cnn's kyung lah is in boulder right now for us. kyung, thank you so much for joining.do investigators know why he went to boulder to commit this shooting? >> they -- they don't, yet. and that's really something that's been very puzzling for investigators. a law-enforcement source tells cnn that's really going to be something that's very important, as far as motive. what was the connection between this suspect and this grocery store? and that's a tie they feel is really going to be critical to understand motive here. something else we are hearing from a law enforcement source is that he wasn't a part of any previous-fbi investigations. so, when, you know, there is a federal search. you know, a background check. nothing prevented him from being able to buy this weapon, don. >> okay. so, kyung, you know, i see that you are at that memorial right there, in boulder right now. what are you hearing from the people? >> yeah. you know, that -- this is a little reason why i'm speaking a bit softly here, because, you know, this is something that we've seen across the city of boul

kyung i wanted to have you on to talk about this.ecause we've been talking on the phone at times during the past year about some of the things you have experienced. and so i was hoping we could kind of put that out there so people could hear about some of this. tell us about some of the personal experiences that you have had both as you're traveling to do your job and just as you go about your personal life. >> well, brianna, you grew up with me here at cnn. we figured out what it's like to be an adult in the world here. and i think you have seen it firsthand through my eyes, that when you go to basically anywhere in this country, the assumption that people have about someone who looks like me who has a name like kyung is first of all you don't speak english doesn't matter who is surrounding you. that you may not understand everything that they're saying. any always want to know where i'm from. i'm from cnn, dude, what do you think? and it's -- it is a repeated question. and the way you're treated is that you're not fully american, t

straight to cnn's kyung lah in boulder for us tonight with the very latest on the investigation. good evening to you. investigators are still in the early stages of figuring out exactly what the motivation was behind this shooting. what can you tell us about the suspect so far? >> reporter: well, we know his name isalissa. he grew up in the denver suburbs about 30 minutes from here. what we don't know is his sect connection to this place and why he decided to come to this particular grocery store. his brother tells us that he was struggling with what appeared to be mental illness, that he was growing increasingly more paranoid, that he was worried about cameras looking at him, that he had posted on facebook that he thought his old high school had hacked into his phone. and we spoke to a friend of his who said that, you know, this is a friend he's known since the fifth grade, says that he had been bullied about being a muslim. take a listen. >> he was always quiet, very approachable. he was just a cool guy, you know? like he had his energies, though. everyone does. he had this neg

erin. >> all right, kyung, thank you very much.ey need a million and a half verified. they have already got more than two. they are padding it out to make sure they are going to get there. thanks so much to all of you for joining us. don't forget you can watch "out front." just go to cnn go anytime you want. anderson starts now. >>> a new covid forecast offering hope, but also, a warning against letting our guard down. we begin, though, with the -- the president and vice president who traveled to atlanta, today. they visited the cdc. highlighted the ways, in which it's helping the country stop covid. but their prime focus was on a city, and a country, in need of a different kind of healing. the president tied the two together, today, speaking out against anti-asian violence in the wake of this week's mass killings there. but also, making it clear that words and acts of hatred against asian-americans did not come out of nowhere. >> we are learning, again, what we've always known. words have consequences.

>> kyung law, thanks very much. for more on investigation, we're joined by cnn contributor and deputy director andrew mccabe. what information will ichb investigators get from the alleged family and friends as they interview him? >> it's important to note, anderson, it's not necessary to prove his motive or to understand why he did this in order to convict him for these murders. he will be convicted of these murders. it pretty explicit the forensic evidence will be undeniable. it is important for society and for the rest of us to understand why did this person commit this horrible act of violence? in order to shed light on that, investigators are going to look at everyone that he was interacting with. they're going to talk to his friends, family members, if he has a job, they're going to talk to his work associates and they're going to look at his social media postings, anything else he may have written that indicates his state of mind, whether he harbored any biases or grievances against any particular people or gr

