hate-fuelled rampage. in a 180 page racist rant, posted online moments before the shooting, it shows his planning before the attack. that suspect now on suicide watch, and under constant supervision. tomorrow president biden set to travel to buffalo where he ll meet with the victim s families and it s those lives we ll want to remember. we are also following a shooting in southern california today. this happened at a church in laguna woods over the weekend. entering a lunch reception where one person was killed. a number of people in attendance were able to overpower the suspect, hog tieing him, before police arrived. let s begin in buffalo with weather we are live on the scene with the latest on the investigation. first, what more are we learns about this suspect s plan which apparently we re not going to end at the tops market? reporter: no, they were not police say based on the writings, the documents that they have now reviewed and they believe belong to the alleged s
liberated a number of towns near kharkiv. the region where they reported the civilian killed has seen several explosions. the cause is missiles and bombs. ukraine has not confirmed nor denied responsibility for the blast. another major development is finland joining nato possibly. they agreed to assist each other militarily should either country face attack. finland shares an 800 mile border with russia. finland s president will contact vladimir putin if that should happen. if that will be the case, what my response would be that you caused this. vladimir putin s profile. critics made a daring escape from russia. she ll tell us how she managed to get out. we ll start of the report of the russian civilian killed. scott mcclain. scott, since the first time this war began in february, what do we know? reporter: anderson, yeah. as you mentioned earlier, this is an area where ukrainians have been making progress in taking towns and villages around kharkiv. in those areas they
general, eric holder, joins me live at this hour. new details of emergency landing by an airplane passenger incapacitated. we are going inside the harrowing ordeal. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world, i am wolf blitzer and you are in the situation room. tonight ukraine is claiming several victories in the hotly contested terrains around kharkiv. a major city miles from the russian border. cnn s scott mechclean is on the ground for us. oren liebermann is joining us live from the pentagon with a new u.s. assessment from top u.s. defense officials. let s begin with scott for more development near kharkiv. this is highly important territory and ukraine now says it has the upper hand. reporter: exactly, wolf. they re starting to take back towns and villages outside of kharkiv. some places they are miles away from the russian border, a border ukrainians say the russians amassed a huge amount of troops, 20 battalion groups which is about