welcome back to "morning joe." we're just turning to the top of the hour here on the east coast. it is 8:00 in the morning in highland park, illinois, where we are learning new details about the mass shooting the a fourth of july parade that killed six people and injured 38 others just outside of chicago. authorities took a 22-year-old suspect into custody late yesterday following a brief car chase just hours after the attack. and just a short time ago, this morning the mayor of highland park revealed new information on the "today" show about the weapon used in the attack. >> i don't know where the gun came from. but i do know that it was legally obtained. and i think at some point this nation needs to have a

conversation about these weekly events involving the murder of dozens of people with legally obtained guns. if that is what our laws stand for, then i think we need to reexamine the laws. >> that is the mayor of highland park. tom llamas as more. >> reporter: from every angle, chaos, confusion, and carnage. a july 4th celebration through the center of town transformed into a mass casualty incident. >> active shooter call at highland park. >> police say the gunman took a sniper like position firing on to the parade from a roof using a high powered rifle. >> i picked up my kids and we ran again. i put them in the garbage dumpster and then i ran back to look for my partner and her daughter, and then i saw people shot on the ground. >> the attack sending crowds scrambling, panic parents trying to protect children.

>> just this horrific pow pow pow. and then you heard people screamings, bodies down. run for your live. that is what i heard. >> dr. david bomb along with dr. lawrence schechter were at the parade with their families initially running for safety, then turning back around and treating the wounded. >> all of a sudden there was a stampede of people coming and then i realized it was gunshots and i just thought to myself, this is how it is going to end end. >> six people shot and kill and more than 30 injured, the doctors couldn't believe what they were seeing. >> it was quite a horrific scene. >> as first responders tried to save lives, authorities launched a county wide dragnet looking for the shooter. more than eight hours later a north chicago police officer spotted the person they were looking for. attempted a traffic stop before the man led police on a short pursuit. this video appears to show the man who police say could be a

suspect on the the ground taken into custody. police identify the alleged shooter as 22-year-old robert e. crimo iii. a number of social media posts have been uncovered including disturbing music videos. at tack follows a spring of high-profile mass shootings from buffalo, to uvalde, to tulsa, all involving high powered ar-style rifles and robbing residents at a local celebration of their sense of safety and security. >> so this blood shed is happening yet in another american town and if you've never heard of highland park, you're familiar with it. it is the back drop of several famous american films including "home alone", ferris bueller's day off and families want to live here because it is safe and everyone knows each other and if you have the means, it is a great place to raise children and today this morning a lot of people here are very angry

because they say the alleged suspect here was troubled, that he had those social media videos and they weren't just red flags, they were announcements, in this case, this one could have been prevented. tom llamas, back to you guys. >> and a parade that looks like what we have attended for generations. for more on this information, let's bring in justice correspondent pete williams. good morning. what more could you tell us. >> reporter: well this manhunt went on for almost nine hours. it was very intensive. it involved aerial planes, helicopters, drones, a bomb-sniffing dog and people were told to stay in their homes. and then -- the arrest just before 8:00, about 7:00 central time when police in north chicago spotted the vehicle earlier in the day the police had put out an all points bulletin for the vehicle and that is what led to the arrest that brought this manhunt to a

close. but authorities say robert crimo left behind several disturbing videos. he seemed obsessed with violence and mass shootings. and the mayor of highland park, nancy rotoring, that you heard from earlier, said on the "today" program this morning that she actually knew him even from a very young age. here is what she said. >> i don't believe he was previously nope to police until yesterday. i know him as somebody who was a cub scout when i was a cub scout leader. and it is one of those things where you step back and you say, what happened? how did somebody become this angry, this hateful to then take it out on innocent people who literally were just having a family day out. we know that several postings really reflected a plan and a desire to commit carnage for a long time in advance. but i'm hesitant frankly, hoda, to talk about that.

