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we re going to be joined tonight by congresswoman grace meng who had a moment today in a house judiciary committee meeting that gave powerful voice to the thoughts and emotions that many asian-americans have been experiencing this week in particular. and you could see in that moment a frustration that had been building for much longer than just this week. congresswoman grace meng took on a republican congressman from texas who tried to change the subject of the hearing when the subject of the hearing was supposed to be about violence against asian-americans. we ll show you what happened in that hearing when grace meng joins us later in this hour. today the fbi released new videos of what officials called ten of the most violent but still unidentified suspects in the january 6th attack on the capitol. quote, the fbi is asking for the public s help in identifying ten individuals suspected of being involved in some of the most violent attacks on officers who were protectin ....
that seeks to deny the real fears in the communities. as a result of historic racism exacerbated by a former president and media allies who describe the coronavirus pandemic as the china virus or kung flu for more than a year up to and as recently as this week. the right is doubling down on the violence trutherism with this comment from congresswoman chip roy. we believe in justice. there is an old saying in texas find the rope and get a tall oak tree. you know, we take justice very seriously. we ought to do that. round up the bad guys. my concern about this hearinging is that it seems to want to venture into the policing of rhetoric in a free society. now we are talking about whether talking about china, the chi coms, whatever phrasing we want to use, if some people say we think those people are the bad guys. i think the chinese communist party are the bad guys. and i think that they re harming people. those remarks prompted an immediate outcry, among these colleag ....
eight people killed in shootings at three spas in metro atlanta. one suspect is in custody. cnn is live from the scene. president biden visiting a place in pennsylvania in part of his tour to promote the nearly $2 trillion relief that didn t get a single republican vote. also tonight, president trump including americans including supporters to get vaccinated. that as medical experts fear states are easing up their covid-19 restrictions too fast as a highly contagious variant of the virus spreads quickly in the united states. let s get right to our breaking news. talking about those shootings at three spas in georgia, leaving at least eight people dead. two shootings in northeast atlanta and one in northwest. one northwest of the city in cherokee county. a suspect in cherokee county, and the shooting there has been taken into custody. so let s go right to cnn s ryan young. the fbi assisting in this investigation. what can you tell us? actually, don, we know that robert ....
motive. we have received a number of calls about is this a hate crime. we are still early in this investigation. we cannot make that determination at this moment. the georgia shootings do follow a wave of unprovoked attacks across the country of people of asian descent. president biden has just been briefed. vice president kamala harris also addressing the terrible shootings. we don t know, we are not yet clear about the motives. i want to say to our asian communities we stand with you and understand how this has frightened and shocked all people. and the shootings condemned. i want to mention what happened just a few hours ago in atlanta in which several women were killed, including, we believe, four women of asian descent. we are horrified. counterterrorism agents were sent to atlanta out of new york city out of an abundance of caution. i am joined with correspondents who have been working on the case. blaine, first to you, what is the latest? we have a ....
the election. mitch mcconnell is threatening to scorch the earth if democrats get rid of the filibuster. later i ll be joined by the perfect guest to discuss the intimidation tactics, harry reid. he has a lot to say about mitch. we begin with ron johnson continues to dig a hole for himself. he s doubling down on his experiment in making the quiet part really loud. last week when he said he would be more afraid if the violent insurrection on january 6th was led by black lives matter protesters. on january 6th, i never get threatened. i knew those were people that loved this country and truly respect law enforcement, would never do anything to break a law, and so i wasn t concerned. now, had the tables been turned, this could mean trouble. had the tables been turned and president trump won the election and those were tens of thousands of black lives matter and antifa protesters, i might have been concerned. it s no surprise that the remarks provoked justified accusati ....