ethnically motivated violent extremists promoting white supremacy are, quote, the most lethal threats right now here in the united states. let s start our coverage this hour in atlanta. our national correspondent ryan young is joining us. ryan this, s new information emerging now about the suspects in these terrible killings. translator: i want to show you something here, wolf. this growing memorial has been building here in atlanta, a city that s known as being too busy to hate, but right now a lot of people have questions about why this shooter opened fire. shock and outrage in atlanta, georgia, and across the nation after a shooting spree left eight people dead, six of whom were asian women. police say the suspected shooter, 21-year-old robert aaron long has admitted to the attacks on three separate atlanta-area spas, but they say it s too soon to call his crimes a hate crime. he claims it was not racially motivated. reporter: according to investigators the suspect d
i m laura jarrett. happy friday. happy friday. i m christine romans. nice to see you. march 12th. 5 a.m. exactly in new york. start the clock. president biden offering this hopeful path out of the pandemic and he s giving a time line by early summer. in the first primetime address he urged all-americans to do their part. if we do all of this, if we do our part, if we do this together, by july the 4th there s a good chance you, family and friends will be able to get together in your backyard, neighborhood, have a cookout, barbecue, celebrate independence day. here the president urging all states to make all adults eligible for a vaccine available in two months. jasmine, we have dates here. vaccines on the way for everyone. lay out the president s goals. reporter: well, last night, laura, the president really did two things. he tapped into the empathizer in chief role that we are getting to know from him so well meeting with americans, as you said, to do their part. he
families of seniors who died of covid-19 in nursing homes. a letter from a group called voices of seniors saying it is clear that you put your own political reputation and personal profit above the well-being of our most vulnerable family members. the cuomo administration has denied any wrongdoing. same goes for the michigan governorship of gretchen whitmer who tells an nbc reporter she s proud how the state handled the pandemic, but the nbc report goes on that covid positive patients were placed as fox news @ night s negative patients. did end that practice after the first six month of the pandemic. the reporter claims whitmer s policy compares from new york cuomo, instead whitmer incentivize the process by taking homes to take patients who contracted covid-19. where defends what you said by saying that there was a national strategy. the quarantines will continue plus facts are that nearly half of debts were happening in nursing homes. and as for former president trump,
as somebody who has been eagerly awaiting her vaccine shot and having no idea when i would become eligible, i will tell you, i feel this personally. as the president made clear tonight, he s saying this doesn t necessarily mean all american adults are going to be vaccinated by the end of next month, by may 1st. but he is ordering all states and territories to open eligibility to all adults by no later than may 1st, which means you can get in line, which means you can start setting up your appointment, which means you can make your plans. any american adult who wants a shot will be free to sign up for one, and the president says his administration will do everything it can to make vaccine shots available to every single american who wants one. and that is just almost unbelievably good news. for all of the americans who want to get vaccinated, present company included, but also for what it says about the progress the administration feels it s making toward that ultimate goal of
having no idea when i would become eligible, i will tell you, i feel this personally. as the president made clear tonight, he s saying this doesn t necessarily mean all american adults are going to be vaccinated by the end of next month, by may 1st. but he is ordering all states and territories to open eligibility to all adults by no later than may 1st, which means you can get in line, which means you can start setting up your appointment, which means you can make your plans. any american adult who wants a shot will be free to sign up for one, and the president says his administration will do everything it can to make vaccine shots available to every single american who wants one. and that is just almost unbelievably good news. for all of the americans who want to get vaccinated, present company included, but also for what it says about the progress the administration feels it s making toward that ultimate goal of getting everybody vaccinated. and you know, also, it matters,