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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 position firing on to the parade from a roof using a high powered rifle. >> i picked up my kids and we ...

That kind of fourth of july parade shattered yesterday by this alleged suspect. >> i wouldn't 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, this horrible massacre, there were six people being shot on the south side of chicago. guns, 400 mil...

And both have feels like have received criticism from both sides of the political spectrum. break down what you're 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 the most this year were the military and police. so it is not necessarily a partisan issue here. h...

Because they say the alleged suspect here was troubled, that he had those social media videos and they weren't 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, let's 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 intensive. it involved aerial planes, helicopters, drones, a bomb-sniffing dog and people were tol...

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 don't 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 where you step back and you say, what happened? how did somebody become this angry, this hateful to...