plus, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell leads a delegation of senate republicans on an unannounced visit to ukraine even as one of his own members slows progress on military aid that washington has been trying to fast-track. we ll tell you where that legislation stands now. and a key component of russia s propaganda machine at risk, as bloggers imbedded with russian troops are fed up with the repeated failures and are now voicing concerns. good morning. and welcome to way too early on this monday, may 16th. i m jonathan lemire. thank you for being with us. we begin with the latest on the deadly shooting in buffalo over the weekend. the white house says the president and first lady will visit the city tomorrow, to quote grieve with the community. speaking at the national peace officer s memorial service in washington yesterday, president biden addressed with the justice department investigating as an act of racially-motivated, domestic extremism. a lone gunman,
straight day of record highs. that jet stream is so far to the north, it is kind of closing off any cooler air from canada, allowing all of that warm air to come in. and that s going to extend to the southeast tomorrow. and then by wednesday, we re going to see the heat expanding, to record highs across ten states, in the south. and we re looking at temperatures mainly in the 90s. a lot of 90s on the map here. 93 in dallas. and 96, and 103 in phoenix. hot, hot out there. i have my umbrella and look out for the thunderstorms here in washington later on. michelle grossman, thank you very much. still ahead, in the race for pennsylvania governor, former president trump throws his support behind a republican candidate who is promoting false claims of a stolen 2020 election. how that endorsement could impact pennsylvania s primaries and what it means for the midterms. we ll be right back. the midterms we ll be right back. (driver) conventional thinking would say verizon has the largest a