turning a july 4th parade into a mad dash for survival. police say the fgunman fired frm a rooftop. witnesses describe the confusion and chaos. i thought for a second maybe it was fire crackers. you ve heard before people aren t sure what it is, but it was too fast and too quick, and my son said no, that s gunfire. we turned and ran and i pushed my son s wheelchair, and the wheelchair collapsed on the pavement. he toppled over and i fell. it happened again. and then my young son picks up my older son and ran. we ran for our lives. six were killed. dozens more wounded. the video shows police apprehending a man described as a suspect and a person of interest. we re getting details this hour including about the weapon. what authorities call a high-powered rifle. the highland park mayor says the shooter bought the gun legally. that s despite a growing body of online evidence of disturbing posts from this man fantasizing about carnage and carrying out attacks and even suicide
here to tell you be angry. i m furious. i m furious that yet more innocent lives were taken by gun violence. while we celebrate the 4th of july just once a year, mass shootings have become our weekly, yes, weekly american tradition. with us to share the reporting and insights, cnn east lauren fox, and jackie ka sin itch. the governor saying it s almost daily we re having this conversation. truly, and you heard the president address this last night in his remarks for the 4 th of july. and he made reference to the bill that he did sign into law fairly recently. but there was some i remember hearing from democrats as that was moving through the process and going and moving toward passage. there was concern this would be it. because it really doesn t have it doesn t deal with guns. it doesn t deal with regulating
the first step is a big one and proof washington can work. at a time when washington seems broken, this group of members behind me came together along with others and decided we were going to do something great for our country. the word in this town and all across this country from the nay sayers is bipartisanship is dead. that it doesn t work anymore and government is broken. and we are here to say no. it works. with us in studio to share the reporting and insights, jackie ka sin itch, and jonathan martin. so it is washington has not worked yet. it worked for a day. this is not to the finish line. it s a big deal they got the car on the track. here s what s in it. there s money for roads and bridges, railroads, you can see there s clean water in here. there s electric car vehicle incentives. it goes across the board in terms of physical infrastructure
only sign a bipartisan deal if democrats only democrats only multitrillion dollar bill was sent to his desk as well. i totally confident the president will sign it if it comes to his desk. i was glad to see the president clarify his remarks. we were assured the two would not be linked. i hope it s enough. we ll see going forward. i ll couldn t to work i ll continue to work for the bill. with us is jackie ka sin itch. and our own manu raju. manu, how is this going over? we saw three republicans part of this 11-person deal. 11 republican deal saying okay, we re fine with it. but then there s the question of mitch mcconnell. he has said that this morning
you have general mattis in europe this week. he has to reassure europeans about our commitment to nato. i think the president went out and attacked nato. you have the ci director, according to press reports, out talking to the palestinians in the palestinian territories. why do you think he s there? the president sat with prime minister netanyahu talking about a one-state solution for israel. what do you think the palestinians are saying? they re saying, we can t believe this. i think people are nervous because they see words that don t reflect thoughtfulness, it s as simple as that. jackie ka sin itch, i want to you comment as well. this could have been a news conference several months ago where he s firing back at reporters and blaming the media for the rain and everything else in between. it really, for anyone who has any illusions out there that the office is going to change the man, the man is changing the office right now and it doesn t seem like it s for the better. he sai