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 community leaders have been telling us all week they want the president and white house to speak more forcibly that this was indeed a hate crime. we will see if the president uses those words here. pa pamela, certainly a moment of grieving and consoling. president biden was planning to come to georgia for something entirely different, but this, of course, happens with presidents. they follow the events that cannot necessarily be dictated. an emotional meeting inside. closed doors, but we'll learn more after it's over. >> kaitlan, we just learned from jeff that biden plans to speak more forcibly condemning the violence, but it's interesting. we haven't heard much from him on gun control. do we know if he's going to bring that up today? >> reporter: no. that's another big question. that's an obvious factor that has not been a massive focus because, of course, there has been focus on other aspects of what happened with this shooting and shooting rampage with the asian-owned businesses and given the fact that six of these victims are asian women. whether or not that is something president biden brings up, that's another question. during these remarks, we should remind viewers, thus with to be a political trip to atlanta that president biden was expected to take. this was before the shooting actually happened. the white house cancelled that political event and instead scheduled this sit-down that is still under way in atlanta because they wanted this to be the focus of the trip. he had gone to the cdc earlier, at the headquarters in atlanta, but they wanted this to be the focus and not the political aspects of this. how they navigate this going forward is going to be a big question because whether or not they call it a hate crime, that's something investigators have not gone that far as to determine yet. that is something president biden leaned heavily on the other day in the oval office. despite that he still noted this rise in violence we have seen against afsian-americans since the beginning of the pandemic which he believed in part are from his predecessor, calling the virus the china virus. whether or not he addresses that aspect of it and how he balances it with the fact that investigators are still working on this is what we'll see in a few moments from him. >> all right. kaitlan collins and jeff zeleny, we'll talk with you again after the president speaks. this comes after we're learning new details about the spa shootings. ryan young is following the investigation. what's the latest, ryan? >> reporter: we've learned about new charges, but the community keeps arriving to the sights with they open fire. they want more focus on the victims. tonight investigators are actively working to piece together the exact movements of the tuesday attack on the massage spas in metro atlanta. they addressed the charges. he faces nine charges, one count of criminal intent to commit murder and five counts of possession of a fire arm. for victims like mario gonzalez who lost his wife during the shooting, the charges do lit toll fill the whole l-- hole let in their hearts. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: the 911 calls hampered by difficult in communication and don't reveal the true desperation of the moment. >> is it a male or female? >> indiscernible. >> they have a gun, you said? >> reporter: the medical examiner revealing the names of four victims who were gunned douchblt soon park wi, 74, susan cha kim, 689, yonge yue, 63. police tell us they are still working to determine the shooter's motives. >> it's very important to let you know that we are not done. we're still working very diligently to ascertain all the facts so we can have a successful prosecution because that's what's most important now. >> reporter: this afternoon crabapple baptist church where robert long worshipped released this statement about the shooter. no blame can be placed upon the victims. these acts are the result of a sinful heart and depraived mind of which aaron is responsible. there are growing calls in this community and country to protect the memories of the women involved. >> do you think it's promote that the prosecutors look at the most stringent and stiffest -- most stiff las that can be applied to this? i think it's difficult to see it as anything other than a hate crime. >> reporter: pamela, we know investigators are going through mounds of evidence when it comes to video and text messages. they're true iing to put all this together. they're hoping when the first court appearance happens down the road, we'll hear more information about what the suspected shooter told investigators during that initial interview and hopefully getting more of a glimpse into what investigators have learned so far. >> that is the hope. cnn's ryan young. thanks so much. let's get more on all of this with democratic congresswoman doris matsui of california. congresswoman matsui, thanks so much for coming on. president biden has been meeting with leaders of atlanta's asian-american community we know today. how far does it go to have the sitting president take these attacks so seriously? >> well, thank you, pamela, for having me on under these circumstances, but i must say i'm very pleased that president biden and vice president harris are meeting with the victim's families. it's so important he is a caring person and he brings to the families in a sense by talking with asian-american leaders there that we all care. we're all