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and yes, it coincides with ugly rhetoric from former president trump and others linking the coronavirus and china as the pandemic worsened across our country. one group tracking anti-asian hate say theyve received some reports of 3,800 incidents with over two thirds of the attacks reported by women. today the vice president, president, atlantas mayor all condemned such crimes. >> whatever the motivation here i know that asian-americans are very concerned. weve been speaking about the b...

to sell the american rescue plan to the american public. >> see, willie, hes still got it. >> he can sing! >> hes still got it. hes -- you know, minds working great there. >> thats a great cover of johnny cash. i would like to see some of his others, maybe. maybe go all the way toward the end of johnnys career. do the full catalog. >> i like it a lot. good morning and welcome to "morning joe." it is thursday, march 18th. lets get straight to the news. the suspect arrested in the murder...

will commit additional acts of violence, its more a question of when. welcome to thursday. this is "meet the press daily." im chuck todd. six asian women are dead when gunman aaron long went on a two-county rampage targeting spas in the area. while a motive has not yet been determined, the reality is this happened to have happened during a massive rise in asian american violence in this nation. a year after the prior administration referred to the pandemic as the china virus or the k...

of korean descent. at this time, the motive, however, is unknown. it is unclear if the attacks were racially motivated. a 21-year-old suspect is now in custody. theres a picture there. security is ramping up in other asian communities as a precaution. secretary of state antony blinken, who was in south korea, gave this message just moments ago. >> horrified by this violence which has no place in america or anywhere. we will stand up for the right of our fellow americans, korean america...

investigators say robert aaron long gunned down people in a spa in cherokee county. investigators say long travelled less than an hour south to atlanta and shot and killed two more people at massage businesses across the street from each other. today the sheriffs department said long is talking to investigators and telling them a sexual addiction drove him to violence. >> its still early but the indicators right now are it may not be, it may be targets of opportunity. again, were -- we...

referring to as massage parlors. tonight eight people are dead, at least half the victims said to be asian women. this has brought out a huge police response in the atlanta metro region, as you might imagine. we dont know anything further about possible motive as of yet. one custody right now, eight are dead. this ongoing story tonight. we will keep an eye on it. also this evening, the nypd is confirming to us they are deploying officers to asian communities in and around the city of n...

police response in the atlanta metro region, as you might imagine. we dont know anything further about possible motive as of yet. as we said one custody right now, eight are dead. this ongoing story tonight. we will keep an eye on it. also this evening, the nypd is confirming to us they are deploying officers to asian communities in and around the city of new york out of an abundance of caution following these atlanta shootings. eight dead tonight in atlanta. now, we turn to what was...

we have in the last 20 years. all this as republican lawmakers this week on this show and on "america reports" recount similar stories about their conversations with border patrol agents. >> i looked out and talking and said the night before, 100 had come across. he said some of them are on the list. he said what list? the terror watch list. >> we go to monument 3 and talk to the agents. its not just people from mexico or honduras. theyre finding people from yemen, iran, turkey. people...

ratcliffe to steer clear of last week on this program. >> what you see with hr1 and with president bidens executive order is theyre making those pandemic voting rules permanent. no voter verification at all, voting day, election day turns into election month, and the worst part of it, ballot harvesting where any person can go door-to-door and collect ballots and be trusted even if theyre political activists to turn those in to be counted. maria: this hour, texas senator john cornyn on ...

voting law is next. former director of national intelligence john john radcliffe told us to stay clear of last week on this program. >> h.r.1 and president biden executive order is they are making those pandemic voting rules permanent. no voter verification at all, voting day, election day turns into election month. the worst part of the ballot harvesting where any person can go door to door and collect ballots and be trusted even if the political activist to turn those in to be counte...