good morning, america. deadly supermarket rampage. >> guys, there's an active shooter. >> after a shooting spree in boulder, colorado, at least ten people killed including a police officer who was one of the first on the scene. the suspect opening fire sending employees and customers running for their lives. this man seen taken into custody and rushed away in an ambulance. this morning, the latest as the fbi joins the investigation. we are live on the scene hearing from survivors as the white house responds to the nation's second mass shooting in one week. abc news exclusive. inside the crisis at the border. a exclusive first look at video from inside one of those overwhelmed processing centers packed with unaccompanied migrant children huddled

together sleeping on floors, overnight, our cecilia vega with authorities on patrol speaking with families and some children as young as 9 traveling alone already walking for more than a month. spring break surge. health officials worried about a spike in covid cases after scenes like this in miami beach. the cdc director's urgent message saying now is not the time to travel. this as more questions grow over that possible fourth shot. overnight, concerns that the oxford-astrazeneca vaccine may have included outdated information from that trial. dr. fauci joins us with the very latest. fierce inferno. a fire blazing through a new york nursing home. firefighters and paramedics rushing to the scene evacuating people from the collapsing building. texas tornado. another possible twister reportedly touching down near austin. the severe damage overnight. ski lift scare. a father and his two sons recovering this morning after

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but we begin, robin, with another mass shooting in america. a deadly rampage in a grocery store in boulder, colorado, leaving ten people dead, several yet to be identified including a veteran police officer, a father of seven. >> yes, fellow officers holding a procession overnight to honor 51-year-old eric talley. he was the first officer to respond to the scene. it was just minutes after the 911 call came in. this morning, we are live on the scene and we will hear from some of the eyewitnesses on how they escaped. but first, t.j., let's go to our chief national correspondent matt gutman who is there in boulder with the latest on this tragedy. good morning, matt. >> reporter: robin, good morning. you can see that entire shopping center is still locked down. those cars you see behind me belong to shoppers who fled the scene they were unable to get back to their cars. this morning we spoke to eyewitnesses who described the sound of the gunfire, the smell of the gun powder and the sheer terror they felt.

>> guys, we got people down inside king soopers. >> reporter: this morning, gunfire and terror in a supermarket and another colorado community, reeling after a deadly mass shooting. >> guys, there's an active shooter. >> reporter: people say ten people were killed including a boulder police officer. the only person wounded, the shooter. at 2:46 p.m. monday, a man armed with a rifle opening fire at this supermarket's parking lot. continuing the deadly shooting spree inside. >> officer down inside the building. >> reporter: police responding within minutes. officer eric talley, the first law enforcement at the scene. >> looks like we have an active shooter. white male, middle-aged, dark hair, beard. black vest, short sleeved shirt. >> reporter: instantly the upscale market turned into a hellscape. some shoppers and employees diving for cover. others hiding in a storage room. >> we were like sitting ducks. i'm still shaking.

>> reporter: and in a sprint to safety, gutting decisions. >> i was maybe about five feet back in an aisle when i heard the first shots. >> did you immediately know what they were when you heard those shots? >> they came very quickly. the third shot i knew it was gunfire. so a woman shorter than myself running towards me with a terrified look on her face. >> reporter: by 3:00 p.m., a massive law enforcement presence was building and boulder police joined by the fbi and atf. >> without that quick response, we don't know if there would have been more loss of life. >> reporter: officers with long guns and s.w.a.t. teams racing to take positions, some stacking up outside the entrance. others lifted in that crane to the roof. >> the entire building is surrounded. you need to surrender. >> reporter: officers seen taking this shirtless man into cstody. his leg smothered in blood as he is loaded on to a stretcher seemingly in handcuffs, rushed away in an ambulance. >> this is a tragedy and a nightmare for boulder county. >> reporter: hours later, somber

city officials revealing the final death toll. >> we know of ten fatalities. >> reporter: everyone the gunman shot died including slain officer 51-year-old eric talley. police vehicles holding a procession overnight escorting officer eric talley's body from the scene. one of his fellow officers on the force said he never met anyone who didn't like eric talley. he leaves behind a child as young as 7 years old. overnight, the police chief here saying it will take them at least five days to complete the investigation. they want to go through that supermarket meticulously and prosecutors say they're going to bring the full weight of law against that suspect to bring justice to the victims' families. amy. >> what a horrific and heartbreaking situation, matt gutman, thank you. now at one point that gunman fired shots at sarah moonshadow, and she is joining us now to

walk us through what happened. thank you for being with us, and we know that you were with your son. we're very thankful both of you are physically okay but tell us how you're doing mentally and emotionally. >> i think we're still kind of in shock that it even happened. there really wasn't any sort of indication, you know, whenever we had come in that there was any kind of problem, and we were supposed to be in and out and we just kind of -- we were stalling a little bit looking around and at first i was kind of kicking myself, you know, feeling like if we had left a little bit sooner maybe we could have avoided things, but then i realized that we probably could have been in a lot bigger trouble had we left any time sooner because when we had gotten out of the store there were people laying in the street. i tried to run for it and my son

pulled me back and said we had to get away and so i just tried to focus on my son and i was mostly focused on just making sure that he stayed as close to me as possible and that he didn't stand up too far because i just didn't want him to be too tall and become like a moving target because we couldn't tell exactly where the shooter was. we knew that he was getting closer to us. we were pretty aware like straight immediately that it was a large firearm that he was using, and i just started focusing as much as i could on the sound and the direction that he was moving and how many seconds in between firing and if i could hear him racking his firearm in between shots so that

i could try to gauge what kind of platform he was using so i knew that what we were dealing with and -- but there was too much noise and so i just looked at my son and i told him in between shots, by the fourth shot i started counting and i told him we have three seconds, stay low and don't look and just move fast and he almost hesitated and i just told him, we don't have another option. we don't have any more -- any other chance to get out of here, so he got to his hands and feet and stayed low and just kind of ran like -- he just kind of like ran and crawled on his hands and feet so he wouldn't be seen and i briefly glanced to my right to make sure that we had a clearing and i don't know exactly who i could see because it was just so

fast, i just stayed focused on my son and on trying to get away. >> yes, sarah, your survival instincts, your mom instincts kicked in. at one point you say the shooter actually fired shots at you when you were running out. at what point, did you realize that you and your son were safe? >> i think at the point whenever i saw -- i'm pretty sure it was officer talley that was coming down the street and i tried to jump out from where we were crouching down behind a stone and i tried to flag him down and my son was really scared. he said, no, please don't go, and so i backed up to stay with him and that was when he pulled up to the person that was laying in the road and then we started hearing more firing. it sounded like somebody was outside of the store. i wasn't quite sure. it just seemed like the gunshots

