forgotten, the victims in atlanta. i felt like watching your whole show tonight. that s what it was about. so our bill is about not forgetting our democracy. so go ahead. thank you so much for saying that. there have been so many people who have brought poignant words and made us think tonight and who inspired us to be better people. you chair the senate rules committee that will hold a hearing on the bill next week. and listen, the stakes couldn t be any higher. republicans are trying to suppress the vote all over the country. how will you get this bill passed? that s the central question. let s start with the good. the good is that for the first time, thanks to those incredible senators from georgia, warnock and ossoff, we have the gavel. i have the gavel. jeff merkley, the author of the bill, we have two new senators, and we ll get this bill through the committee. we ll have the first hearing ever in the senate. it has only been in the house. they passed it in the hous
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
here in new york and we begin this morning with the shootings in atlanta. a terrifying escalation of the anti-asian violence seen throughout the country and a reminder of the threat of violence women live with daily. robert aaron long charged with murder after he confessed to killing eight people, six asian women. authorities say long a 21-year-old white man told detectives he would go to massage parlours in the past, he blamed his sexual addiction. the cherokee county sheriff suggested long was, quote, attempting to take out that temptation. other officials and community leaders saying that narrative misses the mark. in this particular case where the victims were asian women we see the intersections of the racism, xenophobia and gender-based violence. you know, we ve also seen historically where news outlets and the police frame the story around the perpetrator and now we re hearing about the suspect in custody and we are hearing stories about how he was religious, he su
started. you are for that reform and bringing back the filibuster. i am. that s what it was supposed to be. the idea is almost getting to the point where there is, you know, democracy is having a hard time functioning. maria: democrats have been pushing to kill or reform the filibuster since with biden took office knowing it is truly the republican s last line of defense against their radical agenda. but they heard biden s comments this morning and now they cannot wait to get to work. biden s remarks are a major shift in his position. he has given new energy and potential movement to the reform effort. he recognizes his program will be stopped unless we reform the filibuster. maria: don t like the rules of the game? change the rules. apparently that s the democrat motto when in power. mitch mcconnell has seen it happen over and over again. so i guess where they stand depends on where they sit. and so when they are in a position to advance the ball, they don t care.