now. good morning to viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is tuesday, may 17th. i m john berman. brianna is off this morning. chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins with me in new york. we have live pictures of the white house this morning, very shortly president biden about to depart for buffalo, to meet with the families of those killed in the racist mass shooting there. moments ago, officials told us the president will condemn, quote, the terrorism motivated by a hateful and perverse ideology that tears at the soul of our nation. and he will call on americans to 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 try to keep guns from the mentally ill. this morning we re getting new details about the suspected shooter. cell phone video taken by an eyewitness at the moment he was taken into custody by police, new evidence shows he spent several month
joined me just moments ago. who taught him to hate like that. people that were killed were decent, law abiding people just doing what normal people do on a saturday. this is already being investigated as a hate crime. of the 13 people shot in the attack, 11 of the victims were black, and we re learning more about them, including the security guard that gave his life, there he is, trying to save others. had he not been there, more lives would have been lost and the community knows mr. salter. i had several times shopping, he was beloved by the community. he was a great person, a wonderful personality. anyone that knows him will tell you nothing different. that security guard one of the victims. the suspect is an 18-year-old white man. he allegedly chose and targeted this supermarket because it was in a majority black zip code and within driving distance where he lived. cnn learned a 180 page manifesto posted online before the attack reveals a meticulous, chilling level
suspect s vehicle. vicki and casey white fled, the pursuit ended with the crash you see there. the sheriff s office says vicki white sustained self-inflicted gun gunshot wounds. marshal, law enforcement saying the u.s. marshals task force intercepts the couple, actually collided with them to end the pursuit. can you talk about just how this search ended? yes, we developed information these suspects were in the area, and they were possibly staying at a local hotel. surveillance was establish on that facility. a short time later, vicki white came out of the hotel. she was wearing a wig. the two suspects got into a vehicle. the rolling surveillance continued. we asked for cystness and a short time lied later, there was a a chase, a vehicle chase and the suspect wrecked the car, rolled over. and we approached the vehicle to get the two suspect the out. we got casey white out. he immediately announced that his wife shot herself in the head and that he didn t do it. marshal,
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