that saw the highest number of votes in u.s. history. we're also following the latest on the capitol riots. two men now facing charges of assault in connection with the death of capitol police officer brian sicknick. why did it take more than two months to arrest these guys? and why aren't they charged with murder? we'll have more on that in just a minute plus, the latest on the covid pandemic. numbers continue to go down in the u.s. but they're spiking over in europe, leading to tighter restrictions in several countries. to make matters worse, the vaccine rollout is on hold in several places in europe after officials stopped using one of the approved vaccines. we're going to dig into all of that. but we have to start with breaking news connected to one of the big of the trials in recent memory, the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. as we speak, the judge is gaveling in and he's got a big question on his plate, whether to even move forward or put the entire trial on hold? let's bring in first shaq brewster. he's been covering this from minneapolis and former federal prosecutor glen rehr,er in. what is going on? a week ago a $27 million settlement with george floyd's family and now that may cause a delay in the criminal trial? i don't get it. >> yes, the judge called the timing of that record, $27 million unfortunate. he expresses frustration saying he wishes city leaders would just stop talking about the case. the issue what you're hearing with the defense and why the defense raised motions yesterday to continue or delay the trial to have a change of venue to be able to strike more jurors, the reason they're doing that is they're concerned with the headlines of this settlement, it will affect the jurors' ability to be impartial. to their point the first juror questioned yesterday she said she heard news of that settlement inadvertently and said she gasped at the amount of money involved in it and said she could no longer be impartial because of the size of that settlement. she was quickly dismissed. but that's the concern you're hearing among the defense and that's the frustration you're hearing among all parties in the court, who hear what's going on outside of the courtroom and are impacted about it afektding what happens with the proceedings. meanwhile, the jury selection process continues to go. it's happening at a more of a quick pace than we expected. nine jurors have been seated at this point. we know a majority are women. it's a pretty racially diverse group of people. five of them are white. four are of color. and the ages range from 20s, 30s to 50s. but the question you're starting to hear more and more now and the thing that the judge said he's going to ask specifically about to these jurors that you'll hear questioned throughout the day is whether or not that settlement specifically impacted their ability to be impartial. so far among the people that have been seated, it hasn't, stephanie. >> does this $20 million settlement give the defense a good argument here? >> it sure does. there's been three requests made by chauvin's defense attorney and, frankly, they're supportable, straight-faced requests. one is for a change of venue. the problem is, this is a nationwide case. every jurisdiction, everybody has heard about what happened and seen the videotape of what happened to george floyd. so a change of venue really won't help much. the second is a continuance. i think that's probably a good motion because the defense wants to put time and distance between the announcement of this $27 million settlement and when the jurors have to begin wrestling with the question of guilt or innocence. and the third request they asked for additional strikes so they would have a deeper well of stripes against jurors who may have been impacted by this announcement. so these are really straight-faced requests by the defense attorney. >> is this anything you have ever seen before, glenn? >> you know, i have seen exactly this, steph, when i was prosecuting murder cases in d.c., when we had high-profile cases, here's what we would do, we would actually execute an affidavit ourselves as the prosecutor and we would have that filed in the civil case asking the judge to delay or stay the civil proceedings until the conclusion of the criminal trial, because we wanted to avoid this exact problem. getting this information into the public square and having it make jury selection all the more difficult. >> glenn, i want you to stay with us. shaq, thank you. and let's turn to washington, d.c., where two men have spent the first of what could be many, many nights in prison after being charged with assaulting capitol hill police officer brian sicknick, who later today. tom winter is covering this for us. tom, this riot was two months ago. why did it take so long to get to these guys? >> stephanie, i have the exact same question and we're able to dig up the search warrant, which is right here, and i'm holding up 72 pages. this is only a fraction of it. it goes to a section where they identify the suspect. obviously the people who had their feet up on the desk of speaker pelosi's desk, parading around the capitol in horns and fur, those people were a little bit easier to identify and some of them identified themselves in interviews with the news media after the fact. these two people don't appear to have had the same type of nor ryety. one of the things i think was difficult in the case of julian khater, and he was the person who was charged primarily with spraying that chemical irritant, which is believed to be bear spray, towards the officers, it wasn't just over brian sicknick who died but two others as well, incapacitating them according to the charging documents for at least 20 minutes, but he was -- the images of him released by the fbi, and you're looking at this image here we've been able to blow up, it's difficult to immediately tell perhaps who that person is. as a matter of fact, it was a former colleague of his in state college who he worked with at a food restaurant who was able to identify him. as far as the other person charged, george tanios, that was a little easier match and someone identified him on a facebook image. but there was something circled in red and according to the charges, they believe that was the chemical irritant. you see the black kind of handle there on screen, that's what they believe was the top of the canister. he allegedly told on an open-source video, a video just posted publicly, he told tanis, give me that bear expletive, resume reference to the