custody. there s a picture there. right now the motive is unknown. it is unclear if the attacks were racially motivated. but we should know police are ramping up security in asian-american communities as a precaution. president biden has been briefed on the shootings, and at this hour he returns to the white house. we ll bring you any live comments. also today, concerns of another covid surge. cases are climbing in more than one dozen states. the cdc is sounding the alarm on two variants in california. we ll get to that in a moment. let s begin on this tragic shooting spree. our ryan young joins us this morning in atlanta. what do you know about the victims, eight total, six of them asian. what can you tell us? reporter: so far, very little information is coming out about the victims except, besides their races. of course, what we ve been told so far is at least six of the people killed are asian. of course, we re trying to move forward with parts of this investigation. w
two years in 19 and 20 there was a surge as well. this one might be worse. president biden: it could be. we re 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 m a nice guy and i want them here is the deal. they re not. do you have to say quite clearly don t come? i can say don t come. don t leave your town or city or community. dana: what i was going to say i also didn t think it was that strong. if you read it on paper you would be that s fine. there is a forcefulness with which you need to say something like that i believe. bill: i agree with you. dana: getting to a points where the situation is reaching a level crisis challenge, catastrophe that they can t ignore. bill: i want to hear his entire answer play out the way it did in front of stephanopoulos. i don t want to see video edits. let s hear what he has to say. cbs is reporting 13,000 unaccompanied minors in a
ginger zee live in the storm zone with the line of storms set to hit after dark tonight. and the severe threat right into tomorrow. the coronavirus here in the u.s. and what are being called the variants of concern tonight. the cdc concerned about two new variants, first detected in california, and the possibility of they re 20% more contagious. tonight, 15 states reporting a rise in cases and now dr. anthony fauci warning about prematurely pulling back and not giving vaccines enough time to, quote, protect the country. the worsening situation on the southern border. fema now opening a convention center in dallas to hold thousands of unaccompanied migrant teens. the head of dhs in the hot seat, grilled by lawmakers about the sudden increase of migrants trying to cross into the u.s. the irs tonight moving the tax deadline from april to may now. why the shift? and president biden now acknowledging he wants to raise taxes on americans making more than $400,000. what he tol
today, police departments across this country are taking steps to make sure the asian communities remain safe. it s a busy hour on the hill. the government s top doctors are making a house call. they are testifying as we speak. in a few moments, the cdc director s stark warning about one of the covid variants ripping across the country. right now, the secretary of homeland security is testifying before a house committee. his message so far about the increase of migrants crossing our southern border. all of that coming up. we start with that breaking news there in atlanta. police say the suspect, 21-year-old robert long, is likely behind all three shootings in and around atlanta. georgia state troopers arrested long tuesday night driving 125 miles south of atlanta. officials say it appears he was going to florida. reporters and analysts with us now. blayne alexander has been on the ground in atlanta. she has the latest on the shootings. tom winter following the investigati
foil sheets, and go for days without showers. meanwhile, house minority leader kevin mccarthy has visited one of those migrant detention facilities in texas and went after president biden. he said, he should visit the border himself to see what his policies have created. it s more than a crisis. this is a human heartbreak. the sad part about all of this, it didn t have to happen. this crisis is created by the presidential policies of this new administration. there is no other way to claimant than a biden border crisis. harris: but dhs secretary al hunter myrick has echoed the white house in blaming former president trumps policies for the surge, while also dismissing security concerns. the border is secure. the united states border patrol secures the border on behalf of the american people. that s what we do, and we are doing it. in order to keep the american public safe, give us the time to rebuild the system that was entirely dismantled in the prior administration.