he is the biggest hero that all 20 year-old logan smith. >> a worker inside the store where his first instinct was to protect a 69 year-old co-worker before finally trying to take refuge himself the gunman was approaching my kiosk. and while i was hiding. >> he got 13 feet away from me. not single word was said from him until police arrived. they were shouting at him. gunshots were fired. >> it was just silence long as 20 minutes of my life. >> officer eric tallies. the body was transported from here in boulder today. 40 miles to his home in aurora, colorado. i 40 mile per session. that was dotted. and at times lined by first responders and citizens paying their respects, people all over the state of colorado still trying to come to grips with this incredible tragedy in boulder, colorado. i'm bruce hurtle. >> thank you, bruce. vaccination efforts across the country continue to improve. but the cdc director says it's not enough yet to fully reopen schools. washington correspondent jessi turnure has that story. >> no country has vaccinated more people than us. the white house covid-19 r

. >> reporter: logan smith took cover during the shooting. >> there's not one word said by the gunman or anyone within the building it is that i could building that i could hear, the only thing that could be heard was store music and the automated store message. >> reporter: an f.b.i. forensics team remains here on the scene at the supermarket collecting evidence. meanwhile funerals for the victims will begin this weekend. major. >> garrett: jonathan vigliotti, thank you. president biden today doubled his goal of 100 million covid shots in his first 100 days to 200 million.s to the u.s. has now surpassed 30 million confirmed covid cases and new covid infections are oni the rise in many states. nowhere are cases spiking faster than in michigan and cbs's mola lenghi is there. >> reporter: tonight an alarming increase. covid cases spreading across the country in 20 states, six of them were cases arising at leasi 20%. one hot spot, michigan with one of the highest number of cases per capita in the u.s., more than 5,000 today, the biggest daily total this year, and hospitalizations are spi

. >> reporter: logan smith took cover ion the store during the shooting. >> there's not one word said by the gunman or anyone within the building that i could hear, the only thing that could be heard was store music and the automated store message. >> reporter: an f.b.i. forensics team remains here on the scene at the supermarket collecting evidence. meanwhile funerals for the victims will begin this weekend. major. >> garrett: jonathan vigliotti, thank you. president biden today doubled his goal of 100 million covid shots in his first 100 days to 200 million. the u.s. has now surpassed 30 milion confirmed covid cases and new covid infections are on the rise in many states. nowhere are cases spiking faster than in michigan and cbs' mola lenghi is there. >> reporter: tonight, an alarming increase: covid cases spiking across the country in 20 states, six of them where cases are rising at least 20%. one hot spot, michigan with one of the highest number of cases per capita in the u.s., more than 5,000 just today, the biggest daily total this year, and hospitalizations are spiking, more th

he is the biggest hero that all 20 year-old logan smith. >> a worker inside the store where his first instinct was to protect a 69 year-old co-worker before finally trying to take refuge himself the gunman was approaching my kiosk. and while i was hiding. >> he got 13 feet away from me. not single word was said from him until police arrived. they were shouting at him. gunshots were fired. >> it was just silence long as 20 minutes of my life. >> officer eric talley's body was transported from boulder to aurora, colorado today. a 40 mile per session that was done it and sometimes blinded by first responders and just citizens coming out to pay their respects. incredibly so on atmosphere continues to permeate the situation here in boulder colorado. i'm bruce hurtle. >> just real quick. i i know these kinds of shootings happened everywhere in this country. it seems like there's no place on touch but colorado, you have a roar of the movie theater shooting columbine high school 12 people in each of those died now 10 in this case does how do people in colorado feel about what's going on in th

. >> reporter: 20-year-old logan smith said he and a co-worker spent nearly half an hour hiding behind garbage cans inside the coffee kiosk he worked as the gunman moved through the store. >> did he ever say anything? >> not one word said by the gunman or anyone within the building that i could hear. >> reporter: no screaming from the victims? >> there was screaming within i would say the first five to ten seconds, and then dead silence for the next 30 minutes. the only thing that could be heard was store music and the automated store message. automated store message. >> reporter: smith says shortly before the smooth he had been on a break with his friend and 25-year-old manager rikki olds. he saw her again right before the gunman shot and killed her. >> she was near the east side self-checkout. i saw her get shot, and i immediately saw her just fall to the ground. instinctively i wanted to rush over and comfort her, but i knew that i would have lost my life, as well, if i engaged in that. most of the mass shootings in colorado have happened within my lifetime. and the idea of a situat