i don't want other people to think that this is something that needs to be glorified. this is something that needs to be diminished. this is something that we need to talk about as a hateful impact on our nation. >> reporter: so while publicly they refer to crimo as a person of interest, privately they say he is the suspect. charges will be filed probably later today. obviously at least six murder charges and many more charges as authorities investigate how the weapon was obtained. one of the early clues in this case was actually the fact that police say after the shooting, crimo left the weapon at the scene. so it was recovered and an atf began an emergency trace. we don't know what the results were. but you heard the mayor say earlier they have determined the gun was legally purchased. >> we've heard high power rifle and it was legally purchased. the mayor said that in the interview with hoda. does that track with what you're

hearing. >> yes. but we don't know what type of weapon, whether he had high-capacity magazines with him and we're waiting to find that out and i'm sure we'll hear about that later today. >> we've been hearing some reporting this morning on our show from ben collins and others about the internet history of this suspect, this 22-year-old suspect. very violent imagery as you pointed out. big picture here, what role does law enforcement believe it should play or that it does play in some cases or just communities in fact in tracking this stuff so that the red flags could go up much earlier than they have been. >> not law enforcement for sure, because obviously they can't track -- number one to-t would be a physical impossibility to keep track of all sorts of videos like this. he was, as i think maybe you discussed earlier today, somebody who was sort of a rapper. he a presentation on youtube. and that is where he posted some of the very disturbing videos. but the people who have studied

these mass shootings in the past, including the secret service, they did a report every year on mass shootings and it is the same theme year after year. that people give off warning signs. they don't just suddenly snap. and that it is up to people in the community to follow up on that. so there is a question about this young man's mental health, all of the obvious signs that he was giving off and it does raise the question you just did about people in the community who have a responsibility to try to intervene. >> and the social media company as well. you put that altogether with access with high power weapons, that is what you get. and joining us from highland park is dick durbin of illinois. we appreciate you being with us this morning. what could you tell us about what you've seen and heard there in highland park, you have and i talked many times about chicago roots. i was born in evanston, not far from where you are right now. many americans, even if they've inform ben to highland park, they know highland park. they know that kind of town,

that kind of fourth of july parade shattered yesterday by this alleged suspect. >> i wouldn't have thought twice about inviting my son, my granddaughter to come and watch the fourth of july parade at highland park. it is a great community. one of the safest in our state in our nation and what happened yesterday was the clash of two traditions. one wonderful tradition, a fourth of july parade and another horrible emerging tradition of mass shootings. and while this was going on in highland park, this horrible massacre, there were six people being shot on the south side of chicago. guns, 400 million firearms across america without adequate regulation and safety measures, really have led us to this point. >> and so senator, let's get into that a little bit. as you look at this shooting and the others that you've dealt with on a national scale in terms of trying to get legislation to prevent innocent people from being killed, obviously you did some work

coming out of uvalde and buffalo and got a bipartisan piece of legislation through, not as much as i suspect you would have liked but it was something. what else is out there, senator, when you have a number of republicans who aren't willing to go along with much of anything in terms of stopping the sale of ar-15s, high power semi-automatic rifles to people who shouldn't be getting them. how do we stop this as a society. >> well i could tell you, the bill that we did pass and the president signed, the one chris murphy put together with john cornyn and thom tillis and kyrsten sinema will save lives but it doesn't get to the root of the issue. we have a weapon, this weapon, we're not sure the specific weapon that was used yesterday, but ar-15 is the most common used that has no sporting purpose, no hunting purpose. not a self-defense purpose. it is a collectors item and there are millions of them across america.

they were invented for the military for mass killing. military should be using them for that purpose and so say that they should be available for people 18 years of age to purchase them, goes way beyond anything the second amendment writers could have envisioned. >> as much as the president cheered the passage of that legislation you just mentioned and of course signed it into law, he was dismayed by the supreme court decision on firearms, to allow them to be more easily carried an concealed throughout our country. let me get your take on that. how dangerous is that? how much more difficult will it be for communities like the one you're standing in right now, a grieving community to prevent further gun tragedies like this because of that decision? >> several years ago, nancy rotoring, the mayor, led a ban to ban assault weapons, it was challenged to the supreme court. the supreme court said that she did have the right to do that.

the two dissenters included justice clarence thomas, the same justice who wrote the opinion just a week or so ago that basically said there is limitation on the regulation of these guns. so we could see that there is a dots to be connected here and they're not very encouraging in a 6-3 court. >> and senator, we heard from the mayor there that this gun appears to have been legally purchased. you could walk us through how that could happen in the state of illinois, which has some of the tighter gun regulations across the country, how does one purchase a gun like this and should there have been some sort of red flag that should have gone off that should have prevented it? >> well it is often said, it is part of urban legend, that chicago has the toughest gun laws in the nation. that may have been true at some point in the past. supreme court rulings have basically stopped that from occurring. we're subject to the same regulations and limitations when