kyung law is in boulder tonight.t more are we learning about the investigation tonight. >> reporter: the 30 seconds, that's how quickly they entered the store and the police department detailed exactly how that first contact happened. that officer talley led in the first contact team and immediately they took on gunfire. that officer talley was fatally shot then by the suspect and that the suspect kept firing until officers took him into custody, but because those police officers were taking on all that gunfire, nobody else in the store was shot or killed. we are also learning from the gun store that this gunman purchased the gun six days ago, six days before this shooting but that this gun was legally purchased and that he passed a background test, that the background check was conducted by the gun shop and there simply was nothing that prevented him from purchasing this weapon, john. >> important to note. what are investigatiors saying about the alleged shooter's mot motive? >> reporter: that is something the polic

i think kyung feels this way as well.ave dealt with racism since the day we were born. i remember being bullied as a child for the way that i look. and so, this is what makes us invisible in the community because people don't think we deal with racism. and hence, we're absent from the conversations about racism and inequality in america. and i also think that some of us need to take responsibility for being invisible. i'm talking about us, in the asian-american community. because, don, there are cultural barriers, right? i mean, we have been raised. a lot of us have been raised to keep our heads down, don't make too much noise. don't, you know, bring attentions to yourselves. and if you are a child of immigrants, you know, my parents always told me, look, amara, you're just luck -- you should be grateful for the opportunities you have in this country, even though i was born and raised here. and so, i think it's been heartening to see more and more asians, fellow asians, speaking up about the hate that they have experience

kyung lah has more on how and why they did this. i'm a bit envious. i must say.s point? >> reporter: yeah, that makes two of us. essentially, it is because they got through everybody who is older, who is at risk, who wanted it. so they've run through the first dose generally through the general population. they're offering it to everybody. they're now on to second doses. aided in part by the small size of the county and efficiency. gila county, arizona, population 54,000, 90 minutes east of phoenix is a glimpse into america's vaccine future: kevin kane, age 24, a new father. >> easy peasy. >> reporter: like everyone 18 and oldner gila county could get the moderna vaccine. >> it feels like. it feels like i could move on with my life when this thing is over. >> reporter: it is been tough worrying about covid-19 while working as a pizza chef. his boss is john wong. >> without the vaccine, i notice we were down 30%, 40% on the business. >> reporter: today 37% of eligible residents have been vaccinated with the first dose. a number climbing by the day. >> my second sh

kyung lah, cnn, arizona. >>> let's bring in dr. university school of public health. i wish i lived in that county. that is so lucky for everybody who lives there, dr. jha. and every state, it seems, is trying a different approach to how they give the vaccines out. there are using the co-morbidities. some like new jersey if you've ever been a smoker, you get the vaccine right now. i don't know anybody in new jersey who hasn't been a smoker. then some places like connecticut where it's based on age. if you are just above 55, regardless of your health situation or co-morbidities, you can get it. do we know scientifically which approach works best? >> first of all, good morning. thanks for having me on. there are a couple of things that are important. one is simplicity is really helpful for moving vaccines out faster. and actually being more equitable because complex rules make it hard for people who are disadvantaged. but the second is we know who is at risk for the -- for having complications. that's older people, people with co-morb

anderson. >> kyung lah, thanks very much. for more on -- on the investigation, i am joined now by cnn contributor and former fbi deputy director, andrew mccabe. in a case like this, andrew, what will investigators try and get from the alleged shooter's family and friends as -- as they interview them? >> so it's important to note, anderson, that it's not necessary to prove his motive or understand why he did this in order to convict him for these murders. he will be convicted of these murders. it's pretty -- pretty explicit. the forensic evidence will be undeniable. but it is important for society and for the rest of us, to understand why did this person commit this horrible act of violence? and in order to shed light on that, investigators are going to look at everyone that he was interacting with. they're going to talk to his friends, his family members. if he -- if he has a job, they are going to talk to his work associates. they're going to look at his social-media postings, anything else he may have written, that indicate

