right now, america is fighting on two fronts. at home, it s inflation and rising prices. with costs going up, outpacing wage growth. going to the grocery store and spent $50 and what did i purchase? our brand-new nbc news poll shows flashing warning signs for democrats but republican leaders worry some of their candidates are too out of the mainstream. two men sleeping together. two men holding hands. two men caressing. that is not normal. my guest this morning, the independent senator bernie sanders of vermont. also, abortion politics. thousands march nationwide in favor of abortion rights. i can t believe we re going back to this. a tragedy. as many states move to restrict those rights in anticipation of a supreme court decision that overturns roe. joining me for insight and analysis are, washington post white house bureau chief, ashley parker, reverend al sharpton, republican strat jit al, washington bureau chief for usa today, susan page and washingto
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,
that s all we have for today. keep our friends in buffalo in your thoughts today. by the way, i ll see in 2022 a little bit. congratulations, remember if it s sunday, it s meet the press. pres this was pure evil. it s straight up racially motivated hate scream from somebody outside of our community, outside of the city of good neighbors as the mayor said, coming into our community, and trying to inflict that evil upon us. the erie county sheriff calling the racist shooting rampage at a grocery store in a mostly black neighborhood of buffalo pure evil. this morning, we re learning more about the victims and the racist ideology that allegedly drove the suspect s hate.