we have congressman brad schneider back with us.n you tell us anything about the suspect, the person they're looking for? >> i don't have any information. they put out an alert that someone with a large yellow backpack, is the only detail authorities have issued. what i do know is that there are five people in our community who are murdered and 16 hurt and our entire community, celebrating independence day, thousands of people come out for this parade, it's a festive occasion, people gathering from all walks of life, celebrating together, and today that celebration was destroyed by a horrific shooting attack that killed five of our community. >> and at the bottom right side of our screen we see there are microphones in place as we await that press conference. congressman schneider, you were there when this happened. you heard the shots. did you immediately realize what was happening? >> no, as i said, this was one of five parades i walk in, so i was just getting to town. people on my team heard shots rang out, police started running

pete williams, nbc news, washington >> we're joined now by congressman brad schneider who represents highland park congressman, thank you for being with us. my understanding you were just pulling into highland park when the shooting broke out can you tell us what you saw and experienced? >> sure. i mean this is one of five independence day parades we do every year it's a tradition here in town. i just finished the first one and was coming into town for the second one when i was talking to my team they said shots just rang out and everyone is scattering. i was probably a half mile away. i went around the parade area. what i saw were people leaving the area in a hurried fashion. i think most people were in shock. and unclear exactly what was happening as governor pritzker called it a monster with a high-powered assault weapon shattered what is an annual celebration of america's independence day with untold numbers of rounds killing -- murdering six people and wounding at least 24 others. >> police have said it was a high-powered weapon you're saying it was a high-powered assault weapon

joining me now is congressman brad schneider, democrat from illinois who represents highland park. he was at the parade when the shots were fired. congressman, good to see you. >> good to be here, thanks. >> this is the route along which the parade was going where the shots were fired. you were moving your way between towns. you had four parades you were going to. >> five parades. >> you were coming here. >> literally just arrived was talking to my team on where to connect to join the parade route. they hadn't yet joined the route when the shots rang out. woman i was talking to, ari, said there's been shots. everyone is running to get away. and i moved away from the parade grounds. but this is a parade that, you know, thousands of people line this route. they come together, families, generations, grandparents, parents and grandchildren. i talked to one family 16 family members were sitting where the shooting took place, celebrating the nation's birthday. our independence, our freedom. >> yeah. >> and only to have in a flash of a moment upwards of 70 rounds fired. ar-style weapon ki

. >> joining me now, democratic congressman brad schneider. it's good to have you with us, of illinois, we should point out this is your district, this is your town. there are so many questions this morning about what could have been prevented, what happens next. paul was just pointing out, these red flag laws apply to people who already have a firearm. saying it's a stark reminder, a our gun laws fall short of the standard that feels like common sense to most americans and calls on the state to better educate themselves about those laws and how they could use them if needed. is that the only recourse you see at this point or is there a legislative path to make things, perhaps, stronger? >> there's no single recourse, but certainly, people, we all need to educate ourselves about the laws and how they're applied. the highland park police reported to the state police that it's a dynamic situation. it was two years ago when they visited his house. there's a lot of information that needs to be gathered before we draw any ultimate conclusions, but

here >> it's a pleasure. >> congressman brad schneider from illinois who represents highland park.e're gonna speak with a surgeon who was at the parade. congressman was talking about the damage that these weapons of war do. a search and who was there in the family, he jumped in to help treat the wounded, as soon as a shooting stop. he is next. a shooting stop he is next when you need help it's great to be in sync with customer service. a team of reps who can anticipate the next step genesys technology is changing the way customer service teams anticipate what customers need. because happy customers are music to our ears. genesys, we're behind every customer smile. when the crowd started running, at first he thought a celebrity had been spotted. howard praeger was playing the tube with his classroom band, a jewish instrumental group at the highland park fourth of july parade yesterday when the horror began to unfold. i spoke with mr. prather earlier this evening. >> this was the scene of the shooting behind us. when you were performing what happened in that moment when the shooting

joining us now, illinois congressman brad schneider who was at the parade.you know we're expecting the news conference in highland park to begin. we're going to go to it. we an tis pate they will be making an announcement of criminal charges against the suspect, this person of interest so if i interrupt you, that's why. >> absolutely. >> let me get your reaction to the major news tonight. police now say they have not one but two prior contacts with the suspect including an incident where knives and a sword were seized from his home after he actually threatened to quote, kill everyone. what's your reaction when you hear that? i'll get your reaction later. the news conference is beginning. >> including states attorney eric rheiner. for lake county. fbi essential agent in charge, emerson bulet jr. george resindo. john laush. highland park mayor. highland park chief of police and we'll begin with states attorney, eric reinhardt. >> good evening. as a resident myself, my family and i grieve with our neighbors over this unimaginable tragedy. i want to express my c

