Up next. Rachel maddow is here with a very special edition of the rachel maddow show followed by the premiere of her new documentary. Just like magic, there she is. We never get to do a crossover. I feel like this is a dream come true. We have to bend the spine time space continuum so we can do this other times. I agree. We will get some sort of a machine that can do it. Or we could just call each other. I will text you later. Have a great show. I know this is a weird time to see me. You are not used to see me right now, but do not be alarmed. I am not usually here on fridays or at 8:00, but i am here because i wanted to be here for the debut of my new movie. One hour from now. Going to be the broadcast premiere of the first feature documentary from my production company. The movie is called from russia with lev. About the first trump impeachment. We made the film with director billy corbin. In large part because they are very funny. As disastrous and terrible as this scandal was what
Is the appropriate sentence. Today former mams Police Officer zerk Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 1 2 years in prison for the Nurd R Murder Last May of george floyd. Hes been the prison since april when a jury found him guilty of several charges all for him holding his knee on George Floyds neck until mr. Floyd was deemed up conscious and he died on a minneapolis Street Corner. He was going to receive a theoretical maximum sentence but the theoretical maximum associated with any particularly crime is put up against statebased snepsing guidelines. Considering the fact that mr. Chauvin had no criminal history, the Minnesota State guidelines for a sneps in this case actually recommended a sort of presumptive sentence of about 12 1 2 years. Judges can depart from those Sentencing Guidelines and in particularly they can depart upward if there are aggravating faeblgts that make the crime worse than that source of base level offense. The judge in this case had ruled that there were four di
Well have the lead prosecutors in the chauvin case tomorrow night after the sentencing. It will be such a important day in the courtroom for them and everyone else. Indeed. Excellent. Welldone my friend. Thank you, rachel. Well, it really is infrastructure week. And President Joe Biden got to say the words today he has been wanting to say since inauguration day, we have a deal. And he was so excited about the deal that he did something that president s just about never do. He went out into the driveway. On the Pennsylvania Avenueside of the white house with a Bipartisan Group of senators to announce the deal they just made. We have a deal. And i think its really important weve all agreed that none of us got what we wanted, i clearly didnt get all you wanted. They gave more than i think maybe they were inclined to give in the first place. But this remind mez of the days we used to get an awful lot done in the United States congress. They did not and i understand their position republica
Moments we have to enjoy eating outside before we have to lock down. Reporter San Franciscos new stay at home order starts at 10 00 p. M. Due to a surge of new covid cases that is expected to get worse. I think it was inevitable until the vaccine comes. Reporter this server was setting up tables and is being laid off until january. My only job. I dont have another one. So im going home and staying home. Nothing. No parties, no family time. Reporter this owner was looking festive. Her mood was far from it. Trying to stay spirited and cheerful for the patrons since it is our last day. It is a bit tough for all of us. Reporter she is closing her pub during the lockdown and laying off ten employees. We are focusing on supporting women of color. Reporter this was the first day for a new venue for artists and business owners. We need time to regroup and make sure we are being responsible in upholding the health order. Reporter in the east bay diners enjoyed a last bite outdoors on webster st
Announcer tonight on late night with seth meyers mandy moore, chat and music from jeff tweedy, an allnew a closer look. Featuring the 8g band with fred armisen and now, Seth Meyers Seth good evening. Im seth meyers and this is late night. Hows everybody doing tonight . Thats great to hear get to the news. President elect joe bidens Transition Team announced today that he has selected longtime adviser and Foreign Policy veteran Antony Blinken as his secretary of state you know, i think im a little scarred, because my first thought was, which season of the apprentice was he on . President Trumps Campaign issued a Statement Last night distancing itself from lawyer Sidney Powell after shed repeatedly made unsupported claims of widespread voter fraud. Man, youve got to be pretty crazy if Rudy Guiliani thinks youre a liability sorry, ms. Powell, but youre a loose cannon now if youll excuse me, im late for a press conference where i say joe biden is the hamburglar. The Pharmaceutical Company