were getting louder, so we just started running further back. we went to like the side of the building a few feet away and then at some point another officer came running -- i'm not sure from where exactly but came running in our direction telling us to move and so i'm pretty familiar with the neighborhood and so i just started showing my son where to go because it kind of starts turning into a maze in the center of this particular neighborhood and so we kind of wound us through a few buildings and stuff and then there were some people that told us to come sit on their porch and i think at that point reality was just really starting to kick in and i just really started freaking out and -- >> it's an unimaginable thing to have to live through and to try and process, but, sarah, we are so happy and thankful that you

are okay. please give your best to your son as well and really appreciate you walking us through what happened. we wish the best for you in your recovery because you will have to recover from something that traumatic. thank you. >> yeah, thank you. >> t.j., heartbreaking. >> so incredible, her account and for her to be thinking like that about how much time between the shots like that. >> wow. >> we hear -- we're hearing too many of these stories too often. we're talking about this is just the latest mass shooting, right, and law enforcement is at it again trying to figure out what happened and trying to deal with the rising threats of violence. chief justice correspondent pierre thomas live in washington with that. good morning to you, pierre. >> reporter: t.j., good morning. given the scale of the carnage president biden and the attorney general were briefed last night and the fbi's assisting local police to help investigate the suspect's background to establish motive. they'll need to quickly determine exactly what this is but i can tell you concern among law enforcement about mass shooting is mounting.

according to the gun violence archive in the last three years the number of mass shootings defined as an incident where four or more victims were wounded or killed has nearly doubled, surging from 337 in 2018 to 611 last year. and we've already seen 103 mass shootings so far this year. the trend of gunmen typically alone showing up at places we all know and love is worsening. seemingly nowhere safe from elementary schools to high schools, to movie theaters, to walmart and now grocery stores. and, of course, this on the heels of that mass shooting in atlanta just last week. the biden administration will be under intense pressure to address this spike in chronic gun violence, robin. >> they will. pierre, thank you. we're going to move on to our abc news exclusive on the crisis at the border. our first look at video inside one of the facilities that has been overwhelmed by the surge in migrants. our chief white house correspondent cecilia vega is outside that facility. it's in donna, texas. good morning, cecilia.

>> reporter: hi, robin, good morning to you. we were out late last night talking to migrants who just crossed the border. we met little kids, 9 and 10 years old traveling by themselves. there are so many children just like them crossing the border they will likely end up in a facility like this. inside this tent facility so many children they are sleeping on floors, side by side huddled under foil blankets. the biden administration refusing to allow journalists in to see for themselves, sources providing this first look. this video shot by customs and border protection last week obtained exclusively by abc news. only 250 people are supposed to be held here. instead there are close to 4,000. some families mostly unaccompanied minors traveling alone from teenage boys to infants. here toddlers in a playpen being watched by a caretaker.

the kids made the treacherous journey all the way from central america hoping to claim asylum. inside they get medical checks and they line up one by one for food. this video showing girls at a center in el paso exercising outside, but this is no place for children. crammed into pods, one pod housing more than 400 boys. the white house says they're working as quickly as possible to move these kids into shelters and homes calling in fema for help. but under fire from critics who say they didn't do enough to plan for the surge after overturning many of trump's hard line immigration policies, the administration still refuses to call the situation a crisis. >> well, children presenting at our border who are fleeing violence, who are fleeing prosecution, who are fleeing terrible situations is not a crisis. >> reporter: at the border, we're with authorities on patrol, and the children just keep coming. this family telling me they've

been traveling for more than a month walking most of the way. he tells me he's not tired. he says he's ready to keep walking. and just up the road an even larger group, in it these two boys, 9 and 10 years old, both traveling alone walking for more than a month. the group has taken them in promising to keep them safe. the boys show me phone numbers of family members in the u.s. they soon hope to find. one written on a hat. >> this is his grandfather's phone number. >> reporter: the other written inside his pocket. >> right here in his pants. >> reporter: i ask, are you scared? yes, they tell me, very. they are scared and they are hungry. the border patrol takes them into custody after we met them. we're seeing so many kids being housed in these facilities way past the three days they're legally allowed to be here.

they get into a more child-friendly location where the government tries to reunite them with their family. that can take up to a month, over a month this is a really complicated process. robin, i will never forget the faces of those little boys. >> i know you won't. i know that you won't. thank you so much. amy. we turn to that major storm on the move and severe damage overnight from at least two possible tornadoes touching down in texas. ginger has been tracking the latest for us, good morning, ginger. >> good morning, amy. at least 30 severe storm reports in texas mostly and one of them a likely tornado did this damage. that's in bertram, just northwest of austin, but it also really created some problems in the way of dust storms which we'll show you. strong storms today from missouri and iowa down to the gulf coast with heavy rain too. it's wednesday and thursday we're really concerned about. another large area of severe storms that could include jackson, mississippi, jackson, tennessee, anybody in birmingham, alabama, and greenville, mississippi.

please be on the lookout. robin? >> please do. all right, ginger. following a lot of other headlines this morning including the growing concern about another surge in covid cases after spring break scenes like this in miami beach. dr. anthony fauci will join us live. he's going to have the latest, and that big news about the oxford-astrazeneca vaccine trial data that we received overnight. also, a terrifying accident on the slopes. a chair falling off a ski lift sending a father and his kids plummeting 15 feet to the ground. we hear from an eyewitness who saw it all. but first, let's go right back to ginger. >> yes, and i got to show you, t.j., a quick look at that map for wednesday and thursday from kentucky down to new orleans. your local weather in 30 seconds. first, the tuesday trivia sponsored by northwestern mutual.

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this is an abc news special report. now reporting, david muir. good morning. we're coming on the air at this hour with breaking news. we continue to follow what's happened in boulder, colorado, law enforcement about to hold a briefing on the horrific maz shootings at a supermarket in boulder, colorado. at least ten people killed including police officer eric talley, 11-year veteran of the department, father of seven, first officer on the scene. the shooting started in the parking lot, moved into the stores. witnesses described the scene. we're told everyone who was shot died. the only person who was injured and survived was the man police took away, the suspect. local police, the fbi and atf on the scene by 3:00 p.m., there was a standoff with the gunman, the only person injured who then survived, he's in custody,

little information about him. we're looking this morning to see if we'll learn more about that. the briefing is about to begin. so let's take a look at the scene. we know authorities are talking to reporters to let them know -- let's just listen to this woman for a moment. >> we're asking that you respect the privacy of the victims. we have liaisons who work with you if they're willing to speak with you, but please respect their privacy. we'll also be releasing information about the suspect. we ask hthat you not give him te notoriety that he wants. all right. i'm going to grab all the speakers. information that they'll say will come out in a press release as soon as they're done talking.

they'll all speak and then take questions after they have all spoken. any question? >> the mayor's name? >> sam weaver. >> as you can see there, one of the local authorities telling reporters who will be coming before the microphone, prepping reporters for what they're about to hear, more on the suspect, more on the ten people who died in what was a typical trip to the supermarket. an awful scene that played out yesterday in boulder. we have been hearing from eyewitnesses in the past 24 hours describing just the horrific scene inside that grocery store, some actually saying that they hoped what were they hearing were items falling, but they realized in fact this is gunfire.