congressman brad schneider from illinois who represents highland park.re gonna speak with a surgeon who was at the parade. congressman was talking about the damage that these weapons of war do. a surgeon who was there with his family, he jumped in to help treat the wounded, as soon as a shooting stopped. he is next. oting stopped. he is next >> ...a "chow down" day... a "take a big bite" day... a "perfectly delicious" day... >> mm. [ chuckles ] >> ...a "love my new teeth" da the menu. a clearchoice day changes every day. schedule a free consultation. every search you make, every click you take, every move you make, every step you take, i'll be watching you. the internet doesn't have to be duckduckgo is a free all in one privacy app with a built in search engine, web browser, one click data clearing and more stop companies like google from watching you, by downloading the app today. duckduckgo: privacy, simplified. when the crowd started running, at first he thought a celebrity had been spotted. howard prager was playing the tuba with his classroom band,

> my team was just at the very beginning of the parade route, illinois democratic congressman brad schneider with at monday's july 4th parade in highland park when the shooting began, the moment was shattered and lives destroyed. schneider represent the now morning community in washington. he says the shooting makes clear congress must do more to keep guns out of the wrong hands as the court, a ban on assault weapons. these are weapons of war tuesday. the white house echoed that call. we need to make sure that we ban assault right? that is one of the things that's being reported >> that suspect had. but the majority of republican lawmakers argue gun control is still not the answer. in a tweet, colorado republican congresswoman lauren boebert. >> said, quote, restricting the freedom of law abiding americans will never, ever make us safer. boebert is one of dozens of republicans who voted against the new compromise gun safety bill that president biden signed into law last month. that was an important first step. tuesday. the president said he does not know if he'll visit the shooting site, but

forward movement on the issue, many advocates are still pushing for more democratic congressman brad schneidero represents highland park, was at that 4th of july parade yesterday when the shots rang out. >> my team was just at the very beginning of the parade route. the moment was shattered and lives destroyed. i support a ban on assault weapons. these are weapons of war. >> dozens of republicans voted against the gun control legislation most claiming restricting a constitutional freedom would not solve america's gun problem. >> an investigation is underway in philadelphia after a highway patrol officer and a sheriff's deputy was shot during a 4th of july concert. there. the officer was grazed on his forehead. the deputy shot in the shoulder. both men were simply providing security for the concert. they have since been released from the hospital. no arrests have been mape in their shootings here in the bay area. san jose police arrested a 15 year-old boy for having a ghost gun. it happened over the weekend while officers were conducting fireworks enforcement in the alviso neighborhood. >> the

> my team was just at the very beginning of the parade route, illinois democratic congressman brad schneiders july 4th parade in highland park when the shooting began, the moment was shattered and lives destroyed. schneider represent the now morning community in washington. he says the shooting makes clear congress must do more to keep guns out of the

> my team was just at the very beginning of the parade route, illinois democratic congressman brad schneider with at monday's july 4th parade in highland park when the shooting began, the moment was shattered and lives destroyed. schneider represents the now morning community in washington. he says the shooting makes clear congress must do more to keep guns out of the wrong hands. i support a ban on assault weapons. these are weapons of war tuesday. the white house echoed that call. we need to make sure that we ban assault right? that is one of the things that's being reported >> that suspect had. but the majority of republican lawmakers argue gun control is still not the answer. in a tweet, colorado republican congresswoman lauren boebert. >> said, quote, restricting the freedom of law abiding americans will never, ever make us safer. boebert is one of dozens of republicans who voted against the new compromise gun safety bill that president biden signed into law last month but was an important first step. tuesday. the president said he does not know if he'll visit the shooting site, but did

now, illinois democratic congressman brad schneider says the u.s. must stop gun violence. highland park is an experience, something that no community should ever experience. democrats like connecticut senator chris murphy and illinois senator tammy duckworth. >> came out in support and agree that the recent gun control legislation is only a small step forward. we have finally become stronger. then the gun lobby. nothing can stop us. somebody second amendment rights does not cancel out somebody else's right to life. >> liberty and the pursuit of happiness. these participants and lawmakers are confident a ban on assault-style weapons. we'll make the country safer. reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. >> the red carpet rollout for president biden's first visit to israel since taking office. it's part of his four-day whirlwind trip to the middle east, which includes a stop in saudi arabia. one of the world's largest oil exporters on the agenda, a push to boost oil production and lower gas prices here at home. nationally prices have fallen about $0.14 a gallon from last we

