hablaremos de esto y de la visita del presidente a atlanta, georgia, pero arrancamos con la vuelta a cerca (música) (música) (música) (música) (música) (música) hoy van más de 100 millones de vacunas aplicadas desde que comenzó el gobierno de joe biden, hasta ahora más de 77 millones de personas han recibido una dosis contra el covid-19, el 12.6% de la población está completamente vacunada. la vacunación es la meta número uno, en segundo lugar la vuelta a las escuelas, centros de control y prevención de enfermedades (cdc) redujeron de 6 a 3 pies la distanciamiento social entre estudiantes en el salón de clases pero con mascarillas. tenemos la información de telemundo boston. >> estarán muy cerca , son niños, no tienen la capacidad de pensar por qué no voy a estar cerca del niño. >> para ingrid, la directriz de los cdc que recomienda que los niños guarden distanciamiento social . >> (información en pantalla) . >> esta profesora dice que su trabajo para mantener a los niños distanciados es difícil y que el nuevo protocolo federal solo representa más contacto entre los estudiantes. >> m

we begin with breaking news in the atlanta, georgia, area.t people killed in three separate shootings at massage parlors. the 21-year-old suspect, robert aaron long, has been taken into custody. police say it is extremely likely the suspect is connected to all three shootings. authorities say most of the victims appear to be of asian descent. the motive is unclear at the moment. we'll have continuing coverage "good morning america."rrow on - >>> we turn now to nick cannon, sitting down for his first tv interview since widespread condemnation over his anti-semitic comments. here's abc's linsey davis. >> you've made a very clear distinction between an apology versus atonement. >> atonement. >> are you seeking forgiveness? >> i'm not seeking forgiveness. i'm seeking for growth. >> reporter: nick cannon is not asking for forgiveness, but after what he said this past summer, many think he should. after years of building his brand, bigoted comments he made on one podcast throuew his starm and future into a tailspin. >> these people who didn't have

they made their first joint visit to atlanta, georgia today at the white house made some last minute changes to the trip following this week's deadly shooting. >> kron four's, washington correspondent kelli meyer is joining us now livn with details. good evening, kelly. >> good evening. that's right. the trip was initially meant to highlight the administration's work in tackling the covid-19 pandemic. but in the wake of the deadly shooting this week in atlanta where many of the victims were asian american. the white house shifted its focus. >> wheels down in atlanta for the president and vice president's first joint visit to the state since coming into office what you're doing really, really, really matters during the first stop on their tour. president biden and vice president harris bank. the atlanta-based centers for disease control and prevention for their work in the fight against covid-19. you do this work on behalf of people you will never make their visit comes as the cdc releases new guidelines for children in elementary schools, cdc director doctor rochelle walensky says le

>> meanwhile, president joe biden and vice president kamala harris met with asian leaders in atlanta, georgiaday following the massage parlor shootings that happened earlier this week. we will have a live report to recap the events that happened in atlanta today. that's coming up at 5.30. as more schools reopen for in person instruction. the centers for disease control and prevention. >> it is updated its pacing guide and set for the classroom and governor newsome says that the state is now working to change its own guidance to fall in line with the cdc kron four's phillipe djegal reports now on the change. >> with universal masking students in kindergarten through the 12th grade should maintain a distance of at least 3 feet in classroom settings. that's according to the centers for disease control and prevention. i think that's a good sign. actually. and i think it would be it would allow more students to be in class and they get. >> you know, one on one instruction, the cdc updating its guidance based on the latest science, the new recommendations announced friday. friday. >> the previous g

because some evil doers go engage in some evil activity, as occurred in atlanta, georgia. who decides what is hate? who decides what is the kind of speech that deserves policing? >> i want to go back to something that mr. roy said earlier. your president, and your party, and your colleagues can talk about issues with any other country that you want but you don't have to do it by putting a bull's eye on the back of asian-americans across this country, on our grandparents, on our kids. this hearing was to address the hurt and pain of our community, and to find solutions and we will not let you take our voice away from us. >> joining me now is rachel quo who is co-founder of the asian-american feminist collective, she's also a researcher at the center for information technology and public life and cnn's abbey philip is with us as well, she anchors "inside politics" on sunday. rachel, what was your reaction to this exchange we just witnessed? >> yeah, this exchange, we're seeing this moment where the u.s. -- the rhetoric, right, around free speech, which has long been used to

