pacific command says it shows pyongyang is a threat to its neighbors robert bryant has more from seoul it is quite a significant development it happened early thursday morning was 1st detected by the japanese coast guard later confirmed by officials here in south korea as being 2 projectiles flying some 450 kilometers and both japanese and u.s. officials are now saying that these were ballistic missiles now this is the 1st time in a year that north korea has launched one of these provocative type of tests one in 4 people in the world who's dying of covert 19 is a brazilian more than 300000 people have now died there since the start of the coronavirus pandemic it has recently seen cases and deaths rising to record levels . the president gerry bolton r.-o. who has long downplayed the threat of the virus has announced a committee to tackle the crisis india's reported its highest number of daily infections since the end of october more than 53000 cases were reported overnight the increase in cases of follow death follow health officials protecting what's being described as a double mutant

robert aaron long is in custody after officials released footage showing him at three locations. rodney bryant was asked about a 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? >>

robert aaron long is in custody after officials released footage showing him at three locations. rodney bryant