we begin with breaking news overnight from atlanta. a deadly shooting spree raising new concerns about asian-americans being targeted across the country. >> police are trying to determine why a man opened fire at several spas in metro atlanta killing eight people. it comes just as congress prepares to hold a hearing tomorrow on the disturbing increase in violent attacks from california to new york targeting people of asian descent. this morning the fbi is now investigating a shooting spree that left eight people dead at multiple massage parlors in the atlanta area. police first identified 21-year-old robert long as the suspect in a shooting that killed four people at a spa in cherokee county. one hour later investigators say a gunman matching his description worked into two other massage parlors in atlanta killing four more people. >> it appears all victims are female. >> and race? >> it appears they may be asian. >> reporter: atlanta police then dispatching officers to check nearby similar businesses. >> this started up in cherokee co

president joe biden who met with local asian american leaders in atlanta on friday said change is needed but we have to change our hearts hate can have no safe harbor in america it must stop and so on all of us all of us together to make it stop police say the suspect denies that he did it out of racism he suggested he did it to end his sex addiction and eradicate the temptation of message palace or never the motivation we know this to marry asian americans have been walking up and down the streets and were waking up each morning the past year feeling their safety the safety of their loved ones are at stake they've been attacked. scapegoated harassed they were in verbal assault and physically assaulted kill their suspect has confessed to the crimes and has been charged with murder in 8 deaths. tokyo's troubled olympic games have suffered a novice setback with the announcement that international fans will not be able to attend to the coronavirus concerns the sonic games were due to take place last year but will post fine china to the pandemic now organizers have confirmed that only japan

it's a suburb of atlanta, part of atlanta. i used to do my radio show from there at one point in my career to try and separate from atlanta city of a recent crime surge. divided, some issues, prosperity, freedom, set capitalism, socialism, new green dealism versus, oh, energy independence. open borders versus amnesty and secure borders. defunding the police versus law and order. it's a trend now that you apparently are seeing more and more and more of. i mean, the way new york and california look to a lot of the country, it's almost unrecognizable from the lives they're living. localities are now separating one from another with the country literally dividing itself. believe it or not, the 19th century federal congressional resolution that submitted the state of texas into the union contains language that texas if they wanted could split into five different states. of course for that to happen it would likely still need a congressional approval but that's up for constitutional review. that's why we've brought in the great one,

the asian-american community in georgia, following the mass shooting here in atlanta. it was a raw and powerful meeting in a very emotional moment and some criticized me for speaking out nationally about that hate crime. some criticized me for saying how ugly and sinister it was. since then, because of the two senators you sent, among others, the united states senate passed the covid-19 hate crimes act to protect asian americans and pacific islanders from the vicious hate crimes we have seen too often and too long. it passed 94-to-1. don't tell me we can't make progress. it's the first step, and we have a lot more to do. that's right. if we are to truly heal the soul of america, we need to project that sacred right and protect it to vote. in this state of dr. king and john lewis, you know how precious and precarious the right to vote is. in november and again in january, your vote changed the world. instead of celebrating that, it is being attacked. more people voted for president in 2020 than any time in american history ever. and they did it in the middle of a pandem

here in atlanta. so you were there in the room. what struck you most? what are you left with? >> yes, absolutely. i am struck by the amount of power that api, elected officials in the state, and our community members hold, and the amount of support that we received from president biden and vice president kamala harris. they were so graceful. they cleared their scheduled and came here to talk about covid relief and completely pivoted to make space for this ee normal tragedy that our people have had to experience this week. >> i heard letters from the victims' families were read out loud. that must have been a pretty powerful moment. >> yeah. i think -- i honestly -- yes, it was a beautiful moment. it was powerful, and at the same time it was devastated. it was very much a clear indicator of the pain our community members have felt this week and the fear we've been experiencing. the entire room was crying. i was crying. it was truly a moment of recognizing the true -- the amount of heinous that went int

spike in anti asian violence in the united states the president tells asian american leaders that in atlanta the u.s. cannot stand silent as the city mourns the victims of choose days deadly gun attacks on asian massage parlors. welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel says her country faces a potential new lockdown if case numbers continue to rise she was speaking after a virtual summit to discuss the country's 2. vaccination program. national and regional leaders agreed to measures to speed up the process but they're under pressure as a over the slow vaccine rollout grows. another rebirth for jim and i call on balance temple health and port was used to bring in food to the city's west during the cold war after closure it has refugees during the 25th crisis and now it's being used as a massive vaccination center. those who he had to get a shot have to shut proof they're eligible. and i received an invitation to die i've been waiting for this that i came here immediately. but until now that teacher is one of relatively few germans to be vaccinated the country's been facing vacc