charged with several counts of murder after going on a shooting rampage at the saw as partners in atlanta georgia authorities have not ruled out racial bias against even americans as a potential motive and living under the threat of deportation how germany's immigration rules mean some families are being sent back to countries where they say they face persecution and a major milestone for gay rights in japan a court rules that the country's failure to recognize same sex marriages is unconstitutional. i'm going to our viewers watching on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome just in time for summer vacation the european union today outlined plans for a vaccine passed designed to help relaunch summer travel the tourism sector is facing a possible meltdown and what should be its busiest time of the year now this so-called green pass will create a digital document showing a traveler has been vaccinated or has tested negative or has recovered from cope with 19. this is what many northern europeans are dreaming of right now after months of winter darkness and lockdown a

president biden and vice president kamala harris came to atlanta today for a number of reasons, to meet with georgia asian american leaders in the aftermath of the shootings in the atlanta area. particularly of the asian women in that area. the president and vice president also toured the c.d.c. and got an update on the fight against covid-19 and here we'll hear from the president at emory university in atlanta, was set to get under way about 20 minutes ago. we'll have it live for you when it starts here on c-span. while we wait for that, we'll show you some more from "washington journal," a conversation on the biden administration energy policies. >> one of the headlines yesterday, challenges galore await deb haaland. explain what some of those challenges are. guest: deb haaland comes into department of interior with very much different agenda from the trump administration. she's going to be looking at restoring national monuments, how far does the biden administration go on this pause >> you have stated that you oppose all fossil fuel infrastructure. if confirmed, president biden is likely to ask

protests come after 6 asian american women and 2 other people were killed in a shooting rampage in atlanta georgia last week. outpouring of support in atlanta where the shootings happened as well as anger thousands protested under the slogan stop asian hate and challenge to racist stereotypes last week's killings have stirred asian communities across the us. this morning this was new york's union square where thousands gathered to demonstrate against racism and violence. and in the nation's capital washington d.c. hundreds turned out to protest more often pushed into the stereotype that you should be fired. you should be obedient but that's wrong and that the whole point of a protest is like like this is going to push against that that isn't women will not be silenced people or our people won't be silenced and the more people are looking for change people are yearning for change and healing people want to do something. and teach in hate crimes more than doubled in the last year in the united states observers say it's a result of the pandemic many blame former president donald trump's china virus r

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the shooting in colorado comes only a week after another tragedy in the communities outside atlanta, georgia, where eight people were killed in the string of shootings, six of whom were women of asian descent. it's important to place the atlanta area shootings in context. over the past year there's been a rising tide of violence against asian-americans driven by fear, misinformation and age-old prejudices against the asian american community. from shout insults and racial slurs, to outright assault. a 61-year-old filipino american were slashed in the face by a box cutter on a new york subway. an 84-year-old thai american in san francisco where shout so violently it led to his death. --n shout -- now this the attack in georgia. every day asian-americans walk down the street looking over their shoulders wondering if there will be assaulted or even worse, even worse. the poison of racism has always existed in america but over the past four years it seems to have found new life. there is no question that the former president donald trump's word and deed and the flame of racial bias in our countr

did that in atlanta, georgia. my diploma's in there if you want to look at that. >> what did you learn? >> to be a machinist. >> like what? >> operating a metal lathe and milling machine, all that stuff. and a little bit about welding, not too much, but a little bit about welding. >> were you good at it? >> we had 33 in the class and i was one of the top three. >> wow. i worked for general motors at the time when i was drafted. and i retired from them after 41 years. >> so when did you leave for korea? >> let's see, i left in january the 1st, 1952, got over there in february of 1952. >> where did you land in korea? >> i landed in chong. >> and what was your unit? >> i wasn't assigned to any unit at that time, but i got assigned to the 40th division, 223rd regimen. >> and? >> i went to almost immediately the front line. my wife's birthday is february the 12th, and i was on the front line right after the day her birthday. so i remember that. >> so, you said 223 regimen, and what battalion? >> 223 regimen and -- 223r

georgia. he represens towns east of atlanta. the house judiciary subcommittee that held a hearing on thursday. congressman, the president and vice president, they changed their original plans to promote covid relief to fully address the asian american community's pain right now. how are folks in your community doing? >> yes, our brothers and sisters of asian heritage are living in terror at this point. they feel that anything is possible, bad things are likely to continue to happen. so they are afraid. when they hear comments from people who try to somehow excuse the violence against their people or if they try to distract attention away from violence against our asian brothers and sisters, they look at that as a signal of folks not caring and so, therefore, let it continue to happen. i'm so happy that president biden and vice president harris are coming to georgia today to console and to aid and comfort the people who, as i said, are living in a state of terror right now. >> congressman, stand by for me for a moment, if you can

