president biden is facing a staggering number of migrants crossing into the country and they say it could reach a two decades high. there are new concerns about whether the influx could spread coronavirus. two samplings in texas showed the rate of infection among migrants was over 10%. there are new concerns about migrant children. there are over 600 unaccompanied minors coming here a day in recent weeks. this morning secretary alejandro mayorkas said the administration does have this under control. the minors who are arriving and who are placed in the department of health and human services facilities are tested. they are all tested, isolated, and quarantined. our covid-19 protocols that are administered by the department of health and human services are operated very efficiently. eric: we ll hear more when president biden speaks to the media later in the week. for now, david spunt is live at the white house with more on that. let s begin with steve harrigan, live at the b
u.s. capitol police officer to be killed in the line of duty this year. officer brian sicknick died a day after he was injured in the january 6th capitol riot. for more, let s bring in cnn s joe johns. what more have you learned? reporter: well, as you said, 18-year member of the force. this is so sad. he joined the u.s. capitol police in march of 2003. he s from massachusetts and he has two kids. he s also a member of the first responders team with the u.s. capitol police. a couple friends of his, acquaintances along the years talked about him. listen. it is, you know, incredibly sad and just surreal to know that billy died serving our country, doing something that he loved so much. above all, he loved life, he loved being a dad, and he loved being a part of the u.s. capitol police. reporter: now, this confrontation that happened yesterday around 1:00 p.m. eastern time occurred when the united states congress was not in session. speaker nancy pelosi did put out a dea
elections. let s go to natasha chen at the georgia state capitol where governor kemp plans to hold a press conference in the next hour. what are we expecting to hear from the governor? reporter: well, fred, the governor has already made his opinions abundantly clear, flooding the air waves since yesterday when this decision was announced. he s been on fox news a number of times, including this morning. that sound bite you played shoed that he was very disappointed, of course, in saying that major league baseball has really bent to the cancel culture to the left, he said that biden and stacey abrams had been spreading what he considers lies about this law, which critics, of course, have said that restricts voter access. we also heard from gabriel sterling from the secretary of state s office today on cnn talking about his reaction to this decision. i was so violently pissed off yesterday. it s ridiculous. new york, where they are, has excuse-based absentee and fewer days o
i m going to step aside now because it looks like governor kemp is starting his press conference. good afternoon, everyone. let me thank all of you for being with us today, and i really want to thank so many grass-roots conservatives and great elected leaders who are here with us. yesterday major league baseball caved to fear and lies from liberal activists. they ignored the facts of our new election integrity law, and they ignored the consequences of their decision on our local community. in the middle of a pandemic, major league baseball put the wishes of stacey abrams and joe biden ahead of the economic well being of hard working georgians who were counting on the all-star game for a paycheck. georgians and all americans should note what this decision means. it means cancel culture and partisan activists are coming from your business. they re coming for your game or event in your hometown and they re coming to cancel everything from sports to how you make a living, and t
we begin into the investigation of the deadly shootings at the three spas in the atlanta area. cnn obtained new surveillance video of the moment just before the first attack. it appears the to show the shooting suspect, robert aaron long, park in front of young s asian massage. and moments later, four people were dead. in total eight people were killed at three different locations. long faces multiple charges related to the murder but many are calling on prosecutors to add hate crimes to those criminal complaints. cnn s natasha chen is in atlanta for us at one of the scenes where shootings took place. natasha, do we have any more information about what may have led up to these attacks? yes, fred, the investigation continues into his possible motive on the day after the shootings occurred. law enforcement in a joint press conference told everyone in an interview with the suspect he told everyone it was an act believed to related to his sexual addiction, he said it was not ra