here is what s interesting, i would say. there is a theme. we have seen several races in which the conservative media, the republican establishment, others folks, even donald trump, have come in and tried to take out a candidate or persuade their voters not to go down a certain road. we saw it with certain attacks on kathy barnette who had a late surge in that race and pennsylvania. she still in it but not ahead as of now. we saw a bit with mastriano. it has followed on deaf ears. donald trump endorsed him over the weekend and, he now appears to be the winner. there s no real, i don t think there s a theory here yet about what does and doesn t work when you re trying to get manga era republican voters to turn against a candidate. but that is a thing that a lot of paid professional politicos are trying to do and it s used for powerful power to have if you re working for mitch mcconnell and want to steer things in your direction. the thing i m looking forward to that i don t
responsible for the house crisis as the house scrambles for a vote tonight, tonight, on a multi million dollar bill to help. plus, check out the markets. have you seen this, wall street in a free fall in the last hour of trading. investors are getting ready for the biggest loss since 2020 because retailers, walmart, target, et cetera sounding the alarm on inflation. coming up, we ll tell you what is going on and when things could turn around. i m hallie jackson in washington and i want to bring in our poll lit. caller: political team. dasha barns, vaughn is in philadelphia and tony is in north carolina and our senior political editor mark murray is with us, as well. at 3:01 eastern time, 12:01 pacific here is where we stand after last night s primaries. in pennsylvania you have oz holding a lead over david mccormick. a recount is looking more and more likely. it s coming as you have former president trump as he did in 2020 not waiting around for the official results, ur
it s important for history to talk about who he is, but i commend you for doing that. my heart is hurting. everyone i spoke to today, their heart is hurting, and they feel helpless. i m going to talk to the audience about that in just a little bit. but we ve seen this all too often. yeah. you know, anybody at home can probably remember the names of the killers in columbine but not necessarily the people the names of people who lost their lives. i feel like that s the case for a lot of mass killings in this country. we all focus on the shooter, and people learn that person s name, and they want that. they want that kind of attention. i think it s important to report on them and their motivation and everything about them. but i just don t think we should give them that kind of extended coverage. and to call listen, we have to call it what it is. that s our job without fear or favor. but also i was sitting writing the opening to my show tonight, and you again inspired me
eyewitness video showing the very moment the suspected shooter was taken, there you see it, wearing ing camo, into cust we re keeping a close eye today on primaries in several key states across the u.s. the spotlight shining very brightly on pennsylvania and the republican senate primary there, tv personality dr. mehmet oz facing off against hedge fund ceo david mccormick and kathy barnette. we ll keep an eye on that for you and the latest involving the push from sweden and finland to join nato. leaders set to hold a joint news conference from now, their applications expected to be formally submitted in the next day or so. we ll stay on top of all of those stories. we want to begin this hour in buffalo. cnn s joe johns is outside a community center there. joe, a couple of days into this, it is still very raw. talk to us about what you re hearing on the ground. reporter: probably the first and important thing to say, erica, is the president is coming to try to grieve with
has been allowed to fester and grow in front of our eyes. no more. i mean, no more. more on the president s visit coming up, including new words the alleged gunman wasn t on a red flag list after making a prior threat. we re joined by the buffalo mayor, standing by live. he says he won t let what happened be forgotten. also tonight, key primaries in five states, including here in pennsylvania, and especially here, a key test of the former president s influence. we have the latest and close look ahead to cnn primary night coverage, just under an hour or so from now. later. even as ukrainian fighters give up the 82day defense of mariupol, a retired russian military expert on russian tv says his country is now isolated in the world and in real trouble in ukraine. we want to welcome viewers in the united states and around the world. i am wolf blitzer in philadelphia. that s independence hall behind me. you re in the situation room. we begin with the latest we re learning abou