they say disturbing posts and videos were discovered on social media. there are questions tonight about why no red flags were raised, possibly stopping him from legally buying at least five guns. alex perez and pierre thomas are standing by. we re also learning more about the seven people killed. their names made public late today. the 78-year-old grandfather, the beloved wife and mother, dedicated to helping her community. and the financial adviser who at 88 was still taking the train to work in chicago every day. the dead and wounded range in age from 8 to 85. president biden ordering flags lowered to half staff. also tonight, more than 40 million under threat of severe storms from montana to the east. damaging winds, very large hail and a new flood watch just issued. news tonight about wnba star brittney griner s hand-written letter to president biden. pleading for hlp while on trial near moscow. the white house is now out with a response. overseas tonight, russia
we visit the secret school in kabul that dares to teach girls. six people dead, several more wounded, and now one man arrested. those are the bare facts of another mass shooting in the us. this time in a well to do suburb just north of chicago, at the start of a fourth ofjuly day of celebration. hundreds of people, mums, dads and their children had embarked on a parade through highland park, when a gunman started firing from a rooftop, armed with a high powered rifle. nomia iqbal has this report. here you go! the independence day parade had just started. americans in this wealthy chicago suburb were out in the sunshine, celebrating the day their country became an independent nation. rapid gunfire child: are you kidding me right now? - ten minutes in, shots rang out. commotion. there was confusion and panic. people moved quickly for safety. rapid gunfire i remember hearing shootings, going like. tsh tsh tsh. and then reloading and then again. and people screaming and running.
hang outside the sea. wonderful. new york 83 today. it s really nice. steve: look at that august 16th already. time is awasting, the summer is pert near over for a lot of kids in some of the some of the states they have already gone back to will school. ainsley: hard to believe. where did the summer go? steve: i know. welcome, folks. brian is off today in his dent in the couch is will cain. ainsley: are your kids in school yet. will: first day tomorrow. ainsley: you will be there for that. will: i will be there for that winding down and nothing better than to milk every bit of summer by getting up early. ainsley: everyone wants to know did you find your lug gag? will: no. i think it s somewhere in dallas. gigantic airport. ainsley: have you been wearing this suit every day? will: i keep all my suits in new york. i have had fresh clothes on to appear in front of you for the last seven days. steve: cosmetically, shaffers. will: it s all that temporary
payback. what is next with cdc changes. breaking tonight we have to wait a little longer, at least, to get a look at the materials used by the justice department to obtain the search warrant for last week s search and raid of the florida compound of former president trump. the judge declined to order the unsealing today instead scheduling a hearing for thursday. the president is calling for the release of the affidavit that was part of those materials in what he calls the interest of transparency. the fbi opposes the move. correspondent mark meredith has our report tonight. good evening, mark. bret, good evening to you. thursday s hearing is going to be fascinating pitting former president trump directly against the government he once led. trump and the media are urging federal judge to unseal the affidavit related to last week s search. the justice department trying to block the release and as for president biden, he is just trying to avoid talking about the case. palest
about why no red flags were raised, possibly stopping him from legally buying at least five guns. alex perez and pierre thomas are standing by. we re also learning more about the seven people killed. their names made public late today. the 78-year-old grandfather, the beloved wife and mother, dead kated to helping her family. and the financial adviser who at 88 was still taking the train to work every day. president biden ordering flags lowered to half staff. also tonight, more than 40 million under threat of severe storms from montana to the east. damaging winds, very large hail and a new flood watch just issued. new tonight about wnba star brittney griner s hand-written letter to president biden. the white house is now out with a response. overseas tonight, russia solidifies its hold in eastern ukraine, but at a huge cost. ukraine s military now braces for a renewed russian assault in the region. rudy giuliani and senator lindsey graham are among seven or former p