he was arrested driving south about 150 miles from atlanta. officials say 6 of the 8 victims appear to be asian and police are investigating the possibility that the attacks were racially motivated. this comes amid an increase in attacks on the asian community since the coronavirus pandemic. the new york police department says it will deploy counterterrorism in the city out of abundance of caution. we will keep following this story all morning and bring you any new developments as they happen. >>> let's go now to the white house and coronavirus with the white house aiming to distribute more than 2 million doses of covid-19 vaccine in the next week. that would be a new record in the u.s. fight to contain the coronavirus. states are expected to receive more than 16 million doses of the three approved vaccines. that is slightly higher than what they got last week. federally administered program such as mass vaccination sites and community health centers will receive most of those doses. the increase in supply comes as more states lift their eligi

and even as we've talked about in atlanta increasing patrols, and fredricka, you know atlanta is the center of a larger metropolitan area that has a much larger asian-american population, some of the feedback that i received is that sometimes communities are distrustful of seeing law enforcement because we are not always treated with dignity by law enforcement. so this is not particular to our asian-american brothers and sisters. we hear this from black and brown communities as well. so while it seems as if our differences and our concerns may be different, they really are the same. people want to be treated with dignity, they want to be treated with respect, and they want to have a partnership with law enforcement. so in atlanta, the fbi is assisting us with the language barrier. one of the tangible recommendations that was shared yesterday by one of our state representatives was a cheat sheet that translates into various languages to give to law enforcement to help break down barriers. so there are things big and small that we will continue to do, but right now we have a community

>>> also breaking developments out of atlanta. eight people killed in three separate shootings at massage parlors. according to local reports, six of the victims were asian,an

moving the all-star game out of atlanta. a move supported by president biden. joining me now for reaction along with fox news legal analyst jarrett is outnumber co-host and attorney emily -- thank you for joining us. emily, i'll start with you. you're a sports fan, and i see these companies succumbing to this rhetoric that's false information and then making corporate decisions that are, in the case of atlanta, going to harm the people of georgia by pulling out major league baseball and the all-star game out of atlanta. >> that's exactly right, jason. the people who end up paying for this are those that were employed by the event that they are pulling out. it's those communities that depended on the retail, on the support by crowds, et cetera. it's exactly what we saw when hollywood decided to boycott georgia and the irony is that there are states with far more drag -- drag conous election laws. they are laying out their social justice line. what about the 1.5 million corporations and entities that are headquartered in delaware that enjoy the law that is protec

the new york police department has been monitoring the situation this atlanta. in a tweet it's counterterrorism bureau says while there is no known nexus to new york city it still plans to send assets to asian communities across the city out of an abundance of caution. >>> u.s. president joe biden is in the midst of a cross-country tour promoting his $1.9 trillion covid relief package to the american public and it's happening while he faces increasing scrutiny over his administration's handling of the recent influx of migrant children at the southern border. cnn's kaitlan collins is following both stories. >> reporter: president biden is taking his sales pitch to pennsylvania. >> if there's anything else we can be doing. >> reporter: in chester biden kicked off his coronavirus relief bill road show designed to build support for the nearly $2 trillion package that no republicans voted for. >> we really made it work and i think you should be aware more help is on the way for real. >> reporter: biden and his top aides will appear in multiple battleground states thi

ryan young is "outfront" in atlanta. ryan, what is the latest there? >> reporter: erin, still a lot of questions, but just in the last ten minutes the head of the police department released a new incident report. we're learning more about the victims. we learned that three of the women that were shot here were shot in the head. they have not released the names just yet, because they haven't been able to contact their families. but you can see how brutal the shooting was. she's torn up about her dad being one of the victims. her dad was shot in the face but survived. >> he's a really good dad. i didn't want him to go. >> reporter: in atlanta, the human toll of eight people being gunned down by a sickle shooter is causing many in metro atlanta to reflect on what's been lost. >> she was a family going person. her family came first. everything was her family. >> reporter: dana told the sister that ilania young told brianna keilar about the sudden lost of her family. >> i know that he was arrested. i'm glad that he was. but i think he targeted these m place

