thank you all so much for being here. president biden and the first lady are in puff low right now paying respects to the step people killed in the racist mass shooting at the tops supermarket. this hour they are meeting in private with the families of the victims. first responders as well as meeting with community leaders. the president will also be speaking publicly this afternoon where he s expected to call out the racism that he vowed to fight when he candidate, the racism we ve seen that is pervasive, that is motivating this shooting in buffalo. there are also new details coming out about the investigation and how long the suspected shooter was planning this attack. we re talking months. cnn has learned the suspect was considering attacking a church and an elementary school before deciding to target the market, and there s new vines video that is capturing the moment that the suspected shooter, can you see him right there in the camo, camo pants, the moment he was taken
the other big question obviously are federal charges, and when that is going to be filed, we expect that to happen in the coming days, kate. yeah. so much to go through now, shimon. more details to learn. thank you so much for being there. really appreciate it. joining me now is a member of the buffalo city council and just met with president biden as president biden is meeting with members of the community there. councilman, thank you for being for being here with me. i want to first start with what we were just hearing from my colleague shimon prokupecz about the investigation, the fact that the suspected gunman was in buffalo not only the day before, but it was at the supermarket months ago to case it out. what is your reaction to that? that s very troubling, kate, and i think that, again, this community is hurting, and we have our government and our elected officials and fbi and everyone else here to protect us, but we weren t protected on that day. as i look and hear about