going to lose the script and i m going to reflect on the recurring feeling i have of impending doom. a stark and emotional warning from the head of the cdc over the rate of infections in the united states. as president joe biden urges people to keep wearing masks. thanks for joining us. well, day two of the derek chauvin trial will get under way today in minnesota. monday saw the highly anticipated trial of the former minneapolis police officer begin. protesters were seen on the streets of minneapolis on monday. chauvin is charged with killing george floyd last may, but floyd s death has had an impact far beyond minnesota. the scene of a white officer kneeling on a black man s neck for almost ten minutes set off protests around the world and it prompted a moment of racial reckoning in the u.s. prosecutors wasted no time in showing the jury the graphic video of the last moments of george floyd s life in which he said over and over that he could not breathe. meanwhile,
guy? good evening, i am erin burnett, outfront tonight. dr. walenski is pleading with americans, not as a director of the cdc but as a wife and a mother and a daughter, she s urging the nation to not let our guards down. i have to share the truth and i have to hope and trust that you all will listen. i am going to pause here and i am going to lose the script and i am going to reflect on the reoccurring feelings that i have. we have so much to look forward to. so much promise and potential of where we are and so much reasons for hope. but, right now i am scared. that s a director of the cdc putting aside the script in an emotional plea talking about the fear of impending doom. one of the reasons president biden urged people to mask up. i am reiterating my call for every governor and local leader to maintain and reensinstate th masks mandate. businesses should require masks as well. it is as patriotic duty. mask up. re the state of alabama responding, sorry, we h
crucified has risen as he said. hallelujah. the easter proclamation does not offer a mirage or reveal a magic formula. it does not point to an escape from the difficult situation we re facing. the pandemic is still at its height. while the social and economic crisis remains severe, especially for the poor. nonetheless. this is scandalous, armed conflict has not ended and military arsenals are being strengthened. and this is today s scandal. in the face of or better in the midst of this complex reality the easter proclamation speaks, speaks concisely of the event that gives us hope that does not disappoint. jesus crucified has risen. it speaks to us not about angels or ghosts but about a man, a man of flesh and bone with a face and a name, squeeze sus jesus. the gospel testified jesus crucified under pontius pilate, claiming he was christ, the son of god. on the third day he rose in accordance with the scriptures just as he himself had foretold. he his disciples. the crucified
classrooms. many are questioning why. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with our politics lead and that major announcement by president biden about who will succeed supreme court justice stephen breyer when breyer retires at the end of this term. the person i will nominate will be someone with extraordinary qualifications, character, experience and integrity. that person will be the first black woman ever nominated to the united states supreme court. now, biden says he has not yet made a decision on just who that person will be, but he is going to invite senators from both parties to hear their opinions, their points of view. biden says he expects to choose a nominee before the end of february. as cnn s m.j. lee reports, some have been lobbying the president on just who that nominee should be since back in february, 2021. this is sort of a bittersweet day for me. justice breyer and i go back a long way. reporter: a momentous day for the joe bide
under wraps and then saying they don t want to alert the media. we don t want to be somewhere where we are in the spotlight. as low as possible. i get it, like i said all of this is because what we don t want to do is attract attention. we don t want the media we don t even know where we are going when they tell us. greg: those same contractors not mincing words about who is to blame for the secret flights. i guess the secrecy [bleep], you know what i mean? it s [bleep]. like [bleep]. you know what i mean? and why! i know, but why? but like what s the big secret? everybody knows it is happening. you why? because when it gets out greg: filthy language, reminds me of you, dana, here s another instance where we if we point out that there is a crisis, it is dismissed because the media is always going to dismiss anything that comes out of our mouths, but we knew that this was happening and it sounded idiotic, how could this happen? there it is. jesse: t