screenwriters demanding more pay could bring hollywood film and television studios to a standstill next week. a may 1st deadline has been set for an agreement. now on bbc news, behind the stories: the monarchy. i was at home when i got a phone call from the director of news at the bbc saying that s the queen was gravely ill. he didn t stand on ceremony or offer any small talk clive, how are you? he simply said the queen is gravely ill and can you come in? and i was preparing to fly to italy on a filming trip the next day and i thought. i should go in. i was in the newsnight office because we d had wind, obviously with a note being passed through the house of commons, that something was happening. i know i speak on behalf of the entire house when i say that we send our best wishes to her majesty the queen and that she and the royal family are in our thoughts and prayers at this moment. and of course there s this big protocol, obviously, if the queen had passed away then
Underscored by new reporting from nbc news on how he single handedly blocked a bipartisan piece of legislation that would have tightened the rules around foreign influence and lobbying in washington. But perhaps more pressingly for the democrats is what Senator Menendez will do to the party as a whole in next years election. The democrats have been working for years to paint republicans as the ones tolerant of corruption, the ones who have locked the other way at wrong doing, the ones who are okay with their standard bearer being someone under indictment. The comparison of course is not apples to apples, but here is how Democratic Rep Dean Phillips of minnesota put it, saying, quote, if we aspire to be a party recognized for its Prioritization Of Ethics and the restoration of faith in government, we must collectively condemn and seek the resignation or removal of anyone whose Behavior Results in a federal indictment period. Joining us now, nbc news investigative Correspondent Tom Winte
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
this hearing seems to divide us as americans. the first congressional hearing in more than three decades on violence and discrimination against the asian american community. many say that it s reached a crisis and the question is, what are we prepared to do about it? plus, the fbi releases a whole slew of new videos that officials say are the egregious assaults on police officers during the capitol riot. the question is, will it help them identify more suspects? and the biden administration now says it will send doses of the covid vaccine to mexico and canada. the question is, when will the u.s. approve the vaccine that it has just agreed to share? it s way too early for this. good morning! and welcome to way too early, the show that apparently missed the memo that today is world sleep day! thanks for the reminder, associated press. i am kasie hunt on this friday, march 19th. we ll start with the news. president biden and vice president harris will travel to atl
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