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how we got here, where we heading? >> traveling chief of staff. like, you dont count. >> a lot of the model minority myth was manufactured to divide our communities. >> how many of you have dated white guys? >> race trader. >> we want to make everybody proud, but we dont take enough time to make ourselves proud. >> great to see you, how are you? >> are you comfortable carrying the burden of the words k -- >> houston, texas. it may not be the first city to come to mind when you think of...

lives are complicated when people like him stop masking up. its the trauma the asian-americans are coping with and the ongoing attacks and fears of more attacks they face daily. a house judiciary committee heard about lawmakers about the climate of hatred they are experiencing. the committee heard from chip roy, the ranking republican who used part of his time to fondly recall the good ole days when lynchings in texas were a-okay. >> theres old sayings in texas about, you know, find al...

co coping with in the wake of the atlanta shootings. today, a house judiciary subcommittee heard testimony from asian-american lawmakers about the climate of hatred that they, and their constituents, are experiencing. the committee also heard from texas congressman, chip roy. the ranking republican who used part of his time to recall the good, old days, when lynchings in texas were a-okay. >> theres old sayings in texas about, you know, find the rope in texas and get a tall-oak tree. w...

anti-asian violence are gripping communities across the country. president biden and vice president harris are heading to atlanta. it is the first time theyll be in the battleground state since taking office. their trip was originally billed as part of their tour to sell the american rescue plan stimulus, but the political portion of it is now scrapped and the focus is mourning those lost while meeting with leaders in the asian-american community. >> well be covering all the angles of ...

that seeks to deny the real fears in the communities. as a result of historic racism exacerbated by a former president and media allies who describe the coronavirus pandemic as the china virus or kung flu for more than a year up to and as recently as this week. the right is doubling down on the violence trutherism with this comment from congresswoman chip roy. >> we believe in justice. there is an old saying in texas find the rope and get a tall oak tree. you know, we take justice very...

murder. that was the real racist part. he saw them outside of himself. >> a way to go to heaven. he did not see them as human. he had to preserve his christianity as all causes. a double marginalize -- they were not doubly marginalized. he perceived them as sex workers. he perceived them as ex sex wors and asian. that was the racist part of him. thats overt obvious racism. >> right. these are the things that we need to dig into as both of us do in therapy to figure out whats going on. ...

morning. a lot going on. >> yeah, there is. >> we have important new developments after the murder of eight people in georgia. six of them asian women. asian-americans on edge in the u.s. and you can understand why. authorities are noting the suspect claims the shootings were not racially motivated. but he says were the result of sexual addiction. a sheriffs deputy facing backlash for this description of the suspects frame of mind. >> he understood the gravity of it. and he was pretty ...

deliberately targeted women in asian spas because, police say, he was having a bad day. >> he was pretty much fed up and at the end of the rope and yesterday was a really bad day for him and this is what he did. >> why reactions like that arent happening as incidents against violence of asian-americans surge across the country. >> nurn of us should be silent in the form of any hate. then senator amy klobuchar and the new push for the violence against women act. congresswoman escoba...

in the face of any form of hate. then senator amy klobuchar and the new push for the violence against women act. and congresswoman veronica escobar on whats really happening at the southern border. when "all in" starts right now. good evening from new york. im chris hayes. there are eight people dead in the atlanta area after a horrifying spree shooting last night at three different locations, three different spas. the suspect is in police custody and we know some of the victims ...

>> a 21-year-old man murdered eight people at a local spa. the terrifying 911 call made by one woman inside one of those spas. >> hurry. >> do you have a description of him, maam? >> i am hiding right now. >> is it a male or female. >> they have a gun. >> a gun that killed eight people including six asian women. here are the names of the dead we know so far. age 33, yong, paul an andre michels age 54. yan age 49, daoyou feng at 44. >> very concerned. i have been speaking about brutalit...