one shopper in the front of the store, glass shattered at top of his head, he ran to the back of the store. sadly, knowing full well that this was another mass shooting and as we know it's the second mass shooting now in a week, late last week of course the nation was moved by the loss of life in atlanta, a series of spa shootings, multiple people dead in that mass shooting, eight, six of them of asian descent and now our cameras trained on boulder, colorado, as the country and the nation watches yet another mass shooting play out in america, this time ten dead. matt gutman has been on the scene since the overnight hours. matt you've talked and heard from these witnesses who knew within a matter of seconds that they were then trying to survive. >> reporter: david, it took a

gunshot or two to actually register that this was a mass shooting in the supermarket they were shopping at. as you mentioned they ran for the exits. they ran past the bodies of people who had been shot and right now, we're about to begin this press conference. i'm going to turn it back to you, david. > let's listen. thank you for everyone being here today. dozens of agencies continue to investigate yesterday's mass shooting at the king soopers at table mesa drive. worked overnight to identify all of the victims and notified the next of kin which i'm extremely grateful for. the last victim was removed there the scene at 1:30 a.m. this morning by 2:02 a.m. all victims identified. i'm going to read the names of the deceased. danny strong. 20 years old.

nevin stasinsky. suzanne fountain, 59. terry liker, 51. officer eric talley, 51. kevin ma hoehny, 61. lynn murray, 62. j jody waters, 65. our hearts go out to the victims. we're committed to a thorough investigation and will bring justice to each of these families. regarding the suspect, at approximately 2:40 p.m. on monday, march 22nd -- officers were dispatched to king soopers on table mesa drive, immediately

entered the store and engaged the suspect, there were exchange of gunfire in which the suspect was shot, no other officers were injured the suspect was taken into custody at 3:28 p.m. he was transported to the hospital for treatment, now in stable condition, this suspect has been identified ahmed alisa, he'll be shortly transported to boulder county jail. press release with his identifying information, the victims' information will be forth comes. i appreciate you being here. i want to say to the community, i'm sorry this incident happened. we'll do everything in our power to make sure this suspect has thorough trial and we do a thorough investigation. i'll turn this over to governor

polis. sir. >> thank you, chief, for your extraordinary work the last day and a half and there is going to be a lot more ahead. of course, i'm standing here not just here as governor but someone who called this community home most of my life and shopped at that king soopers in table mesa many times across my life and, you know my heart aches today as coloradoans, as americans, for this senseless tragedy, loss of life as we hear those names, everybody and boulder county is a small community, we're all looking over the list, do we know these people? people who started their day with a cup of coffee and reading the morning paper or perhaps getting their kids ready and putting on a winter coat to go out, maybe they were making

last-minute spring break plans, none of them expected that this would be their last day here on the planet. simple run for milk and eggs, getting ready to shop, going in a regular way, something that we can all identify with led to a complete tragedy here today and our hearts ache for those who lost their lives, for their families, for the survivors left behind, for the survivors who were able to get out who have scars who can't be seen but are every bit as painful. i want to thank the boulder police department, first responders, so many police from agencies across this state came at a time of need. not only did we lose ten lives but this is real horror and terror for all of us.

the simple act of shopping in a grocery store, the last day and a half, the last 12 hours, the families of our victims, friends, have been notified of their loss. . the families have been notified. everybody quietly hoping that it wasn't your friend or your co-worker or your family member. many residents of south boulder had people checking in with them, are you okay? are you okay? posting on social media. look, this loss is especially painful for the friends and family members left behind. as governor i offer my condolences to all who suffered loss. this is loss for all of us and we mourn those who fell as a state and we mourn them as a nation. this has been a painful year and we sit here once again surrounded by seemingly imcome

p prehenceable, senseless loss. we can't let ourselves ever become numb to the pain because we simply can't let this be accepted as anything close to normal occurrence. there's a full investigation under way. the eyes of the nation are on boulder, the eyes of the fashion are on colorado. law enforcement is working together to make sure we can bring justice in this case. that's exactly what boulder police officer eric talley was doing as he lost his life in the line of duty, he was heroically trying to save others. the state of colorado has 35 people from the colorado bureau of investigations and state troopers assisting the investigation since yesterday.

we offered to help with victims' services as well. the boulder community has the full support of state and federal law enforcement as we go about the difficult task ahead. the unfairness of it all is going to be difficult for people to process, flags barely raised back to full mast after the tragic shooting in atlanta that claimed eight lives and now a tragedy here, close to home, at a grocery store that could be any of our neighborhood grocery stores. you know this last weekend in colorado, many of us had the opportunity to enjoy the spring -- beautiful spring outdoor weather, spending time in the great outdoors, a sense of renewal, a sense of hope ahead, perhaps that we were on the precipe of normalcy.

i wish i could stand here and promise that the pain will heal quickly, it won't but for the family and friends and our community, the loss endures and at times like this it's hard to see the light that shines through the darkness. we all need space to mourn. space to be angry, that's a legitimate feeling. space to help those who are left behind. space to ask the simple question, why? space to support those who made it out of the grocery store with their lives but with lifelong scars that we cannot see. space to celebrate the ten lives that were lost yesterday. and we need the fortitude to carry on. we'll hold the evil doer

responsible to the full extent of the law for his actions. we'll always remember the victims of the king soopers shooting. i want to turn it over to congressman from the area, congressman joe neguse. thank you, governor polis, for your leadership. i want to thank law enforcement in the boulder county area for their incredible leadership, to district attorney michael dougherty, to the chief of police, to the brave and heroic police officers with the boulder police department. whose actions yesterday truly saved lives. to the federal partners, interim u.s. attorney kirsch and fbi special agent in charge schneider for their effort, the coordination i think you'll hear

from law enforcement at the local, state and federal level has been strong and important. as we deal with this terrible mass shooting. here in our community. it's been a devastating 24 hours for boulder and for our state. like the governor, this is my community, lived in boulder county for many years, my wife was born in boulder, we went to school in boulder, this is our community. and we're heartbroken, absolutely heartbroken for the pain and the anguish that so many in our community and across our state are feeling today. ten lives lost. ten friends, neighbors, sisters, brothers, parents, colleagues, community members. families that are grieving

today. woke up today without their loved ones including an officer who bravely died in the line of duty protecting this community, officer talley. his service and his sacrifice will never be forgotten. like many of you my heart is heavy and it is in grief and in anguish, the loss of life is truly heartbreaking and unimaginable, so our hearts, our thoughts, our prayers are with the families of those victims, with the survivors of yesterday's terrible mass shooting. with the frontline grocery store employees, and with every member of our community here in boulder. as the governor said, yesterday coloradoans went to their local king soopers, to pick up groceries, to buy eggs, some of them to get a covid vaccine, in a mere instance, our community

