staggering numbers, nearly 200 mass shootings this year, and counting. the white house calls for action. also tonight, battle for ukraine, russia intensifies attacks while nato finds new allies in finland and sweden. plus america s inflation anxiety, gas price this weekend surge to a new record high. this is the cbs weekend news with jericka duncan. duncan: good evening, i m jericka duncan reporting tonight from buffalo new york. in this place known as the city of good neighbors an outsider is suspected of conducted the nation s latest mass shooting and its deadliest one this year, ten people were killed, three wounded in what officials are calling a racially motivated attack. it happened at this supermarket right behind me. tonight we re learning new details about the suspected gunman peyton gendron. he appeared in court and pleaded not guilty to murder. today in washington president biden condemned the attack. we re still gathering the facts while already the justice
and if we can t, why not just put it up for a vote and show americans which side you are on. reporter: the shooting came one day after the president urged local officials to spend $10 billion of that american rescue plan money on public safety. taking action today is going to save lives tomorrow. reporter: a recent cbs news poll found 59% of americans say crime should be a higher priority issue and 61% disapprove of how the president is handling it. now the brady campaign against gun violence issued a statement urging all leaders from local to federal government to use this tragedy as an opportunity to act. jericka. duncan: all right, christina ruffini for us at the white house, thank you. now to the cbs news broadcast center in new york and lilia luciano with more on today s news, lilia. luciano: jericka, thank you for your work on the ground. tonight russia is confronting the prospect of a significant expansion of nato on its borders
he was shot in the side of his neck and it came out his back. so he is here for a reason. duncan: and the community as you can imagine of buffalo has gathered today for memorials to share their pain. cbs nancy chen joins me with more on that. nancy, you arrived here yesterday and talk about what this market really means to this area. reporter: jericka, this grocery store is the only one for miles, a community mainstay. and the community has been coming together today to pay their respects and remember the lives lost. my husband works as a cop, as a security at that tops! are you kidding me? reporter: outside tops grocery store there was disbelief. that was an act of evil. evil! reporter: and sorrow. my 13 year old daughter and my lifetime partner watched a
right doing something as simple as shopping, unaware this would be their final stop. police say the suspect, 18 year old payton gendron, listed white supremacist dylann roof as one of his inspirations. in 2015 roof gunned down nine people during a bible study at the emmanuel african methodist episcopal church in charleston, south carolina. roof said he chose the church because it was one of the oldest black churches in the south. gendron wrote he chose the buffalo zip code because of its high concentration of black people. today vice president kamala harris vote noted the u.s. is seeing an epidemic of hate. tonight a community is grappling with the harsh reality that there is no cure for it. well, that s the cbs weekend news for this snday. there will be more on this mass shooting first thing tomorrow on cbs mornings. for lilia luciano and all of our cbs news crews, i m jericka duncan reporting from buffalo. we thank you for watching. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs
new york, be the last place that this kind of mass shooting happens. duncan: that again was buffalo mayor byron brown. today president biden again voiced his frustration about rising crime and hate in this country. cbs christina ruffini is at the white house and joins us with more, christina. reporter: good evening, jericka, the president also reached out to the new york governor and the mayor there. but frustration is growing over a lack of action on gun control in washington. we must all work together to address the hate. reporter: despite nearly 200 mass shootings already this year, lawmakers on capitol hill have been unable to find a way forward on gun control. well, of course we are trying to do something about gun violence. reporter: senator chris murphy says they need to try harder. i just think we can find common ground on some of these measures, targeted measures like restricting the size of magazines.