this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is "early start," i'm laura jarrett. >> and i'm christine romans. it's march 23rd, 4:00 a.m. in new york. we begin with the breaking news from boulder, colorado. authorities say ten people including a police officer were shot and killed at the kings supermarket. a suspect was taken into custody as is being treated for injuries. so far police have not determined a motive. witnesses at the scene describe a harrowing attack as gunfire

sent shoppers running for their lives. one person recorded this moment inside the store. >> we don't know if there is a shooter, active shooter somewhere. could be in the store. >> he went in there. >> he went in the store? >> he went right down there. >> oh, my god. guys, we have people down inside king's supers. look, there's -- holy [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> other witnesses and family members told cnn's don lemon what happened inside the store. >> the first shot was confusing, maybe it was somebody dropped something, second shot came and after that it was bam, bam, bam, and i was running and i heard maybe eight shots, somebody else said 13, but who is really

counting at that point. i don't remember anyone screaming, i don't remember anybody historically yelling, it was just go, go, go, get out of there. >> they were right there from the first shot to the last and paul was in line to go get a covid shot. third person in line and that's when at least one shooter came in and killed the woman at the front of the line in front of him. i think thankfully the girls didn't see that. they were on the phone, their grandmother, and they all then -- eight shots in a row. there may have been as many as 50 or 60 shots according to my son-in-law. >> and so your son-in-law quickly scooped up the girls and they ran upstairs to a closet and they hid. >> thank god. you know, then paul would come out and try to silence phones.

didn't know who was coming up the stairs next. a lot of the action was right below them at the pharmacy. extraordinarily terrifying. of course, the little ones saying, yeah, you know, the coats weren't long enough to hide our feet as they were standing behind the coats in the closet. >> officials have been working to identify the other victims as quickly as possible. the boulder police department named 51-year-old eric talley as the officer killed in that shooting. >> a procession was held to honor the fallen officer, a father of seven, who the boulder police chief described as a hero. >> our hearts of this community go out to the victims of this horrific incident. we know of ten fatalities at this scene, including one of our boulder pd officers by the name of eric talley who has been on the boulder police department

since 2010. he served in numerous roles supporting the boulder police department and the community of boulder and i have to tell you the heroic action of this officer when he responded to this scene at 1430 hours the boulder police department began receiving phone calls of shots fired in the area and a phone call about a possible person with a patrol rifle. officer talley responded to the scene, was the first on the scene and he was fatally shot. >> cnn's lucy kafanov starts us off this morning on the ground in boulder for us. lucy? >> christine and laura, boulder is reeling from the tragedy that took place here, ten people losing their lives, one of them 51-year-old boulder police officer eric talley. we understand from authorities

around 2:30 p.m. local time they started getting frantic 911 calls reporting an active shooter in the area, he was described as someone with a patrol rifle. we understand that officers responded to the scene, eric talley, again, was one of the first, he was shot, he lost his life. there is no one who is injured except for the suspect who is in custody, that's according to officials. we understand that the suspect is in custody, he was taken to hospital for those injuries and that's really all we know. we know nothing about motive or what exactly let to the events that took place today. the district attorney described this as a terrible and horrific mass shooting. he said this is going to be a painstaking investigation. we also understand from the boulder police chief that this is a complex investigation that's going to take no less than five days to complete. we did hear from governor jared polis of colorado who said the

families of these victims, and i quote, our fellow coloradoans, our neighbors are hearing the devastating news that their loved one who simply woke up and went to work this morning or ran out to pick up eggs won't be coming home. today we saw the face of evil, i'm grieving with my community and all coloradoans. we do expect more details throughout the day on tuesday about the victims and potentially the suspect who is in custody, but this is just the beginning of what's likely to be a long investigation. christine, laura, back to you. >> colorado sports franchises reacting to the deadly supermarket shooting, the denver nuggets tweeting a statement we are deeply saddened by the events in boulder today, our thoughts are with all of those impacted by this terrible act. the broncos, we are grateful for the law enforcement and medical professionals who bravely responded to yet another senseless tragedy. >> from baseball's rockies, our heart breaks for the lives needlessly lost and our thoughts are with everyone affected by

