lashing out over sweden joining finland in seeking nato membership. the kremlin is now threatening to retaliate. and there s a significant new development impacting the nationwide shortage of infant formula. a deal has just been reached to reopen a plant that was shut down because of a recall. how soon will desperately needed nourishment for america s babies are back on store shelves? we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room . we begin with new evidence that the buffalo shooting suspect was plotting a racially motivated slaughter for months. visiting the city back in march, and potentially looking to attack a second store. cnn s brian todd is on the scene for us, following all the new developments tonight. this was a straight-up hate crime, pure evil. reporter: tonight, police revealing details about the meticulous planning that went into the massacre of ten people in a buffalo store
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
pipe. we re going to hear from him in just a few minutes. and we are headed into the culture corner, y all. our culture critics weighing in on the rico charges for atlanta rappers. i m simone sanders and i have something to say. at least ten people are dead, according to authorities after a shooter opened fire at tops course around buffalo new york on saturday. the shooter did so in a zip code or nearly 80% of the residents are black. the shooter is now in custody and an apparent manifesto treated to him appeared online in the days before the attack. now this manifesto, it is races racist diatribes and antisemitic memes and frequently invokes the white supremacists great replacement theory. which has motivated other shootings in the past. now the great replacement theory falsely claims that jews are working to replace white people with people of color. with me now, i want to bring our first guest as former u.s. attorney general eric holder. he is the author of the new book,