a climate more conducive for generations of home grown acts of violent hatred but not everyone wants to confront the problem or even admit it. some people want to look away to not see the mass killings in el paso, pittsburgh, the rise in anti asian and driven mind set being cut from the same ugly cloth. today in the first congressional testimony since being confirmed dhs secretary made the connections and the threat clear. right now at this point in time, domestic violent extremism, the lone wolf, the affiliation of individuals following hate and other ideologies of extremism that are willing and able to take those ideologies and execute on them in unlawful, illegal violent ways is our greatest threat in the homeland right now. in that, and other vent statements the priority as the new administration embraces that the old administration tried to down play but important to mention professionals were also sounding the alarm. here is the fbi director testifying last septembe
murder and shootings at three massage spas in and around the city. of the eight killed, six victims were of asian descent. it s hard to ignore, who was targeted, or overlook the fact that this did not happen in a vacuum. it happened, as three new reports explain, each, from its own angle. at a dangerous moment for this country in a climate more conducive than it s been in generations for homegrown acts of violent hatred. yet, as we will talk about tonight, not everyone wants to con frontd the problem or even admit it. some people want to look away, to not see the mass killings in el paso and pittsburgh. and the white supremacist, conspiracy-driven mindset culminating in the capitol insurrection, is all being cut from the same, ugly cloth. today, in his first congressional testimony since being confirmed, dhs secretary, alejandro mayorkas made the threat clear. right now, at this point in time, domestic-violent extremism. the lone wolf. the loose affiliation of individuals f
you got to see what happened in atlanta as an opportunity. i don t know what we re going to find out, about what this shooter understands of his own motives. i am, certainly, not giving him any excuses. but, is there any, other reason, other than the obvious here, for why he targeted asian-american women? even if it was a sex thing, why did it have to be them? why were they the object of his desire? or his affliction? and even if the analysis is strained i could tell you. it s not your turn, yet. even if the analysis is strained, we have to recognize their reality because it s on the rise. the attacks are on the rise. absolutely, no matter what the finding is in atlanta. cnn tonight. the big show. its big star, on screen right now, d lemon. i ve got so much that i want to say, and so much that i want the viewer to see. i am sorry that i was encroaching your time. i am sitting here raising my hand, and you know i never do that. i wait for you to finish. i can tell yo
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a 21-year-old man murdered eight people at a local spa. the terrifying 911 call made by one woman inside one of those spas. hurry. do you have a description of him, ma am? i am hiding right now. is it a male or female. they have a gun. a gun that killed eight people including six asian women. here are the names of the dead we know so far. age 33, yong, paul an andre michels age 54. yan age 49, daoyou feng at 44. very concerned. i have been speaking about brutality against asian americans the last couple of months, it is very very troublesome. i am making no connection at this moment of the killer. i am waiting for an answer as the investigation proceeds from the fbi and from the justice department. we are all waiting. in the meantime the fear among asian americans in this country is growing. crimes against asians in america have spiked during the pandemic. 150% in antiasian hate crimes in major u.s. cities in 2020 while overall hate crimes fell by 7%. tonigh