the shooting. after the university of colorado lost in the ncaa tournament last night the team's head coach addressed the tragedy in boulder. >> it puts basketball in its proper place and win or lose tonight i just -- i felt an emptiness in my stomach, another senseless act of violence that we have experienced as a country many, many times. >> so boulder now the second deadly mass shooting in one week. in atlanta police have not announce add motive for the massacre at three spas that left eight people dead, including six asian women. more from ryan young. >> reporter: this still remains an active investigation. we did learn from the cherokee county sheriff's department they would no longer be sharing any information before this moves to court. we are not sure when the first court appearance will be for the suspected shooter.

we did talk to a man who was inside the spa when the shooting started. he survived and he believes his massage therapist saved his life. >> she was by the door, that's when i jumped behind the bed. once she opened up that door i heard that third gunshot and she actually dropped and i'm pretty sure she got shot in her head. >> reporter: you can understand why that man feels like the therapist stepping out in the hallway ended up saving him. a lot of questions in terms of what happens next with this investigation but we do know that there are at least four investigations ongoing as we speak. laura and christine? >> ryan young, thank you. authorities in boulder, colorado, asking for the public's patience, still searching for a motive and answers to so many questions about what happened and why. stay with us.

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that is a painstaking process that law enforcement has to undertake, you know, right now they've preserved the scene and investigators will start going through that scene very systematically. it starts outside. it's not just the inside of the building, you know, how did the individual get to that location, the vehicle, their residence. there may be multiple crime scenes they have to process at once. the five-day time frame sets the level of expectation when information will come out and i appreciate them setting that time frame. >> they are mourning one of their own, law enforcement lost a 51-year-old police officer, a veteran of that boulder force. just a tragedy. responding to this scene. the union that represents the 32

workers who work at this king sooper sent us this, for the last year our members and the associates have fought an invisible enemy, covid-19, but today several innocent souls were killed by an even human. i mean, this is unfortunately an american cancer that is all too familiar here. so how do law enforcement move forward here when we have such a body of recent history of these sorts of things happening? >> i mean, first of all, you know, this whole incident underscores the dynamic and unpredictable nature of these horrific shooting incidents. we've seen time and time again that the causes vary as to why they occurred but tragically the outcomes are often consistent and we're seeing that again here. i just want to touch back with the loss of officer talley and why that's really, really important right now because he was a hero. let me explain why.

law enforcement is trained now because of the nature and the frequency of these mass shooting incidents, law enforcement is trained in their policies for the first responding officers, the responsibility is to go to the threat and stop the attack in progress and stop the killing. so what happens is solo entry by law enforcement. this isn't waiting, they've learned from, you know, past incidents, law enforcement cannot wait to enter into a building. so that first officer it's called solo entry. once they enter into an environment it's extremely dangerous, however, the reason why they do it, it's a proven action. over 75% of the time the direct action by a solo officer eventually stops the attacker either by killing the assailant or taking them into custody. that's why the actions of officer eric talley is heroic in this incidence. we don't know how many lives he saved.

>> can i ask you a quick question about officer talley. if you are on the other side of an ar 15, a suspect with murderous intent and an ar 15 is that insurmountable for a police officer responding alone at the first time? >> listen, what they knew and from some of the radio reports that we had heard, they did know that there was a rifle at the scene. what they didn't know was how many suspects there were, they didn't understand the position they were. that's why this is such a heroic act. law enforcement is running into a location where they know that there's active gunfire, they're probably walking by victims and that's what they have to do, they can't stop and render aid, they have to utilize their training, tactics and experience to go to the threat and put that down. yes, it puts them in a position oftentimes in a position of disadvantage, but that's why it's so heroic because they're putting themselves beyond the threat, they're going to it for the good of the public. >> just terrifying to imagine

