the city of boulder lines the streets to pay tribute to the fallen police officer and father of seven as the friends and family of the ten victims mourn these unthinkable losses this ahead of the court date for the suspected shooter. from the immigration crisis at the border. thousands of adolescents held, gun control measures and so much more joe biden prepares for his first presidential press conference. the fight for equal pay. stephanie goss has an exclusive

with meagan rapinoe. >> the olympic torch is lit in fukushima. and a hopeful sign for millions as more and more of us can once again enjoy the power of a long missed simple hug between family members "early today" starts right now good morning, i'm phillip mena. >> i'm frances rivera. the mass shooting in boulder that left ten people dead is expected to appear at his first court hearing since the ramrampe ten counts of first degree murder as well as his rights this comes as more new details emerge about him earn mclaughlin has more from boulder. >> reporter: a community paying tribute to a local hero lining the streets in honor of fallen officer eric talley, the first to arrive on the scene of monday's deadly attack as the community pulls together, new details are emerging of the

suspected shooter's t know why 21-year-old opened fire on this supermarket claiming ten innocent lives his neighbor describing the moment investigators arrived to search the home. >> out of the house, everybody out of the house. >> reporter: authorities say he had a history of violence and mental problems. his classmates say he was bullied in school. >> they would just make fun of his last name. they would make terrorist jokes. >> reporter: 2018 alyssa pled guilty to assaulting a classmate whom he told officials bullied him weeks earlier. he said racist and islam mow phobic people were hacking his phones he and his older brother were known to the fbi there is no immediate signs of radicalization as a motive.

>> it would be premature to draw any conclusions at this time. >> reporter: it's unclear why he chose the king supers grocery store, 30 minute drive from his home and if he had any connection to the victims. >> he was the light of our family. >> 25-year-old rikki olds was killed in the attack so was terry leiker who was 31. lynn murray was 45 years old. >> she was my favorite person. she was the best. >> her husband john and olivia visited the growing make shift memorial outside the supermarket nkts it's an enormous smile in my heart last night at a difficult time. >> reporter: this close knit community vowing never to forget the suspect is expected to appear before a judge. he's facing ten counts of first degree murder.

this will be his first appearance in what the district attorney expects to be a lengthy process. frances? >> certainly painful for so many thank you, erin. the mass shootings in boulder and the atlanta area are reuniting the gun control. >> reporter: he can take action on gun control instead of waiting for congress kristin welker has the latest. >> reporter: in the wake of two mass shootings within a week, the biden white house intensifying its calls for new gun legislation after the house passed two bills that would expand background checks vice president harris urging the senate to take action. >> stop with the false choices this is not getting rid of the second amendment, it's about saying we need reasonable gun safety laws. >> reporter: republicans are opposed arguing stiffer gun laws would violate americans' second amendment rights. >> unfortunately when it comes

to gun violence we see democrats targeting law abiding citizens. >> reporter: as a candidate mr. biden promised to introduce new gun legislation on day one the white house deflecting criticism. >> this has been a passion of his putting in place gun safety measures throughout his career. >> reporter: a mass shooting followed by calls for new gun laws that go nowhere, including after the sandy hook massacre which claimed the lives of 20 elementary school children mark barden lost his 7-year-old son daniel in that horrific shooting. >> reporter: what is your level of optimism that congress will pass new gun legislation now when they haven't in the past? >> kristin, i have to remain hopeful. i will never give up advocating for common sense solutions, and there are many there are many solutions available to us that will save lives. >> reporter: all of it shining a light on the debate over whether democrats should get rid of the

filibuster which requires a 60 vote threshold to pass most legislation. the president has said he supports small changes to the filibuster but not calling forgetting rid of it altogether. some democrats argue it's the only way to accomplish their priorities the gun control debate, raging pandemic, the surge at the u.s. border. those are just a few of the most pressing topics today as president biden prepares to hold his first news conference as commander in chief nbc's tracie potts joins us with more tracie, good morning this is a long-time coming for the president. >> reporter: 64 days, phillip. the longest of any president in a century. for a president who is candid and promises transparency, the white house argues he's been before cameras informally. today the first formal q&a