bear spray. >> can we talk unfortunately about the cause of death? we've been talking for weeks sicknick was hit with a fire extinguishers but these are assault charges connected to this bear spray. what do you make of that? >> yes, steph, i'm so glad you brought up the earlier reporting about him being struck by a fire extinguisher. having handled murder cases for decades in d.c., i really ners what's going on here with the delay and ruling of the cause and manner of deathbrian sicknick. if he was struck, the blunt force injuries could have contributed to the cause of death. but now we know the two individuals who are under arrest also used a chemical irritant on him, reportedly bear spray, that could have also been a contributing factor to the cause of death. the challenge for the medical examiner here is to decide which of these factors were a stam substantial cause of death? what contributed to it? it might be the blunt force trauma or chemical irritant, steph. he could have gone home and the next day had a heart incident, cardiac incident, related to what happened the night before. more importantly, during the autopsy, toxicological tests would have been run on tissue samples and bodily fluid. all of that actually takes time and we have to consult with the toxicologist to figure out precisely what is it that caused brian sicknick's death and then who is responsible for inflicting those injuries. >> then you don't think, glenn, this is a strange or long period of time? for a regular old person like me, i would think, you know, what does the death certificate say? when does the toxicology report come back? this is a normal timeline? >> if these injuries are a product of a riot, with so many individuals potentially assaulting brian sicknick, yeah, we want to get this one right. so it doesn't surprise me. it's taking a little bit longer than usual but it doesn't surprise me that the fbi and d.c. u.s. attorney's office want to make sure if they charge somebody with murder, that those charges will stick. >> all right, glenn, tom, thank you both so much. we're going to return to the covid relief program. today president biden is hitting the road to promote that bill, now a law, heading to delaware county, p.a., just west of philly and i have a great group here to break it down. phil rucker, senior washington correspondent at "the washington post." john micic, his hometown, editor and chief of "the capital star" and heather long, chief of "the washington post." phil, this is a tour to push the recovery relief bill. it's not a surprise an enormous amount of people across the country like the bill. we are already seeing a reporting of what comes next, and that is a tax hike for anybody over $400 grand. is this a double spike? >> it certainly may be. and the president is out there trying to promote this covid relief bill but they're also trying to restore faith in government, saying, look, the biden administration is restoring the government for the people, and pass the next items on their agenda including a big infrastructure package, including programs aimed at climate change, they're going to need some bipartisan support in that senate. so they're trying to go to places in this country where they can gin up more political pressure on some of these items. >> john, take us to delaware county. what is the significance there of biden picking that spot? >> sure, this is the part of the state where joe biden will get maximum return on his visit. the four counties around philadelphia helped deliver the white house for him in november. six of the eight members of pennsylvania's house and delegation hail from the philadelphia suburbs, including congresswoman mary gay scanly, who represents delaware county. they flipped the courthouse for the first time since the civil war in 2019. so it's real emblematic to the shift in southeastern pennsylvania away from modern republicism to the democrats. and this will benefit from the bills in a number of ways. most pennsylvania counties don't have their own health departments. . delaware county is among them. that means they basically had to build the plane while flying it, while tackling the pandemic. that vaccine money will really help that. the local assistance included in the bill will also help include county officials down there and it's possible to drive from one part of delaware party to earth no, stephanie, and drive through school districts of vastly different means. the education assistance in the bill will also help delaware county. >> heather, let's talk about taxes and refunds and let's talk about stimulus checks and that takes us to the irs. there's a lot of complaints out there we've got three times as many people who have filed their taxes and are still waiting for their returns than we saw last year. we know the irs is also responsible for getting the stimulus checks out. we know they've had huge budget cuts over the last decade, thousands less employees working there. could all of this lead to pushing back the tax filing date? people need to get their refunds. >> stephanie, the success or failure of this stimulus package the democrats put together really hinges on the internal revenue service. our nation's tax agency, as you mentioned, are currently trying to get those checks out. president biden mentioned yesterday he wants to have 100 million out by march 26th. that sounds like a lot but we are expecting 150 million of these payments to go out. so that's still a lot of people who will be waiting by the end of this month. on top of that, the irs is, as you mentioned we reported over the weekend, are already behind in getting refunds out. about 7 million people are still waiting for their refund and they've been waiting longer than the usual 21 days. also, it's been a real duress at the irs, they're only answering currently one out of every four phone calls. basically they are being asked to do too much without enough resources and staff. things are starting to slip through the cracks, and this is before we even talk about how the irs is supposed to be sending out $250 a month payments to families to parents of kids starting in july. and that's a key part of the child poverty reduction in this bill. it needs to start happening this summer but they're already falling behind. you're right, many people are calling for the irs to extend that april 15th deadline. we learned yesterday that their message to congress when they met with congress on monday is they do not plan to do that right now. >> well, if they're looking to create jobs, potentially create a few at the irs, because, ready? 