running into the actual eye of the storm there. jonathan, you know, we learned from police that the suspect is obviously in custody, we are not sure about the extent of his injuries. how soon do you think he could be questioned obviously depends on how injured he is, but how soon do you think he could be questioned? >> law enforcement oftentimes in these situations we don't have a suspect that's alive that's take noon custody. these incidents end with a suspect taking their own lives or dying at the hands of police officers in a gun fight. so here there is an advantage and we can try to -- if permitting, the individual is willing to talk, you know, we can garner a lot of information as to the motive, but, again, the profile and motive of mass shooters oftentimes takes a very systematic pattern. the secret service has looked at

this for years. the national threat assessment center has looked at mass shooting situationings and they assess nearly half of the time individuals were motivated by some sort of personal grievance, whether it's at the residence, in a workplace or with some other issue and that every single suspect that the secret service had looked at in mass shooting incidents, every single one had a significant stressor in their life, whether it was relationship stressors, personal issues, issues at work and here is the most concerning thing that the secret service had found, in over three quarters of the incidents the individual, the attacker, made some sort of overt concerning communication prior to the attack. those are the things that we want to look at as well because even if the individual isn't talking, we may be able to find out from other -- others that he communicated or telegraphed his actions to. >> there is another common denominator and that's easy access to a big gun for a little

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welcome back. an escalating conflict in europe between britain and the european union over exports of coronavirus vaccines. while in germany a rise in case is leading to a strict five-day lockdown for the easter holiday. fred pleitgen is live in berlin with the latest for us. fred, here we go again, another lockdown. what's happening this time? >> reporter: i think you're absolutely right, laura. it's definitely a case of here we go again. i was checking the numbers today, new coronavirus infections are about 7,500 for a single day, that's around 2,000 on the same day of last week. the cases are very much on the rise. at the same time in germany like in any other places in the european union there isn'tly isn't enough vaccine to go around. that's why the european union has had that rou with the united

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>> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. all right. welcome back to "early start" this morning, i'm christine romans. >> and i'm laura jarrett. almost 30 minutes past the hour in new york. we begin this half hour with the big breaking news out of bowled, colorado, where ten people were shoot and killed at the king sooper supermarket. among them a police officer. a suspect in custody who police say is being treated for injuries. so far police have not determined a motive but the attack it self rare owing as gunfire sent shoppers running for their lives. one person recorded this terrifying moment at the store's entrance. >> we don't know if there is a shooter, active shooter somewhere. could be in the store. >> he went in there. >> he went in the store. >> he went right down there.

>> oh, my god. guys, we have people down inside king soopers. look, there's -- holy bleep. bleep. >> you can hear the gunshots there, family members and other witnesses at the scene describing what happened inside that store. >> i got the call from my daughter that my grandchildren and my son-in-law walked into the pharmacy for him to get a covid-19 shot and the shooter came in, shot the woman in front of them, they hid, ran upstairs were hiding in a coat closet for the last hour and trying to stay in contact with my daughter. they are okay. >> this feels like the safest spot in america and i just nearly got killed for getting a soda, you know, and a bag of chips. >> there for a bag of chips and covid shot. officials have been working to

identify the victims as quickly as possible. the boulder police department named 51-year-old eric talley as the officer killed in the shooting. >> a procession was held to honor the fallen officer, a father of seven. the local prosecutor promising justice for all of the victims. >> i also want to stress how incredibly sorry i am for all the victims who were killed at king soopers. these were people going about their day, doing their food shopping and their lives were cut abruptly and tragedy short by the shooter who is now in custody. i promise the victims and the people of the state of colorado that we will secure justice and do everything we must do to get justice in this case. >> cnn's lucy kafanov is on the ground in boulder. she has the latest. >> reporter: christine and laura, bowleder is still reeling from the tragedy that took place

here. ten people losing their lives, one of them 51-year-old boulder police department officer eric talley. we understand from authorities that at around 2:30 p.m. local time they started getting those frantic 911 calls reporting an active shooter in the area, he was described as someone with a patrol rifle. we understand that officers responded to the scene, eric talley, again, was one of the first. he was shot, he lost his life. there is no one who is injured except for the suspect who is in custody, that's according to officials. we understand that the suspect is in custody, he was taken to hospital for those injuries and that's really all we know. we know nothing about motive or what exactly led to the events that took place today. the district attorney described this as a terrible and horrific mass shooting. he said this is going to be a painstaking investigation and we also understand from the boulder

