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
On the senate side to get the assault weapon ban up for a vote. we are leaning on leader schumer and leaning very hard on senator dick durbin, who is our senator here in illinois and we are urging him to mark the federal assault weapon ban bill in the judiciary committee will he has the votes to pass it. we are just doing whatever we can to get him to do that. you told the story. you were there with your 6-year-old son. a tradition there in highland park. family and friends. very close community. how is he now doing a year later? you know, i just wrote a piece and it just was publised not five minutes on the hill. the most impactful and biggest thing for me coming away one year out is that we are not talking about the full impact