election result. it s a pressure campaign that came incredibly and alarmingly close to actually working. it could have completely changed the game for trump and his allies on january 6th if and only if it had succeeded. washington post is out with stunning new details on efforts by doj official jeffrey clark to essentially take over the justice department, efforts which culminated in a january 3rd meeting previously reported on by the post, the new york times and other outlets inside the oval office between clark, the man who would become the acting a.g. and his deputy richard donahue and of course one donald j. trump from the post reporting. clark had outlined a plan. in a letter he wanted to send to the leaders of key states that joe biden won. it said the justice department had, quote, identified significant concerns about the vote and that the state should consider sending a separate slate of electors supporting donald j. trump for congress to approve. in fact, clark
but first we want to start with the breaking news out of buffalo new york. law enforcement sources say at least seven people have been killed in a mass shooting at supermarket tops. police say the shooter in the incident is in custody, into rifles have been recovered from the scene. including one with a racist term etched onto the weapon. police are investigating whether the suspect was motivated by white supremacist ideology, and may have livestreamed the incident. let s go now to my and msnbc, kylie richard louis with the latest information. yeah we are getting a lot of different occasions right now. this is common at this stage. we are about two and a half hours into this incident. in buffalo new york as you described we have a tops supermarket where this incident happened. and from what you described and what we are learning, yes the suspect from what we are hearing right now, walking and wearing a military style gear. we don t know whether that is pants, whether it s a