americans and we care. and he's somebody who understands what it means to be thought upon as probably somebody who if you look at all the communities, the community is being attacked right now, and he understands. justice is in his heart, and that's why i'm really happy that he's there. >> of course, we're waiting to hear from him directly. what would you like to hear from the president and vice president harris today? >> well, i think the president and vice president understand that these hate crimes must stop. you know, this happened, and there's been a buildup this last year loosely calling the covid virus the china virus, and by that very nature, throwing the responsibility on asian-americans as if they're responsible, which they are not. this is a lesson for everybody. racism exists, we all know that. but hateful words gives permission, especially from a leader, that it's okay to throw these words out, and if it hits the wrong person, you don't know what's going to happen, and we know that we've seen many attacks, verbal abuse throughout the country, and there's been energy around this because asian-americans have been in this country for a very, very long time. they're part of the fabric of this country. and to dismiss it is just saying it's the china virus and they brought it in, it's so unfair and so unjust. >> absolutely. i don't think anyone can dispute how unfair and unjust it is. it makes no sense. and as we learn more about the shootings in atlanta, sick of them were asian women. how are you reflecting on their vulnerability and sexism and racism asian women face? >> first of all, i'm so sorry about what's happened to all the victims, particularly now the focus on women of asian descent, and we have to remember what happened to them. women across the board have faced some of these issues. it doesn't matter what kind of background you have. but to link these two, it's very, very difficult, and i feel for them because they're individuals. i mean these women in particular provide for their families and their patients, you know, and they have children, and they have grandparents. these are real people. and that's what i want even to remember. and as we look at this, there are complicated issues here, i understand. but these are people. we have a crisis here in the asian pacific american community. they feel very hurt. i understand that. and believe me, whether you're first generation or fifth generation, it doesn't matter what background you have with ethnicity. you know that this is not right, an yo and you get a sense they were maybe not targeted but maybe looked at in a different way from everybody else. >> right now as we know, president biden is calling on congress to pass the covid-19 hate crime bill. when it comes to that bill, gun bills, or any other measure, do you feel they're dead on arrival in the senate. >> i don't believe so. this is the moment when we're looking at social inequities across the board. we saw that with what's happened with the black lives matter with george floyd, what's happened, you know, now with what's going on now with covid. and now when you look at the asian pacific american kmurnt, many of which are frontline workers, you look at this and realize -- this is a time when we realize we have to undo some of this. we have to look ahead to say we have to move forward, but we have to remember what's happened so we can build upon that. this nation has the capacity to really look at themselves and say we have to correct this, we have to move forward. and this is not just asian-american community. you know, we have the african-american community, latino community, and you see what's come out with people who have now joined us. so this is all about all of us working together. it's a time now to do that. >> so i'm just curious though. you don't think it's dead on arrival in the senate, but what gives you hope that enough republicans would get onboard to pass legislation like this? >> i believe that if you look at where we are as a country, you realize there are things that are more important perhaps, but not as important as the human being itself and our american society and who we are as we move forward. i really believe this is possible today. this is the moment to do that. it truly is. and there is a sense of unity around this purpose that we really have to be very intentional as we look at the things that we can do to really affect the greatest number of people. so all people get helped here. >> and in your testimony you shared you were born in an internment camp. your parents were sent to cams during world war ii. do you think this is a "wake-up call" to include asian-americans in the call on racial justice? >> absolutely. i was born in an internment camp. my parents were american citizens, so that was a great hurt they had. so they had to keep proving they were loyal americans when they were americans already. the asian-american population has always been a part of this fabric, and now because of what's happened, because of the brutality of some of these crimes, because of the scapegoating, everybody looks at us that this is what's happening right now on the asian american community. it's already happened with latinos and blacks, and we're all part of the same culture. that's why i think it's important that this is the moment it's all of us together, all of us together. we want to move forward and past this. >> all right. congresswoman doris matsui, thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. and coming up on this friday, we're standing by to hear from president biden in atlanta. new cdc guidance on getting students back in school. we're going to look at why it's reducing the recommended amount of distancing. plus, details of a new report that new york governor andrew cuomo's first accuser is raising new claims of harass millionaire and retaliation. ♪ you come and go ♪ ♪ you come and go-o-o ♪ ♪ loving would be easy if your colors were like my dreams ♪ ♪ red, gold -- ♪ [ tires screech ] [ crickets chirping ] for those who were born to ride there's progressive. with 24/7 roadside assistance. ♪ karma-karma-karma-karma-karma chameleon... ♪ struggling to manage my type 2 diabetes was knocking me out of my zone, but lowering my a1c with once-weekly ozempic® helped me get back in it. ♪ oh, oh, oh, ozempic® ♪ my zone? 