slice special that aired on hbo. i did a lot of stupid stuff when i was young. i was just in an environment where you could afford to make some mistakes. reporter: the president speaking very personally there. last year the president established my brother s keeper. that s an initiative aimed at making sure young men of color have more opportunities. this is clearly a key legacy issue for this president and white house officials say continue expect him to continue working on this once he leaves office. richard? kristen welker at the white house, thanks. suddenly it s looking, don t get mad at me for saying this. it s looking a lot more like christmas. i m saying christmas. probably the furst time you ve heard it. christmas. creep accelerate, next. jake reese, day to feel alive
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woman, before he ended up in this location where authorities cornered him. a witness described what happened. i saw someone come from around the corner being chased by the police and that s when they yelled put the gun down. and he turned around and that s when they shot him. the gunman died later at a hospital. his identity has not been revealed. the names of the victims also have not been released. richard? leann, were they able to put together any commonality in who the victims were? that has not been revealed yet. they have said very little about this case. and no news conferences planned for today. in fact, they want to perform the autopsy on the gunman before his name is even released. and that likely won t happen today as well. leanne gregg, thank you in colorado springs with the latest that tragedy.
when they arrived to that scene, they exchanged gunfire with the gunman and then killed him. leann gregg is in colorado springs with the latest for us. what do we know? reporter: richard, they are investigating today any possible connections to the gunman. they re talking to witnesses trying to figure out what they have been the motive. they want to know if he knew any of his victims. a lot of work in that regard. it started with reports of shots fired at a home and a report of a fire in the basement of that home early saturday morning. authorities found the first victim there. a second victim was in the street. witnesses say it was a young man, possibly even a teenager on a bicycle. the witness said the gunman turned around and shot the boy and that he asked him why are you doing this? then he was shot three more times and was killed. the gunman moved on. a couple of blocks farther and claimed his third victim, a
national mourning. it s national tragedy. many russians have lingering suspicions that maybe this plane was shot down. there is absolutely no evidence of that at the moment. none of the militant group or terrorist groups operating in egypt have the capability of shooting down a plane at 31,000 feet. in russia, suspicion remains. here in cairo, no clues yet as to why the plane came down and why 224 people died. back to you, richard. just after 8:00 p.m. in cairo. bill neely, thanks for the latest on that. u.s. boots on the ground in syria. secretary of state john kerry says special ops will only fight isis here but will not rule out future u.s. involvement? bill richardson joins us on that. t i really love it. i m on the move all day long. and sometimes, i just don t eat the way i should. so i drink boost® to get the nutrition that i m missing. boost complete nutritional drink has 26 essential vitamins and minerals,