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
finances. so plenty to get to. we begin with explosive remarks today during a heated hearing on anti-asian hate crimes, two days after that deadly shooting in atlanta amidst a rising wave of anti-asian attacks that have been documented. it was the first hearing in roughly 30 years. that s the context for the republican s remarks. he said he wants justice for the victims in atlanta. he worries about policing free speech and invoked lynching, which broke a fiery rebuke from the democrat testifying. i think there is old sayings in texas about find the rope in texas and get a taller tree. my concern about this hearing is it seems to want to venture into the policing of rhetoric. your president and your party and your colleagues can talk about issues with any other country that you want. but you don t have to do it by putting a bulls eye on the back of asian-americans across the country, on our grandparents, on our kids. this hearing was to address the hurt and pain of our com
started. you are for that reform and bringing back the filibuster. i am. that s what it was supposed to be. the idea is almost getting to the point where there is, you know, democracy is having a hard time functioning. maria: democrats have been pushing to kill or reform the filibuster since with biden took office knowing it is truly the republican s last line of defense against their radical agenda. but they heard biden s comments this morning and now they cannot wait to get to work. biden s remarks are a major shift in his position. he has given new energy and potential movement to the reform effort. he recognizes his program will be stopped unless we reform the filibuster. maria: don t like the rules of the game? change the rules. apparently that s the democrat motto when in power. mitch mcconnell has seen it happen over and over again. so i guess where they stand depends on where they sit. and so when they are in a position to advance the ball, they don t care.
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