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happening now. another american community shattered by another mass shooting this time at a virginia walmart. the massacre days after the slaughter inside a colorado nightclub. we ll have new details on both cases this hour. also tonight, former president mike pence reportedly open to some testimony in the justice department s criminal probe of january 6th. this despite rejecting a similar request from the house committee investigating the insurrection. and in ukraine tonight, critical infrastructure once again taking a beating from russian attacks. several people are dead in the latest barrage including a newborn child. stand by for an exclusive cnn report from the war zone. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off tonight. i m alex marquette and you re the situation room. we begin coverage tonight with heartbreaking new details on the massacre inside a
and rise in mass shootings. 606 so far this year mass shootings and still more than a month to go in the year. what can you tell us from your research that can be done to help in this crisis? kin what kind of policies can work to stem the tide of these shootings? in recent years, both virginia and colorado had bolstered their gun laws. universal background checks, red flag laws, the problem is in virginia in particular, red flag laws can only the petition can only be filed by a prosecutor or police officer and, you know, when we rely on law enforcement, especially elected law enforcement politics can sometimes get in the way. you know, you have sheriffs who vow not to enforce red flag laws like the sheriff of el paso county in colorado and the district attorney but the way other countries have managed to sidestep this increasing level of gun violence and it s getting
accounts, we have asked walmart to respond to her accounts that she was previously warned by other employees to watch out for andre bing. and we ve asked walmart whether bing was ever the subject of any disciplinary measures or if any employees complained about him. they have not yet responded to the questions. alex? he was the manager to look out for. thank you for that report. now to an update on the other recent mass killing here in america. the massacre inside an lgbtq colorado nightclub. rosa flores has been on the scene for days in colorado springs. the suspect just had a first court appearance. what is the latest? reporter: well, authorities just released the suspect s mug shot and, you know, alex, we have been hearing from club goers that heroes used a heel and feet to stop the killing. today for the first time we sue the magnitude of that struggle as authorities released the mug
higher every year is by really thoroughly vetting gun buyers before the point of purchase. that s something that we ve never really done in this country. there s a lot of backlash to even increate mental regulation but vetting someone for criminal history but behavioral history that may not have risen to the level of criminality is the way you can try to keep guns out of the hands of people that shouldn t have them and one of those ways is gun owner licensing. only seven states have gun owner licensing and virginia and colorado are not among them. joey, back to you on that point that jennifer made, there are robust gun safety laws in virginia and colorado both. who do you think went so wrong here? i think it takes a village. i think jennifer noted the limitations on that as it relates only to prosecutors, right, and law enforcement officials being able to make that petition. are those the people as much as we rely upon them in the best position to know that a person s