was upturned by a senseless act of violence. this year's coloradoans we've faced a lot of challenges. in this year of separation due to covid, of loss and of loneliness, grocery stores like king soopers have been one of our consistent gathering places, one of few routine activities that we've continued to engage in as coloradoans and as americans. it's hard to describe what it means for this safe place to see a horrible tragedy like this unfold. there's a lot that we don't know. there's a lot still unfolding from yesterday's events. but let me simply say this, this cannot be our new normal. we should be able to feel safe in our grocery stores. we should be able to feel safe in our schools, in our movie

theaters, and in our communities. we need to see a change. because we have lost far too many lives. as i said, i've lived in boulder county for many years and one thing i'm sure of is this, our community is strong, it's kind, it's compassionate, it's resilient. we'll get through this together. as we comfort each other. as we begin the process of healing in the coming days and weeks and tough months ahead. i'd now like to turn it over to the mayor of boulder. sam weaver. good morning, today our city is grieving the senseless loss of ten lives in our community. the people who were killed yesterday were individuals going about their daily business when

a man with a gun monstrously struck them down. they had family and friends, loves and passions and dreams of tomorrows that will no longer come for them. we feel these losses in our bones. some of us more deeply than others but all of us are agonized by this tragedy. there will be time to come to pursue justice, repair damage, seek answers and pursue remedies. but today, we remember, we appreciate and we honor the lives of those who were killed. one of those who we remember is boulder police officer eric talley, who was gund down as he valiantly protected those who were in immortal danger. officer talley truly heroic public servant joins the ranks

of six other police officers who laid down their lives for the people of our city. we can never thank officer talley or his family enough for their sacrifice but we won't forget it. many are alive today because of the actions of eric talley and other first responders and their bravery is a blessing to us all. bolder's a city full of giving and resilient people. we'll help each other heal and recover from this tragedy. boulder's also an active and energetic community and we'll put our energy to use in repairing the fabric which has been torn and boulder is a thoughtful, envisionary community and we'll work to build a future in which tragedies like this live in a distant and unimaginable past. but today we'll grieve and we'll

console one another and we'll remember the ten precious souls that we lost yesterday. thank you. i'll turn it over to boulder d.a. michael dougherty. good morning. i'm michael dougherty, i'm the district attorney for boulder county. yesterday, boulder suffered a tragic and horrific attack, the victims who were food shopping engaged in an everyday act, it turned out to be their last day on earth, i can't imagine the pain and agony that their loved ones, their families are feeling right now, to them i want to say this, i promise you that all of us here will work tirelessly to support you and help you through this process and also to make sure that the killer is held absolutely and fully accountable for what he did to them, to all of the loved ones and friends of

the victims and to the boulder community yesterday. officer eric talley died heroically, one of the many outstanding members of boulder county law enforcement, an officer here at the boulder police department, he died charging into the line of fire to save people who were simply trying to live their lives and go food shopping and the man who gund them down will be held fully responsible. there were ten people killed yesterday. the chief, chief herold read off the names of all ten. i ask you to join me as community, as a country in honoring and respecting all ten of the victims. the killer, his name that will live in infamy, but today let us remember the victims and let us

work tirelessly for them to make sure the right thing happens in this case and i can promise you, that is our solemn commitment to the victims and to the families and to this community. why did this happen? we don't have the answer to that yet and the investigation is in the very early stages. what i can tell you today is that boulder and colorado is giving its very best to the response of what happened. we have had agencies from all around the metro area, district attorneys and prosecutors from all around the state of colorado, law enforcement from every area around boulder and denver responding to help and give their very all to this vicious attack and to the investigation that will follow, so we're in the very early stages in the investigation, there's much to learn, i want to stress the incredible

cooperation between federal, state and local partners, exactly what we should do in response to this kind of horrific act. having been at the aurora movie theater shooting, i can tell you part of what made that response so incredibly important was that we had federal, state and local partners responding together, working as a team, giving their every bit of effort and energy and commitment to ensuring justice for all the victims that's the kind of response we see in boulder today. federal and state and local partners working very closely to make sure the right things happen with the criminal case and that justice is done for each and every one of the ten victims. the arrest warrant were completed and signed at approximately 3:00 a.m. this morning. the offender whose name has been provided to you is being held at

a hospital currently, anticipate that he'll be released from the hospital shortly and then transported to the boulder county jail, once he's booked we'll follow our normal protocol. to the media, you can expect that affidavit and warrant released later today. i do want to stress that the investigation is really in its early stages. the completion is likely more than a year from now, between now and then when justice is done for all ten of these victims, i can promise you we're going to work together at the federal state and local levels to give this case our all and make sure we do justice for these victims, nothing will replace, nothing can fill the

void for the families and their loved ones. but i can promise you we'll hold him accountable. thank you very much for being here, ladies and gentlemen. i'm going to turn it over to u.s. attorney miatt kirsch. good morning, everyone. i'm matt kirsch. you've heard from most of the speakers this morning about how this investigation is proceeding exactly as an investigation of this type should. with full cooperation between federal and state and local authorities. i'm here to affirm for you on behalf of the federal law enforcement community that that is happening. if federal law enforcement community, including the u.s. attorney's office, fbi, the atf and any other resources that are necessary to make sure this

investigation is full and complete will be brought to this investigation. i want to close by saying two more things, first of all, on behalf of the federal law enforcement community, i want to join in adding that community's sincere condolences and sympathies to the victims, the victims' families, their friends and the community at large. we know that the community and all of those people are grieving. we understand that our role as michael dougherty just explained is to seek justice for this tragic event and my pledge to you is that exactly what the federal law enforcement community is going to do. with that, i'm going to turn it over to michael snyder. good morning. as the u.s. attorney said my name is michael schneider.

first and foremost i want to offer my sincere condolences on behalf of the fbi to the boulder police department and the families of the victims of this senseless act of violence. while we mourn the devastating loss our objective is to conduct a thorough and meticulous investigation. the fbi is involved because of the resources we can bring to bear to support our law enforcement part nerts. at this time we're supporting evidence collection, we're supporting processing the crime scene, we're conducting interviews. as part of that process, we seek the public's help, any information that can be provided to aid our investigation we ask to be provided to the fbi, we have two means of providing that information. the first is digital media can be provided to fbi.gov/bouldershooting. you can also call the fbi's tip

line. 1-800-call-fbi. again, no information is too small and we encourage the public to share any information they may have. our objective in this investigation is to conduct a thorough investigation, which includes identifying the suspect's motive. less than 24 hours since the shooting took place and premature for us to draw any conclusions at this point in time. i can tell you the community is safe and we'll continue to share updates as we continue our investigation. we're grateful to the tremendous partnerships that exist here in this community, we're working very closely with the boulder police department, the boulder county sheriff's office, the colorado bureau of investigation, the u.s. attorney and the district attorney's office. we can assure the public we'll follow every lead as we conduct our investigation and bring justice to the victims. thank you.

we'll now take a few questions. >> is the suspect have in custody is that the man you see in the video that was shot from a helicopter yesterday afternoon escorted out by two officers. >> we'll be releasing a photo of the suspect. >> can you tell us at all anything about the suspect's injuries? >> chief? >> he suffered a leg wound, it was a through and through wound to his leg, middle section of his leg. >> from one of your officers? >> we're not sure at this time. no motive at this time. >> can you tell us anything about it? >> nothing. i think it's in the press release.