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>> i think they're probably, of course, looking at computer records, social media, and the like, and i actually have to say that i really disagree that there's not enough evidence right now to charge a hate crime because the georgia statute, which i think the prosecutors need to take a look at say that it's either going to be based on account of sex or on race, and eight of the murder victims are women, and six of them are asians. so i think you've got that probable cause there right now, and more evidence is great of lots of things including more motive, but it's really strategically helpful to charge the hate crime because to show that motive as the chief knows, there's a lot of evidence that might otherwise not be admissible you can bring in to show that motive. >> what do you think of that, charles? it's the latest in a string of anti-asian attacks over this past year. do you think the handling of this case sets the tone nationally for addressing that type of hate. >> well, first of all, i mean there has been a significant rise in hate crimes directed toward asian-americans and others of asian descent. i mean this is absolutely terrible to see these kinds of things taking place in our country. this particular case, i'm sure right now they're combing through all of his computer records, interviewing witnesses, doing everything they can to produce enough evidence to convince the prosecutor to place charges. i'm not an attorney. i don't have a file with me. i don't know what they have right now. clearly from the outside looking in, it certainly looks that way. i would be leaning in that direction. but it's not over yet. i mean just because they haven't done it yet doesn't mean that they ultimately won't do it. i think if there's a possibility, if the evidence is there, then they will present that to a prosecutor for the appropriate charges. >> so last night, the fbi director weighed in. let's listen to what he had to say about it. >> and while the motive remains still under investigation, at the moment it does not appear that the motive was racially motivated, but i really would defer to the state and local investigation on that for now. >> what would it take to determine that the motivation was racially motivated? what would be crucial and what would you need to determine that motivation? >> the threshold is no different, just probable cause. they had probable cause to arrest him for the murders. they would have probable cause to indict him before a grand jury. and the plain evidence before us, he selected women and he selected asians, so i respectfully disagree with the fbi director. he's, of course, referring to the state. but that's been one of the problems. prosecutors have been reluctant to use the hate crime laws on the statute. if you're reluctant, you run into the same problem. >> why is that? >> i think that's a complicated answer. first of all, there's a certain aspect of being afraid to try something new when you're trying to prove beyond a reasonable doubt in the courtroom, so they're a little bit risk-aversed that way. and i hate to say it. there's racism that permeates that culture. those terrible remarkings by that spokespenn, he was really sounding like he was almost sympathizing with the defendant, and there's already a stereotype of asian women perhaps being sex trade workers as though sex workers deserve less protection, but there's a lot of stereotyping going on that devalues the lives of people of color. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> thank you. right now at this moment we're standing by to hear from president biden following his meeting with asian-american leaders in atlanta. and the cdc says students can safely return to school with only three feet of distancing instead of six plus masks. plus, it was his former status symbol. why is president trump's private jet now siding idle, ahbaabando and now in disrepair? 