coming to an end and it s a high stakes election day in five u.s. states with donald trump s influence looming large over key primary races. we will take a look. this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for joining us. u.s. president joe biden will travel to buffalo new york in the coming hours, where he will meet with families of the victims of saturday s racially motivated shooting. a white house official tells cnn, the president will make remarks in buffalo and condemn the shooting as terrorism motivated by a hateful and perverse ideology. and he is expected to call on americans to quote, give hate no safe harbor. this comes as we learn new details about the 18-year-old accused in the attack that killed ten people. brian todd has the latest. reporter: this was a straight up hate crime. pure evil. police revealing details about the planning that went in to the massacre of ten people in the buffalo store and how it could have been worse. he had plans had he go
and divide us. he will also call for federal legislation to keep guns from the mentally ill. there is cell phone video the moment the suspect was taken in by police. he spent months carefully planning it s attack. he was here. he was here in early march. then again, we know he was here on friday basically doing reconnaissance on the area. a manager at tops, the store where this attack took place, tells the news, he was was actually seen the day before the attack. he was wearing the asame tacticl jum jumpsuit. he was told to leave because he looked like he was bothering customers. and we ll have more on the disturbing details in a moment as well as how he was easily able to purchase a firearm, including the one he used to gun down ten people, despite the fact he d been given a mental health evaluation less than a year ago. cnn has obtained a photo of two of the rifles that the shooter brought with him to the scene in buffalo. and writing appears all over then, including a
now. good morning to viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is tuesday, may 17th. i m john berman. brianna is off this morning. chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins with me in new york. we have live pictures of the white house this morning, very shortly president biden about to depart for buffalo, to meet with the families of those killed in the racist mass shooting there. moments ago, officials told us the president will condemn, quote, the terrorism motivated by a hateful and perverse ideology that tears at the soul of our nation. and he will call on americans to give hate no safe harbor and to reject the lies of racial animus that radicalize and divide us. he will also call for federal legislation to try to keep guns from the mentally ill. this morning we re getting new details about the suspected shooter. cell phone video taken by an eyewitness at the moment he was taken into custody by police, new evidence shows he spent several month
election night in the hospital. the depth of republican fidelity to trump s big lie. north carolina, a test of what the gop is willing to look past. a first term includes tales of drugs and or jis and an attempt to get guns on planes. trump says voters should give him a second chaps. we begin in buffalo, new york. we expect to hear from the president any moment. already this morning visiting the site of the latest american massacre. alongside the first lady he met with community members and families of those killed by a shooter. the president observed a moment of silence, he and his wife leaving a bouquet at a memorial. the president says the racist attack is a reminder in his words, the soul of the nation is still at stake. the president visit happens as authorities remain on high alert. the new concern, a possible copy cat attack. authorities this hour uncovering new chilling details about the gunman, how he targeted the supermarket and planned the rampage, how he wrote
in 35 years. katie pavlich is here to react to the pain at the pump coming up. john: begin with the fox news alert, the president speaking moments ago in buffalo as the city mourns the deadliest shooting in its history. john roberts in washington. anita, good day to you. anita: good day to you, john. president and first lady travelling to buffalo to grieve with the families victims. accused gunman surrendering to police after allegedly shooting 13 people and killing ten. investigating the shooting as a hate crime. john: president biden condemning the incident as an act of terrorism and calling on congress to take more action on guns. fox team coverage now, leo will join us with his thoughts. anita: alexis mcadams is live in buffalo, and we have heard from the president today, what exactly did he say? good afternoon. he mentioned every single person who died, anita and john by name, gave some information about them, because that s who is important to talk about is t