>> have investigators spoken with him? >> at this time investigators have spoken with him and i will let michael dougherty running that section of the investigation. michael, do you want to speak to that? >> i do want to stress we're in the very early stages of the investigation the arrest warrant is going to be released later today once he e's booked into the boulder county jail. in the terms of statements that he may have made to investigators, he's innocent until aproven guilty. i don't have a list of the statements he's made up to this point. the investigation is still in the very early stages. >> can you tell us anything more about it -- >> his name and the community

which he lived is included in the press release. i know that there's an extensive investigation just getting under way in his background. he's lived most of his life in the united states. sorry. at this time, we fully believe we're very confident that the community is safe and that he -- i'm sorry -- just one second. that he was the only person involved. obviously it's early in the investigation, we'll continue to run down every lead. i'll briefly say there was a name going around social media and the media yesterday, you'll recognize it's not the individual who has been charged. we don't believe there's any connection between those two individuals. he does not appear to be connected to this at all. >> this question is for the chief, it seems that, you know, through describing the names of

the deceased and what happened that this wasn't just very difficult -- can you describe the emotions you're going through right now? >> it's hard. it's challenging. i live three blocks up the street from that store. you're worried about your neighbors, you're worried about your partners, you're worried about everything everything when you get that call, so, yeah, i feel numb. it's heartbreaking. it's heartbreaking to talk to victims, their families, you know, it's tragic. this officer had seven children. ages 5 to 18. i just had that officer's whole family in my office two weeks ago to give him an award and it

so's personal, this is my community, i live here, and to have something like this happen so close to where you live and to know the fear in the community, and to know that the officers sacrifice themselves, it's heartbreaking. >> can you tell us more about officer talley? >> i can tell you he's a very kind man and he didn't have to go into policing, he had a profession before this. but he felt at higher calling. he loved this community. he's everything that policing deserves and needs. he cared about this community. he cared about boulder police department. he cared about his family. he was willing to die to protect others.

that gets lost in translation. >> very grateful to hear about officer talley, can you tell us anything about the other officers -- >> i don't know all the details at this time. all i can tell you, i've spoken to some of their families and i can just tell you they're heartbroken and this is the worst call you could ever receive as a family member. we have checked with ceo and at this time we don't believe obviously preliminary information, at this time we don't believe any -- >> when the first police call came in. >> we started receiving calls for service at 2:30 p.m. and

obviously we received a barrage of calls for shots fired and we received one call with a man with some type of patrol rifle. >> can you talk about the award the officer was given? >> actually, the award was for officer talley's son, officer talley taught cpr, he taught his family cpr and officer talley, one of his sons swallowed a quarter and because office talley taught his children cpr one of his sons was able to save the little boy's life and so, the boulder police department just gave his son an award for life saving. >> i can't imagine what you're going through, but what do you tell your officers going out

today for another day of work? >> all my officers are doubled up. and thanks to the state and all of the local authorities that are here have offered to run calls of service for us, none of my officers wanted to do that so we partnered them up and they want to be out with the community. >> what do they tell them? i know you're talking in your capacity as chief. what do you tell them? >> i tell them that i'm sorry and we're going to get through this, don't lose your compassion and we'll get through this and we'll come out of it stronger. >> chief, can you talk more about officer talley's actions yesterday. >> i think we're going to about wrapped up questions chief herold met with some of the victims' families last night, other victims' families were

notified by other members of the boulder police department and the coroner's. you asked about how officers are doing and someone asked about the mood amongst the investigators, i would describe it as very determined and very focused. there's a lot of work to be done, so we have local, federal and state law enforcement inside this building and at the crime scene working on this case right now to answer your question, i'd say the group is very focused on the work that's going to be done. we understand the trauma afflicted upon our community. that will drive us to see this case to the right result. can you tell us how many shots were fired and what kind of weapon the suspect used? >> some of those details still need to be nailed down.

i'm going to hold off on that. that's still in the early stages the crime scene is being processed thanks to the evidence recovery team of the fbi, i mean they're the best of the best, so they're going to be at the king soopers i anticipate for the next couple of days. suspect released from the hospital. >> i suspect the suspect will be released today, but if he's released today he'll be transported to the boulder county jail, booked into the jail and then the affidavit and 2 warrant will be turned over to you. >> there you have it, michael dougherty the d.a. in boulder talking about the suspect in custody. the suspect, 20 years old.

we did get a little bit more information on the suspect that he lived in the u.s. they said for most of his life. no word on a motive, they said the investigation is very early and as we always like to do, we prefer to concentrate on the victims and the ages and the names were revealed there at the press conference, danny strong, 20 years old. ricky olds, 25. suzanne fountain, 59. officer eric talley, 51. kevin mahoney, 61. jody waters who was 65. ten victims ranging in age from 23 years old all the way up to 62, 65 years old. we heard from a heartbroken police chief, maris herold she

had just that officer and his family to give him an award. that all of his children were in the office to watch their dad get that award ages 5 to 18, he has seven children that he leaves behind. let's bring in our chief national correspondent matt gutman who was on the scene. matt, it's nothing short of heartbreaking when you hear the names, ten names, ages 20 to 65. >> reporter: david, we haven't been able to have access to the families, we didn't know the names until moments ago, what you saw in the chief's reaction to the loss of life that encapsulate how hard hit this community is, i have been to many press conference i haven't seen a police chief break down

emotionally. obviously, they're pursuing this investigation meticulously with the assistance of the fbi, they sate's going to be number of days before that's completed. the first thing that's going to happen in terms of the investigation is that as mr. dougherty, the d.a. said, they're going to release the suspect from the hospital to the jail and at that point we'll get the arrest affidavit and a lot more information about him and the specific circumstances of this shooting and david you may be able to hear in the background what's going on right now they're re-reading the names of the victims and the ages. david. >> we'll have that for all of our viewers at abcnews.com. as on saz the official list came out. those names and ages and as matt underscored that point, visibly moved by what they witnessed in their community, some of those

people inside that store were lined up to get their covid shots, we're still in the middle of a pandemic in this country, the governor there, governor polis making the point that the flags to representing the eight lives lost last week in atlanta just went back up and now boulder, colorado, dealing with another mass shooting. >> announcer: this has been a special report from abc news. she was so cute and little so long ago. now she's been given so many treats. well, here you have it. we have a lot to share with you this morning. we thought it was a great day to begin with a story that would be sure to lift your spirits and i do mean that in every sense of the word. the barefoot contessa herself, ina garten has moved onward and upward from her giant quarantine cosmo and is now teaming up with

