this morning a prosecutor says the man accused of the fourth of july shootings has confessed. could police have taken out the uvalde school shooter before he entered the school? a new report says he was in the sights of one of the officers' rifles build the wall a replacement border wall is going up along the san

diego-mexico border. brittney griner will once begin face a russian judge and in the wake of cassidy hutchinson'stestimony, trump's white house counsel has agreed to testifyunder oath >> i'm frances rivera. >> i'm phillip miena. >> the 21-year-old charged with murdering seven people has confessed to his crimes and revealed he considered carrying out another attack in madison, wisconsin. a newly-released photo shows the powerful weapon inside crimo's car when he was arrested >> the seven victims have been identified one of his daughters says she doesn't know how the family will go on without him. meanwhile, there's been an

outpouring of support for the 2-year-old who lost both his parents in the shooting. a gofundme has raised nearly $3 million. jay gray has more from highland park >> reporter: as the memorial grows at the site of the massacre, authorities now say the man responsible, robert crimo iii has confessed to killing seven and wounding more than two dozen at a fourth of july parade. >> he went into details about what he had done he admitted to what he had done. >> reporter: apparently identifying himself in video from the scene, acknowledging dressed like a woman to hide tattoos and helping him escape and he told investigators he considered a second attack while on the run >> he was driving around, he did see a celebration in madison and seriously contemplating using the weapon he had in his vehicle to conduct another shooting.

>> reporter: he faces seven counts of first degree murder, the first of what prosecutors say will be dozens of charges in the case and we're learning more about hose who didn't survive, including irina and kevin mccarthy, saving their 2-year-old son. >> he had been found under his father, who was on top of him to protect him from the gun this poor little boy came with his parents just to celebrate freedom and now has lost his parents. >> reporter: in a place that's lost its innocence >> we are feeling this rip through our community. it's going to take a long time to heal. >> reporter: and even then, most here say things will likely never be the way they were before the attack. jay gray, nbc news, highland park, illinois >> gun violence has become the leading cause of death for children and teenagers in america. there's a hospital in new york that is now working to change that devastating reality our gabe gutierrez spoke with

doctors and nurses trying to make a difference. >> reporter: when madison blackman was rushed to the hospital, the bullet had barely missed her brain >> i seen black. it was like ink spilled in my eyes >> reporter: a far cry from the carefree social media videos typical of so many 16-year-olds. instead, one night in january, she says she was out in a car with friends in brooklyn when out of nowhere >> the bulletes started hitting the car. it sounded like somebody had a handful of 20 balloons and they all started popping one by one >> reporter: did you immediately realize what it was? >> yes, i knew it was gunshots all right ambulance took her here >> we've never seen numbers like this >> reporter: where the doctor is a pediatrician trauma surgeon. >> we've already seen more kids this year with bullet wounds

than any other year total. >> reporter: this is a level one trauma center. they've started screening for something diffquestions. >> reporter: any teenager who comes to the er for anow asked some might say are uncomfortable questions. >> how often have you heard guns being shot, and in the past six months, including today, has someone pulled a gun on you? >> reporter: the nurse and her colleagues are hoping not just to treat gun wounds but to prevent them shootings are now the leading cause of death for children and tines teens in the u.s every day, 20 of them are shot you see it as a public health issue. >> it is a public health issue it is the number one kill irof kids in our country right now. >> reporter: six months later,

madison blackman's physical wounds are healed. the psychological ones are not >> why does it have to be me what is the sfreason why did i say alive for in. >> reporter: do you feel like it's worse >> after covid things have gotten more ruthless being so young, it makes you feel like you have to grow up so fast in a place like this. >> reporter: a young girl who instinctively knew those weren't balloons but gunshots. the delayed police response to the uvalde, texas school massacre has garnered criticism and new details are coming to light. a new report showing police had another opportunity to stop the gunman before he entered the school >> reporter: just before the bloodshed at robb elementary, a uvalde police officer had the gunman in his sights but asked his supervisor for permission to

