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honk the victims, 86-year-old ruth whitfield who stopped for groceries, she had just returned from visiting her husband in the nursing home. her son spoke to omar jimenez. one of the things that we as a family wanted to ensure is that we call it what it is, it is white supremacy, it is hate, it is racism, it is bigotry. we got to call it what it is and stop beating around the bush and take it head-on because it is proliferating, it is not getting better. jasmine wright is for us in washington. and as you just heard, the families are calling for officials to confront racism head-on and it seems like that is what the president plans do today. reporter: that s right, christine. a white house official says that the president is expected to address the racial motivations that led to this shooting and he is expected to condemn them, but also call on americans to embrace diversity, the thing that makes this country really america frankly america here. so we will see the ....
Embrace diversity, the thing that makes this country really america frankly america here. so we will see the president and first lady travel today to tops market to pay their respects, they will meet with family members of the victims and then the president will deliver remarks. in those remarks, a white house official is expected to condemn the shooting as terrorism motivated by a hateful and perverse ideology that tears at the soul of the nation. we ve heard him utter that phrase especially back on the campaign trail where he said that the election against president trump was a battle for the soul of our nation. and he said that what prompted him to run in the first place was seeing that unite the right rally in charlottesville with the white nationalists. so he feels that the work in this area is nowhere near complete and he is expected to lean in. something else a white house official told us we can expect the president to talk about today is that he will tell americans to give hat ....