well, in the last few minutes chicago, congressman brad schneider, has tweeted about the incident saying they are hearing of loss of life and injuries . to day, a shooter struck in highland park during the independence day parade. my campaign team and i were gathering at the start the parade when shooting started, my team and i are safe and secure, and we're monitoring the situation closely and we're in touch with the mer ok still ahead on al jazeera ukraine calls on turkey to seize what it says is tons of stone and grain on board of rush and flight cargo ship and tens of thousands of in east in australia face that full flooding, emergency, and 18 months. ah, the journey has begun. the 3 full world camp is on its way to catherine book. your travel package today. yes. in the sandstorm blue, 3 iraq, it into iran in the last 24 hours or so. and you'd expect that this time, the year you get hot, dry and dusty just we've been rather dusty than he's normal. and once again, the bit of a shamal blowing down this, the side of sadie means more dust here. coming up against the southwest monsoon flo

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as we do that, let's bring in representative brad schneider who represents highland park. and congressman, thanks for being here. we appreciate you spending the time -- >> thank you. >> what have you been hearing, sir, in terms of the latest on this investigation, as highland park is your district? >> right, it's not just my district, it's my home. and this morning, as thousands of people gathered as they do every 4th of july to celebrate our nation's birthday, the parade was shattered with the birth of gunfire. six people murdered, and dozens injured. our town is grieving tonight, still in shock, and angry about what's happening. i think there is relief. i know this, earlier i was at that command center, and this was identified, this individual was identified as a person of interest. it's a sigh of relief that he's been apprehended, and hopefully, tonight, people can breathe a little bit easier. everyone's been basically locked in their homes since 10:15 this morning. >> sir, how do you feel about the person of interest being from your neighborhood, potentially? >> well,

democratic congressman brad schneider says he was at the start of the parade when the shooting beganrby evanston, illinois have canceled their fourth of july festivities. our affiliate reports streets were cleared along the parade route as well as nearby glencoe. here is what witnesses are telling our affiliate. >> i heard like a pop, pop, pop. like everybody, i thought it's maybe a display from one of the

as we do that, let's bring in representative brad schneider who represents highland park. and congressman, thanks for being here. we appreciate you spending the time -- >> thank you. >> what have you been hearing, sir, in terms of the latest on this investigation, as highland park is your district? >> right, it's not just my district, it's my home. and this morning, as thousands of people gathered as they do every 4th of july to celebrate our nation's birthday, the parade was shattered with the birth of gunfire. six people murdered, and dozens injured. our town is grieving tonight, still in shock, and angry about what's happening. i think there is relief. i know this, earlier i was at that command center, and this was identified, this individual was identified as a person of interest. it's a sigh of relief that he's been apprehended, and hopefully, tonight, people can breathe a little bit easier. everyone's been basically locked in their homes since 10:15 this morning. >> sir, how do you feel about the person of interest being from your neighborhood, potentially? >> well,

the issue, though many advocates are still pushing for more, including democratic congressman brad schneider, who represents highland park, illinois, and who was at that july 4th parade. >> my team was just at the very beginning of the parade route. the moment was shattered and lives destroyed. i support a ban on assault weapons. these are weapons of war. >> also today, vice president kamala harris voice her support for a ban on assault rifle. she went to that town to talk with some of the survivors and first responders. meantime, the white house is ordering flags be flown at half-staff to honor the victims of yesterday's deadly 4th of july shooting in illinois. other news here at home, an explosion on the 4th of july. it wasn't caused fireworks. a south bay family is out of vehicle, but >> they still have their home. their lives and a hero for a pet force. justin campbell explains what happened. >> firefighters rushed to put out a fight. >> i got my husband thought. heard a firework. you know, when a donor does when they don't work and then. >> that loud noise, margaret bowls in her husband

ago, nine days ago, a block behind us, at the highland park art center i stood with congressman brad schneider and bob morgan and other community members in an anti-gun rally. and in our exhibit, right now, outside there, and so it is -- that's the type of community where we stand on fire arms and assault weapons, but for us, everything has been normal. this was the most normal -- we hadn't had a fourth of july parade, where we all came together as a community, and we were excited to celebrate. >> i spoke to a 17-year-old girl who was part of that march for our lives event a few weeks ago and she specifically remembered someone telling her from the stage, it could happen here. it could happen here. and she didn't fully believe it two weeks ago. and then she was marching in the parade here yesterday. david, thank you for being with us. i'm glad you and your family are safe. be well. >> thank you for being here. >> again, boris, what is interesting to see is as people come back here, to the main area here, really getting a sense of the situation, getting a sense of the horror and coming to terms

