a good idea? we hear from americans who want nothing to do with the covid vaccine. we need some children in syria thriving with downpours syndrome despite witnessing the horrors of war . welcome, everyone. americans are banding together this weekend, showing solidarity with the asian american community with rallies in cities like atlanta, where on tuesday, a gunman walked into two spas and started shooting. he d done the same at a spa just outside of atlanta, leaving eight dead in total, six of them women of asian descents. saturday s rally in atlanta was similar to the rally in new york city in times square with demonstrators carrying signs reading stop asian hate. crowds in pittsburgh also gathered to remember tuesday s victims and to condemn the rise in these kinds of attacks. information is slowly coming in about those who were killed. one victim was a single mother of two sons. others was a licensed massage therapist who had reportedly just returned to work after bei
violence rocks the nation in cities across the u.s. this weekend. people are gathering in sadness for the victims of a mass killing and frustration at the climate of hate that many blame for it. what you re seeing there, this is atlanta where demonstrators rallied at the state capitol and demanded justice for the eight people shot dead this week within and just outside the city. most of the victims were women of asian descent. cnn photo journalist christine leadership spoke to some asian-american women to see how they are processing the shooting and anti-asian activity. based on what i heard on the news, a 21-year-old man came into different asian spas, three different ones, and actively was shooting them. i just think that s devastating. especially since this happened not too far from me, and i am also an asian woman living in atlanta. this isn t new, it s been happening for it s increasingly happened over the past year. just the start of the whole pandemic. even j
crisis. live, from cnn world headquarters in atlanta. welcome to all of you watching here, in the united states, canada, and around the world. i m kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. we begin, with the tense situation unfolding in miami beach, florida. where hoards of college students have descended on the city, for spring break. look at those pictures. police say, about a dozen people were arrested, saturday night, after an emergency curfew took effect. officials say, they took the action, because the unwelcome crush of visitors was more than the city could cope with during the pandemic. the mayor says, many people came to miami beach, precisely, because it doesn t have the covid restrictions found everywhere else. we ve had very challenging spring breaks, in other times. i mean, we re a city that s 92,000 residents, but will sometimes have 2 to 300,000 people here. the problem is that, this particular time, and i think it s because of of the pandemic, almost no
dallas to begin to accommodate the number of children crossing the u.s./mexico border alone. i believe it s a challenge that s being managed. i have been governor under three presidents, and this is by far the worst situation we ve seen. good morning to you, good morning to all of you in atlanta who are waking up and wherever you might happen to be this morning, we re always just grateful to have you with us in the morning on this sunday, march 21st, i m christi paul. i m boris sanchez in for victor blackwell, great to be with you. good to see you, too, boris. second day waking up at this hour, it is something, isn t it. i m getting used to it. he s going to have to get used to it, as you know. we want to start with what s happening down south, a state of emergency in miami beach. overnight, police used pepper balls to break up what the mayor called overwhelming crowds. take a look at this. we know at least a dozen people were arrested as police moved to enforce
and what you re hearing there is people fleeing from pepper balls being fired into the crowd. the mayor calling the situation overnight overwhelming for a local police and the neighboring police departments brought in to help. at least a dozen people were arrested last night after multiple attempts to disburse the crowd. city officials are holding an emergency meeting this hour. an increase in travel to florida and across the u.s., in fact, has health officials concerned that tsa is saying more than a million people pass through u.s. airports for the tenth straight day on saturday, and it comes at a time when the cdc is still recommending americans avoid travel. let s go to the situation in south florida, and miami beach, randi kaye is there, so they are meeting, officials are meeting this hour, and are they also trying to, you know, figure out how to get a handle of things, or how to keep people from coming? yeah, they re certainly trying to get a handle on what s happenin