shoot the suspect outside the building, a request that went unanswered as the killer made his way inside the school. the stunning revelation, part of a new report, raefding in part a reasonable officer would conclude that the use of deadly force was warranted. but the officer who told investigators he was worried if he missed the shot he might hit students never took it and 21 lives were lost the 24-page report highlighting a number of possible missteps, critical issues investigators say that could have prevented the tragedy that followed. miguel almaguer, nbc news. oversea, wnba star brittney griner will appear in a moscow court this morning, while back here in the states, there's been increasing pressure on president biden to help secure her release. vape cartridges containing cannab

cannabis oil were found in her luggage. what can you tell us about the phone call >> reporter: the president told griner's wife that they're working to get brittany released as soon as possible and that they're working on the release of other americans who the u.s. says are wrongfully detained, like paul whelan the president says he read a draft of the letter he's apparently planning to send to griner after she wrote to shim saying i'm terrified i might be here forever last night the phoenix mercury held a bring bg home rally >> i can't rest as her humanity has been stripped from her i can't rest as her safety is in question i honestly can't rest until she's home i'm frustrated i'm frustrated that 140 daysnce

been able to speak to me i'm frustrated that my wife is not going to get justice >> reporter: fewer than 1% of defendants in russian criminal cases are acquitted. she could spend up to ten years in prison if convicted >> 99% conviction rate is terrifying thank you. now to michelle grossmann who's watching another round of severe storms stretching from montana to georgia good morning >> good morning, guys. we so active yesterday, the day before we're going to be active once again and doing it again tomorrow we're seeing storms throughout plains into the midwest. parts of the ohio valley that's what we're going to see again today. we're looking at, stretching from montana to the southeast where you sighee the yellow.

you can see pretty strong forms. could see even a chance of a brief tornado. also really heavy rainfall we'll see torrential downpours locally three inches or higher where you see the south. temperatures into the triple digits 100 in little rock all right, guys, we'll talk more about the hot weather, the triple digits in the south as we head throughout this thursday. >> sounds good talk to you in a bit, michelle in honor of krispy kreme's birthday, they are treating 8500 people to a year of doughnuts.

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cheerleader will receive eight year of supervision after his released a new border wall project could end a long-standing legacy for decades it served as a place where families and friends could meet at the u.s.-mexico border dave sum imers has the story >> reporter: for decades, friendship park has been a place considered safe. one of the few places where they could see each other, talk and share time together despite the border between them. >> it's disappointing to know that under president biden there is more border wall that's being constructed. >> reporter: despite canceling all border wall construction at the beginning of president biden's term, the director of americans friends service committee says the secretary of homeland security agreed to two new plans for walls 30-feet high

across the face of friendship park saying that it ends the long-standing tradition. >> it's border wall that will be taller, that will not 3rprovide for a feature of of access >> reporter: the assistant chief said there was no pedestrian gate that's the way both sides are able to access each other. we reached out to homeland security and customs and border protection in part of a statement released by cbp, a spokesperson wrote the current primary barrier, which included a monument gate was fl not properly treated to withstand corrosion from the ocean. it is no longer structurally

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in today's top stories, former white house counsel pat cipollone will testify before the january 6 committee. he was subpoenaed the day after cassidy hutchinson's explosive testimony about the run up to the capitol riot the testimony is critical, citing evidence that he raised multiple legal concerns about then president trump's conduct the interview will take place behind closed door the next public hearing is on tuesday.

the committee did not return nbc news' request for comment. the former cleveland cop who shot and killed tamir rice has been hired in pennsylvania he is now a policeman in a small borough. >> i'm still trying o to get murder charges filed on him. murder charges never expire. i'm still fighting forjustice for tamir. eric r. holder jr. faces life in prison when he is sentenced in september nipsey hussle was killed in hate march of 2019. holder and nipsey hussle used to be members of the same criminal

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right now at 4:30, shaken and shocked. a couple nearly escaped gunfire on the east bay freeway. the moment it was caught on camera and what they want you to know. breaking news from overseas. uk prime minister boris johnson plans to step down today. the anticipated announcement we expect any moment.