conversation about these weekly events involving the murder of dozens of people with legally obtained guns. if that is what our laws stand for, then i think we need to reexamine the laws. that is the mayor of highland park. tom llamas as more. reporter: from every angle, chaos, confusion, and carnage. a july 4th celebration through the center of town transformed into a mass casualty incident. active shooter call at highland park. police say the gunman took a sniper like position firing on to the parade from a roof using a high powered rifle. i picked up my kids and we ran again. i put them in the garbage dumpster and then i ran back to look for my partner and her daughter, and then i saw people shot on the ground. the attack sending crowds scrambling, panic parents trying to protect children. just this horrific pow pow pow. and then you heard people screamings, bodies down. run for your live. that is what i heard. dr. david bomb along with dr. lawrence schecht
first glimpse. with regard to the responding officers, as you mentioned, this deepens the question about the total police response and why they did not act sooner to try to take down the gunman. according to investigators and other people who have looked at this photograph, they are baffled as to why police did not act sooner, knowing that they had in their minds, in the minds of people who have reviewed this evidence, that they had not only the sufficient equipment but sufficient firepower to try to breach that classroom door. because it wasn t a pistol of theirs versus an ar-15-style rifle of his, right? they were matching him on firepower. well, brianna, that s actually a very good point. initially i think the public, to some extent, was led to believe that those early responding officers and while it may be true for the earliest responding officers, but i think the public was led to believe that officers and those early minutes only had pistols, as a matter of fact i
nation is officially in a recession. something many experts have predicted was coming. john roberts in washington. happy monday to you. sandra: i heard booming thunder here in new york city as a storm rolls in. welcome, everyone. i m sandra smith in new york, this is america reports. it has now been four days since the president s positive covid test. his doctors say he s doing well and symptoms are almost completely gone. all of this as the white house and president biden s team prepares for another fight. an efforts to redefine what actually constitutes a recession. john: treasury secretary janet yellen says a second quarter of negative growth in the g.d.p. will not indicate recession but does admit the economy is slowing. josh is here on this, and more noise about biden s 2024 candidacy, that s coming up in moments. sandra: peter doocy at the white house, what do officials expect from this week? are we in a recession or not? peter: sounds like, sandra, they are
Now theres holocaust number one and holocaust number two. Mind blowing, unbelievable that it happened in 2023 in israel. Everyone doing everything they can. Sandra the State Department is confirming the deaths of at least 22 u. S. Citizens in israel. The news coming as we await a White House Press briefing, set to begin any moment now, a live look inside the white house. National Security Council Spokesman John Kirby will be joining Karine Jeanpierre as pressure is building for President Biden to rescue those americans held captive by hamas at this hour. Hello, welcome. Sandra smith in new york. John im john roberts in washington and this is america reports. It is now 8 00 p. M. In israel, and here is what we know right now. More than 150 hostages are being held in gaza, among them, some 20 americans. Israel warning gaza of a potential Ground Offensive imminently. Sandra and the first batch of u. S. Weapons we can report is in the hands of the israelis, as a u. S. Aircraft carrier has
president biden s message at normandy today freedom isn t free and democracy is not guaranteed. the lead starts right now world leaders take the stage marking 80 years to the de since d-day. but it is the current conflicts that are top of mind, ukraine s war with russia israel s war with hamas, both entering new territory today, one of president biden s top advisers, admiral john kirby we will join us from france plus steve bannon ordered to report to prison by july 1. bots donald trump s former chief strategist thinks he can fight this with time i m on the clock for an appeal all victory to maga. we re going to win this. we re going to win at the supreme court. and more importantly, we re going to win on november speaking of election day, now, less than five months out is the entire republican party ready to fall in line behind donald trump? i ll ask virginia governor glenn youngkin s, who will be here on the lead? welcome to the lead, i m, jake tapper today, world leaders