. >> logan smith, his three best friends was dead there. >> to have the words come out of his father's mouth that he was dead, i broke down crying. his other best friend, ricky o olds who he's mourning. >> we are trying to fill the memory. it is tough, it is tough. >> reporter: in colorado, grieve and anger. we are sad and outraged. we are crying but we are angry. >> and people have been coming here throughout the day to express that grief. there is also at least seven individuals that we know to honor and commemorate those ten lives cut too short in monday's massacre. about an hour from now, the boulder city council is holding a special meeting to create some healing for the community. erin. >> lucy, thank you. i want to go now to the governor of colorado. i appreciate your time as always. the super market was about 30 minutes to the suspect's home. there are many stores closer. anything you have learned that could suggest why this store and anything of a motive here. >> erin, thank you for your thoughtful way of helping to memorialize the people loss. it shows the full 360 degrees pi

his co-worker kwus with him at the time, logan smith. he said they were both big second amendment supporters, went shooting on the weekends. he said he'll miss his smile, laugh and honesty and listen to what else he had to say about denny. >> i saw him run off. i ran in the other direction. that was the last time i saw him. he was my best friend. he was a brother to me. i immediately had a ball drop in my gut. i knew that something was not right. >> and erika mahoney put out a tweet about her father kevin. he was 61 years old and lived in boulder, colorado. this is what she wrote about her dad. i'm heartbroken to announce that my dad, my hero, kevin mahoney was killed in the king soopers shooting in my hometown of boulder, colorado. my dad represents all things love. i'm so thankful he could walk me down the aisle last summer. i'm now pregnant. i know he wants me to be strong for his granddaughter. i love you forever, dad. you are always with me. another neighbor of kevin mahoney described him as an incredible father, incredible spouse a

. >>> one of rikki's co-workers, logan smith witnessed her be shot. he says he was talking to one of the other victims, denny stong right before the shots rang out. >> he was my best friend, a brother to me. i saw him run off, i ran in the other direction. that's the last time i saw him. >> stong also worked at the store but only was there to get groceries. >>> teri loved singing the songs from "frozen." many were heartbroken to hear of her loss. >> it wasn't until i saw rikki's face and teri's face that i realized, i interact with them on a daily basis. we are sad, but we are outraged. we are crying, but we are angry. >>> my next guest knows that mix of sadness and anger all too we had. fred guttenberg's daughter jamie was killed in parkland, florida, in 201. he's a gun reform activist, also the author of "find the helpers, what 9/11 and parkland taught me." fred, we keep having this conversation. i like talking with you, but it feels like we keep having this conversation. you have made this your mission to for a i got for gun safety, made it your mi

. >> reporter: another friend of rikki's, logan smith, watched as the gunman shot and killed the 25-year-old. >> i wanted to run over to her, but i knew that there was a shooter inside and i couldn't. >> reporter: the gunman stood a few feet from where he hid. >> one of the scariest things was the silence until police arrived and yelled at him to get down. >> reporter: we're also learning today that handcuffs used to restrain the gunman after he was rel released from the hospital. >> it's distinct honor to use officer talley's handcuffs to formally process him into the jail. lining the streestreets today t this hero a farewell. >> added charge of attempted murder, that came from one of the one first to respond and, unfortunately, discovered the body of officer talley. ware expecting the ch he faces life without parole. jake? >>> the effects on pregnant women that moms to be will want t to hear. stay with us. that can guide an astronaut back to safety. and help make a hospital come to you, instead of you going to it. so when it comes to your business, you know we'll stop at nothing. we're car

. >> reporter: another friend of r r rikki's logan smith watched as she was shot. >> i wanted to run over to her, but there was a shooter inside and i couldn't. one of the scariest things about it all was the silence until police arrived and yelled at him to get down. >> reporter: we're also learning the handcuffs used to restrain the gunman after he was released from the hospital belonged to slain officer eric talley. hundreds lining the streets to bid this hero a farewell. his sister describing the moment she found out he died. >> my mother called me and she was just screaming, and she said his daughter had called her, his young daughter and said, nana, daddy's dead. i didn't know other people had been killed. i just knew at that moment that eric was gone. with that, everything about eric was gone. >> reporter: pam, that added charge of attempted first down degree murder, that comes from an alleged attack on boulder police officer richard stydell. he was one of the first on the scene. he was combing that store for any signs of a shooter when he discovered the body of officer talley

i want you to listen to logan smith who helped protect an older worker and also watched a friend get shot. take a look. >> i pushed her into a corner and i barricaded her with trash cans. and then from that moment, it was game on. i saw my best friend, my co-worker, rikki olds get shot as well, and she fell to the floor. that moment, it -- there was a split time in my mind that i wanted to run over to her, comfort her, and i was unaware if it was just one assailant or if there were multiple. >> now in terms of the overall investigation, a law enforcement source tells cnn that they are still trying to ascertain a motive. trying to figure out why the alleged shooter targeted that particular grocery store when there are grocery stores closer to his home. this one was 30 minutes away, and they're also looking at mental health issues. poppy? >> dan simon, thank you very much for bringing all of that to us today. >>> let me bring in our legal and national security analyst, a former fbi special agent and also cnn law enforcement analyst peter lakada, the department of justice deputy mission