atlanta is 51% black. denver is 9.2% black. the mlb is moving the all-star game out of atlanta, which has more day-of-voting rights than colorado. the wokes are at it again, folks. keep in mind, he is the only african-american republican senator from the great state of south carolina. this is just an impulse reaction. these are all these companies that are patting themselves on the back saying good for us. we did the right thing. we moved out. although it is built on a lie. it is not correct information. colorado is stricter than georgia is. and guess who is hurt? guess who doesn't make the money the people who would have worked those games. own the hotels the businesses and restaurant. just crushing to all those individuals. steve: we heard from the governor of georgia yesterday regarding those people and the people of atlanta where that stadium is located, the governor said it is 51% african-american. and they are moving the all-star game to denver, colorado, where they're 10% african-american. ainsley: not even that, 9.2. st

shortly before we learned of the shootings in atlanta. is there any doubt that krils against asian-americans have spiked? >> not at all. thank you for having me and covering this very important issue and our condolences continue to go out to the people of georgia and the families of the victims. let's be clear. hate crimes against asian-americans are not a new phenomenon. when we look at the numbers and how the incidents have skyrocketed in the last 12 or 13 months or so, we absolutely lay the at the feet of the former president and the republican party. this president who had a wide global part form continued until yesterday to use incendiary words like chinese virus and kung flu. when we tried to pass a symbolic resolution for congress to stand united to condemn bigotry toward asian-americans, 164 republicans would not even vote for that. >> that's what i want to talk to you about. in semithe house passed a resolution that you sponsored that deannounces anti-asian hate. and 164 republicans voted against this measure calling it, and i ca

president joe biden is in atlanta talking to the nation in the wake of the deadly shootings there and the rise in anti-asian crimes. let's listen we just met my goal of the ministry. 100 million shots. before my first 100 days in office. we did in about 60 days. we're not stopping now. the american rescue funds more vaccines, more vaccination centers and more increase in testing. it's going to help us accelerate our nationwide effort to reopen school safely. last week. i directed all states tribes and territories to make all adults eligible. we vaccinated no later than may one. well, this is a time of optimism. it's not a time for relaxation. i need all americans to keep doing your part. wash your hands. stay socially distance. keep masking up as recommended by the cdc. can get vaccinated when it's your turn. none of this is political. it's all science-based. but now is not the time. let our guard down. that's science based as well. in the last week. you should we've seen increases in the number of cases in several states. things may get worse as new variants of the virus spread. that

drew griffin joins us in atlanta. i understand, drew, you have some new information on election misinformation that's swirling out there online. what are you learning? >> reporter: it's just a conflicting message, largely aimed at republicans that have been getting inundated in their mailboxes and in their social media sites. according to advanced democracy, a nonpartisan group which analyzes social messaging, the amount of posts surrounding the georgia election has doubled in the last week, not surprising. what is surprising is four of the top five twitter posts around this election are from donald trump himself, wolf. all four of them involve unsubstantiated or incendiary claims about voter irregularities or voter fraud in the state. one of them actually, i have to point out to you, said, this is from president trump, "when are we going to do signature verification in fulton county." i'm here in the fulton county election center. they're on break right now, a dinner break. but there is a whole section of this group

president joe biden who met with local asian american leaders in atlanta on friday said change is needed but we have to change our hearts hate can have no say for brute america it must stop. it's on all of us all of us together to make it stop police say the suspect denies that he did it out of racism he suggested he did it to end his sex addiction and eradicate the temptation of message promise whatever the motivation we know this too many asian americans have been walking up and down the streets and were waking up each morning the past year feeling their safety the safety of their loved ones are at stake they've been attacked blame scapegoated harassed they've been verbal is sold physically assaulted killed. a suspect has confessed to the crimes and has been charged with murder in 8 deaths. tokyo's troubled olympic games have suffered another setback with the announcement that international fans will not be able to attend due to coronavirus concerns the summer games were due to take place last year bonds were postponed due to the pandemic well now we're going to answers have confirmed

the breaking news out of atlanta. the police have charged the suspect in those spa shootings with four additional counts of murder. so in total here, he now faces eight murder charges and one aggravated assault charge for the sole survivor of the attack in cherokee county georgia. a little extra grace period for us this year to get the tax returns filed. an irs official tells cnn the deadline will be changed to mid-may instead of april 15th. lawmakers suggested the delay to allow filers more time to navigate tax situations that have become complicated by the pandemic. last year the filing deadline was moved to july 15th. one caveat. even though the irs is extending its deadline, that doesn't mean individual states will do so, so just make sure you check those state deadlines. >>> and an update here on major biden, yes, the president's dog who was involved in that recent biting incident with the secret service agent. george stephanopoulos asking the tough questions. >> is major out of the doghouse? >> the answer is yes

