racially motivated mass shooting in buffalo, new york. another hour of velshi starts right now. velshi start right now. good morning, it s sunday may 15th, i am maria teresa kumar in four ali velshi. we begin with the latest on the deadly mass shooting in upstate new york. at least ten people are dead three more wounded after a white 18 year old gunman, dressed in military style tactical gear, opened fire at a supermarket in a predominantly black neighborhood in buffalo new york, according to officials. the gunman has been arraigned on one count of first degree murder and is being held without bail. his next court appearance is scheduled for thursday. a senior law enforcement official told reporters that the parents of the suspect are distraught and are cooperating. and they say the suspect recently legally purchased the weapons used, which included a semiautomatic rifle, a hunting rifle and a shotgun. 11 of the victims are black and to our white, according to the officials
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century. well i think that thinking about washington is the problem. that is to say, one of the ways that we ve ended up in this particular position is because the far right question nationalist right, which has aligned itself with the republican party, has had a grassroots strategy since the 19 80s. and particularly sense they had a growing understanding that changing populations in the united states admits that winning federal elections would be harder and harder. they had a strategy to take over state houses. and to implement laws that way. and also through the election of i think the thinking about washington as the font of our solution is the wrong strategy. that is to say, people need to turn out for state houses and for the election of local judges. we know that the way that these
across the state there s an event for democratic candidates. joe biden will be opening an office here and several of the other candidates are staying here in the state as we are now just 93 days from the iowa caucuses and they re trying to make sure they become the democratic nominee. victor and christi. all right, thank you so much. our political team of experts joins us now. former south regional director for president obama s 2012 campaign, and bryan robinson with us as well. let s start with a comparison being made between mayor buttigieg and then senator obama. did you hear that last night? well, we heard a little bit of that. you ve got to remember, victor, one of the things that the obama 2008 campaign did very well is spent an enormous amount of time in implementing this sort of revolutionary peer-to-peer, household-to-household grassroots strategy. we all remember he made that amazing speech at the democratic dinner right before the iowa caucuses. what we saw yesterday f
wow, it s a wow even higher than what we thought with bernie sanders. reporter: that s right, john, and for other candidate watching beto o rourke and the start of his campaign, they should be worried, as you noted. the closest other candidate to come to this kind of number was bernie sanders, and at that moment when he put out his number, we were all wowed by that number, right? $5.9 million. as you say, kamala harris is 1.5 million. beto o rourke clearing showing, and he said so himself this morning, that he believes you can run a presidential campaign based on a grassroots strategy, based on just going after these small dollar donations, and the big question that s been looming over beto o rourke and his presidential campaign has been, can he do whatever it was that he did in texas that got people so energized and so excited? can he do that on the national stage, right? when it comes to the fundraising, we seem to have at least the answer for now that he is able to pull in that ki