atlanta area spas late yesterday. 21-year-old robert long has been charged with eight counts of murder, will make his first court appearance tomorrow. police say the gunman told them he was not motivated by race, but they of course have not ruled that out. we ve received a number of calls about is this a hate crime. we are still early in this investigation. so we cannot make that determination at this moment. the shootings come amid an alarming escalation of crimes against asians in this country. and yes, it coincides with ugly rhetoric from former president trump and others linking the coronavirus and china as the pandemic worsened across our country. one group tracking anti-asian hate say they ve received some reports of 3,800 incidents with over two thirds of the attacks reported by women. today the vice president, president, atlanta s mayor all condemned such crimes. whatever the motivation here i know that asian-americans are very concerned. we ve been speaking abo
all but one of the women killed were asian. the suspect was apprehended and taken into custody late last night and charged today with eight counts of murder. law enforcement said he has admitted to the shootings and police told him he has a sex adiction and why he said he killed all of those women working in the spas, because he wanted to eliminate his temptation for his adiction. police say he gave them no indication the killings were racially motivated. police captain in the cherokee county sheriff s department. when he discussed the suspect s explanation, he told reporters it was because the suspect was having a bad day yesterday. that is what he said as if that was an explanation for why the young man murdered eight people. the police captain said yesterday was a really bad day for him and that is what he did. the remarks imply that having a bad day is the explanation we need for what the murderer did. those remarks were met with an immediate backlash given the nature of
Mission. We should be able to say that the end of this chapter of american darkness begins here. Thousands of k12 students across the country have been asked to quarantine. We are going to make sure these schools are safe right here. We dont think theyre safe and ready, they wont be open. Announcer this is new day with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. This is new day. Its friday, august 21st. 6 00 here in new york. A whole new phase now of the campaign where the contours could not be more stark. Joe biden vowing to lead the nation out of the darkness and into the light, in a speech hes been waiting to give for maybe 33 years. Democrats hoping that the weight was worth it and giving the uncertainty plaguing the country and the pandemic weighing it down that maybe the moment met the man. It was an address bookended by messages of hope, quoting a poet quoting that this is a time where justice can rise up and hope and hi
They hope to send a message of optimism about america and our future. We are also going to hear about topics the dnc ignored, including the violent ripping through some american cities, while democrats focused heavily on President Trumps handling of the coronavirus pandemic, republicans are expected to turn the spotlight to the chaos this year in a number of a democratically controlled cities, strike a patriotic tone, and President Trumps leadership through four years of what feels like near constant turmoil. Hello, and welcome to fox news night. Im Shannon Bream in washington. We will preview next week ahead, but first, tonight highlights from joes big night, peter doocy is at the dnc and joins us live. Hey, peter. Shannon, the way the former Vice President s speech was tonight, it was to give him a chance to try to make the argument that this race really boils down to darkness versus light. People the current president has cloaked america in darkness for much too long. Too much anger
Here we go. We know it is your favorite time of the evening because look who is on your screen. Its don lemon and christopher cuomo. Welcome to our special coverage of the final night of the dnc. Joe bidens really, his biggest night of his halfcenturylong political career. Decades after his first attempt at the presidency, he came ready, chris. He absolutely did. And this is a very stark contrast. A stark choice for americans. It is a tale of two visions of what this country is about. One is about anger. Anger at change. A desire to bring us back to someplace, when the carnage will end. Thats trumps image of this country. Joe biden gave you something very different tonight. He said, and i quote, i will draw on the best of us, not the worst of us. I will be an ally of the light, not the darkness. A and, united, we will overcome this season of darkness. A very, very different vision of what this country could be about. Certainly, nothing like american carnage, don. Yeah. You know, my fav