police chief that this is a complex investigation that's going to take no less than five days to cleat. we did hear from governor jared polis of colorado who said the families of these victims, and i quote, our fellow coloradoans, my neighbors, are hearing the devastating news that their loved one who simply woke up and went to work this morning or ran out to pick up eggs won't be coming home. today we saw the face of evil. i am grieving with my community and all coloradoans. we do expect more details throughout the day on tuesday about the victims and potentially the suspect who is in custody, but this is just the beginning of what's likely to be a long investigation. christine, laura, back to you. >> thank you, lucy, for that. boulder is now the second -- the second deadly mass shooting in a week. the sixth this year. in atlanta police still not talking about the motive behind the massacre at three spas that left eight people dead including six asian women. we get more on that story from

cnn's ryan young. >> reporter: laura and christine, this still remains an active investigation, we did learn from the cherokee county sheriffs department they would no longer be sharing information before this moves to court. we are not sure when the first court appearance will be for the suspected shooter. we did talk to a machine who was inside the spa when the shooting started. he survived and he believes his massage therapist saved his life. >> she was by the door, that's when i jumped behind the bed and once she opened up that door i heard that third gunshot and she actually dropped, i'm pretty sure she got shot in her head. >> you can understand why mark russ lion feels like that massage therapist stepping out in the hallway ended up saving him. there are a lot of questions in terms of what happens next with this investigation but we do know that there are at least four investigations ongoing as we speak. >> thank you for that. this just into cnn, a firefighter is missing and some residents are unaccounted for at a fire at a senior citizens

center in upstate new york. you are looking at this video just in from the scene, shows the building fully engulfed by that fire. this is in spring valley, new york, about 40 miles north of new york city, close to the new jersey border. there's no word how many of the residents are unaccounted for at this point. we are going to bring you more information about this as soon as it's available. all right. to coronavirus now. nearly one in four americans have now received at least one dose of a covid vaccine. the latest data from the cdc shows nearly 83 million people in the united states are at least partially vaccinated and about 45 million or one in eight americans are fully vaccinated. white house covid adviser andy sla vits says the rate of vaccination has skyrocketed since president biden came into office. >> we are now vaccinating about 2.5 billion people per day, up from 900,000 when we arrived. this weekend was the first time that the u.s. reported vaccinating more than 3 million

people on consecutive days. >> whether the vaccine supply will ramp up to keep up the pace with expanding eligibility is another question. slavitt indicating the white house isn't so sure the johnson & johnson vaccine will meet its self-imposed deadline to deliver 20 million doses by the end of this month. regeneron says the latest trial for its treatment of covid-19 showed early use of the drug reduced hospitalization for death by 70%. the company says even at a lower dose the treatment was nearly as effective. the fda approves their antibody cocktail for emergency use back in november. they now plan to seek authorization of a lower dose which would allow them to produce doses faster. a new set back for the astrazeneca vaccine. overnight federal health officials said the company may have included outdated information from a large clinical trial in the u.s. just yesterday astrazeneca said the trial showed its vaccine was 79% effective in preventing

symptomatic illness. officials urged the company to ensure the most accurate up to date information be released as soon as possible. no response from the company yet. federal officials are in a race to avoid another surge of new cases urging local leaders to slow down on relaxing health precautions each as covid vaccinations gather speed nationwide officials are worried americans are just too impatient for life to go back to normal. cnn's nick watt has more from los angeles. >> reporter: christine and laura, new york city, the biggest school district in the nation just welcomed high schoolers back into the classroom in 488 high schools. here in los angeles the second biggest district in the nation they just cut a deal with the union that should get high schoolers back towards the end of april. meanwhile, some concern about what college kids, spring breakers, are up to down in florida. a lot of partying, not a lot of masks. couple that with the fact that

sunday was the busiest travel day of this entire pandemic. some people including the cdc director are concerned about a fourth surge. >> we are at a critical point in this pandemic. a fork in the road where we as a country must decide which path we are going to take. we must act now and i am worried that if we don't take the right actions now we will have another avoidable surge. just as we are seeing in europe right now. and just as we are so aggressively scaling up vaccination. >> other medical experts say probably won't happen partly because so many people have been infected already and also so many people have been vaccinated already. every american adult should be eligible for a vaccination by may 1st according to the biden administration. back to you. >> we all know that covid has changed the economy in so many

