meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

Prior Threat Did Not Land Alleged Buffalo Gunman On Red Flag List

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

CNN

News

3.2865 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

President Biden visits the mourning community in Buffalo and says the racist ideology that led to mass murder cannot be tolerated anywhere. The mayor of Buffalo joins to provide updates on the two people arrested after making threats following the mass shooting. Also, key primaries are taking place in five states across the nation. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Happening now, breaking news across the board in Buffalo.

0:07.0

President Biden visits a community in mourning and says the racist ideology that led to mass

0:15.2

murder there cannot be tolerated anywhere.

0:20.5

White supremacy is a poison. It's a poison running through it really is.

0:30.0

Running through our body politic and it's been allowed to fester and grow right in front of our eyes.

0:36.2

No more. I mean no more.

0:41.8

More on the president's visit coming up, including new word that the alleged gunman was not put on a red flag list after making a prior threat.

0:50.0

We're also joined by Buffalo's mayor who's standing by Live. He says he won't let

0:55.3

what happened be forgotten. Also tonight, key primaries in five states including

1:01.4

here in Pennsylvania and especially here a key

1:04.7

test that the former president's influence. We'll have the very latest that a

1:08.7

close look ahead to see an un-prim primary night coverage just under an hour or so from now and later.

1:16.9

Even as Ukrainian fighters give up their 82 day defense of Marriupol, a retired Russian military expert on Russian TV, says his country is now isolated

1:28.1

in the world and in real trouble in Ukraine.

1:32.3

We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and

1:34.8

around the world. I'm Wolf Blitzer in Philadelphia, that's Independence Hall

1:39.1

behind me and you're in the situation room. We begin with the very latest we're learning right now about the alleged

1:54.2

gunman now in custody charged with first-degree murder in the racist mass

1:59.6

shooting at the top's friendly supermarket on Saturday.

2:03.8

He was not, as you know, from Buffalo,

2:06.0

but more than three hours away from Buffalo,

2:08.4

where details of a very troubled past

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from CNN, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of CNN and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.