some of the big topics expected to come up are covid and the fight to get everyone vaccinated, guns and gun control and the situation at the border. president biden has now appointed vice president harris to oversee trying to deal with this surge of migrants at the southern border. they both say that a key to that is getting at the root causes of why people are coming here in the first place. >> this new surge we're dealing with now started with the last administration but it's our responsibility to deal with it humanely and to stop what's happening. >> while they are clear that people should not come to the border now, we also understand that we will enforce the law and that we also, because we can chew gum and walk at the same time, let's address the root causes that cause people to make the trek >> she doesn't understand what has generated this problem this is not a trump problem,

this is a biden problem. trump brought order to chaos this will be the achilles heel, the undoing of the biden administration will be their immigration policies >> reporter: president biden today also expected to set what one official calls an ambitious new goal for vaccinations after meeting the 100 million shots in 100 days weeks early. breaking overnight, los angeles police faced up with hundreds of protesters as they tried to close down a homeless encampment at echo park lake they ordered crowds dispersed. city officials say they have been working to relocate the residents of the encampment. moving them now gets them at risk for getting covid la's police chief said those in tents will be allowed to stay overnight but they have to

in 24 hours. as tracis appointed vice president kamala harris to oversee the flow of migrants one of the big issues is the record number of children crossing into the u.s. dasha burns is there in dana, texas. dasha, good morning. >> reporter: hey, a congregation have been given access to an hhs facility in corrizo springs, texas. we have not gotten access to this facility in donna, texas. this is a customs and border protection custody these children are under border patrol custody there is one thing everyone agrees on, which is that children do not belong in facilities like this they do not belong here for an

extended period of time. we know from julia ainsley's reporting that more than 800 kids have been under border patrol custody for more than ten days what's happening here is a bottleneck with health and human services that is the agency that should be taking custody of these children while they await being united with a sponsor or a relative the problem is they do not have to pass any -- they're not able to create bed space quickly enough to keep up with these numbers, so that is the urgency right now. a rush for expanding capacity with health and human services so children are not stuck in over crowded facilities with customs and border protection like the 235 silt behind me here. >> dasha, thank you. the spotlight will fall on a minneapolis courtroom on monday. this morning we are learning more about the jurors.

here's shaquille brewster. shaq, good morning. >> reporter: hi, frances 15 jurors were selected. 14 will be there in the courtroom seated for the start of opening statements on monday, but it will be up to 12 jurors once those alternates are dismissed, 12 jurors who will determine the fate of derek chauvin, the ex-officer accused of killing george floyd. while they will remain silent during this process, we did learn about them over the course of the jury selection process. the first juror seated, juror number 2, we know he's an outdoors man, he likes to go backpacking and hiking he has not seen the video of floyd pinned under the knee of officer chauvin. we know many jurors said they had negative views of derek chauvin coming into this case largely because of the amount of time that his knee was on the neck of george floyd by the key thing, all of them said they can put that aside and enter the process impartially and give chauvin the presumption of

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after lockdown cynthia gentry was literally counting down the days after 11 months, 2 weeks and 4 days, she finally got to hug her three grandchildren. zooms and face times finally replaced by boat rides, walks on the beach, trips to the park and family selfies a new appreciation for even the simplest moments some meeting for the first time. >> grandma's here. >> reporter: lockdown has been hard on all of us. >> she has a little picture of my parents on her vanity and just the other day she was saying, i miss my family and she started crying. >> reporter: 2-year-old cammie has been struggling. she misses her grandfather. >> how's it been >> it's been tough to be separated from your family. >> reporter: they recently reunited and the smiles say it all. >> yeah! >> i love being around my

grandkids. i'm just really glad that this is -- i see it maybe coming to an end hopefully and so i'll get to see her a lot more. >> i got it. >> i got it. >> reporter: and when it's time to say good-bye. >> you don't have to cry you'll see him soon, okay? >> reporter: we now know that next hug is just right around the corner here's hoping we can all hug our loved ones very soon phillip, we'll send it back to you. >> i hear you, lester. watching that reminded me my brother who had to put on full ppe right there to hug my grandmother. first hug she had had in nearly a year she has been since vaccinated. i can't wait until we can. >> you're waiting. my kids are waiting my mom's still waiting. hopefully fingers crossed it happens soon. the relay to the delay of the 2020 olympic games has begun. the olympic torch was lit in

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