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stain on the soul of america. russia is not achieving its strategic objectives. russia tried to deny any enlargement of nato. the social democratic party has concluded that sweden should join nato. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa suarez. welcome to the show, everyone, it is monday, may 16th. we begin with the consequences of russia s war on ukraine. finland and sweden have announced they intend to join nato, reverse ago neutral stance held by the two nations for decades and really paving the way for major expansion of nato s military alliance directly on russia s doorstep. now, what you are looking at right now, a live images coming to us from helsinki in finland where finnish lawmakers are gathered to consider the issue. swedishish use are set to do the same in 30 minutes or so both parliaments are widely expected to endorse the decisions, from there nato says the approval process could move very quickly. finland s acceptance would also do ....
former police officer killed exchanging gunfire with the shooter. survivors of the attack describe a terrifying rush to escape. my daughter was crouched down to the front end for the entire shooting. i got all the way to the back door and the back door was stuck but morris, my co-worker, who told us to run to the back, he s also the one who was able to get the door open for us to get out of the building. we were afraid, we didn t know if someone was on the other side of the door. she was in panic mode and she did not move because she did not want to be noticed she was there. buffalo s mayor called for the city to pull together to overcome the trauma of the attack. we re heart broken. many people with tears in their eyes, families that have lost loved ones. i m telling the community to grieve but let s stay strong, let s stay together and let s get through this as a community. police have identified the suspect and 18-year-old peyton gendron. authorities are comb ....
terror attack in america on americans. ten americans killed, their ages ranging from 32 to 86. in fact, six of the victims were older than 60. the evidence clearly suggests they were murdered because they were shopping and black. this morning we re getting new perspective on the victims and we will speak to a number of people who knew and loved them. police say the white 18-year-old suspect traveled three hours from a different county. there are new details about how he planned the massacre and for how long. and a previous incident when he was on the radar of law enforcement, making a chilling comment last spring. tomorrow we just learned that president biden will visit buffalo and meet with victims families. we re also learning new details about a deadly shooting in southern california. four people were having lunch inside a church after services when a gunman entered and opened fire, killing one person and critically wounding four others. the taiwanese congregation ....
police say the 18-year-old white suspect traveled three hours from a different county. we have new details this morning about how he planned the massacre, for how long. this morning the police commissioner says he had plans to kill even more african americans after leaving the supermarket. also we re learning about a previous incident where he was on the radar of law enforcement, making a chilling comment last spring. we have learned that president biden tomorrow will visit buffalo to meet with the victims families. we re also learning new details this morning about a deadly shooting in southern california where four people were having lunch inside a church after services when a gunman entered and opened fire, killing one of them and critically wounding four others. the taiwanese congregation was there at the time and authorities say that they are still investigating the motive and whether they were targeted. the suspect is in custody after being stopped by members o ....
plus, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell leads a delegation of senate republicans on an unannounced visit to ukraine even as one of his own members slows progress on military aid that washington has been trying to fast-track. we ll tell you where that legislation stands now. and a key component of russia s propaganda machine at risk, as bloggers imbedded with russian troops are fed up with the repeated failures and are now voicing concerns. good morning. and welcome to way too early on this monday, may 16th. i m jonathan lemire. thank you for being with us. we begin with the latest on the deadly shooting in buffalo over the weekend. the white house says the president and first lady will visit the city tomorrow, to quote grieve with the community. speaking at the national peace officer s memorial service in washington yesterday, president biden addressed with the justice department investigating as an act of racially-motivated, domestic extremism. a lone gu ....