we are starting this hour with some breaking news out of akron, ohio. police there have released some very graphic body cam video, and we will show you that in just a bit. this is folio shows the moment officers released a barrage of bullets, shooting 25-year-old jayland walker. this is triggered days of protests in ohio, and an investigation of the incident. let s go to nbc s jackie vest by who is in akron right now. all right, maggie. we know that police say they were attempting to pull walker over for a traffic violation. now, police also say that they were chasing him in his car, and he fired shots out of the window at them. what are authorities saying about what the video shows and how exactly is walker s family responding? sure, so walker s family, as of today, isn t talking quite yet. their attorney spoke for them earlier saying that frankly, they are still horrified after seeing the video. the biggest thing we are learning from authorities is a confirmation of wha
conversation in november, 2020, in which he claims that you told him that the election was rigged and that he had won arizona. to quote the former president, during the conversation he told me the conversation he told me the election was rigged and i won arizona, quote. did you have such a conversation with the president? i did have a conversation with the president, that certainly isn t it. there are parts of it that are true, but parts that are not, sir. the part that i read you. is that false? anywhere, anyone, any time has said that i said the election is rigged that would not be true. and when the former president in a statement today claimed that you told him that he won arizona, is that also false? that is also false. mr. bowers, i understand that after the election. i don t know if this is a conversation the former president is referring to, but after the election you received a phone call from president trump and rudy giuliani, in which they discussed the
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 schecht
police released footage showing the fatal shooting of a 25-year-old black man jalen walker. and later this hour, an update on wnba star brittney griner reaching out with a personal plea to president biden. we begin this morning with yet another community reeling and searching for answers after a mass shooting. hundreds of people gathered along a street in highland park, illinois, a half hour north of chicago. a gunman perched on a nearby roof opened fire seemingly at random. authorities say when the shooting stopped six people were dead. more than three dozen were injured. highland park mayor spoke with nbc s today show about how the community is coping. my greater focus this morning as the sun is rising is how my community is feeling. the unbelievable sadness and shock. this tragedy never should have arrived in our doorsteps and as a small town, everybody knows somebody who was affected by this directly. investigators say the gunman fled after dropping the weapon and