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Boulder. tonight, the suspect has now been charged with shooting and killing ten people. making his first court appearance. and what his attorneys asked for. did police avert two other potential tragedies? the arrest in atlanta. a man allegedly armed with at least five guns, wearing body armor inside a grocery store. and in kentucky, the man arrested, allegedly armed with guns, wearing body armor there, carrying possible explosives. well have details on it all. and tonight, we remember an ac...

>> stef tweeting a picture from the set. i love that. cookie monster is my favorite. my daughter loves elmo. i definitely have to watch this story. >> lester holt is next with "nightly news." >> well see you at 6:00. bye! tonight, the emotional tribute to the officer killed in the boulder supermarket rampage and the urgent search for answers. mourners and cars lining the road as a police procession escorts the body of officer eric talley, the father of seven, to a funeral home. the hero amon...

Assault weapons ban like bill clinton in 1994, but what happened when that did pass? >> laura, that ban was largely there and was cosmetic. there was no drop in crime that can be seen. the department of justice, institute of justice released a report as the ban was expiring. and they noticed there was no discernible reduction in the interest of this. i didnt make that word up, of gun violence. in other words, no reduction in crime that could be credited to the 1994-2004 assault weapon ban. >> la...

The second amendment, it is about saying we need reasonable gun safety laws. >> reporter: the bill to expand background checks to include those between private individuals, on the internet or gun shows. also extending the amount of time the fbi has with the instant check system. this a republican leaders says mental health must be addressed. >> the focus out to be on identifying people in advance to have the capacity and interest in carrying out these atrocious attacks. >> the senate majority le...

Remember tragedies in the wake of those deadly mass shootings in atlanta and boulder this week. in atlanta, authorities now say suspect rico marley was allegedly armed with at least five guns and wearing body armor inside a publix grocery store. he was arrested. in lexington, kentucky, police also arresting a man at the university of kentuck hospital, allegedly armed with guns, wearing body armor there and carrying possible explosives. when we come back here tonight, we remember an actress fam...

Repeating its call for new gun laws, but the administration is also making clear that if congress doesnt act, it might take action on its own. cbs weijia jiang reports from the white house. >> reporter: vice president kamala harris sent a message today to her former colleagues on capitol hill. >> we need the senate to act. if the congress acts, then it becomes law. and that is what we have lacked. >> reporter: but republicans are resisting reforms, even rejecting measures to strengthen backgroun...

He, in fact, shut down the number of beds available. he did not fund hhs to get people to get the children out of those border patrol facilities, where they should not be. >> reporter: he also promised to let reporters into border patrol facilities where overcrowding is happening without saying when. >> we will commit to transparency and as soon as i am in a position to be able to implement what were doing right now. >> reporter: after urging the senate to move on house-passed gun bill this s th...

Assault weapons ban like bill clinton in 1994 but what happened when that did pass? >> laura, that band was largely there and was cosmetic. there was no drop in crime that can be seen. the department of justices, institute of justice released a report as the band was expiring. and they noticed there was no discernible reduction in the interest of this. i didnt make that word up, of gun violence. in other words no reduction in crime that could be credited to the 1994-2004 assault weapon ban. >> l...

Facilities, where they should not be. >> he also promised to let reporters in to border patrol facilities where overcrowding is happening without saying when. >> after urging the senate to move on house passed gun bills then got major push back from republicans, biden offered no time line from when he will take executive steps. >> so were going to move on these one at a time, try to do as many simultaneous as we can. >> instead biden makie ing clea his top legislative priority relate to infrastr...

Ban on assault weapons and he is considering executive orders. what if he does something that is not enough for advocates of real gun reform. there was an assault weapon ban and after ten years congress let it expire. >> president biden knows as well as anybody how difficult it is to get changes to gun laws passed through congress. he was the point person as the vice president eight years ago in the wake of the connecticut massacre, to try to limit high capacity magazines and ammunition and coul...