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
112 degrees while another 113 million with facing potential tornados in wyoming and colorado. in parts of the northeast, flash flood warnings have been issued as some areas could receive 2 inches of rain an hour. joining us now, antonia hilton from long island city where the new york city firework barges are stationed. guad in miami and also, meteorologist, michelle grossman. how could this impact the celebrations? everyone here in queens is crossing their fingers because there was a downpour a little while ago. we ve been hearing thunder but macy s has told us at nbc they are still moving ahead. there are crews here still getting ready and that people can expect tonight their biggest show yet. this is the largest fireworks display across the country. the 47th year they ve been doing this. they say there s going to be
But they took one guy with them. the two officers pinned down got out, now the suspect is still inside on the first floor sean: rick, if i m a an ar-15 on several handguns. sean: that is what i had heard. i couldn t confirm it, but i had one reported that there were people left behind for a period, and i don t know i ve not gotten a full answer or confirmation, if they got everybody out. then, of course, you ve got to worry if this guy is rigging some type of tripwire. if, in fact, officers do break down the door and head into that room, are they heading into a potential death trap for them? well, he has a tremendous amount of resistance that has been firing on them on and off since 4:30 this afternoon, and it is not raining here. we are hearing thunder, which may have been what we thought were gunshots a short time ago. but the weather doesn t help the officers who are out on the streets trying to deal with this ongoing situation, as you heard
Out, and now the suspect is still inside on the first floor sean: rick, if i may an ar-15 on several handguns. sean: that is what i had heard. again, i couldn t confirm it, but i had one report that there were people left behind for a period, and i don t know i ve not gotten a full answer or confirmation, if they got everybody out. then, of course, you ve got to worry if this guy is rigging some type of tripwire. if, in fact, officers do break down the door and head into that room, are they heading into a potential death trap for them? well, he has a tremendous amount of resistance that has been firing on them on and off since 4:30 this afternoon, and it is now raining here. we are hearing thunder, which may have been what we thought were gunshots a short time ago. but the weather doesn t help the officers who are out on the street trying to deal with this ongoing situation, as you heard the commissioner say, they are trying to negotiate with him.
It has been prolonged here along the mid-atlantic. light snow continues from philadelphia. heavy snow continues into areas of new york city. on this map, the blue is the snow. the white bands are the heavy snow. a band comes down the new york border, overtop of new york city and down the jersey shore. we had a report of 9 inches of snow in long island. also 7 inches of snow in southeast portions of massachusetts. this is intense snow in this area. if you watch closely, near boston, thunder snow reported in the last hour. they re hearing thunder. this is so much convection in the air with the clouds, so much energy, we re getting some reports of thunderstorms. because it is cold, it produces heavy snow. additional accumulations from here on out, only going to pick up another 1 to 2 inches, new york city. as much as 4 out of long island. areas to the north, this is where the storm is getting going. another 6 to 12 inch os possies