5 Jul 2022

USA correspondent - multiple fatalities on July 4th

From Nine To Noon, 9:48 am on 5 July 2022
Police at the scene of a shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois.

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In the latest gun violence in the US, six people have been shot dead and more than two dozen have been hospitalised following a shooting at a 4th of July parade in a wealthy suburb of Chicago.

Kelsey also talks to Kathryn about President Biden's trip to Europe for the NATO summit where he discussed increasing pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin after NATO cleared the way for Finland and Sweden to join the alliance.

Kelsey Snell is a congressional correspondent for NPR, based in Washington DC.