i spoke to one of the survivors this morning, logan smith. he grew up in this city. he went to school in boulder. and at his age, he has had regular active shooter training drills. it's a grim reality that he said he was sadly prepared for. at the same time, you know, to have this happen at your local grocery store, which during this pandemic became one of the only familiar things for so many of us, as one person placed it, said to me, no place feels safe anymore. they want answers. people want justice. more than anything, they want to know what we can do to prevent this kind of violence from happening again. >> what are you learning about the latest in the investigation? >> reporter: first telling cnn that the fbi is looking at virtually everything, scrubbing his online activity, social media. they're interviewing friends and relatives to try to understand his motivation. we also understand, according to one senior law enforcement official that federal investigators are aware of friends who say the suspect harbored grievances over his perception of how muslims were

he is the biggest hero that all 20 year-old logan smith. >> a worker inside the store where his first instinct was to protect a 69 year-old co-worker before finally trying to take refuge himself the gunman was approaching my kiosk. and while i was hiding. >> he got 13 feet away from me. not single word was said from him until police arrived. they were shouting at him. gunshots were fired. >> it was just silence. longest 20 minutes of my life. >> even as we speak. officer talley's body is being transported from here in boulder to aurora, kansas. a 40 mile per session that is dotted. we are told by first responders and general citizens just paying their respects. of course, makeshift memorials continue to grow here both at police headquarters for officer talley and right behind me at the crime scene along the fence line. with a steady stream of mourners continuing to express their support. and obviously these most difficult of times in boulder, colorado. i'm bruce hurtle. >> thank you, bruce. now to our coronavirus coverage and marin county is moving into the orange tier and more restri

. >> reporter: logan smith, a barista working at king soopers lost their lives, his three best friends lost theirs including 20-year-old denny strong. >> to have the words come out of his father's mouth he was dead. >> reporter: his other best friend 25-year-old rikki olds mourned by her family today. >> there's a hole. there's a hole in our family that won't be filled. i mean, we try to fill it with memories. you know, that's tough. it's tough. >> reporter: in colorado grief and anger. >> we are sad, but we are outraged. you know, we are crying but we're angry. >> a way to be better. >> reporter: the denver nuggets coach tearing up during his tribute to the victims. >> i think about eric talley and his seven kids. that's what i think about. i'm just heartbroken for them and everybody else. >> reporter: and the community is gathering along this road to show their support for fallen boulder police officer eric talley as his body is transported from the coroner's office to the funeral home. we understand his coffin is covered with a flag inside a hearse. one of nine people, ten people to

newlyweds, neven and quinlan sloan, married a month and a half, just grocery shopping, and logan smith, there working at the starbucks. good morning to all of you. logan, i'll start with you. you've had an overnight for this to settle in. how are you doing this morning? >> it's definitely been rough. i mean, waking up this morning, processing everything, it's definitely been hard. it's harder than it was yesterday, just thinking about the friends that i lost. i'm still trying to reach one of my other friends who hasn't responded back, so i don't know their situation. but, yeah, just taking everything in is hard. >> i am so sorry for what y'all have been through. i was trying to picture, like, you go to work on a regular monday, working at starbucks. when did you know, logan, there was trouble? what's the first sign you saw? >> so about 2:28, a customer ran into the store alerting me that there was an active shooter in the parking lot. i wasn't the smartest and ran outside to see what was actually going on. then there was shooting. i ran back inside, immediately grabbed my phone and cal

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a book, now titled, "with god's blessing, the family legacy of irving and jane smith." daughters, vanessa logan and jane brown shared memories they value and that others might, too. >> showed us that if you strive hard, if you believe in yourself, if you don't sit there and let people define you. you can do anything. >> reporter: jane brown is now married to reverend amus brown of san francisco's third baptist church. though, her mom is living at a slower pace, she says she still keeps up with technology. >> you will find that mother seeks to adapt. now, she uses her iphone. ipad. >> when they weren't able to attend church in person, she used the live stream and still checks up on wall street. to mark 103, jane smith is having a zoom celebration with those who love her. grateful to still hear about her life's journey. >> we had obstacles to come in front. but we kept on pushing. just kept on pushing. and that's how we made it. >> reporter: in san francisco, christy smith, nbc bay area news. >> nice to hear from her. >> great story. >>> up next. possibly attacked by a mo