country as police investigate what may have motivated these murders. anti-asian attacks and hate crimes have been rising sharply since the pandemic hit. let s get the latest from ryan young live this morning in atlanta. good morning. good morning. eight people killed. that s a number that so many people are astonished by. we know police were able to use surveillance video which tied all these scenes together. it s an investigation that still is ongoing. a shooting rampage at three spas in the atlanta metro area tuesday leaving eight people dead and one wounded. police apprehending one suspect. 21-year-old robert aaron long of woodstock, georgia. video evidence suggests it s extremely likely the same person is responsible for all three shootings. georgia state patrol troopers performed a pit maneuver which caused the vehicle to spin out of control. he was taken into custody without incident. reporter: the first shooting took place outside of atlanta at young s asian mass
a lot of the migrants are coming here saying they are coming here because you promised to make things better. it seems to be getting worse. was it a mistake? first of all, there was a surge the last few years, 19 and 20 there was a search. here s the deal. we are sending back people, first evolved. the the idea that joe biden said come because i heard the other day that they are coming because they know i m a nice guy. here s the deal, they are not. harris: and making news now moments ago, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell telling me on the the focus is denying it. my definition of a crisis is when you send the management agency which only goes to emergencies down at the border. it s by definition an emergency. this is a crisis, i don t care what the director wants to call it. it s a crisis. that they created. this administration. harris: you are watching outnumbered. my cohost emily compagno, host of kennedy. joining us on the virtual couch for the first t
day to all those who are irish and everyone else who wish they were. we are monitoring texas right now with the drone view you will see only here on fox. meanwhile, 400 miles north in dallas, the governor getting ready to give an update on the migrant kids the state is holding and overflow facilities there. sandra: president biden told those migrants, do not come over to the u.s. but in cities like war as mexico, that is not stopping thousands from making the dangerous journey, cartels and smugglers also taking advantage of this situation. the new york post slamming the bite administration for refusing to call the situation there a crisis. despite the fed s warning that the u.s. is on pace for the most border crossings in 20 years. the homeland security chief speaking about that in hearing today, taking a dig at past administrations. a crisis is when a nation is willing to rip a 9-year-old child out of the hands of his or her parent and separate that family to deter fut
three people in a gold s spa. then we are told he walked across the street and kill another woman at another spa. his car is shown at all three crime scenes. he was arrested driving south about 150 miles from atlanta. officials say 6 of the 8 victims appear to be asian and police are investigating the possibility that the attacks were racially motivated. 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 in the city out of abundance of caution. we will keep following this story all morning and bring you any new developments as they happen. let s go now to the white house and coronavirus with the white house aiming to distribute more than 2 million doses of covid-19 vaccine in the next week. that would be a new record in the u.s. fight to contain the coronavirus. states are expected to receive more than 16 million doses of the three approved vaccines. that is slight
united states and all around the world, we have reports from rome, berlin, the white house and tokyo. this is early start, i m laura jarrett. good morning, i m christine romans. we begin in europe, it s cheaper, simpler to deliver and is being pulled off the market, some countries in the last few minutes halting use of the astrazeneca covid vaccine after a small number of patients experienced blood clots. it s another blow to the eu s sluggish vaccine rollout. in vaccine is not authorized in the u.s. yet but it is being counted on to fight the uk variant spreading around the world. all this comes at a really difficult time. a third wave of infections is sweeping across europe and forcing renewed restrictions, hospitalizations on the rise in france, germany seeing a spike in cases and italians back under lockdown. that s where cnn s melissa bell is live for us this morning, she s in rome. melissa, good morning. what can you tell us? reporter: good morning, lawyer rachl