nation spilling out into the open during a vigil right here last evening with ohio governor mike dewine. [ crowd chanting do something ] i will be here for the next three hours with special coverage from dayton. we ll have much more on the victims, the survivor stories, the investigation. first, chris cuomo, over to you in el paso. all right, thank you very much. now, again, there is a lot that makes these two situations the same, but there is a key distinction. the 21-year-old white supremacist, who is suspected in the walmart attack, is currently being held without bond. he s facing a charge of capital murder. the district attorney for el paso says he will seek the death penalty. officials say the gunman had no ties to el paso. he was driven by his desire to stop a, quote, hispanic invasion
they put in people all over this country, including in purple and red districts, that voted for gun safety. the senate is behind and mitch mcconnell is behind. i think we should go back tomorrow. i would love to go back tomorrow and get this down. i notice senator schumer would like to go back tonal. let s get this done. we have senator schumer speaking now. we ll bring our viewers his remarks in a few minutes, but i want to stick with you. i want to talk about the motivation that the el paso shooter revealed when he posted this screed online talking about a hispanic invasion, do you believe, based on reading that and knowing what the president said in and out every day, that
by themselves. but a president can certainly lead the charge, and the president right now as a candidate can run on it. i will do everything i can by executive order, but i will also lead on the argument of getting rid of the filibuster so that by a majority we can do what the he american people have sent us there to do the filibuster is blocking action on guns. it s part of the way that the gun manufacturers hold congress enthralled, and we ve got to stop that. i want to also talk about this screed essay ridge by the man who is now in custody in el paso, and authorities are convinced now he posted it 19 minutes before this shooting began in el paso, according to reporting from our pete williams. it uses racist language, talk about a hispanic invasion. my question for you do you
eskate/screed we have seen from the shooter now in custody referencing an hispanic invasion, and other comments that are racist and deeply offensive. do you think the president and his rhetoric bears some respond response for that. absolutely. it reads lie a script from a trump rally. i mean, trump was very clear when he came down the escalator what was his first speech about, attacking mexicans. he s called repeatedly against an invasion at our border. i absolutely think hi receipt ricks was a contributing factor. i feel sad that my colleague re colleagues have not spoken up at all. what is the view inside the
crazy. and they say the wall would help. someone in the crowd shouted out, shoot them. and donald trump laughed. that s only in the panhandle you can get away with that statement. people you have spoken to, cal, worry about the fact that a place like el paso, majority hispanic population. many mexicans. many americans of mexican heritage. it s a perfect target to drive from the suburbs to el paso. he uses a similar language, an invasion of nonamericans into his white country. yeah. i circled it. hispanic invasion. they have it from the manifesto and are citing it directly. when we cover the stories in el paso and juarez, and a week ago thursday, an as example of