gary tuchman, cnn, houston. gary tuchman, cnn, houston. gary tuchman, cnn, houston.houston. >> i'm still not sure. but right now, i really feel like i would be a good book writer. i write a lot. i feel like i'm a very creative person. i would like to be a book writer. >> that's wonderful. would you write in spanish or an english? or both? >> oh. definitely both. >> mother and daughter, living in the united states. but not sure they will permanently be able to stay in the united states. gary tuchman, cnn, houston. gary tuchman, cnn, houston. >> it extends back to the home countries before the met up with their children, their child, or children, then end up going to a relative, a foster, home where perhaps a guardian and the families had plans to come back to the united states and it is not an easy thing for them to do. they remain separated. john? >> so many different, ways, gary thank you so much for that. joining me now to the -- cnn's july 4th special returns with an all-star lineup celebrate with spectacular fireworks, and the biggest musical performances around.

gary tuchman, thanks. >>> the mass shootings over the july 4th holiday.why he did it. >>> a fourth victim was dead in one of more than 20 mass shootings. it was in louisiana. four dead, seven wounded there. others, ft. worth, 11 shot and three killed. nine in washington, d.c. the deadliest is philadelphia, five killed by an alleged gunman who said he did it to clean up the neighborhood. >> it's like i feel him saying, why me? why me? why me? you know? >> reporter: a 20-year-old was among those killed monday night. his mother says he loved his family, his girlfriend and his job. >> some maniac walking around just shooting, shooting, shooting. for what? you probably will never know why. you know? he took my son. he took my baby. >> reporter: the 40-year-old shooter appeared in a philadelphia courtroom. he is accused of opening fire on a street hours before the 4th of july. the attack captured by this street corner surveillance corner. >> people outside, people eating water ice. nobody is expecting to come outside and somebody walking around shooting people.

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gary tuchman brings us their story. >> reporter: this 11-year-old girl enjoying an astros game may have done more than anyone to shock the nation's conscience when thousands of children were separated from their migrant parents during the trump administration. the child win this secretly recorded video was six years old. after three weeks in custody, she and her mother were reunited and move in with texas relatives. they don't know any english. are you happy today? exactly five years after they were separated, this is her today. are you a happy girl today? >> yes, i am. >> reporter: how come? >> well, i feel like the united states has provided me with a lot of good stuff that i wasn't provided with in my old country. and i just feel like here i have better opportunities to take. and i can be a successful person in here. >> reporter: and she just graduated from a houston elementary school. and will be heading to middle school. here she is radiant following the ceremony with her mother and cindy's partner whom cindy met since she's been in texas. and earlier this year she welcomed a siste

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