See some old friends out there, i see some new friends out there, i see some people i know were directly affected by this tragedy, so im thrilled to have all of you here. I think what might be useful is why dont i tell you a little bit about the book. Im happy to take your questions, sign copies if youd like, read a little bit from the book, and i mostly really want to hear what you have to say and what youd like me to answer. So lets just dive right in. This book is, of course, about june 17, 2015, this was the beginning of the story. That night, as many of you will remember if you were here, it was an especially hot night. It was 8 00 at night when a young white man with a bowl haircut parked outside emmanuel ame church. And if you dont know emmanuel, if you dont live here, this is an Historic Black Church in the heart of downtown charleston. So he parked outside about 8 00 at night. It was summertime, the city was filled with tourists, the kids were out of school, and the city was s
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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
americans dead. this morning, the president and first lady laid flowers at the tops market where, as you can see here, a make shift memorial has been growing. during his remarks, biden blasted the surge in white supremacy, and it motivated him to run for office three years ago. police say it s that surge that helped to radicalize a white teenager to commit this mass murder in buffalo. white supremacy is a poison. it s a poison. it really is. running through our body politic. it s been allowed to fester and grow right in front of our eyes. no more, i mean, no more. we need to say as clearly and forcefully as we can that the ideology of white supremacy has no place in america. moments ago, the mayor of buffalo spoke to reporters. he said that the president and the first lady met with the families individually, and the mayor condemned the hate that investigators say was behind the killings. the level of hatred in the heart and head of this individual is stunning. it s st