>>> THIS JUST IN TO CNN, THE CITY OF CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA HAS
RELEASED NEW INFORTION ABOUT THE WALMART EMPLOYEE WHO OPENED
FIRE ON HIS CO-WORKERS KILLING SIX PEOPLE BEFORE TAKING HIS OWN
LIFE. TWO PEOPLE REMAIN HOSPITALIZED
INCLUDING ONE OF THEM IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
CITY OFFICIALS SAY THE SHOOTER PURCHASED THE HANDGUN THE VERY
MORNING OF TUESDAY'S ATTACK. CNN'S DIANNE GALLAGHER HAS BEEN
FOLLOWING THIS STORY FOR US. AND THEY ALSO RELEASED A MESSAGE
THAT THE GUNMAN HAD LEFT ON HIS PHONE.
WHAT DO WE KNOW? >> Reporter: YEAH, JIM, THIS IS
THE BIGGEST DEVELOPMENT IN THE POLICE INVESTIGATION THAT WE'VE
HAD SINCE THAT SHOOTING THAT CLAIMED THE LIVES OF SIX PEOPLE
AT WALMART IN CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA ON TUESDAY.
ACCORDING TO THE CITY OF CHESAPEAKE, POLICE DID A
FORENSIC ANALYST OF THE SHOO
SHOOTER'S PHONE THEY FOUND ON THE SCENE AND DETERMINED THERE
WAS A NOTE ON THE PHONE ENTITLED DEATH NOTE ON THE PHONE.
THEY RELEASED A GREEN GRAB OF THAT ON THEIR TWITTER ACCOUNT
THIS MORNING. LOOK, THE NOTE TALKS ABOUT HIS
GRIEVANCES AGAINST HIMSELF, AGAINST HIS CO-WORKERS.
IT TALKS AT LENGTH ABOUT GOD AND THE HOLY SPIRIT AND FEELING
INADEQUATE AND ANGRY ABOUT THINGS.
LOOK, WE DON'T TALK A LOT ABOUT THESE BECAUSE THEY'RE EXCUSES
FOR MURDERING PEOPLE, SIX PEOPLE AT THAT WALMART.
BUP I DO WANT TO READ READ YOU TWO EXCERPTS FROM THIS HERE
SAYING THE ASSOCIATES GAVE ME EVIL TWISTED GRINS AND MOCKED ME
AND CELEBRATED MY DOWNFALL LAST DAY.
THAT IS WHY THEY SUFFER THE SAME FATE AS ME.
IT ALSO SAID I WISH I COULD HAVE SAVED EVERYONE FROM MYSELF, MAY
GOD FORGIVE ME FOR WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.
AGAIN IT WAS ENTITLED DEATH NOTE.
THE CITY ALSO ADDING THAT THERE WERE TALKS ABOUT SEARCH WARRANT
THAT WAS EXECUTED AT THE SHOOTER'S HOME, ANDRE BEING 31
AFTER THE SHOOTING OCCURRED, THEY SAY THAT A BOX OF MO
AMMUNITION, IN REFERENCE TO THE 9 MILLIMETER SEMI-AUTOMATIC
HANDGUN IN ADDITION TO THE HOME AND IN A BOX RECEIPT AND OTHER
PAPERWORK. AND AGAIN HE PURCHASED THAT GUN
ON THE MORNING OF THE SHOOTING THERE ON TUESDAY.
AND LOOK, MOST IMPORTANT IN ALL OF THIS, THE COMMUNITY OF
CHESAPEAKE TRYING TO RECOVER FROM THIS REELING FROM THAT
SHOOTING AND THOSE VICTIMS WHO I WANT TO SHOW THEIR FACES AND SAY
THEIR NAMES AGAIN BECAUSE THEY ARE CENTER OF THIS SHOOTING.
LORENZA GAMBLE, BRIAN PENDLETON, KAYLEE PILE AND DANICA JOHNSON
AND A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY KILLED ALL WORKING AT WALMART.
