anti-asian violence are gripping communities across the country. president biden and vice president harris are heading to atlanta. it is the first time they ll be in the battleground state since taking office. their trip was originally billed as part of their tour to sell the american rescue plan stimulus, but the political portion of it is now scrapped and the focus is mourning those lost while meeting with leaders in the asian-american community. we ll be covering all the angles of the president s trip, as well as any new developments in the investigation into the shootings. but also this today because it s a big day in the fight against covid-19. the biden administration is set to exceed its goal of 100 million vaccinations in the president s first 100 days in office. 42 days earlier than promised. and a potential game-changer for children in classrooms. the cdc is set to cut its recommendation for physical distancing from six feet to three feet for in-person learning. m
spree and to meet with leaders in the asian american community, as well. this comes as the president also meets a major goal today, way ahead of schedule. 100 million covid vaccinations in his first 100 days in office. that is 42 days early. also today, the cdc is expected to announce new social distancing guidelines for children in schools. but as more states begin to ease restrictions, experts are warning of a potential psspike cases. several states are seeing an uptick as officials race to get more shots in arms. let s begin with our colleague, natasha chen. she is following the investigations into these shootings in and around atlanta. natasha, good morning to you. the atlanta police department with some new details this morning. reporter: jim and poppy, the fulton county medical examiner has now released the names of the four people who were killed at the two spas in atlanta, which police say the suspect had frequented before. here are those names. 75-year-old as you
one mother s warning announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening and welcome. atlanta authorities say nothing is off the table as they work to understand the motive behind tuesday s deadly spa attacks tonight we re learning more about the eight victims. six of them are of asian descent. the attacks striking deeper fear and anger across asian american communities feeling increasingly vulnerable amid a growing wave of violence against them. president biden s previously scheduled trip to atlanta tomorrow to now include a face-to-face meeting with community members there. we are also tonight closely watching covid numbers. there are some unsettling signs and a bit later a story every parent should watch about fake pills masking the deadly drug fentanyl and the horrible consequences so a lot to get to tonight. let s start with a late report from atlanta and blayne alexander. reporter: tonight with families in mourning from atlanta s korean community t
i called my mom. she got a scholarship to the first one. we are done, we are done. you are going to that school. you are fine. we are going to go for the break. the kids have been denying so many memories and we see family a lot. don and i we see each other s families all the time. i saw your wife and son today. why is he wearing leg weights? how crazy. he s wearing ankle weights around because it is going to make him jack. looks like a bean pole. it is not going to happen. when i was his age, i would take weight gain powder and my mom said to me, one day you are going to regret that. and now i need weight loss powder it will come in time, mario, relax. he s built like tarzan. he s got his mother s genes. i had latasha. i know what they want. they want me to be on angry and outraged of what ron johnson says. that bothered me. the combination of saying i don t need the vaccine, i have covid and saying there is nothing about race when i say that white rioters don t
minnesota. we really appreciate. thank you, lawrence. jane fonda gets tonight s last word. the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. well, good evening once again. day 55 of the biden administration and tonight we may be entering the most critical point thus far in our nation s fight to crush this virus. we re being warned that we could still see another surge of infections, even as the new data are out showing we appear to be headed in the right direction. the vaccine rollout is expanding. nearly a fifth of all american adults have had at least one shot. we re averaging nearly 2.5 million vaccines a day, while hospitalizations continue to decline, yet experts are sounding the alarm that we are not out of the clear, not by any means. the concerns are mounting that we are next going to see a spring break spike in cases, giving highly contagious variants a chance to spread in our country. that, plus a rebound in air travel has the administration s coronavirus team o