issue that comes out in july. >> thank you. "velshi" is next. today on "velshi" covid crisis ratcheting up just as we were closing in on the promise of full vaccinations. a city forced to declare a set of emergency and legislature shut down. plus, be a better ally. how we can all support our asian-american sisters and brothers amid this wave of racist violence. and cops trying to say policing can still work. "velshi" starts now. good morning. i'm ammie velshi. it's sunday, march 21st. we begin with the most critical story of the day. rise and hate crimes against asian americans. crowds took to the streets this

weekend protesting against a rash of violent attack witnessed across country. largest demonstrations in atlanta near the state capitol building four days after a white man gunned down eight people at atlanta-area spas. most of them asian-american women. the recurring chant "stop asian hate" heard for blocks upon blocks after a week of pain. americans young and old, asian, black, white and more joined forces and hands to stand against the rising tide of white supremacist hate and violence. >> obviously, white supremacy is a huge problem in this country. so i thought that i should really show my support for solidarity between both communities. >> we just want to be a voice for those that can't speak, like our parents can't be here or something. we just want to be able to voice our opinion as well peacefully. >> we don't want you to be -- we're not anyone to be afraid of. we're just like you, we want to

live the american dream just like anybody else. >> we don't want our kids growing up in fear. >> and remaining on high alert as the situation could get worse before it gets better. from the start of the worst of the pandemic in the united states, march 2020, to late february of this year, nearly 3,800 reports of violence against asian-americans. two-thirds of which were committed against women. one thing is clear. they will continue to speak out and fight back against hate alongside allies of all stripes. >> looking at the crowd, though, does this bring you some comfort? >> it does. it does. it does. and i think it's really great that the asian-american community is starting to speak up. always an expectations with asian we're docile, submissive, will keep quiet, stay in our lane. we can't stay in our lane anymore. >> we here at "velshi" and the

entire msnbc will continue to support this and the first vietnamese woman elected to congress. talking about the violence and right wing and right supremacists in america. and later, joined by the first member of congress both black and korean-american. tonight at 5:00 p.m. eastern, reverend al sharpton will welcome andrew yang and new york congressman both outspoken and after that, 6:00 p.m. eastern, alicia menendez joins by actress olivia munn. stick around for all of it. all of it. first, kathy park, live in atlanta. good morning to you. you were at the rally yesterday in atlanta. these rallies were taking place

across the country and in other cities. what did you find? rmpt hey, ali. good morning to you. that is right. i would say here in atlanta that the rally group to about 1,000. it was passionate, but there was a lot of outrage, too, because as you know initially when investigators came out they were told by the suspect this was not racially motivated, but many of the voices here on the ground disagree. they say these women, that the victims, many of them being asian descent, the fact it was asian, this has to be a hate crime and why there is so much anger on the ground as well. you heard a few minutes anne johns, korean, as well as white and identifies with both of those races and says that her parents had told her, be careful. you know? she fears that there could be a

potential attack on her and what also struck me, mother young girl who i spoke with and i asked her what do you think about all of this? she said, i feel like an outcast but also feels so many were supporting her. meanwhile, rallies, ali, you mentioned. across the country. san francisco, the bay area as well as new york, but pittsburgh, and then that is where we saw sandra oh. the actress, speaking out. take a listen. >> if you see something, will you help me? >> all: yes! >> if you see one of our sisters and brothers in need, will you help us? >> all: yes! >> we must understand as asian-americans we have to reach out to our sisters and brothers and say, help me. i'm here. one thing. i am proud to be asian! >> a very passionate speech

there, ali, and you might remember sandra oh hosted the golden globes, the first person of asian descent, to host a major apards show and also racked up several awards that night as well. and during the emmys, she said, it was an honor just to be asian, a mantra she has been proud of. she's proud of her heritage and that's why her voice was important to come out, you know, in the wake of all of this violence, and this is something that we're hearing all across country. the fact so many people are supporting members of the asian-american community, ali. >> kathy, thank you for your reporting as always. kathy park for us in atlanta, georgia. as members of the asian-american community around the nation continue to stand up in the face of hate, another fight for justice is playing out up north in minneapolis. that's nor george floyd. in eight days opening legal arguments will begin in one of "the" most closely watched u.s.

