this morning we are learning new details about the suspected buffalo shooter. his past, when police investigated him for previously launching a violent threat and about the ten victims who lost their lives in the racist shooting at a supermarket. there were other multiple shootings over the weekend in different cities across america. our aaron gilchrist reports that the rise in hate crimes across the u.s. day 82 in russia's invasion of ukraine as enemy missiles strike a steel plant in mariupol. and nato may be adding finland to their ranks very soon speaking out for the first

time the passenger forced to land a plane after the pilot was incapacitated. and he speaks to nbc news excl exclusively. and it is crunch time in both the nhl and nba we have got all your playoff highlights as we kick off your monday "early today" starts right now good morning i'm vinita nair. >> glad you're with us i'm frances rivera we begin with the latest wave of horrific gun violence grifg america. buffalo police have released the names of the ten people who lost their lives saturday afternoon in a supermarket according to his brother, andre macknell was buying a birthday cake for his 3-year-old son. paul young ran a food pantry for decades. aaron salter was a father of three and buffalo police officer for 30 years after retiring he worked as a security guard for the store and fired multiple shots at the heavily armored suspect. katherine massey is being remembered as a strong advocate for civil rights and education just last year she wrote a letter for the buffalo news in

support of the federal regulation of firearms people who live in the area have been gathering outside the market to remember all the victims and to compensate each other and pray president biden and the first lady will travel to buffalo tomorrow the white house says they will grieve with the community after this senseless and horrific mass shooting the attack is being investigated as a hate crime and racially motivated violence we are learning more about the 18-year-old suspect. authorities have questioned him in the past. here's nbc's emily ikeda >> reporter: new details on the man behind saturday's stunning attack authorities confirming this wasn't the suspect's first run-in with trouble. last june state police say he made a threatening statement at his high school, susquehanna valley school officials alerted police, which resulted in a mental health evaluation. authorities say he was released shortly later. now, less than a year later, 18-year-old payton gendron is accused of killing ten and injuring another three streaming his first steps on a

gaming platform. twitch said the feed was removed within two minutes of the violence what alarmed you the most leading up to this incident? >> this person intended to have a broad platform, livestreaming it, sharing his information, his ideas, his hatred online there are others who know this now. and that's what scares me, is how far this virus is now spreading and how quickly. >> reporter: the suspect drove several hours from his home in conklin, new york to reach buffalo. a day before the attack police say the suspect was canvassing several spots. he was targeting a predominantly black area, according to a manifesto authorities believe the suspect authored the 180-page document was posted online just two days before the massacre the author referred to himself as a white supremacist and repeatedly referenced the mass shooter who killed 51 people at a new zealand mosque >> we have evidence that he was here, that he was doing some reconnaissance on this place, that he was at the location and some other locations the evidence we have right now

we do not believe was a spur of the moment >> reporter: buffalo's police commissioner warned of a lengthy investigation but was firm on the nature of the crime. >> this absolutely is a hate crime. there's no doubt about it. >> reporter: the suspect's parents say he recently purchased guns investigators recovering three from the scene some with messages of hate and racial slurs marked on them. the police commissioner tells me it appears he purchased all three weapons legally. but he also had large capacity magazines in his possession, which are not allowed in new york back to you. >> such a tragic story emilie, thank you. buffalo's police commissioner called the deadly rampage a racist hate crime. aaron gilchrist looks at what could be fueling the noticeable rise in hate crimes across the country. >> reporter: new york city on heightened alert after saturday's deadly shooting in buffalo. police officers stepping up patrols around black churches for sunday service it comes just days after three korean women were injured in a dallas shooting. police say it may be part of a string of shootings targeting asian businesses

and they're investigating it as a hate crime >> we are turning to every resident in the city of dallas to keep an eye out and safeguard our city hate has no place here >> reporter: the u.s. seeing a dramatic spike in haight hate crimes, rising in eight of the nation's ten largest cities, and an overall increase of nearly 55%. and the alarming trend continues. >> racially motivated violence is actually the greatest threat in our country today >> reporter: saturday's tragic shooting just the latest in a string of violence in 2019 a gunman killed 23 people at a walmart in el paso prosecutors saying he targeted mexicans, hoping to drive them out of the u.s in 2018, 11 people died when a shooter opened fire during service at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh. experts say these hate crimes are being fueled by extreme rhetoric often spread online >> we have never seen hate more mainstream than we see it today. we have to do more to fight against these ideologies

>> my first thought was here we go again >> reporter: nearly seven years ago walter jackson jr. lost his grandmother susie and several relatives after a gunman opened fire at the mother emmanuel a.m.e. church in south carolina. >> when you lose a loved one in a fashion such as that, by a white supremacist, by someone who is geared with hate just because of the color of their skin, it's going to be something that you're going to be dealing with for a very long time. >> reporter: jackson says these moments of tragedy are a call to action for leaders to speak out against hate and the ideologies fueling these attacks. his messag grieving community >> continue to love. this was a situation out of hate and it's easy for us to turn around and want to retaliate and do the same thing. but continue to keep your peace. continue to make your loved ones proud. >> reporter: right now domestic terrorism prevention bill is moving through congress. civil and human rights groups are calling on congress to pass

it, saying it will create more resources to prevent hate-based attacks. back to you. >> aaron, thank you. it has been a weekend of violence in america. in texas two people are dead and three are critically injured after a gunfight broke out at a busy flea market in the houston area on sunday afternoon authorities say at least two men involved in a fight pulled guns and opened fire. one of the suspects is hospitalized the other was arrested at the scene. no bystanders were hurt in the shooting police say they are investigating if more people were involved in the altercation. another shooting happened in a california church where congregants tackled and hog-tied a gunman until police arrived. this was at geneva presbyterian church in laguna woods the suspect opened fire, killing one person and injuring five others >> we believe a group of churchgoers detained him and hog-tied his legs with an extension cord and confiscated at least two weapons from him. he was detained when the deputies arrived >> most of the victims are of

