when you have technology that s easier to control. that can scale across all your clouds. we got that right? yeah, we got that. it s easier to be an innovator. so you can do more incredible things. [whistling] it s good to be with you. i m i i m chris jansing in for katy tur. we are live in highland park, illinois. we are just down the street where a gunman took the lives of six people at the fourth of july parade. there is a lot of activity here. you can still see the police tape. just about 90 minutes ago, we got a lot of information about the suspect, a 21-year-old who lived just a few minutes from here. police now say he had been planning yesterday s attack for weeks before climbing on to a roof at the start of the parade and firing into a crowd. police say their investigation shows he ultimately fired more than 70 rounds and just about an hour ago, we also learned this, that during the attack, he was dressed in womens clothing in an attempt to escape the scene undetected
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Conduct this investigation and bring those responsible for these despicable acts to justice. We have to unify. We have to come together and send one very clear, strong, unmistakable message that acts or threats of Political Violence of any kind have no place in the United States of america. So far the devices have been what appear to be a pipe bomb. What we saw here today was an effort to terrorize. This clearly is an act of terror, attempting to undermine our free press and leaders of this country through acts of violence. Through acts of violence. With me now with the latest nbc news investigations reporter tom winter. All right, tom, you and i have been together for the last two hours as we try to interpret what happened earlier today and were getting more news about maxine waters. Set the stage for us exactly
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Memories, being a young man and how he felt suspicion simply by the fact he was africanamerican. And so hes going to get some very con temtemporaneous information from some of these Young Leaders about what it is to be young and black in america today. Hes going to be talking to Community Leaders, religious leaders. What can be done in these individual communities to stop things from happening to reduce the number of violent confrontations between Police Officers and those in minority and lowincome communities. And i think its going to be something we will hear from him today. He will not come into the Briefing Room but we should hear something today. Said the federal investigation into ferguson is continuing. What are his plans today . Yeah hes going to be in atlanta. Hes going to kick off what is going to be an actual tour. Hes going to be making stops, similar to the conversations the president will have today with those Community Leaders. A lot of it focused on community policing.
Ruhle. A devastating fire in oakland. Survivors are speaking out. I woke up in my room, it was filled with smoke. Just a fog of smoke. I looked over, i could see an orange glow coming through the window. Now the search for answers. Our District Attorney did activate a criminal investigation. That team is on the site. Officials set to give an update any minute. We will bring that to you live. Breaking this morning, ben carson named secretary of housing and urban Development Amid questions about his kwa qualificatio qualifications. And this as a search for secretary of state expands. Form were utah governor jon huntsman now in the mix. Taking on china after a precedentsmashing phone call to the leader of taiwan, donald trump now going after china on twitter. Is there a diplomatic strategy at play . And victory. Protesters and nate of americans celebrating this morning after the army corps of engineers refuses to allow a pipeline through native lands. But the protesters saying theyre not