chris covelli and we are from the mayor. start, david, from some and he just said about they're going to have to depend on people who knew him. that mayor was his cub leader when he was a cub scout. little boy like kindergarten age ably. she said about him then he was just a little boy. i know him as somebody who was a cub scout and it's one of those things where you step back and you say what happened? this is mayor rode a ring when about this in the last day. this is someone like hutto do some become this angry or hateful to take it out on innocent people having an instant day out? when asked about what she knew about him as a child, she simply responded he was just a little boy. >> david: just little boy but you look at him now with the tattoo on his face of a scar, tattoos of up and down his neck. something clearly happened, of course social media, think lee's been taken down, but again, the authorities have it and they are going to scour that to see any signs not only of the events leading up to the crime itself, but al

this is chris covelli, a spokesperson for the lake county's sheriff's office. >> the police removed 16 knives come a dagger, and a sword from crimo's home. at that time there was no probable cause to arrest. there were no complaints at were signed by any of the victims. the highland park police department, however, did immediately notify the illinois state police of the incident. amy: police say over the next three years, the gunman legally purchased five firearms even though the illinois state police had been notified about both -- the police visits. on tuesday, vice president kamala harris visited highland park. she also addressed the national education association convention in chicago where she called on congress to renew the assault weapons ban. vice pres. harris: there is no reason that we have weapons of war on the streets of america. we need reasonable gun safety laws. amy: in reproductive rights news, mississippi's near total ban on abortion is set to go into effect on thursday after a judge rejected a challenge by mississippi's only abortion clinic, jackson women's health org

thank you, folks. >> the latest for chris covelli, a lot of moving parts right now. of course at the top of the list, finding out where the suspect is. as you heard from covelli, he says that maybe this person is still in the city of highland park, maybe he is somewhere else, but there are multiple local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies and resources searching for him right now. they're asking for anyone who was there, who has video, who has pictures to offer that up to highland park police. let's bring in now retired fbi supervisory special agent steve moore. cnn national security analyst and former assistant secretary at the department of homeland security, juliette kayyem. senior law enforcement analyst charles ramsey, and former defense attorney and baltimore mayor, stephanie rollins blake, with us. thank you all. let me start with you, steve. the video that they're asking for. they say even if you don't think you see anything, give this to us. we can use this as a piece of the puzzle. how crucial is this video that people may have in their phones sit

covelli, chris covelli there. he talked about this completely random, that within the hours since the shooting they've determined that this is not terror related. how can they be that confident at this point? what has to be in place or potentially not in place to make that call this early? >> well, obviously the investigation has to continue, but the fact that you have so many victims and where they're separated, there's no connection between them, it looks like somebody was on a rooftop just picking off people. i hate to put it that way, but that's what it sounds like was taking place. that's what they mean when they say random. whether it was terror related or not, you won't know until you get more information about the suspect, until you start to go through their computer and find out what the motivation was behind it and so forth. so it's a little early to be making that call, as far as i'm concerned. let the investigation unfold before you know. but right now they've got a weapon. believe me, they're doing ev

i'm chris covelli. we start with commander o'neil. >> hello, i'm chris o'neil.dolences to those lost loved ones and affected by this random act of violence. i served as incident commander on scene. i was there 10:14 when it started. there was active shooter incident during our highland park 4th of july parade. this is active incident. individuals are urged to shelter in place at this time. highland park police and numerous federal state and local law enforcement agencies are search for the suspect. the suspect is currently described as a male white, approximately 18-20 years old with longer black hair a small build and wearing a white or blue t-shirt a. firearm has been recovered from the scene. we have secured the perimeter around downtown highland park and are continuing our searches. at this time two dozens people have been transported to highland park hospital. six are confirmed deceased. anyone with video photos or other evidence urged to contact highland park public safety dispatch at this number. we will provide a tip line. information will be in short or

christopher covelli is the right officer, the right job.ricans vital interests and importantly your preventing war. >> secretary austin says the change in command is happening at what he calls a hinge in history. up next the friday lightning round. president biden versus the supreme court, the struggling economy, winners and losers. here's some of what our foxy feelings are covering. fox 2 in st. louis. amtrak filing a federal lawsuit against the company for which the truck driver were to reportedly cause this week's deadly train crash. the driver's window has filed a wrongful death lawsuit and the county where the train crash in dram it happen. three passengers on the train were killed. k hon in honolulu, the navy investigation blames shoddy management and human error for a fuel leak into pearl harbor's tapwater last year. the tainted water sickened thousands of people and forced military families to evacuate their homes for hotels. this is a live look at tampa from fox 13, one of the big stories there tonight. florida residents taking adv

my name is christopher covelli.he spokesman for the lake county major crime task force. >> [indiscernible] is that because so many police resources are here? >> ther's a couple ways communities are going to look at it. number one, you have a tragic mass act of violence that was random at a community event where people were gathered to celebrate, and the offender still has not been apprehended thus far. could this happen again? we don't know what his intentions are at this point certainly, we are not sure that. on the other hand, i think there are a lot of communities that are not looking forward to celebrating after something like this happens right in their backyard. >> [indiscernible] >> as of right now, the information i have is there are six deceased. six. >> do you have reports of people in the crowd helping those who were injured? >> there were a number of heroic actions by members of the community, by police, by first responders that rushed in and immediately tended to the victims, tried to get them help. mor

my name is christopher covelli.he spokesman for the lake county major crime task force. [ inaudible ] >> i think there's a couple ways communities will look at this. number one, you have a tragic, mass act of violence that was random here today at a community event where people were gathered to celebrate. and the offender still has not been apprehended thus far. so, you know, could this happen again? we don't know what his intentions are at this point. certainly, we're not sure of that. on the other hand, i think there's a lot of communities that are not looking forward to celebrating after something like this happens in their backyard. [ inaudible ] >> as of right now, the information i have is there are six deceased. >> do you have any reports of people in the crowd helping those injured? >> there were, and i'm sure they will come forward, there were a number of heroic actions by members of the community, by police, first responders that rushed in and immediately tended to the victims and tried to get them help. r

