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