is cnn newsroom. u.s. president joe biden will soon be on his way here to atlanta, georgia, just days after eight people were killed in a shooting rampage at a local spas, six of them were asian women. biden was supposed to promote his huge coronavirus relief package, but will now instead offer his support to the community. he will be meeting with the mayor as well as state officials and asian-american leaders. vice president kamala harris who is a black asian-american is also on the trip. police say it s too soon to tell if the shootings were racially motivated about you that doesn t mean this had nothing to do with race as cnn s amara walker reports. our investigation is looking at everything, so nothing is off the table. reporter: as investigators take a hard look into what motivated the suspect to go on a mass shooting spree in the atlanta area that left eight dead including six asian women, comments and actions from the captain of the cherokee county sheriff s de
d delania yuan. this is so heart breaking. he took a mother, a wife, a daughter and a sister for no reason. this family is broken because of this man. on capitol hill the first hearing in 30 years on anti-asian discrimination became tense and emotional over this republican lawmaker s comments. there s an old saying in texas about find all the rope in texas and get a tall oak tree. i m not going to be ashamed of saying i oppose the chi coms, i oppose the chinese communist party and when we say things like that and we are talking about that we shouldn t be worried about having a committee of members of congress policing our 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 bull s-eye on the backs of asian-americans across this country, on our grandparents, on our kids. this hearing was to address the hurt and pain of our community and to find solutions and we w
while the number of those vaccinated keeps going up. but u.s. health policy leaders warn that was a that scenario was for several european countries. who are now suffering a surge in cases amid the variants, and easing restrictions too soon. they are now returning to tighter mandates including in some cases a lockdown. now, the cdc director and other health officials urge that restrictions remain in place but at least 16 states now have no mask mandate and the tsa says its screeners just broke a pandemic record with more than 1.4 million people traveling through airports nationwide. on thursday. there is no progress on vaccinations. president biden marking today the 100 millionth dose, two months ahead of the goal he set. in total more than 115 million vaccinations have been injected into arms. more than one in five in the u.s. have received at least one dose, and more than one in ten in the u.s. are fully vaccinated at 12.3%. my next guest says that her coronavirus vaccina
goal of 100 million shots in 100 days will now be reached tomorrow on day 58 of his administration. and the warning not to let your guard down, with 15 states now seeing an increase in cases. concern tonight over variants. and in europe, their new wave worsening. after italy, now paris ordering a new month-long lockdown. the dangerous tornado outbreak. at least 30 reported tornadoes and there are new watches as we cme on the air tonight. a family says they had to create a human chain as loved ones were being pulled away by the winds. that was an ef-2, winds up to 130 miles per hour. rob marciano reporting from the storm zone. the fbi tonight asking for your help, releasing disturbing new images of the capitol riot. ten suspects wanted for violent attacks on police. one man beating officers with a metal pole. another believed to be using a cattle prod. and an unknown suspect ripping off the gas mask of d.c. officer daniel hodges. pierre thomas is standing by tonight. vla
one mother s warning announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome. atlanta authorities say nothing is off the table as they work to understand the motive behind tuesday s deadly spa attacks tonight we re learning more about the eight victims. six of them are of asian descent. the attacks striking deeper fear and anger across asian american communities feeling increasingly vulnerable amid a growing wave of violence against them. president biden s previously scheduled trip to atlanta tomorrow to now include a face-to-face meeting with community members there. we are also tonight closely watching covid numbers. there are some unsettling signs and a bit later a story every parent should watch about fake pills masking the deadly drug fentanyl and the horrible consequences so a lot to get to tonight. let s start with a late report from atlanta and blayne alexander. reporter: tonight with families in mourning from atlanta s korean community t