it comes to gun safety. and in this circumstance, in america we have this anomaly, you have to be 21 by federal law to purchase a handgun. but you could purchase a long gun, which includes these weapons like ar-15 at the age of 18. now a recent bill said we're going to have a better background check on younger purchases. i salute that and i support that. but it is still beyond any understanding that i could offer as to why in the world individuals have to purchase and own a gun made for military purposes and put a clip on this that has multiple pieces of ammunition that could be shot at an individual, and you could see the horror that we witnessed yesterday in highland park. >> senator, a lot of tough conversations, i know you had yesterday. happening with families across the country as this news crossed and i'm sure as families wake up this morning about saying to your kids it is okay to go to the fourth of july parade, it is okay to go to your fourth grade classroom or go to the supermarket, things we've

assured our nation and we'll continue to do those things but what do you say to a family that is worried that this could happen anywhere because the fact of the matter is now it can. >> highland park teaches us all this could happen anywhere in the united states and we reached point where we sick and tired and angry if you will that they're taking away from us in the name of the second amendment and a distortion of it in my point of view, they're taking away the basic elements of american life that we've enjoyed for generations. our founding fathers could not have envisioned that when they wrote the second amendment. the answer, quite simply, is an election. when voters who feel strongly about it elect people who share their feelings, that is what makes a difference in a democracy. >> senator dick durbin of illinois, please pass along our love and condolences to the people of highland park. we appreciate you taking some time with us this morning. thank you. >> i will, thank you. thank you. senator. up next, we'll go live to the white house for reaction from

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a little while ago i spoke with president biden who pledged all support the white house can provide. the president agrees with me, this madness must stop. >> illinois governor j.b. pritzker yesterday after the mass shooting that killed six people and injured dozens more in highland park. a suburb of chicago. president biden talked about the shooting while hosting a fourth of july gathering for military families at the white house. >> before i left for europe, i signed a law, the first real gun safety law in 30 years. [ cheering and applause ] and things will get better still, but not without more hard

work together. you all heard what happened, you all heard what happened today. and each day we're reminded, there is nothing guaranteed about our democracy. nothing guaranteed about our way of life. we have to fight for it. defend it. and earn it, by voting. >> six people have passed and others are wounded. but we have a lot more work to do. we have to get this under control. we have to get this under control. but having said that, i just want to keep a slight moment of silence for all of those families. >> the president yesterday joining us now white house political reporter eugene daniels, a "morning joe" senior contributor. thank you for being with us again today. let's talk about the vice president who is in chicago today, a prescheduled conference with the national education association. but she'll be about 30 miles where she sits from the shooting

in highland park yesterday. >> reporter: yeah. good morning, willie. i've talked to white house officials here and they say that vice president harris is going to talk about this mass shooting in her speech at the national education association conference. this is, like you said, something that they had already planned for her to go to. and so she is going to be right now the face of the administration on the ground in chicago. they haven't said whether or not she's adding any events or anything like that. but this is something that vice president harris does do at times, talk when there is a large event like this. but this is one of those where she was already going to be there. and when you talk to folks here about hearing all of the public pressure that is on them to do something, when you hear what the governor of illinois said right there, that president biden was going to give all of the resources that the federal government can give, that is kind of the sense that there is only so much that they could do. at this point, the

administration feels that out of the executive action that they feel legally they could do, possibly has been done. president biden has signed multiple tranches of executive action for gun safety legislation in this country, or gun safety in this country. and he also signed ands you could hear there is hammering in the back ground so i hope you could hear me, but as the -- he signed that bill from the congress on gun safety legislation and what i hear from white house officials even one that i spoke with just a few minutes ago, is that this is not going to stop. that they're hoping that what president biden signed is going to give folks some -- show them that the world doesn't end when there is a piece of gun safety legislation that is signed into law. but they also don't know a lost facts in this case so they don't know how this would have actually stopped or helped save lives in this case. and so people continue to look to the white house for answers. what they say is that their atf

director, who there has only been in the history of atf one other person who has been a senate confirmed atf director, that person is going to be voted on next week. they're going to look to him for a lot of what they're going to do next in this avenue. and one of the things that i continue to hear from gun control advocates is that they want to see the white house stop taking things off the table. stop saying what they think they can't do and allow the courts to decide something like that. but that gets into a situation where the administration does not want to have the power of the agency shrink, you saw that happen last week with the epa for example. one of the things that president biden could do now that gun advocates have wanted him to do is create a white house office of gun prevention and that is something that would operate out of this office. >> eugene, it is jonathan, it is a summer of construction there at the west wing. we'll be dealing with that for weeks yet. but i want to talk about, you

just detailed the legislation that the president has signed. but let's talk about tone. we heard from governor pritzker yesterday say, quote, if your angry today, i'm here today to tell you to be angry. he was at times seething and really visibly frustrated by this mass shooting in his home state. president biden took a moment yesterday during the fourth of july celebrations to tout again this bipartisan gun legislation. which everyone agrees on the democratic side is hey, that is a good step. but an incremental one. >> that it didn't accomplish all that much. and they want to hear more fire from this president about guns, about abortion rights, to really be out there and sort of try to connect with the anger in his party. people you talk to there today, is there any chance we'll hear that from the president? >> it is unclear.

