make no mistake, a crisis that biden caused and is now making worse every single day. joe biden stopped the border wall construction. he promised to expand amnesty and asylum. remember, he literally told migrants to flood the border the stay in mexico policy is gone and guess what s back mac catch and release, but in a very rare likely edited sitdown interview with former clinton hack george stephanopoulos at abc, joe claims he had nothing to do with the crisis at all. and according to joe, it s not really a crisis and also, by the way, he wants migrants to come but not quite yet. take a look. president biden: first of all, the idea that joe biden said, because i heard the other day that they are coming because they know i m a nice guy they are saying this. president biden: here s the deal, the adults are being sent back. do you have to say quite clearly don t come? president biden: i can say quite clearly. we are in the process of getting set upe and it s not goi
accountable? i don t know if i can say this happy st. patrick s day is that okay? st. patrick s did we dig up something on him? what did he do? good morning everybody, it is 6 a.m. here in the east we start with extreme weather. heavy winds and rain still bat ergs portions of the southeast with millions on high alert. bracing for potential tornadoes at least 21 twisters touched down in portions of the south ainsley. ainsley: leaving destruction in alabama, mississippi, a thousand now without power. bad in alabama too an electric company sharing this picture of a boat wrapped around top of a tree. that s a boat. janice dean is tracking the dangerous storms she told us about it yesterday. man, it came janice. another day ahead so more people are going to be targeted by these storms know what to do if there s a watch or warning in your area and we have tornado watches in effect. there are reports of tornadoes yesterday, the watch extending in towards florida as well
excellent. a night of serious reflection on a situation that really now needs our attention. absolutely. get to it, my friend. thank you, lawrence. thank you, rachel. katherine tai was born to parents who were born in china, went to yale, and then to harvard law school, became an expert in trade and she served in the bush administration as the general counsel to the united states trade representative, a cabinet level position. general counsel is a very important job. she continued as counsel to the trade representative during the obama administration when the trade representative was an obama appointee. then she became the trade counsel to the house ways and means committee, which has jurisdiction over international trade. today, katherine tai made history when she became the first member of the biden cabinet to be confirmed unanimously by the united states senate. the senate has never confirmed a more qualified u.s. trade representative. as united states trade re
he told police he was motivated by a sex addiction. neither the county sheriff, police chief or mayor would rule out classify the killings as hate crime. this is a man who murdered eight people in cold blood so it s very difficult to believe what he said. it s difficult to ignore the fact many of the victims were asian. in georgia, you can be charged with a hate crime. it covers a variety of areas and i personally think it would be appropriate but i will defer to the prosecutors to make that determination. all of this comes against a backdrop of growing attacks and harassment against asians and asian americans, particularly in the wake of the covid pandemic. the house judiciary committee will dig deeper into that with a hearing starting less than one hour from now. we re going to get more on that in a minute. but i want to go first to kathy park live in atlanta and tom winter, also with us. kathy, let s start with this arraignment. it was supposed to be today. why is it s
will commit additional acts of violence, it s more a question of when. welcome to thursday. this is meet the press daily. i m chuck todd. six asian women are dead when gunman aaron long went on a two-county rampage targeting spas in the area. while a motive has not yet been determined, the reality is this happened to have happened during a massive rise in asian american violence in this nation. a year after the prior administration referred to the pandemic as the china virus or the kung flu. now our leaders are being forced to recon with a ugly reality. two senior administration officials tell nbc news president biden and vice president harris will meet with asian american leaders when they visit atlanta tomorrow. flags are being flown at half-staff in honor of the victims and members of congress did something they said they have not done in more than 30 years, held a hearing on violence against asians and other americans. sitting and testifying about their experiences, i