agency is releasing some new crucial guidance about school reopenings. they now say classrooms can reduce their physical distancing rules from six feet to three feet, a game-changer for administrators and teachers. but there are some caveats. we ll talk about that. and a heat confrontation between the biden administration and china unfolding on camera. this is a rarity during these types of diplomatic meetings. we ll show you what secretary of state tony blinken said that caused such an uproar. we begin with cnn s steve zeleny and natasha chen. steve, first, who are the president and vice president meeting there with today? reporter: president biden and vice president harris arrived on the campus of emory university moments ago and they are meeting hyped closed doors with members of the asian-american community. elected leaders in the state and house who have been speaking out urging the white house to forcefully condemn these shootings and acts of violence, which the whi
gun at three different shootings at atlanta area spas. let s bring in kaitlan collins and jeff zeleny in atlanta. jeff, first to you. what do we know about the meeting that the president and vice president are in right now? reporter: we know president biden and vice president harris have been meeting for more than an hour with seven community members including five state leaders here in georgia. they re in the building behind me here on the campus of emeory univ university. it s running a bit long, but we know that president biden is going to be delivering remarks after this meeting. and percentages la, i m told he s going to condemn more forcefully the rise of violence we ve seen here in georgia and across the country directed at asian-americans in the last year during the coronavirus pandemic. president biden is also urging congress to pass the covid-19 hate crimes act. the white house is trying to draw a focus here. the question hanging over a lot of this is some of the
the el paso border sector. the biden administration still getting hit over a lack of transparency. sandra: to the new york post covered today showing migrants of the border with the headline divide and said help. and a rise in crime. john: but first let s get to griff jenkins, he s on the border in sunland park new mexico. chris, you ve been doing some amazing work. that s what the dhs and biden administration doesn t want you to see, and that s access as to what writer lungs are like. and that s, that s where we were with senator rob portman of ohio. he is the homeland security committee and he s getting a tour from the national border patrol council. that s the union, and we encountered a lot of traffic here. this is the wall area where we were, and i ve been talking to him. and you can see that stretches for miles, that s one of the heaviest traffic areas of the el paso sector, and alexander mallorca s is making it visit and being a tight-lipped about it. details
office. and in the midst of all of this, president biden will meet with stacey abrams, the woman widely credited helping flip the state of georgia and hand democrats control of the house. it comes at a critical time for voting rights in the peach state. sweeping new voting restrictions could be voted on as soon as monday. more on all of that coming up but first i want to bring in my colleague kelly o donnell at the white house and blayne alexander in atlanta. kelly, this trip has taken a whole different meeting since the shooting. what is the focus going to be? there are definitely dimensions to this day. it s the first time the president and vice president are traveling together. given the tragedy that unfolded in atlanta and wider reaction, especially in the u.s. asian american community, the white house decided to add a component to speak to those issues and the president and vice president will have a private leader with the leaders of the asian community and be makin
of massachusetts and utah and they did a study looking at half a million kids in massachusetts comparing students three and six feet apart. there are a lot of caveats. in areas of high transmission, they want to keep the high school and junior high school at six feet apart. let s say where there is a choir or singing, you want to increase that. the most important part to mention about these guidelines it depends on a lot of things. first of all, the amount of ventilation in a classroom. if you have a poorly ventilated classroom, even six feet may not be enough, certainly not if you are not wearing masks. also, in terms of getting teachers vaccinated, there is also the issue around level of community transmission as well. we have to be careful not to stick everything at the boiler plate of three feet or six feet. we will be talking to you later, but we wanted to start out with the breaking news and we will update that through the hour. president biden and vice president