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>> reporter: don, we know that robert long has been arrested in this case. we're told he's 21 years old. that's what the cherokee county sheriff's department released that information early in the evening. we do know there was a chase involved in this and georgia state patrol actually used a p.i.t. maneuver. that's when a trooper uses his car to bump the car and send it out of control. we're not sure if he said anything to authorities about the motive behind this case, but obviously police from several different jurisdictions are working with the theory that all these shootings are connected. now, as i step out of the way here, you can still see the active crime scene. these shootings started around 5:00 this afternoon, don. we know they first happened in cherokee county where four people were shot and killed. and then there are two different scenes here. if you look far to your left here, you can see that one spa right here. and then across the street, there is another shooting scene. now, detectives and the medical examiner's office are still out here gathering evidence even at this late hour. we do believe there's also a ton of video surveillance, and that's how the cherokee county sheriff's department was able to put out that image early on. so they knew that the suspect was driving a black hyundai, and that's how they were able to go after that car. this has been developing all throughout the evening. we do know the cherokee county sheriff's department hasn't released any information about the victims shot there because they're still trying to notice next of kin. here we do know the race of the four people shot here. four asian women. the spas all located pretty close. the working theory right now is all these cases are connected and of course they're going to go through the video and try to figure out exactly how this suspect was connected to all these locations. >> ryan, listen, obviously we don't want to get ahead of the investigation here. but we have seen a disturbing rise in attacks against asian-americans recently. do officials think that could be at least a factor, right, in these shootings? because we've been reporting on these anti-asian crimes all over the country. what's going on here, they think? >> reporter: yeah, absolutely, don. i think you can tell that we're trying to be very careful in terms of not getting ahead of the investigators. but it does seem like that played some role in this in terms of the victims involved. now, was it a fact that he was a customer at some of these places and was upset about something? was he targets these people for a specific reason because obviously cherokee county is 47 minutes away from here. you got to think about drive time in traffic. so he drove to this location, went into one location, then went across the street to the next location. was he targeting people in particular, or was he looking for someone of a certain race? that's something that all the detectives obviously will break down. we know the fbi is assisting. the governor of georgia also releasing a statement basically saying that his hearts and prayers go out to the families involved in this. he's also thanking law enforcement for the quick apprehension of the suspect. but so many questions at this hour. i don't think that we thought we'd be here at this point, don, when we first started this case early this morning, when they had all the shell casings outside, and we were hearing from witnesses in the area that they heard people screaming and yelling. but now we know a suspect has been under arrest. we still don't know when that first court appearance will be for that suspect and whether or not he's talking to investigators right now, who obviously are probably asking those really important questions. >> we will let the investigation play out, but certainly in these times, it's a worthwhile question. thank you. i appreciate it. i want to turn to a whole lot of headlines from president joe biden tonight. let's discuss with john avlon and ron brownstein. good to see you. so, john, this massive fight that is looming over voting rights, that's what i want to start with. the former president is admitting that republicans can't win if democrats pass their bill. but it's unlikely that they can get it done without getting rid of the filibuster. and tonight the current president biden is saying that he supports an old-fashioned talking filibuster. something is going to have to give here. which one do you think it's going to be? >> there's going to be some form of filibuster reform. when it happens, how it happens is tbd. but you got to understand that the filibuster itself has been used and abused and escalated in recent years well beyond the way it was back in the day. this has been misused at different times in our history for sure. but folks have in their mind the kind of "mr. smith goes to washington" talking in the senate well. now it's a procedural item that can be done with very little pain, one vote. so what biden's basically saying is let's reform the filibuster to get this done, and there's a lot of different ways to do that. you could put the onus on the minority party to get 41 votes. you could say it's got to be in person. there's got to be skin in the game. but what it can't be is a total blocking of the majority's agenda, particularly with regard to voting rights just by the flick of a switch in effect. >> yeah. so, ron, listen, we've discussed this before about how much the current president's going to work with the other side, who have been obstructionist, right? but joe biden, president biden told george stephanopoulos that republicans will have an epiphany between now and 2022 and start working with him. i mean -- go on. >> yeah. that is going to be his position, right? i