county official with a post erased in which he shared a t-shirt blaming china for the coronavirus saying the suspects in the shooting just had a bad day. he does claim it was not racially motivated. i spoke with investigators that, yes, he understood the gravity of it and was pretty much fed up, at the end of his rope and yesterday was a really bad day for him and this is what he did. this was a really bad day for the victims too. today, celebrities are speaking out. testifying on capitol hill after speaking to nbc. this man targeted places where asian-americans were working. you don t have to peal the layers back far. i ll speak to activist coming up and with president biden and vice president harris. the president has addressed the shootings on wednesday. i know americans are very concerned. as you know, i ve been speaking about brutality against asian-americans for months and i thinks it very, very trouble some. joining me now from atlanta, nbc news correspon
motive. we have received a number of calls about is this a hate crime. we are still early in this investigation. we cannot make that determination at this moment. the georgia shootings do follow a wave of unprovoked attacks across the country of people of asian descent. president biden has just been briefed. vice president kamala harris also addressing the terrible shootings. we don t know, we are not yet clear about the motives. i want to say to our asian communities we stand with you and understand how this has frightened and shocked all people. and the shootings condemned. i want to mention what happened just a few hours ago in atlanta in which several women were killed, including, we believe, four women of asian descent. we are horrified. counterterrorism agents were sent to atlanta out of new york city out of an abundance of caution. i am joined with correspondents who have been working on the case. blaine, first to you, what is the latest? we have a lot of