ethnically motivated violent extremists promoting white supremacy are, quote, the most lethal threats right now here in the united states. let s start our coverage this hour in atlanta. our national correspondent ryan young is joining us. ryan this, s new information emerging now about the suspects in these terrible killings. translator: i want to show you something here, wolf. this growing memorial has been building here in atlanta, a city that s known as being too busy to hate, but right now a lot of people have questions about why this shooter opened fire. shock and outrage in atlanta, georgia, and across the nation after a shooting spree left eight people dead, six of whom were asian women. police say the suspected shooter, 21-year-old robert aaron long has admitted to the attacks on three separate atlanta-area spas, but they say it s too soon to call his crimes a hate crime. he claims it was not racially motivated. reporter: according to investigators the suspect d
meanwhile, the head of the cdc is pleading with americans to continue wearing masks, physical distancing and other precautions to avoid another covid-19 surge as more states open up. the cdc says that one in five americans has now had at least one covid vaccine dose. we re also following new developments here in washington in the capitol siege. two men have now been arrested and charged for assaulting police officer brian sicknick who later died. the men are accused of working together to spray police including sicknick with a toxic chemical spray. let s begin over at the white house right now, our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins is joining us. the president wants the americans to know that the covid relief package is much more than direct stimulus checks. update our viewers. reporter: yeah, wolf, he does. that might be the most tangible given it was put directly in americans bank accounts over the weekend, but the white house is saying there s a lot more h
urging americans not to let their guard down. also the justice department here in washington announcing today that two men have now been arrested and charged with assaulting officer brian sicknick with a toxic chemical spray. let s begin our coverage with our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins. the president is taking his covid relief package straight to the american public. give us the latest. reporter: yes, wolf. he s basically mentioning it every time he gets near a microphone. tomorrow he ll be going to pennsylvania. i ll be traveling with him. that s going to continue with several more stops this week not just for president biden, but for his top aides. he want to pitch this plan to the american people, make sure they know it s not just stimulus checks. all this means the bigger plan you have to have to implement that bill. that s the challenge facing the biden administration right now. today it is going to be complicated, but he says he wants to make sure
the videos show the suspect from multiple angles, wearing a mask and a hood. there s a $100,000 reward for information leading to the person. also breaking right now, the house of representatives is set momentarily to this authorize a final vote tomorrow on the covid stimulus bill. that will bring millions of americans a step closer to desperately needed aid one full year into this pandemic. there s promising news on the vaccine effort right now. the white house says the supply in both the pfizer and moderna vaccines will increase by 600,000 this week to 15.8 million doses. first, let s get some more on this new video just released by the fbi. clearly, the fbi hopes it will lead to a suspect. our justice correspondent, jessica schneider, is working the story for us. this is a high priority case for the fbi. one of the top priorities here, wolf. the mystery remains now, two months later, who is this suspect who planted these pipe bombs? tonight, the fbi releasing even more v
$1.9 trillion covid relief bill makes its final passage. that s expected wednesday. thursday president biden will deliver the first prime time address of his presidency to mark one year since the nation shut down. we re also tracking fallout from that bombshell interview of the duke and duchess of sussex, whose allegations of racism and neglect have plunged the royal family into crisis. the interview is airing right now for the first time in britain. we ll go there live later this hour for the latest reaction. first, let s get the details of the new cdc guidance just out for more than 30 million americans, who were fully vaccinated against covid-19. our national correspondent, erica hill, is working the story for us. erica, new freedoms for those lucky enough to be fully vaccinated. reporter: that s right. that number is above 30 million here in the u.s. of people who are fully vaccinated. this guidance, we ve been waiting for it, for weeks at this point, as people are just