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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 y...

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...

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 kidd...

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 epi...

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 ...