cbs news. on the road. >> and had that is the overnight news for this wednesday. reporting from the nation's it's wednesday, march 24th, 2021. this is the "cbs morning news." boulder mass shooting. new details emerge about the victims and the suspect's history of rage. the other side. a smuggler talks about how he sneaks migrants into the u.s. paying it forward. $900,000 is raised for an elderly chinese woman brutally attacked in san francisco, but she has other plans on how to she has other plans on how to use the money. captioning funded by cbs good morning. good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. this morning, we are learning new details about the alleged gunman who opened fire at a

boulder, colorado, supermarket killing ten people. suspect ahmad alissa has been charged with ten counts of murder. an arrest affidavit reveals that he bought the assault weapon six dayays before the attack. the 21-year-old also has a history of angry outbursts including an arrest in 2017 after police say he assaulted a high school classmate. mean time, there is a growing memorial outside of the grocery store where the rampage took place monday. people in the community are paying tribute to the lives lost in this senseless tragedy. elise preston is following this story from new york. what's the latest on the investigation here? >> reporter: investigators are still searching for a motive. the suspect is expected in court tomorrow. friends and family are remembering those killed in monday's mass shooting at a colorado supermarket. >> heart wrenching to see loss come so quickly and just so rapidly. >> reporter: the ten victims range in age from 20 to 65.

denny w tyoungest. >> rtes wan recentl m ling person i've met in my life. >> and 61-year-old kevin mahoney has a granddaughter on the way. >> he was just a wonderful, wonderful man who didn't deserve this at all. we're devastated as a community. >> reporter: the suspect, 21-year-old ahmad alissa is facing ten counts of first-degree murder. >> the investigation is in early stages. we're doing to work hard to see it through to completion. >> reporter: president biden called on congress to reinstitute a ban on assault weapons and large-capacity magazines. >> it was law for the longest time, and it brought down these mass killings. we should do it again. >> reporter: earlier this month house democrats passed two bills expanding background checks. >> the bill is passed -- >> reporter: during a senate committee hearing about guns yesterday, republicans showed no signs they were on the same page. >> and every time there's a shooting, we play this

ridiculous theater where this committee gets together and proposes a bunch of laws that would do nothing to stop these murders. >> reporter: the white house lowered the flag for the victims just hours after raising it following last week's atlanta shootings. we're hearing from those who know the suspect. his brother told "the daily mail" he believes he's mentally ill. he described him as paranoid and anti-social. anne-marie? >> interesting. elise preston in new york. thank you. well, ahead on "cbs this morning," an exclusive interview with vice president kamala harris. she'll talk about the biden administration's push for stricter gun-control measures h than a week apart. this morning, astrazeneca is promising transparency after being accused of possibly using outdated information on its covid vaccine. the pharmaceutical giant says that it will release full

results of its large-scale trial by tomorrow. it first reported a 79% efficacy rate at preventing covid-19, but health officials say that number could be as low as 69%. astrazeneca, which defends its study, is expected to apply for emergency use here in the u.s. in the near future. > in oac become the first southern state to end the death penalty. governor ralph northam is expected to sign the historic legislation today. he's first scheduled to tour the death chamber at the greenville corrections center. virginia's new democratic majority won a big political battle last month when the house and senate approved the legislation to end capital punishment. at the southern border, the migrant surge continues. the biden administration is on track to open at least six emergency facilities to house migrant children streaming into the u.s., and that may not be enough. manuel bojorquez reports from juarez, mexico. >> reporter: migrants keep showing up at the border.

[ speaking foreign language ] why are you leaving guatemala? a better life for your children. we met this guatemalan family crossing the border along with 16-year-old isabelle who they are hoping to make the journey. no father, no mother? they're sick, she says she's hoping to work in the u.s. to support them. without a parent or legal guardian here, isabelle may be the only one allowed to stay in the u.s. and make her case after being picked up by border patrol agents. u.s. customs and border protection released new videos of unaccompanied minors and some adults being held at two temporary processing facilities in texas. more than 16,000 migrant children are currently in u.s. custody. 5,000 of those in the hands of the border patrol who are encountering about 530 unaccompanied minors every day. the administration is now

directing shelters to fast track the release of unaccompanied minors with a parent or guardian in the u.s. who can care for them. he's taking us to his back yard. we found this smuggler in juarez who spoke on condition of anonymity. he says he doesn't see the flow of migrants slowing down. even with the risk of being ported they want to try. family members tell them to keep trying, he says. he gave us a view of the ladders used to scale the wall and holes to keep an eye out for border patrol. $1,000 for a chance to get over. in six months, 80 to 100 people have paid you to get over -- [ speaking foreign language ] manuel bojorquez, cbs news. senator tammy duckworth backed off on her threat to vote against any of president biden's nominees. duckworth and maizy hirono, the only senators of asian american heritage threatened to withhold support because of a lack of asian representation in the cabinet.

