custody at lake forest, illinois, after a brief pursuit earlier. police also recovering a high powered rifle, who say believed to be the weapon he was at the shooting. that is the car that police say crimo was driving. you can see it here on this live picture. this all started approximately, at 10:14 am, central time. the shooter opened fire on the town separate from a rooftop, along that route. and again, police say six people have been killed, and health officials reported that at least two dozen, if not three dozen, were hurt. 25, with gunshot wounds, in that total. let s go straight to shaquille brewster, and as an msnbc correspondent there on the ground for us. and shaq, just the breaking news within the last 15 minutes that they have apprehended that person of interest. what else are we hearing? well, we are likely not gonna have any more updates from local law enforcement until tomorrow. but you are just in the past couple of minutes there, we had that major update,
conversation about these weekly events involving the murder of dozens of people with legally obtained guns. if that is what our laws stand for, then i think we need to reexamine the laws. that is the mayor of highland park. tom llamas as more. reporter: from every angle, chaos, confusion, and carnage. a july 4th celebration through the center of town transformed into a mass casualty incident. active shooter call at highland park. police say the gunman took a sniper like position firing on to the parade from a roof using a high powered rifle. i picked up my kids and we ran again. i put them in the garbage dumpster and then i ran back to look for my partner and her daughter, and then i saw people shot on the ground. the attack sending crowds scrambling, panic parents trying to protect children. just this horrific pow pow pow. and then you heard people screamings, bodies down. run for your live. that is what i heard. dr. david bomb along with dr. lawrence schecht
the committee may be flexing its oversight power to illuminate what happened on january 6th. but the d.o.j. is apparently investigating the president himself. key aides to mike pence and his lead counsel have already testified in front of a federal grand jury. pretty high up. they asked hours and hours of detailed questions about meetings that trump himself led, one that was described to the january 6th committee. remember this? mr. eastman came in. he said i m here to request that you reject the electorate. i said we would lose 9-0 in the supreme court, wouldn t we? he started, well, i think you would only lose 7-2 and after further discussion acknowledged, yeah, you re right, we would lose 9-0. 6-2, 6-1, half dozen of another. as for jacob s credibility, keep in mind his version of events was already shown in front of a federal judge and that judge s conclusions, it is, quote, more likely than not that president trump corruptly attempted to obstruct the joint session of
over to cnn tonight. everyone now hates this whole thing. is there a caramel burrito coming at some point? if the push pop goes, i m out of here. thank you so much, everyone. that just ruined our day. thank you, anderson cooper. we appreciate it. i am laura coates and this is cnn tonight. so, for everyone out there wondering which came first, the chicken or the egg? or maybe the doj or the committee investigation. it might become more clear. the committee maybe flexing its legislative and oversight powers to illuminate what led up to and what really happened on january 6th. but the doj isn t waiting for the torch to be passed. it appears to be investigating the actions of donald trump himself. that s according to the washington post tonight. cnn can confirm the key aide to mike pence, his former chief of staff, mike short, and his lead counsel, greg jacob have already testified before a federal grand jury. pretty high up! the prosecutors asked hours and asked questions of m
world, i m wolf blitzer and this is the situation room special report. as we cover the breaking news from illinois, cnn s coverage of the fourth in america is delayed until later this hour. let s go straight to highland park, illinois, the chicago suburb that s grief-stricken and terrorized right now as the mass shooting suspect is still on the loose. cnn is there for us, adrian, police are looking for a 22-year-old man named robert e. crimo the third. tell us about what they know. reporter: wolf, investigators believe that 22-year-old who they think is responsible for the shooting that happened here in highland park is driving. he s in a vehicle, they say, with illinois plates, described as a silver hyundai. and the license plate, again dm 8 80653. meanwhile, investigators had their teams out aggressively trying to apprehend this suspect. they consider him armed and dangerous. if you think you see this 22-year-old man, police say do not approach him. instead, call 911. t