mean he is positioning himself almost as a figure above politics, kind of a point where the two parties, you know, come together. almost an eisenhower kind of figure. and it is very good positioning for him. obviously you can see it in the way the public is reacting to the first months of his presidency. the question is to what extent does the rest of the party act upon that amid the inescapable evidence that there is no epiphany. there is no willingness of republicans to work with him on almost anything that they care about. as john noted and as you noted, really where this i think is going to come to a head above all is on these questions of of voting rights because voting rights were explosive enough to begin with. but now they're against the backdrop of not kind of a neutral backdrop of nothing happening but the choice between democrats is either you go ahead and establish a federal floor of voting rights for all americans or you are acquiescing in the broadest wave of repression since jim crow. that is the issue on which the filibuster is going to come to a head. >> john, president biden was asked about the sexual harassment allegations against governor cuomo. take a listen. >> if the investigation confirms the claims of the women, should he resign? >> yes, i think he will probably end up being prosecuted too. i woman should be presumed to telling the truth and should not be scapegoated and become victimized by her coming forward, number one. but there should be an investigation to determine whether what she says is true. >> so here's a question, john. this is all coming as new polls show that half of new york voters don't think that cuomo should resign. and the question is can he ride this out if the public doesn't turn on him because you have all these lawmakers saying, he should resign. he should do whatever. he's saying, i'm not going to do it. but half of the voters say don't. >> yeah. i mean that poll is striking for all the reasons you just said. look, you know, the mayor of new york's approval rating is a quarter of the number of people who think that, you know, that cuomo should resign. look, i think what's clear and the standard that biden is setting out is there should be no resignation before investigation. and that is a fair due process argument. but i don't think anyone should expect that cuomo will resign given this poll, given everything else, unless the investigation concludes and he can read the votes the senate and then he may jump before he's pushed like nixon. but there's nothing to suggest that this guy, who is tough and a political animal, will resign. it's just not in his dna. >> i got to ask you, ron, i mean folks are asking, what about the northam effect? you know what i mean? >> yeah. and the trump effect. i mean, you know, look, you can imagine in a world before donald trump that andrew cuomo would have faced irresistible pressure to resign already. but i think that poll reflects a kind of view among at least some democrats that if republicans are not going to hold their elected officials to standards, why peremptory rilly take your own pieces off the board. i think that gives him more leeway than woe have had a few years ago. if there is an investigation that provides important corroboration of these accusations, it's not an infinite grant and he will face growing pressure. but northam showed that in this world, i think in the post-trump world, that if you try to tough it out, you at least have more of a chance than you would have earlier. whether that's good or bad for the country, i'm not really sure. but i do think there are a lot of democrats who wonder about the double standard with so many republican elected official who's have faced charges and no real -- >> quick, john, if you will, please. >> also i think the lessons democrats took from the forcing out of al franken before an investigation. >> all fair assessments here. thank you very much. i appreciate it. i want to bring in dr. jonathan reiner. he's the director of the cardiac catheterization program at george washington university hospital. good to see you for our nightly house call. thank you, doctor. so the cdc is warning that we are just weeks away from the uk variant becoming the dominant strain here in the u.s. there is a 64% higher chance of dying from this variant but less than 22% of americans have had at least one vaccine dose. are we losing this critical race against time right now? >> no, i don't think we're losing it. first of all, i think we're leading the world in vaccinations. we're finally doing really well in that, and week after week, more vaccines are getting into arms. but i do think we're racing the variants, and if we ever needed incentive to double down on the things that we know that work, like masks and social distancing, staying out of crowds, we should do that now. and if we need incentive to get vaccines into arms, here it is. all three of the vaccines that are approved in the united states are very effective against the uk b.1.1.7 variant. if you get vaccinated, you'll be protected from the coronavirus. so let's all get vaccinated. about 27% of adults have had at least one shot. about 75% of people over the age of 75, about 65% of people over the age of 65. so we're doing a pretty good job at getting vaccines into the most vulnerable. now we got to get shots into the people who are spreading the virus, and that's the young people. and we're starting to see states do that now. >> yeah. doctor, in 15 states, cases reported over the past seven days are up at least 10% from a week ago. and we're seeing new hot spots in minnesota and michigan. >> reporter: cases are more than 40% higher than last week. so how do you explain this rise? do you think that it's restrictions -- these loosening of restrictions, or could it be the new