is cnn newsroom. u.s. president joe biden will soon be on his way here to atlanta, georgia, just days after eight people were killed in a shooting rampage at a local spas, six of them were asian women. biden was supposed to promote his huge coronavirus relief package, but will now instead offer his support to the community. he will be meeting with the mayor as well as state officials and asian-american leaders. vice president kamala harris who is a black asian-american is also on the trip. police say it s too soon to tell if the shootings were racially motivated about you that doesn t mean this had nothing to do with race as cnn s amara walker reports. our investigation is looking at everything, so nothing is off the table. reporter: as investigators take a hard look into what motivated the suspect to go on a mass shooting spree in the atlanta area that left eight dead including six asian women, comments and actions from the captain of the cherokee county sheriff s de
slamming china during a hearing on anti-asian hate. i ll get more reaction. also tonight, disturbing new video of the most violent assault on officers during the capitol riot. the fbi releasing the footage and asking the american public for help in identifying the attackers. first, let s go to cnn s amara walker in atlanta. atlanta police say their investigation is now far from over. what s the latest? reporter: first off, not too long ago this crowd behind me near one of the crime scenes gathered to condemn anti-asian hate. so that rally is underway right now, but we did just hear from the atlanta police department. we learned that the suspect had frequented these two spas before, he was quite familiar with them. he had purchased the gun the day of the shooting. atlanta police also emphasizing the fact that their investigation is slightly different from that of the cherokee county sheriff s department saying there are four asian women killed at these two spas in atlanta. t
asian man inside a chinatown laundromat. police seized weapons and identify the three men. calvin virgil, jason orozco, and nolande besheers. police believe the surveillance video, the suspect also hurled racial insults. vandals defacing a seattle church with anti-china graffiti crew locals reportedly growing frustrated with whether or not police are on. officials tell local reporters they say it s safe to say there is an investigation. the graffiti says china you will pay. go home. local residents as we are in seattle, pretty progressive and so many ways. disheartening a lot of ways. tonight the white house and activist are primarily laying the blame on white supremacy and comments by former president trump when addressing the latest violence and attacks on asian-americans. hello and welcome to fox news @ night. i am shannon bream in washington. we begin tonight with what we know about the motives of the obama suspect in the series of tragic shootings last night. a peopl
in custody charged with robbing the victim, the arrest follows a string of alleged hate crimes against asian americans in oakland, california. also tonight san francisco police arresting two men in connection with the attack on an asian man in the china laundromat. also tonight new york police are looking for tips after an assault against an asian american man in brooklyn is police believe the surveillance video from shortly before the attack, the suspect also hurled racial insults, vandals defacing a seattle church with anti-china graffiti and locals are growing frustrated with whether or not police are on the case. officials to local reporters they say it is safe to say there s an investigation, the graffiti says china, you will pay, go home. local residences we are in seattle which is pretty progressive in a lot of ways it is disheartening a lot of ways. the white house and activists primarily laying the blame on white supremacy and comments by donald trump when addressing
the white house put an unofficial gag order on border agents. mask for the but not for me, john kerry lying maskless, his explanation as fox and friends first continues right now. another story we are covering this morning, talk about hypocrisy and it was a few minutes, he had his mask off, we will hear his explanation coming up later, regardless not a good look. not to mention he s the climate czar and yet he jets around the world, takes these private jets everywhere, it is hypocrisy and you wonder why you have to do face-to-face meetings to cut down on carbon emissions. he has answered and we will tell you what he says coming up. good morning, you are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning. let s get right to this extreme weather alert because millions of americans are on high alert bracing for potential tornadoes across the southeast. at least 21 reported touchdown slammed the deep south, stores leaving a trail of destruction in alabama and mississi