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asian. news of the shooting sparked a new round of fear, a fresh round of fear across the country given the rise of anti-asian hate crimes since the start of the pandemic. the white house says president biden is monitoring the developments out of georgia. attorney general merrick garland and fbi director chris wray are set to brief the president on these developments throughout the day. let's start this hour in georgia with the latest from the shooting scene. ryan young is joining me right now. ryan, that police briefing just wrapped up. they did release quite a lot of information. >...

arrest, there's still a lot more work to be done. we're just not there as of yet. >> during our interviews we asked that specific question and that did not appear to be the motive. >> more on that tragedy in a few moments, but we begin with a sweeping and news-making new interview with president biden, his message to vaccine hesitant americans, quote, be patriots. the president also says he won't let senate procedures stand in the way of his agenda but he proposes changing the filibuster and not getting rid of it. and stern words for vladimir putin. >> he would pay a price. i said i ...

because as you know, i've been speaking about the brutality against asian-americans for the last couple months. and i think it's -- it is very, very troublesome. but "i" making no connection at this moment for the motivation of the killer. i'm waiting for an answer. >> police say the man arrested for the rampage has admitted to the shootings. eight people are dead in a ninth wounded in the atlanta area. but as you heard from the president it's not clear if anti-asian racism was the motivation here. six victims were asian women. the other two victims were white. investigators say robe...

were that to happen. governor cuomo moments ago attempted some rank revisionism on what biden said. >> if you -- if you committed a crime, you can be prosecuted. that's true, but what president biden said was we should do an investigation. the question to president biden starts with do you think the governor should resign, or do you think there should be a review first? and the president said there should be a review. >> that's not what happened. here's what president biden told abc news george stephanopoulos. >> i know you've said that you want the investigation to continue. if the ...

ethnically motivated violent extremists promoting white supremacy are, quote, the most lethal threats right now here in the united states. let's start our coverage this hour in atlanta. our national correspondent ryan young is joining us. ryan this,'s new information emerging now about the suspects in these terrible killings. translator: i want to show you something here, wolf. this growing memorial has been building here in atlanta, a city that's known as being too busy to hate, but right now a lot of people have questions about why this shooter opened fire. shock and outrage in a...