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(upbeat music) get the food you love with perks from- - [crowd] grubhub. we're sfanlding by to hear from president biden following a meeting with community leaders in atlanta where eight people were shot including six asian-american women at spas. tonight the u.s. death toll has topped 540,000 people and the country is on the brink of 30 million confirmed cases. cnn national correspondent nick watt is in los angeles with more. so, nick, california is marking a sobering milestone there. >> reporter: it is, pamela. exactly one year to the day, nearly to the hour, california declared the first statewide stay-at-home order in this country. now a year later, more than 3.5 million cases, more than 50,000 deaths later just here in california, this state and the country still trying to finesse the exit strategy. reopening america's schools just got a bit easier. the cdc now says desks need only be three feet, not six feet apart. >> in classrooms with universal mask wearing. >> reporter: the cdc now says one kid perrault on a bus. staff should still keep six feet away from kids and each other, and everyone should still keep six feet of distance in the hallways when eating, singing, and exercising. physical barriers between students no longer advised but divide them into groups. the cdc says. >> long layered prevention strategies can operate safely. >> reporter: more good news, the president promised 100 million vaccine shots in 100 days done. >> in just 58 days, weeks ahead of schedule. >> reporter: but there's a massive mountain still to climb. in fact, 12% of the population is now fully vaccinated. herd immunity, best estimate, 70% to 85%. >> if it is that, we would probably have to get more children, and i believe as we get high school students slacks nated in the fall, we'll be able to reach that. >> reporter: normality creeping closer. starting today new york cities can be half full inside. nationwide, 98% of amc's theaters are open again with restrictions, but open while officials fear the more contagious variant in the uk. >> it accounts for 20% to 30% of the infections in this country, and that number is growing. >> reporter: average state cases are up. michigan up 45% in a week. >> we're going in the wrong direction with the key metric we're tracking for covid-19. >> reporter: holding steady for the majority. in texas, there's a jack in the box manager showing their customers the rules to help slow the spread. >> when the officers arrived at the scene, they found the shift manager leaning on the counter with multiple stab wounds. >> reporter: stabbed for asking that customer to wear a mask. now, that manager is going to be okay. meanwhile do you remember a bunch of european countries stopped using the astrazeneca vaccine? well that is correct ire starting to use it again after european officials said it is safe and effective and the w.h.o. said there's no evidence it causes blood clots. in fact, today, british prime minister boris johnson got a dose of the astrazeneca to keep himself safe and also to reassure his people. pamela? >> okay. cnn's nick watt. i still can't get over that store manager being stabbed. wow. thanks so much, nick. let's dig deeper now with our cnn chief medical correspondent dr. san yeah -- s sanjay gupta. sanjay, the cdc is saying now students can be three feet apart instead of six as long as they're masked. what does that tell us about science? >> it's been a drumbeat emerging. the first data came out of massachusetts a couple of weeks ago where there were school districts who had been doing essentially three feet of distancing and they took the opportunity to say let's compare those school districts to school districts doing six feet. they didn't find a difference in terms of the virus transmission rate was. that was a clue. today as part of the ann announcement they released more data from utah, florida, missouri. it's not surprising because the world health organization has said for some time they accept one meter of physical distancing as sort of their guideline. so this is, you know, hopefully going to make it easier with the caveats you mentioned. if you're going to put more people in the room, you have to make sure you have good ventilation, masks, all those things we've been talking about. >> that is crucial. so why is the cdc recommending different guidelines for different age groups? they were very particular in saying here's the situation for elementary school kids and here's the situation for high school kids? >> the closer you are in ainge to an adult, the more your transmission is likely to behave like an adult. high school students, they're a little more cautious. they may be better transmitters of the virus versus little kids, which is different than what you think. you have little kids. you think of little kids being the big spreaders. not so much here. the basic gist is for elementary students, it's three feet across the board regardless of what's happening in your community. but if you're a high schooler and you're living in a community where there's a lot of viral spread and we can show the map in places where there is red, and there's a lot of places still, in those cases you need to do six feet of distancing unless you can do some sort of cohort, meaning stay with the sap group of students or staff all day long. it's evolving. it's a lot to absorb as people are putting it together. >> it's just stunning to see how much red is still in the country right now. can we apply any of this guidance outside of the school setting or to adults? >> not yet is the answer. i mean, you know, for the same reasons that we just mentioned. we still are thinking that little kids are probably the least concerned in terms of viral spread. they're not saying the same thing about adults yet like in work settings and even within schools, they're saying adults and schools still need to maintain the six feet distance, but we will see. as i mentioned, you know, many parts of the world that follow the world health organization guidelines which says one meter, so we may get to that point here as well. >> all right. cnn's dr. sanjay gupta. thanks so much. have a great weekend. >> you, too, pamela. thank