ways. one bright spot has been the housing market. it is a seller's market, finding a home still a challenge for house hunters right now. look at the inventory data, homes for sale a record low just over 1 million homes in february. look how much that's down. that's down a record 30% from last year. homes sold in february stayed on the market for a record low of just 20 days. in the most popular parts of the market those are homes that are selling between $250,000 and $500,000. those homes were on the market for just two weeks. the median home price is now 16% higher than last year, prices across the country seeing double digit gains. even though the market is doing better than pre pandemic levels the number of home sales dropped nearly 7% from january. higher prices caused by that low inventory combined with slowly rising interest rates may make it harder for many buyers to find homes but there is real action in the real estate market right now. a lot of people are moving,

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all right. we are following this breaking news story out of boulder, colorado. we are going to get more details and bring those to you when we have them. that of course is the big coverage this morning, domestically, but internationally the secretary of state tony blinken hoping to rebuild broken relationships with long-standing allies at this week's nato summit, that's happening in brussels. at the heart this have nato summit the 2030 initiative to future proof the alliance, ministers also plan to tackle nato's presence in afghanistan. we're going to talk to nic robertson in london for this in just a second, but first we have israeli election news. voters are leading to the polls today in the country's fourth general election in less than two years. the contest is seen primarily as a nationwide referendum on benjamin netanyahu. the nation's longest serving prime minister. cnn's hadas gould live in jerusalem with more for us. bring us up to speed.

>> reporter: so voting is well under way here in jerusalem, we are actually at a special coronavirus polling station for people who are in quarantine. they drive up through to these tents, cast their ballots and drive away and that's really what's been dominating this election, unlike last year where donald trump was a huge part of prime minister netanyahu's campaign, this year it's all about the coronavirus and the success of the vaccine rollout. however, it's not clear that these vaccines that have brought a sense of normalcy back to this country are necessarily giving netanyahu a huge boost. the most recent polls don't show him increasing in his numbers necessarily, but also neither for his opponents who range from a former television anchor to challengers within his own party. how it works in israel, after the election tonight even if netanyahu has the most number of seats he will need to form a coalition with other parties and right now it doesn't seem like either the pro netanyahu block or the anti-netanyahu block

necessarily have the numbers to get them to the majority in the israeli parliament. what that means is tomorrow night it may actually be the smaller parties who will become the king makers. even though they may only win a handful of seats, say ten or seven, that could be just enough to put netanyahu over the edge to win the election, but right now the outcome seems completely unclear. >> unclear, fourth election in two years. can a conclusive outcome be expected this time? >> reporter: in fact, most analysts think that either netanyahu may just squeak through or it may be hard to believe, but if it is inconclusive, if nobody can bring together a governing majority to get them over the 61 seats they need to get them to have a majority in the parliament we could actually be looking at another round of election, a fifth election just in the next few months. >> hadas gould for us in jerusalem. thank you. keep us posted. stay tuned on the israeli

election story. to brussels where the nato summit is happening. nic robertson is monitoring this from london. we talked about future proofing the alliance. what are the goals here for tony blinken, the secretary of state? >> reporter: this is a big day obviously his first visit to nato headquarters as secretary of state. he said that this is a pivotal moment, this is all about rebuilding and reinforcing the transatlantic alliance. this is very clearly a message coming from the biden administration here to work on a clear basis with allies and partners in europe. russia, the biggest sort of security threat they face at the moment, afghanistan will be a big topic this morning. he noted, secretary blinken noted that biden has set this may 1st withdrawal for all u.s. and nato forces from afghanistan will be hard to achieve. blinken said we went in together, we will adjust it together, we will leave together but his mission at nato was to

