more about those lives that were taken so callously, solely out of hate. we re also learning more about the suspect. authorities identifying him as this 18-year-old white man who apparently traveled more than three hours from his home to target that community. a 180-page manifesto attributed to the suspect was posted online just before the attack. it shows the meticulous planning that apparently went into a racist attack in just chilling detail. we also learned the suspect was already on law enforcement s radar. he had made a generalized threat as a high school student last year. tomorrow president biden will travel to buffalo to meet with families of the victims. the terror in new york, sadly, just one of several mass shootings in recent days. let s begin with cnn s victor blackwell on the scene in buffalo. the suspect currently faces one count of first-degree murder. that really a starting point here. do we expect that federal hate crime charges will be added? reporter: y
heinrich. griff: i m griff jenkins, good to be back. rich edson is in pennsylvania. and let s go to chester, pennsylvania, hey, alex. hey, yes, this has been a plot twist in pennsylvania. big names and big money at no point had a republican candidate to be the front runner, there s dr. oz and kathy barnett made this a three-way tie. now i m surging. that s their word. [applause] no one thought it. no one thought it. they were all focused on the two men in the race and no one thought it. kathy barnett is at a breakfast this morning and operating on a shoe-string budget. the celebrity mehmet oz held a rally and said this about barnett. we know little about her pass, they cannot win in november. every time kathy tries to answer a question leads to more questions which is why she s not answering more questions. and this is the financial treasure official, mccormick says there s no room on onto job training. any of these into this role on day one, i know what to do,
Tonights theme is america land of heros. Nor the next two hours they will highlight the hard working, courageous, men and women with the heart and soul and greatness of the country. This includes the soldiers who sacrifice so much to protect all of us around the world. Police, First Responders, risking life and limb for us. Medical workers, custodians, front lines against covid19. Before tonights show i actually had the honor of meeting many of them that you will meet tonight. The factory workers, the truckers, the farmers, growry store workers, everyone else never took a day off, kept this country open during the worst pandemic in 100 years. To forget what you heard in last weeks meanspirited dnc, United States of america is gods gift to mankind. Here in this country, we all know anything is possible. This hour will be commercial free. My interruptions will be minimal, i cant think of anything more important than to honor our fellow great americans. There can be no pursuit of happy no
Lets begin with the latest. Security is tight. 15,000 troops are quartered here and around the u. S. Capitol with more on the way. Many had been sleeping on the marble floors of the Capitol Visitors Center before cots were brought in. So far we know of two arrests made at checkpoints, but more than 300 cases have been opened in the broader investigation. Investigators are combing through more than 150,000 photos and videos and other evidence from tipsters. Also, the new yorker released new individual yes of the january 6th riots. Well share some of it with you in a moment. But lets begin with americas 59th president ial election. A lot has happened this month. So how did we get to this point . So far, the story of 2021 can be told through the events of three consecutive wednesdays insurrection, impeachment, and inauguration. Wednesday january 6th brought an insurrection to our nations capitol. A mob of protrump rioters stormed their way into Congress Looking to usurp the election and k
How they want to present themselves and thats going to carry over into what they do in a couple of hours with their executive actions, their focus on trying to address the joint crises they have both on the Public Health and on the economic side. Kaitlin makes another excellent point about the familiarity with the white house, which extends for the Biden Administration up to capitol hill as well. Obviously we saw the president , who had very friendly exchanges with congressional leaders, went to mass with congressional leaders this morning. Its whats happening behind the scenes as well that underscores how this administration is approaching things moving forward. At 5 15 you will see the president sign 15 executive actions related to a series of items, whether its rolling back very specific things president Trumps Administration put into place, whether its addressing covid, addressing the economic issues. When you talk to administration officials, they acknowledge that the big picture