giuliani in late 2019 that he was the target of a russian influence operation aimed at circulating falsehoods intended to damage president biden politically ahead of last year s elections, according to people familiar with the matter. the post adds that it was a defensive briefing, and then explains the significance of that. quote, defensive briefings are given to people to alert them that they are being targeted by foreign governments for maligned purposes. but they re also used to see how they respond to that, said frank figliuzzi. quote, they re now on notice, they said. so rudy giuliani is placed on notice that he s aiding russia, a u.s. adversary, and then he proceeds anyway. it s a vexing national security question that throws the door wide open to questions about donald trump s role in laundering russian disinformation from his perch in the oval office. more critically, these questions are adjacent to questions into the scope of the investigation into rudy giuliani f
from now. he faces up to 40 years. we re also following developments in columbus, ohio, where there are now growing questions about the deadly police shooting of 16-year-old african-american makiyah bryant. police are releasing more body camera video that appears to show bryant wielding a knife and officers warning her several times to get down before she seems to lunge at another girl and police open fire. we ll have more on that story coming up in an hour. let s go to our senior national security correspondent. what s the late where you are in the wake of the chauvin vict and where do things go from here? look. things are going to change around here. if the department of justice does find that there s a pattern of practice and misconduct with the minneapolis police department. as you mentioned a sweeping probe into the department and how it functions with the citizens here. it is a huge development here in minneapolis. we should also talk about the fact that the departmen
crime. and then that is going to be the next sort of level of accountability people will be watching very closely here. but it s not just about that. people look at this conviction as the beginning of a long process. they want this to be a long process and they say it is a process that is long overdue. find the defendant guilty. reporter: with the guilty verdict on all three charges, derek chauvin went from former minneapolis police officer to convicted murderer, whose new reality is new a prison cell, similar to this one. separate from the general population at a state prison about 25 miles outside of minneapolis. while in the city celebrations. we can finally breathe. reporter: from a community that didn t think a conviction was possible. and to a george floyd family that knows the work isn t finished. we have to stick together and continue to fight, because this world is a place that we re supposed to be united and stand together. reporter: a mentality from t
starting to use summer holidays as goal posts. covid safe gatherings they want by the fourth of july. progress on an infrastructure package they want by memorial day. this is a blue collar, blueprint. and there is some wiggle room for how high he will raise corporate taxes. i m willing to negotiate that. the president wants to 21 to 28. joe manchin a smaller hike 25%. which makes him a powerful man. i think he is in a position in a 50/50 senate to get whatever he wants. one key biden ally in congress is guessing the current $2.25 trillion white house proposal may be too big to pass. i do think that there is an opportunity here for us to come together around a smaller package and by smaller i mean hundreds of billions of dollars that is directly targeted at hard infrastructure. president biden is still thinking big. it s the single largest investment in american jobs since world war ii? how many jobs is that? moodies suggest it would create 19 billion jobs.
bill, passed on party lines with no republicans voting for it and two democrats voting against. but a key provision to more than double the minimum wage to $15 an hour is expected to die in the senate. we should note at least a dozen house republicans asked to not vote in person last night. citing the ongoing public health emergency. oddly enough the emergency it turns out was to head to cpac to score points with trump and supporters. and take a look at this. a 6-foot tall golden statue of the former president was rolled into conference site. as we learn more about how trump is weighing the creation of a superpac. who needs words about trump s power over the gop when you can feast your eyes on that? more now on the $$1.9 trillion rerelief bill. arlette saenz is in delaware where president biden is spending the weekend. and president biden is urging the senate to quickly pass the package. yeah, ana, president biden says there is no time to waste as he urges quick work on pas