we ll see you here tomorrow night. now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. it turns out all of our guests are of asian descent and expert about what we ve been seeing in atlanta except for one guest, which is, of course, senator john osoff, who will be joining us and also discussing the situation in atlanta and the situation in the united states senate. so, it s excellent. a night of serious reflection on a situation that really now needs our attention. absolutely. get to it, my friend. thank you, lawrence. thank you, rachel. katherine tai was born to parents who were born in china, went to yale, harvard law school, became an expert in trade and she served in the bush administration as general counsel to the united states trade representative, a cabinet level position. general counsel is a very important job. she continued as counsel to the trade representative during the obama administration when the trade representative was an bomb appoint
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
excellent. a night of serious reflection on a situation that really now needs our attention. absolutely. get to it, my friend. thank you, lawrence. thank you, rachel. katherine tai was born to parents who were born in china, went to yale, and then to harvard law school, became an expert in trade and she served in the bush administration as the general counsel to the united states trade representative, a cabinet level position. general counsel is a very important job. she continued as counsel to the trade representative during the obama administration when the trade representative was an obama appointee. then she became the trade counsel to the house ways and means committee, which has jurisdiction over international trade. today, katherine tai made history when she became the first member of the biden cabinet to be confirmed unanimously by the united states senate. the senate has never confirmed a more qualified u.s. trade representative. as united states trade re
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