The shooter's father says I didn't do anything wrong.

The lead starts right now.

The father of the Highland Park Parade Shooter explains why he approved his son's guns

purchase and reveals that they talked about another mass shooting just hours before

the 4th of July parade massacre.

And then Brittany Griner appears in a Moscow court room and pleads guilty to the drug charges

that have led to her being held in Russia.

But this help her get released.

Plus, thems the brakes.

That's how Boris Johnson put it as he resigned as the British Prime Minister.

But what happens next across the pond is as clear as mud.

Welcome to the lead.

I'm Pamela Brown in for Jake Tapper and we start today with our national lead.

The father of the suspected government in the July 4th Parade attack in Highland Park

Illinois.

Now tells the New York Post he consented to his son buying guns in 2019, thinking his

son would use those weapons at a shooting range.

Instead, those guns were used in Monday's mass shooting that killed seven people.

And the night before the attack, the father says his son mentioned another mass shooting,

the mall and Copenhagen didn't mark.

As seen in Z11DW reports, the public comments come as the father himself could face charges

linked to Monday's rampage.

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