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straight-up, racially motivated hate crime. now, the justice department is investigating. we ll have the latest. the january six committee slapped five congressman with subpoenas, and more could be coming. former impeachment manager joe neguse joins me live to discuss. a new nbc news poll is that with the latest snapshot of voter sentiment in this midterm election here. senator chris murphy joins me live on set to discuss the democrats agenda. also here, former attorney general eric holder to talk about the fight for voting rights and our democracy. i m jonathan capehart, this is the sunday show. this sunday, we begin with that mass shooting at a grocery store in buffalo, new york, that left ten people dead and three people injured overnight. law enforcement officials have flat out called that racially motivated. the 18 year old white suspect is in custody and appeared at a hearing overnight. according to the erie county da, he is scheduled for a felony hearing on thu ....
Now, we have this combination of unrestricted gun access and unrestricted hate language. it feels like, sometimes, the government believes a third rail, regulating or legislating hate language that trails into really incited violence against minorities and others. at some point, it seems like rather than just passively watching today s mass shooting is over and over again, things like this which appear to be not only domestic terrorism but racially inspired domestic terrorism. it seems like we need to do something. and what that something is, i suggest, is that we need to regulate, using all of the powers of the executive branch agencies. we need to legislate using congress. and then, when those regulations and that legislation is attacked, we need to litigate. and we need to go to court and defend our positions. because, if we don t stop, letting these dark forces ....
Shooter was not from the area. the shooter was not from this community. in fact, the shooter traveled hours from outside of this community to perpetrate this crime on the people of buffalo. buffalo law enforcement confirmed to nbc news that the guns used by the shooter had racial slurs written on them. buffalo residents are stunned by the events that happened saturday afternoon. he went and shooting. he went in the store? he went in the start shooting, he shot outside the store any shot inside the store. i heard at least 20 shots inside the store. it s just unbelievable, unbelievable. it s hard to even muster i just, it s unbelievable. officials say the gunman livestream part of the attack on twitch, a popular social media platform widely used by gamers. the platform has since taken ....
Down the suspects channel. details about the story are still developing, as many gathered this morning for a vigil to mourn those killed and injured in the horror that happened there less than 24 hours ago. joining me now is congressman joe neguse of colorado and former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst glenn kershner. thank you very much for coming back to the sunday show. thank you, john. thanks, john. congressman neguse, your reaction to the shooting in buffalo? well, thank you for having me on, jonathan, this morning. it s a devastating day for the country, certainly for the people of buffalo, new york. as you, know i was on your program previously, jonathan, in the days after a mass shooting in my district, in boulder colorado. just a year ago, where we lost ten members of our community at a grocery store. and so, my thoughts and my prayers, my heart goes out to the people of buffalo. i reached out to my colleague, ....
Three people injured overnight. law enforcement officials have flat out called that racially motivated. the 18 year old white suspect is in custody and appeared at a hearing overnight. according to the erie county da, he is scheduled for a felony hearing on thursday. the fbi is now investigating the shooting as a hate crime, after authorities confirmed that the shooter may have left behind and apparent manifesto. the fbi is providing all necessary resources, both locally and nationally, to investigate this matter. we will not stop until every liters investigated, every piece of evidence is analyzed and until we understand how and why this horrible tragedy and crime occurred. the justice department released a statement, which reads in part, the justice department is investigating this matter as a hate crime and an act of racially motivated violent and extremism. according to authorities, the ....