listen and consult with other nato partners and to take that information back to president biden to help him inform his decision about what troop adjustments need to be made in afghanistan. also talking point for the secretary of state today will be his meeting with the german foreign minister, his counterpart and on that to the gas pipeline that links russia direct to germany, that came up. this is what the secretary of state had to say on that. >> president biden has been very clear in saying that he believes the pipeline is a bad idea, bad for europe, bad for the united states. ultimately it's in contradiction to the eu's own energy security goals. it has the potential to undermine the interests of ukraine, poland, a number of other close partners or allies and i'm sure i will have an opportunity to reiterate that,

including the law in the united states which requires us to sanction companies participating in the efforts to complete the pipeline. >> so i think we can expect a round to be a topic of discussion later today not in the nato context but there will be a separate meeting between the german, french, british foreign ministers along with secretary blinken. that will be a topic for discussion, too. >> thank you, nic. russian president vladimir putin expected to get vaccinated against coronavirus today even though vaccines have been available in his country for months now. only 4.3% of russians have been fully vaccinated and putin is helping to ramp up the process. let's go live to moscow and bring in matthew chance. matthew, what's the latest at this hour? >> reporter: well, we don't know whether vladimir putin has actually had his jab of a russian vaccine, there are three russian vaccines that have been approved for use in this country. we are assured by the kremlin it

is going to be one of those three russian vaccines, although they won't disclose which one for some reason. you're right, it is extraordinary that the president of a country that has one of the worst infection rates of covid-19 anywhere in the world has waited so long before getting the jab himself. he is in his late 60s remember so he is plenty within the age group in order to get an early vaccine. russian developed its first vaccine and approved it for use, sputnik v it's called back in august of last year. the vaccine pickup in the country has been low indeed, a high degree of vaccine hesitancy in russia, something like 40% of the population -- only 40% of the population said they would be willing to have it and the actual figures are lower than that is correct 7 million people out of 146 million of the entire population have had at least one injection with the double dose russian vaccine. hopefully vladimir putin's participation in this mass

vaccination will help to make it more popular although the kremlin have said this will be a private event. they say it's not going to be open to the public, not going to be televised, they're saying they are not going to release any pictures of it actually taking place. >> very interesting that he is not going to do it publicly. sounds very much like someone else we know here, a former president in the united states. matthew chance, thank you so much. 52 minutes past the hour. door dash will let you order at home covid-19 testing kits delivered straight to your door. cnn business next.

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the breaking news from boulder, colorado, where authorities say a gunman opened fire at the king sooper supermarket killing ten people including a police officer. the suspect is being treated for his injuries. so far police not discussing a motive for the attack but witnesses at the scene describe something just harrowing as gunfire sent shoppers running for their lives. one person recorded this moment at the entrance of the store. >> we don't know if there is a shooter, active shooter, somewhere. could be in the store. >> he went in there. >> he went in the store. >> he went right down there. >> oh, my god. guys, we've got people down inside king soopers. look, there's -- holy [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> you can hear the panic in that man's voice. other witnesses and family members told cnn's don lemon

what happened inside that store. >> the first shot was confusing, maybe it was somebody dropped something, second shot came and then -- and then after that it was bam, bam, bam and i was running and i heard maybe eight shots, somebody else said 13, but who is really counting at that point. i don't remember anybody screaming. i don't remember anybody historically yelling. it was just go, go, go. get out of here. >> they were right there from the first shot to the last and paul was in line to go get a covid shot. third person in line and that's when at least one shooter came in and killed the woman at the front of the line in front of him. i think thankfully the girls didn't see that, they were on the phone to their other

grandmother and they all then -- eight shots in a row. there may have been as many as 50 or 60 shots according to my son-in-law. >> and so your son-in-law quickly scooped up the girls and they ran upstairs to a closet and they hid? >> thank god. you know, then paul. come out and try to silence phones and didn't know who was coming up the stairs next. a lot of the action was right below them at the pharmacy. extraordinarily terrifying. of course, the little one saying, yeah, and, you know, the coats weren't long enough to hide our feet as they were standing behind the coats in the closet. >> officials have not released the identity of most of the victims as police worked to notify their family members. the boulder police department named 51-year-old eric talley as the police officer killed in that shooting. >> a procession was held to honor the fallen officer, he is a father of seven who the

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