Transcripts For CNN Early Start With Christine Romans and La

Transcripts For CNN Early Start With Christine Romans and Laura Jarrett



here in new york and we begin this morning with the shootings in atlanta. a terrifying escalation of the anti-asian violence seen throughout the country and a reminder of the threat of violence women live with daily. robert aaron long charged with murder after he confessed to killing eight people, six asian women. >> authorities say long a 21-year-old white man told detectives he would go to massage parlours in the past, he blamed his sexual addiction. the cherokee county sheriff suggested long was, quote, attempting to take out that temptation. other officials and community leaders saying that narrative misses the mark. >> in this particular case where the victims were asian women we see the intersections of the racism, xenophobia and gender-based violence. you know, we've also seen historically where news outlets and the police frame the story around the perpetrator and now we're hearing about the suspect in custody and we are hearing stories about how he was religious, he suffers from a sex addiction, it's humanizing and centering him versus humanizing and centering the victims of the crime. >> note here sex is also a protected class under georgia's new hate crime law so wait to see if anything happens there. but the issue of hate runs deeper. even adds recently as yesterday an asian man and woman were assaulted in separate attacks that san francisco police say were unprovoked. they believe the same suspect is behind them. the department sin creasing patrols in predominantly asian neighborhoods. in atlanta eight families are preparing for funerals. the lone badly injured survivor of this shooting spree is hernandez ortiz. here is his nine-year-old daughter. >> i don't really know what to do. i try to calm myself down. when we called over there they told us that he was very lucky. he is a really good dad, i don't want him to go. >> president biden says the attacks on asian-americans are unamerican and must stop. he and vice president harris will be in atlanta tomorrow. to the coronavirus pandemic now. the cdc says nearly one in eight americans are now fully vaccinated against coronavirus, but the number of americans reported dead each day still staggering. a key model projects more than 596,000 deaths from covid by july 1st. look at this, the projected death rate could drop from 1,100, that's where we are now, to about 113 deaths a day by july 1st. and if more people would just wear masks, that number would drop to 51. >> that's right. we're seeing rapid declines in masking and the faster spread of variants. together that that could lead to an increase putting the death toll near that of the spanish flu. nevada is expanding vaccine eligibility to all adults 16 and older following other states. cnn has reporters covering the pandemic from coast to coast. >> reporter: i'm alexandra field in new york. president joe biden has called on all states to make all adults eligible for vaccines starting on may 1st, but a number of states are moving ahead of schedule. iowa, the latest state to announce they will make all adults eligible for vaccines starting on april 5th. the same debt set by both connecticut and michigan. ohio moving forward even more quickly, starting on march 29th. all of those states following the lead of the only two states in the nation that are already making vaccines available to anyone age 16 or older. those are mississippi and alaska. i'm adrienne broaddus in michigan. starting next week ford field will become a mass vaccination site. right now state health officials here in michigan are concerned about the rise in covid cases. the state has seen an increase of more than 50% of new covid cases. also, michigan has reported cases of that uk variant throughout the state. >> reporter: i'm jean casarez in new york. new jersey governor phil murphy is announcing effective friday at 6:00 a.m. jim niece yums, restaurants, arcades, health clubs and personal care businesses can all open up to 50% capacity. now, if you're having a function outdoors you can increase your capacity to 25 people and indoor function can be increased to 50 people. but remember you still have to wear your mask and you have to socially distance. i'm nick watt in los angeles. disneyland has been closed for over a year, but the company just announced those doors will be opening again april 30th. of course, limited numbers, masks will be mandatory and here is the bad news, for now because of state health restrictions disneyland will be open only to california residents. >> thanks to all of our correspondents for those updates. overnight in seoul secretary of state tony blinken meeting with south korea about regional concerns. he is getting ready for a meeting tomorrow a face-to-face with china. paula hancocks is live for us this morning in seoul. what more is the secretary of state saying? >> reporter: well, lawyer ration the secretary of state along with everyone he met was saying that clearly north korea is one of the number one issues they have to deal with whilst in this region, but of course china was something they were talking about as well. they are talking about north korea first of all they did say that they have to work together to try to stop the nuclear and missile program