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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 t...

finances. so plenty to get to. we begin with explosive remarks today during a heated hearing on anti-asian hate crimes, two days after that deadly shooting in atlanta amidst a rising wave of anti-asian attacks that have been documented. it was the first hearing in roughly 30 years. that's the context for the republican's remarks. he said he wants justice for the victims in atlanta. he worries about policing free speech and invoked lynching, which broke a fiery rebuke from the democrat testifying. >> i think there is old sayings in texas about find the rope in texas and get a taller t...

>> good morning. 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart. just moments ago, you saw it here on msnbc, president biden delivering an address defending democracy and freedom at the pointe du hoc ranger monument in normandy, france. 80 years ago there at pointe du hoc, u.s. army rangers scaled the 100 foot cliffs overlooking omaha and utah beaches on d-day. it is about seven miles west of the normandy american cemetery, also where in 1984 then president ronald reagan delivered one of his moment memorable speeches. before the speech today, president biden met with ukr...

today, police departments across this country are taking steps to make sure the asian communities remain safe. it's a busy hour on the hill. the government's top doctors are making a house call. they are testifying as we speak. in a few moments, the cdc director's stark warning about one of the covid variants ripping across the country. right now, the secretary of homeland security is testifying before a house committee. his message so far about the increase of migrants crossing our southern border. all of that coming up. we start with that breaking news there in atlanta. police ...

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 condem...