the philippines or korea or china or japan, there is widespread fear. they say in talking to a community activist they have a target on their backs. and our community is scared, angry and anxious right now. i have spoken to folks who say i m not comfortable going outside. they refuse we have seniors who refuse to take the daily walks to the park, go to the grocery store and folks feeling like they re imprisoned in their home right now. reporter: because of this we start to see legislation at a grassroots level here in california and one legislator wants to put in a hotline where people can immediately call to report any hate bias type crimes. later on tonight in little tokyo we will have a vigil, laser focused on japanese-americans who live in senior housing, there s one complex alone that had something like 100 cases of covid-19 deaths and want to protect them from being moved out of the homes in the pandemic so there s a lot at play here in the large dynamic asian-ame
defeat it or challenge it. yes, fred, this law changes the record from top to bottom but the parts of the new law that had the most focus are those that would restrict ballot access in some ways and particularly, look, we re talking about restricting ballot access disproportionately for voters of color and low-income voters in georgia. some of those components are now requiring an i.d. for absentee voting instead of signature matching, which is what georgia used to do, limiting the use of dropboxes to just being inside early voting locations during early voting hours, which is usually 9:00 to 5:00 p.m. monday through friday, and they give this state the broad power over local election management, including the ability in some cases to replace local election officials. that s what has the most activists the most concerned about it. at this point there s the most headline grabbing, which is criminalizing giving food and zrif drink to voters in line. now, fred, there are a lot
supporting the asian-american community after the horrific mass shooting in atlanta. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. here in the u.s., progress in the fight against coronavirus has been threatened by people disregarding guidance from medical experts. millions of people pass through airports in recent days setting pandemic records despite a cdc recommendation that americans avoid travel, and the fear of catching coronavirus seems to be lost on massive crowds packing miami beach, florida. take a look at these images. officials are extending the curfew that went into effect over the weekend after police say they were overwhelmed by spring break crowds. and then mainly around the holidays, meanwhile some americans pay no mind as paul reports from los angeles at american airports the motto seems to be, pandemic? what pandemic? 1 million passengers passed through tsa in the usa for the tenth straight day. this pair travelled to warm gulf coast beaches from the
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:
severe cases. the results also show that there is no increase risk of blood clots which is significant now especially because more than a dozen countries paused their use of the vaccine after a small number of people developed blood clots after getting the shot. this development comes at a critical time. new cases in the united states are plateauing at a stubbornly high level at this moment. even though they are as you can see from the graphic down dramatically from the very beginning of this year. but what does this plateau mean? well, bad signs ahead could be pictures like this that are not helping. spring break in scenes in florida. this is going to lead to another surge especially with cases of a dangerous variant climbing across the country. let s start with the results of astrazeneca s covid-19 vaccine trial while we re waiting to hear from the covid-19 response team at the white house and what this new data from the trial could mean in the fight against the virus. kris