trials in reasons memory. former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin charged with second-degree manslaughter and second and third-degree murder for his role in the death of george floyd last may. 13 people so far selected to serve on the jury. three black men. one black woman. two white men, five white women and two multiracial women. 14 people need to be selected in all. 12 jurors and 2 alternates. yuri selection could wrap up as early as tomorrow with only one person left to be picked. only two weeks and already the defense tried to hold up the proceedings saying too much publicity with floyd's family. the judge rejected that attempt saying it wouldn't give chauvin anymore of a fair trial and will continue as scheduled. the judge also ruled some evidence is admissible relates to floyd's drug arrest in may of

2019, a year before his deadly encounter with minneapolis police. the jury can hear evidence or testimony regarding his medical condition at the time, however, it won't be able to hear anything about his emotional behavior, like when floyd called out for her mother which he did during both encounters, arrested in 2019 and before dieing at the hands of police last year. breaking this down, helping me, a former prosecutor and former msnbc analyst. good morning. we are 13 jurors in to a total of a pool of 14. 12 jurors, 2 alternates. what's your sense what is happening so far in jury selection? is this about the right amount of time it should have taken? >> seems like about the right amount of time. i would prefer if there were extra alternates in a case like this. seems like good idea to have more, but seems about the right time. i do think that the $27 million settlement is a problem.

what happened last week was that the city of minneapolis settled the case with george floyd's family. essentially saying we think what chauvin did was wrong, and he was fired and we take responsibility for that. that's a subliminal message that he's guilty. seems to me inappropriate in the middle of jury selection, and should not have happened. were i judge in the case i would have put it off a while until that calmed down. but this judge is going forward and off we go. >> why is that more influential other than the fact we have several video angles of what happened on that day in 2020? >> a new fact. a new pressure on the defendant and has the entire justice system of the state that we think this man is guilty. look, i'm for prosecuting him. i prosecuted police officers for a living. i do think he's guilty but we

need to always be careful in due process. to me, having this $27 million settlement in middle of jury selection was wrong and shouldn't have happened, but we are going forward. >> look at the jury composition. seven white people, four black people. two identify as multiracial. a discussion with one of the families for the lawyer -- lawyers for the family, sorry, not involved in the trial saying, look, you can't read what you think you can read into the race of jurors in a case that may have to do with race? >> i would agree with that. this jury looks like it has a pretty good percentage of people of color. i'm comfortable with that. actually worried about two jurors. one is a chemist, and there's going to be a lot of information in this case about, that includes chemistry, and how much, how many -- what drugs were in floyd's system. how that mattered. they'll be duelling experts. i would not want a chemist on

the jury. were i prosecutor i would want my experts to be experts in the jury room. not a chemist i don't know and never met. he concerns me. also an auditor said very analytical. makes me a little nervous. i would rather not have somebody crowing about how analytical they are. those are the two that worry me. not the racial composition of the jury. >> that's interesting. talk about the idea called out for his mother, and did that in 2019 as well. the jury's going to know about the time he did it in 2020 because they're going to have to watch that tape? >> right. they're going to watch it repeatedly and hear about it from lots of different angles. i don't see that, the blocking of calling of the mother as the issue. the big issue in this case is causation and intent. the two issues. right? causation is going to be a battle of the experts regarding the drugs, and what the defense

is trying to do, quite frankly, dirty up george floyd and make him look like a drug addict who swallowed drugs in past. may have swallowed drugs this time and that might have been the cause of his death as opposed to the guy's knee on his neck when he wasn't moving. that's the defense. calling of the mother is not such a big issue as allowing the prior arrest. that plays into the defense and will help them in their argument about causation. >> as always, thank you for helping us understand these complicated legal issues. former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst. joined now by professor of african-american studies at princeton university. award-winning author of numerous books including "breathe: a letter to my sons." professor perry, thank you for

being with us. you know, it was important to talk to cynthia about the legal aspects of this trial, because we'll report on it on a daily basis, but there's something about this trial that transcends what it actually is. not just the trial of derek chauvin for the killing of george floyd. it's bigger. it's policing injustice on trial as relates to african-americans. what are you looking for as you observe it unfolding? >> thank you for having me, ali. what am i looking for? i am not looking for justice, because at a certain level that's not possible. we can't bring george floyd back, but we do begin with a possibility of deterrence that perhaps if chauvin is found guilty some omp in the futch letter not choke another unarmed black person to death. that's the best we can get at this moment. and frankly, past examples are an indication it's more likely the resolution will be that we have a lot of procedure but the outcome is the same, and