that was not atlanta. steve: they will need a lot of cops in atlanta for the big parade. last night the atlanta braves won the world series in houston, which is delicious irony given the fact that major league baseball took away the all-star game from atlanta. they had to win on the road but that is where, look at that right there, that is where minute maid park is in whitney houston a retractible roof i understand. no dome but retractible roof. lawrence jones is there lawrence, it was a big night for atlanta and braves fans everywhere. lawrence: that's exactly right. good morning, family. let's talk about that roof. the astros hoped that if they kept the roof open because they this some success, that it would help then in this game. well, the braves just weren't having it what a comeback after a tumultuous year, the first time since 1995 that they won it all. such raw emotions last night. i had the opportunity to talk ton solve the players. we will show you a little bit of that footage later on in the show. guys, a big moment for atlanta. injuries, having the all-star ga

with leaders in the aftermath of the shootings in the atlanta area and visited the c.d.c. earlier today getting an update on covid-19 issues and the fight against covid-19 and here at emory university to talk about the recent shootings and other issues. the president and vice president are participating in listening sessions at the university. and the president should be coming out to speak shortly. we will will have live coverage. and representative bobby scott. mr. scott: they do much better in schools. their access to school nutrition is there because they have access to the schools meals. and the social skills you develop cannot be developed if you are sitting at home and identifying mental health problems can't be done and child abuse cannot be done. the children need to be in schools and things that need to be done according to the c.d.c. mr. scott: we have the resoarses to make it possible and put a lot of money in education and it's also to catch up for loft learning. that means probably summer schools or longer day. a lot of children have been out of school for a

i assume some of the votes were counted in the atlanta counties. >> you are seeing more blue in atlanta and the suburban collar. it's been bouncing around while we were in the quick commercial break some of the numbers flipped a few times too. that is the way it is going to go in the early hours. you get votes, you see a lot more red down here some of the more rural and republican counties reported and the republicans jumped up. then we got more votes up here and the democrats jumped up. we need to be patient the next couple hours. let's be patient. as you noted let's start with the largest population center. fulton county, atlanta and the suburbs around it. jon ossoff 80% where the democrat needs to be in fulton county. again, 22%. we have a long way to go. we did see margins can matter in a very close race. david perdue did better than president trump in this county. the biggest county in the state back in november. but watch. see how it plays out tonight. that is the ossoff/perdue race. you flip over here to the warnock loeffler race, warnock a little higher voter percentage. 80.2 th

nice to see you here in atlanta. this is a race that separates the republican from the democrat by six total votes. hasn't been called. this is debated. >> miller meeks is the republican in the second district of iowa. people in iowa have been watching this race closely. republicans did surprisingly well in the lower ticket races across the country nancy pelosi has dug in on this one and not willing to call miller meeks the representative from that division but provisional as she gets sworn in. rita hart, the democrat in the district lost by six votes. no one other than the extremely well-known and very successful democrat attorney for election policy, he really should be credited with winning these cases across the country that set much of the tone and a lot of things president trump and republicans are angry about is very deeply involved in this. he says he has found 24 ballots that would make rita hart the winner. the democrat in that district. this is a drama and so much going on. this little drama without everyt

why is there so much in atlanta, openly? google business listings show more massage parlors than our books outlets, who works in these places and under what conditions? that's not a hard question to answer, wikipedia has an entire entry on the human trafficking in the state of georgia, according to the doj atlanta is a major transportation hub for trafficking young girls. it is one of the 14 u.s. cities with the highest levels of child sex trafficking. a competent media might tell us much more about this knowing more facts and rationally assess admin might improve this country. that is not the coverage we are getting, it's not even close to the coverage we are getting. instead the usual liars are describing the massacre in atlanta as the one thing apparently was not, a racial attack. "white supremacy and hate are haunting asian-americans. david lee braun, the president of rice university in texas they have been watching this, he issued a statement. he supposed to be a scholar but he got key facts completely wrong, not the fa

president biden and vice president harris traveled to atlanta after the killings of eight people, six of whom were asian-american women. and while motive has not yet been established linked to race, asians in this country have indeed been increasingly targeted. >> they've been attacked. blame, scapegoated, harassed. verbally assaulted, physically assaulted, killed. it's been a year of living in fear for their lives. we've always known words have consequences. it's the coronavirus, full stop. the conversation we had today with the aapi leaders and that we're hearing across the country is that hate and violence often hide in plain sight. it's often met with silence. that's been true throughout our history. but that has to change. because our silence is complicity. we cannot be complicit. we have to speak out. >> six out of the eight people killed on tuesday night were of asian descent. seven were women. the shootings took place in businesses owned by asian-americans. the shootings took place as violent hate crimes and discrimination against asian-americans has risen dramatically. >> ind