it, we don't want to speculate on motives right now i will refer the question to the deputy chief covelli. >> the investigation has gone very much in to what happened after the shooting. what crimo's plan was, investigators did develop some information that it appears when he drove to madison, he was driving around, however, he did see a celebration that was occurring in madison and he seriously contemplated using the firearm in his vehicle to commit another shooting in madison. >> reporter: do you know how much ammunition he had? >> approximately 60 rounds. >> reporter: at that point? >> yes. yes. >> reporter: what about his motivation? >> his motivation is not necessarily clear i don't want to go specific until to what he told investigators. however, he had some kind of affinity to the number 4 and 7, and inverse was 7-4. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> we don't have information that he planned to drive to madison initially to commit another attack. we do believe he was driving around and saw the celebration. >> reporter: did he appear to -- >> indications are that he had not put

highland park parade, we would urge them to contact the highland park police department, deputy chief covellibably has the best for that but i can take a few questions. >> the father sponsoring this license, even after those initial contacts with law enforcement. are you looking at any potential criminal charges with other family members, the parents perhaps? >> i don't want to comment on that or answer about what our work that continues to be to look at the information and evidence in this case. that is not something i have done in my administration, and something we can get back to you on that in terms of whether that's been done in the past. i know there's another state in michigan, totally different set of facts. we can get back to you on that but not something i personally have done while serving. >> the police was discussed. can you elaborate on that and what the? >> he was questioning the highland park police department, he was, read his miranda warnings, attorneys, et cetera. went into details about what he had done. he admitted into what he had done. >> i was also asked the question,

my name is chris covelli.t with commander o'neill. >> hello, my name is commander chris o'neill. first and foremost, we're all grieving for the families and friends who lost loved ones today, those injured and everyone impacted by this horrific, senseless random act of violence. i served as the incident commander on scene. i was present at approximately 10:14 when this started. there was an active shooter incident that occurred in downtown highland park during our fourth of july holiday parade this morning. this was an active incident and all individuals are urged to shelter in place at this time. highland park police and numerous federal, state and law enforcement agencies are searching for the suspect. the suspect is currently described as a male white, approximately 18 to 20 years old, with longer black hair, a small build, and wearing a white or blue t-shirt. a firearm has been recovered from the scene. we have secured the perimeter around downtown highland park and are continuing our searches. at this tim

today i'll now turn the mike back to deputy chief covelli. any questions? can use that to tell us about the motivation. what were you learning about the motivation to him from his online, which at this point, we have not developed a motive from him. investigators are very much furthering the investigation. they had been in discussions with him. i don't have anything to say about motivation as far because it hasn't been provided . a live update from highland park officials and the north chicago suburb following a shooting there at the fourth of july parade yesterday morning that left six people dead more than 30, others injured. some key questions remain unanswered . we just heard the police say that they have not been able to determine a motive for the shooting. they said that 21 year old alleged shooter robert cremo , was planning the attack for weeks and that he used a weapon that he bought legally. at this point. they have not announced what charges he is going to be facing again. he's been arrested and is being considered a person of interest. he has no

nancy rotering, the mayor of highland parked and i will speak on behalf of the crime force, chris covelli with commander o'neil. >> hello, my name is commander chris o'neil. those injured and everyone impacted by this horrific, senseless violence. there was an active shooter incident during our 4th of july holiday parade. all individuals are urged is it still shelter in place at this time. police and local and federal law enforcement agencies are searching for the suspect, described as a male, white, approximately 18 to 20 years old with longer black hair, a small build and wearing a white or blue t-shirt. a firearm has been recovered from the scene. we have secured the perimeter around downtown highland park and are continuing our searches. at this time two dozen people have been transported to highland park hospital. six are confirmed deceased. anyone with videos, photos o other evidence are asked to call authorities. we will provide a tip line in short order. >> this morning at 10:14 our community was terrorized by an act of violence has that shaken us to our core. our hearts go out to

here's seargant chris covelli from highland park police, who has been speaking in the last hour.n where it sounds like spectators were targeted and even those that were marching through, the parade was approximately three quarters of the way through when the shooting occurred, so very random, very intentional, and a very sad day. the mayor has also been speaking. president biden, who has been speaking in the last few minutes, says he is shocked by the shooting and has vowed to keep fighting gun violence foot copies his often owe federal help in the manhunt that is now under way. the mayor has also been speaking. what we know at this time is this is an active situation and we urge everyone to remain indoors and be on high alert but remain calm. please contact your loved ones and ensure they're safe, and let them know safe as well. and let them know ——that you're safe as well. this situation, as you know, is devolving rapidly but we will continue to update you as we gain information and stabilise the situation. we will keep you fully posted on this fast moving event in illinois ove

lake county police commissioner chris covelli telling abc news that authorities had actually been calledcused gunman's home, mostly for domestic reasons, a number of times. state police officials are investigating whether this suspect should have been approved for a gun permit in the first place. george? >> okay, alex. >>> we're going to go to washington now, where president biden will sign an executive order today aimed at protecting access to reproductive health care services. it comes exactly two weeks after the supreme court's decision to overturn roe versus wade. rachel scott has the latest. good morning, rachel. >> reporter: george, good morning. for weeks the white house has been under pressure. democrats have been calling for a more urgent response to protect access to abortion. so in just a few hours the president will be signing this executive order. it would take steps to protect access to medication abortion and push back on efforts to keep women from traveling across state lines. it would also move to protect patients' sensitive medical information and the administration wil