than 60. the evidence clearly suggest they were murdered simply because they were black. police say the 18-year-old white suspect traveled three hours from a different county to carry out the massacre. there are new details this morning. the police commissioner says the shooter had plans to kill even more african americans after leaving the supermarket. word of a previous incident when he was on the radar of law enforcement, making a chilling comment last spring. tomorrow president biden will visit buffalo to meet with the victims families. we re also learning new details this morning about a deadly shooting in southern california. four people were having lunch inside a church after services when a gunman entered and open fire, killing one of them and critically wounding four others. the taiwanese congratulations was there and investigators are investigating whether they were targeted. we ll begin this hour by talking about the investigation in buffalo. joining me now is
hate-fuelled rampage. in a 180 page racist rant, posted online moments before the shooting, it shows his planning before the attack. that suspect now on suicide watch, and under constant supervision. tomorrow president biden set to travel to buffalo where he ll meet with the victim s families and it s those lives we ll want to remember. we are also following a shooting in southern california today. this happened at a church in laguna woods over the weekend. entering a lunch reception where one person was killed. a number of people in attendance were able to overpower the suspect, hog tieing him, before police arrived. let s begin in buffalo with weather we are live on the scene with the latest on the investigation. first, what more are we learns about this suspect s plan which apparently we re not going to end at the tops market? reporter: no, they were not police say based on the writings, the documents that they have now reviewed and they believe belong to the alleged s
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plus, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell leads a delegation of senate republicans on an unannounced visit to ukraine even as one of his own members slows progress on military aid that washington has been trying to fast-track. we ll tell you where that legislation stands now. and a key component of russia s propaganda machine at risk, as bloggers imbedded with russian troops are fed up with the repeated failures and are now voicing concerns. good morning. and welcome to way too early on this monday, may 16th. i m jonathan lemire. thank you for being with us. we begin with the latest on the deadly shooting in buffalo over the weekend. the white house says the president and first lady will visit the city tomorrow, to quote grieve with the community. speaking at the national peace officer s memorial service in washington yesterday, president biden addressed with the justice department investigating as an act of racially-motivated, domestic extremism. a lone gunman,
states tomorrow, we ll have a preview of the races to watch. we begin with the aftermath of what was a violent weekend in a number of places. we start with buffalo, new york that is still realing after a white teenager carried out what they re calling a racist attack in a super market in a predominantly black neighborhood. nearly all of the victims were black. the gunman is in custody and being held on a first degree murder charge. he intended to take as many black lives as possible. president biden and first lady jill biden will visit the community to grieve with them. we are learning more about the victims, aaron salter a police officer turned security guard that tried to stop the gunman. katherine massey who tried to make her community a better place to live. pearl young who ran a food pantry for a quarter century. heyward patterson who was loading bags into a car. celestine chaney and roberto roberto drury who was just buying groceries. jesse, what have we learned about t