because as you know, i ve been speaking about the brutality against asian-americans for the last couple months. and i think it s it is very, very troublesome. but i making no connection at this moment for the motivation of the killer. i m waiting for an answer. police say the man arrested for the rampage has admitted to the shootings. eight people are dead in a ninth wounded in the atlanta area. but as you heard from the president it s not clear if anti-asian racism was the motivation here. six victims were asian women. the other two victims were white. investigators say robert aaron long gunned down four people first in a spa in cherokee county and shot a fifth who is expected to survive. investigators say long then traveled less than an hour south to atlanta, shooting and killing four more people at two massage businesses across the street from each other. today the sheriff in cherokee county where long is in custody says he is talking to convertings and telling them
day to all those who are irish and everyone else who wish they were. we are monitoring texas right now with the drone view you will see only here on fox. meanwhile, 400 miles north in dallas, the governor getting ready to give an update on the migrant kids the state is holding and overflow facilities there. sandra: president biden told those migrants, do not come over to the u.s. but in cities like war as mexico, that is not stopping thousands from making the dangerous journey, cartels and smugglers also taking advantage of this situation. the new york post slamming the bite administration for refusing to call the situation there a crisis. despite the fed s warning that the u.s. is on pace for the most border crossings in 20 years. the homeland security chief speaking about that in hearing today, taking a dig at past administrations. a crisis is when a nation is willing to rip a 9-year-old child out of the hands of his or her parent and separate that family to deter fut
benefits, increased child tax credits, additional money for vaccines, reopening schools, farms, health care. and the list goes on. now, this measure is already reaping benefits. american airlines is crediting the bill with saving 27,000 jobs. mississippi senator roger wickerbrags, independent restaurant operates have won $28.6 billion of targeted relief. this fund willing ensure that small businesses can survive the pandemic. now, you would be correct in noting senator wicker is a republican. you would also be correct in noting that he was a republican that voted against the bill. you all did. you would be correct in noting that senator wicker is taking a sort of credit for help that he voted against providing. and you would be correct in including, that s pretty messed up. so the president s first prime-time address comes as the pandemic crosses the one-year mark. more than 10% of americans are now fully vaccinated and nearly 20% of americans have received their first shot
senate. president biden plans to sign it into law tomorrow. joining us now, cnn chief political correspondent, dana bash. the co-anchor of state of the union. and dana, this will be an east room address, we understand. and we are told new details this morning. the president will honor the 500,000 lost to covid, the millions of people being affected. he ll discuss what s being done to accelerate vaccination efforts and lay out the next steps in getting the pandemic under control. that s the what. what about the why? why are we seeing this tonight? why is because the people in the biden white house, starting with the president himself, remember 2009. remember what happened the last time a democratic president started his administration with a giant piece of legislation that was passed by democrats. and it was completely attacked in such a big way that it helped to create the tea party and helped to create the 20102010 republican takeover of the house of representatives. a