the wonderfully funny melissa mccarthy and together this dynamic duo will bring us a special for discovery plus called cocktails and tall tales, with ina garten and melissa mccarthy. take a look. >> we're shaking up whiskey sours. >> do you think we can get enough in that glass? >> if your wrist gets tired dunk your head in. >> i was never allowed to cook, so that's how i got my pilot's license. talked myself into getting a job at the white house. >> one of her first words were -- >> cheers. >> wait a minute, that's my line. >> with melissa in australia, where she's shooting a new show, and ina in the hamptons where she lives, the pair said they had so much fun, they never even noticed they were basically a world away from each other. melissa said, quote, second only to the day my babies were born, it was pretty much the best day of my life. the special is said to be full of fun stories and little known tidbits from both superstars'

lives. cocktails and tall tales with ina and melissa airs friday, march 26th, on discovery plus. i loved bringing you that. cheers to both of those ladies. movie news. fans of the 1993 classic "mrs. doubtfire" have been lighting up social media lately speculating there is an nc-17 version of this family film somewhere out there. well, director chris columbus is now clearing things up explaining to "entertainment weekly" that while shooting the comedy he would let robin williams do his thing. he did it more than 20 scenes of the film saying, quote, we had a deal between robin and myself, he would do two or three scripted takes the way i wanted them and then he would say, now let me do my thing. he assures everyone there is not a dirty "doubtfire" film out there but there is certainly enough material to make a hilarious r-rated version and that one day he might be willing to share some of those scenes in

all their glory in some kind of documentary. i sure wish he would. love and miss robin williams so very much. now i'm going to bring in dandy who is a pup at heart. my senior statesman because it is as you said national puppy day and thought we would use this as an excuse, robin, i know you get it. we all love dogs, we love north shore animal league and wanted to show you guys that need a forever homes. we have daisy, and she is a 10-week-old shar-pei terrier mix. daphne, is that daisy. there's daisy. there's daphne. she's a chihuahua pit bull who loves nibbling on your hair and giving kisses. little dory is also up for adoption and we're told is quite a snuggler. and max and pluto, ten-week-old brothers who would love to stay together if possible, t.j., so they could give you two times the love. all these pups and so many more available for adoption at north shore animal league, america. they are so fantastic.

do check your local shelters as well. and happy national pup day, everybody, from mine to yours. >> oh, thank you. we love north shore. boy, they brought me together -- well, lara helped with little man lukas so we have a lot to be thankful for. we'll have more on the pups in the next half hour. we turn now to our "gma" cover story. exclusive clips from demi lovato's new docu-series, "demi lovato: dancing with the devil" the singer talking about her overdose. kaylee hartung has more. good morning, kaylee. >> reporter: good morning, robin. demi lovato is a fighter. we have seen her resilience time and time again. now in this new docu-series she's showing us just how therapeutic the truth can be. ♪ >> i had so much to say over the past two years wanting to set the record straight about what it was that happened. >> reporter: this morning, an exclusive first look at the new documentary everyone is talking

about. >> i actually don't think people realize how bad it actually was. >> reporter: in "demi lovato: dancing with the devil," the superstar and the people closest to her opening up like never before. >> there were times where i was just like, she's miserable. >> reporter: for the first time she's talking about the overdose that almost killed her. >> i had three strokes. i had a heart attack. >> she asked me two or three times what happened and i said, demi, you're in the hospital. and you overdosed. >> i suffered brain damage from the strokes. i can't drive anymore and i have blind spots in my vision. >> reporter: the series sharing unreleased footage from the months leading up to that 2018 overdose. >> i'm just not feeling comfortable in my body right now. >> i felt like we got a really clear picture as to where she came from, what she went through

and things aren't always as they seem. >> reporter: addressing her constant struggle with body image. >> there's so much pressure as a female in the industry to look a certain way and to like dress a certain way and that's the stuff that i used to look up to. it's really triggering. >> reporter: and the lengths her team went to to try to keep her sober. >> i think if there's one goal with this film, outside of being the ultimate catharsis for demi, is to say to everybody your journey is unique. >> reporter: fans here in l.a. got a first look at demi's raw emotion and honesty during a drive-in screening of it last night. kim kardashian was among the supporters out there for demi and she says it's a must see. you can find "demi lovato: dancing with the devil" premiering today on youtube. robin. >> she has a lot of supporters. all right, kaylee, thank you. we want to turn now to making the most of that stimulus money. with a new batch of $1,400 payments starting to roll out this week the stock market has seen a surge from a lot of people deciding to invest their

payment, so rebecca jarvis joining us now. rebecca, good morning, and we're told 85% of american households are going to debt this new round of stimulus, so what do you need to be considering if you are thinking about investing it? >> reporter: hey, t.j., good morning. nice to see you. the first thing you want to do is pay off those essentials, that's what the stimulus is intended for so pay off the food and the shelter first. then think about things like paying down some of your debts, in particular those high interest rate credit card debts. they can be as much as 15% or even higher in interest and that just adds to your bills every month. pay those down and once you've got that targeted, think about an emergency savings account, t.j. this is something where you set aside 3 to 6 months' worth of living expenses in a high-yield savings account. these are frequently the online savings accounts and you can make your money grow fast and securely so that you have it in the event of an emergency, t.j. >> so, rebecca, we have seen an increase in small investors in

the pandemic, so is this a good idea? there are so many options you can use with your stimulus check, investing it, is that a good idea? >> reporter: it can be a good idea, t.j. it depends how you're thinking about this. first of all, if you're betting on individual stocks you have to think about that as a hobby where you can make or lose money very quickly. for long-term thinking, like saving for retirement, consider something like a roth or a traditional i.r.a. you can put up to $6,000 into last year, the 2020 tax year i.r.a. and you still have time to do that, and if you're 50 years or plus you can put up to $7,000 in last year's i.r.a., t.j. >> rebecca, always appreciate your info, thank you so much. robin. now to a new outrage, march madness, players from the men's and women's teams using the #notncaaproperty. that's a push for a share in the multimillions the organization makes selling gear with their names and likeness. eva pilgrim has that story for us.

