atlanta area spas late yesterday. 21-year-old robert long has been charged with eight counts of murder, will make his first court appearance tomorrow. police say the gunman told them he was not motivated by race, but they of course have not ruled that out. we ve received a number of calls about is this a hate crime. we are still early in this investigation. so we cannot make that determination at this moment. the shootings come amid an alarming escalation of crimes against asians in this country. and yes, it coincides with ugly rhetoric from former president trump and others linking the coronavirus and china as the pandemic worsened across our country. one group tracking anti-asian hate say they ve received some reports of 3,800 incidents with over two thirds of the attacks reported by women. today the vice president, president, atlanta s mayor all condemned such crimes. whatever the motivation here i know that asian-americans are very concerned. we ve been speaking abo
and yes, it coincides with ugly rhetoric from former president trump and others linking the coronavirus and china as the pandemic worsened across our country. one group tracking anti-asian hate say they ve received some reports of 3,800 incidents with over two thirds of the attacks reported by women. today the vice president, president, atlanta s mayor all condemned such crimes. whatever the motivation here i know that asian-americans are very concerned. we ve been speaking about the brutality against asian-americans for the last couple of months and i think it is very, very troubling. i do want to say to our asian-american community that we stand with you and understand how this has frightened and shocked and outraged. this is an issue that s happening across the country. it is unacceptable. it is hateful, and it has to stop. just today the director of national intelligence, the dni, released a new report about extremist violence compiled with the help of the justice
signature. the president has signaled he continues to promote the bill. indeed, he has plans to travel about the country to talk more about it while moving on to the rest of his to-do list. today, members of the house wasted no time trying to define the bill and what it represents. we promise to put vaccination shots in arms for every single american. mission accomplished. we promised to put money in the pockets of every day americans who have been struggling through the economic trauma of the pandemic. mission accomplished. that is the biden american rescues plan. it will be followed by the recovery plan. this is bipartisan legislation. may not satisfy to partisans. we could have had a bill that was you know, a fraction of the cost of this one. we would have gotten bipartisan approval and support. it s not focused on covid relief. it s focused on the agenda. and people recognize that the agenda is bad for america. a great man once said, so it goes. the bill hea
ultimately a decision made, as all things are, by rupert murdoch. find things are, by rupert murdoch. and the tucker carlson show repeatedly and at the forefront of the dominion voting lawsuit and it was talked about, the machine is not counting the votes, or counting them twice, whatever the permutations. that is a little unfair to whatever the permutations. that is a little unfair to him. whatever the permutations. that is a little unfair to him. he whatever the permutations. that is a little unfair to him. he was among i little unfair to him. he was among the saner honour voices and he the craziest employer apart when she was presenting a really outlandish case, but in their inside conversations he said we have got to stop with this, this voting stuff, because it is alienating the viewers, and demanded that somebody be fired, he tweeted about it. but on air he was more connected to reality than a lot of the other fox news hosts. is it connected to reality than a lot of the ot