donald trump did. and who can actually get there on day one and make a big difference because the country is sliding away from us. the pennsylvania senate race has the democrats best chance to flip a republican seat to their side. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is tuesday, may 17th. and in the coming hours joe biden and the first lady are set to travel to buffalo, new york where they will pay their respects to the victims of saturday s racially motivated shooting and meet with their families. the visit comes as we learn new details about the 18-year-old accused of opening fire in a supermarket. investigators say the suspect travelled 200 miles to the area two months ago and he was there this past friday for what authorities say was recognizance. just a day before the massacre. absolutely incredible someone with so much hate in their heart, so much hate in their head, traveled from more than three hours to get to this community, a commun
all right. breaking news overnight in ukraine, where a devastating months long battle in the key port city of mariupol, ukraine, has officially ceded control on russia. we ll have more on the deal that is right now allowing the city s final defenders to safely evacuate that steel plant. we ll also go live to buffalo this morning as president biden prepares to visit the grieving city in the wake of saturday s deadly mass shooting. it comes amid new reports about the suspect s alleged plan to turn the massacre into a spree. we will talk to a top member of the white house national security council on that. and it is primary day in pennsylvania. the senate race there has been rocked by twists and turns in the key final days. for the democrats, the leading candidate, john fetterman, is recovering from a stroke. on the republican side, an unexpected surge on the far right from kathy barnette. we ll be watching to see how trump-backed dr. oz performs tonight. good morning
buffalo super market in predominantly black area travelled 200 miles to the same area two months earlier. we have confirmed now it appears that individual was here back a couple of months ago in early march. that raises so many questions, what he was doing there at that time, obviously, first and foremost and this chilling detail as we re getting new video of the suspect taken into custody tonight. police commissioner revealing he had heavy plated armor on and was wearing a tactical helmet at the time of his arrest. cnn obtaining this image of two of the rifles found inside the alleged gunman s car and one of the guns, see what appears to be the phrase, white lives matter. we have much more on the investigation from the police commissioner but we want you to know who the victims are. roberta had just gone to the super market to buy groceries for dinner, family says she moved to buffalo eight years ago to help her brother under going treatment for leukemia, was 32 years ol
the assault a racially motivated act of white supremacy, describing the suspect as a hate filled soul. we re learning tonight about the victims. 32 to 86 years old including the beloved security guard, a retired police lieutenant working security at the store, confronting the gunman, shooting him, but the gunman had body armor and police say the suspect then killed that guard. stephanie ramos on the scene tonight. inside the moments of terror we re now hearing from some of the survivors who were inside the grocery store when the gunshots began. they could hear the shots getting closer. one mother telling me she was shopping with a family member. she ran to find a back exit, he ran to a meat freezer where he hid. our interview right here tonight. the hate crime investigation now under way tonight, sources telling abc news racial slurs and the names of previous mass shooters were written on his gun. and his prior history with police. accused of threatening behavior before a
Schools have done drills like this since 2015 and 2016. 95 . A lot of discussion about whats that doing for Mental Health. After all, schools, despite whats happening, schools are still one of the safer places out there for children. Still this is awful, and it sound like the kids knew what to do once this started. Ali and stephanie, thank you so much. Were going to continue on with this. Its 2 00 p. M. In the east, 11 00 a. M. In california. One student is dead and multiple others are injured after a shooting at a Santa Clarita high school today. Were waiting on two News Conferences scheduled to happen at any moment. One from the l. A. County Sheriffs Office. The other from the hospital where the victims were taken. Here is what we know so far. The l. A. County sheriff says the suspect survived a selfinflicted Gunshot Wound after he fled to a nearby home. The sheriff also says that the suspect is a Young Asian Male who was a student at Saugus High School and is now in police custody.