chilling. reporter: it was incredibly chilling, ana. this was the first look we were getting at the suspected gunman. he was appearing via zoom behind me. he is, obviously, still in custody. what s so chilling is the prosecutor as they laid out the potential or actual charges so far in this case, the potential charges in the future, they started by naming the victims. those who had been killed in this attack. and as they were reading off the names, i was looking at the screen with the shooter. he sat there with no emotions. he was flanked with deputies, he looked down to the right and left, zero emotion as they read out the people he allegedly killed. tell judge in this case determined this suspect is still a continuing tlel threat to the public. he revoked bail. he will remain in custody. the next hearing is later this month. this comes as we learn chilling new details about is attack, how it unfolded. they said the suspect went to the rooftop where this parade was going o
with every crime imaginable if we make that move happen. what we know about pat cipollone s upcoming testimony. then president biden and vice president harris just called the wife of brittney griner who s being held in russia. we ll speak with the family of another american detained in russia for years. what they want to hear from the president. welcome to the lead. i m erica hill in for jake tapper. we begin with the deadly july fourth shooting in illinois. police now saw the alleged gunman seriously contemplated a second attack two hours away in madison, wisconsin. that s where officials say the suspect ended up evading police for hours after escaping the crime scene in highland park. escaping dressed as a woman to blend in with those fleeing for safety. that attack took seven lives. the seventh person identified today. 69-year-old eduardo 35-year-old irina mccarthy and her husband, kevin mccarthy. jacquelyn sundheim. 88-year-old stephen straus and nicolas toledo za
he was read his miranda warnings, offered attorneys, et cetera, he went into details about what he had done. he admitted to what he had done. reporter: the county sheriffs office also revealed that there were red flags about the shooter well before monday s mass killing. in april of 2019, police were called about a suicide attempt of his. five months later, a relative contacted police after the suspect threatened to quote kill everyone in the family. but still, he was able to obtain the illinois equivalent of a gun license in 2020. today the prosecutor tried to explain it. there was never a firearm restraining order. that s what i had used the term red flag. that type of order mr. crimo has never been involved in that type of order. that s an order where family members and other individuals can go to a court and ask that somebody have firearms taken and not be allowed to piurchase firearms. that did not happen in mr. crimo s case. cnn security correspondent, josh gamb
on friday? as fighting rages in eastern ukraine, hundreds of thousands of ukrainian civilians are being urged to evacuate from the region to escape russia s brutal advance. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and arnold the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. disturbing new details of the deadly july fourth parade shooting in illinois. some coming from the gunman himself who has confessed to the mass killing and now we re learning it could have been only the beginning of his rampage. cnn security correspondent, josh campbell, is on the scene for us. reporter: the highland park gunman s first appearance in court wednesday. the shooter held without bond and charged with seven counts of first degree murder for shooting into a crowd of paradegoers on july fourth. the prosecutor naming each one of the victims and police saying the suspect admitted to the shootings. he went into details about what he had done. admitted to what he h
addressed the media calling the attack an affront to democracy and freedom to speech. the suspect, a man in his 40s, was arrested on the spot, in possession of what nhk is describing as a handmade gun. he made no attempt to flee before being swarmed by the security detail. witnesses say abe was shot from behind, he didn t collapse after the first shot, but did collapse after the second shot before receiving cpr. while controversial figure here in japan at times, abe is an incredibly important figure, not only here in japan, but around the world, and news of this shooting has absolutely sent shock waves around the nation, and the world. hours following this shooting, many have taken to social media to say that they hoped at the time that he would pull through with many calling today s shooting a barbaric act that shakes the root of democracy, saying that whether or not you agree with this political stances, violence to suppress political stances is unacceptable. and i mentione