our correspondent joins us live from atlanta where we understand we just had a winner projected in one of the two senate races. what can you tell us skyler? >> reporter: good evening, just in the last four or five minutes cbs news has projected that reverend raphael warnock from right here in atlanta has the in the incumbent senator kelly leffler which is certainly significant because that means the democrats have at least one seat on that important balance of power on capitol hill in terms of the senate. now it remains to be seen as to what happens in the other race between david perdue and jon ossoff. and based off of certain polling reporting we've seen up until this point, the results are certainly in favor of the democrats as we have seen throughout the night here. really, that is something we've heard throughout the day after speaking with some voters in and around atlanta. we've been all around the state for the past few days very many democratic voters wanting to maintain that momentum they had in georgia, voting for joe biden as opposed to president trump. it's the first time

let me listen atlanta mclaughlin in transition 5 years ago. which means that she lived 33 years of her life as a man tonight mclaughlin fought in be to buy a logical woman. what a shock this is nonsense. this is a lot of mclaughlin, that female through one or 1st m. m a fight against someone born a women. i think people can identify with whatever they like, but i don't think this has a place in combat sports. you all think this is okay and empowering to trans genders. interest to me enough, not only my, my pundits were outraged with such fight taking place, but also feminists. a couple of prominent feminist accounts tweeted out that this looks like basically a woman's abuse from a biological male. let's listen to that as well. male violence against women as a public sport. no, thank you. whether you took it up or chopped it off. take estrogen pills and or die your hair pink. the mail will always be a male and cannot change into a female. this is so hideous. how can anyone bear to watch or even think that this is normal or acceptable? a lot of

president joe biden who met with local asian american leaders in atlanta on friday said change is needed. but we have to change our hearts hate can have no safe harbor in america it must stop and so on all of us all of us together to make it stop police say the suspect denies racism as a motive instead he said he did it to end his sex addiction and attentive ation of massage parlors whatever the motivation we know this too many asian americans have been walking up and down the streets and were waking up each morning the past year feeling their safety and the safety of their loved ones are at stake they've been attacked lane scapegoated harassed they've been virtually assaulted and physically of stone killed. the suspect has confessed to the crimes and has been charged with murder in all 8 deaths. and here's a reminder of our top story this hour. german chancellor angela merkel says her country faces a potential in the new lockdown if case numbers continue to rise she was speaking after a virtual summit to discuss the country's troubled vaccination program national and regional leaders ag

with georgia asian american leaders in the aftermath of the shootings in the atlanta area. particularly of the asian women in that area. the president and vice president also toured the c.d.c. and got an update on the fight against covid-19 and here we'll hear from the president at emory university in atlanta, was set to get under way about 20 minutes ago. we'll have it live for you when it starts here on c-span. while we wait for that, we'll show you some more from "washington journal," a conversation on the biden administration energy policies. >> one of the headlines yesterday, challenges galore await deb haaland. explain what some of those challenges are. guest: deb haaland comes into department of interior with very much different agenda from the trump administration. she's going to be looking at restoring national monuments, how far does the biden administration go on this pause >> you have stated that you oppose all fossil fuel infrastructure. if confirmed, president biden is likely to ask you specifically whether he should extend the ban on oil, coal ol cold waters.

well, president biden and vice president harris are heading to atlanta today to offer support to the community and to meet with asian american leaders following a deadly shooting rampage at three spas. outside the spas, memorials are growing for the eight people killed on tuesday. six of them were women of asian descent. suspected gunman 21-year-old robert long is being held without bail. there are reports that long had spent time in a rehab program for his self-described addiction to sex. meanwhile, authorities are still looking at whether the killings were hate crimes. mark strassmann has more on the investigation. >> reporter: surveillance video obtained by the "daily mail" shows long's hyundai pull up to yung's asian massage. he confessed to gunning down four people inside, two of them asian women. moments later, long walked back to his car and drove away. then bedlam as dazed and wounded customers come out and police rush to reports of gunshots. from cherokee county, long traveled roughly 30 miles to atlanta and at two separate massage spas shot down four more people, all asian

