Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. This hour, oh, canada. The Standing Ovation that created scandal for our neighbors to the north. How a roomful of canadian lawmakers got a standing o for a ukrainian veteran who fought for the wrong side in world war ii. After he was found out he fought with the nazis, there was an apology from Justin Trudeau. Look at this video, a night in center city, philadelphia. Shocking images of lawlessness, prompting for ing more question basic safety in the cities in the united states. And leading this hour, yes, the election music. You know i love it. A critical night in the republican president ial race. Only seven will be allowed on the stage in this second debate instead of eight in the first round. Asa hutchinson, the one not making the cut tonight. Sorry, governor. The dominant candidate also will not be on stage, donald trump. Though that is voluntarily. Instead, hes going to michigan with a message for union workers, oddly hes chose on the do so at
speak to if that community. there is not haley voters for a traditional path there. we got to go. we could talk about this and i hope we do soon. thanks, guys. and cnncnn cnn this morning continues. good morning. let s get right to it. president biden s foreign policy set to face yet another major test as he departs today for a high stakes meeting request chinese president xi jinping on the sidelines of a big economic summit with other global leaders. we are learning of a potential u.s./china deal on fentanyl. as president biden is jug his support of israel s war against hamas with the peril around gaza s hospital. the president and the government he leads is now just three days away from a potential shutdown. a vote is set for today to avert it. the measure includes no funding for the war in ukraine or israel s war against hamas. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. let s begin. the families of hostages being held in gaza are marching from tel av
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
sunset monday to mark the massacre. he and vice president harris will be in atlanta tomorrow to meet with leaders of the city s asian-american community. earlier today atlanta police insisted the investigation is far from over. we are not done. we re still working very diligently to ascertain all of the facts so we can have a successful prosecution. the investigation into a possible hate crime, is that still on the table? nothing is off the table for our investigation. is there any indication the suspect visited those spas previously? it appears he may have frequented those locations, yes. all we do know is he purchased the gun on the day of the incident. on that same line the fbi is assisting local law enforcement with the investigation. this was interesting. tonight the fbi director chris wray told npr, quote, it does not appear that the motive was racially motivated. the suspect who s charged with eight counts of murder waived an arraignment scheduled for today
election interference. here at home today, new covid tremors, 770,000 americans filed for first time unemployment benefits last week, a week to week increase and it s more proof of the pandemic s continuing wrath. plus, the case count, and its trajectory is, again, causing alarm. 17 states on the u.s. map now trending in the wrong direction. air travel topping more than a million passengers for seven straight days. the president later today delivers remarks on the vaccine race. one in eight americans are fully vaccinated, 1 million shots is a goal the president wanted to meet, and perhaps today, 40 days ahead of his campaign promise. progress, yes, but some jitters too. this morning the biden health team warns variants, and vaccine hesitancy, could pull the country down into another covid spiral. and there was this. listen, the tense fight between dr. anthony fauci and senator rand paul over masks and if wearing one still matters once more americans are vaccinated. when you