thing every year so sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you don t. coming up, we ll have the latest weather forecast with what you you can expect today during your celebrations. we re going to start with two u.s. cities responding to a series of mass shootings last night that left a combined eight people dead in fort worth, texas then in philadelphia. in fort worth, three are dead and more than a dozen injured after two separate shootings. while in philadelphia, a gunman wearing a bulletproof vest and armed with an ar type rifle killed five people and injured two. a toddler and a 13-year-old boy. at least one man is now in custody and officials there are set to give a press conference at the top of the next hour. we ll cover that for you live. in a statement, president biden responded to the violence writing quote, today, jill and i grieve for those who have lost their lives and as our nation celebrates independence day, we pray for the day when our communities will be fre
country hit with those deadly tornadoes just days ago. rob marciano timing it out. we also make it to a rolling fo, also hit in mississippi. they are now bracing for another dangerous system coming through. overseas news on russia tonight, the kremlin now suspending all notifications, communication s with the u.s. nuclear weapons. if communications required under the new start treaty. tonight the white house now responding to all of this in martha raddatz standing by. if in the u.s., the veteran pilot in another plane helping a student pilot make an emergency landing. if you will hear the communications back and forth, what he learns about that young pilot as she tries to land the plane. news tonight involving the case against alec baldwin, the surprising move from the santa fe d.a. who charged him. tonight, dozens of swimmers are now facing possible federal charges for allegedly harassing the dolphins. and the diane sawyer exclusive, the first interview with actor jeremy ren
for women for years to come. andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. some genuine all american heroes are taking us off the air tonight. and on that note, i wish you a very good night. it s great to be with my family last week. but i love being back here with you. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. thanks for joining us this hour. really happy to have you here with us tonight. so, this is how the news today in nashville unfolded on live tv and that city. this was in nashville as it happened, live on the channel 4 local news. we do anticipate this news conference starting any moment. this will be the first official news conference where we can hear where police are at with their investigation. is joining us live with some perspective, some personal perspective on this as well. joy lynn? yeah, there s absolutely no word for what s going on today. i m actually a school shooting
saying no laws existing or proposed could have ) what happened yesterday in nashville. such a deeply offensive thing to say. it really is. if this had been a muslim shooter, we would have seen a thousand bills proposed for more things for homeland security to do. willie, the idea that every time a horrific tragedy like this happens, if you even talk about trying to do something to make our school safer for our children, people say, oh, there s nothing you can do. they say you can do something for everything else but this. that s why you find ourselves in a position where our children are afraid to go to school. this is the leading cause of death. it is the leading cause of death among children. you know, it wasn t always that way. i was explaining to some people a bit younger than me yesterday, that when colubine happened, it was a shock to the system. that was really something that massive had happened, and we thought it was a one off. then a movie theater in aurora,
what he finally conceded on the stand today. and the family s attorney dropping a surprise bombshell. news tonight about the alleged gunman charged in the deadly mass shooting in highland park, illinois, answering to 117 felony counts in court today. and a new image of one of the youngest victims to survive the attack. the alarming report from the u.n. s nuclear chief. europe s largest nuclear plant is, quote, completely out of control. his urgent plea to ukraine and russia to help avoid a nuclear disaster. house speaker nancy pelosi s defiant message to china following her whirlwind trip to taiwan. and meeting with leaders and dissidents. china s now launching military drills around taiwan following her visit. late word tonight about a u.s. congresswoman killed in a horrific car crash. members of her staff among the victims. the death defying fall, thousands of feet in the air. the paraglider tangled in his parachute, plunging towards the ground. how he saved himse