but the full scope of the tragedy can only be conveyed in stories, names, faces of people taken too soon. the deadliest shooting in buffalo, new york. police say a gunman driven by hate toward the black community killed ten people, injured three others at a supermarket there. among those that died in the shooting, an 86-year-old mother of a retired buffalo fire commissioner as well as a former buffalo police officer who died exchanging gunfire with the shooter. this morning, police say the 18-year-old suspect was planning to continue his carnage if not stopped. president biden and the first lady head to buffalo tomorrow to meet with families of the victims. begin in buffalo. victor blackwell is there for us. victor, what are you learning about the victims? reporter: ten people killed. all the stories tragic. imagine this. andres mcneal was here purchasing cupcakes. he lost his father on the day they were celebrating his birthday. you mentioned the mother of the former fire
had he not been stopped. tell us what we know so far about his motivation? well, obviously from what all of the evidence that we ve gathered so far, the motivation at this stage appears to be pure hatred. pure racial hatred. now there happens to be a penal law in the state of new york that is entitled a domestic act of terrorism motivated by hate. that particular crime right now is a crime that i m focusing on. i ve already got him charged mika with the highest murder charge in the state. murder if the first-degree. so we got that charged. we got him hold on that. so now, the next legal step is we have a felony hearing scheduled for thursday. it is a probable cause hearing to determine whether or not a felony has been committed. i m confident that the murder in the first-degree meets the probable cause standard. so he s going to be either held for the grand jury on thursday, or he s going to waive to the grand jury. so i m already in grand jury mode right now. so what that
high. plus a funeral procession will take place soon as they demand answers for the killing of one of the arab world s most prominent journalists. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for being with us. first time since russia invaded ukraine 11 weeks ago, a russian civilian has been killed on russian soil by ukrainian shelling. report comes from the governor of belgorod just across the border from ukraine s second largest city kharkiv. ukraine won t say whether it s responsible for a series of recent attacks on the region. meanwhile new drone video and satellite images show ukraine has blown up at least two pontoon bridges in luhansk region. russians building them to move farther west in donbas offensive. and ukrainians claim they ve recaptured more villages in the kharkiv region, much of the area still in range of russian artillery fire. in the south, ukraine is offering to swap russian prisoners of war for wounded ukrai
the country has tried to stay neutral, and the war on ukraine has changed fin land s views of the kremlin, and their president said putin has himself to blame. take a listen. well, if that would be the case that we choose, my response would be that you caused this. look at the mirror. and neighboring sweden is also close to deciding whether it will also pursue nato membership cnn s nick robinson, good to see you nick, we spoke about people in the country questioning why it s happening so quickly and saying there was nothing to suggest russia would invade fin land, what is the leadership of the country saying about the speed of this decision and some of the criticism. the statement, along with the prime minister, is going to make a statement right around about this time. they are joining nato, it not the definitive joining. it will be in a key time in the parliament next week. it s going to set the direction and tone for the country. they have kept their thoughts and vie
milestone. putin s war back fires. with fin land moving closer to joining nalto, could russia retaliate as the kremlin cuts off gas to europe. we re following a number of severe weather stories. dangerous storms in parts of the country. raging wildfires damage dozens of million dollar homes out west. and how a two decade drought is eroding one of america s most iconic reservoirs. news on the triple crown, the announcement from the underdog winner of the kentucky derby. and finally tonight, you have to see this video. the good sam tar samaritans who bring a woman suffering a medical emergency behind the wheel to safety. sth is the this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening, and thank you so much for joining us on this thursday night. we want to begin with a crisis many say shouldn t be happening here in the united states of america. a struggle for parents to get baby formula. we learn today that th