eight people killed in shootings at three spas in metro atlanta. one suspect is in custody. cnn is live from the scene. president biden visiting a place in pennsylvania in part of his tour to promote the nearly $2 trillion relief that didn t get a single republican vote. also tonight, president trump including americans including supporters to get vaccinated. that as medical experts fear states are easing up their covid-19 restrictions too fast as a highly contagious variant of the virus spreads quickly in the united states. let s get right to our breaking news. talking about those shootings at three spas in georgia, leaving at least eight people dead. two shootings in northeast atlanta and one in northwest. one northwest of the city in cherokee county. a suspect in cherokee county, and the shooting there has been taken into custody. so let s go right to cnn s ryan young. the fbi assisting in this investigation. what can you tell us? actually, don, we know that robert long
with 740 deaths, and more than 41,000 hospitalizations, which is a significant reduction from peaks two months ago. but it s still far too high say health policy experts trying to prevent another surge. 11 states are reporting an uptick in new infections compared to last week. vaccinations are the bright spot here, the nation is averaging 2.4 million actual shots a day. with more than 11% of the country fully inoculated against coronavirus through the vaccine. then s senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen is joining us now. i feel like this uk variant has been the tsunami we see coming at us. where is at this point in time? that s for sure. remember, brianna, when we were counting cases by variant, one by one, but now there are thousands. what we know about this uk variant, it s been spotted in 48 out of 50 states. the vaccine seems to work pretty well against it but it seems to spread more easily. and according to a new study just out, the risk of death when you get
prosecutors say he allegedly wore body armor and carried cuff restraints on the capitol grounds and sought to physically remove nancy pelosi and minimum mcconnell. his 18-year-old son turned him into the fbi. his son joins me now. jackson, good evening to you. thank you, sir. how are you doing? good evening. i m doing all right. a pretty crazy day. it s been a very difficult, incredibly difficult year for you. your dad is facing trial for his role in that riot. i know there is some division in your family over how this all played out. so talk to me about that. i mean, it is hard to talk about. there s not a lot to talk about. we ve been so split up, so not together. i mean, we talk every now and again. we know where we are. we know we ll keep our distance for right now. when everything wraps up, we can build more bridges. you mean you and your dad.
entered the capitol in body armor and carrying plastic cuff restraints. he s pleaded not guilty. his son says he threatened him and his sister, if they went to police. i didn t think he would actually do anything bad. but him saying anything even remotely threatening to me and my sister and my family and government officials, it was just too much. reporter: we reached out to an attorney for the munn family but they are among a handful of capitol defendants who have been charged alongside immediate family members. in this case, though, there was at least one munn family member who did not travel to washington, d.c. investigators say kelsey munn was not at the capitol january 6th. but the fbi did review her social media accounts for information since she posted about the insurrection. don? jessica schneider, thank you so much. and i want to make sure that you know about our exclusive cnn town hall with president joe biden. i am moderating. and it is live. it s next wednesday nigh