look at the year that has passed and the year that is ahead. through the prism of one state s experiences. while there is still much pain here, and a long way to go. there is some good news. some light, at the end of the tunnel. one recent analysis ranking rhode island number ten in terms of vaccine distribution. and the state just increased the eligibility to those 60 and over, as well as people as young as 16, with an underlying condition. i saw that hope, myself, this weekend, as i visited a mass-vaccination site at the dunkin doughnut center, not far from where i am standing right now. where vulnerable residents were getting their first and second covid shot. take a listen. what was it like, after you got your first shot in your arm? what was that kind of emotion for you? oh, it was it was wonderful. but i tell you, today, it s really touching me today that we re so fortunate to have this vaccine after-only a year. it s a sense of freedom like, okay, now, i can i
all the time. he said she is the apple of his eye. and howard jenkins who shared his journey from covid patient to vaccine recipient. i was at a zoom meeting two days ago, and it dawned on me that it was close to a year ago that i had covid, and i just got this funny feeling. i mean i could actually, i reverted back to what food didn t taste like, i reverted back to, you know, just how yucky i felt, and it was amazing how i was able to reflect, just that quickly, when i thought about it. i want to go back to the moment of when you were initially diagnosed with it, you came down with the symptoms of covid. what was that like? so it was a sunday, and you know, numbers, we re all talking about what was going on with regard to covid, my wife had an opportunity to preach at one of our sister churches that afternoon, so we went there, and that sunday, well, 50, 60 people, and so we, after she preached, we left, we didn t hang around, so that tuesday, she didn t feel well,
disparities, particularly when you talk about the neighborhood where freddie gray lived and also east baltimore. people are struggling. people are suffering and people really do have deep-seeded mistrust of law enforcement here. there s a big gulf between the two, but this is a community that united behind this movement for freddie gray and they are still united and there s a lot of hope and positivity. the people you talk to here they love this city they love baltimore and want to see it move forward. well, we re looking for that rebuilding. we had committed at the national civil rights summit to have a youth forum. i m coming in. we re going to do that next week and keep hope moving. joy reid thank you for your reporting tonight, and again, great work that you ve been doing on the ground in baltimore. thank you, rev, appreciate it. still ahead, how mike huckabee would turn the gop presidential race upside down. he s in and it s definitely not good news for some big-name candida