and we also heard secretary blinken talk about the human rights issues in north korea which you really haven't heard much of over the past four years. did he have a balancing act, he was criticizing china but at the same time acknowledging that the u.s. needs china to deal with north korea. >> beijing has an interest, a clear self-interest, in helping to pursue the denuclearization of the dprk because it is a source of instability, it's a source of danger and obviously a threat to us and our partners, but china has a real interest in helping to deal with this. it also has an obligation under the u.n. security council resolutions to implement fully the sanctions that the international community has agreed were. >> reporter: so the key now is the meeting in alaska where secretary blinken will meet his chinese counterpart, the highest level talks between u.s. and china since president biden took office. we've already heard from the chinese ambassador to the u.s. saying he doesn't have a high expectation, but they will be meeting three times early afternoon, after dinner and then the next morning. so they will have plenty of time to talk about the many issues that they have to hammer out. laura? >> all right. paula hancocks in seoul for us this morning. thanks so much. a man with a semi-automatic rifle arrested outside vice president harris' official residence. no one was inside the home at the time. harris and her husband have not moved in yet. there are ongoing renovations there. 31-year-old paul murray of san antonio is now facing multiple firearms charges. severe weather battering the deep south, millions bracing for a tornado threat. >> oh, boy. home just -- heavy damage to home just now. you're clearly someone who takes care of yourself. so why wait to screen for colon cancer? because when caught in early stages, it's more treatable. i'm cologuard. i'm noninvasive and detect altered dna in your stool to find 92% of colon cancers even in early stages. tell me more. it's for people 45 plus at average risk for colon cancer, not high risk. false positive and negative results may occur. ask your prescriber or an online prescriber if cologuard is right for you. i'll do it. good plan. at jackson hewitt, we offer safe and easy ways to file with a skilled tax pro. securely drop off your documents, have them picked up, or upload them, and work with a tax pro online from home. safe and easy ways to file that work around you. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ hi sabrina! >>hi jen! so this aveeno® moisturizer goes beyond just soothing sensitive skin? 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in part of course it is a protest at what's been said and that the sanctions that have come down and the sanctions that are poised to come down from the united states towards russia because of its behavior around the world, but it's also an expression of concern that this relationship that has been so tetchy for the past several years is spiraling out of control. the russians are regrouping to see what they can do to get the sanctions lifted and to prevent more sanctions from coming their way. >> thanks, matthew. well, the u.s. intel community says violent domestic extremism poses an elevated threat to the united states this year. the intel community's first point report on domestic terrorism concludes that bogus claims of election fraud will almost certainly trigger more violence. we get more now from cnn's alex marquardt. >> reporter: good morning, laura and christine. this is a remarkable report in several ways it is short, just four pages long, it goes right to the point. it says that there is a bigger chance of deadly attacks from domestic violent extremists this year, 2021, because of everything that's going on. these are extremists, they are already motivated by racial bias and by grievances against the government for overreach and this year those factors they say are being exacerbated by things like the january 6th insurrection which they view as a motivator for these extremists, covid-19 conditions, conspiracy theories and policy changes that they say will spur some domestic violent extremists to try to engage in violence this year. now, among the different types of domestic violent extremists the report singles out two as most likely to carry out deadly attacks this year. they say in the report that racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists and militia violent extremists have the most violent threats. with racially motivated extremists most lick i l. toy have attacks and mill sla extremists targeting law enforcement. so racists, white extremists and those belonging to militias are among the biggest threat and more likely to be lone wolves. lone wolves are harder to track, all of thieves extremists the problem is according to the report is that they have easy access to guns. all of this that we're hearing in the report echos what we've heard from the fbi director chris wray who called the january 6 attack domestic terrorism. he has said that domestic terrorism has been metastasizing around the country for a long time and it's not going away anytime soon. >> alex, thank you so much for that. okay. a little more time for you to file your taxes. we will tell you what the new deadline is next. want to brain better? 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