yesterday the white house said it would add a senior level asian american pacific islander liaison to its staff. and a grandmother who was violently attacked in san francisco is giving back to her community. an online fundraiser for her has collected more than $930,000 to pay for her medical bills. the 75-year-old was attacked earlier this month and fought off the suspect, although she was left badly injured. the suspect was also charged in an attack on another asian than that say day. -- that same day. her family says she's giving the cash raised back to the asian american community to combat racism. coming up, some low-income families in oakland, california, will be getting free money every month under a pilot program. and a long-delayed marvel superhero movie is set to debut this summer. this is the "cbs morning news." ws."

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what we could accomplish with an aerial explorer. could we image areas not visible from space or that a rover couldn't reach like shadowed craters with seasonal water flow? >> the helicopter is carrying a small piece of fabric from the wing of the wright brothers' historic first plane flight in 1903. and a fisherman in ukraine made quite a catch. he used his fishing rod to help save a young boy. the boy was stranded on a floating block of ice in the middle of a river earlier this week. video shows the fisherman casting his rod toward the boy. the boy caught it and was slowly pulled to the bank of the river. it worked perfectly. the boy stepped off the piece of ice without even getting his feet wet.> ng up on "cbs this morning" now, actress olivia munn speaks out about the rise of hate crimes against asian americans. i'm anne-marie green. this is the "cbs morning news." "

liz, you nerd, cough if you're in here! shh! i took mucinex dm for my phlegmy cough. what about rob's dry cough? works on that too, and lasts 12 hours. 12 hours?! who studies that long? mucinex dm relieves wet and dry coughs.

our top stores this morning -- the suspected gunman in the boulder supermarket shooting has been charged with ten counts of murder. ahmad alissa allegedly bought an assault weapon six days before the attack. he's due to make his first court

the senate judiciary committee held a hearing on proposals for gun control yesterday. democrats signaled that they're committed to passing tighter legislation but faced opposition from republicans. meantime, president biden urged congress to reinstitute a federal ban on assault weapons that expired in 2004. a good handyman can fix just about anything. but what makes a great one? chip reid has the answer. tony antonelli got a new kidney. the donor was his wife mary. unfortunately, last year, it started to fail. >> sure enough, we had to look for another donor. >> reporter: finding a match is difficult. tony had only about five years to live. bad news for a man with 13 grandchildren. enter dan reynolds, an army veteran who knows something about being down on his luck. he spent a few years living in a

van. even so, he's known in this maryland neighborhood as the handyman with a heart of gold. after doing some yard work last october, dan thought tony looked pale and tired. >> asked him if he was okay. he said that he had -- might have to go dialysis, his kidney was failing him. i said, i'll be happy to give you a kidney. >> reporter: in fact, he said he'd be honored. tony's reaction -- >> stunned. >> i started crying and say, oh, my god. >> reporter: it turns out they were a match, and four weeks ago they underwent successful surgery. did you ever have a moment when you thought why am i doing this? >> no. i sure didn't. >> reporter: you consider him a hero? >> absolutely. >> absolutely. >> reporter: tony and dan have another name for each other. >> blood brothers. >> reporter: blood brothers? >> absolutely. part of the family. >> reporter: a family that now has more time together. >> it doesn't take much to help another human being. just have to have some compassion. >> reporter: chip reid, cbs news, gaithersburg, maryland.

coming up on "cbs this morning," the latest on the investigation into the mass shooting in boulder, colorado. we'll speak with mayor sam weaver. an exclusive interview with vice president kamala harris on the push for stricter gun-control laws in the wake of deadly shootings. and actress olivia munn speaks out about the raise of hate crimes among asian americans. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. ♪