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leader mccarthy, went down to the border yesterday with not surprisingly very harsh words for the president. >> this crisis is created by the presidential policies of this new administration. there's no other way to claim it than a biden border crisis. >> nbc's julia ainsley has been following all of the latest developments. she joins us now. so homeland security secretary says please don't come until we're ready. that doesn't really feel like a strategy that's going to have much impact. >> yeah, that's what they're saying. really they're in this tough spot because they want one message to voters who obviously want more humane immigration policies following the last four years but they also don't want to send a message the border is open and everyone should come and really that's not the case. everyone except for unaccompanied children are accepted due to the pandemic where they're expelled back, not allowed into the united states, but the message is still leading more people to come. so they're saying wait until we get things together and ramp up capacity and we can process you in a humane way. of course, that message isn't sinking in. and this morning secretary mayorkas said he expects on the trajectory they're seeing boarding crossings will reach a 20-year record high this year. >> what does process in a humane way mean long term? once you move 3,000-plus boys into the dallas convention center, then where do they go? >> well, after that they're supposed to be matched with relatives or nonrelative sponsors, but something the hhs has always been responsible for when it comes to unaccompanied migrant children. but you're right, it doesn't sound as humane talking about setting up these places because they're having to do it on such a quick turnaround. they've called in fema. they're setting up this convention center in dallas to hold 3,000 teenage boys. we understand there's another center they're bringing online fema is helping to set up in midland, texas. all of these things are being rolled out as quickly as possible. but, stephanie, because of the timing and how quickly they have to do this, it means they're not able to go through the typical licensing procedures with the states you normally would. but they also had their capacity cut in half, or in the prior administration, because of an attempt to have some kind of social distancing or more space within these centers. so now they're stuck in this tough place, trying to bring these centers online as quickly as possible. but the faster they have to go means they have to cut some of the corners when it comes to licensing and having proper facilities in place. >> this problem is only growing as the surge continues. julia, thank you. we're going to leave it there. today deb haaland will spend her first full day as interior secretary. she's now the first native american to hold a cabinet level position. haaland was confirmed by a vote of 51-40 in the state late yesterday with backing from 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france. now more than 4,000 people in intensive care. i think it's due to the new virus variant and also to do with the slow and stumbling vaccine rollout that they've seen for example here in the uk, where i am, a third of adults have now had their first vaccination dose. but in europe, it's way lower than that. and that, of course, is causing criticism. so europe is really struggling. being tested in ways not seen since the last century. >> why is the astrazeneca vaccine being suspended? >> well, it's been suspended because of these cases of blood clots that have been reported. now, just to give you a picture, in germany they rolled out 1.7 million astrazeneca vaccines. they've seep seven cases of the serious blood clots. it has the electorate worried in europe so the government there paused the rollout of the vaccine. it's not clear if there's a connection between the blood clots and vaccine itself. it's being studied by the world health organization but critics are saying the problem is for europe actually the coronavirus itself is causing much more pain and agony and is a far higher risk to leave people unvaccinated. so it's just another problem for europe, which is really struggling over the coronavirus. we've said in the past, steph, the coronavirus will have geopolitical ill florida indications and you can see that happening now. europe's unity really being tested. >> thing about italy, spain, greece, these are countries that need their summer tourism. it's a lion's share of their gdp. keir, thank you very much. i want to bring in dr. mara jones, president the american health care association. let's start with this astrazeneca vaccine. blood clots are pretty common. the fact we've now seen them in 37 people out of 17 million vaccinated, how do you estimate when to halt the distribution of a vaccine like this when it starts to affect people? >> that's a very astute question. that's why we have clinical trials when we're developing new drugs, so you have 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have in common? they're crucial swing states. joining me now to discuss jason johnson, contributor to the grio and professor at morgan state university. morgan perez, director for the voting center rights and elections program and latosha brown, co-founder of black voters matter. what is your reaction to what we are seeing down in texas, changing the laws to basically make it a whole lot harder for people who don't vote republican to get out there and cast their ballots? >> it is deplorable. what we see are politicians trying to manipulate the rules of the game so they're able to have job security and that is not what the country is about. we should have voters choosing their politicians, not the other way around. it is so clear that so many of these attempts are a reaction to changing demographies, to the browning of america tonight fact our political landscape is facing. >> the texas attorney general's office -- i had to share this number -- spent 22,000 hours looking for voter fraud. out of 17 million registered voters, they found 16 cases. so what in the world is the big gop argument here? >> the big gop argument is we can't win on our actual arguments anymore so we have to stop black, brown, poor and young white people from voting. that's literally all this boils down to. at this point there have been dozens of studies in red states, blue states and purple states trying to find mysterious