crusius showing he allegedly told police he was there to target mexicans. cnn spoke to the manager of the walmart robert evans who said the shooter firing at victims in the parking lot. evans said the shooting appeared deliberate. from what i saw, he seemed like he was he knew what he was shooting. he was very defined. he looked very focused. and precision on what he was on what he was aiming for. it wasn t just a spray of gunfire. these were direct shots. reporter: el paso police have told cnn that the suspect surrendered to a motorcycle police man a couple of blocks away from the walmart and getting out of the car and telling the officer he was the shooter. the affidavit said the suspect admitted to using an ak-47 to shoot multiple victims. robert evans, manager, got hundreds of people out back entrances and saw one man shot in the back staggering out of the back entrance and said one of the employees tended to the
is the nra? the nra is 5 to 8 million gun owners. i think these republicans are going to hear from those gun owners. these republicans are going to be reminded, look, both of those shooters in el paso and dayton, they passed a background check. i think this is just the president talking because he had a horrible week. he s made no effort to unify this country during this terrible week. and he had the opportunity, of course, when he visited the victims of the el paso mass shooting and dayton, ohio, as well, he had the opportunity to unify, but the president, he did thank the first responders but also bragged about the crowd size of a rally he held in el paso several months ago. later the first lady tweeted a photo of herself as we see of her and the president holding an infant who lost both of his parents in the shooting. a baby who was reportedly brought back to the hospital at the request of the white house. in fact one hospital official saying the president really
i say that with great pain. but it is not going away and we re certainly not going to let it go away, let me point out the background check bill is a modest provision that closes loopholes in an existing law. so this is not a heavy lift for mitch mcconnell, for the president, or for the senate. what is stopping them, do you think? well, in the past what stopped them is the nra. now maybe the president is recognizing that the nra is not going to get him re-elected like they did the first time with a $30 million contribution and that he has to recognize that this is a very modest proposal but should be on the books. there is about 180,000 people every year that are declined guns because of background checks. now, that number will grow if we close the loophole for gun shows and for online purchases. and what about the red flag laws that you hear about, that have been talked about? you survived a shooting as a
they ll get to see their parents again. i ll talk with an activist who s trying to help her community. also, more on our news. just in on the el paso mass shooting suspect. we have now confirmed he told police that he was, in fact, targeting mexicans. you re watching cnn. i m brooke baldwin. [farmers bell] (burke) at farmers insurance, we ve seen almost everything, so we know how to cover almost anything. even a three-ring fender bender. (clown 1) sorry about that. (clown 2) apologies.
been a number of children separated from their parents. we ve really seen members of the community try to step up to do what they can. some communities really scrambling. one owner opening up his gym as a temporary shelter for some of the children. others helping with friends or relatives. school bus drivers even told not to drop children off at homes unless they have visual evidence that a parent is in that home. dana, back to you. dana: thank you. former vice president joe biden not holding back during his iowa speech yesterday, as he linked the president to the el paso mass shooting and the rise of white supremacy in america. anti-trump krecritics calling f an all out boycott of equinox. find out if lawrence jones, is he gonna keep his membership? we ll ask him. there s an old saying in the navy,