converge at the same time. the big important one, the president of the united states that is planning to combat crime that he says is the source of guns. too many of them out there in everyone s hands and he wants to limit that. we re also going to hear from his attorney general on how you go about doing that without stepping on some constitutional rights here. critics are already saying the president is ignoring some other factors that have been at play for quite some time, long before the gun issue was an issue. more on that in a second. first, to black berman with the latest at the white house. blake? thanks. state dining room here at the white house. we expect to hear from president biden at animent. the president will lay out the comprehensive strategy to combat gun violence and crime is how they re putting it. let me walk you there what we re about to hear from the president this afternoon. his plan calls for a zero tolerance policy for rogue gun dealers, allowing atf
following the tragedy in boulder, colorado. earlier in evening in a police briefing now two hours ago, there was much consternation on the news media because the police forth and prosecutors were less than forthcoming about what we knew what was a large death toll. they said they had to complete their investigation, and the dicey business of notification of the next of kin. in the second briefing, worst fears were confirmed. indeed, the death toll inside that one big box grocery store in boulder, colorado, is ten. that includes a 11-year veteran of boulder police force whose death was confirm the tonight, officer eric talley has been lost in this. you see the pictures of the robust police response. all we know the gunman wounded in this is alive and in custody. the same cannot be said for the ten souls lost in this attack inside this grocery store. nbc news gaudy schwartz has been updating us. let s go to more. reporter: you were talking about reporters pressing for more i
hour broadcast because we re following the unfolding tragedy in boulder, colorado. earlier this evening at a police briefing now probably two hours ago there was much consternation on the part of the news media because the police force and the local prosecutor were less than forthcoming about what we believed we knew to be a large and rising death toll. they for their own defense said they had yet to complete the investigation and there was of course the dicey business of notification of next of kin. at their second briefing, where we heard from the emotional police chief in boulder, colorado, worst fears were confirmed. indeed, the death toll inside that one big box grocery store in boulder, colorado is 10. that includes an 11-year veteran of the boulder police force whose death was confirmed tonight. officer eric talley has been lost in this. you see the pictures all afternoon and evening of the robust police response. all we know is the gunman, wounded in this, is alive an
badge. this is yet another name being added to the growing list of officers dying in the line of duty. atten-hut. a hero s goodbye for a man who died protecting his community. [bagpipes] hundreds upon hundreds of family, friends and fellow officers honored corporal charles galloway in houston. [gunfire] 21 gun salute symbolizing his end of watch. there wasn t anything that charles would ask of you that he would not be willing to do himself. he was always quick to help anyone at any time. in an effort to mentor incoming constable galloway worked the night shift and it was during those hours january 23rd when he was shot is and killed during a traffic stop. investigators say oscar rosales who was in the country illegally pulled the trigger. they say he ran off to hide in mexico where he was eventually caught and extradited back to the u.s. those in authority who are coddling the criminals and enabling this behavior have culpability just as those who are pulling th