officers can act with impunlty when impunity when it comes to black people. we have a dynamic. millions of americans expressed dissent to the way law enforcement functions, rejects racism, violence, executions in the street with that judicial process and we continue to wait to see whether something can change in this respect. so i guess it's a waiting game, and it's also sort of this desire to see this devastating choreography again and again to somehow change. >> you talk about exercises, executing people on the street without judicial process. that's lynching. what lynching actually was, and a lot of people, when i was in minneapolis in may right after the killing of george floyd, what a lot of people told me, what do you want of us when we see that this is what you do to us? how is it you expect us to

participate in your social contract or your laws when yours doesn't protect us? to some degree that's what feels it's on trial here. right? the idea, if you can't figure out that derek chauvin is guilty from several angles of video that show exactly what we all saw, then what? >> right. precisely. i mean, you know, i was a law professor in my former life. right? it's definitely the case that each trial has to has on its own merit but also the case that this has vast social implications. we began years ago now with desire to create awareness. perhaps country know this happens repeatedly? now everybody knows. right? so the question is, will the dissent of millions of people lead to transformation? can we actually get past this reality of not being able to -- to function with the basic

expectation that our lives will be protected by law enforcement? that we actually have to be terrified and terrorized by law enforcement. so, yes, it's a long, long history. >> doctor, thank you for your time this morning. appreciate it. a professor of african-american studies at princeton university and an award-winning author. a quick programming note. next sunday just ahead of opening arguments in the derek chauvin trial we'll bring you a special show called "velshi 8:46" representing the length of time in minutes and seconds chauvin kneeled on floyd's neck pap slate of special guests joining us. we all know racism comes in many forms. something more overt, some harder to document. if appropriate share your experiences with my viewers. how can i be the best ally?

that's a question found new life's in recent times as friends, family and complete strangers attempt to show support and take responsibility for their actions in the face of discrimination. this is a complicated question with even more complicated answers, but we're going to do our best to lay it out for you. stay tuned. you are watching msnbc. e watch that means cooking day and night until you get... (ding)... you got paid! that means... best burger ever. intuit quickbooks helps small businesses be more successful with payments, payroll, banking and live bookkeeping. here you go, let me help you. hi mr. charles, we made you dinner. ahh, thank you! ready to eat? yes i am!

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kwai we wait for more information about the recent fatal shooting of eight people, six of asian women in georgia we know about the effect it's had on asians in america especially if light of a recent surge in violence against them. none of this is new. a long and troubling history including the passage of the chinese exclusion act of 1882. a law specifically designed to prevent chinese-american laborers from entering this country. to this day it's the only law ever passed to prevent all members of a specific ethnic or

national group from immigrating here. scapegoating asian-americans for public health issues isn't new either and why on many occasions the former president of the united states engaged in it referring to coronavirus withdrawinger to names cut deeply in the asian-american community and paved the way for his supporters to follow suit. now we have a chance to be a part of the solution, those that didn't follow that. president biden said the right thing. that's good. laws can change. executive orders enacted and will help. some companies in cities with large asian-american populations offered to donate to causes and community solutions like increased police presence, volunteer patrols. great. ultimately we need to fix the underlying problem. one thing i personally have learned a lot about in the wake of #metoo, how to be a better ally. when i learned it, it resonated.

someone with power and privilege and voice in society, why not use that actively to demonstrate to those who might be frightened or unsure or unsafe that i am prepared to learn the issue, to offer my understanding, extend my support and encourage and where necessary my protection. being an ally means finding out what those in need, need from you right now. they may need nothing more from you than to hear you stand beside them in this fight or asked what you can do to help them feel safe. for you it may mean attending a demonstration, supporting a community group. in my case i can tell stories of my asian-american brothers on tv and bear witness to their reality. the point, there are so many ways to be an ally to a friend, a co-worker, a neighbor whom you may not even know is hurting right now. martin luther king jr. said, "if i cannot do great things i can do small things in a great way." that sums up the power of each of us in this moment we find

