spree and to meet with leaders in the asian american community, as well. this comes as the president also meets a major goal today, way ahead of schedule. 100 million covid vaccinations in his first 100 days in office. that is 42 days early. also today, the cdc is expected to announce new social distancing guidelines for children in schools. but as more states begin to ease restrictions, experts are warning of a potential psspike cases. several states are seeing an uptick as officials race to get more shots in arms. let s begin with our colleague, natasha chen. she is following the investigations into these shootings in and around atlanta. natasha, good morning to you. the atlanta police department with some new details this morning. reporter: jim and poppy, the fulton county medical examiner has now released the names of the four people who were killed at the two spas in atlanta, which police say the suspect had frequented before. here are those names. 75-year-old as you
stereotypes in this attack. this isn t just a local story either. this speaks to the fear of asian americans nationwide and how they have been targeted especially since the start of the pandemic. we ve just learned that the president and the vice president will be traveling to atlanta tomorrow. they will be meeting with asian american leaders when they are there. let s start with natasha chen, she is joining us from cherokee county, georgia with the very latest. if we could just start with the latest on the case. why was this first court appearance canceled? reporter: yeah, we talked to the magistrate court clerk this morning and she said that the appearance was canceled at the request of the defendant s attorney and would not share any contact information for that attorney. right now we don t know when it will be rescheduled. and at this point, he is still being held in the cherokee county custody, this is one of two counties where he now faces a total of eight murder char
this just kind of acknowledging the reality of having kids in school that you can t actually space them six feet and get them all in a classroom? hi, brianna, thanks for having me on. i think it s a little bit of both. i ve looked at this research and it does seem that the spacing doesn t need to be as far as six feet in order to keep the children safe, and so that s one of the factors involved in the cdc changing its guidelines. the other factor is exactly what you said. there is a push to try to get these schools reopened and then you can t do that with them six feet apart so i think both factors play a role, but it does seem, from what the evidence looks like, that three feet might be enough distance. with masking, right? masking is obviously the key part. correct, correct. yeah. so, the things that need to occur for that to be safe is that they have to be fully masked and continue to do this the hand washing and things that we have become accustomed to. very imp
slamming china during a hearing on anti-asian hate. i ll get more reaction. also tonight, disturbing new video of the most violent assault on officers during the capitol riot. the fbi releasing the footage and asking the american public for help in identifying the attackers. first, let s go to cnn s amara walker in atlanta. atlanta police say their investigation is now far from over. what s the latest? reporter: first off, not too long ago this crowd behind me near one of the crime scenes gathered to condemn anti-asian hate. so that rally is underway right now, but we did just hear from the atlanta police department. we learned that the suspect had frequented these two spas before, he was quite familiar with them. he had purchased the gun the day of the shooting. atlanta police also emphasizing the fact that their investigation is slightly different from that of the cherokee county sheriff s department saying there are four asian women killed at these two spas in atlanta. t