in for carley shimkus. officials at cook county jail recruiting prisoners to vote illegally. here jackie ibanez. the nine-candidate field is likely to prevent one person from getting the 50 plus percent necessary to win. officials say we should have a clear winner this weekend. it is uphill battle for incumbent mayor lori lightfoot, accused of coercing inmates to vote for her. guards are recruiting prisoners to vote for lightfoot. reporter william jay kelly spoke to one inmate. i said, no, i m registered in another jurisdiction, i can t vote. you can vote for mayor. that would be a felony. then they would back off. they are doing this with all the inmates and being that aggressive? yes. that reporter joined jesse watters with the implications, listen. it would be ironic if mayor lightfoot makes theun areoff due to the jail vote, considering she has made chicago known throughout the world for nothing, but violent crime. this is the latest in a string of scand
i m sure it is hard for you to hear. we have some video that we want to share with you, of part of what happened in half moon bay yesterday afternoon, the sheriff s video here. so this is the arrest of the 67-year-old suspect in the two shootings in half moon bay. a handgun was found in his vehicle. as for a motive, still no word at it hour. but all of this unfolding as we have also learned that an 11th person has died after initially surviving that mass shooting at the dance hall in monterey park on saturday. the gunman had stockpiles of ammunition at his home. we ll bring you more of what else they re staying in a moment. and he also made his own silencers. we begin with the shooting in half moon bay. veronica miracle is there on the scene and she ll bring us up to speed on that investigation. reporter: this mass shooting took place at two separate locations. and it all unfolded in a period of a couple of hours. the first call came in just before 2:30, sheriff s dep
murder. as he heads to court officials released more details about him and missed warnings prior. among those new details to learn authorities say the suspect fired more than 70 high velocity rounds from a weapon similar to ar-15. legally purchased. four background whchecks that needed to be cleared. there were run-ins with police but would not come up in the background checks and something people question this morning. one encounters after a family member called police saying that he had said he wanted to kill everyone. last night vice president kamala harris making an unexpected visit to highland park. got to be smarter as a country in terms of who has access to what and in particular assault weapons. we have to take it seriously. you have been forced to take it seriously. authorities identified six of the seven sikts in the shooting. two a couple, parents whose 2-year-old toddler found alive after the shooting stopped. i want to get to josh campbell where that bail h
subpoenaed a number of close allies of former president donald trump as it investigates possible 2020 election interference. we ll take a look at what questions the grand jury has. also today a critical hearing that could shape the future of daca. we will break down what this means for the hundreds of thousands of dreamers across the united states and this afternoon, president biden is set to deliver remarks on the economy in cleveland, as new polling shows nearly nine in ten americans say the country is on the wrong track. and we begin in illinois where one hour from now, the man accused of opening fire on a crowd watching a fourth of july parade in a chicago suburb will make his first court appearance. it comes one day after the suspect was charged with seven counts of first-degree murder. prosecutors say he will face more charges and that they will seek the maximum punishment. investigators say the suspected gunman planned the attack several weeks in advance and dres
american plague. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is tuesday, july 5th, 3:00 a.m. in highland park, illinois. the chicago suburb dealing with yet another tragic mass shooting. at least six people are dead, more than two dozen wounded and a suspect is in police custody now. the shooter started just after 10:00 a.m. local time monday as people lined the parade route along central avenue in the suburb north of chicago. we have video from the scene, but we have to warn you that it is disturbing. [ gunfire ] investigators believe the gunman climbed an unsecured ladder in an alley and opened fire from a rooftop. police say the gun was a high powered rifle, the attack appears to be random and intentional. the suspect was arrested without incident a few hours later identified as robert crimo iii. he had posted anonymous videos on lineneighboring name awake the rapper. the investigation will continue. charges have not been approved yet at this time