straight-up, racially motivated hate crime. now, the justice department is investigating. we ll have the latest. the january six committee slapped five congressman with subpoenas, and more could be coming. former impeachment manager joe neguse joins me live to discuss. a new nbc news poll is that with the latest snapshot of voter sentiment in this midterm election here. senator chris murphy joins me live on set to discuss the democrats agenda. also here, former attorney general eric holder to talk about the fight for voting rights and our democracy. i m jonathan capehart, this is the sunday show. this sunday, we begin with that mass shooting at a grocery store in buffalo, new york, that left ten people dead and three people injured overnight. law enforcement officials have flat out called that racially motivated. the 18 year old white suspect is in custody and appeared at a hearing overnight. according to the erie county da, he is scheduled for a felony hearing on thursday.
this atrocious attack. officials feared mushing a news conference minutes ago, motive clear. the evidence we have uncovered so far makes no mistake that this is an absolute racist hate crime, prosecuted as a hate crime, someone who has hate in their heart, soul, and mind. no mistake that this is the direction they are going in. a vigil today for the victims of the attack including the governor of new york, kathy hochul who served as the county clerk here in the county from 2007 to 2011. i talked one-on-one with her, years a bit about that. this was cold, it was calculated, it was cruel. it was designed to have mass casualties. there s a plan posted on social media platforms, and that is what angers me the most. that this information was out there. and we need to know because we can protect people before this happens again. i m gonna have that entire interview with the governor in a moment. this is by the way the deadliest mass shooting in the country this year, and bu
three people injured overnight. law enforcement officials have flat out called that racially motivated. the 18 year old white suspect is in custody and appeared at a hearing overnight. according to the erie county da, he is scheduled for a felony hearing on thursday. the fbi is now investigating the shooting as a hate crime, after authorities confirmed that the shooter may have left behind and apparent manifesto. the fbi is providing all necessary resources, both locally and nationally, to investigate this matter. we will not stop until every liters investigated, every piece of evidence is analyzed and until we understand how and why this horrible tragedy and crime occurred. the justice department released a statement, which reads in part, the justice department is investigating this matter as a hate crime and an act of racially motivated violent and extremism. according to authorities, the
Erie Co. DA indicts former North Tonawanda Girl Scouts leader for sexually abusing two child victims
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NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (WKBW) â Erie County District Attorney John Flynn announced on Thursday that a former Girl Scouts leader from North Tonawanda has been indicted and was virtually arraigned on charges of sexually abusing two child victims.
32-year-old Marty Walton was arraigned on the following charges