in atlanta, homicides are up 63%, rates are up 108%, what's next? >> tomi: listen, the country is turning into gotham before our very eyes on the democrats, the blm movement, the defund the police movement to blame for that and the popularization of those moments to blame for that pay what you are seeing is not only defund the police but what i talk about every day, this culture of lawlessness for certain individuals who feel like they've been given a pass, resisting arrest has turned into a quasi-martyrdom. places are reopening, people are starting to go out more, people are receiving unemployment and stimulus checks, the perfect storm of lawlessness and you don't just couple that with the defund the police movement, what they call criminal justice reform, also cashless bail, crime realignment, misdemeanor, used to be felonies, that's reduce prison sentencing, take all that together, have this perfect storm, and communities especially affluent communities are going to start to feel it where they may not have been before, they may have been shielded

so we have been talking about atlanta a lot but -- what the atlanta terrorist attack its point is to it's not just but color identity which is what races and also gender identity but there was definitely a come opinion informant misogyny and very often in white nationalism there's antisemitism and along the lines genderrity, sexual orientation, nationality, age, it's. a lot of different components that need to be factored in when we're seeking to understand white nationalism and understanding it as anti -- in order to counter white nationalism as well as addressing inequities within the current security paradigm is going to be necessary as well as helpful to move from just looking at this a problem of skin color to looking at this as an issue of many different types of oppression. so. he if the will help us -- empathy will help us understand and antioppression will help us create policies and together it's hoe hill city is justice so a -- holistic justice, a comprehend hesive form of justice. >> if you have enough questions for star remarks type them in the chat. we have a few really

of to be very clear, what happened in atlanta is terrible. what we've seen around the country happening with so many asian americans is absolutely terrible and that should never happen with anyone from any background. i think it's worth pointing out that president trump actually did 5 points better with the asian american community in 2020 than he did in 2016. that's because of these policies for growth, for economic improvement, for national security, for local community security. the fact that president trump has been so anti-mob violence, he supported small business owners whether it be in minneapolis, whether it be in atlanta, whether it be anywhere. but why does the media try rush to try to blame president trump? i never -- when president trump took over, i never heard the media rush to blame president obama for something that happened even after he left office. howie: right. i want to slip in one last he question which is joe biden tripped on the plane steps the other day, got a lot of mead mediaderision for that. you're going to say th

again, biggest in the state, atlanta, atlanta suburbs. you're seeing right now, actually -- let me just confirm, adam, is this it for fulton? we have to check on that. if this is it, then what we've said at the start of the night, the democrats in fulton county, do they get to that biden number and al qaeda it. what you're seeing right now with what appears to be all or close to all of the vote in fulton county is warnock a little bit more than a point better than joe biden's number. and the perdue race, ossoff at 72.9, biden at 72.6. i think this is key because in this county in november, ossoff was under 70%. he was 69 and change. so ossoff ran about three points below biden, or if you will, perdue ran about three points above trump in fulton county back in november. where you saw the most pronounced split ticket voting was in suburban portions of fulton county. you saw it in roswell, alpharetta, buckhead, that's where the most voters went out and voted biden and then voted republicans for the senate. what you're seeing here with what a

first up on msnbc, new developments in the deadly rampage in atlanta. we know the identities of the victims. spa shootings. their families reeling and searching for answers. >> you can't say that this isn't racially motivated? you don't kill eight people on a bad day, let alone one. >> the president and vice president addressing the nation speaking forcibly against the shooting following a meeting with asian american leaders in atlanta. >> words have consequences. it's the coronavirus, full stop. >> scapegoating asian americans. people with the biggest pulpits spreading this kind of hate. >> the investigation into donald trump's finances heating up. his former personal attorney michael cohen telling msnbc he expects indictments, quote, very soon. >> they are drilling down more and more and more. you are going to see very soon, in my opinion, indictments start flying. >> that exclusive interview on rachel maddow's show last night. >>> new signs of a fourth wave in certain states as parts of the nation relax restrictions. the cdc shortening social distanc

cnn's natascha chen is in atlanta morning. talk to us about what we are learning about this investigation as well as about who these victims were. >> we are in front of one of these spas in atlanta where you see a lot of flowers and candling that people have brought because this just hit the community so hard. i want to go over those names one more time. grant, feng, kim, michels, park, tan, yaun, yue, the two died where we are are of korean descent. one is a permanent residents and the others are believed to be americans of korean descent. i want to share you what one told cnn as she came up to deliver flowers. the authorities look the a all angles of this, not taking anything off the table as atlanta police have said. here is her feeling as a member of the atlanta area asian american community. >> only thing you can continue to do is make sure that these stories are not in vain. we need to make people understand this is not an isolated incident and we need to call it what it is. it is a hate crime, period. >> reporter: that