and violence in the u.s. 6 asian american women and 2 others were killed in mass shootings in atlanta georgia last week demonstrations took place in several by just cities. us defense secretary lloyd austin has met president ashraf ghani on a surprise trip to afghanistan top of the agenda was the peace process u.s. troops are due to leave afghanistan by my president joe biden says it would be tough to make that deadline. ferguson gone to the polls in the republic of congo the election is being boycotted by the opposition and authorities have imposed an internet blackout president denise. is expected to extend his 36 c. hold on power is main rival is seriously ill with a coded 19. or more as in tanzania have been paying their last respects to the late president john now go fully it died last week officially of heart failure it not been seen in public for 3 weeks and was suffering from a mystery illness now the opposition say it was cope with 19 he had played down the dangers of the disease. they didn't believe it when they heard the news. but seeing his body lying in state the grief becomes to

hearing, no one would have imagined this would have come two days after the horrific shooting in atlanta, georgia. i also want to take a moment to recognize and honor the victims and their families and the sufferings they are going through at this moment and to remember that we -- the atlanta community and all the local communities that have been affected during this past year with respect to the anti-asian violence. look, for a year now, asian americans have been fighting two viruses. the covid-19 pandemic affecting all of us as well as this virus of racism. asian americans, like all americans, have suffered economic and health consequences of covid-19. but at the same time, asian americans have been at the frontlines as essential workers, in grocery stores, in delivery trucks, in custodial services as well as in health professions. unfortunately, asian americans have been fighting the second virus, this virus of racism. we have long struggled for visibility and equity and now our communities are faced with this additional physical and mental harm that is rising out of the covid-19 pandemic. web

the community earlier this month 6 asian american women were killed in a shooting rampage in atlanta georgia. $5000.00 revelers have danced through the night in barcelona the rock concert was part of a study looking at ways to safely hold large events during the pandemic music fans were required to wear face masks and test negative for covert 19 on the day of the event. thousands of women have marched in istanbul to protest against the turkish government's withdrawal from an international treaty on abuse is stamboul convention was championed by turkey 10 years ago now with ankara as withdrawal many women in turkey say their safety is being jeopardized and of calling for the move to be reversed. we're not afraid of you and we will not comply shot the women at this demonstration in istanbul. protesting against what they see is the government acting against women. you know the number of women being murdered is growing we've hit absolutely rock bottom they should be talking about how best to finally implement. the istanbul convention but instead they just dropped it it's unbelievable you know. d

the community earlier this month 6 asian american women were killed in a shooting rampage in atlanta georgia. egyptian authorities can't say when the container ship blocking the sewers can now will be reflected 9000 tons of excess weight has been removed from the every given the vessel has been stuck since tuesday hundreds of ships are waiting outside one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. $5000.00 relevant revelers rather have down to the night away in barcelona the rock concert was part of a study looking at ways to safely hold large events during the pandemic music fans were required to wear face masks and test negative for covert 19 on the day of the event. he's a look at the latest on a coronavirus pandemic or thirty's in the indian state of maharashtra have imposed a nighttime curfew as new cases of their infections have been. shooting up across india and recent wakes brazil's wreck or record of more than $3000.00 deaths from the coronavirus for the 2nd day running the country is struggling with a massive 3rd wave and an uncoordinated government response and france could soon be he

the community earlier this month 6 asian american women were killed in a shooting rampage in atlanta georgia. french energy giant her town has suspended its gas operations in northern mozambique after an attack one of its facilities security sources say several people died when militant islamists seized the town of palma hundreds have fled after days of fighting. $5000.00 revelers have danced the night away in barcelona a rock concert was part of a study looking at ways to safely hold large events during the pandemic is it fans were required to wear face masks and test negative to cope at 19 on the day of the event. thousands of women have marched in istanbul to protest against the turkish government's withdrawal from an international treaty on abuse the a stand all convention was championed by turkey 10 years ago now with ankara as withdrawal many women in turkey say their safety is being jeopardized and a calling for the move to be reversed but. we're not afraid of you and we will not comply shot the women at this demonstration in istanbul. protesting against what they see is the governmen

the community earlier this month 6 asian american women were killed in a shooting rampage in atlanta georgia. french energy giant total has suspended its gas operations in northern mozambique after the attack at new york one of its facilities security sources say several people died when an armed group sees the town of palma hundreds have fled after days of fighting. china and iran have signed a 25 year cooperation pact china major trade partner. economic and political agreements chinese. visitation marks 50 years of diplomatic relations between the 2 sides. thousands of women have. to protest against the turkish government's withdrawal from an international treaty on abuse this convention was championed by turkey 10 years ago now with an cora's withdrawal turkish women say their safety has been jeopardized they want to move reverse. we're not afraid of you and we will not comply shot the women at this demonstration in istanbul. protesting against what they see is the government acting against women. but you know i think the number of women being murdered is growing we've hit absolutely rock

