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atlanta area spas late yesterday. 21-year-old robert long has been charged with eight counts of murder, will make his first court appearance tomorrow. police say the gunman told them he was not motivated by race, but they of course have not ruled that out. >> weve received a number of calls about is this a hate crime. we are still early in this investigation. so we cannot make that determination at this moment. >> the shootings come amid an alarming escalation of crimes against asians ...

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...

he told police he was motivated by a sex addiction. neither the county sheriff, police chief or mayor would rule out classify the killings as hate crime. >> this is a man who murdered eight people in cold blood so its very difficult to believe what he said. its difficult to ignore the fact many of the victims were asian. in georgia, you can be charged with a hate crime. it covers a variety of areas and i personally think it would be appropriate but i will defer to the prosecutors to ma...

finances. so plenty to get to. we begin with explosive remarks today during a heated hearing on anti-asian hate crimes, two days after that deadly shooting in atlanta amidst a rising wave of anti-asian attacks that have been documented. it was the first hearing in roughly 30 years. thats the context for the republicans remarks. he said he wants justice for the victims in atlanta. he worries about policing free speech and invoked lynching, which broke a fiery rebuke from the democrat te...

shots into arms, and america is a world leader in the vaccine distribution, and theres big news today from moderna which has began testing vaccines on children from babies to preteens. the news so many parents have been waiting for. but -- and this is important, we are at a critical juncture, and i know, i know, i know you have heard this a million times before, still, how we handle the next few weeks could either propel us back to normality by midsummer or we could end up like europe,...

>> welcome to jesse waters. primetime tonight. wattd vote for his head in ae fo jar of blue liquid over donald trump. head ii think its a moot pointa at this point.joe bi >> hes kind of love. joe biden fighting father timeai . is that laptop of yours? i dont know. i trul?ont knoy you dont know. the series answer is that i truly do not know the answer to thatrult. hunters ex-wife takes the stand. >> okay. theyre building out one build out to build out. our goal is to drive people and wh...

anniversary of the d-day landings in normandy. were going to go live to france with the very latest as ceremonies on the sacred day are set to kick off any moment now. plus, were learning more about the gops playbook following donald trumps historic felony conviction. what republicans now say they are vowing to do as payback. and also ahead the white house is hitting back at "the wall street journal" over its piece about president bidens mental fitness during high pressure meetings. ...

not really about the virus. >> its such a major piece of legislation. its the most significant change for middle class people, for poor people, people trying to get into the middle class in decades in a very long time. it has amazing things in it. >> if everybody is vaccinated by june, then its clearly not related to covid. there is $350 billion for state and local government. california is getting $41 billion. that $41 billion is not related to covid, its related to kind of helping a ...

when every adult is eligible in may, we will launch with our partners new tools to make it easier for to you find the vaccine and where to get the shot. including a new website that will help you first find the place to get vaccinated and the one nearest you. no more searching day and night to get an appointment. >> as we mentioned, tonights speech on the second floor of the white house comes one year to the day since the world health organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a pa...

impeached? its "way too early" for this. good morning! and welcome to "way too early," the show that sends big props to all the tech folks behind the scenes here who had a very busy start to their day at 30 rock. thank you, guys, for getting us on the air this morning. i am kasie hunt on this thursday, march 11th. we will start with the news. in a major legislative win for president biden, the house passed the massive $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill. the final vote was 220-211,...