americans can happen but change is not happening overnight, some places not at all smxt letting people go without masks, some keeping mandates in place. some frontline workers, health care workers, parents of small kid say they re worried the cdc decision may be premature. the largest nurses center in the country said over the weekend the cdc guidance should be reversed. we will hear from president biden later today, while his cdc director spent most of the weekend explaining their position. everybody as we re working towards opening up again, are towards after 16 months getting out of this pandemic, will need to understand what they need to do locally and this was no permission to shed masks for everybody everywhere. this was really science driven, individual assessment of your risk. joining us right now to discuss nbc s vaughn hillyard at a shopping center in leesburg, virginia. and dr. william hazelteen, he wrote the book variants and is here to tell us what it means
they re calling for peace and tranquility, no matter what that verdict is. i am praying the verdict is the right verdict, it is overwhelming in my view. i wouldn t say that unless the jury was sequestered now. meanwhile, controversy continues over comments from maxine waters for protesters to get more confrontational if chauvin was acquitted which the judge said didn t provide reason for mistrial but could eventually be used for appeal. congresswoman waters dismissed the suggestion she was calling for violence saying i am nonviolent. in the white house briefing room minutes ago, press secretary jen psaki faced questions about it. does the white house condone the congresswoman s comments? well, first, i would say again, the congresswoman clarified her own comments. does the white house believe those kinds of comments are helpful in the middle of a trial everybody knows could lead to more violence and unrest? again, i can speak to what the president s point of view is
and six black or multiracial, including a chemist, a nurse, an auditor and a grandmother, deciding the fate of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. the prosecution leaving the jury with a final message, believe your eyes. you have seen the video, use your common sense. the defense arguing that a reasonable police officer, a word used 118 times in the desense s closing argument, a reason blg police officer would have acted as chauvin did, given what happened in the 17 minutes before that 9 minutes and 29 seconds with chauvin s knee on floyd s neck. and cities from minneapolis to los angeles, brooklyn center, minnesota to brooklyn, new york, are bracing for protests. local governments are planning on how to handle it without inflaming tensions even further. president biden spoke about the trial just a short time ago. they re a good family, and they are calling for peace and fran quill tea, no matter what that verdict is. i am praying the verdict is the right verdi
will george floyd s name be placed alongside michael brown, eric garner, philando castio and so many others where the officers involved in the killings were not held accountable? that doesn t cover the countless others who never even had their day in court to try to hold their killers accountable. or will a family in this country finally see some justice against someone who took an oath to protect and serve. will there be some accountability for what can only be described as continued and growingdemic of police violence in america. before the jury began deliberated, the prosecution and defense made their closing arguments. the prosecution told jurors they nieve to believe their own eyes and their common sense. the knee to the neck, the knee to the back, twisting his fingers, holding his legs for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. the defendant s weight on him. the lungs in his chest unable to expand because there wasn t enough room to breathe. george floyd tried. this wasn t policin
facebook, at least not for now. the oversight board keeping its ban in place saying his posts about the attack on the capitol legitimatizes violence in a situation where there was an immediate risk to people s lives. the door may still be open for a return. we will have more on that breaking story in a few moments. right now, we are focusing on a huge inflection point in this pandemic. the race to vaccinate americans as the rate of vaccinations slows down. i want you to look at this chart from the cdc for a moment here, because this chart shows the daily number of vaccine doses administered in the united states. you can see the drop-off since mid april, especially in the last few days. any minute now, our top doctors will hold their white house covid-19 response team briefing. the briefing comes right after president biden announced he wants 70% of american adults vaccinated by the 4th of july. these doctors have been out in full force in the last 24 hours. their message, p