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it take to get formula on store shelves? good morning. and welcome to "way too early." on this tuesday, may 17th. i'm jonathan lemire. we start in buffalo, where president biden is expected to renew calls for national gun reform legislation during his visit there today. according to a white house official, the president will ask congress to take action against quote weapons of war, and curb access to guns for people with serious mental illness. this trip comes as information continues to surface about the alleged shooter in saturday's attack. a review of hundreds of pages of intern...

You've been speaking to, do they feel like he does enough to address the sources of this hate, these ugly hateful things that from many places came out from the shadows during the predecessor's time in office? >> charlottesville was an important moment in biden's life, in which he decided he was going to run for president. and while he was running for president, we saw the murder of george floyd, which led to people taking to the streets and activism happening on a new level, on a broad swath of the public, essentially saying that we're not going to stand for this. and that is propelled by his...

Documents. the number tops march's previous 22-year high of over 220,000. it's the fourth time since president biden took office that monthly border encounters have topped the 200,000 mark. numbers for the month of may are so far consistent with those in april. joining me now, white house reporter for bloomberg news, josh windgrove. i know you're distracted by the oilers versus the flames in the stanley cup playoffs, your home province, but we'll set it aside for now and talk about the u.s.-mexico border. how much is this emerging as a real flashpoint and a significant crisis as we barrel towa...

President again because of charlottesville and other, of course, horrific days with a lot of layers to it, as this attack in buffalo has. we're going to hear him talk about that. we're going to hear him call for new action in congress. unfortunately, to the frustration of nearly every democrat, that just hasn't happened. it's been 14 months since the house passed a pair of bills looking to expand background checks. those bills look completely stalled in the senate. there is not a lot of appetite, john, unfortunately, for the type of measures the president is calling for. he, of course, continu...

Here, john, that they're going to grapple with. historically, we see the numbers level off when the heat gets really -- you know, when it gets hotter in the summertime. they'll potentially have a reprieve in numbers in the coming months based on that. >> you mentioned covid funding. we're seeing cases go up across the country. they're having their first covid briefing today, this administration is, in quite some time. that shows you that's becoming more and more of a renewed focus. i wanted to get you here before we have to go about the president's upcoming trip to buffalo. he's going to go. w...