dumpster. tonight, we hear have a doctor who was at the parade with his family and young grandson. he describes the horrific scene on the street. alex perez and pierre thomas standing by. also today, a curfew in place and fireworks canceled in akron, ohio, tonight. tensions are rising after police released body cam video of the deadly shooting of jalen walker. more than 60 wounds on his body. frustrations return trip home after the holiday. more than 2,000 flights delayed or canceled just today. that number is likely to soar tomorrow. tracking severe thunderstorms from montana to illinois. damaging winds and possible flash flooding. red flag warnings threaten fireworks displays in the west. wnba star brittney griner s personal appeal to president biden while on trial in russia. her letter to the president saying, quote, i ll terrified i might be here forever. good evening, everyone. and thank you so much for joining us on this fourth of july holiday. i m linsey da
prices. it s such an important reminder, though, some of the folks who own these gas stations, they re small business owners. and their competitor has the price advertised right there. we go to the lowest price. i do it. christine romans, thank you so much. new day continues right now. good morning to our viewers in the united states and all around the world, i m john berman in highland park, illinois. brianna keilar in new york this morning. i am standing right on the parade route. 25 miles north of chicago, where yesterday at 10:15 a.m. a gunman opened fire in the middle of a fourth of july parade, killing six people. injuring 25 more. there you can hear the gunshots ringing out there in rapid s succession, in the middle of this, what was supposed to be joyous moments. in fact, you can still see behind me, this moment frozen in chair. beach chairs still litter the streets here for blocks and blocks. i see a towel, a frisbee, a beach ball, all left behind. it g
it was because of his time in the military. that s what it sounded like. the street behind me frozen in time, you can still see the chairs strewn about, the beach chairs where people were lined up for this moment of celebration for july 4th, left where they were, as people fled the scene in terror. the rifle, a rifle was discovered soon after the shooting on the rooftop. we have some new information about that rifle, which we ll bring to you in just a moment. the shooter himself, who the police are calling a person of interest to be clear, that s what i should call him, they obtained or apprehended a person of interest eight hours after the shooting, after a short chase. one policeman saw the suspect and then called for backup, he was apprehended, taken into custody on the street. one of our reporters was there, you ll hear from him in just a moment as well. again, the scene as it unfolded here was a pure moment of terror. earlier this morning, i had a chance to speak to a co
now in custody. police called the attack random and intentional. it is difficult, but important to hear the moment that gunfire erupted to begin to understand the terror that people faced. i ll warn you, the video we re about to see is disturbing. lord help us. personally i witnessed bursts of gunfire like that before, but only from u.s. military firing positions, while embedded with u.s. forces in iraq and afghanistan. that was on an american street. yeah. and those bullets left a number injured as we mentioned, and dead. the injured ranging in age from 8 to 85 years old. dr. david baum was there as the gunfire erupted, saw the immediate aftermath, and jumped in to help. the people who were gone were blown up by that gunfire. blown up? blown up. blown up. the horrific scene of some of the bodies is unspeakable for the average person. those are war time injuries. those are what are seen in victims of war, not victims at a parade. now sadly they are seen in victims
some at first thought they were hearing fireworks. families frantically trying to protect their children. a father hiding his son in a dumpster. tonight, we hear from a doctor who was at the parade with his family and young grandson. he describes the horrific scene on the street. alex perez and pierre thomas are standing by. also today, a curfew in place and fireworks canceled in akron, ohio, tonight. tensions are rising after police released body camera footage of the deadly police shooting of jayland walker. the medical examiner finding more than 60 wounds on his body. frustration is already mounting as millions repair to make their return trip home after the holiday. more than 2,000 flights delayed or canceled just today. that number is likely to soar tomorrow. tracking severe thunderstorms from montana to illinois. damaging winds and possible flash flooding. red flag warnings threaten fireworks displays in the west. wnba star brittney griner s personal appeal to presid