our kyung lai is reporting. >> reporter: what is haunting investigators is the killer's motive is stille rest of the community we want to know why, why that king soopers and why boulder and why monday? unfortunately, we still don't have those answers. >> what they do know. al issa spoke the gun here six days before the shooting. the owner says the sales was legal. a background check was conducted as required by colorado law and a proof of the sale was provided. the gunman also carried a 9 millimeters handgun, officials say he did not use. officers did exchange gunfire. they put their lives at risk. that's murder charges that'll be filed by the district attorney's office the next couple of weeks. >> people in their neighborhood grocery stores are counting the bullets one by one. if you picture the super market and all the shelves and everything, they're going through every single shelve and pulling everything off the shelves and looking through the wall. that's going to continue out the weekend. >> reporter: a short time ago, the boulder police department released details o f the first a

kyung lah is in boulder tonight. good evening to you. investigators are still in the early stages of figuring out exactly what the motivation was behind the shooting. what can you tell us about the suspect so far? >> reporter: we know his name is ahmad al his a. we grew up in the denver suburbs. what we don't know is his connection to this place and why he decided to come to this particular grocery store. we are starting to learn more about his background. his brother tells us that he was struggling with what appeared to be mental illness, that he was growing increasingly more paranoid, that he was worried about cameras looking at him, on facebook he said his old high school hacked into his phone. he spoke a friend of his. a friend he's known since the fifth grade. said he was bullied for being a muslim. take a listen. >> he was always quiet. very approachable. he was just a cool guy, though. he had energies, though. every does. had a negative vibe to him. always stuck to him. you could sense it, but he's approachable at the same time. h

. >>> but first to boulder, colorado, with cnn national correspondent kyung lah. we're learning new details about the investigation. >> reporter: yeah. we're talking to a law enforcement official who says in order to understand a motive. they're scrubbing through his online activity, talking to family, talking to neighbors. also the same official says he was not the subject of any previous fbi investigation, meaning that there was nothing in the federal system that would have prevented him from purchasing a firearm. investigators continue to collect evidence at king soopers grocery store and search for a possible motive. a law enforcement official tells cnn among the biggest questions, the gunman's connection to this specific location. why did he drive to this boulder store 30 minutes from his home? the suspect's family home is in the suburbs of denver. the only incident on his record, an assault in 2017. he admitted he cold cocked a classmate at school. >> i saw a man with a beard that had possibly tactical clothing and ar-15-style rifle. >> reporter: the gunman

let's go to kyung lau. lots of disturbing details tonight. >> reporter: a lot of disturbing details as the community continues to grieve outside this grocery store. the investigation increasingly looking at why and who this gunman is and we're hearing for the first time from his brother, a brother, who says he's struggled with mental illness. >> the entire building is surround. >> reporter: as the officers first made their way in they confronted the gunman 21-year-old ahmed alissa. the arrest says he was walking to s.w.a.t. officers to surrender. he had been shot in the leg, removed a green tactical vest, all of his clothing except for shorts and the affidavit said he had anary zol rifle and a handgun. they said the fbi did not answer questions but asked to speak to his mother. that suspect accused of killing ten people at this colorado grocery store. >> multiple shots being fired. >> the gunman's brother says he believes his brother suffered from mental illness and was increasingly paranoid. alissa's broth

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kyung lah joins us.rter: it was really, as you see, the people here gathering in boulder, paying tribute, still considering all the loss of life here at this store. but meanwhile, they were able to finally get a look at the suspect in court. handcuffed and in a wheelchair from a gunshot wound to his right thigh, ahmad al alissa appeared as a defendant. >> do you understand those rights i read to you this morning? you need to answer out loud. >> yes. >> reporter: that's the only time he spoke in his ten-minute hearing. charged with ten counts of murder for the ten innocent lives lost at the store. prosecutors also filed an 11th charge of attempted first-degree murder for officer richard steidl, who described being shot at by the gunman as he saw officer eric talley fatally wounded. boulder count district attorney says that will come after vergs still at the scene today finish collecting all the evidence. a possible future defense was offered. >> we cannot begin to assess the nature and death of mr. alissa

