. >> alex garland uses the natural world ally in his films. it starts like a lovely walk. not finish like a lovely walk but it is very beautiful and the nature we see. it made me think the way city dwellers now want to escape to t to nature after covid. >> i grew up in sort of mountain so i am hungry for nature. be able to -- being able to shoot in those locations was so beautiful and i really think hello rob the cinematographer and alex have captured that and used it as a kind of seduction into a sense of horror is so beautiful. i don't think i've ever seen england so delicious. that is the clever thing he does. he kind of hypnotizes you into this sense of horror where you are leaning toward the things you are most afraid of because of the environment. i loved it. >> delicious countryside but full of weirdos. ♪ coming up, you have women talking with frances mcdormand. what can you tell us about that? >> actually, i kind of felt drawn to doing that film in relation to men. i felt like they were in some way in dialogue with each other thematically. but from very different p

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alex? >> reporter: we're learning the homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas has been briefed as the fbi prepares to investigate this shooting as a possible hate crime. also briefed attorney general garlandgators are going to be poring through multiple online posts that this alleged shooter made. some reportedly praising south carolina shooter dylann roof and others praising the new zealand mosque shooter. and also late today we're getting a statement from the naacp. president derrick johnson saying, we are shattered and extremely angry and praying for the victims' families. whit? >> alex, thank you. tonight, buffalo's mayor describing that mass shooting as the worst nightmare any community can face. we're also getting haunting images from the scene -- bystanders comforting each other beneath an umbrella. teams of detectives collecting evidence. we know a young man in military fatigues a helmet opened fire with a rifle. 13 people shot, 10 killed, among them a retired buffalo officer working security. the suspected shooter is in custody now. police say he's 18 years old and traveled about 200 miles to the supermarket. law enforcement sources tell abc news they're looking into whether he h

alex, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, janai. even before this latest shooting in buffalo, attorney general merrick garland and dhs secretary alejandroayorkas listed racially or ethnically-motivated violent extremist as the greatest domestic threat. this latest shooting is the 198th mass shooting this year. nearly 7,000 people have died from gun violence in 2022, and nearly 13,000 injured. the white house responding overnight to the shooting in buffalo in a statement saying, president biden has been briefed and he and the first lady are praying for those who have been lost and for their loved ones. on friday, the president flanked by mayors and police chiefs from around the country outlined a $10 billion commitment to police and public safety to stop violent crime. it includes $1 billion in bonuses to help recruit and retain emergency first responders and $450 million for things like new police cars, radio systems, body cameras and gunshot detection systems. the money, part of the american rescue plan. last year there were a total of 693 mass shootings in the u.s., and the biden administration now is urging local governments to use t