[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] today the judiciary committee will examine one of the most serious threats facing america today, domestic terrorism. this hearing comes just three weeks after one of the worst domestic terrorist attacks in recent memory, the mass shooting in buffalo, new york. the white supremacist entered tops grocery store and massacred ten black americans in cold blood, wounding three others. i want to read into the hearing record names we should not forget of the victims. roberta, andre mcneil. erin. geraldine. celestin cheney. hayward patterson. catherine massey, perl joan and ruth whitfield. behind each of those names is a story. a loving grandmother of six, a sister caring forch her sick brother, a father who at the time of the shooting was buying snacks for aan movie night with his family. every one of these victims left behind loved ones who are grieving that loss, and several of those loved ones are in
surged in georgia. early voting. ahead of tuesday s primaries in the state. more than 850,000 residents already have cast their votes, despite some of the most restrictive voting laws in the country. yet, the core of it all, a most visible reminder of donald trump s unpredictable but enduring pull on the gop. in a state that trump brazenly tried to bend to his will two years ago. is endorsed candidate in the state governors race. david perdue is limping behind incumbent brian kemp. trump announcing last minute a televised rally for purdue tomorrow night. on the other side, democratic former state representative stacey abrams is running unopposed in her race to become the nation s first black woman governor. tonight, we are all about with the primaries will mean for the rest of the country. that s politicsnation this evening. plus, a new washington poll revealing the depth of our racial divide two years after george floyd s murder. now in the aftermath of the tragedy in buff
i took a note during your hour. that line, everybody knows somebody was really the line of the hour by the majority leader, new york state assembly, peoples stokes, meaning everybody in that community in those somebody who lost a loved one, and at the tops market in east buffalo. it is just a tragedy that we will deal with, and in the way that we do. and the way we have before. and it s just a horrible familiarity to this ritual which we re going through now. yeah, i mean we are a country that has an incredible problem with mass shootings. we also have an incredible problem with political violence, particularly racially motivated, politically motivated violence. and that is something that we are never going to be new to, and it s not getting better, it s still getting worse. but it s very hard on these for days, particularly talking with people in that community, the tight-knit community who really are in a position when they know someone who was affected. we re gonna hav
everybody in that community in those somebody who lost a loved one, and at the tops market in east buffalo. it is just a tragedy that we will deal with, and in the way that we do. and the way we have before. and it s just a horrible familiarity to this ritual which we re going through now. yeah, i mean we are a country that has an incredible problem with mass shootings. we also have an incredible problem with political violence, particularly racially motivated, politically motivated violence. and that is something that we are never going to be new to, and it s not getting better, it s still getting worse. but it s very hard on these for days, particularly talking with people in that community, the tight-knit community who really are in a position when they know someone who was affected. we re gonna have some of the people who know somebody during this hour. thank you, rachel. thanks lawrence. thank you. thank you. i love buffalo the first day i arrived there in 1988,
murder awaits a felony hearing set for thursday according to the erie county district attorney. this evening, buffalo is still reeling from the horror with vigils throughout the day, and city mayor brown, pulling no punches about the shooter s motivation. this individual came here with the expressed purpose of taking as many black lives as he possibly could. earlier today, president biden weighed in on the tragedy from the rose garden with the federal response. jill and i, like all of you, pray for the victims and their families and a devastated community. i ve been receiving updates from my team at the white house that is in close contact with the justice department. we are still gathering facts were already the justice department has stated publicly it is investigating the matter as a hate crime. civil civil rights activists like myself as head of the national action. sending thoughts prayers and resources to the community. i ve talked to some of the family members