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good evening. we are tracking those shootings. we will bring you more information as it comes in. it is a busy night. we begin with this just in, president biden for the first time addressing the surge on the southern border and criticism his break on policy from the last administration is to blame. we spoke with abc news s george stephanopoulos. a lot of the migrants are coming in are saying they re coming in because you promised to make things better. it seems to be getting worse by the day. was it a mistake not to anticipate this surge? well, first of all, there was a surge the last two years in 19 and 20 there was a surge, as well. this one might be worse. no, well, it could be. here is the deal. we re sending back people first of all, the idea that joe biden said come because i heard the other day that they re coming because i m a nice guy and i won t do you re saying this. yeah, here is the deal. they re not. do you have to say quite clearly do ....
custody. there s a picture there. right now the motive is unknown. it is unclear if the attacks were racially motivated. but we should know police are ramping up security in asian-american communities as a precaution. president biden has been briefed on the shootings, and at this hour he returns to the white house. we ll bring you any live comments. also today, concerns of another covid surge. cases are climbing in more than one dozen states. the cdc is sounding the alarm on two variants in california. we ll get to that in a moment. let s begin on this tragic shooting spree. our ryan young joins us this morning in atlanta. what do you know about the victims, eight total, six of them asian. what can you tell us? reporter: so far, very little information is coming out about the victims except, besides their races. of course, what we ve been told so far is at least six of the people killed are asian. of course, we re trying to move forward with parts of this investigat ....
two years in 19 and 20 there was a surge as well. this one might be worse. president biden: it could be. we re sending back people, first of all. the idea that joe biden said come because i heard the other day that they are coming because they know i m a nice guy and i want them here is the deal. they re not. do you have to say quite clearly don t come? i can say don t come. don t leave your town or city or community. dana: what i was going to say i also didn t think it was that strong. if you read it on paper you would be that s fine. there is a forcefulness with which you need to say something like that i believe. bill: i agree with you. dana: getting to a points where the situation is reaching a level crisis challenge, catastrophe that they can t ignore. bill: i want to hear his entire answer play out the way it did in front of stephanopoulos. i don t want to see video edits. let s hear what he has to say. cbs is reporting 13,000 unaccompanied minor ....
intelligence report tonight that blames russia s president for trying to malign joe biden and use former president trump s allies to influence the 2020 election. selling the plan: the president on the road to build support for his covid relief plan. gas prices skyrocket. why are you paying more to fill up your car? house explosion: the powerful fireworks that shook a neighborhood in california. and unifying america: a lunch counter that once kept people apart is now bringing everyone together. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. o donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us. we re going to begin with a humanitarian crisis on the southern border that is growing larger and more dire by the day. tonight, we have got the stunning new numbers. sources tell cbs news more than 13,000 migrant children who entered the country without their parents are now in u.s. custody. the government sa ....