now six asian women are killed in atlanta. one group that tracks hate crimes against asian americans says that the incidents are spiking. nearly 3800 complaints of violence and harassment over the last 12 months. and many believe what the former president trump aggravated the situation by constantly blaming china for the pandemic and the downturn in america's economy, using loaded terms like the china virus. he did it again last night. >> we were the envy of the world. and then when we got hit by as i call it, the china virus, covid, it obviously went down along with every other economy. >> i want to bring in our new york congresswoman grace ming. last year she sponsored a resolution condemning hate violence against asian americans that passed in the house. but 164 republicans voted it down. representative ming, thank you so much. i appreciate you joining us this evening. it's a very important topic. so let's discuss. that was just last night. shortly before we learned of the shootings in atlanta. is there any surprise that ha

we begin in atlanta. the atlanta spa killings are not an isolated event. a restaurant spray painted with the message can you think kung blue in texas. that was all before that rampage at the three metro atlanta massage parlours that left eight dead, including six asian-american women. then hours later a travel agency employee in california was nearly blinded. >> somebody pushed me from the back and start hitting me. and i lose consciousness, when i wake up i'm all bloodied up. >> the rise of hate and attacks jolting a community already on edge after months of dealing with all the vitriol about the origins of the pandemic. >> for any elected official who still wants to use ethnic identifiers in describing in virus, i urge you to please stop. you are hurting the asian-american community. >> there are asian-americans telling their parents not to leave their homes. there are parents of kids who are texting me saying there's no way i'm letting my kid play outside even when it's nice out, they don't want them to get bullied and harassed. >> the asian-americans a

atlanta mayor keisha lands bottom. we'll get you an update next. >> >>>. >>> in atlanta, the hotly contested race to replace democratic mayor keisha lands bottom is heading to a runoff, felicia moore currently leads against more than a dozen other candidates. >> she will be one in a runoff at the end of the month, but who she will run against remains to be seen, the political reporter for the atlanta journal constitution. we always love running through these things with you. where do things stand this morning? >> yeah. it's not the surprise front runner. it looks like he stralsz andre dig didn'tson. there are very few votes left to be tallied and there may not be enough. he has a huge fundraising edge and is seen as a shoe-in. no longer is that the case. >> we saw how rising crime played into the race. eric adams a moderate with a police background, himself, how did that play into the race in atlanta? >> a major factor. public polls showed that crime is the number one factor. it's a part of an effort to divorce the cit

first up on msnbc, new developments in the deadly rampage in atlanta. we know the identities of the victims. spa shootings. their families reeling and searching for answers. >> you can't say that this isn't racially motivated? you don't kill eight people on a bad day, let alone one. >> the president and vice president addressing the nation speaking forcibly against the shooting following a meeting with asian american leaders in atlanta. >> words have consequences. it's the coronavirus, full stop. >> scapegoating asian americans. people with the bigst

i also wanted to play some sound from a restaurant owner in atlanta. you can imagine how disappointed they are to not have this business come in. >> it's devastating. it's devastating to the city. it's devastating to many businesses, mine included. it seems very unnecessary, very punitive. and counter intuitive to what we are trying to do by reopening. >> dana: lawrence, last week you were talking about your thoughts about atlanta and how right before the general election last november you were telling everybody that the state is changing. what do you think now, now that mlb has decided to leave? >> well, yeah, i kind of sounded the alarms curing election time because i was on the ground and i was seeing the demographics change, the ground game change. you know, it's true that the republicans are correct on the merits of this. "the washington post" has already destroyed the democratic party on this. when you have lost "the washington post," then you know you are straight up lying. most of the businesses that are over here virtue signaling they don't ca

i'm joined by my guest andrew langer in williamsburg he's president of the institute for liberty in atlanta and we have robert patillo he is a civil rights attorney and a radio host and in las vegas we have robert barnes he's a constitutional lawyer or a gentleman cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and always appreciate let me go to robert in las vegas for 2 reasons he got up early as for this program and he's also wearing a bow tie which of course points with me obviously robert let me go to you here what do you make of this raid on giuliani's house and taking his devices that was what the. the raid was all about they didn't take all of them we might want to go into why but i mean as a as a lawyer yourself this is fairy unusual what they're doing. do it i think they could have just called him and said hey we're coming over you know maybe we need for breakfast and we need to hash out a few things i mean giuliani if you love him or hate him he knows how the system works it seems to be very unusual unless they just wanted publicity and as i said in my intro

