will commit additional acts of violence, it s more a question of when. welcome to thursday. this is meet the press daily. i m 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 kung flu. now our leaders are being forced to recon with a ugly reality. two senior administration officials tell nbc news president biden and vice president harris will meet with asian american leaders when they visit atlanta tomorrow. flags are being flown at half-staff in honor of the victims and members of congress did something they said they have not done in more than 30 years, held a hearing on violence against asians and other americans. sitting and testifying about their experiences, i
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 and stand together. to that point, today in congress a house committee held its first hearing on the rise of anti-asian discrimination in more than 30 years. but things quickly took a turn when republican congressman chip roy of texas first said that all americans deserve protection and to live in a free and secure society. then he said some more things, and i want to warn you, some of this language is offensive. we re only going to play it once, and we re going to play it once because it not
time in nine months, restaurants can resume indoor dining in some parts of california, and museums, zoos and even sports stadiums can reopen for limited in-person crowds over the next few weeks. in just moments california governor gavin newsom is going to join me live to talk about his state s reopening efforts and the recall effort against him in part over his handling of the virus, but we re going to start today with cnn s nick watt in los angeles and a closer look at the push to roll back restrictions. bars and gyms will close effective midnight tonight. reporter: one year ago today california s pay area announced the first stay-home order in the land. this week a new dawn in the golden state. we re thrilled. we re thrilled to be back open. reporter: angelenos in limited numbers can now eat inside restaurants again. we hope that the state doesn t yank it us from again. reporter: some movie theaters in tinsel town reopened after 362 days. we ve watching tom &
minnesota. we really appreciate. thank you, lawrence. jane fonda gets tonight s last word. the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. well, good evening once again. day 55 of the biden administration and tonight we may be entering the most critical point thus far in our nation s fight to crush this virus. we re being warned that we could still see another surge of infections, even as the new data are out showing we appear to be headed in the right direction. the vaccine rollout is expanding. nearly a fifth of all american adults have had at least one shot. we re averaging nearly 2.5 million vaccines a day, while hospitalizations continue to decline, yet experts are sounding the alarm that we are not out of the clear, not by any means. the concerns are mounting that we are next going to see a spring break spike in cases, giving highly contagious variants a chance to spread in our country. that, plus a rebound in air travel has the administration s coronavirus team o
no wonder espresso is invented here. i think i may need more of these to keep up with country. i am stanley tucci, i am italian on both sides and i am traveling across italy to discover how the food in each of these countries, 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. it is delicious. here in milan, the menu is nothing like you would expect. up here in the north, forget about pasta and pizza, this is the land of rice and palenta. people from south of italy. there is not everyn a tomato in site. olive oil plays second to butter. i hate to say it but who needs more butter. milan is the second biggest city in italy. it is the capitol of london. the gateway to northern europe and all of the traded money that that brings. sophisticated, elegant and rich. the kcathedral, the biggest church in the whole of italy. this breathtaking architecture jewel pointing upwards is the perfect metaphor for this. where are you taking me? up. just up. bepe is a new york times