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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...

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...

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...

three people in a golds spa. then we are told he walked across the street and kill another woman at another spa. his car is shown at all three crime scenes. he was arrested driving south about 150 miles from atlanta. officials say 6 of the 8 victims appear to be asian and police are investigating the possibility that the attacks were racially motivated. this comes amid an increase in attacks on the asian community since the coronavirus pandemic. the new york police department says it w...

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...

Invisibility fuels stereotypes about Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, who are viewed by many as kung fu (or kung flu) masters or not thought of at all.

Have become so assimilated integrated into the whit culture of america, that it only a critical situation, a tipping point when people ar murdered or in this shooting for example, in atlanta, when an 18 year ol girl on a bus is stabbed repeatedly in the head by woman who said, i want one les chinese person in this country shes not even chinese or shoved off of the subwa platform is it only becoming critical i the status, when this happens, because i have to be hones with, you i dont see th conti...

And that i understand that he also met his ex-wife there, however, again, we may never know what was the motivation that prompted him to commit such a violent and heinous act. and then, you know, to proceed to repeat it again in our neighbors in alhambra to the north. >> as were learning about this story for so many people this may be their first introduction to monterey park, so many people in this country may have never been there, dont live in southern california. i have been struck by how im...

Have been interpersonal violence involved here, maybe issues of domestic violence. we know its gun violence. so all of those really have come together in whats happened. so we need long-term solutions. >> congresswoman said last night during the press conference, is there any his stris of domestic abuse. i was surprised she brought that up, but thats important. >> right. we need to know what happened so that we can ensure it doesnt happen again, right? so we can provide the resources that the co...

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Officials and Asian communities in San Francisco, in the western U.S. state of California, addressed the surging hate crimes