also, today, tragedy in jacksonville, florida, a white gunman kills three black people and what authorities are investigating as a hate crime. florida congressman, maxwell frost, is standing by with his reaction. later, my wide-ranging conversation of new hampshire s republican governor, kristen nuno. i get his take on the first gop debate and asked for his party goes from here. so, every once in a while, things happen in politics that sort of stop you dead in your trucks. things you know you re gonna remember for a very long time. 20 years of working in this world, i ve seen a lot of them up close. these moments do seem to be happening much more frequently now than i can remember. the word unprecedented has never been more precedent it. also times when they stopped everything you re doing moment standout because they tell the whole story.
thinks unfortunate as an incident is s it ll bring the community together as they work to heal in the face of such horrible tragedy. again, the shooter now officially identified as 20 year old ryan palmeter. we stopped by the scene of the dollar general, there s a very large perimeter there. investigation clearly ongoing, you can just see how quiet it is, what might be otherwise a very busy sunday of people in this community going out there to buy necessary essentials for weeks ahead. that store now shuttered almost a calm and an easy feeling there in the community. that is the latest here in jacksonville. back to you. that was nbc s as we come on air there s a vigil taking place in jacksonville, the sheriff there, the mayor, apologizing to that community for what has transpired. the fact this is not the first time this community has lived through those types of tragedies. just this afternoon, ron
look at the top stories. a diary of a mad man. that is how police are describing the manifesto of the gunman who shot and killed three people at $1 store in jacksonville, florida. police say the 21-year-old targeted black people. legally purchased the firearm that he used to carry out the massacre. genetic testing confirms yevgeny prigozhin was killed in that plane crash last week. according to russian investigators. the kremlin is denying any involvement in the crash. i m de-escalating, more inside with jen psaki right after this. ht after this to keep up with their finances. smart bankers. convenient tools. boom. one bank with the power of both. chase. make more of what s yours.
he knew what he was doing. again, it is disappointing that anyone will go to these lengths to hurt someone else. in a statement today, attorney general merrick garland to the justice department is investigating the jacksonville attack as a hate crime, and an act of racially motivated extremism. msnbc joins us now the latest. the somber mood in the sheriff s office were sheriff t.k. waters brought in update including the name of the shooter, as well as the people who were killed in this racially motivated attack. you can see the sheriff s still very much emotional of her having read the manifesto that the shooter allegedly left behind here. the shooter identified as ryan palmeter who lived and parents in orange park florida, about 30 minutes or so from where shooting took place. all three victims identified including 19 year old who was killed. policing the entire incident lasted roughly 11 minutes.
but, the one thing i m not is surprised. we live in a state with a politically-charged rhetoric and circumstances in our state in florida it feels like things are on fire, like it s a powder keg just waiting to be in a knighted. that s all we saw yesterday with this gunman that lit the flame. i want you to hear state representative how jacksonville sheriff t.k. waters how he characterized the nature of how the gunman purchased his weapons. take a listen. there was no flag that could ve come up to stop him from purchasing those guns. as a matter of fact it looks as if he purchased the guns completely legally, and all the f f else did what they were supposed to have done to make sure there was no issues. there and lies a difficulty, when a person grabs a hold of a gun with handful intentions, it s very difficult to stop it from happening. representative he recently announced he will not run