officers costing one of them his life. we re also watching derek chauvin s murder trial in george floyd s death, damning testimony from the most senior officer on the minneapolis police officer. and embattled congressman matt gaetz losing a key staffer amid the widening sex trafficking investigation. newly resurfaced audio shows gaetz praising a friend now criminally charged. but we start with our nation s capitol right now. still healing from the deadly insurrection on january 6th, once again lowering flags to half staff from the white house to congress. brian todd tonight with the attack and the many questions. reporter: a suspect in a car rammed two capitol police officers at the security barrier at the capitol complex then got out of the vehicle wielding a knife, police say. he did not respond to verbal commands. the suspect did start lunging toward u.s. capitol police officers, at which time u.s. capitol police officers fired upon the suspect. reporter: at leas
the second deadly attack on the capitol grounds in less than three months. one of our officers has succumbed to his injuries. it is clear that the capitol is under some threat. putting a knee on a neck for that amount of time is just uncalled for. the week filling in gaps of what happened on may 25th, 2020. trying to control a sizable guy. oh, dear. fully vaccinated americans can now celebrate indoors without a mask and get back to traveling. we need to hold out just a bit longer and give vaccines a chance. the best case scenario, giving rise of a variant that is completely insensitive to the vaccine. new day, new hour good to be with you this morning, i m victor blackwell. good morning, everyone. i m amara walker in for christi paul. this morning, there are new questions about security around the u.s. capitol after a man rammed his vehicle into a barricade, killing one capitol police officer and injuring another. u.s. capitol police officer willia
emotional connection to the distress and the pain that resolved itself in guilt in them. you know why that is. it s because i ll tell you a story. you remember alton sterling, this was in batten rouge, july 2016, got into a scuffle with police, ended up dying. and everyone was like he had a gun, it was this, it was that, okay? so you know my family is from there. so my nieces call me and they said oh, that was mr. alton. he is always standing out in front of the convenience store and he sells the cds. we know him, we see him. so to them because it was near where they grew up, he was a human being. he was not threatening. uncle don, sometimes we would see him and we wouldn t want to buy cds from him because we have our own music and whatever but we would go mr. sterling here s some money, whatever, not threatening to them. human being, they saw his humanity, as a person who was their neighbor. oftentimes when you don t have a relationship with people like that, you don t k
xfinity makes moving easy. go online to transfer your services in about a minute. get started today. i want to thank you for watching. cnn tonight, with the big star, d lemon, starts right now. it was an amazing opportunity, for the majority, today. in watching the trial of george floyd s murder. and very often, white people come to a conclusion that, you know what? i don t really understand this. i don t live it. i don t feel it. but often, it ends there, because it s hard to get that different perspective. it is an abundance, right now, in what we are seeing. i think it s really instructive, for me, and for a lot of white people. people in the majority. to see how many people of color, who were standing by, watching this happen, and having an emotional connection to the distress and the pain that resolved itself, in guilt, in them. you know you know why that is? it s because i ll tell you a story. it you remember alton sterling? this was in baton rouge, 2016. ju
and the head of the cdc tonight and her new warning, with cases now on the rise in more than half the country. and tonight in europe, real trouble. france ordering a third countrywide lockdown. we reported on it last night and late today, president biden in front of the cameras unveiling that sweeping $2 trillion infrastructure plan. he says it would fix 20,000 miles of roads and more than 10,000 bridges in this country, creating millions of jobs, he says. calling for tax hikes on the wealthy and on corporate america to pay for it. mary bruce standing by. the chilling new images tonight from the southern border. authorities say this video shows smugglers dropping two very young sisters from ecuador over the wall, just 3 and 5 years old. cecilia vega and what she s just learned. the political headline tonight. florida congressman matt gaetz defending himself amid reports the justice department is investigating his alleged relationship with a 17-year-old girl. an investig