i spoke earlier to paul brown who is the ceo of atlanta-based inspire brands. it just complete ad 11 billion-dollar acquisition of dunkin' brands. >> it really rounds out our portfolio very well. it puts us in the breakfast day partner. we'll be most balances in the day parts of any restaurant companies. it brings us tremendous amount of scale from loyalty standpoint, digital standpoint and brought us access to the international market where we were very small outside the united states inspire. almost 40% of our restaurants outside of the u.s. with dunkin' brands. connell: will you keep going? that is the question, you have been making acquisitions at quite a pace, is this it? or is there more to come? >> i will never say this is it. if the opportunity comes along we'll be happy to take advantage of it. we're feeling good about the portfolio size of our business. we're the second largest restaurant in the u.s. based on scale. we achieved the scale objective. connell: it is mcdonald's and inspire brands? >> yes. connell: a lot of people might not know that. they

jillian: new york city and atlanta where it is a beautiful day. todd, i don't know if that would have been the best shade of dress color for you, but maybe the style. todd: you don't think that green would have accentuated whatever color my eyes are. jillian: good morning, you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i'm jillian mele. todd: i'm todd piro. kamala harris speaking out on the border crisis blaming the trump administration once again. jillian: doug luzader joins us live from washington. doug, good morning. >> reporter: jillian and todd, good morning. when you dive into the polling numb burkes it's clear that border security and immigration are real weak points right now for the biden administration. vice president kamala harris plans to meet virtually with the president of mexico next month. she's been tasked with trying to solve the problem. over the weekend, she said she is trying to figure out how to go down to the border but she's blaming covid and other of issues for the delay. she is also blaming the trump admini

this is the georgia world congress center in atlanta. our coverage just getting underway. >> you been watching live coverage of wsb tv in atlanta on c-span as the results come in for the georgia u.s. senate runoff elections between republican senator david perdue and democrat jon ossoff, and kelly loeffler and democrat raphael warnock. we will return to the broadcast shortly. >> c-span's washington journal. every day, we take your calls live on the air on the news of the day, and we discuss policy issues that impact you. coming up wednesday morning, a discussion on the results of the georgia u.s. runoff elections. with adam van brimmer from the savannah morning news. then we talk about what is expected during the joint session of congress, as they tally the electoral college votes in the 2020 presidential election, with bloomberg news' daniel gladly, american enterprise institute resident scholar john fortier, congressman hank johnson, and congressman mark wayne mullen. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern wednesday mor

. >>> right now, a stop the hate rally is under way in atlanta. it's honoring the eight victims of this week's deadly spa shooting. and it comes as we're learning new details about the timeline of that tragic event, chilling new surveillance video shows the suspect entering the first of the three spas more than an hour before the shooting began. both the president and vice president in atlanta yesterday, meeting with local leaders and condemning the surge of anti-asian violence across this country. >> whatever the motivation, we know this. too many asian-americans have been walking up and down the streets and worrying, waking up each morning the past year feeling their safety and the safety of their loved ones are at stake. >> well, our nbc news team is joining us from the white house with more on biden's plan to stop these hate crimes, but first, over on capitol hill, a leading democrat is joining the call for a potential change to the legislative filibuster. senator diane feinstein, in just a moment i'll be talking with lawrence o'donnell and wh

he was arrested driving south about 150 miles from atlanta. officials say six of the eight victims appear to be asian. this comes amid an increase in attacks on the asian community since the coronavirus pandemic. the new york police department says it will deploy counterterrorism officers to asian communities in the city out of abundance of the caution. a lot going on with this concern about hate crimes, willie. >> yeah. let's go down to atlanta where we find blane alexander. good morning. are the police saying yet what the motive may be here? obviously people drawing a lot of conclusions based on who these victims are. what happened and what do police know about why it happened? >> reporter: good morning to you, willie. police are not quite yet saying what a motive is or releasing a motive. but they're saying they're not ruling anything out. so they are investigating a number of things. among the things they are looking at is the possibility of whether this was a hate crime, whether this was racially motivated. we do know that police are cont

another term the news annoyed here is a national debate whether the atlanta shooting is a sex crime or a hate crime and that's been the most infuriating point because it feels like a diversion from what we should be focused on i mean why is there even a debate what are we debating about it's a hate crime and it's dismissive and it's insulting that we're debating about this not the real issues if you're america telling the asian american community you know what feels like a bargain rights like you know what give you hate crime and you guys quiet down for a little bit. you know personally i think this is far from being over absolutely what tom is saying there is really resonating with me as a member of the media in the last week or so which is the coverage has been less than acceptable i think and so something to remember is that. objectivity really does not exist and so when asian journalists are told that they cannot cover the story even with their language skills even with their cultural knowledge that they cannot cover these stories because they are agents and they're unable to be ob