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the secretary of homeland security called it a, quote, difficult situation. question is, why wont he call it a crisis? and democrats press forward with key agenda items like immigration and voting rights but with a slim majority in the senate and the filibuster getting in their way, the question remains, what are they going to do about it? its "way too early" for this. good morning! and welcome to "way too early," the show thats really wondering if we could just spring forward to fri...

congresswoman told my colleague stephanie ruhle what happened in atlanta is a day that we saw coming. two senior administration officials are telling nbc news president biden and vice president harris will be meeting with asian american community leaders when they visit atlanta, georgia, tomorrow. in washington, the house just did something we dont see very often when it comes to major legislation. it passed a bill with pretty broad bipartisan support. we are talking about the viol...

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...

eight people are dead and one suspect is in custody after shootings at three metro area massage parlors. four of the victims are of korean ethnicity. >> we heard numerous gunshots coming from across the street. >> police are investigating the theory that all the cases are connected. average new covid case counts are rising in as many states as they are falling. >> we are just starting to turn the corner and where this goes depends on us protecting ourselves and others. >> were asking...

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...

cherokee county about 30 miles north of atlanta and opened fire, killing four people and injuring another. police say he then drove south to atlanta and shot and killed three people inside the gold spa. he then crossed the street, according to police to the aroma therapy spa and killed another woman there. investigators say surveillance video shows the suspect and his car at all three crime scenes. he was arrested driving south about 150 miles from atlanta. officials say six of the eig...

today, police departments across this country are taking steps to make sure the asian communities remain safe. its a busy hour on the hill. the governments top doctors are making a house call. they are testifying as we speak. in a few moments, the cdc directors stark warning about one of the covid variants ripping across the country. right now, the secretary of homeland security is testifying before a house committee. his message so far about the increase of migrants crossing our s...

voting rights legislation. senator warnocks whose state was at the center of calls by trump was on the floor. watch. >> we are witnessing right now a massive and unabashed assault on voting rights unlike anything we have ever seen since the jim crow era. this is jim crow in new clothes. since the january election, some 250 voter suppression bills have been introduced by state legislatures across the country from georgia to arizona, from new hampshire to florida. using the big lie of vo...

basketball. three powerhouse teams withdraw from their conference tournaments. what does it mean for march madness? anti-asian hate crimes surge, and the president calls out the vicious violence. >> its wrong. its un-american. and it must stop. >> odonnell: major winter storm: the central u.s. prepares for heavy snow and thunderstorms on the final weekend of winter. netflix warning: why the days of sharing your netflix password could be coming to an end. honoring ruth bader ginsburg ju...

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