come to the u.s. amid the growing crisis of children at the border. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, we have reports this morning from seoul, the pentagon, capitol hill and rome. this is early start, i m christine romans. and i m laura jarrett. it s wednesday, march 17th, it s 5:00 a.m. in new york and we start this morning with the big breaking news. a suspect is in custody after eight people were killed in shootings at three massage parlours in the atlanta area. now, authorities have not offered a motive yet, but at least six of the victims were asian in about the span of an hour eight people were killed at those three atlanta area spas spread across three miles. the attacks took place in quick secession, the fbi is assisting authorities in atlanta and cherokee county. here is a spokesperson for the chairy county s office. it s pretty unusual. as i mentioned earlier, in 2020 we had one homicide in cherokee county, we have had at leas
voting rights legislation. senator warnock s whose state was at the center of calls by trump was on the floor. watch. we are witnessing right now a massive and unabashed assault on voting rights unlike anything we have ever seen since the jim crow era. this is jim crow in new clothes. since the january election, some 250 voter suppression bills have been introduced by state legislatures across the country from georgia to arizona, from new hampshire to florida. using the big lie of voter fraud as a pretext for voter suppression. the same big lie that led to a violent insurrection on this very capitol. the day after my election. make no mistake. this is democracy in reverse. rather than voters being able to pick the politicians, the politicians are trying to cherry pick their voters. i say this cannot stand. the legislation the senator is promoting there takes direct aim at institutional barriers to voting and create national standards for voter registration. according to dem
united states and all around the world, we have reports from rome, berlin, the white house and tokyo. this is early start, i m laura jarrett. good morning, i m christine romans. we begin in europe, it s cheaper, simpler to deliver and is being pulled off the market, some countries in the last few minutes halting use of the astrazeneca covid vaccine after a small number of patients experienced blood clots. it s another blow to the eu s sluggish vaccine rollout. in vaccine is not authorized in the u.s. yet but it is being counted on to fight the uk variant spreading around the world. all this comes at a really difficult time. a third wave of infections is sweeping across europe and forcing renewed restrictions, hospitalizations on the rise in france, germany seeing a spike in cases and italians back under lockdown. that s where cnn s melissa bell is live for us this morning, she s in rome. melissa, good morning. what can you tell us? reporter: good morning, lawyer rachl
more money for an accelerating american covid vaccine rollout now climbing past 109 million doses administered. that means more than one in five americans are now at least partially vaccinated. the global vaccine rollout also a big issue today, especially across europe. a few dozen recipients of the astrazeneca vaccine report dangerous blood clots. a growing list of countries now suspending use of the astrazeneca vaccine, including france, italy and germany. world health organization and european experts are taking a new urgent look at the issue. but the executive director of the eu agency that regulates vaccines says every piece of available data says the astrazeneca vaccine is both effective and safe. at present there is no indication that vaccination has caused these conditions. they have not come up in the clinical trials and they re not listed as known or expected side events with this vaccine. we are still firmly convinced that the benefits of the astrazeneca vaccine
no wonder espresso is invented here. i think i may need more of these to keep up with country. i am stanley tucci, i am italian on both sides and i am traveling across italy to discover how the food in each of these countries, 20 regions is as unique as the people and their past. it is delicious. here in milan, the menu is nothing like you would expect. up here in the north, forget about pasta and pizza, this is the land of rice and palenta. people from south of italy. there is not everyn a tomato in site. olive oil plays second to butter. i hate to say it but who needs more butter. milan is the second biggest city in italy. it is the capitol of london. the gateway to northern europe and all of the traded money that that brings. sophisticated, elegant and rich. the kcathedral, the biggest church in the whole of italy. this breathtaking architecture jewel pointing upwards is the perfect metaphor for this. where are you taking me? up. just up. bepe is a new york times