>> let's play ball. >> reporter: as march madness tips off, players putting the ncaa on the defensive again. many staging an online protest using the #notncaaproperty. questioning why the ncaa and universities can make millions of dollars off student athletes in apparel and image rights but the actual athletes are not allowed to profit. rutgers guard geo baker tweeting, we deserve an opportunity to create money from our name, image and likeness. if you don't agree with that statement, then you are saying you believe that i, a human being, should be owned by something else. sari is a senior georgetown forward and can't use her likeness to promote and fund raise for her mentorship organization. >> i belong to me and the work that we as student athletes put into our craft, which is our sport, belongs to me too and the success i garner from that

belongs to me. >> reporter: there was also growing criticism over how the ncaa uses its trademark march madness. it's one of the most powerful brands in sports, but it only applies to the men's tournament. >> we deserve what is fair. our student athletes, our women athletes deserve to have the same experiences, the great experiences. >> reporter: despite the trademark covering both men's and women's tournaments, the ncaa leaving the women's games out of the marketing blitz. >> the fact that women are not seen as being as deserving as men in those manners because it wasn't even questioned. >> reporter: the ncaa saying in a statement, we are committed to working with all constituents to determine the best way forward including the use of march madness logos if desired and those student athletes are demanding a meeting with the president of the ncaa. >> i saw that letter. they want a meeting on zoom and very soon. thank you very much. let's go now to ginger, ginger. >> robin, as peaceful and springy as it looks out here in

new york this morning, i got to take you to pictures because you get spring flowers with those showers but lightning. in houston overnight, if you're not going to get the tornado or damaging wind you may see flash flooding in the coming days across the south. potential for three-plus inches good morning i am meteorologist and five. breezy today. bringing in dry air and sunshine and above average temperatures. the hills will be breezy in the 50s and the rest of us will be clear and cooler. no rain in the forecast. just warmer temperatures for the weekend. a few 70s in the inland areas. tonight in the hills, most of us will be in the mid and well, now, to that new study on weight gain during the pandemic. researchers at the university of california, san francisco,

finding that people have gained an average of 1 1/2 pounds every month during shelter in place orders. dr. jennifer ashton has much more on this and, dr. jen, this is actually concrete proof this is a real trend. tell us what this study found. >> yeah, amy, it sure is. i love it when science and data matches up with what we hear from real people in real life. i'm hearing this from my patients on a daily basis. this was a small study, 289 people who were wearing fitbits or trackable, wearable devices, researchers at ucsf in california followed them during the stages of the pandemic where stay-at-home orders were in place and they noted the average weight gain was 1 1/2 pounds per month so remember that means people gained more than that over a three-month period. you could be talking 5 to 10 pounds so this is not trivial for some people, that's for sure. >> jen, you have a degree in nutrition. you were also board certified in obesity medicine so what tips do you have for people who found

themselves in this situation? >> well, amy, spring is a great time to try to get this back on track. so here are the tips that i suggest. first of all, i think it's important to lock down those sleep and activity behaviors, those are critically important when you're talking about weight management, then try a five-day/two-day approach. you're more strict during the workweek and then on the weekends you can lighten up a little bit. get your family to participate. everyone should buy in. it shouldn't just be your mission and then be curious and experiment and find what works for you. >> i love those tips, dr. jen, thank you so much. coming up next, here on "gma," we have jessica simpson joining us live. stay with us.

good morning. santa clara county is starting to reschedule vaccine appointments for kaiser patients who were bumped due to low supply. kaiser blames the county for mismanaging the vaccine application. they plan to file a complaint accusing the county of violating rules. the county says it is not true will. while this plate out 7500 kaiser members were left in limbo. >> mike nicco will have the forecast when we come back .

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good morning. it is going to be a breezy day that will bring us dry air, total sunshine and warmer than average temperatures. the breeze could be dangerous in solano county. look at how it is moving perpendicular to our major highways. this wind advisory is in effect through 8:00 this evening. it will be a little choppy out on the water. if you're taking the ferry across the east and west bridges there is a small craft advisory. kind of cool this morning, but it will be cool this afternoon 60s and a few 70s inland.

warmer tomorrow as the breeze backs off. breezy and cooler thursday. check out how warm it will be with mid-60s at the coast, mid and upper 70s inland, even and 80 possible. >> we will have another ♪ born to be wild ♪ther and welcome back ♪ born to be wild ♪ and welcome back. we're celebrating national puppy day. we have a very furry family member around here. good morning, america. we have been celebrating those and some of our dogs, some of your dogs, as well. >> some staffers. because during the pandemic, our little guys, they've become more than just our four-legged best friends. they've brought us so much joy in an extremely stressful time, and all the dogs that you are seeing right now, those dogs right there, they're all adoptable from the north shore animal league. daisy, all of them. so we have a great guest and dog owner who is joining us this morning. >> that's right. jessica simpson, she's done it

all, she's a pop star, movie star, billion-dollar business woman, mom, number one best-selling author, her memoir "open book" now available in paperback. the "l.a. times" wrote that it spares no one, not even herself. and jessica is with us right now and there's her dog. oh. how is -- that's penny, right? >> yeah, i just woke her up so she's like, what's going on? she's happy. you're on tv. >> ah. >> it's your big debut. >> this is the debut. you woke her up just for us? >> oh, yeah. oh, she has her hands on the table like she's going to eat breakfast or something. >> well glad both of you could be here. >> we love everybody. good morning, america. >> all right. we didn't know this was coming. it's good to have two guests with us today but it's so good to see you. amy just described so much you

have going on, and part of that is being a mom and your little one, though, 2 years old, the comedian in the house, though. how does the little one keep everybody entertained? >> yes. bertie is one of a kind. honestly, it was such a hard pregnancy for me that i felt the whole time it had to have been a joke and she came out like truly making jokes. she's always the first one that's like -- she's just in on the know like a couple days ago she turned 2 and the night before she turned 2 she pee-peed in the potty for the first time. it was like i've known how to do this all along like i'm going to do this -- i've known how. she makes all the farm animal noises and she laughs at everybody's jokes. she'll make jokes and she'll say, i funny. she's so cute. >> she is. >> she's so -- she'll wear two

different socks, two different shoes. i'm going to put penny down. she's very quirky. >> you know what is no joke, no joke is your book, so well received. people have really, really enjoyed reading it. including your husband, former nfl player eric so he actually while you were writing it, he was able to kind of peek over your shoulder so what was his rview as you were writing in the writing process of this? >> well, i mean, eric knows that i've always like kept journals and through the process of getting sober and just stopping all the drinking i really wanted to go back to my childhood and i wanted to go back to who i was and rediscover that person and who i am now and he really just nurtured my character along the way and after every therapy

session i would have and the journal entries i would go through, i would share with him and then it just ended up becoming a memoir. i mean, we kind of like -- i said it, i was like i need to put this out into the world so they can understand me in a different way and on a different level and on a deeper level and eric's very -- he's a very open person, like i am, and he supported it. he read every chapter with me. he cried with me. he laughed when i didn't. but he also like probably is watching this and getting choked up in the other room. he's very supportive and he's very proud and so now, with all the new things that i have coming in my career, i can't wait to experience it with him by my side and with my family because it's been about the

jessica simpson collection for most of the time that i've been with him and now i'm going into music and television and all kinds of stuff so to have them be a part of the creative side like that is going -- i mean, it's probably one of the most exciting things that i have to look forward to this year. >> you're so multifaceted and love your family and you bring them up and you have some young ones as we've seen. when are you going to let them read the book because you -- you really open up, jessica. you are an open book. >> they both have it by their bedsides. they both do right now. they have it by their bedside. they're starting to be very good readers and they have read some of it and there's nothing that's off-limits. we're very open as a family and for me, i mean, when i talk about sexual abuse and stuff, that stuff happened to me when i was younger than they are and at