dulce: los tiroteos en atlanta, georgia enluta a las comunidades orientales y a la naciÓn entera.n esta mujer fue golpeada en el rostro por un hombre de san francisco el miÉrcoles. la coaliciÓn para detener el odio hacia esta comunidad reporta que han habido unos 3800 incidentes durante el Último aÑo. un historial de xenofobia en contra de las comunidades orientales es parte de la creciente problemÁtica y los hispanos asiÁticos podrÍan ser doblemente discriminados. ante la ola de ataque en contra de los asiÁticos, el departamento de salud reiterÓ que no hay tolerancia para los actos de violencia. >> tenemos un grupo dedicado a los de crÍmenes de odio. muchas veces impacta con los derechos inconstitucionales. patricia: ¿quÉ estÁn haciendo las autoridades para proteger a los asiÁticos? dulce: el presidente biden firmÓ una orden ejecutiva para denunciar y combatir las xenofobia y el racismo, pero ahora algunos legisladores estÁn impulsando la aprobaciÓn de la ley anti odio, la cual mejorarÍa los programas de respuesta de los departamentos policiales en cuanto a los crÍmenes de odio.

now karen walker joins us from atlanta in georgia she is a republican strategist and also the founder of black conservatives for truth a grassroots organization dedicated to minority engagement karen thanks for being with us i want to start by asking you as an african-american woman yourself are you concerned that this new package of law as well as as many as we've been hearing there argue will it disenfranchise black bush is. absolutely not this is a very very good deal as in many of the items that the democrats said that the bill would not have this bill is now a law that the governor signed it into law yesterday. we have no absentee ballot boating i mean no excuse absentee ballot voting so you don't have to have an excuse to grow we still have ever drop boxes extend a voting to our you know send a voting saturday voting this is a very good feel the reason that the democrats are complaining is because it works towards their narrative a republican voter suppression again you know against black and brown people but it's just not true karen i was having a look at some of the numbers so

hay ocho muertos por tres tiroteos en salones de masaje en atlanta georgia.tro de los fallecidos son mujeres. ontario california se sacudió con la explosión de un depósito de fuegos artificiales en un barrio. los equipos de emergencia trabajaron por horas para apagar el fuego. allí está gabriel huerta con los detalles. >> buenas noches. dos personas perdió la vida este mediodía a consecuencia de una tremenda explosión en una residencia de la ciudad de ontario, donde tenían almacenadas una gran cantidad de fuegos artificiales. la residencia quedó totalmente destruida por las llamas, y algunas estructuras aledaños supieron daños severos. varios animales incluyendo 1 caballo resultaron heridos. al lugar acudieron el fbi, y un escuadrón de especialistas en explosivos para iniciar la investigación y asegurarse que no hubiese peligro para los residentes. vecinas describirán el estallido como un poderoso terremoto, otros señalaron que sentían como si iniciara un espectáculo de fuegos artificiales. la dimensión de los daños se pudo comprobar una vez que el humo se di

president joe biden will soon be on his way here to atlanta, georgia, just days after eight people wereled in a shooting rampage at a local spas, six of them were asian women. biden was supposed to promote his huge coronavirus relief package, but will now instead offer his support to the community. he will be meeting with the mayor as well as state officials and asian-american leaders. vice president kamala harris who is a black asian-american is also on the trip. police say it's too soon to tell if the shootings were racially motivated about you that doesn't mean this had nothing to do with race as cnn's amara walker reports. >> our investigation is looking at everything, so nothing is off the table. >> reporter: as investigators take a hard look into what motivated the suspect to go on a mass shooting spree in the atlanta area that left eight dead including six asian women, comments and actions from the captain of the cherokee county sheriff's department are creating backlash. the spoekts man allegedly posted an image of this racist shirt last april on a facebook page that's since bee

friday, we will have the president and vice president in atlanta, georgia.t is that newly blue state. they want to talk about what they did and how they accomplish this, but they also want to bolster the next item on their agenda. that might be infrastructure or immigration, but they want to say, look what we can do for this country. judy: tell us about how this fits into the larger political goals of the administration, and what are republicans doing to push back? yamiche: democrats are looking at this 1.9 trillion dollar package and saying this is not just a messaging tool, but a tool that could get us reelected in 2022 as those midterm elections approach. it is head spinning we are headed to another election season, but i had a lengthy conversation with dnc chair jamie harrison, and he told me democrats would be much more aggressive in making sure their base stays excited, eager, and thinks through how this bill affects their lives. on the republican side, what we are seeing is a number of lawmakers doing two things. one, calling this bill bloated, saying