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, all of these well wishes, all of this heart break before you see what happened beyond this wall, kyungah, cnn, bowled, colorado. >>> kimberly moore was working her shift in the king soopers pharmacy, she had been administering covid vaccinations when the shooting started. she spoke with cnn's anderson cooper about the terrifying ordeal. listen to this. >> they had a counseling room, i stuck back, i wanted to make sure that my other colleagues in the pharmacy were okay, so we ended up just hunkering down more in the back of the pharmacy, but for the beginning of the initial part of the attacks it was really terrifying because you felt extremely exposed. all he had to do was jump over a counter. >> so you were, what, underneath the counter or -- >> so there is these shelves that go behind the pharmacy where we keep our medications and we had eventually moved our way back there, which is pretty deep into the corner as you can get being inside of the pharmacy and we just hid there. >> you probably weren't able to see anything, were you, which must in some ways make it even more terrifying

. >> we go to our national correspondent kyung lah who is standing by in boulder.y? >> well, it's the first time that those families and this community got to see this gunman as a defendant. he was -- the charges were read in court. there are ten murder charges for the ten lives who were tragically cut short here. there's also an 11th charge, an attempted murder charge for the suspect shooting at a police officer, not striking that police officer, so an attempted murder charge. the prosecutors say that the collection of evidence is continuing here at the grocery store, and they anticipate that when that's done, they will be looking at additional charges, and that they anticipate in the next couple weeks. and anderson, you did mention the public defender. the public defender had argued for a lilt more time before the next hearing. the judge granted them that the hearing would be between 60 and 90 days. the public defender saying, quote, they wanted to assess the nature or depth of his mental illness. the defendant here did not enter a plea, anderson. >> the boulder

>> kyung lah, thanks very much. i appreciate it. joining us now is brian cruze who lives in the neighborhood and had just finished his shopping when the shooting began. i understand you just moved to colorado across in the king soopers. what did you see as you were leaving the store yesterday? >> i just checked out. very normal day. not that busy. and as i was walking out the doors towards my car, i heard three very loud booms. and my immediate reaction was that they were some sort of firework or something along those lines, and it seemed strange for that time of day and this time of year. and i looked up and i saw a man with a beard, what i thought was possibly tactical sort of clothing and an ar-15 style rifle, and he was walking through the parking lot and just shooting towards the other doorway from where i was. >> so he actually was shooting starting outside when he was already in the parking lot. >> absolutely, yep. he started shooting basically right in front of the door i was exiting, standing in between the rows of cars jus

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attorney general, our kyung lah just reported about the handcuffs that belonged to officer talley.y, of course, the first there, the hero, father of seven, and he died trying to save others in that supermarket. the boulder police sdepartment said those handcuffs were the ones used on the suspect after he was taken into custody. what was your reaction when you learned this in >> what we need to understand about officer talley, this is what responsible, trusting, and meaningful policing is doing. when i talk to law enforcement professionals, this is what they sign up to do, to go into danger, to risk their lives, to leave their kids without a father, because they believe in protecting communities they serve. officer talley, like officer goodman who we heard at the capitol on january 6, represents the law enforcement we deserve and need. and having as many ways to remember him is a blessing and inspiration is going to be meaningful. when we have a memorial service for him, i know it's going to be powerful in this community. we owe him an incredible debt. he died a hero. his seven kids

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all right, kyung, thank you so much. and thanks so much to all of you.with breaking news. cnn has learned that the investigation into january's attack on the capitol has uncovered signs of a contact between lawmakers and january 6th insurrectionists. now, the precise nature of that contact is not fully known at this point. the investigation is ongoing. the mere possibility of contacts only compounds what was already such deep trauma for the institution for the people who were there, those who plekt them an