you. be sure to stay with u. we're standing by for president biden's comments in atlanta and also a former aide to governor owe moe levels new allegations of harassment and retaliation. we'll be back. we're driving it. everywhere. we emit optimism, not exhaust. we plug in our vehicles as naturally as we charge our phones. we. we are generation e. we want smart. clean. and safe. to also be fun, easy and powerful! ultium! a battery that charges fast. runs long. it fits everyone. nobody will be left out. and that, changes everything. ♪ ♪ we're standing by to mare from president biden following his meeting with asian-american leaders. and a new article is sure to raise questionsing governor cuomo's treatment toward women as well what the culture tolerates. >> reporter: this is an account of lindsey boylan who was one of the first women who came forward. she told her story before, but this was the first time she sat down for a lengthy interview, and she did it with the "new yorker" magazine. listen to this. she says, quote -- she was talking about an interaction with the governor's dog. she said when the dog jumped up and down near him, when she reached down to calm him and back away, cuomo joked if he were a dog, he would try to, quote, mount her as well. boylan said she did not reply and was grossed out and thought what a dumb third grade thing to say. she just shrugged it off. a spokesperson for the governor detailed the comments specifically on the claim. he declined to comment on that specific story but reiterated that cuomo's denial is he never behaved inappropriate with boylan. also within this story in the "new yorker," they talk about the cuomo administration's efforts to talk about boylan to reporters. they shared her personnel file with several reporters. she was disturbed by that as well. cuomo's office responded to that by saying " with certain limited exceptions as a general matter, it is within a government t entity's discretion to share redacted employment recorded material. of course, many are criticizing the way the cuomo administration has handled their response to these accusations, particularly the accusers who have come forward and the way they try to run disinformation campaigns or counter them by some of these accusers. pam. >> ryan nobles live for us in albany. in minneapolis, lawyers need to pick only one more juror for the trial of derek chauvin, the former policeman charged with murdering george floyd. let's go with omar jiminez. what's the latest, omar? >> reporter: yeah, pamela. we got one juror over the course of today to get 13. the judge said 14 is required. before they wrapped up, the judge said he now wants two more jurors. we want to get clarity on whether he misspoke or wants to make sure they have 14 seated by march 29th. there would be 12 serving at a time and two serve as alternates. the judge made a series of impactful rulings, most notably, not delaying the trial or changing the venue as defense attorney for chauvin wanted. he pointed to the record civil settlement with the city of minneapolis and george floyd's family from last week. the judge basically put it like this, saying, no matter when we have this trial, pretrial publicity is going to be a factor and no matter where we have it heard, there's not going to be someone who hasn't been influenced or seen this story. the judge admitted limited evidence from a previous george floyd 2019 arrest, specifically a portion of body camera video from that day, a photo of fills in the crack of a car, and testimony from a paramedic who can explain why she recommended floyd go to the hospital that day. the judge basically said that, look, this shows a medical example and a medical parallel when floyd is put in a similar situation to may of 2020, confronted by a police officer in a stressful situation, and ingesting potentially drugs. and then finally, of course, when you look at that juror makeup, we've got 13, and the demographics are being paid very close attention to right now. we've got five white women in their 40s and 50s, at least one black woman in her 60s. a wide array ahead of jury selection set to continue on monday, pamela. >> thank you for bringing us the latest from there. any minute now, we'll be hearing from president biden, who's been meeting with asian-american community leaders in atlanta in the wake of the spa shootings. >> what happened to former president trump's jet? 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discrimination against asian americans has risen dramatically over the last year and more. in fact, over the past year 3800 such incidents have been reported, two of three by women. everything from physical assaults to verbal accusations. and it's all harmful and sadly it's not new. racism is real in america and it has always been, xenophobia is real in america and always has been, sexism too. in the 1860s, as chinese workers built the transcontinental railroad, there were laws on the books in america forbidding them from owning property. in the 1940s, as japanese american soldiers defended our nation, more than 120,000 japanese americans were forced to live in internment camps, an obvious and absolute abuse of their civil and human rights. asian americans have been attacked and scapegoated. people who are perceived as muslim know what it was like to live in our country after 9/11. for the last year we've had people in positions of incredible power scapegoating asian americans, people with the biggest pulpits spreading this kind of