minutes. two others, another shopper and a store worker then he killed himself as officers arrived at that scene. the sheriff says the killer left behind racist messages and that it was clear he was targeting black people. now the justice department is investigating the shooting as a hate crime and an act of racially motivated violent extremism. joining us now, jacksonville sheriff, t.k. waters. sir, thank you so much for coming on. i know that you are extremely busy and i know that you are heartbroken. i wanted to just get an update on where this investigation is. before i do that, do you think this was a hate crime? because you ve read the words of this man, who perpetrated this horrible violence. yeah, absolutely. there s no question about it. he hated blacks and he i think he hated just about everyone that wasn t white. we ve made that very clear. you talk about him as a madman. when you say that a lot of people will jump to this
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which is good, because we ve got a lot of news. it is. and we like news. and we ll start with district attorney fannie willis who is set to lay out the details of her case against president trump. it s part of his former chief of staff mark meadows ed by to get his own case move to federal court. at the same time, trump s legal team will appear in washington, d.c. as part of his federal election interference case. the judge could set a trial date for that case as soon as today. well, that as the justice department is now investigating a deadly shooting in jacksonville, florida, over the weekend, as a hate crime. the sheriff there says a white gunman targeted and killed three black people at a store after first going to a predominantly black university and being turned away. that sheriff will join us live just ahead. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. and we are just two hours away from two crucial court hearings, involving two of the
well in this jacksonville, this is not representative of jacksonville. and as a matter of fact, this person did not live in jacksonville. he came from a neighboring county to wreak havoc in our community. jacksonville is a strong community. jacksonville is a very tough community. and there are pockets of issues. there are. there s no doubt there s no doubt about that, but that s everywhere. i believe this country is a great place and i believe this city is a great place. i believe our community is strong, resilient, i think they ve banded together, and i think we re going to get through this and be stronger because of it. sheriff tk waters, thank you so much for your very honest discussion on what is a very difficult time there in jacksonville. i appreciate you. thank you very much. also in florida, ana marie island looks beautiful right now, but it is bracing for tropical storm dahlia, which is expected to intensify into a dangerous hurricane by the time it hits florida s co
tonight, the ex-wife now charged with his cushion-style murder. with his young daughter in the back seat of his car. what authorities are now saying, and here s abc s stephanie ramos tonight. reporter: tonight, shanna gardner, ex-wife of microsoft executive jared bridegan, is under arrest, charged with his execution-style murder in jacksonville, florida. shanna gardner s indictment acknowledges her central and key role in the cold, calculated, and premeditated murder of jared bridegan. reporter: a grand jury indicting gardner for allegedly plotting with her new husband and a hitman to murder bridegan last year. prosecutors say the former couple shared two kids and had gone through a bitter divorce, when he was lured out of his car to move a tire that had been intentionally placed in the street. bullets barely missing his 2-year-old daughter in the backseat. that hitman has confessed to pulling the trigger, but gardner s current husband has pleaded not guilty. in an interview last