purchased five firearms with the help of his father. the suspect has now been charged with seven counts of first-degree murder, two of the fatalities a couple whose toddler was found alive once the shooting stopped. we re going to have more on their story in a moment. vice president kamala harris traveled to highland park to offer her support and to urge the toncountry to act. we have to be smarter as a country in terms of who has access to what and in particular assault weapons. we ve got to take this stuff seriously, as serious as you are because you have been forced to have to take it seriously. cnn s adrienne broaddus live for us from highland park. we re learning new disturbing information about survivors, but also about how this suspected gunman got his weapons. reporter: brianna, we are, and today that suspect has his initial court appearance and the state attorney, eric reinhart, said he will ask that judge today to hold that 21-year-old without the possibi
investigating the january 6th attack on the capitol. last week bannon made a last-minute attempt to delay this trial, suddenly offering to testify publicly before the panel. but the trump-appointed judge rejected that motion. cnn s sarah murray is outside the courthouse. what should we expect here? reporter: well, it s definitely slow going this morning so far before they take a lunch break, they had chosen eight jurors. they need to get to 22. they re asking them their awareness of bannon, their awareness of the committee hearings. there are a number of people who said they are aware of the hearings, they ve paid a little attention. it s clear the judge wants to be very careful that he s putting together a jury pool that doesn t have a preconceived motion about whether steve bannon is guilty or innocent in this case. look, there s a lot on the line for steve bannon. he s facing two criminal contempt of congress charges. if he s convicted, he could face anywhere from 30 d