With the nations largest display. The new york show was marked by the usual high spirits with unusual high security as well. Here with the story. Reporter in the skies above new york city the rockets red glare, the macys fireworks spectacular attracting more than a million spectators. More than 60,000 exploding shells in the sky. And on the ground a Police Presence to match heightened security fears. Thousands of officers patrolling the streets. The Harbor Police keeping the waters safe. What we do today is what we do every day but on steroid. Reporter dogs are trained to sniff the kind of chemicals used by isis and suicide bombs. Plus a tower terror control center 64ing 3 million license plates every day. Theyre constantly focussed on preventing acts of terror. Reporter in washington donald trump marked his first Independence Day as president with a picnic for the military at the white house. And patriotic spirits were high at the annual capitol fourth concert. Americans celebrating t
An understanding why it happened. Reporter while he looks for answers to his daughters senseless killing i dont understand. Reporter this father is lek en with emotion and the reality of the deadly violence plaguing our nations streets. I think about the violence that happened in connecticut and it happened to me. Something needs to be done about the guns on the street. Reporter detectives saying the two knew each other but we dont know the motive behind this. Everyone wanting to know why this happened. Court records show this is not the first time buckley has been in trouble with the law. Fire at a fair fax city home sends two people to the hospital. The fire was detected after 7 00 tonight in the 9300 block of shelly crest lane. An elderly male resident was airlifted to a local burn center. Neighbors spotted the fire and called 911. The cause is undetermined. Shots were fired at dc police this evening on montell avenue. Nobody was hit were told but two suspects are in custody tonight
This is 5th and nickelson in northwest dc. This is where they say they found the body. They say when they got here friday morning they found her dead of a gunshot wound. She was reporter john lee is fighting back emotions as he tries to say the words that most accurately describe his 18yearold daughter. Happygolucky. She would do anything for anybo. Reporter the young womans body was found on the corner of 5th and nicholson friday morning. They arrested alexander buckley. They suspect they shot lee in the head and theyre charging him with her murder. They say both the suspect and the victim knew each other, but the extent of that relationship is Something Police and this grieving father are still trying to figure out. I dont know who he is. Reporter the family says pe alerted by tracking a cell phone he had taken from the victim. She was assigned to the starbucks counter. Last time her loved ones say they heard from her, she was leaving work and headed home. Hopefully letting them do t