atlanta area spas late yesterday. 21-year-old robert long has been charged with eight counts of murder, will make his first court appearance tomorrow. police say the gunman told them he was not motivated by race, but they of course have not ruled that out. we ve received a number of calls about is this a hate crime. we are still early in this investigation. so we cannot make that determination at this moment. the shootings come amid an alarming escalation of crimes against asians in this country. and yes, it coincides with ugly rhetoric from former president trump and others linking the coronavirus and china as the pandemic worsened across our country. one group tracking anti-asian hate say they ve received some reports of 3,800 incidents with over two thirds of the attacks reported by women. today the vice president, president, atlanta s mayor all condemned such crimes. whatever the motivation here i know that asian-americans are very concerned. we ve been speaking abo
and yes, it coincides with ugly rhetoric from former president trump and others linking the coronavirus and china as the pandemic worsened across our country. one group tracking anti-asian hate say they ve received some reports of 3,800 incidents with over two thirds of the attacks reported by women. today the vice president, president, atlanta s mayor all condemned such crimes. whatever the motivation here i know that asian-americans are very concerned. we ve been speaking about the brutality against asian-americans for the last couple of months and i think it is very, very troubling. i do want to say to our asian-american community that we stand with you and understand how this has frightened and shocked and outraged. this is an issue that s happening across the country. it is unacceptable. it is hateful, and it has to stop. just today the director of national intelligence, the dni, released a new report about extremist violence compiled with the help of the justice
Bit of fiction. The president was noting the fact that the vast majority of americans who contract coronavirus will come out on the other side of this. Of course he takes this very seriously. Of course no one wants to see anyone in this country contract covid, which is why the administration has fought hard to make sure thats not the case with our historic response effort. Nbc news, among other news organizations, reporting the Trump Administration will begin new messaging soon on the coronavirus. They plan to tell americans they simply need to learn to live with the virus. And the Washington Post adds this bit of reporting. Quote, white house officials hope americans will grow numb to the escalating death toll and learn to accept tens of thousands of new cases a day. Today dr. Fauci said the current spike in infections is a serious situation that needs to be addressed. We are still knee deep in the first wave of this, and i would say this would not be considered a wave. It was a surge
First few days of july. Tonight the u. S. Is approaching the 3 million mark of confirmed cases, having already surpassed 130,000 deaths. According to the New York Times, new coronavirus cases are increasing in 38 of our 50 states. Ten states are up over 100 . Florida saw its highest oneday total on saturday with over 11,000 confirmed cases. So far the state has reported over 200,000 infections. Well have much more on the situation in florida in just a moment. Amid this spike in new cases, the president is being widely criticized for making this false claim about the virus over this past weekend. Now we have tested almost 40 million people. By so doing we show cases, 99 of which are totally harmless. Earlier today White House Press secretary Kayleigh Mcenany was asked about that particular bit of fiction. The president was noting the fact that the vast majority of americans who contract coronavirus will come out on the other side of this. Of course he takes this very seriously. Of cours
Situation in florida in just a moment. Amid this spike in new cases, the president is being widely criticized for making this false claim about the virus over this past weekend. Now we have tested almost 40 million people. By so doing we show cases, 99 of which are totally harmless. Earlier today White House Press secretary Kayleigh Mcenany was asked about that particular bit of fiction. The president was noting the fact that the vast majority of americans who contract coronavirus will come out on the other side of this. Of course, he takes this very seriously. Of course, no one wants to see anyone in this country contract covid, which is why the administration has fought hard to make sure thats not the case with our historic response effort. Nbc news, among other news organizations, reporting the Trump Administration will begin new messaging soon on the coronavirus. They plan to tell americans they simply need to learn to live with the virus. And the Washington Post adds this bit of r