voter fraud. nobody found it there. mind you these investigations never really check into voting machines, right, because we do have evidence there have been problems with voting machines but the motivation is purely political at this point. stephanie, a key thing i don't want people to forget about this, this doesn't just harm likely democratic voters. this is inconvenient for republicans too. there were republicans in harris county. there were republicans in fulton county, georgia. it is literally a motivated action by republicans across the country to have as few people voting as possible, even if it harms their own voters because ultimately they think it will harm more democrats. >> your group is behind a new effort in georgia urging big corporations to come out against these bills. coca-cola and home depot are on board. why are you doing this? what is this all about? >> you know, we believe that they have a civil responsibility, what we are seeing happening in georgia, not only is it racist but anti-democratic. so we're calling for and glad coca-cola and home depot are opposing this and also american and delta air lines, where is u.p.s., other corruptions that we spend our money with them, we serve as employees, we work on their boards, the bottom line is they have a responsibility, that responsibility to stand with us as we stand with their and brad. >> get ready, latosha. and myrna, is there another responsibility here, let's be honest, if republicans control the legislatures, what can be done to stop it? >> one, americans of all political stripes need to stay in one very clear voice that voter suppression, racial discrimination have no place in our democracy. we need to continue to do big organizing in the states like latosha and her groups are doing to make sure we can make voter suppression as toxic as possible for the political leaders trying to use it. and we need to pass two pieces of federal legislation that would put guardrails on what state politicians can do. that would be hr-1 or for the people act and john lewis voting rights advancement act which would guard against racial discrimination in voting. congress needs to step in because there are some politicians manipulating the process for their own gain and voters are the ones who are losing out because of it. >> but are any of those really going to make it through the senate? >> it's funny, all of the folks are probably smiling, we have to make them make it. it's not going to just happen because we want it to happen. we need big organizing, we need big movements, we need big community clearness that this is what we are expecting to do. look, the fate of our democracy and whether or not we are going to be robust and participate ory and inclusive and speak to all of us is at stake. are we going to let politicians who have their self-interested jobs and careers and political parties dominate our politics, or are we going to be a democracy that represents all of us? we all need to get involved in this. >> latosha, big means people outside georgia, outside texas needs to care about this. what should we realize? we can't let this be a local story. >> this cannot be a local story because it's not a local issue. what happens in georgia, what happens there happens all throughout the nation. it sets a precedent. if we allow this to happen in georgia, we know what happened in georgia made history and there was historic black voter turnout and those voters are being targeted. we have to see this as a democracy issue. those companies we are talking to based in georgia serve the whole nation, and so they have places all across the nation, i think putting pressure on them. the second thing you're talking about the senate, when we elected president biden and actually gave him the best possible circumstances to govern, you look at those two entities we'll have the senate stand on this but that means ending the filibuster, they have to end the filibuster. the third thing is we have to have hr-1 and we have to have a complete restoration of the john lewis advancement act so we can have stronger protections. >> jason, let me ask you about somebody else who occupies a seat in the senate, ron johnson. we know last week in a radio interview, he said -- and knew he would get flak, said he didn't feel threatened january 6th when the capitol riots took place, he thought they were good, law-abiding people that loved america. he would, however, have been concerned if donald trump lost the election and it was black lives matter protesters storming the capitol. now he came out with an op-ed saying the left is trying to silence him and it's not about race, it's about riots. let's be clear, i don't know of anyone who's trying to silence him. all i have heard is people say the words he says are absolutely awful. >> yes, this is the thing, stephanie, i think this is really important to understand the modern incarnation of the american right. let me say something racist, and then i will complain when everybody tells me the racist thing i said was racist. ron johnson knew what he said was racist, that's why he said, i'm going to get in a little bit of trouble for this. trolling is all they do now, whether it's him or marjorie taylor greene, they don't want to do legislation. this is the guy who said the affordable care act was the greatest assault on freedom he's seen in his life. he's not interested in legislating but being a social media star and trolling social media and everything like that. i feel sorry for those who have to deal with a member of the senate who does not seem interested in his job. but remember the guy basically said when white people break the law, i don't care. that's what he said. he admits people were storming the capitol but because they were white and liked trump, he was fine. we already know republicans have a ba doctor misinterpretation of what happened last year. the protests in 2020 were about unarmed black people being murdered by police in vigilantes. it didn't have to do with the republican party or senator harris or now vice president harris. conflating those two things doesn't make sense. but you have to recognize you still have members of congress, some republicans, who basically said, white people committing violence for crimes on behalf of the republican party or conservative movement, i'm fine with that, because that aligns with what my belief system is. that is dangerous for someone who is supposed to be defending our democracy. >> let's make it clear, 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