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after the country ordered down a commercial airliner flying between greece and lithuania in order to capture prominent activists. we ll have more on that later in the hour. but we begin in minneapolis and the events around the life and death of george floyd. joining me now nbc correspondence shaquille booster, live in minneapolis, michael aaron dyson at vanderbilt university. he s also the author of long time coming reckoning of race in america. also with us, kristin gib bones federer, an msnbc legal analyst. and melissa murray, nyu law professor, murray, a former law clerk to sonia sotomayor. all-star panel on a very important topic. shaq, i ll begin with you, 9 minutes 26 seconds, it s what the world has known. it s the moment of silence in the last hour. what was that like, or have people that you ve been talking with feel like there has been a change in the last year or frustrated with the rate of progress? reporter: you see both of those sentiments co-existing ....
in mexico. u.s. president joe biden is getting support from g7 allies for a sweeping tax overhaul targeting multinational corporations. great to have you along this hour. thanks for joining me. we begin in the united states where we re hearing from both sides of the debate after a federal judge threw out the nation s first-ever ban on assault weapons. house speaker nancy pelosi says the ruling is deeply flawed and poses a clear and serious threat to public safety. she s calls for gun reform legislation to be passed immediately. the national rifle association is praising the judge s decision calling it well reasoned. but victims and survivors of gun violence across the country feel betrayed by the court. here s paolo an definitely. reporter: california s ban on certain semiautomatic rifles has weathered decades of opposition, until now. san diego u.s. district judge roger benitez ruled to overturn it. passed in 1989 on the heels of a school shoot that left five chi ....
borisjohnson went on to him as he put it, dominic cummings, for a two week holiday in february 2020, they were almost relieved that he wasn t going to the cobra meetings, the emergency meetings, because they thought he would be almost unsafe for the country if he did attend. now, these things are astonishing, and even if they don t have an impact on voters, to be honest, they should do. it voters want to turn away, they have got every right to do so, but they are remarkable insights, albeit from a subjective perspective into the chaos behind the scenes of a british government tackling what is unquestionably the biggest challenge since i9li5. fine tackling what is unquestionably the biggest challenge since 1945. one of the secific biggest challenge since 1945. one of the specific allegations biggest challenge since 1945. one of the specific allegations that - biggest challenge since 1945. one of the specific allegations that was - the specific allegations that was made abou ....
cases rises to more than 4,000, there s growing concern over whether restrictions can be lifted next month. the downing street flat refurbishment an independent adviser says the prime minister didn t break the ministerial code, but acted unwisely not fully checking how it would be paid for. chelsea and manchester city fans arrive in porto in portugal ahead of tomorrow s all english champions league final. coming up on bbc news, it was box office tv for westminster watchers but did the bbc give too much airtime and credence to the words of dominic cummings? that s newswatch at 8:45pm here on bbc news. good evening. inquests have ruled that two young cambridge graduates were unlawfully killed by a convicted terrorist at a prisoner rehabilitation event in london after a string of failures by police, the security services and probation service. jack merritt and saskia jones were stabbed to death by usman khan during the attack at fishmongers hall in 2019. he d been ....
both their covid jabs to visit europe this summer. and coming up, covid hits eurovision with one of the favourite s having to pull out the live performance. good evening. surge testing and vaccinations are being expanded to six more areas of england to combat the spread of the so called indian coronavirus variant. the health secretary, matt hancock, said almost 3,000 cases had now been identified in the uk a rise of nearly 30 % compared with monday. but he added there was increasing confidence that existing vaccines were effective against the variant. 0ur health editor hugh pym reports. a vaccine bus in brent, no bookings needed, people can walk up and have theirjabs. do not run away because i am going to have stuff to give you. parts of the country, after a rise in cases of the indian variant in some parts of the country, second doses have been pulled forward for certain groups and that is what those we spoke to had come to get. i thought when the time is right, i ....