authorities believe carrying out reconnaisance just one day before the massacre. the suspect taken into custody on saturday. police say he was heavily armed wearing tactical gear with a camera, livestreaming his rampage. authorities say they have uncovered efvidence that this supermarket was not his only target, and if he had not been stopped, the death toll would have been much higher. he got out of here to continue his rampage and continue shooting people. he had even spoken about possibly going to another store. the scene of this massacre has the highest black populated zip code in new york. police say he posted a manifesto online, describing himself as a white supremacist. we have omar jimenez. reporter: details show the suspect planned the attack months in advance. investigators say he is believed to have scoured the store in early march to prepare for his gunfire. because of the body armor he had on, he could have easily retreated back into that store where ther
it can t be good. no, it certainly isn t, jim. and when you look at morale, that s one those intangibles that is so important in warfare and you compare what the russian military is going through and from that standpoint from the morale standpoint and what the ukrainians are doing. the ukrainians generally speaking have high morale. the russians, on the other hand, low morale based on the anecdotal reports and what we see in terms of performance in the field. so it makes a huge difference even if there is a superiority in weapons systems, numbers, you know, personnel and things like that. it really makes a huge difference. and that s why the russians are having such a hard time, i think, in ukraine. and colonel leighton, the kremlin says wagner mercernaries can join russia s military. i mean, does that sound like something that those mercernaries arthey may thin it should be the other way around base ontd performance on the battlefield.
galvanized the entire ukranian nation, the resistance conducted at mariupol and now the effort to save the lives of the last remaining defenders is something of a rallying cry, in essence, for the ukranian nation. what this does as a morale standpoint in which the commander just said in the piece we just showed, it s very clear that what we re looking at here is an effort to really give these troops this extra piece of the intangible that they need to carry out their missions, and that mission is to defend ukranian soil as much as they possibly can. i think that will emphasis that it otherwise may not have had. we had a recent assessment from british military
fred, what can you tell us? it was a huge morale boost for the ukrainians. unequivalent the national security adviser said, yes, we shot that ship. he said, it was the neptune cruise missile land to sea missile that shot that ship. he was nonchalant about it. he said, yeah, the ship just sank. i think it s an important victory for the ukrainians, not just militarily, but also from a morale standpoint for the people in this country. something we saw in kyiv today but also heard from the national security advisers as well. reporter: it seems like a massive blow to russia s war against ukraine. ukraine s forces saying they ve struck the flagship of putin s black sea fleet, the guided missile cruiser, moskva. can you tell us what happened to the cruiser moskva?
can t believe it s gone this far. this is abhorrent as a precedent. if someone withed s career and service record, what will happen to me? part of the plea to the president is look at what is happening particularly from a morale standpoint. the seals are an elite group and it s tearing them a part and not good for moral. bill: among the charges are premeditated murder. thank you for sharing your story today. sandra: thousands of teachers set to go on strike again. this time in denver. we re live with the latest straight ahead. i m anxious, scared. but i m also angry. we have had enough. we feel like it s been a game they ve been playing with us for months. tty. surprised?