plus, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell leads a delegation of senate republicans on an unannounced visit to ukraine even as one of his own members slows progress on military aid that washington has been trying to fast-track. we ll tell you where that legislation stands now. and a key component of russia s propaganda machine at risk, as bloggers imbedded with russian troops are fed up with the repeated failures and are now voicing concerns. good morning. and welcome to way too early on this monday, may 16th. i m jonathan lemire. thank you for being with us. we begin with the latest on the deadly shooting in buffalo over the weekend. the white house says the president and first lady will visit the city tomorrow, to quote grieve with the community. speaking at the national peace officer s memorial service in washington yesterday, president biden addressed with the justice department investigating as an act of racially-motivated, domestic extremism. a lone gunman,
obviously we just went through it. trump made a late but important endorsement. how did doug mastriano get on trump s raerz and give us a little bit more about the feelings from both parties as to how he might fare in november. that s right. what we re hearing is a lot of people tried to nudge former president trump away from this endorsement. and he went with it anyway. and that matters, because mastriano, as you mentioned, has tried to help trump overturn the 2020 election, he was at the capitol, during the january 6th destruction, he has been to an event where they have promoted q-anon conspiracies, and taken together, it really is a bit of a gift for democrats, because this is someone who is very extreme, and you know, one of the reasons we know is that president, former president