secretary is leading a bipartisan trip to the border today amid new information obtained by nbc news the humanitarian emergency at the border is only escalating. welcome to friday. it s meet the press daily. i m chuck todd. president biden left the white house a short time ago. he spoke to reporters about china, russia and vaccines. he is about to land in atlanta where he will visit with asian community leaders today amid the fallout over the atlanta spa shootings. his first stop is cdc headquarters coming as the administration announced a loosening of guidance for schools due to promising data about transmission rates in the classroom. in new published guidelines, the cdc calls for three feet of social distancing in schools as long as masks are worn and community transmission in general is not high. this could pave the way for more kids back in the classroom. obviously, three feet cuts the amount of space you need to find to see how big of a classroom you need. the whit
after six women of asian descent were among eight people killed in a rampage at three spas in the atlanta area. joining me now nbc news white house correspondent geoff bennett in atlanta, nbc news correspondent dr. john torres and heidi presblea. tell us more about the visit to the cdc and the vice president and president s visit meeting with asian-american leaders this hour. the visit to the cdc officials told us that was the president and vice president s opportunity to get a briefing from their medical and health teams about this ongoing fight against the pandemic. but based on what we saw from the president in his own words that was his opportunity to thank the scientists, to thank those career staffers who have been working around the clock at the cdc. he said science is back. he thanked those career staffers he said for changing the psyche of a nation. since then the president has made the short trip from the cdc over to emery university where he s meeting privately w
shootings and as well as about the victims here. reporter: right are here in cherokee county, authorities have released the names of the people who died as well as one survivor of the shooting in cherokee county. here is one of the families of a victim that one of our affiliates talked to, this is a woman named delana yan. this is so heartbreaking. he took a mother, a wife, a daughter and a sister for no reason. this family is broken because of this man. it is so hard on everybody today because this man has taken this innocent angel from us. he took an ad ad an angel from who would do anything for anybody. and according to the gofundme page that her family has set up, the family says that she was actually there for a couples 3 massage and that her husband made it out safely from the shooting but she did not. let s take a look at the four people who were killed at that location, that includes yan whom we ve mentioned. paul andre michaels, age 54. and tan and feng. and on
slamming china during a hearing on anti-asian hate. i ll get more reaction. also tonight, disturbing new video of the most violent assault on officers during the capitol riot. the fbi releasing the footage and asking the american public for help in identifying the attackers. first, let s go to cnn s amara walker in atlanta. atlanta police say their investigation is now far from over. what s the latest? reporter: first off, not too long ago this crowd behind me near one of the crime scenes gathered to condemn anti-asian hate. so that rally is underway right now, but we did just hear from the atlanta police department. we learned that the suspect had frequented these two spas before, he was quite familiar with them. he had purchased the gun the day of the shooting. atlanta police also emphasizing the fact that their investigation is slightly different from that of the cherokee county sheriff s department saying there are four asian women killed at these two spas in atlanta. t
reports of children sleeping on mats and overcrowded facilities. in reporter say the white house is keeping them in the dark of what is going on, watch this. since there aren t photos, why not release those? and have them invited to the briefing room and talk about the photos? if you want to grant access to the press, gooden utility hs? again, we grant transparency. remain committed to do that. the border is upset that they can t show up at the border, they can t do right aligns and can t question what is happening inside. it seems like why? i certainly wouldn t characterize it that way. speak with border towns are overwhelmed. so how is the situation on the ground in mexico any different? the situation on the ground is certainly challenging. bill: a lot of pointed questions from media outlets, frankly. if you are watching midday yesterday, i think you could say there was a different tone in that room. dana: there is a moment, a crisis, let s call it what