hate. ultimately this is about who we are as a nation. this is about how we treat people with dignity and respect. everyone has the right to go to work, to go to school, to walk down the street and be safe and also the right to be recognized as an american, not as the other, not as them, but as us. a harm against any one of us is a harm against all of us. the president and i will not be silent. we will not stand by. we will always speak out against violence, hate crimes and discrimination wherever and whenever it occurs. and it is now my great honor to introduce the president of the united states joe biden. >> thank you and good afternoon. sorry we're a little late, but we had an opportunity to meet with leaders of the aapi community downstairs, and it was heart wrenching to listen to. as many of you know, we recently planned to hold a rally to thank our supporters, but given the events of the recent days, we didn't feel it was appropriate, so we cancelled that rally. but we want our supporters to know we'll come back and hold that rally another trip, but today we want to speak about something else. i said from the beginning of my campaign for president that we needed to come together, that we needed to unite as one people, one nation, one america. i said in my kickoff speech in philadelphia, i said that very same thing when i spoke at gettysburg. i said that in my inaugural address. i believe with every fiber of my being there are simply some core values and beliefs that coshoul bring us together as americans. one of them is standing together against hate, against racism, the ugly poison that's long haunted our nation. the vice president and i met a little bit earlier just before this with leaders from the asian american community here in georgia. we talked about tuesday's mass shooting, about another example of public health crisis of gun violence in this country, eight people killed, seven women, six were of asian descent, all fellow americans. each one of them we mourn. their families are left with broken hearts and unanswered questions and the investigation is ongoing and the vice president and i are being regularly updated by the attorney general and the director of the fbi. working closely with governor kemp and mayor bottoms and other officials. whatever the motivation we know this, too many asian americans have been walking up and down the streets and worrying, waking up each morning the past year feeling their safety and the safety of their loved ones are at stake. they've been attacked, blamed, scapegoated, harassed. they've been verbally assaulted, physically assaulted, killed. documented incidents of hate against asian americans have seen a skyrocketing spike over the last year, let alone the ones that happened and never get reported. it's been a year of living in fear for their lives just to walk down the street. grandparents afraid to leave their homes, small business owners targeted and gunned down, attacks on some of the most vulnerable people in our nation, the elderly, low wage workers and women. in fact, asian american women suffer twice as many incidents of harassment and violence as asian american men. we're learning again what we've always known, words have consequences. it's the coronavirus, full stop. the conversation we had today with the aapi leaders and that we're hearing all across the country is that hate and violence often hide in plain sight. it's often met with scieilence. that's been true throughout our history, but that has to change because our silence is complicity. we cannot be complicit. we have to speak out, we have to act. in my first week in office i signed an executive order directing federal agencies to combat this resurgence of xenophobia. the department of justice is strengthening its partnership with the aapi community to prevent these crimes, in addition to its other work to take on violent extremists and domestic terrorism. i'm calling on congress to pass and get to my desk the covid-19 hate crimes act. and the house just passed the authorization of the violence against women act, a law i authored more than 25 years ago. it was one of my proudest legislative achievements. i call on the senate to swiftly pass it and get it to my desk. with all the good that laws can do, we have to change our hearts. hate can have no safe harbor in america. it must stop. it's on all of us, all of us together to make it stop. something else should bring us together and that is a belief in science. science isn't something that should divide us. there's nothing political about it. there's nothing partisan about it. one of america's best examples of commitment to science is headquartered right here in atlanta, the centers for disease control and prevention. the cdc represented the best of this nation, brilliant mind, deep faith in science and a strong commitment to public service. we came here to thank them for all the work they do and especially the work they've done over the course of this pandemic. we owe them and their families our gratitude. we want to convey to them the absolute commitment to give them everything they need to do their work and get it done free of politics and guided by science. because of them, we're making real progress. we just met my goal of administering 100 million shots before my first 100 days in office. we did it in about 60 days. we're not stopping now. the american rescue funds, more vaccines, more vaccination centers and more increase in

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