well-being of hardworking georgians. more than 40 states are considering restrictive bills. what could this mean for them? and then later no, you can t paint me as angry. i was in a position where i had to be controlled. a special report on the derek chauvin murder trial. we will break down the moments you may have missed including new video and emotional testimony for the prosecution. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson. welcome to the week. the u.s. has reached some major goals in the fight against covid-19. yesterday more than 4 million vaccine doses were administered. that s a new high. the cdc says more than 100 million americans have received at least one dose. that s nearly a third of the u.s. population. and those shots cannot come fast enough. right now more than half of states are reporting an increase in cases. also yesterday we got the latest overall unemployment rate. it s down a bit to 6%. the u.s. added more than 900,0
welcome to the cnn special report, the cult of qanon. i m anderson cooper. that s because qanon is based on this idea that donald trump andujar vest their blood in order to extract, ingest a chemical called adrenochrome. i know it sounds crazy but there are hundreds of thousands of people, maybe millions who believe this. some say they ve lost faith and no longer believe in q. others come up with other explanations for trump s loss and what he says is his return to power. we talk to a man who says a great storm is coming. his name is brian okstat. he said he pieces together clues on a massive good versus evil. he sent me a message. you re done, he wrote. you re on the list. execution. bang. you re dead. you sick evil [ bleep ]. i didn t know who brian was when he told me i was going to be executed. turns out his instagram is filled with postings about the satanic kabal he believes him part of. something big s about to go down. i really believe it. god has given me a lot of
compounded by familiarity. this is for accoloradans the thd mass shooting in a generation. i don t need to wait another minute let alone an hour to take common sense steps that will save the lives in the future and to urge my colleagues in the house and senate to act. we can ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines in this country. once again, we can close the loopholes in our background check system, including the charleston loophole. the united states senate, i hope some are listening, should immediately fas two-house bills that closed loopholes in the background check system. these are bills that receive votes with both republicans and democrats in the house. this is not and should not be a partisan issue. that is an american issue. it will save lives, american lives, and we have to act. tonight we ll talk about the chance for meaningful gun legislation with senator chris murphy who worked hard for reform after the killings at sandy hook elementary. we re joined
that. i don t need to wait another minute let alone an hour to take common sense steps that will save the lives in the future and to urge my colleagues in the house and senate to act. we can ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines in this country. once again, we can close the loopholes in our background check system, including the charleston loophole. the united states senate, i hope some are listening, should immediately pass the two house passed bills that close loopholes in the background check system. these are bills that receive votes with both republicans and democrats in the house. this is not and should not be a partisan issue. that is an american issue. it will save lives, american lives, and we have to act. tonight we ll talk about the chance for meaningful gun legislation with senator chris murphy who worked hard for reform after the killings at sandy hook elementary. we re joined as well by a survivor of this latest horror in just a moment, and we ll b
bring you the latest details on the investigation. so this morning lawmakers face a choice, it s a choice they have faced before, will they choose to take action, do something, anything, to try to stop these mass shootings or will they choose the status quo? which means looking at what happened in boulder this week, in georgia last week and saying i choose this. let s stick with this. boulder is working for me. president biden was asked about this yesterday. do you believe you have the political capital to make changes on gun measures right now? i hope so. i don t know. i haven t done the counting yet. boulder suspect appears in court for the first time tomorrow. investigators have not said anything about his motives, but his brother claims he was paranoid and may have suffered from mental illness. cnn s dan simon live for news boulder this morning. dan, why don t you give us the latest. reporter: good morning, john. well, the suspect 21-year-old ahmad alissa accord