> my team was just at the very beginning of the parade route, illinois democratic congressman brad schneider with at monday's july 4th parade in highland park when the shooting began, the moment was shattered and lives destroyed. schneider represent the now morning community in washington. he says the shooting makes clear. >> congress must do more to keep guns out of the wrong hands as the court, a ban on assault weapons. these are weapons of war tuesday. the white house echoed that call. we need to make sure that we ban assault right? that is one of the things that's being reported >> that suspect had. but the majority of republican lawmakers argue gun control is still not the answer. >> in a tweet, colorado republican congresswoman lauren boebert said, quote, restricting the freedom of law abiding americans will never, ever make us safer. boebert is one of dozens of republicans who voted against the new compromise gun safety bill that president biden signed into law last month. that was an important first step. tuesday. the president said he does not know if he'll visit the shooting site,

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joining us now is democratic congressman brad schneider who represents highland park. he was gathered with his staff at the start of the parade when the shooting started. congressman, thanks for being with us. talk to me about this district and what you experienced yesterday. >> it's a wonderful district like districts across the country. independence day say time for communities to come together and celebrate. here if highland park, my hometown, this parade, thousands of people would gather on the route. parade participants are school organizations, school band, school theater, church and synagogues. you have service organizations all celebrating america's birthday. yesterday, that celebration was shattered shortly after it started around 10:15 when the shooter from a rooftop fired off untold numbers of rounds killing, murdering six people and hurting dozens of others. is town -- our tow is rting. there's a lot of pain, a lot of grief, especially families that lost loved ones. there's anger we haven't done anything or enough in this country to reduce the number of mas

> my team was just at the very beginning of the parade route, illinois democratic congressman brad schneider with at monday's july 4th parade in highland park when the shooting began, the moment was shattered and lives destroyed. schneider represents the now morning community in washington. he says the shooting makes clear. >> congress must do more to keep guns out of the wrong hand. i support a ban on assault weapons. these are weapons of war tuesday. the white house echoed that call. we need to make sure that we ban assault right? that is one of the things that's being reported >> that suspect had. but the majority of republican lawmakers argue gun control is still not the answer. in a tweet, colorado republican congresswoman lauren boebert. >> said, quote, restricting the freedom of law abiding americans will never, ever make us safer. boebert is one of dozens of republicans who voted against the new compromise gun safety bill that president biden signed into law last month. that was an important first step. tuesday. the president said he does not know if he'll visit the shooting site, bu

this is congressman brad schneider. he said today a shooter struck in highland park during the independence day parade. my campaign team and i were gathering at the start of the parade when the shooting started. my team and i are safe and secure. we're monitoring the situation closely and are in touch with the mayor. hearing of loss of life and other injuries. now, that's what we cannot confirm just yet, kaitlan, is if there were any fatalities, how many injuries. but of course many are being reported as far as injuries are concerned at this moment. but we are still reaching out to hospitals to try to get a sense if they've taken in anyone who was injured by any sort of gunshot wounds possibly or any other type of injuries they might be experiencing at area hospitals. we also know the governor of illinois is assessing the situation as well as local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies. so again, a very chaotic scene right now in that suburb north of chicago as we're all working to figure out exactly what happene

we have a congressman who was at the parade, brad schneider saying he is hearing about a loss of lifeunds like this incident began around the start of the parade. chief ramsey, as you're hearing this -- you're hearing brynn saying it seems that this could still be an active situation. if you are in a surrounding area, what do you do now? how much should these surrounding areas be taking precautions at this moment? >> it probably explains why deerfield canceled their parade. deerfield is literally next door on the north side of chicago. that's probably why they canceled theirs. as far as any injuries or fatalities, i would wait until we hear from highland park or the state police because right now the scene chaotic. you got a lot of information floating around, some of it is accurate, some of it is not accurate. that happens anytime you have something like this take place. but hopefully, hopefully there were no deaths, but obviously there were some people that were injured as a result of the shooting. >> it sounds like this incident began around 10:00 a.m. central time, 11:00 a.m. east

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