police response in the atlanta metro region, as you might imagine. we don t know anything further about possible motive as of yet. as we said one custody right now, eight are dead. this ongoing story tonight. we will keep an eye on it. also this evening, the nypd is confirming to us they are deploying officers to asian communities in and around the city of new york out of an abundance of caution following these atlanta shootings. eight dead tonight in atlanta. now, we turn to what was day 56 of the biden administration. we have brand-new revelations tonight about what vladimir putin and the kremlin were up to when it came to ensuring the 2020 election ended with the defeat of joe biden and the re-election of donald trump. the director of national intelligence has released a report on how moscow tried to carry out in effect a sequel to its 2016 election interference that was less eliant on actual hacking and cyberattacks and focused more on the people close to trump. the rep
all three locations are massage parlors. a suspected shooter first entered a business called young s asian massage parlor in cherokee county, about 45 minutes outside of atlanta. police say the shooter at that location spot and killed three people there at that massage parlor and injured two others. then in a different location, less than an hour later, four more people shot and killed at two additional massage parlors in atlanta. again, so this is metro atlanta, cherokee county, and atlanta proper. now, officials have not said whether they think these shootings at three places were connected, but police did note tonight that the shootings took place at three spas, three massage parlors, where the majority of the employees are asian. police say all four victims who were shot and killed at the second and third locations appeared to be asian women. now, police say they have not yet identified a suspect or a motive. but again, nbc s affiliate in atlanta is confirming just within
cherokee county about 30 miles north of atlanta and opened fire, killing four people and injuring another. police say he then drove south to atlanta and shot and killed three people inside the gold spa. he then crossed the street, according to police to the aroma therapy spa and killed another woman there. investigators say surveillance video shows the suspect and his car at all three crime scenes. he was arrested driving south about 150 miles from atlanta. officials say six of the eight victims appear to be asian. this comes amid an increase in attacks on the asian community since the coronavirus pandemic. the new york police department says it will deploy counterterrorism officers to asian communities in the city out of abundance of the caution. a lot going on with this concern about hate crimes, willie. yeah. let s go down to atlanta where we find blane alexander. good morning. are the police saying yet what the motive may be here? obviously people drawing a lot of concl
that policy is before he loses his patience and goes down the path to provocation. yeah, it is the beginning of a new saga with north korea and america. jean, thank you so much, jean lee. thanks for being with us. thanks so much. right now, president biden is on his way to pennsylvania. the city of chester in delaware county is his latest step on the help is here tour to promote his giant covid relief package to americans, and he just spoke during his departure, so let s listen to that. southern border? not at the moment. have you decided when you re able to share thoughts with other countries? allies or neighbors first? who will be the first country to get u.s. vaccine? i ve been talking with several countries already. i ll let you know that very shortly. all right, i have with me now, cnn white house correspondent arlette saenz who s in denver following the vice president who s also part of this big rollout for the american rescue plan. arlette, tell us what
party. the report says the goal was also to undermine confidence in the u.s. election and to further divide the american people. let s go straight to our senior national security correspondent alex marquardt who is working the story for us. alex, this very detailed, lengthy, declassified report says proxies linked to russian intelligence and to putin directly pushed misleading, you be substantiated allegations against now president biden, pushed those allegations to american media organizations, officials, prominent individuals, including some very close to the former president. reporter: that s right, wolf. it says russian intelligence at the behest of vladimir putin, the russian president, targeted allies and people close to trump and hits administration. this is the most comprehensive report we ve gotten about the 2020 election and foreign intelligence by the intelligence community and it makes clear that this massive russian influence campaign was designed, orchestrated