because all of the people outside of the administration who work on abortion to climate change to gun safety, pick your democrat constituency groups, to civil rights to voting rights, they want to see a president of the united states, their president, the guy they put in office be more forceful. and we've seen that at times. an we've talked about this. something will happen that is very shocking when it comes to the dobbs decision last week for example and you'll see the president talk about that but they want it to be continuous. they want to see the president be angry continuously because they want this anger reflected back to them. and folks here know that. they know that the president knows that and it happens from time to time. the question is about the consistency. why, when there is something that happens that shakes the american public, they want to see a fighter, democrats want to see a fighter. and that is something that joe biden in all of the years of everybody covering him, his 36 years in the senate, eight years

as vice president, he could get fiery. but the tone they've taken is of a president who continues to be the consoler in chief and at time shows anger. but he is also someone who came into the white house saying that he wants to heal the nation, talking about saving the soul of the country and that is the balance that they have to strike. it is something that has been frustrating for democrats and continue to be frustrating for democrats as they move into the midterms and beyond. the question is, will a midterm shilacking as his old boss put it change the tone from this white house consistently on this issue. >> that will be renewed criticism and attention paid by democrats to the president in the wake of the shooting yesterday outside of chicago. "morning joe" senior contributor eugene daniels, thank you so much. still to come, the stories of the first responders and regular people who ran toward the danger in highland park yesterday. plus what we know about the

victims. one a grandfather sitting in his wheelchair along the parade route. another a beloved staff member at a local synagogue. "morning joe" is coming right back. synagogue "morning joe" is coming right back

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the shooting in highland park, illinois, was not the only case of gun violence during yesterday's fourth of july festivities. in philadelphia, two law enforcement officers have been released now from the hospital after they were shot during an event last night. police say the officers were working security at a concert and fireworks show near the city's museum of art when the shots rang out around 10:00. the chaos send crowds running away while fireworks lit up the sky behind them and at an overnight press conference, the police commissioner said investigators are still unsure where the gunfire came from and whether it was a targeted attack. there is an update this morning on a slooting last thursday in kentucky that killed three officers. it happened after a gunman opened fire on police during a standoff. we learned last night two members of the law enforcement remain hospitalized and a police dog was killed in the shooting. the gunman unleashed a barrage of gunfire when officers

attempted to serve a warrant after the wife told officers she had been held against her will for several days and sexually assaulted. new details about the victims about the shooting fourth of july parade. six people were kill and 38 injured. we've learned 26 people initially were brought to highland park hospital and that is where we find nbc news correspondent kathy park. kathy, good morning, what is the latest? >> reporter: willie, good morning to you. well as of this morning, we know that several patients are still recovering at area hospitals and right behind me is highland park hospital and despite the crush of patients that came through yesterday, we've learned that 19 people have already been treated and released. meanwhile this morning we're also hearing more stories from attendees at the parade yesterday whose lives were turned upside down. when gunshots pierced highland

park fourth of july parade route, confusion and panic quickly set in. many attendees forced to spring into action amid a flurry of gunfire. >> there were a number of actions by members of community, by police, by first responders, that rushed in and immediately tended to the victims, trying to get them help. >> reporter: witnesses say they saw young children rush other kids out of harm's way. >> he said my name is blake. and the other little boy said, blake run. run. and he grabbed blake's hand and he joined one his family and his family took blake to safety. >> among those caught in the barrage of bullets was a highland park high school marching band. >> i couldn't believe that there was so many shots in a row and then it stopped for a short while. and then it continued again. >> reporter: the teens seen running from the sound of gunfire. the school said every member made it out safely, including

gavin's son. >> a shout out to the band who did a brilliant job of kind of keeping the kids altogether and safe, thank god everybody was fine. >> reporter: still, as a suspected lone gunman attacked while positioned from a rooftop, those on the ground describe the scene as a war zone. in the aftermath, folding chairs, strollers and even toys left abandoned by panicked parade-goers trying to flee from the violence. more than 30 people were injured and rushed to local hospitals. six people lost their lives. including 76-year-old nicholas toll, a father of eight and grandfather to many. his family telling "the new york times," he was fatally shot while sitting along the parade route in his wheelchair. his family saying he originally didn't want to attend the parade. jackie's sundheim, from israel, was also killed. her synagogue writing her

