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
come to the u.s. amid the growing crisis of children at the border. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, we have reports this morning from seoul, the pentagon, capitol hill and rome. this is early start, i m christine romans. and i m laura jarrett. it s wednesday, march 17th, it s 5:00 a.m. in new york and we start this morning with the big breaking news. a suspect is in custody after eight people were killed in shootings at three massage parlours in the atlanta area. now, authorities have not offered a motive yet, but at least six of the victims were asian in about the span of an hour eight people were killed at those three atlanta area spas spread across three miles. the attacks took place in quick secession, the fbi is assisting authorities in atlanta and cherokee county. here is a spokesperson for the chairy county s office. it s pretty unusual. as i mentioned earlier, in 2020 we had one homicide in cherokee county, we have had at leas
overwhelmed the border. here s the deal. we are sending back people first of all, the idea that joe biden said come because i heard the other day that they are coming because they know i am a nice guy, well, here s the deal. they are not. i can say quite clearly don t come and we are in the process of getting set up, don t leave your town or city. greg: wait, you didn t encourage migrants to come over? then in the very same breath you say don t come yet, because we are not ready? like america is a rock concert in the doors don t open until 9:00? he literally just did what he denied. too bad there s no tape of him saying you shouldn t come oh, wait. i would in fact make sure that there is, we immediately surge of the border. all those people seeking asylum, they deserve to be heard, that s who we are. we are a nation who says if you want to flee and you are fleeing oppression, you should come. in a heartbeat we would take another 2 million. i would also move to inc
referring to as massage parlors. tonight eight people are dead, at least half the victims said to be asian women. this has brought out a huge police response in the atlanta metro region, as you might imagine. we don t know anything further about possible motive as of yet. one custody right now, eight are dead. this ongoing story tonight. we will keep an eye on it. also this evening, the nypd is confirming to us they are deploying officers to asian communities in and around the city of new york out of an abundance of caution following these atlanta shootings. eight dead tonight in atlanta. now, we turn to what was day 56 of the biden administration. we have brand-new revelations tonight about what vladimir putin and the kremlin were up to when it came to ensuring the 2020 election ended with the defeat of joe biden and the re-election of donald trump. the director of national intelligence has released a report on how moscow tried to carry out in effect a sequel to its 2016 e
because she should have got it, i will give it to her, no fight from me, she s meryl freaking streep. i met and chatted with her only once, assure you, she will not do that. other thing, rachel, tomorrow night, the georgia senators are going to be making their appearances here on this network. you have i believe senator warnock at 9:00 p.m. indeed and you have senator ossoff? at 10:00. well this breaking news tonight in atlanta may change that. i don t know at this point but hoping to have senator warnock here. this is one of those nights when i feel like there s 40 stories developing. but i do hope to have him, indeed. we ll see. thank you rachel. thanks lawrence. thank you. how many timothy mcvays attacked the capitol on january 6th? how many of those attackers are capable of doing what mcvay did when he killed 168 people, including 19 children in the day care center in the building that day? who is the next timothy mcvay? that is what investigators of the