suffered a stroke. much more on this in just a few minutes. first though to the latest on yesterday s deadly mass shooting in buffalo. ten people were killed, three others hurt in what that city s police commissioner calls a, quote, absolute racist hate crime. the 18-year-old suspect appeared in court last night. he s charged with first-degree murder. he s denied bail and is on suicide watch now. the department of justice is investigating the mass shooting as a, quote, hate crime and an act of racially motivated violent em extremistism. former atf special agent many charge bernard depore will join to us in just a few minutes. nate foy is live in our newsroom with more on what we are learning about the suspected shooter. first, though, to alexis mcadams live in buffalo. reporter: good evening. a horrible day here in would have low, new york buffalo, new york. the entire nation keeping a close eye on this investigation as it s still active and ongoing. you can see that crime sce
and this is going to also raise some questions about security at churches. that s often a big conversation. sadly, after we have these shootings in these places of worship, you know, you re going to have a already you have pastors and church leaders talking to their congregations about, you know, the shooting that happened there out of new york, you know? it s the day after that. and so now they re going to have to talk about how they move forward after you have a tragedy like this. you know, there are people who are always concerned about copycatters, and we ve had weekends where there has been a shooting, a mass shooting and then, you know, less than 24 hours another shooting after that. so again, i expect security is going to be the a big topic moving forward again after after this tragic incident. jon: we ll learn more about what s takeen place there, but we certainly grieve for and pray for the victims there.
the phone. he wants to see them in person and that s likely going to happen later this week. the bottom line really being that president joe biden might get some support from republicans, depending on who he nominates. good to know. daniella diaz, thank you so much. appreciate the update. all right, let s head into the legal realm for a minute. attorneys for a fedex delivery driver in mississippi who is black are calling for a federal hate crimes investigation. gibson was out delivering packages january 24th and he says two white men began chasing them in his truck and shot as his van. he wasn t injured. the suspects are a father and son, who were arrested and charged a week later and there are questions this morning about how police have handled this investigation. let s talk to criminal defense attorney and cnn legal analyst joey jackson. always good to have your perspective here. thank you so much. this case is being compared, in
fire with a lighter. also, new york governor andrew cuomo has ordered state flies open a hate crimes investigation into reports that a swastika and the word trump were spray painted on the walls of a residence hall at at college upstate. according to the splc the most report incidents can be described as anti-immigration, anti-black and anti-lbgt and just to be colleagues, not all the incidents have been linked to tuesday s election. though in the latest anti-semitic incident, a memorial park dedicated to beastie boys founder who like the other members of the group was jewish was defaced with swastikas along with the words go, trump, and an anti-hate rally is planned at the brooklyn plan and meanwhile the ku klux klan will hold a trump victory parade in north carolina next month. perhaps trump should look into the camera again and repeat his message to stop it. up next, the late on a protest outside of the right wing national policy institute that turned violent. i ll talk to someone
18th of 2015 that the department of justice was conducting a hate crimes investigation into the shooting at emanuel ame. immediately following that shooting the experienced prosecutors from the u.s. attorney s office in south carolina along with experienced attorneys from the civil rights division began working closely with the fbi, atf, state and local law enforcement officials including the south carolina law enforcement division the charleston police and the solicitor s office for the ninth circuit of south carolina. i would like to thank the many state and federal and local law enforcement official force their dedication, hard work to ensure this investigation was conducted thoroughly and expeditiously. i would also like to thank south carolina u.s. attorney bill nettles for his and his office s tremendous efforts on this case as well as the dedicated attorneys from the department apartment civil rights division