now. good morning to viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is tuesday, may 17th. i m john berman. brianna is off this morning. chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins with me in new york. we have live pictures of the white house this morning, very shortly president biden about to depart for buffalo, to meet with the families of those killed in the racist mass shooting there. moments ago, officials told us the president will condemn, quote, the terrorism motivated by a hateful and perverse ideology that tears at the soul of our nation. and he will call on americans to give hate no safe harbor and to reject the lies of racial animus that radicalize and divide us. he will also call for federal legislation to try to keep guns from the mentally ill. this morning we re getting new details about the suspected shooter. cell phone video taken by an eyewitness at the moment he was taken into custody by police, new evidence shows he spent several month
eyewitness video showing the very moment the suspected shooter was taken, there you see it, wearing ing camo, into cust we re keeping a close eye today on primaries in several key states across the u.s. the spotlight shining very brightly on pennsylvania and the republican senate primary there, tv personality dr. mehmet oz facing off against hedge fund ceo david mccormick and kathy barnette. we ll keep an eye on that for you and the latest involving the push from sweden and finland to join nato. leaders set to hold a joint news conference from now, their applications expected to be formally submitted in the next day or so. we ll stay on top of all of those stories. we want to begin this hour in buffalo. cnn s joe johns is outside a community center there. joe, a couple of days into this, it is still very raw. talk to us about what you re hearing on the ground. reporter: probably the first and important thing to say, erica, is the president is coming to try to grieve with
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one important programming note, watch kaitlan until midnight tonight, election coverage at the white house, starting at 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning again, right here on new day. we ll be in washington for special post election night coverage, a huge day with many states and commonwealths voting in primary elections. cnn s coverage continues right now. good morning, i m erica hill. i m jim sciutto. right now, president biden and first lady are on their way to buffalo, where they will meet with the families of those killed in this weekend s racist mass shooting attack. these have become such familiar presidential trips in these times. during today s visit, biden plans to condemn the heinous act that left ten people dead, calling it, quote, terrorism motivated by hateful and perverse ideology that tears at the soul of our nation. this comes as we re seeing new