. -- murdered in atlanta, georgia. thank you. i would like to remind members we have established the email address and list dedicated to circulating exhibits, motions or other materials members may want to offer as part of our hearing today. if you would like to submit those materials, the site is judiciarydocs@mail.house.gov. i ask consent -- sharing no objection, i welcome them to our subcommittee. i want to ask all members, those in person and remotely, to mute your microphones when you are not speaking. this will help prevent feedback, nickel issues, and unmute yourself when you are recognized. i will recognize myself earn opening statement. while there are still many details to be learned about tuesday's horrific shootings in atlanta, left left eight people did, six reportedly of asian descent, one thing is certain. for many asian americans tuesday's shocking events felt like the inevitable culmination of a year which there were nearly 3800 reported incidents of anti-asian hate incidents that grew increasingly mor

senator padilla, he a got to ask you for your reaction to the shootings yesterday in atlanta, georgia. a white man shot and killed eight people at three asian massage parlors and spas claiming a sex addiction. i got to ask you. what do you think congress can do to prevent such tragedies happening in the future. is it coming from the standpoint of addressing racial division and hate? is it coming from gun control or education. what is it? >> i think it's all of above. california not only embraces but celebrates diversity. it's a matter of common sense gun safety. senator dianne feinstein was a pioneer in passing the assault weapons ban. we need to restore that and do more. it's a reminder that while donald trump is no longer in office, trumpism is in too many parts have you the country, the hateful dangerous rhetoric, whether the shooting in atlanta, to the deadly insurrection we saw on on on on capitol on january 6. we have to identify white supremacist and root it out. >> you brought up your your you colleague, senator dian feinstein. governor gavin newsom committed to appointing a b

because some evildoers go engage in some evil activity as occurred in atlanta, georgia. who decides what is hate? who decides what is the kind of speech that deserves policing? >> i want to go back to something that mr. roy said earlier. your president and your party and your colleagues can talk about issues with any other country that you want, but you don't have to do it by putting a bulls-eye on the back of asian-americans across this country, on our grandparents, on our kids. this hearing was to address the hurt and pain of our community and to find solutions and we will not let you take our voice away from us. >> i'm joined now by democratic congressman andy kim of new jersey. congressman, what was your reaction to that moment? >> my reaction was one of just diving into the words of congresswoman grace meng. she spoke for all of us. she spoke for those victims. she spoke for people who are trying to be heard and seen right now, not just be used as some type of rhetorical pivot for our colleagues in congress to change the subject to something else. now is the time fo

we begin in atlanta, georgia, the epicenter of the battle over election laws. josh lederman is there for us. josh, good morning. any new reaction from democratic lawmakers in georgia? what are they saying? >> reporter: that's right. georgia democrats from both the house and senate are saying, if you think that what is taking place with this new voting law is limited to georgia, think again. they are pointing to similar efforts by republicans in states like arizona, iowa, florida, and texas to take similar measures to restrict access to the ballot box to say that this is a concerted nationwide attempt by republicans to try to change the rules of the game after republicans lost the senate and the white house in november. i want you to hear from two georgia democrats, senator raphael warnock and congresswoman nick kima williams. take a listen. >> these are politicians who are trying to hold on to power. that's what this is. it's a power struggle. and they decided that they are going to hold on to power no matter what. >> if this does not take your mind back to the

in the atlanta georgia area, and the storms are starting to weaken. most of this world of offshore. we are not expecting severe weather but the damage is done. as we go into the weekend, another potential risk for severe weather and a tornado outbreak. we are seeing such terrible damage, devastating and our hearts are breaking, to the south. >> that is what we are waking up to. thanks. new overnight, against the united kingdom, and human rights across the country. >> benjamin hall has the latest. >> every day we see tensions with china continue to rise. in relation to the uk, the treatment of the muslims was genocide. president biden calling out china yesterday for this behavior. >> stiff competition with china. a leading country in the world, the wealthiest country in the world and most powerful country in the world. it will not happen on my watch. >> reporter: china pushing back and say our goal is to meet this for a better life. tensions came to a head at the infamous summit where each side traded barbs and call them out for human rights violations

protests come after 6 asian american women and 2 other people were killed in a shooting rampage in atlanta georgia last week. outpouring of support in atlanta where the shootings happened as well as anger thousands protested under the snow then stop asian hate and challenge to racist stereotypes last week's killings have stirred asian communities across the us. this morning this was new york's union square where thousands gathered to demonstrate against racism and violence. and in the nation's capital. washington d.c. hundreds turned out to protest were often pushed into the stereotype that you should be fired you should be passive you should be obedient but that's wrong and that the whole point of a protest is like like this is the case against that that asian women will not be silenced people are fed up people won't be silenced and the more people are looking for change people are yearning for change and healing people want to do something. and teach in hate crimes more than doubled in the last year in the united states observers say it's a result of the pandemic many blame former president dona

