shooting of a black man. thank you for joining us. you re watching cnn newsroom. i m paula newton. today is the day that millions of people across england have been anticipating. three, two, one! ladies and gentlemen, take your seats! have your first drink. the country has now entered step two as it eases more covid restrictions. as you can see, this group of merry makers couldn t wait for daylight and got the party started at a pub as the clock struck midnight. owners and customers are just happy to be back. we didn t even know it was going to come. it s midnight. it s freezing cold. it s great. it s really great. more than anything, for businesses to survive through this, that s the real happiness in getting this place up and running again. in a statement, prime minister boris johnson told everyone to behave responsibly. he admitted he is looking forward to a pub pint in a pub garden. euphoria doesn t seem to cut it at this point in time. tell us take us
dontae wright into custody over an outstanding warrant. police say wright got back into his car and then an officer fired his gun. wright was able to drive several blocks before crashing into another car and he died at the scene. his mother says she spoke to her son right before police opened fire. that he was getting pulled over by the police. i said why did you get pulled over? he said they pulled him over because he had air fresheners hanging from the mirror. i called and his girlfriend answered, which was the passenger, and said he had been shot. by sunday evening, a large crowd grew and marched toward brooklyn center police headquarters. protesters threw rocks and other objects and reports of shots fired in the area. at least 20 businesses were broken into and the city s mayor declared a curfew until 6:00 a.m. local time. the minnesota national guard is being deployed at brooklyn center schools are closed today out of an abundance of caution. sunday s shooting in bro
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
some now? finally, late developments over virginia where a viral video from last december show two local police officers pepper spraying and pointing their guns at a black army medic during a black traffic stop. one of those officers has now been fired. we have reporters spread out from minneapolis to michigan to our nation s capital. but we must this morning start in minnesota, where overnight heated protests broke out after police shot and killed a black man following a traffic stop. the demonstrations were significant enough that the minnesota state patrol and national guard were called in. of course, this is all unfolding as we get ready for the start of week three of testimony in the derek chauvin murder trial. that is set to resume in less than one hour from now. nbc s meagan fitzgerald is covering all of the developments from last night and shaquille brewster watching the trial and civil rights attorney david henderson is with us to discuss all of it. meghan, i want
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