the president will condemn, quote, the terrorism motivated by a hateful and perverse ideology that tears at the soul of our nation. we are told the president will call on americans to, quote, give hate no safe harbor and to reject the lies of racial animus that radicalize and divide us. he will also call for federal legislation to keep guns from the mentally ill. this morning, we are getting new details about the suspect in buffalo, the investigation and new copycat threats against that city. this cell phone video taken by an eyewitness at the moment the suspected shooter was taken into custody. new evidence shows he spent several months carefully planning the attack. he was here. we found some things that show that he was here in early march. and then again, we know that he was here on friday, basically, doing reconnaissance on the area. the suspect had also considered attacking churches or elementary schools. according to his own social media posts but he hesitated beca
and the first lady laying flowers at a memorial at the market. you see that makeshift memorial there. during his remarks, president biden blasted the surge in white supremacy that had motivated him to run for office more than three years ago and that police say radicalized a white teenager to commit that mass murder in buffalo. white prsupremacy is a poiso. it s a poison. running through our it really is. running through our body politic. it s been allowed to fester and grow right in front of our eyes. no more. i mean, no more. we need to say as clearly and forcefully as we can that the ideology of white supremacy has no place in america. reporter: more on the president s speech in a moment, but first, the latest on the investigation. online postings show the suspected gunman visited the scene of the buffalo massacre, the store behind me, three times on a single day in march and he wrote about carrying out the attack on march 15th but then he delayed several times. repo
commonwealth of pennsylvania. where the republican senate race is a true nail biter. we re now learning one candidate in these races is about to get a pacemaker implanted. good afternoon. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start with our national lead and president biden this afternoon in buffalo trying to comfort those who suffered the most from saturday s attack at a supermarket targeted because it s in a predominantly black neighborhood. the work of a racist domestic terrorist, killing ten innocent people, police say. the president spending time today with grief-stricken families. emergency first responders and community leaders. it was an emotional day and also one that included a call to action, with the president urging americans to reject racist ideologies. jill and i bring you this message from deep in our nation s soul. in america, evil will not win. i promise you. hate will not prevail. and white supremacy will not have the last word. white supremacy is
blunt warning. the president saying the hate and fear that has been allowed to fester in the united states is now threatening america s democracy as he made an emotional visit to buffalo to meet with the families who lost loved ones in the racist massacre over the weekend. plus, the truth is out there. and lawmakers want to get to the bottom of it, today, holding their first public hearing on ufos in decades. why lawmakers warn ufos pose a potential national security threat. leading this hour, it is primary day. the first polls are about to close in what is one of the most consequential days of the year. we re learning the leading democratic senate candidate john fetterman is about to get a pacemaker installed after suffering a stroke last week. jessica dean is live in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, following fetterman s campaign. a lot of health questions for fetterman in the closing days of the race. how is the campaign dealing with it? well, i just spoke with his campaign
has been allowed to fester and grow in front of our eyes. no more. i mean, no more. more on the president s visit coming up, including new words the alleged gunman wasn t on a red flag list after making a prior threat. we re joined by the buffalo mayor, standing by live. he says he won t let what happened be forgotten. also tonight, key primaries in five states, including here in pennsylvania, and especially here, a key test of the former president s influence. we have the latest and close look ahead to cnn primary night coverage, just under an hour or so from now. later. even as ukrainian fighters give up the 82day defense of mariupol, a retired russian military expert on russian tv says his country is now isolated in the world and in real trouble in ukraine. we want to welcome viewers in the united states and around the world. i am wolf blitzer in philadelphia. that s independence hall behind me. you re in the situation room. we begin with the latest we re learning abou