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kyung lah, thank you. >>> erin, i appreciate your time and there is a lot we don't know, we are learning more details of what the suspect did, details about the past of this individual. what goes through your mind the more we learn about, i mean all of it and how many guns the person had and people did not realize it. the paranoia that he seems to exhibit. >> well, we are still learning all these details as you mention. my thought goes to the victims today and the ten people that were lost and their families. our focus is mourning those people and supporting them and their families and their loved ones however we can. >> i spoke last night to someone who was inside the king soopers when the shooting happened. i want to play for you of what he told us. >> boulder feels like a bubble and the bubble bursts and it is heartbreaking to think that. people die today and -- you know we just - it does not feel like anywhere is safe anywhere. this feels like the safest spot in america and i just nearly got killed for getting a soda you know and a bag of chips. so -- does not feel good. >> do you fe

. >> thank you, kyung lai, i am pamela brown, i will be back tomorrow on my show. erin burnett with "outfront" starts right now. >>> jim crow of the 21st century. can the doj do anything to stop the law born from trump's lies. the survivor of the super market speaks out. she works at the super market, whether she can ever go back to work there. the former cdc director tells st. sanjay gupta, he tells us that covid-19 derived from the lab in china. president biden saying his judge is looking into the new georgia law. the law that's a direct result of donald trump's assault on american democracy. >> it is an atrocityatrocity. the idea, it had nothing to do with fairness or decency. they passed a law saying you can't provide water for people standing in line while they're waiting to vote? you don't need anything else to know this is nothing but punitive and designed from keeping people from voting. >> brian kemp defends the bill saying it expands it. surrounded by six-white men was good optics. look behind him, it is a calloway plantation where more than 100 black peo

thomas lane, alexander kyung and tou thao are charged with aiding and a betting manslaughter.uled to go on trial in august and all three have pled not guilty. >>> overnight it was announced that a trump rule would be abandoned that would allow illegal immigrants to obtain legal status. we've shown you these lines at food banks that stretch for miles. you've heard from people who have waited hours, sometimes even sleeping in their cars just to get food to their families. we've told you about the staggering number of people who have had to ask for help for the first time in their lives. we told you the story of an eight-year-old girl who told her class over zoom she was literally starving. hunger is not a new story in this country, but it is a worsening story. what we've told you, those are the stories that many of you can see. now to a story of hunger in america many don't see. >> what's your favorite food? >> pizza. >> six-year-old six-year-oldal says her favorite food is pizza. >> did your children ever go hungry during the pandemic? >> translator: yes, sometimes. >> she work

kyung lah, cnn, boulder, colorado. >>> the back-to-back mass shootings in colorado and atlanta, georgiabrought renewed calls for tighter gun control laws but any legislation needs ten republican senators and that is considered highly unlikely. it takes a super mantle of 60 votes to get most bills through the u.s. senate. that is how many votes it takes to end a filibuster. there are growing calls to change or scrap the filibuster altogether. president biden was a long time u.s. senator. he says the filibuster of old is being abused as a political weapon. listen to this. >> between 1917 and 1971, the filibuster existed and a total of 58 motions to break a filibuster. that whole time. last year alone, there were five times that many. so it's being abused in a gigantic way. >> joining me is harry litman, a former u.s. senator and former deputy assistant attorney general and a host of "the talking feds podcast. thank you for coming op. if you name an issue, gun control and voting rights and it seems clear that president biden and democrats in congress will be running into the buzz saw of re

cnn's kyung lah reports. >> reporter: with flowers and emblems of grief covering fallen officer ericlice vehicle, the boulder police chief says what is haunting investigators the killer's motive still unknown. >> like the rest of the community we, too, want to know why, why that king soopers, why boulder, why monday, and, unfortunately, at this time we still don't have those answers. >> reporter: what they do know ahmed alissa purchased the smaukt ar 556 ruegger six days before the shooting. the owner says the sale was legal adding regarding the firearm in question, a background check of the purchaser was conduct as required by colorado law and approval was provide by the colorado bureau of investigation. the gunman also carried a . .9 millimeter handgun but did not use it in the rampage. >> multiple shots being fired. >> the first responding officers did exchange gunfire. >> they charged into the store and immediately faced a very significant amount of gunfire from the shooter who at first they were unable to locate and they put their lives at risk. that will be reflected in additio

