of the tunnel. some encouragement there today. victor, the other pandemic-related headline, accusations involving new york governor andrew cuomo, that he gave members of his own family and other influential people priority for covid testing in the early days of the pandemic. his response? reporter: david, the embattled governor facing tough questions after reports that he gave his family and others access to government-run tests at a time when the average person really couldn t get one. the governor saying that in those early days of the pandemic, they were focused on contact tracing and stopping the spread of the virus. david? all right, victor oquendo on the pandemic for tonight. victor, thank you. we re going to turn next here to the mass shooting in boulder, colorado. the suspect in court for the first time today. we watched, brought into the court in a wheelchair to face ten counts of murder. one count, of course, for each of the ten lives lost in that rampage. and today,
we ll have to see how it unfolds in court. reporter: in court, deputies flanking alissa with those black stripes over their badges to honor slain officer eric talley. today, the boulder police department tweeting that when officers took alissa into official custody, they used talley s handcuffs, calling it a small gesture and hopefully the start of the healing process that so many of us need at this time. and tonight, we re hearing for the first time from the family of 23-year-old neven stanisic, the son of serbian refugees. the denver post reporting he was a repairman who had already left the supermarket after fixing a coffee machine. he was shot in the parking lot in his car. his family thanking the serbian community across the u.s. for their support. and david, we ve learned moments ago that alissa has been moved to an undisclosed facility because of rumblings of death threats against him at the boulder county jail. we understand he is still under protective custody, basically