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moments ago i laid out how we as individuals can do our part to fight hate in our communities and in the country as whole, but the atlanta attack raises another question. what can lawmakers do legislatively to combat hate crimes and ensure safety of their constituents? my next guest, democratic representative stephanie murphy of florida. she is the first vietnamese-american woman elected to congress and a former national security specialist for the department of defense. congresswoman murphy, thank you for joining me. we appreciate your time this morning. talk about that. we've got some sense of what people can do to show support for our asian sisters and brothers, but what can lawmakers do? >> well, first, let me just say

it's great to be with you, and my thoughts are with the families of the victims of this senseless attack. you know, it's so unfortunate that at, after a year of facing asian-american hate crimes and increasing discrimination it resulted in a mass shooting where six asian-american women passed away, and it was targeted at this community. so i think there's a lot we need to do both as a nation as well as lawmakers to ensure that the intersection of hate and laxed gun rules doesn't impact additional communities like this one. you know, this isn't the first of that sort of thing. we have seen hate and laxed gun rules manifest itself in lives taken at a black church in charleston or latinos at a

walmart in el paso or synagogue in pittsburgh and even in my hometown as a gay nightclub in orlando, which motivated me to run for public office to address those laxed gun laws and to have an elected official who understands their platform and that their rhetoric has consequences. so we have worked on passing resolution condemning anti-asian rhetoric and anti-asian discrimination. we also have laws already on the books that allow prosecuting hate crimes, and we need to implement that at the highest level as possible. finally, there's much work we can do to ensure that guns stay out of the hands of the most dangerous individuals in this country so that you don't see somebody buy a gun and be able to act on their hate in the same day as this gentleman did in

georgia. >> you are separately working on another matter not directly related to either the issue of asian-americans or this shooting in atlanta but it is about security clearances to people who participated in something like the january 6th insurrection against the capitol, or for that matter subscribe to conspiracy theories like qanon and are known to do so? >> it is connected. because the, these folks have bought into an ideology of hate and are using violence to try to acts on it. you know, in the aftermath of january 6th's attack on congress perpetrated by these domestic terrorists we discovered a shocking number of individuals who seemingly live normal lives, working in government, in law enfor thement, in the military had bought into these conspiracy theories and were present at an effort to overturn our democratically elected

president, and so i passed, i'm working on bill that would require that people who are seeking a security clearance access to our highest level of intelligence and information that could really hurt this country, that they disclose whether or not they believe in these conspiracy theories, and if they were present at that january 6th attack so that it can be taken into account as people determine whether or not they are of character and judgment to hold access to our security clearance. >> yeah. kind of a legislation that could actually have an affect on safety of americans out there. thank you for that. democratic representative stephanie murphy of florida. thank you for appearing with us this morning. as we're talking about intelligence, newly declassified reporting shows just how much power russia actually wielded over the former president and his administration. the conclusion, as bad as we thought. that's next. first, results from two

house races that took place this weekend. louisiana's second and fifth congressional districts had special elections to fill two vacant seats. nbc news projects the second district race will event into a runoff between democratic state senators troy carter and karen carter peterson. no relation, because neither candidate pulled in more than 50% of vote. they will meet again april 24th. the seat left vakened by cedric richmond when he opted to become a part of the administration. and julia letlow won the state's fifth district. ran to replace her late husband luke who won the same seat in november. the 41-year-old letlow died from coronavirus before he was sworn in. we'll be right back after the break. e break. ♪ and the radio up ♪ get 5 boneless wings for $1 with any handcrafted burger.

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i know this is hard to believe but the 45th president of the united states a man who swore up and down he was not only a very stable genius but the most transparent president in history appears to have pressured his administration to lie to the american people to help his re-election campaign. this week office of the director of national intelligence, the odni, release add declassified report revealing details about foreign interference in the 2020 election, and it shows that u.s. intelligence agencies knew that "russia supported former president donald trump's re-election and tried to tarnish

president joe biden of candidacy and iran opposed trump." let's review what the american public was told about the foreign meddling about the american election at the time. >> if biden wins china wince. >> no other country has capability of essentially taking away the american dream. >> the chinese don't want the president re-elected. >> china has become a crisis. >> of those three countries, the intelligence community pointed to russia, china and iran. which is the most assertive, aggressive in this area? >> i believe it's china. >> which one? >> china. >> china more than russia right now? >> yes. >> why do you say that. >> i've een the intelligence and that's what i've concluded. >> i've seen the intelligence. now we can, too, and it literally says the opposite. it says russia and iran interfewed but "we assessed

