all right. breaking news overnight in ukraine, where a devastating months long battle in the key port city of mariupol, ukraine, has officially ceded control on russia. we ll have more on the deal that is right now allowing the city s final defenders to safely evacuate that steel plant. we ll also go live to buffalo this morning as president biden prepares to visit the grieving city in the wake of saturday s deadly mass shooting. it comes amid new reports about the suspect s alleged plan to turn the massacre into a spree. we will talk to a top member of the white house national security council on that. and it is primary day in pennsylvania. the senate race there has been rocked by twists and turns in the key final days. for the democrats, the leading candidate, john fetterman, is recovering from a stroke. on the republican side, an unexpected surge on the far right from kathy barnette. we ll be watching to see how trump-backed dr. oz performs tonight. good morning
in the senate. all these candidates talking with voters and somebody not even on the ballot loom over one race. what will today s election tell us about donald trump s influence and the future of both parties? also this thundershower you have president biden back at the white house after speaking in buffalo, where he said democracy s in danger after that deadly racist attack. and he s calling out people who spread and profit off the so-called great replaisment theory. we ve got a context check on where that theory came from, and we re live in buffalo and on the hill with congress setting up a showdown over domestic terrorism. this just coming in from michigan on the state s abortion law there and what would happen in roe vs. wade is overturned. we re going to tell you what it says and what happens next from here. i m hallie jackson from washington. i want to bring in our team who s following that election in pennsylvania, because voters are voting. senior political editor
buffalo super market in predominantly black area travelled 200 miles to the same area two months earlier. we have confirmed now it appears that individual was here back a couple of months ago in early march. that raises so many questions, what he was doing there at that time, obviously, first and foremost and this chilling detail as we re getting new video of the suspect taken into custody tonight. police commissioner revealing he had heavy plated armor on and was wearing a tactical helmet at the time of his arrest. cnn obtaining this image of two of the rifles found inside the alleged gunman s car and one of the guns, see what appears to be the phrase, white lives matter. we have much more on the investigation from the police commissioner but we want you to know who the victims are. roberta had just gone to the super market to buy groceries for dinner, family says she moved to buffalo eight years ago to help her brother under going treatment for leukemia, was 32 years ol
it sounds a lot like the filth you would most certainly encounter in the bowels of the interweb, places like 4 chan where the racist domestic terrorist who drove 200 miles to a grocery store in a predominantly black neighborhood in buffalo to slaughter black people says that he was radicalized while he was sitting at home bored during the pandemic. this vile person killed ten people, all black and injured three more. he spelled out his ideology in a manifesto he allegedly wrote filled with racist and anti-semitic memes citing the great replacement theory of white supremacists, the false idea that began in the early 30s in france that claims that white people in europe and in the united states are being systematically replaced with non-white people as part of a jewish conspiracy. it s the camp of the saints that you might have heard from former bebright boss and consignificant-year steve bannon and might seem like the crud that s relegated to the darkest corners of the intraw
right now, america is fighting on two fronts. at home, it s inflation and rising prices. with costs going up, outpacing wage growth. going to the grocery store and spent $50 and what did i purchase? our brand-new nbc news poll shows flashing warning signs for democrats but republican leaders worry some of their candidates are too out of the mainstream. two men sleeping together. two men holding hands. two men caressing. that is not normal. my guest this morning, the independent senator bernie sanders of vermont. also, abortion politics. thousands march nationwide in favor of abortion rights. i can t believe we re going back to this. a tragedy. as many states move to restrict those rights in anticipation of a supreme court decision that overturns roe. joining me for insight and analysis are, washington post white house bureau chief, ashley parker, reverend al sharpton, republican strat jit al, washington bureau chief for usa today, susan page and washingto