the fbi director says the attacks don t appear to be racially motivated, local officials say it s too soon to make that determination. new surveillance shows the suspect pulling up and parking. he then tro to two other spas in the atlanta area, and killed four more people. for the latest on the lives cut short by horrific mass shooting. reporter: while authorities i saying they re still investigating to determine whether the spat shoot, were racially motivated. fbi director wray told npr on thursday that he doesn t believe race played a role. while the motive still remains 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. reporter: the fbi is currently playing a limited role in the investigation into the killing spree. director wray s comments upsetting leaders in the asian-american community. it s infuriating. everybody who is looking at this is l
wear the mask now so we can get to a place where you don t have to. also today, new york governor andrew cuomo is in crisis. charlotte bennett said her former boss was a textbook groomer. and find out why they held data for the total on the nursing control deaths. unemployment, you can see, ticking down and there were 377,000 new hires across america last month. but the economy is still down over 9 million jobs from a year ago. the number one priority, says the biden administration, must be the covid rescue package. we are not going to hide in the face of challenge. we are going to power through and finish this bill, however long it takes. the jobs report making clear unemployment remains a mega crisis. and while overall jobs numbers were up by a healthy number last month, the data does detail job cuts. the marathon senate debate kicking into gear right now starting with, moments ago, a vote on whether to hike the minimum wage to $15 an hour. with us to share their repo
among more than 21,000 participants receiving at least one dose. that s important because you will remember more than a dozen countries have just recently halted the use of astrazeneca vaccine after a small number of people developed blood clots after taking it. but that does not mean causality. it does not mean the vaccine caused those blood clots. we ll have more on what this all means for you and potential emergency use authorization from the fda here in the united states in just a moment. take a look also at miami beach. in a moment, we will show you where an emergency curfew of 8:00 p.m. was just extended. this is why, spring break chaos. that s spring break in miami beach this weekend. police cracking down firing pepper balls, trying to disperse overwhelming crowds of mostly maskless party years. let s gen with the developments overnight and the information we are getting on astrazeneca vaccine. kristen holmes joins me, what s the morning line for the u.s.? reporter:
kristen holmes joins us from washington. i want to be clear here. this is their data. this is a press release coming out from a pharmaceutical company. it s not independent fda analysis. but it s encouraging, right? yes. this is incredibly encouraging. they said they re going to submit this for peer review. take a look at the numbers here to break down what they mean. you mentioned the 79% efficacy against symptomatic disease and 100% efficacy against that severe disease and hospitalization. this is a big deal. when i talked to health officials, that 100% is the number they re often looking at. that is the overall goal here to stop that severe disease spread. the hospitalization and ultimately the death from coronavirus. so these numbers are very significant for two major reasons. one is the obvious. again, yes, this is their data. but this is the first step in that emergency use authorization process by the fda. we heard from the president of astrazeneca today who said the
against symptomatic and 100% effective in preventing severe disease and hospitalization. this is in a u.s.-based trial. the company says there were no safety concerns whatsoever. here s the but. several european countries, though, had temporarily suspended use of astrazeneca because of reports of blood clots in a small number of vaccinated people, but the company says, an independent committee found no increased risk of blood clots. astrazeneca is now preparing to apply for emergency use authorization here in the u.s. and a little bit more good news for all of us today. the number of new covid cases is continuing to drop and the u.s. is now averaging 1,000 deaths a day. this is down 26% since last week. cnn s alexander field has more. reporter: a vaccine plagued by weeks of controversy now showing positive results in the u.s. will it be enough to change its global image? we are thrilled by the results. we have disclosed this this morning. reporter: in a u.s.-based clini