kindness and warmth touched us all. there are no words sufficient to express the depth of our grief for our death. and amid the chaos, a doctor and nurses here at highland park hospital, as they were trying to save lives yesterday, less than a mile away, that is where the parade route was so that was essentially a crime scene. so an emergency situation was playing out in the backyard, so the hospital had to be placed on lockdown as officials were trying to find the gunman for several hours. a manhunt that lasted over eight hours. willie. >> people at fourth of july parade turned into field medics. just incredible. awful. kathy park, thanks so much. a state of emergency now is in effect in akron, ohio, as anger continues to grow over the shooting death of a black man by police there. citing, quote, credible cause to believe further threats of violence and unrest exist, the city's mayor issued the emergency order yesterday. it comes amid protests and

clashes with police in akron in response to the deadly shooting of jayland walker. after he was pulled over for a traffic stop. he led police on a high-speed chase and police say he fired a shot from the car before trying to run away with eight officers later firing dozens of rounds at the 25-year-old. nbc news correspondent maggie vespa has more. >> reporter: mounting anger and a march to the mayor's house demanding justice for jayland walker, the man shot dozens of times authorities say by eight officers in akron, ohio. >> it is hard to see that a young black man was gunned down. >> reporter: the mayor declaring a state of emergency after more protests police appearing to deploy tear gas on a crowd enraged at new body cam video of monday's deadly shooting. the family attorney said authorities told him an estimated 90 rounds were fired leaving jay land walker with 60

wound on his body. they say the 25-year-old was unarmed when he was killed. >> in this case, there was an attack on my client. that was an attack. >> i understand the public's demand for information now. >> reporter: the 7-minute clip shows walker's last moments beginning with a high-speed chase. they tried to pull him over for a traffic violation which was not shown on tape but he sped off and allegedly fired at them. >> a shot came out the door. >> reporter: police say you could see the flash from the gun from a security camera. the video shows walker later ran from his car wearing a sky mask. officers investigators say they fired tasers but missed. moments later that fatal hail of bullets. police saying the officers said they thought walker was turning toward them reaching for a gun. adding they found a gun, not on him, but in his car. the family revealing walker had recently lost his fiance. robert hubbard was walker's high school wrestling coach,

remembering him as a sweet kid. >> i've never seen him raise his voice in anger to be shot down like that, like some type of an -- a rabid animal. it was devastating. i still don't understand it. >> the eight officers who have yet to be name ready on leave per standard prt while the state investigates. the family pleading for answers. >> we just want to know what happened and why did this have to happen to him. >> maggie vespa reporting from akron, ohio. >> coming up on "morning joe," new polling shows how quickly americans are losing confidence in some key american institutions. from the supreme court, to the presidency, we'll break down the new numbers just ahead on "morning joe." s just ahead on s just ahead on "morning joe." i realized thate was overweight.

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angeles. 9:42 here on the east coast. now to sometark new numbers about the confidence or lack thereof americans have in institutions. a new poll shows the supreme court and the presidency have the largest drops compared to this time last year. congress still the lowest of all. the big american institutions only 7% of american adults say they have faith it is working properly. joining us now, mohamed younis, take us through some of the numbers. obviously congress has never been terribly popular with the american public but we're seeing erosion in the presidency and the supreme court as well. >> absolutely. the two worst rated institutions, i have to say, are the one behind me, congress and the one i'm in, tv news. and i'd like to talk to you about that at the end. but what is important to point out is that among the 16 institutions that we've been tracking since 1972, 11 saw

significant drops this year. but this is a 15-year bipartisan consistent decline across the board. so this is not something new. unfortunately for america, and americans, it is only a continuation of a trend we've seen. the people that rate them the highest is now at 27%. >> s for the rerd, i he emendous confidee in willie geist. >> thank you. >> but i want to dig in further on some of the polling results here. obviously the supreme court has been in the news dramatically in recent weeks and certainly among democrats i think, their faith in that institution has really fallen. but if you will, speak to us about the impact of former president trump who basically spent four years as president attacking institutions, whether it be the department of justice, or the media, or congress or the executive mansion itself. what role has he played in these

