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county official with a post erased in which he shared a t-shirt blaming china for the coronavirus saying the suspects in the shooting just had a bad day. >> he does claim it was not racially motivated. i spoke with investigators that, yes, he understood the gravity of it and was pretty much fed up, at the end of his rope and yesterday was a really bad day for him and this is what he did. >> this was a really bad day for the victims too. >> today, celebrities are speaking out. testifyin...

authorities say they are not ruling out that this was possibly a hate crime. president biden has ordered all federal flags to be flown at half staff in honor of the victims, and he will head to georgia tomorrow. and as the president said, as vice president harris said, as atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms said, whatever the motivation here, the fact is attacks on asian americans are on the rise. people are rightfully scared and we need to do more to combat that bigotry and violence ...

brick in the wall confirming that the big lie is indeed baseless. from "washington post," quote, u.s. postal service investigators found no evidence to support a pennsylvania postal workers claim that his supervisors had tampered with mail in ballots according to an inspector generals report. allegations cited by top republicans to press baseless clams of fraud in the presidential election. richard hopkins alleged he heard the local postmaster general. he revised the initial claims eve...

the shooter told investigators according to a sheriff who spoke at a press conference today that the attacks were not racially motivated. it is fair to ask whether we have any reason to believe or take on its face that an accused spree killer said but that is what authorities are telling us so for now that is the official word. what we cant deny is that some attacks against the asian-american and pacific islander communities, something weve reported on extensively on this show and some...

country as police investigate what may have motivated these murders. anti-asian attacks and hate crimes have been rising sharply since the pandemic hit. lets get the latest from ryan young live this morning in atlanta. good morning. >> good morning. eight people killed. thats a number that so many people are astonished by. we know police were able to use surveillance video which tied all these scenes together. its an investigation that still is ongoing. a shooting rampage at three spas...

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 ...

because as you know, ive been speaking about the brutality against asian-americans for the last couple months. and i think its -- it is very, very troublesome. but "i" making no connection at this moment for the motivation of the killer. im waiting for an answer. >> police say the man arrested for the rampage has admitted to the shootings. eight people are dead in a ninth wounded in the atlanta area. but as you heard from the president its not clear if anti-asian racism was the motivat...

were that to happen. governor cuomo moments ago attempted some rank revisionism on what biden said. >> if you -- if you committed a crime, you can be prosecuted. thats true, but what president biden said was we should do an investigation. the question to president biden starts with do you think the governor should resign, or do you think there should be a review first? and the president said there should be a review. >> thats not what happened. heres what president biden told abc news ...

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...