huge purchase. kathrcatherine rampell, thank yr coming on. appreciate it. thanks for having me. we have you details about the gunman of a horrific shooting at a walmart in virginia that left six people dead and two others seriously injured. officials say the suspect purchased the handgun he used the morning of the attack. and left a death note on his phone outlining grievances against people in his life. cnn s brian todd has this story. he just had the gun up to my forward, and it s just really hard. reporter: chilling new details released by police reveal that the man who killed six walmart employees bought his weapon that very day. city officials say the shooter had no criminal history and that he legally bought the gun he used, a 9 millimeter handgun, officials releasing screen shots
it has made everybody wonder, especially me, what do you do if you re a town on edge and you see somebody with a gun in an open carry state? there is nothing you can do. it confuses the situation even further for a town that is on edge, for all the reasons that i said. it just seems to be a competing factor. in virginia, there are certain towns and cities where you cannot openly carry, but you can hear. it will be interesting to see if we hear from our state senators. we have heard from some today, who are talking about shifting legislation, but i don t need to tell you, we often hear that in the aftermath of attacks. this is why i m afraid to shop in virginia. people walk around with guns. we have seen a case in ohio, where someone was walking around with a toy gun and got shot by police. he was considered to dangerous to hold a toy but i wanted to talk to you about this because the governor of virginia said thoughts and prayers. he didn t use the word gun. he left that word complet
last election, donald trump extremism has expired and ready to turn the page. they need someone with a temperament of pants to keep trumps based on board but brought in the tent. whether it is pens or ron desantis or any number of people looking at 2024, that needs to happen. it will be interesting to see what happens with this possible testimony and when. carrie cordero and alice to work, thank you for being with us. happy thanksgiving. him next, a trauma surgeon on what she saw in the wake of the country s latest mass shooting overnight at a walmart in virginia. annual update on police efforts to solve the mysterious killings of four university of idaho students, and what a cold case expert in forensic scientist make about it. people remember commerercia with nostalgia. one prilosec otc each morning blocks heartburn all day and all night.
and family to enjoy turkey, stuffing, and pumpkin pie. we throw on the game and catch up on our lives and discuss or quite possibly argue about religion and politics. for millions of americans, it is a cherished tradition. as americans, we value those traditions. but it is also to unpack the myth of thanksgiving. it is a holiday riddled with historical inaccuracies. it is built on this myth that the indigenous welcomed their colonizers with open arms. a simplistic fairytale intimidation of a 1621 encounter between indigenous tribes and english settlers that erases the genocide that followed. it is the truth that republicans want banned from our textbooks because here is the secret they want so desperately to keep. we are a country founded on violence. our birth was violent. in 1619, a ship with more than 20 enslaved africans landed in virginia, ushering in two
we woke this morning to news of another mass shooting at a walmart in virginia, by a manager who opened fire on his fellow employees, killing six people. this time, with a pistol. oh, variety. it is the second high-profile mass shooting in four days. we now know the names of the victims. they are lorenzo gamble, kelly pyle, randall blevins, and time he cut johnson. the sixth victim is a resident of chesapeake whose name is being withheld due to him being a minor. there were three college children shot in the same state. devon chandler, lavell davis, and deshawn perry. how much more bloodshed will we tolerate? how much longer will we cower in fear, looking over our shoulders whenever we are out of our homes?