the shooting, coming just hours after the deadly shooting in popular new york. 18 year old motivated by hate walked into a supermarket, in a predominantly black community, and started shooting, leaving ten dead. today, and a large crowd gathered outside the grocery store for a prayer vigil. ministers called for peace and healing, and denounced this act of hate. this is not open season! this is not open season on african americans! this is not, shoot if you want! no, that s not with this is. this was an act of evil. amen! evil! well, the community grieves we are learning more about the suspect and the warning signs. authorities said new york state police investigated the 18 year old for threatening a high school. during that in four castigation they won for once a invest mental health the authenticity of a racist manifesto the detailed the gunman s plot. the manifesto repeatedly cited the great replacement theory, that is the false conspiracy that white americans a
how are people processing this attack? you might be able to hear in the background, alicia, we hear people gathering here more than 24 hours after this rampage has set to unfold. i ve seen adults standing solitary with tears coming down their cheeks. people staring at the building, people kneeling on the ground, possibly praying. we saw a vigil with dozens of people coming together of all races and multiple faiths as well. this has been a day of coming together, but also, asking why? clearly, frustration, emotions have been running high. there are points throughout the day. i think people, as we often see in these situations, everyone process things a little bit differently. here s one woman who i spoke to, i was amazed at how calm and descriptive she was. she told me she was inside this market as the shooting rampage unfolded yesterday. there is still a crime scene the fbi is still on the scene right now.
voters. that s the only way to tame him. and discipline the people who fall in line. mike, you said republicans interpret this as all about politics. kellyanne conway is saying there s a dark element. it s widespread. not just this four and they hate the troops and don t support the troops. isn t that just pure politics? there s no i don t know where she is pivoting to this. look, let me be clear. i don t think the president should have tweeted what he tweeted. it s wrong. it s not the right thipg to do. %-pe the country he s trying to cast it as that. kellyanne conway was trying to get to that conversation. there s a cultural conversation. people kneeling during the national anthem. conservatives think america is great and could be better.
harris: protesters are out in force in minnesota, a city there this week come upset over city council s decision to stop reciting the pledge of allegiance of the beginning of your meetings. the decision was announced by the st. louis park city council after a unanimous vote last month. the amendment to the council s rules characterized as an effort to serve a more diverse community. the state s g.o.p. chair doesn t buy that. the hope is that the city council will realize the error of their ways and reverse their decision to not recite the pledge of allegiance. i was actually there in attendance on monday night and it was just very disturbing to hear some of the council members talk. this issue go so much further beyond just the suburban minnesota. people kneeling from the national anthem, saying that we will not recite the pledge. when we did it become okay for us to not be proud of america? harris: for the sponsor of the measure is nixing the
lots of people haven t been nice about this in the city has been on the frontline. i want to apologize to them because it was not our intention. heather: why would she think this would not be a polarizing issue? he is so completely out of touch with what is important to people not only in a community in the state of minnesota but all over the country and quite frankly this goes so much further beyond minnesota. people kneeling for the national anthem saying we won t recite the pledge. when did it become okay for us not to be proud of america and everything our country stands for? heather: this is the only community where this has happened. bring up a map of recent pledge of allegiance removal controversies. this does run much deeper, talking about the women s soccer team and issues whether they are patriotic or not that people were talking about in reference to them. where do you think this is coming from?