THEY WERE CO-WORKERS OF THAT SHOOTER ANDRE BING WHO AGAIN WAS
THE OVERNIGHT TEAM LEAD AT WALMART ACCORDING TO THE COMPANY
AND HAD BEEN WITH WALMART SINCE 2010.
MANY OF THE SURVIVORS WE SPOKE WITH DESCRIBED THE SHOOTER AS
SOMEBODY WHO WAS OFTEN PARANOID OR WAS CONDESCENDING OR TO THEM
OR MEAN TO THEM AS EMPLOYEES BUT THEY DIDN'T EXPECT THIS WOULD BE
THE WAY THIS TURNED OUT. >> THE WEAPON BOUGHT THE VERY
SAME DAY. DIANNE GALLAGHER, THANK YOU SO
MUCH. >> YEP.
>>> WELL, IN THE WAKE OF ALL OF THE SHOOTINGS, THIS TIME IN
VIRGINIA AND COLORADO, PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID HE STILL WANTS TO GET
AN ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN PASSED IN CONGRESS.
BUT WITH JUST OVER A MONTH UNTIL REPUBLICANS TAKE CONTROL OF THE
HOUSE, DEMOCRATS HAVE A SHORT WINDOW TO MOVE ON REALLY ANY OF
THE ADMINISTRATION'S PRIORITIES. HERE WAS THE PRESIDENT
YESTERDAY. >> THE IDEA THAT WE STILL ALLOW
SEMI AUTOMATIC WEAPONS TO BE PURCHASED IS SICK.
JUST SICK. IT HAS NO, NO SOCIAL REDEEMING
VALUE. ZERO.
NONE. NOT A SINGLE SOLITARY RATIONAL
FOR IT INSTEAD OF PROFIT FROM THE GUN MANUFACTURERS.
>> CAN YOU DO ANYTHING DURING THE LAME DUCK.
>> I WILL TRY. >> DURING THE LAME DUCK.
>> I HAVE TO MAKE THAT ASSESSMENT AS I GET IN AND START
COUNTING THE VOTES. >> JOINING ME NOW, TOLLA, FROM
"THE WASHINGTON POST." >> DON'T WANT TO ELIMINATE ANY
POSSIBILITY, BECAUSE LAST FEW YEARS IN WASHINGTON HAVE TOLD US
TO ALWAYS ALLOW THE POSSIBILITY TO BE SURPRISED.
BUT I MEAN, IS THERE A POTENTIAL MOVEMENT ON AN ASSAULT WEAPONS
BAN WHICH WOULD, YOU KNOW, RESURRECT SOMETHING THAT THIS
COUNTRY DID DO A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO WITH BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.
>> YEAH, JIM, THE MATH JUST IS NOT THERE FOR THAT KIND OF LAW.
EVEN AT THIS MOMENT WHEN DEMOCRATS CONTROL THE HOUSE AND
THE SENATE. THEY HAVE TRIED TO PUSH FOR
DIFFERENT KINDS OF GUN LAWS IN THE HOUSE.
IT IS RUN INTO A BLOCKADE IN THE SENATE WHERE YOU HAVE THE
FILIBUSTER RULE. SO THERE IS A VERY LOW
LIKELIHOOD THAT THIS WILL PASS DURING THE LAME DUCK, EVEN
THOUGH THE PRESIDENT WANTED TO GETTING?
DONE. HE TALKED ABOUT WHAT HE WAS ABLE
TO GET DONE WITH A MODEST BILL ON GUN SAFETY.
BUT IN TERMS OF THIS MORE FAR-REACHING EFFORT, IT DOESN'T
SEEM LIKE THE MATH IS THERE AND REPUBLICANS WHO ARE GOING TO
TAKE CONTROL IN A MATTER OF WEEKS SAID THEY HAVE NO INTEREST
IN RESTRICTING GUN RIGHTS AT ALL