china did not deploy interference efforts." russia again targeted our systems in an effort to keep donald trump in power. the assessment says moscow used "people linked to russian intelligence to launder influence narratives including misleading or unsubstantiated allegations against joe biden through u.s. individuals some of whom close to president trump and his administration." all the while top government officials were telling us, don't look at russia. it's china. focus your attention on china instead. joining me now sue gordon, former director of national intelligence second highest ranking official at office of director of national intelligence and spent more than 30 years in the intelligence community and resigned under the trump administration. sue gordon, welcome to the show. thank you for being with us. what's your evaluation of what you saw in this declassified

report and did anybody surprise you and what did you learn, if anything. >> good morning, ali. thanks for having me. important things. number one the intelligence community continuing to put out unclassified assessments directly to the american people. they did it in 2017 after the 2018 election. and now this one. i think that's really important that they continue to be transparent. and in the second it is clear foreign actors not only continue to use influence on our elections, but more foreign actors. am i surprised by anything in this report? probably two things. one, the specificity of the russian influence efforts anti-now president biden and pro-trump in terms of the information they seemed to have that buttresses that assessment. seems pretty specific even though they don't reveal the sources and methods directly. then i do think that the

assessment regarding china is a little surprising. i don't think the intelligence community ever believed that in elections china was the dominant threat, although they are, they do present a threat, but this intelligence that suggests they were very even-handed, much more interested in stability didn't, certainly didn't engage in interference attempts in the infrastructure but also not really in influence. that's a really interesting picture in terms of juxtaposition of the specificity of the russian actions and pretty much equanimity when it came to china. >> important for us to remember pointing out that prior administration may have been misleading about russia what they knew about russia's role, we don't want to end up carrying china's water because there's a danger of mischaracterizing china as friend or foe. the report says china sought stability in its relationship with the united states and did not view either election outcome

as advantageous enough for china to risk blowback if caught. beijing judged the risk of interference was not worth the reward. taking that as face value seems the russians do no fear that blowback and reward of destabilizing american politics is probably worth the risk. look back at it. if you're russia and look back at the last four years you could say job well done in terms of destabilizing american politics? >> i think that's right and i think you have to look back in terms of what russia's interests are. also you have to look at what the country's interests are, because it's their interests that we're seeing. russia's interest, as long as i've been looking at them, is to undermine democracy. so i have always believed and i believe the intelligence community has always believed around elections, destabilizing society, russia has been the most concerning threat and you

see it with elections and ripple effects creating rifts in any way they can. they happen to find a pretty good landscape to work in with our election, but their interests are destabilizing in general. so you can't expect them to back off now. it just -- they will take the form that they need to in order to undermine democracy. same with china. china still has interests. they want to achieve pro-china policies. pro-china -- support within the legislature. they just go about it a bit differently, but don't make the mistake of going to sleep on china. we just saw a huge china hack they are a threat but didn't play in the election the same way russia did. >> and last reading, in a hack, 40,000 government entities or corporations affected by it.

sue, love to continue this discussion at some point, because i think we have to get a better understanding what our relationship with russia needs to look like and what our relationship with china needs to look like. thank you for your time. sue gordon, former deputy director of national intelligence. georgia's not the only site of a horrific and, not only the site of the horrific attack that took eight lives but a key battleground for democrats and republicans as dock is at stake once again around the country. stick around. here headed to georgia next on "velshi." elshi." buttercup! ♪ ♪ ♪ we made usaa insurance for veterans like martin. when a hailstorm hit, he needed his insurance to get it done right, right away. usaa. what you're made of, we're made for. usaa ♪look at what's happened to me.♪

