president biden took a forceful stand against racism and white supremacy as he and the first lady lent their support to a shaken buffalo and the nation we look to import morefor struggling families. results from primary tuesday are in with a few surprises and nail-biters that are too close to call. and get ready for $5, even $6 per gallon for gasoline new projections that will have a

major impact on americans' purse strings. and explaining the unexplainable. congress gets to the bottom of the rise in ufo sightings. in a somber visit to buffalo, president biden and the first lady met with families of the ten killed in the hate-filled mass shooting at a local supermarket. the president calling it domestic terrorism and pledging that white supremacy will not have the last word >> white supremacy is a poison we need to say as clearly and forcefully as we can that the ideology of white supremacy has no place in america. none >> now new details emerging about the shooting suspect's plans of the nbc flunews has reviewed a series of online

rants appearing to be written by the suspect where he describes his reconnaissance mission in march where he mapped out the aisles and considered a school and churches targets he thought high percentages of black people were >> as the investigation continues, tops supermarket remains closed, leaving people without a place to shop for fresh food ride services uber and lyft are offering discount codes to residents who need rides to other gross stores now to ron allen for more. >> reporter: in this neighborhood still grieving, makeshift food pantries popping up for residents in desperate need of fresh food >> this is really, really important. people have to come together to help one another >> reporter: tops, the only big gross store for miles remains a

closed crime scene, what was an oasis in a food desert >> got knocked to the floor. >> reporter: the manager was near the front when the gunman blasted in and says tops was more than a grocery store, a meeting place, a community hub >> this is our only major chain gross store in the area. so we need this. it's been here for 20 years. >> reporter: the only market with fresh produce and meats in a neighborhood where many residents walked and don't have cars 17% of americans live half a mile from a grocery store. what if it stays closed for a time >> honestly, i don't know. >> there's a lot of senior citizens it's very sad. >> reporter: despite horror they witnessed, tops workers say they

will return to work. you sound determined >> i will, because this is our store. this our community >> reporter: investigators continue the work at the store that's still a crime scene with no indication from officials when it might reopen results are still coming in for critical primary races former president trump's choice for november will be on the november ballot. >> on tayday one, any mandates gone any job for jab requirements are gone >> state senator mastriano will face josh shapiro. another trump-endorsed candidate, celebrity dr. oz

sfass facing a tough challenge but we know john fetterman will be the democratic challenger, just days after suffering a stroke he revealed on election day that he underwent a procedure to have a pacemaker implanted and says he is on track to make a full recovery meanwhile, north carolina's madison cawthorn has conceded. former president trump had asked voters to look past cawthorn's mistakes the house dems are criticizing the fda over the current baby formula crisis. we have a look at the political fallout and anguish felt by parents. >> reporter: growing outrage among parents as the formula

shortage drags on. >> i'm actually terrified. i don't know how i'm going to feed him >> reporter: the fda facing new calls for accountability one day after it struck an agreement with abbott to reopen the facility within two weeks. house democrats are proposing $28 million in emergency funding for the fda to restore formula supply and increase fda staff for inspection >> reporter: candidate fda fail parents in. >> yes the fda fell down on their job in terms of protecting babies and parents, and what we're trying to do with this legislation is to provide the infrastructure and to provide resources, funding >> reporter: the agreement requires abbott nutrition to hire an independent inspector to evaluate the plant and install automatic sampling technology which experts expect to be completed soon

in february, abbott issued a voluntary recall and closed the plant after serious bacteria infections in infants, including two deaths abbott says there is no evidence to link its formulas to the infections but within four weeks, the fda announced increased flexibilities to import formulas from australia, new zealand and the united kingdom which have similar safety sdatandards of t u.s. they could hit u.s. stores in a matter of weeks. but parents like candace hendrix who spend every day on a quest to find formula are concerned. >> that would be one of the last options i would have i would try it if it's something c

he could tolerate. >> reporter: for now, she is relying on samples from her pediatrician's office. >> i'm concerned that when i call to pick up a sample they will say that they don't have anymore. >> reporter: jolene kent, nbc news, los angeles. the truth is out there, and lawmakers are trying to get to the bottom of it top pentagon officials testified on capitol hill about unidentified aerial phenomenon known as ufos. gaudy schwartz explains the unexplainable. >> reporter: new video of ufos shown to congress raise more questions than answers >> i do not have an explanation for what this specific object is >> reporter: the footage capture ago fe captureing a few frames of a metallic object.

pentagon officials using the video during a congressional hearing as an illustration of how hard it is to determine what the objects actually are the pentagon looking into more than 140 cases of what they call unidentified aerial phenomenon the pentagon says at least 18 cases showed data showing them acting in various ways >> it splashed >> to we have any sensors under water? >> reporter: intelligence members briefed behind closed doors. >> i do not fear the american

public knowing what we have. i would wish them to see it. >> reporter: already the stigma seems to be lifting. the pentagon says they've seen hundreds new reports in the last year alone queen elizabeth made a surprise visit on tuesday to a train station in central london where a newly-completed subway line was named in her honor. it was the first public appearance outside the windsor area in seven weeks. she was joined by prince edward and boris johnson. she unveiled a plaque introducing the elizabeth line due to open to the public on may 24th triple digit heat in some places delivering mid-summer temperatures we all saying we want warmer weather, and man, did we get it. >> it feels like july mrin so my places in texas, another day of 90s

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right now, covid cases raising across the country. the precautions experts say you should start taking once again. donations are still reeling after the mass shooting in new york state. what we are learning about the gunman and his encounter at the store the day before the rampage. plus, the widow of a former 49ers player recalls the moment he lost her husband. the message she was shooting her this morning.