. >> cambiando de tema, cientos de personas se manifestaron en atlanta, georgia en contra de crímenesias ciudades del país, asiáticos americanos dicen ser ciudadanos de segunda clase, que los crímenes no son aislados y que no se toman en serio, estas muertes tienen a la comunidad en estado de alarma >> con frialdad y sin remordimiento entró el sospechoso al spa (nombre en inglés) en georgia, dejando atrás las primeras víctimas fatales identificadas, entre ellas: (información en pantalla) quien pasaba un día de relajación con su esposo . >> (hablan en inglés) . >> para ella lo más importante era la familia, siempre quería que la gente estuviera positiva, según su hermana. >> muchos en la comunidad de origen asiático han calificado esto como crimen de odio y tienen dolor en el corazón y una sensación de inseguridad el chef ninja asegura que no irá a vecindarios asiáticos . >> hay temor de algo que quieran hacer. >> especialmente porque solo el año pasado los ataques contra personas de origen asiático incrementaron en un 150%. >> la comunidad (nombre en inglés) ha sufrido una larga histo

the 21-year-old was arrested after a killing spree at three massage parlors in the atlanta, georgia area. most of the women were asian american. the suspect claims this was not a hate crime but a result of his sex addiction. attacks on asian americans have increased during the coronavirus pandemic. now, i am joined by a political analyst. jessica, it is good to have you on the program. the suspect told police his attacks were not racially motivated. he said he was addicted to sex and that was the motivation. can we take that to be a plausible explanation based on what we know? jessica: thanks, good evening. well, based on what we know, i find that frankly implausible. this gunman went to three asian american businesses and murdered eight people, the majority of whom were asian american or of asian descent. regardless of whether a sex addiction was also in play here, regardless of whether he was directly asked was this a racist attack and answered no, this does not rule out the fact that this was an ethnically targeted attack. and let's be honest here, the men who murdered armand aubry or

this storm that went through atlanta a couple hours ago produced a tornado to the south of atlanta. georgia are going to get bad images of damage out of that community as the sun comes up early tomorrow morning, look at all of the reports from across the south. wind damage, hail damage, d all basically, from two long track super cell thunderstorms producing all of these tornadoes reports and there will be red dots on the phrap in tennessee as well. some of the wind da arevaluated by the weather service. makes us enjoy the pattern. high pressure building in, there will be more atmosphere on top of us. it were, the winds kicking up, feeling the winds kicking up. they will be off shore winds, after a cooler day today, the onshore winds, back to a warmer day tomorrow. a trend that will hold for the weekend for the most part. warmer weather tomorrow, warmer weather for everybody on saturday and temperatures back off a little bit along the coast and near the bay on sunday with the onshore breeze, beginning to return, the storm system to the north is going to drop down towards us. not going to bri

charts with several counts of murder after going on the shooting rampage at massage parlors in atlanta georgia authorities have not ruled out bias against even americans as a potential moment. i'm bring coffee is good to have you with us we begin tonight in the netherlands where the conservative prime minister mark ruta has almost certainly won a 4th term in office exit polls put his center right freedom and democracy party ahead with just under a quarter of the vote he'll need to form a coalition with at least 2 other parties now voting was spread over 3 days to prevent crowds from forming voters were able to cast their ballots by by and by. far and in some unusual venue's including churches and museums election is effectively a referendum on the government's handling of the pandemic more than $16000.00 dutch people have died and a nighttime curfew remains in place. our let's bring in our correspondent barbara visa she is following the elections for us in the hague it's the seat of government for the netherlands you need to you barbara the polling stations closed an hour ago what more do we k

we could have a moment of silence in memory of this individual tragically killed, murdered in atlanta georgia. >> lawmakers paused for a moment of silence before the hearing got underway today. prominent figured testified before the house including several lawmakers and actor daniel day kim. during the hearing a republican from texas said the issue was important but then criticized the communist party of china and its handling of the coronavirus. that prompted an emotional moment for congresswoman grace meng of new york. >> your president and your party and your colleagues can talk about issues with any other country that you want. but you don't have to do it by putting a bulls eye on the back of asian-americans across this country, on our grandparents, on our kids. this hearing was to address the hurt and pain of our community, to find solutions. and we will not let you take our voice away from us. >> what happens right now and over the course of the coming months will send a message for generations to come as to whether we matter, whether the country we call home chooses to erase us or incl

