blockbuster testimony. an independence ad war. california s governor is taking out air time on fox news telling florida residents their governor, ron desantis, has america all wrong. up firstly a fourth of july inflection point for president joe biden. the president will celebrate american independence today at the white house, hosting military families before a marathon fireworks show. those fireworks, though, and virtually everything else will cost much more this year than last. it s part of the summer squeeze that has cratered biden s rating and has democrats on track to lose big at the ballot box in november. mj lee is with us. how are they spending the forage. reporter: we re going to see the president any moment now return to the white house from camp david where he and his family spent the holiday weekend. and this morning we saw him tweet out a holiday message to the american people. he wrote, the fourth of july is a sacred day in our country, time to celebrate
this is not the usual gun violence and chicago. this is outside of the city. what is the quintessential north shore suburb. the fourth of july highland. there are reports the shooter took an elevated position. you can see from the video there s a strip of stores that run the main street in center of town. you can see tactical teams on the scene. we have reports someone was on the rooftop of some of those strips of stores or took an elevated position from a high rise possibly shooting out a window. wgn in chicago reports one person killed. chicago sun times says multiple victims from the shooting there. are different accounts saying as many as nine people have been shot in this incident. tactical teams have arrived. there s a big presence including state police an lake county sheriff. what you can see from the video with the police presence you can see the kind of things people would have brought to a parade folding chairs coolers abandoned as people ran from the scene.
isolated to the chicago area. we have fox team coverage tonight. molly line is in boston covering the surge and independence day shootings in major cities around the u.s. but we begin with senior correspondent mike tobin in highland park with the latest on the tragic fourth of july massacre. good evening, mike. police say he dressed like a woman to avoid identification. he wrapped rifle in red blanket. from that roof top, he fired 70 rounds in rapid fire succession. the weapon is now described as similar to an ar-15. a high powered rifle. it was discarded on the roof. he then blended in to the crowd and fled to his mother s house before escaping all the way to madison, wisconsin and then returning to where he was picked unjust six miles from this location. authorities did have run-ins with him back in 2019. first a suicide threat. then a threat to hurt others. the matter was being handled by mental health professionals at that time. there was no law enforcement action to be
the suspect dressed in women s clothing. that is the disguise he used to try to get away after the shooting. police say this is something that had been planned for several weeks. the gunman used that disguise to try to sleep through the crowd. but investigators say he left behind a legally purchased assault rifle that the atf was able to trace to this person of interest now, who is behind bars as we speak, not yet charged. police say he fired off more than 70 rounds from a roof overlooking the parade. as we are learning more about some of the six victims killed and the nearly 50 others hurt by the gunshots and all the way hospital after this happened. we expect another update in just about an hour. you have the white house and all federal buildings with flags flying at half staff in memory of the highland park victims. we have a lot to get to over the next 60 minutes. cathy park is in illinois, pete williams, mike is covering the white house and we are joined by clint who
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