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
he does the top of the hour i m brianna skeerl. in moments president biden and vice-president kamala harris will visit the cdc as they set guidelines for reopening schools safely. one big change is the six feet of social zanlsing is becoming three for elementary school students. for middle school children and older in communities with higher transmission rates, six feet is still recommended. and moments ago, the cdc director emphasized masks are a must no matter the age of the student. i want to emphasize that these recommendations are specific to students in classrooms with universal mask wearing. cdc continues to recommend at least six feet of distance between teachers and staff and other adults in the school buildings and between the adults and students. let s go to atlanta now where cnn s jeff zeleny is. we know, jeff that the president and vice-president use the time in atlanta to meet with asian-american leaders following that devastating shooting spree that killed
to sell the american rescue plan to the american public. see, willie, he s still got it. he can sing! he s still got it. he s you know, mind s working great there. that s a great cover of johnny cash. i would like to see some of his others, maybe. maybe go all the way toward the end of johnny s career. do the full catalog. i like it a lot. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, march 18th. let s get straight to the news. the suspect arrested in the murder spree at the three spas in atlanta has been charged. 21-year-old robert long faces eight counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault. police say he killed four people inside one spa, three people inside another, and one person inside a third. officials say he was arrested while on the way to florida to possibly carry out more attacks. six of the eight victims were asian women, leading to speculation that the spree may have been part of a rise in anti-asian hate since the coronavirus p
he told police he was motivated by a sex addiction. neither the county sheriff, police chief or mayor would rule out classify the killings as hate crime. this is a man who murdered eight people in cold blood so it s very difficult to believe what he said. it s difficult to ignore the fact many of the victims were asian. in georgia, you can be charged with a hate crime. it covers a variety of areas and i personally think it would be appropriate but i will defer to the prosecutors to make that determination. all of this comes against a backdrop of growing attacks and harassment against asians and asian americans, particularly in the wake of the covid pandemic. the house judiciary committee will dig deeper into that with a hearing starting less than one hour from now. we re going to get more on that in a minute. but i want to go first to kathy park live in atlanta and tom winter, also with us. kathy, let s start with this arraignment. it was supposed to be today. why is it s
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