that comes after 6 american women and 2 others were killed in mass shootings in atlanta georgia last week. outpouring of support in atlanta where the shootings happened as well as anger thousands protested under the slogan stop asian hate and challenge to racist stereotypes last week's killings have stirred asian communities across the u.s. . this was new york's union square where thousands gathered to demonstrate against racism and violence. and in the nation's capital washington d.c. hundreds turned out to protest here often post into the stereotype that you should be fired. you should be obedient but that's wrong and that the whole point of a protest is like like this is going to push against that that using women will not be silenced people are people won't be silent and the more people are looking for change people are yearning for change and healing people want to do something. and teach in hate crimes more than doubled in the last year in the united states observers say it's a result of the pandemic many blame former president donald trump's china virus rhetoric in response con

. >> this shooting comes less than a week after another gunman shot dead, eight people in atlanta, georgiaited calls in washington about the type of gun movement. the house of representatives passed a bill which will require background checks on all firearm sales and transfers. a second bill extends the review period for background checks from three to 10 days. however, the bills will need significant bipartisan support to progress through the senate, and president biden has called for laws to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. he is urging congress to act. pres. biden: we can ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines in this country once again. i got that done when i was a senator. it passed and was the law for the longest time, and it brought down these mass killings. we should do it again. we can close loopholes in our background check system, including the charleston loophole. that is one of the best tools we have right now to prevent gun violence. the sete should immediately pass -- let me say again -- the united states senate, i hope some are listening, should imm

he also went to visit the aapi community of atlanta, georgia, and he also had flags flown at half-staff for the victims, which was so touching to me, to drive by those flags and see them at half-staff. i just couldn't even imagine it before. jonathan: and yet, despite that, congressman takano, the white house agreed late on tuesday to add a senior-level asian-american pacific islander liaison, after senator tammy duckworth and senator mazie hirono threatened to only vote for nonwhite or lgbtq nominees due to insufficient aapi representation in the president's cabinet. what role should this liaison play? are there any individuals you would like to see considered? and then on top of that question, what do you make of this liaison role? is that enough? rep. takano: i have long made my views known about my disappointment that president biden did not appoint an aapi person to one of the top secretary -- i think it is 15 or 16 cabinet positions with the title of secretary. the administration has talked about cabinet-level appointees, but that is not really the same thing in the eyes of many o

. >> long was taken into custody after a manhunt that ended 150 miles south of atlanta. >> georgia state patrol troopers did a pit move. >> investigators haven't said if the attacks were racially motivated. >> nothing will be ruled out. we are conducting a homicide investigation. wherever the evidence leads is where we will go. >> stop asian american pacific islander hate has reported 3,000 incidents of hate against asians since the start of the pandemic. >> atlanta police were responding to a robbery call when they found the first three people dead. >>> organizers are just hours away from submitting their petition to recall the governor. they need 1.5 million signatures and say they have more than two million. the governor called it an attack by trump supporters. >> the side show. the circus. it's unfortunate. i'm a little intense about it. i think it's important people know who they are. they believe that we should microchip immigrants. >> this is the 6th time in two years opponents of the governor have tried to oust him. >>> and oakland will no longer send police to some emergency cal

ask if we have a moment of silence in memory of individuals tragically killed, murdered, in atlanta, georgia. [silence] >> thank you. i would like to remind members of the of establish an e-mail address is traditionalist dedicated to circulating exhibits and motions or other written materials for members may want to offer as part of the hearing today. i'd like to some of those materials to sign his judiciary documents and we will distribute them to members and staff as quickly as possible. also ask unanimous consent that are judiciary committee colic participate in today's hearing. be no objection i welcome him to the subcommittee and he will question our witnesses if they are yielded time by subcommittee members. finally i ask all members both those and in person to meet your microphones and you are not speaking and this will prevent feedback and other technical issues and unmute yourself when you are recognized. i will not organize myself or an opening statement. while there are still many details to be learned about tuesday's horrific shootings in atlanta with eight people dead, six a poo

