tonight after a glitch leaves 12,000 future flights without a pilot. plus, 16 million americans facing a new severe weather threat as we head into the fourth of july the january 6th investigation. a top committee member saying they could make criminal referrals to the department of justice involving former president trump. air show tragedy a jet truck driver dying in a fiery stunt. his family now speaking out the new warning for people looking to purchase a pet some stores are offering pets for lease with hidden fees at can lead to heartbreak and one of july 4th s greatest traditions is back and sounding better than ever announcer: this is nbc nightly news with kate snow good evening in the moments right before he was shot by police early monday morning, 25-year-old jayland walker was not armed. on that point, everyone agrees. in body cam video released today, you see the long police chase when walker fled after he was pulled over police pointing to this ima
july 4th celebrations. what you need to know. severe weather alerts. storms and triple digits in place as heat advisories are in place for 50 million americans. brittney griner s message to the white house. her letter to president biden, handwritten from a russian prison, terrified she might be there forever and on this fourth of july, how freedom means something different to greiner today. shark attack, a lifeguard playing a victim in a training drill is bitten by a shark. schau he fought back. be able to for the social media generation, it s driving fans bananas. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. good evening, everyone. thank you for joining us on this july fourth, i m major garrett in for norah. tonight at least six killed and dozens more wounded in the nation s latest mass shooting, targeted an independence day parade in suburban chicago. police have just identified a person of interest, 22-year-old robert e.cremo
floats. then it just opened up, that familiar, you know, semi gunfire. just a rain of shots. nbc s rehema ellis has been monitoring this. rehema, what do we know right now? reporter: not much more than what you talked about, steve, because this is unfolding as we speak. you pointed out the police are looking for a suspect. this event happened, this mass shooting happened just a short while after the fireworks, the fourth of july festivities, were getting under way. as you reported, there are reports of several people who were shot. we do not at this point have an exact number of how many people were shot or if any people were killed in this incident. as one person was saying there that we just heard from, people were enjoying a fourth of july festivity, a parade, in highland park. this is a community about 25 miles north of chicago. when they heard these sounds ring out. the guy was saying there, you heard a pop, pop, pop, and he said it was like a rain of shots that just
motive. tonight there are new questions about how the suspect was allowed to legally buy several guns despite previous threats of violence resulting in the confiscation of more than a dozen of his knives. correspondent garrett tenney is outside the lake county courthouse in waukegan, illinois. good evening, garrett. bret, good evening to you. today we learned the alleged gunman waived his miranda rights when taken into custody and shared details with investigators how he carried out the attack. prosecutor say the 2 #-year-old suspect emptied two full clips of ammo on the crowd at monday s fourth of july parade pausing to reload after each time until he fired more than 70 shots in total. we have also learned that a few hours later the suspect almost carried out a second attack, nearly 150 miles away in madison, wisconsin at another fourth of july celebration. it appears when he drove to madison he was driving around. he saw a celebration occurring in madison. he seriously co
shortages and soaring fuel costs. already today, 270 u.s. flights canceled and more than 1800 delays. well, a record 42 million americans are expected to hit the road this year with gas prices hovering near five bucks per gallon. you will not be getting much of a break if you are planning a backyard cookout. inflation is sending the costs of the barbecue staples that we all love through the roof. the price for hot dogs alone up nearly 40%. but instead of offering a solution for struggling families, president biden is telling americans is not so bad here. once again blaming russia. watch get inflation is higher in almost every other country. prices at the pump are higher in almost every other country. we are better positioned to deal with this. the reason why gas prices are up is because of russia. russia, russia, russia. how long is it fair to expect american drivers and around the world to pay that premium? as long as it takes. russia cannot defeat ukraine. emily: pr