another eruption at this volcano in the caribbean, ash covering the entire island of st. vincent. the cruise ships there to help evacuate nbc news exclusive the congressman barricaded in the house chamber during the january 6th attack speaking out for the first time about the trauma and his mental health struggle since. and a family s honor. why this salute between two marines was exceptional. this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. good evening. let s start with the good news. the pace of vaccinations in this country is picking up. on saturday alone, 1.5% of the entire u.s. population got a covid shot that brings the total number of fully vaccinated americans to 71 million. but as the result of human error at a plant, supplies of the johnson & johnson vaccine are about to drop significantly right now 31 states are seeing a rise in covid cases. one governor sounding the alarm. we begin tonight with gadi schwartz. reporter: at vaccination sites across the country, m
she describes it as having left a huge void in her life. infrastructure push, president biden tries to build bridges to republicans for a bipartisan deal. and later, sounds of recovery as live concerts make a comeback. we really, really miss playing for people. this is the cbs weekend news. from new york, here s jericka duncan. duncan: good evening. in many ways america seems on the covid rebound. on 60 minutes tonight fed chair jerome powell tells cbs s scott pelley the economy is set to bounce back with growth in jobs. and this weekend a new vaccine milestone, a record 4.6 million shots were administered saturday which means nearly 71 million americans are now fully vaccinated. but some states are still in trouble. cbs s lilia luciano is in los angeles and leads us off tonight. good evening, jericka. here in los angeles the county is micking picking up the pace to vaccinate as many people as possible. so far they have given out almost five million shots but a
present republican leaders speaking out against him. the question remains, what is the future of the gop? it s way too early for this. good morning, and welcome to way too early the show that is kicking off another week of live coverage right here on msnbc. i am kasie hunt on this monday, april 12th. we will start with the news. protests erupted last night in minnesota after the police-involved shooting of a black man during a traffic stop. it happened in the city of brooklyn center, about ten miles north of minneapolis, where tensions are already high amid the murder trial of former officer derek chauvin. family has identified the victim as 20-year-old dont a wright. according to the brooklyn winter police department officers were attempting to make a traffic stop just before 2:00 p.m. when they say they noticed the driver had an outstanding warrant for his arrest. officers tried to take him into custody but police say he got back into his vehicle and that s when when of
brooklyn center, about ten miles north of minneapolis, where tensions are already high amid the murder trial of former officer derek chauvin. family has identified the victim as 20-year-old dante wright. according to the brooklyn center police department, officers were attempting to make a traffic stop, when just before 2:00 a.m., they decided the driver had an outstanding warrant for his arrest. police tried to take him into custody, but they say he reentered his vehicle. that s when one officer fired a weapon, hitting the driver. the driver died at the scene of the crash. brooklyn center officers wear body cameras and the police department said yesterday that it believes the body cameras and dash cameras were on during this incident. in the hours after the shooting, hundreds of protesters gathered outside the brooklyn center police department headquarters and clashed with officers in riot gear. multiple rounds of tear gas were fired by law enforcement in an effort to disper
outrage to win again. will it work? ho do democrats fight back? joining me, a member of the virginia house of delegates and an aclu deputy director for trans justice. great to see you both. start with the harm these bills cause. the arkansas law bans trans youth from receiving puberty blockers and hormone therapy. how do these banned treatments in a state like arkansas actually save lives? so the thing is, legislation like this will not save lives. legislation like this is actually going to backfire to a point where you re going to increase suicidal among trans youth in the first place because you re trying to take away this little sliver of hope they have. if you look at what they re doing and arkansas looks what s going on nationwide and compare it to what s happening in virginia, we had these fights in virginia already. we ve been through it. we re on the other side of it now. virginia is now, proud to say as a member of the virginia house of delegates one of the nation-