re following breaking news, new information just moments ago released about the suspect in the shooting attack on the fourth of july parade in highland park, illinois. tonight, a seventh victim has died. and we re learning more about the accused gunman s planning for the deadly attack. cnn security correspondent josh campbell is on the scene for us in highland park. update our viewers, josh. what are you learning? reporter: wolf, after each one of these tragedies one key question is whether it could have been prevented. whether a suspect had potential contact with law enforcement that may have prevented what actually transpired. we learned a moment ago from authorities hold ago press conference is that the
states, 79 years old. tested positive with covid-19. but the indications are he will be fine. but is the presidency going to be fine. indications are it s not. it s not just me saying it. it s most of the country and the media saying it. how did this happen? president biden was supposed to be the steady be force to moderate a country in a nation increasingly polarized. america is awakening to the fact that president biden is not moderate. there is nothing moderate about any of this and nothing unifying with trillions in spending to turn far left fantasies into reality. brian: why is he acting this way, not like a moderate. if you look closely at joe biden s career. he has never been a thought leader or great thinker. case in point, the top issues of today and yesterday. abortion. the ban on partial birth abortions or late term abortions. you supported that ban. i did. do you believe life begins at conception? i am prepared to accept my church s view. it s clear to m