this atrocious attack. officials feared mushing a news conference minutes ago, motive clear. the evidence we have uncovered so far makes no mistake that this is an absolute racist hate crime, prosecuted as a hate crime, someone who has hate in their heart, soul, and mind. no mistake that this is the direction they are going in. a vigil today for the victims of the attack including the governor of new york, kathy hochul who served as the county clerk here in the county from 2007 to 2011. i talked one-on-one with her, years a bit about that. this was cold, it was calculated, it was cruel. it was designed to have mass casualties. there s a plan posted on social media platforms, and that is what angers me the most. that this information was out there. and we need to know because we can protect people before this happens again. i m gonna have that entire interview with the governor in a moment. this is by the way the deadliest mass shooting in the country this year, and bu
carnage with ten killed in a mass shooting. congress and president speaking today, i found in the community shock and pain. i am feeling sad today. very sad. my heart is broken. and as i look at tops it s the only food store or supermarket in the community, any black person in buffalo or we have all come through this tops. or something. anyone could ve been here. and it is just it hurts. nobody knew that they wouldn t make it home. some kids far away we re waiting on their wife or mother or father. the black community, we ve been through so much. you ve been through so much, and just coming over covid, buffalo has been through a lot. we re coming over covid we re
communities, we need to have better access to things, we need more than one grocery store. this has now devastated entire community and surrounding communities because of the closes as they have to everything that i need to survive. so we just need to listen to the people who are actually saying, this is what we need and give it to them. another part of my conversation with buffalo residents today, a short time ago president biden addressed the mass shooting in buffalo during a police memorial event at the white house. nbc s just honestly the president for us. josh, good to talk to you. thanks for joining us on this. what did the president say in his remarks about the buffalo shooting and really just the epidemic of gun violence that we re dealing with in this country? yasmin, we ve got a chance to see the president once again playing that role of consoler -in-chief as he has so many times unfortunately throughout just the first year and a half of so of his presidency. trying to sh
70s, the buffalo bills played out the stadium knew there that is no a center where high school sports are played. my alma mater, about a half mile north of there. the neighborhood is predominantly african american. and it is it s a part of the buffalo, the east side of buffalo, that people recognize and know well. you ve been talking to people in this community for the past 24 hours. i ve been talking to them for the past hour. this is a community in pain. what have they ve been telling you? i think people are dealing with shock and grief today. and their confusion. it is incomprehensible to think that somebody would want to come to this community, and carry out an evil plan like this. as you said, and as your
pushed for this location. and this shooter identified because it is a predominantly african american community. and obviously we need more investment in the community towards the goal of creating this instability and opportunity. one needs to be done? a lot of the money we approved in the rescue plan is disproportionately going to communities that have been marginalized. and at the rebuild of the nation of the pandemic is designed to be more inclusive and equitable because historically it has not been. people in the community are saying it s not about money it s about systemic racism in the country. and it s very pervasive not only in this community but in the country. that is an element in our society it is true in buffalo it s true in the nation. and we have to enforce laws more aggressively to ensure that these people cannot exactly the death and destruction that they did yesterday. this kid was radicalized online. it is also an individual who