So obviously, whatever the motivation was for this guy, we know that many of the victims, the majority of the victims were Asian.

We also know that this is an issue that's happening across the country.

It is unacceptable. It is hateful. And it has to stop. The mayor of Atlanta on the spa murder spree

that took the lives of eight people. The suspect has now been charged. And the question is,

what was the motive? Plus, the Biden administration says the number of people apprehended at the

southern border is set to hit its highest levels in 20 years.

The Secretary of Homeland Security called it a, quote, difficult situation.

The question is, why won't he call it a crisis?

And Democrats press forward with key agenda items like immigration and voting rights, but with a slim majority in the Senate and the filibuster getting in

their way, the question remains, what are they going to do about it? It's way too early for this.

Good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that's really wondering if we could just spring forward to Friday. I am Casey Hunt on this Thursday, March 18th. We'll start with the news. The suspect arrested in the murder spree at three spas in the Atlanta area has been charged. 21-year-old Robert Long faces eight counts of murder and one count of aggravated assault.

Police say he killed four people inside one spa, three people inside another, and one person

inside a third spa.

Officials say he was arrested while on the way to Florida, possibly to carry out more attacks.

Six of the eight victims were Asian women, leading to speculation that the spree may have been

part of a rise in anti-Asian hate since the coronavirus pandemic.

Yesterday, officials offered another possible motive.

The suspect did take responsibility for the shootings.

He said that early on once we began the interviews with him.

He claims that these, and as the chief said,

this is still early, but he does claim that it was not racially motivated.

He apparently has an issue, what he considers a sex fiction, and sees these locations as

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