dianne gallagher, thank you. an update on the colorado springs shooting. nick watt has been there for the past several days. the suspect just made their first court appearance today. what happened? reporter: that s right, the suspect appeared by video from the jailhouse behind me. the suspect was seated throughout, slumped, slurring, wearing an orange jumpsuit with a lot of bruising around the head. remember, during the attack he was brought to ground by patrons. the appearance was short. here it is. could the defendant please state his name? anderson lee aldridge.
on this thanksgiving eve, holiday travel is almost back to pre-pandemic levels, according to aaa. that means crowded airports, clogged highways in many parts of the united states. omar jimenez is at ohay, one of the busiest airports in the country. what are you seeing there? reporter: not super busy right now, but it s when the day started, as the first wave of flights went out, it was absolutely packed, shoulder to shoulder. local officials here have told me they expect across the chicago airports, an increased level of travelers, but that s in line with what we re seeing nationwide. over the past few days, around 4.5 million people screened through tsa, which is up through the same dates in 2021.
did you watch the video concerning your constitutional rights in this case? yes. do you have any questions about those rights? no. reporter: and that was pretty much it, apart from the lawyers and the judge talking about when the suspect will make the next appearance, scheduled right now for december 6th. that is when we should have formal charges. for now, alex, the arrest want charges are five counts of first-degree murder and bias-related crimes. that s what they call hate crimes here in colorado. nick, what more are we learning about the shooter? reporter: well, we learned from the lawyers in the filing that the shooter identifies as non-binary, goes by they/them. this morning, i spoke with a
from the very beginning he was one to watch out. he was just standoffish. reporter: the city says two of the victims were found in a break room, another near the front of the store. three others died at the hospital. this woman s relative was injured in the shooting moments after he started his shift. he went in at 10:00 p.m. tonight. we received a phone call well, his wife received a phone call about 10:18, saying he had been shot. he clocks in at 10:00. reporter: walt mart releasing a statement saying it is shocked by the tragedy. this is the second mass shooting in virginia in two weeks, something that governor glenn youngkin calls horrific. it s a horrendous, senseless act of violence. reporter: there were more than 50 people in the store at
own home. cnn national correspondent natasha chen has been following this story and is on scene tonight. what did the police say? reporter: alex, a lot of the information they said today was a repeat of information we already knew, which is frustrating for a lot of the community and the victims families. one interesting thing they said was that the man who was called multiple times from the phone of one of the victims in those early morning hours, he has been added to the list of people cleared as possible suspects. now, one of the questions posed today was the public safety of the students in this college town, in this small college town of about 25 26,000 people. here is what the captain said. in some ways, this took our innocence. i would tell students that you need to stay with a friend. i know that the university staff is looking at different options to increase some of the safety on campus and providing certain options to students.