variants? is it a combination? what's going on here. >> yeah, i think it's a combination. overall in the united states, you know, compared to last week, we're still doing okay. cases are down about 5%. hospitalizations are down about 11%. and deaths are down a whopping 28%. but you're right. in about 15 states, we have seen a bump up, and i think there's a little bit of -- there's probably a lot of pandemic fatigue. people are out and about more. people are traveling now. and we have more transmissible variants. again, more reason to keep mask mandates, keep wearing your masks, and get vaccinated. so we're at a little bit of a tipping point. we get a bit more vaccine into arms, i think we can keep another surge at bay. if we start to get careless or we, you know, lose momentum in vaccination, yeah, we could see another surge. i don't think it's inevitable. >> yeah. so we talked about, you know, especially republican men, right, not wanting to get the vaccine. the former president is finally encouraging americans to get vaccinated. this is what he said on fox news. here it is. >> yeah, i would recommend it, and i would recommend it to a lot of people that don't want to get it. and a lot of those people voted for me frankly. but, you know, again, we have our freedoms, and we have to live by that. and i agree with that also. but it's a great vaccine. it's a safe vaccine, and it's something that works. >> that we have our freedom thing, i don't know why he has to throw that in there. duh, we know that. we've seen pundits push lies about the vaccine. do you think trump's recommendation can still make a difference at this point? >> i hope so. i'm glad to hear the former president at least make this sort of tepid response. but right. there's always a little bit of a step backwards. so he tells his supporters that he recommends the vaccine, but then reminds them, yeah, you're free not to do it. look, this is three months after we started vaccinating people, the former president finally makes a statement about this. three months out. >> three months after he got the vaccine before he left the white house quietly in private, right? >> that's right. and remember, the cdc recommended all americans wear masks on april 3rd. it would be three months before the former president would allow himself to be photographed wearing a mask. so we've seen this before. and then only reluctantly. so, you know, i was glad to hear him say that. you know, if he wants to do something really big, then maybe he should start holding vaccination rallies around the united states. he can draw a crowd. but the price of admission is a shot. >> and a mask. >> go around the country. go around the country getting people to get vaccinated. >> yeah. thank you, doctor. appreciate it. i'll see you soon. >> thanks, don. news on just how far election interference went in 2020 as republicans are gearing up to suppress your vote in states all across the country. democracy under fire from within and without. >> i think we have a leadership issue, and the quicker we stop looking at this mirage that was created around misinformation and election fraud and conspiracy things, the quicker we're going to get a game plan together to start building a gop 2.0. and adaptive 360° fit so they can move the way they were born to [music]: born to be wild pampers cruisers 360° fit when we started our business we were paying an arm and a leg for postage. i remember setting up shipstation. one or two clicks and everything was up and running. i was printing out labels and saving money. shipstation saves us so much time. it makes it really easy and seamless. pick an order, print everything you need, slap the label onto the box, and it's ready to go. our costs for shipping were cut in half. just like that. shipstation. the #1 choice of online sellers. go to shipstation.com/now and get 2 months free. so on this show we have been focusing on the threat to your vote and what it means for our democracy. and today we have got two stories that show it is threatened by our enemies abroad and some of our leaders right here at home. first overseas threat. a newly declassified intel report finding russia meddled in the 2020 election to try and hurt biden's chances at winning. that vladimir putin approved operations aimed at, quote, denigrating president biden's candidacy and the democratic party, supporting former president trump, undermining confidence in the electoral process, and exacerbating sociopolitical divisions in the u.s. the report says there is no evidence any foreign actor attempted to alter ballots or results. so joining me now to discuss, cnn's national security analyst and former director of national intelligence, and that is james clapper. director, so good to have you on. thank you so much. this report is the most comprehensive look that we have gotten into interference in the 2020 election, and it makes clear that the biggest threat our election faced was from russia, not china as some in the trump administration had claimed. and this threat came right from putin. >> well, exactly, don. whatever else you say about the russians, they're consistent. and were some respects, reading this report, the unclassified version, is very reminiscent of the report that we issued in early 2017, which basically recounted the same behavior. and just as in 2016 we detected no evidence of interfering with voter tallies or any of the mechanisms connected with voting, whether it's registration, tabulating votes, or reporting them, and we had a similar finding for the election of 2016, which we reported out in 2017. so lots of consistency here, and of course the other thing i'd note, i think it's very unlikely that this report would have come out if president trump were still in office. >> the biden administration is expected to announce sanct