. >> reporter: long was taken into custody after a manhunt that ended 150 miles south of atlanta. >> georgia state patrol troopers performed the pit maneuver which caused the vehicle to spin out of control. >> reporter: six of the eight dead are asian. investigators have not said if the attacks were racially motivated. >> nothing's going to be ruled out. we're conducting a multiple homicide investigation. wherever the evidence leads, that's where the investigators will go. >> reporter: the advocacy group stop asian american pacific islander group has recorded 3,000 incidents directed at asian americans since the start of the pandemic. and police have now been dispatched in the atlanta area to similar businesses just to check in and see how they're doing and also offer some protection. in the meantime they've stepped up patrols while long is doing some questioning this morning with authorities as so many families are grieving today. >> indeed. naomi ruchim in new york. thank you. >>> the number of migrants illegally crossing into the u.s. continues to grow. cbs news has learned that more than

. >> he set to head to pennsylvania this tuesday and then he will be in atlanta, georgia next friday, kelly. so what is it that he's trying to get out to folks on this tour. we all know there's a $1400 payment. >> coming in. some of those basic facts. but what you're really trying to push out. >> well, i think it is wants to let the american people you know, from hearing from some of their republican representatives here on capitol hill. they all voted as you heard in the story against this package all day of republican lawmakers in the house and the senate saying that the majority of this nearly 2 trillion dollar package didn't go to covid-19 relief. so he's going out to these towns and cities to let the people there know what's inside to let them know that this is money being well spent basically. >> kerry. we know nothing is random. any thoughts on why they're making pennsylvania and georgia. the first stops on the tour. >> you know, here's what i was thinking. is that, you know, pennsylvania was really the state that helped push him over the edge and make it to the white house and

president biden and vice president harris are in atlanta, georgia, today visiting the centers for diseaseeeting asian american leaders. their visit comes after eight people were shot dead in the city on tuesday including six women of asian descent. vigils are being held to commemorate the victims among growing concern about the number of attacks on the asian americans in the past year. he claimed he was motivated by sex addiction, not racism, but investigators haven't ruled anything out. in other news now, the bbc says it's extremely concerned about the "bbc news" reporter who was taken away by unidentified men in the capitol on friday. the bbc says it's doing everything it can to find him calling on the myanmar authorities to locate him and confirm he is safe. cameroon has approved russia's sputnik vaccine for use against covid-19. that's according to russia's sovereign wealth fund which is promoting the shot globally. the russian vaccine has been approved in 53 countries. on thursday, cameroon's health ministry said it was also suspending astrazeneca's vaccine after caution and prudence

doug emhoff will be an albuquerque new mexico and then they will end the week in atlanta, georgia. both vice president harris and president biden. >> covers a lot of all right. kelli meyer reporting live for us from washington, dc thanks, kelly. >> still to come tonight. if you are still waiting on a tax return here. not alone. why the irs says it is running behind on refunds this year. >> and the gop is blaming the by the administration for a surge of migrant children at the u.s. mexico border. the action republicans are demanding tonight plus, california wildfire victims are set to get millions of dollars from pg and e >> for your money tonight. california wildfire victims are set to get millions of dollars in payments from. >> pg and e beginning today. the fire victim trust payments will start going out about one 3rd of out. we'll go to victims. administrators say that comes to about 30 million dollars. but the full payments will take months to be made. the money will mainly go to the victims of the 2017 wine country fires in the 2018 camp fire. >> and if you're still waiting on

atlanta, georgia, that is the site of the all-star game. all in 1 busy day. in fact, we will get a live report, that and we got ncaahan especially one to a local basketball power. all coming up and more on " gameday" after the newscast covid has made clear that having health insurance is more important than ever. at covered california, every plan is comprehensive, covering everything from preventive care to mental health. and it's the only place that offers financial help for health insurance. enrollment is open due to covid-19. if you or someone you know isn't covered, now is the time to sign up. covered california. this way to health insurance. enroll now at coveredca.com. >>> it was a big weekend for art lovers in san francisco. >> yes. art museums opened for the first time in months with free admission. they officially reopened today. while the doors were closed staff was hard at work creating new exhibitions, commissioning artwork that reflects the struggles of life during the pandemic. >> my gosh it is such a treat. the first time my kids have been indo

the community earlier this month 6 asian american women were killed in a shooting rampage in atlanta georgia. french energy giant total has suspended its gas operations in northern mozambique after an attack near one of its facilities security sources say several people died when militant islam is seized the town of palma hundreds have fled after days of fighting. china and iran have signed a 25 year cooperation pact china is iran's most major trade partner the deal includes economic and political agreements chinese foreign minister of wang visit to tehran marks 50 years of diplomatic relations between the 2 countries. thousands of women have marched in is stumbled a protest against the turkish government's withdrawal from an international treaty on abuse this double convention was championed by turkey 10 years ago now with and cars was all turkish women say their safety is being jeopardized and they want to move reversed. we're not afraid of you and we will not comply shout the women at this demonstration in istanbul. protesting against what they see is the government acting against women.