numbers? >> i think the political narrative in the country, the worst it has gotten, the worse the numbers have gottenment but it is important to keep in mind that people are frustrated with different institutions for different reasons. a lot of the narrative that we saw, whether it is from president trump or specifically in the campaign era, and particularly also with bernie sanders, really speak to the underlying disappointment that americans have with national government. right now only 13% of americans are satisfied with the way things are going in the country. i think there is hope, though, and there is a lot of hope at the top of that lit. and what ranks the highest really are the military, as well as small businesses. and it is really important to keep in mind that the things that those two institutions represent to americans, local accountability, failure and success are very clearly defined, they get their hands dirty. they don't take credit for

things they didn't do. they really feel different than a lot of other institutions on that list. i think the media is one of the most important challenges and it is different because we've learned that division really sells. so there is a business model challenge with that. but there is a lot of hope for the future. i think when americans have been celebrating at their highest levels, like for example we just have fourth of july, pride in american citizenship, we've made some of the worst decisions as a nation, bipartisan decisions that we've ever made. perhaps this relatively low is a moment where americans are looking more closely at their leaders and putting more pressure on the kind of demonstrated leadership they want to see and that they approve of in those two institutions that are at the top. >> there are two more institutions that are intertwined is the police and the criminal justice system. both fell six points from 2021 to 2022.

and both have feels like have received criticism from both sides of the political spectrum. break down what you're seeing in those two fields? >> absolutely. and those are so critical. heartbreaking story we just heard from your previous segment speaks to that. the police is at a record low in confidence or historically low. and we saw it dip dramatically in the summer of the murder of george floyd. but it is important to point out among republicans, that the two institutions that lost confidence the most this year were the military and police. so it is not necessarily a partisan issue here. however, the police is one of those institutions, obviously it is a local institution and we ask about it nationally, one of the institutions along party lines and difference along racial lines an that is been a consistent challenge that has been with us for several years now. >> and as we talked about many times on the show and recent weeks, there is so much weighing

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this morning we have new information in the investigation into the death of a palestinian american journalist who was shot and killed at the west bank in early may. they said israeli gun fire is what likely killed her and investigators could not reach a definitive conclusion on where the bullet came from and quote no reason to believe it was intentional. joining us now is nbc news foreign correspondent raf sanchez. what can you tell us? >> reporter: willie, good morning. this american statement has really angered all sides here.

the palestinians have said they knew for nearly two months she was they say not likely definitely killed by israeli fire and as for israel they have president biden coming here next week and now in a position where the u.s. government is saying an israeli soldier likely killed an american citizen. this morning partial answers to the question who killed veteran palestinian american journalist. the state department concluding it's likely she was shot by israeli troops while covering a raid in the occupied west bank in may. impossible to know for certain the department says because the fatal bullet was so badly damaged forensic investigation didn't happen. the u.s. found no reason to believe the shooting was

intentional. israel's military saying the force of the fire could not be determined. for now no individuals held accountable. it's not enough for a family seeking justice. >> the u.s. hasn't done its obligation to protect its citizen and not carried out an investigation like it should when other american citizens are killed abroad. >> what would an independent investigation look like to you? would you like the fbi or theu.n. to be involved? >> yes. >> reporter: she was one of the middle east's most prominent journalists. at her funeral mourners attacked by israeli police. they said they were responding to rock throwing and in congress lawmakers calling for answers. >> i do think there needs to be an objective investigation. >> reporter: president biden redding to israel next week meeting a new israeli prime minister just days into the job. a summit now shadowed by the

killing of an american likely by israeli fire. now her niece told me she hopes president biden will make time to meet with her family when she is in jerusalem next week. not clear if that will happen but she hopes either the president will speak up and demand accountability for her aunt's killing. willie? >> raf sanchez reporting for us. thank you. jonathan, we're thinking about a fourth of july parade in highland park, illinois. shattered by gun fire. six people killed. 38 others injured. we get stories of survivors. a school teacher there with her husband shot. scenes of horror in america again. >> yeah. the video is so striking.

when the gunshots ring out. in that moment you can see confusion by those lining the parade route because there's no way possible when could be gun fire surely. but yet it was. another sad american story on america's birthday and i'm struck by the images we have seen of police officers holding his head in anguish walking by strollers and chairs. stuffed animals left behind and blood on the ground and with dropped american flags. >> again, a young man who left behind a long trail online of hate and fantasies about violence. that does it for us this morning. jose diaz-balart picks up the coverage after a quick break. e e coverage after a quick break and kicking it up a notch with smoky-

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