war on ukraine. but other tensions are ratcheting higher, and closer across the border north korea may be preparing to fuel an intercontinental ballistic missile that would mean kim jong-un s regime could conduct a test launch while president biden is in south korea. meantime in ukraine, russia has replaced senior military commanders who are blamed for bungling the early stages of the invasion. that s according to british intelligence. and ukrainian president zelenskyy says russia s relentless shelling of the donbas region has left it destroyed. his words, it is hell there. cnn s melissa bell is in kyiv. first to journey diamond in seoul. what s the message president biden is delivering to that region? well, listen, president biden has arrived in the region with the goal of shoring up the u.s. s key alliances in the region, not only on a national security front, but also in terms of increasing economic cooperation in this region. but we begin with this increased threat in n
slamming china during a hearing on anti-asian hate. i ll get more reaction. also tonight, disturbing new video of the most violent assault on officers during the capitol riot. the fbi releasing the footage and asking the american public for help in identifying the attackers. first, let s go to cnn s amara walker in atlanta. atlanta police say their investigation is now far from over. what s the latest? reporter: first off, not too long ago this crowd behind me near one of the crime scenes gathered to condemn anti-asian hate. so that rally is underway right now, but we did just hear from the atlanta police department. we learned that the suspect had frequented these two spas before, he was quite familiar with them. he had purchased the gun the day of the shooting. atlanta police also emphasizing the fact that their investigation is slightly different from that of the cherokee county sheriff s department saying there are four asian women killed at these two spas in atlanta. t
asian. news of the shooting sparked a new round of fear, a fresh round of fear across the country given the rise of anti-asian hate crimes since the start of the pandemic. the white house says president biden is monitoring the developments out of georgia. attorney general merrick garland and fbi director chris wray are set to brief the president on these developments throughout the day. let s start this hour in georgia with the latest from the shooting scene. ryan young is joining me right now. ryan, that police briefing just wrapped up. they did release quite a lot of information. reporter: kate, i m just surprised by how much information we ve gotten so far in this case. you can really see the coordination that was involved in bringing the suspect to justice in terms of being able to capture him yesterday. this entire area was put on alert after the shootings occurred. we are standing in atlanta. the original shooting happened in cherokee county which is about 47 minutes
chen is joining us. natasha, i understand we re learning more about the shooting and the suspect, the suspected gunman, what s the latest? reporter: yes, wolf, in the last few hours, authorities have charged the suspect with four counts of murder in cherokee county, along with one count of aggravated assault, and then here in fulton county, also four counts of murder, and that is because, as you say, a total of eight people died, one person injured, across three spas. at the same time, cnn has spoken with former roommates of his, who describe that he went to rehab for sexual addiction, that he was deeply religious, and felt distraught and tortured by his sexual addiction. do you have a description of him, ma am? that quiet plea came from a woman hiding in one of three spas in the atlanta area where by the end of tuesday night eight people were dead and one injured. the killing spree in which most of the victims were asian american women happened in the span of just a fe
going to be all about. last point and that s this. remember these charges are murder charges. the hate crime aspect of it, which there should be, you want to give voice to everyone. that just goes to establish what your motivations were. at the end of the day, it is life in jail because of the actions, if proven in a court of law, that he committed. but they d be aggravating. in colorado it s called a bias motivated crime. as i understand, the suspect has not talked to police. how high is the bar to prove it if you have the suspect not talking? in this district they made it less. in 2021 huh to demonstrate it was the sole motivating factor behind what you were doing. now it is a factor as relates to what your activities are. so i think the bar is different.