we begin with the latest developments in the mass shooting in illinois. six killed, 38 injured when a gunman opened fire at a fourth of july parade in highland park. that is an affluent suburb of chicago. this video shows a band playing as people begin to run. other footage caught the jarring sound of gunfire. [ gunfire ] imagine the shock and confusion. maybe it was fireworks, they could rightly think. no, those were gunshots. the series of shots you heard followed by a second round of shooting that lasted about 7 seconds. the gunman was on a rooftop with a high-powered rifle. parade-goers scattering in all directions once they realized what was happening. you see a band running there. the crowd left behind chairs, toys, baby strollers, and blankets. here s one witness describing that scene. a few minutes into the parade started, like, the marching band had just passed, i heard a subsequent pop, pop, pop, all in quick succession. i thought to myself, that s not that
vote counts. the departments found those claims were not credible. not credible, as in, there was no foreign interference. the kind trump allies, rudy giuliani, sidney powell and others repeatedly touted on the campaign trail as evidence to fuel their dangerous lie on the legitimacy of the november result. of course, that was just a small part of the disinformation apparatus that trump and his supporters deployed in the weeks and months surrounding the election. there was also the lie that china not so much russia was involved in a massive election manipulation campaign. here s donald trump breaking with his own fbi director christopher wray on that point. we ve certainly seen very active, very active efforts by the russians to influence our election in 2020 through maligned foreign influence side of things. social media, use of proxies, state media, online journals, et cetera. an effort to both sow divisiveness and discord and i think the intelligence community has ass
Wt is the full extent cleared away. Chuck rosenberg. Of the democrats prior senator mccains former coordination with the whistleblower, and who else did colleague, jeff flake, retired the whistleblower coordinate senator from arizona, surmised this effort with . That if a secret impeachment second, what is the full extent vote were held, 3035 of the of ukraines Election Meddling Senate republican members would against the Trump Campaign . Vote to impeach. And i thought how sad, how sad, and third, why did burisma hire that it takes a secret vote to hunter biden, and what did he do for them, and did his position make a courageous vote. Affect any u. S. Government actions under the obama it should be 3035 if they administration . These questions will remain believe thats the right thing to do. I know im sounding naive, but i outstanding because republicans were denied the right to call witnesses that know these remember being saddened by that. I feel the same way. Answers. What we will w
Had already stopped the Trip Planning by that point. And when did that happen . Stopping the Trip Planning . Yeah. On may 13th. Okay. And how did you hear about that . I was called by a colleague in the the Vice President s chief of staffs office and told to stop the Trip Planning. Okay. And as i understand it, it was the assistant to the chief of staff . Thats correct. Okay. And so you didnt hear about it from general kellogg or the chief of staff or the president or the Vice President , you heard about it from mr. Shorts assistant . Thats right. And did you have any knowledge of the reasoning for stopping the trip . I asked my colleague why we should stop Trip Planning and why the Vice President would not be attending, and i was informed that the president had decided the Vice President would not attend the inauguration. Okay. And do you know why the president decided no, she did not have that information. Okay. And ultimately the Vice President went to canada for a usmca event . Tha
eviscerated. that needs to be rebuilt. you mentioned your father. here s another short clip from the video, talking about the journey the vindmans dad made. we were 4 years old. our father had $759 in his pocket when he arrived in the united states. he hauled furniture for $20 a day, learned english and, soon enough, he became a new york city engineer. he worked to support his three sons, and each us would go on to serve our country in the military. alex and i have come to see immigrants and refugees as a source of strength, bolstering our national security. colonel alexander vindman, why do you believe we can do better? where are the places the united states can expand its reach to refugees, specifically now as we look at the war in your home country and all of those people, lion them who have gone to poland, many million more displaced internally, looking for new homes. what could and should the united states do here?