taiwanese descent. the shooter was an asian man in his 60s. police believe he lives in the area and in chicago mayor lori lightfoot has banned unaccompanied minors from millennium park after 6:00 p.m this after a teen was shot and killed during an altercation on saturday night police arrested a 17-year-old suspect and a 16-year-old who was found carrying a ghost gun >> too many guns are making their way into the hands of those who have too little respect for the sanction sancti life >> reporter: policerecovered eight guns from saturday's altercation. at least 26 juveniles and five adults were arrested over the weekend senator mitch mcconnell led a republican delegation that met with ukrainian president zelenskyy in kyiv after the visit mcconnell said he would support a vote on recognizing russia as a state sponsor of terrorism, something zelenskyy called for during their meeting. and that the trans-atlantic meeting alliance meeting nato

secretary jens stoltenberg telling top diplomats that ukraine can win the war against russia, that nato must continue to step up its military support. we turn now to nbc's erin mclaughlin, who joins us live from kyiv for all the latest erin, good morning >> reporter: good morning, frances. that's right the nato secretary-general saying he believes that ukraine can win this war, pointing to russia's performance on the battlefield, their inabuilt to take the capital, kyiv, their current withdrawal from kharkiv, the second largest city in ukraine. and then their stalled military operation in the donbas region this as sweden and finland have both signaled their intention to apply for nato membership. over the weekend the secretary-general saying he intends to fast-track those applications take a listen. >> so my intention is still to have a quick and swift process where we will sit down with finland and sweden if they apply, agree to accession

protocol, and then hope -- and work for a very speedy ratification process in the -- that will take some time there's no way to prevent that >> reporter: this as fighting rages on in the devastated port city of mariupol, where russian forces continue to storm the old steel plant, which is the last ukrainian stronghold negotiations are under way according to ukrainian officials, they say it's difficult negotiations to try and evacuate 38 wounded ukrainian soldiers from inside the plant. meanwhile, the mayor of mariupol calling out the human catastrophe he says that is unfolding inside the steel plant and the rest of the city, saying mariupol's currently running out of water frances? >> all right, erin, thank you. just hours ago a rare celestial moment did you catch it a complete lunar eclipse began just after midnight eastern time, giving a copper tint to the full moon. according to nasa, the hour and

a half appearance of the blood moon is the longest eclipse visible in the u.s. since 1989 62 million americans are at risk for some severe weather today. let's turn now to nbc meteorologist michelle grossman, who is tracking it all for us. hi, michelle good morning >> good morning, guys. yeah, it's going to be a stormy day for many of us it's very summer-like out there, meaning it's warm, it's humid, and that's going to spark the chance for some storms we were even seeing some storms early this morning in parts of the ohio valley and also the mid-atlantic, seeing that lightning, hearing that thunder. and it's the northeast and mid-atlantic that's going to be the bullseye for severe weather today. as you mentioned, 62 million people impacted by severe weather today. that means widespread damaging winds up to 60 miles per hour. large hail up to an inch in diameter and a few tornadoes are possible also looking at the chance for localized flooding we could see rainfall rates exceeding an inch per hour with slow-moving thunderstorms. that's one to watch. and then tuesday thesouth.

we've been warm for so long. we're looking at temperatures in the 90s. 102 in san angelo. all right. we'll talk about that record heat in the south. also taking a look at the week ahead. back to you guys >> we'll chat with you then. thank you, michelle. in today's quick hits, snapchat co-founder evan spiegel and his wife have announced they will pay off the college debt for 285 graduates of otis college of arts and design in l.a. the donation is the largest in the school's history businessman and philanthropist robert f. smith is gifting $15 million for underrepresented students at cornell university's college of engineering. the gift will establish both grad and undergrad scholarships both in smith's name and ayesha cole has gifted llcs to the entire class of 2022 she said the bill for the llcs

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a "today" show exclusive we are hearing for the very first time from that airplane passenger who landed the small aircraft in florida last week after the pilot passed out "today" show's savannah guthrie spoke exclusively to ha hero passenger about how he did it. sam brock has more >> reporter: staring death in the face -- >> by the time i had moved forward to the front of the airplane, i realized that we had now gone into a dive at a very fast rate. >> reporter: darren harrison speaking for the first time exclusively to "today's" savannah guthrie about performing an emergencylanding with no experience ever flying and a pilot passed out at the controls >> all i saw when i came up to the front was water out the right window and i knew it was coming quick very, very quickly >> the plane is in a nosedive essentially. >> correct yes. and at that point i knew if i didn't react that we would die

and so i reached over his body, because he's at this point unresponsive i kind of put my arm over to where my elbow is sitting here, and i grabbed the controls of the airplane and slowly started to pull back on the stick and turn the airplane. >> reporter: the crisis cropping up mid-flight, when harrison says the pilot reported not feeling well >> i've got a serious situation here my pilot has gone incoherent >> about the time i stopped the plane, that's when it hit me yeah i was pretty calm and collected the whole time because i knew it was a life or death situation. either you do what you have to do to control the situation or you're going to die. >> reporter: harrison, who is from lakeland, florida, is expecting his first child with his wife brittany this summer and says his strong center of faith and will to live carried him to the ground, even when the plane went off the radar right before landing >> did you say the passengers landed the airplane? >> that's correct. >> oh, my god. great job.

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