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u.s. president, joe biden, is on his way to south korea on his first asia trip as president. he will also be visiting japan and meet with leaders of india and australia as well. the asia trip comes later in biden s presidency than he may have liked. he wants to affirm the importance of our indo-pacific alliances. kevin, we ll begin with you. joe biden has been focusing much on the war in ukraine. this an attempt that they can walk and talk and chew gum at the same time. it s meant to reaffirm the u.s. commitment to the key alliance in east asia with south korea and japan and demonstrate that president biden still has this focus on asia despite all of the time and attention he s been spending on the war in ukraine. you saw that play out in the near term when the president in the morning he met with the leaders in finland and sweden. they are trying to join nato and he pivoted and turned to asia. te took flight and still on it now on his way to asia an it s really sort ....
the general election. plus, republicans in north carolina s 11th congressional district run out of patience with madison cawthorn as trump s pick in that race is voted out. we ll break down those results. and speaking in the wake of the buffalo tragedy, president biden vowed to, quote, expose those who use power and prestige to spread hate. but the question this morning, will he name names? good morning. welcome to way too early on this wednesday, may 18th. i m jonathan lemire. we ve got a lot of news to get to today. here we go. results are still coming in this morning for pennsylvania s closely-watched primary election. in the hotly-contested senate race, republicans still do not have a winner. the election is too close to call between trump-backed dr. mehmet oz and hedge fund executive david mccormick. mccormick is backed by several trump administration officials, including former secretary of state mike pompeo. recent polling saw him losing momentum after ....
are reviewing a 180-page manifesto authored by the suspect and posted online. he describes himself as a fascist, and antisemite who picked up these beliefs from the internet, including this racist conspiracy theory that claims whites are being culturally replaced by non-white groups and immigrants. he turned those words into action police say unleashing terror on workers, shoppers going about their weekend. witnesses describe a horrifying scene. the suspect fired while live streaming the attack. the store security guard tried to stop the shooter and lost his life. the fire chief showed up at the scene to find out his mother did not make it out of the store alive. victor, this is just a horrendous crime. it is just heartbreaking to see what s happened there in buffalo. this alleged gunman traveled hours to carry out this attack. what else are we learning? reporter: heartbreaking indeed, jim. there are a lot of broking hearts here. the music you hear in the background i ....
neighborhood. two federal law enforcement sources say investigators are reviewing a 180-page manifesto allegedly written by the teen. in it, the author describes himself as a fascist, a white supremacist and antisemite who picked upmost of these beliefs from the internet, including his f fi fi fixition that whites are being replaced. he sprayed gunfire at the entry of the store while live streaming the attack. the family members of those killed has been notified. the store security guard lost his life in trying to stop the gunman. tomorrow, flags on new york s state buildings will be lowered to half staff. victor blackwell is on the scene in buffalo. just a heartbreaking tragedy, victor. i can t imagine the emotions that you re encountering there on the scene. reporter: yeah, jim, when i was walking up here to this scene earlier today, i met an elderly woman. she was one of three coming to the scene. she said that she came here just to support this community, the peop ....
this weekend. thankfully there is one person in custody. we know authorities have a weapon. but unfortunately at least one person has already died. the sheriffs department tweeting out some details. i want to read the latest tweets which says. they received a call of a shooting inside a church at 1:26 p.m. four victims has been critically wounded. one with minor injuries. all victims are adults and in route to the hospital. one victim is deceased at the scene. that was their latest tweet. we know there was emergency personnel at the church trying to help the people that were there. authorities are asking everybody to stay out of the area. but again we know that one person is in custody and have recovered a weapon. we re waiting to hear more on the status of the other people who have been injured. at least one of them is somewhat okay with minor injuries. but other four are critically wounded and one person is dead. so pam, we re waiting to hear more details from the she ....