joining us is marianna sotomayor sotomayor and morgan chalfant . thank you for being here. we talked about the shooting in buffalo and we will ask both of you how events like that sidetracked the things that the leaders in the house and senate want to get done in the busy schedule for the president this week. guest: president biden headed into this week was the big trip to asia on thursday. he obviously has other things on his schedule but there was a hastily added trip to buffalo. the conversation will shift to gun control and how to address domestic terrorism. that is centered on capitol hill but the white house will get into those debates. host: the statement from the attorney general is they are already investigating this as a hate crime incident and the president spoke at the peace memorial in washington. what were his comments about the shooting at that point? guest: his question was for the country to unite and overcome this hate in the country. i imagine we will see him speak more at length about the shooting and what it means and how he is addressing it. host: a li

host: marianna sotomayor covers congress and morgan chalfant coverts in the house.ocrats (202) 748-8000, republicans (202) 748-8001, independents and others (202) 748-8002. next caller, go ahead. caller: the guests have a lot of passion about january 6 and what has been going on but i wish they had as much passion for getting into the hunter biden -joe biden crime family. there is lots of money and you call yourselves reporters, why don't you dig up dirt on that? host: how you want to respond? guest: house republicans are very much looking at that and pledge that will be investigated in some way. i think what will happen naturally is there will be more attention given to these investigations, and there are reporters looking into it. host: morgan, do you want to respond? guest: there have been stories on hunter biden's is this ties recently so i think they are looking into that. host: i want to talk about where we are on student loan debt. what are the potential avenues the administration can go? guest: the administration is getting a lot of pressure from progressive

joining us is marianna sotomayor sotomayor and morgan chalfant . thank you for being here.e talked about the shooting in buffalo and we will ask both of you how events like that sidetracked the things that the leaders in the house and senate want to get done in the busy

the week ahead in washington with washington post congressional reporter mariana sotomayor and morgan chalfant. then dr. amesh adalja of johns hopkins discusses the recent rise in covid-19 cases. join the discussion with your phone call, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. "washington journal" starts right now. ♪ host: a mass shooting once again shocking the nation. the weekend mass murder in buffalo has part media calls for legal action on high-powered weapons, but more notably the focus is on the racist views of the murderer, views new york governor says are "spreading like a virus." good morning. it is monday, may 16, 2022. we will spend the first hour talking to you and getting your reaction to the weekend shooting.

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