. >> reporter: kyung lah, cnn. >>> and president joe biden is making an emotional appeal for new gunontrol legislation in the wake of two mass shootings in less than a week but as cnn's kaitlan collins reports he faces steep hurdles in a very partisan and divided congress. >> reporter: after two mass shootings in less than a week president biden is calling for action. >> i don't need to wait another minute let alone an hour to take common sense steps. >> there is a shooter, active shooter somewhere. >> reporter: biden said he was, quote, devastating after ten people were killed in colorado and urged the senate to pass legislation expanding and strengthening background checks. >> the united states senate -- i hope some are listening -- should immediately pass the two house passed bills that closed loopholes in the background check system. >> reporter: then biden went even further. >> we should also ban assault weapons in the process. >> reporter: despite the president's calls for action capitol hill is already divided on how to respond. >> thoughts and prayers are not enough. and yet

who has worked on this for a long time to try to find common ground in moments but first let's go to kyung lah who has the latest on the victims and investigation. >> investigators including the fbi continue the painstaking collection of evidence at king soopers grocery store piecing together what led to the murders of ten innocent people. at the suspect's family home in the suburbs of denver police are digging into the background of ahmad alissa, the only other thing on his record, an assault in 2013. he admitted he cold-cocked a classmate. >> i saw a man with a beard in what was sort of tactical clothing and an ar-15 style rifle. >> reporter: the gunman carried an ar-556 ruegger pistol. >> my understanding is that it was purchased at a gun dealer outside of boulder, potentially in arvada where he lives. >> reporter: across boulder the enormity of the loss settling in from the friends of newly engaged and local business owner bartkowiak. >> there's a hole in our family that won't be filled. >> reporter: to the families themselves. rikki olds worked at the grocery store. >> saddened that s

all right, kyung, thank you so much. and thanks so much to all of you. hopefully that's a hopeful note. anderson starts now. >>> good evening. we begin tonight with breaking news. cnn has learned that the investigation into january's attack on the capitol has uncovered signs of a contact between lawmakers and january 6th insurrectionists. now, the precise nature of that contact is not fully known at this point. the investigation is ongoing. the mere possibility of contacts only compounds what was already such deep trauma for the institution for the people who were there, those who plekt them and everyone who watched the seat of democracy on earth turned to a battleground. in addition, this is happening as you know with the capitol still ringed by fencing and the house in recess due to a potential threat surrounding a date on the qanon conspiracy calendar. our shimon prokupecz joins us now with the latest. so explain what you've learned about what the fbi knows and doesn't know. >> reporter: right. one of the things that we've learned for certain is that

kyung feels this way as well. a lot of us dealt with racism sints we were born.k. this is what makes us invisible in the community because people don't think we deal with racism and hence we're absent from the conversations about racism and inequality in america and i also think that some of us need to take responsibility for being invisible, and i'm talking about us in the asian-american community because, don, there are cultural barriers. we've been raised, a lot of us have been raised to keep our heads down, don't make too much noise, don't bring attention to yourselves and if you're a child of immigrants, you know my parents always told me, look, amara, you should be grateful for the opportunities you have in this country, even though i was born and raised here. it's been heartening to see more sp more asians, fellow asians speaking up about the hate they've experienced their entire lives and more so lately. but we asians have been silent for too long. >> yeah, i think it's sad that has to happen. and i understand the mind-set of your parents because it's rea