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for democracy from a state making headlines for massive attacks on voting rights. national attention led to pressure on georgia republicans trying to make it harder for people to vote. now seems that pressure is making a difference. after facing national backlash including from the state's biggest companies the party is

back down on proposals to end sunday voting and no-excuse absentee voting. two representatives one heads special committee on election integrity says the bill proposing to eliminate no absentee and know voting on sunday will not pass. voters in the state are looking at obstacles just exercising their constitutional right to vote. proposed bill requiring more absentee voteder i.d. limiting ballot drop boxes and restrict absentee ballot application mails. these bills are designed to limit equal access to voting and in the end 23069er voter purges. on one hand some of this was led by pressure by groups like yours to have georgia-based major corporations put pressure on

republican candidates. the georgia chamber of commerce, i want to quote an article in forbes talks about. saying in a statement, support accessible and secure voting upholding election transparency you not worth the paper it was written on. talk to me about that. >> not at all. first of all, i think that the ceos of these georgia-based companies, corporations are getting some terrible advice from their union, aka, the chamber of commerce. this false equivalency, the idea that our elections are not safe and not secure have been thoroughly debunked by georgia's chief elections officer and not only did the secretary of state say it on the capitol steps, he also said it directly to the president of the united states at the time. so the idea that the chamber of commerce is contorting itself and bending over backwards to

try to present both of these sides as if they are equal is ridiculous, a, and then, b, the retreat that the georgia republicans have made on these election attacks, these election reforms are not worth even mentioning. so, yeah, they don't get rid of sunday voting. but they do require you to print out a photo copy of your i.d. in order to request an absentee ballot and then to submit another photo copy of your idea in order to submit your absentee ballot. that's if you're mailing it in or dropping it off at a drop box -- >> a really -- >> superinconvenient. >> it's an important consideration. i have a printer, but a number of my young colleagues don't have printers. this concept of you're going to go to a fedex or a staples or something to get a photo copy of your driver's license, it's

nonsensical stuff. you're talking about accessibility, making voting easier equivalent to voter security. they're treating voter security which is a nonexistent problem in georgia or america as being equal to the impediments of people voting. >> that's exactly what i'm saying. here's the thing, there are -- there have been credible threats against the integrity of our elections. oftentimes, those bad actors are foreign. as of late, they have been russian. georgia elected officials, republicans from georgia, the national republicans have ignored that threat. all of these bills that are being introduced in 43 states across the country, none of them are designed to address potential attacks on our democracy from external bad actors. they are all trained and

laser-light focused on young people, people of color, poor people, poor americans participating in our elections at ever-increasing rates. >> let me play for you something -- i had a conversation with la tasha brown on friday night. here's what she was saying about delta. >> we've seen sales force that came out with a strong and direct statement saying we're not going to stand for voter suppression. it's been disappointing to see companies like delta in georgia and they have not had such a strong statement. this isn't a partisan issue, it's a democracy issue. we believe that we have to push and put pressure that these bills, these are not bills that we need in our state of georgia. it will send us back, not take us forward. >> what do you -- because i'm

sure the folks at delta will be listening to this interview, what do you want them to do? >> i want delta to act as if they had the courage of their convictions. we know they understand the importance of the right to vote. the sacred, fundamental right to vote, and we're asking them in this moment to use their considerable power and their considerable influence to let the public, to let georgia republicans know that they won't stand for voter suppression. i know that they know and i know that they care. they named a building after former ambassador andrew young, a civil rights icon who's done so much to expand and protect the right to vote for georgians and americans. so they have taken actions, recent and in the past, that have demonstrated that they are committed to the right to vote.

and so their silence in this moment is low-key betrayal and we're asking for them to forcefully and vocally come out against hb-531, senate bill 241 and all of these antivoting bills that are working their way through the georgia state legislature. to say that if you are -- were concerned about the murder of these asian-american women and the ways in which anti-asian rhetoric and hate has been increasing, then you also need to be concerned about these attacks on voting because over 85% of asian-americans voted early or by mail in the general election. no community in georgia availed themselves of voting in this particular way than our asian siblings and neighbors. these things are connected and we need you to be vocal now.

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good morning. it's sunday, march 21st, day 61 of the biden presidency. i'm ali velshi. yesterday thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of atlanta to demand justice for the eight people killed in last week's killing spree. and they made clear that the hate must end. drawing attention to the increase in the anti-asian hate was the focus of president biden's trip to the area. >> hate and violence often met with silence. that's been true throughout our history. but that has to change. because our silence is complicity. we cannot be complicit. we have to speak out. we have to act. >> the other focus of biden and harris