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custody. theres a picture there. right now the motive is unknown. it is unclear if the attacks were racially motivated. but we should know police are ramping up security in asian-american communities as a precaution. president biden has been briefed on the shootings, and at this hour he returns to the white house. well bring you any live comments. also today, concerns of another covid surge. cases are climbing in more than one dozen states. the cdc is sounding the alarm on two varian...

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. lets start this hour in georgia with the latest from the shooting scene. ryan young is joining me ri...

arrest, theres still a lot more work to be done. were just not there as of yet. >> during our interviews we asked that specific question and that did not appear to be the motive. >> more on that tragedy in a few moments, but we begin with a sweeping and news-making new interview with president biden, his message to vaccine hesitant americans, quote, be patriots. the president also says he wont let senate procedures stand in the way of his agenda but he proposes changing the filibuster ...

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...

ethnically motivated violent extremists promoting white supremacy are, quote, the most lethal threats right now here in the united states. lets start our coverage this hour in atlanta. our national correspondent ryan young is joining us. ryan this,s new information emerging now about the suspects in these terrible killings. translator: i want to show you something here, wolf. this growing memorial has been building here in atlanta, a city thats known as being too busy to hate, but ri...

chen is joining us. natasha, i understand were learning more about the shooting and the suspect, the suspected gunman, whats 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...

touch it. i didnt know if it was loaded. the prosecution then produce video evidence of her tossing the gun into a grocery store, dumps i was so flustered. i realized it was a stupid idea. now, the prosecution also introduced a text messages between the two including when hallie asked where hunter was the night after he bought the gun, he responded. now off maryland av behind blue rock stadium, waiting for a dealer name mci but how they also testified during cross-examination. thats so...

deficit spending and options to pay for their infrastructure bill theyre working on now. progressives are advocating for a wealth tax. the white house is reportedly focused on increasing the corporate tax rate, raising income taxes for those making more than $400,000 a year and other tax hikes that would impact the rich. biden -- president biden seems to realize that republicans are not going to get on board for this. >> ill get the democratic votes for a tax increase. if we took the t...

border crisis, the governor of texas sing the sharp increase in illegal immigration along the southern border states has led to a humanitarian crisis and not surprisingly the republican governor of texas is blaming the new democratic president. kristin fisher at the white house tells us what the biden team is doing about what he still refuses to call a crisis, but we begin with corresponding casey stegall in mission, texas, and governor abbott message. good evening. >> good evening, go...

ginger zee live in the storm zone with the line of storms set to hit after dark tonight. and the severe threat right into tomorrow. the coronavirus here in the u.s. and what are being called the variants of concern tonight. the cdc concerned about two new variants, first detected in california, and the possibility of theyre 20% more contagious. tonight, 15 states reporting a rise in cases and now dr. anthony fauci warning about prematurely pulling back and not giving vaccines enough ...