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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 pos...

That kind of fourth of july parade shattered yesterday by this alleged suspect. >> i wouldnt 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, t...

And both have feels like have received criticism from both sides of the political spectrum. break down what youre 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...

Because they say the alleged suspect here was troubled, that he had those social media videos and they werent 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, lets 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 ...

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 dont 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 ...

In highland park yesterday. >> reporter: yeah. good morning, willie. ive 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 havent said whether or not shes adding any events or anything li...

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 ...

Just detailed the legislation that the president has signed. but lets talk about tone. we heard from governor pritzker yesterday say, quote, if your angry today, im 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...

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. theyre going to look to him for a lot of what theyre 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 cant do and allow the courts to decide something like that. but tha...

Significanting out which gun is going where, when people give them away, sell them. if its stolen. atf one of the agencies that called for the national data base. obviously thats controversial. people dont want to be in a data base, they want to have-- >> this came up in the wake of the shootings in aurora, colorado, the idea of a data base or cataloging and if they see an individual buying up firearms, letting someone know that-- jared loughner, not jared loughner, who is the guy in aurora. >> ...