the age that they are, so it is something that we are very open about and when i was actually in new york promoting the memoir when it first came out last year, a woman had come up to us, it was me and maxwell, and i was signing autographs and she wanted to sign too, and a woman came up and was crying and had her daughter with her and she was saying that what you went through as a child, you know, it really encouraged me to talk to my therapist and be open with my family about it and maxwell was like, mom, what is she talking about and so i like held the line of autographs, i was like, i guess this is the time that i'm going to talk to my daughter about it here in times square, but it was like -- it was a perfect moment because she saw how being open and honest with your feelings and how you can inspire people that way, how you can -- i don't know, just how honesty really is moving and how

it can make a change in people's lives and she saw that mommy was doing that and she like went home and like just started journaling like went back to the hotel and she's been writing in her journal ever since. >> teachable moment. >> she's doing her own memoir so definitely they haven't like read the whole thing but they -- i mean, i talk to my kids about everything. there's nothing that really is off limits. >> well, it is -- except, you know, they don't date yet -- when that happens i might have my opinions. >> got some time. >> but they know that we're protecting them and, you know, i just think that as a parent it's so important to really have everything out there in the open. there's nothing that's embarrassing to talk about at all and there's nothing to be ashamed of and nobody is going to judge you and if they do

they'll come around and they'll be there for you and if they're not somebody else will. >> yeah. very important lessons. very important lessons for all children to know. we appreciate your candor. it's always a pleasure having you on. jessica simpson, the paperback edition of "open book" available now. thank you, jessica. and coming up next, the coolest key to saving big when it comes to grocery shopping. pi. ♪ rain on me ♪

♪ rain on me ♪ yes, cold cash. rain on me. back now with our new series "cold cash" breaking down cool strategies to save big when it comes to food shopping with grocery prices jumping nearly 5% in 2020. i don't know what the song has anything to do with this but becky worley joins us with how you can put your money on ice. good morning, becky. >> reporter: good morning, i am indeed making savings rain on me and you. >> ah. >> but when we think about cutting food costs we think about the circular and coupons but maybe this right here, your freezer, is the key to saving cold, hard cash. the kale family from leesburg, virginia, have a tried and true method to save on groceries but it's a bold move. they buy six months' worth of meat at at one time. chicken, beef, pork and seafood.

all individually wrapped and delivered to their freezer and it's a big freezer. >> it was also a little scary in the fact that once you commit to something you have bought a lot of food like having your own meat department in the house. >> reporter: with grocery prices increasing and meat shortages an issue during covid spikes, many ranchers and farming collectives have found new ways to distribute meat. >> i'm getting higher quality. >> the meats are ready to go. you're not paying for a lot of waste. the chicken doesn't have water in it. they don't have the kind of things that sometimes add to the price. >> reporter: while they receive a variety of meats through their service the more common arrangement is a half, quarter or eighth of a cow. that smaller amount, an eighth could fit in a regular upright fridge freezer with a little creative maneuvering. based on data from michigan state university, buying in bulk can save up to 20%. another way to buy meat in bulk -- costco business. your costco card gets you into

these costcos. i found this pack for $1.59 a pound. when they say say buy in bulk. that's a lot of chicken. but it's 60 cents per pound than even normal costco. maybe i have to break it up into individual serving sizes, but at that price, it's worth it. buying in bulk for the freezer isn't limited to meat. the nuts i bought in bulk were a third the price of the options i had in my regular grocery store but since nuts tend to become rancid in as quickly as two months at room temperature store them in the freezer. they can hold their flavor for up to a year in here. >> the fats in nuts will oxidize if they're exposed to air so putting them in the freezer airtight minimizes that process. >> reporter: eggs are another item we found for a third of the price of standard size when buying in bulk. while you can't freeze them in the shelf, crack, whisk, freeze and you can defrost for scrambled eggs, baking or quiches.

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down what you already own as we continue our series tomorrow. >> love the series. love it. so helpful to so many people. we were taking notes in the studio. >> didn't know about the milk. >> didn't know about the milk. you knew about the milk. >> i have frozen milk plenty of times before. it works. now seeing soon is ginger. good morning, ginger. oh, robin, good morning. i don't know if i have ever been more ready for spring, and i'm outside here. spring blossoming everywhere around us with these gorgeous and colorful flowers. but, of course, what else is blossoming, pollen, and that means allergies, so this segment is sponsored by zyrtec. i want you to check out this video from kevin in bloomfield, new jersey. it is a pollen explosion. kevin's neighbor was asking, his name peter, does this mean the pollen then comes down the street? are you giving me pollen?

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there is police activity in the area. we've also just learned they have issued a shelter in place

order for the town. so anyone in that area is being asked to shelter in place at this point. >> talking about a town of several thousand people. the numbers i have is about 3,000 people who live in yountville. there could be others visiting. they're telling everyone to she felt nor place. they're taking this very seriously.

so many different restaurants. you see people eating on the street there.

please avoid this area until we're told from the sheriff's office from chp that it's safe

to be there. >> a lot of it is frustration i'm seeing, reggie, where people are feeling, not again. it's been about three years almost. it was march of 2018, so around the same time three years ago when people had that same feeling of what is happening at this veterans home in yountville. at that time, three women who worked there killed by a gunman. that same sense of fear i can imagine is just really with people again as we are here three years later, looking at a scene like this, especially after what we've seen unfold in boulder and in atlanta. just a lot for people emotionally watching this and dealing with this. as we're getting more information, that sense of uncertainty and, you know.

>> they are on alert for other potential violent situations, and there can be some times when it's misconstrued and when there isn't actually a threat. so we'll see what happens here. our wayne freedman who covers the north bay extensively, is on the phone with us now. wayne, what do you know? >> reggie, good morning. i got a call about something going on in yountville. we know around 7:30, the hospital, the lower floor, a report of a woman who had a shotgun prompting a huge police response. the area is locked down.

we don't know if any shots have been fired. but law enforcement is all over sonoma county and napa county to deal with this. the concern right now is how could this happen again at the hospital when this happened just a couple years ago? the difference was that was a private hospital inside the facility. this is different. this hospital is the main unit, the area -- specialized nursing unit. that's what we know. the mayor of yountville, we've reached out to him, have not heard back from him. other people, we've reached out to them. they know about as much as we do. haven't heard shots fired. we know there's a woman with a shotgun on the grounds -- and we're converging on it. a lot of concern and a lot of --

based on what happened before and something like this happening again, we'll be looking into it. >> we appreciate that. we apologize. such good information but it's difficult to hear you. i don't think the cell service is great right there. we appreciate you, wayne, we'll get back to you. kumasi, what we got from wayne there, while there is a report of a woman with a shotgun on the property, we have not heard of any shots fired, which is important to know. >> and we learned that this has been going on now, the first calls around 7:30 this morning for an hour and a half, people in this community have been on edge wondering what's going on. another thing that stood out to me is wayne said the biggest question about this point, knowing this happened here roughly three years ago, how can this happen again. he talked about how last time this happened it was in a specialized facility, the pathway house there. and this time this woman is believed to be at a hospital,