vaccine that similar to pfizer, the moderna vaccine, is also in the midst of its own clinical trial and young people. if that produces similar results that s reason to expect that they could follow pfizer pretty quickly and becoming a second vaccine approved for kids ages 12 and up. they re also promising trials underway right now for kids younger than age 12 so that part of the vaccination effort is all happening now. again, it feels like it s happening all at once but we ve been able to see this clinical trial data and development and it s sort of live the predicate for what is about to happen now but in terms of fda acting on it stuff it s looks like it s gonna happen within that the next few days and that s really important. it comes amid these twin concerns that we have right now, right? if we are ever going to get ahead of the pandemic, if the rest of the world can t get vaccinated, global access to vaccines is the only way to beat a global pandemic. so far it s only a
i m lindsey reiser. y i m kendis gibson. we have our correspondents standing by with all the stories we re covering. we begin with the murder trial of derek chauvin with closing arguments set to begin tomorrow. this comes on theeg heels of growing protests over other police-involved incidents. nbc sci megan fitzgerald has mo on this. good morning. good morning.d hundreds of people gathering outside the brooklyn center police department last night in what wasst the seventh day of f protests. it was mainly peaceful. people gathering, chanting, wanting , peace, wanting justic. but it was different from what went saw friday night when near 100 people were taken into to custody. we also heard last night from maxine waters of california who addressed the crowd. take a listen to what her message was. this is a very difficult time in the v history of this countr. despite the fact that we know that people of color are having have been killed too often, bunarmed young men in p
genevieve hanson, a minneapolis firefighters will continue her testimony after being reprimanded with the judge after directly clashing with the defense yesterday. the prosecution has not revealed which other witnesses they plan to call today. yesterday hansen testified that as an off-duty emt she offered to help when she arrived on the scene, but she was turned down by the police officers. i offered to wralk them through him they needed to start compressions and that wasn t done either. how did that mackke you feel? totally distressed. her testimony after we heard from minors at the time. including the 17-year-old who captured the video that sparked a nationwide and international it s been nights i stay up apologizing and apologizing to george floyd for not doing more and not physically interacting and not saving his life you know why you only heard her voice and didn t see her face because she was a minor when she witnessed that i want to begin with a man wh
ostehhome. it s a once in a million investment in america. president biden is making a pitch for a $2 trillion package. how will he pay for it? it just raises taxes. we need to go higher. pete buttigieg and robert wicker of mississippi. and taking a stand after president biden weighed in. i think the days of professional athletes are acting incredibly responsibly. major league baseball pulls the all star game out of atlanta. organizations condemning georgia s new voting restrictions. there is something that s more than money. this is about protecting the voices of our people. it means can sell culture and partisan activists are coming for fight over voter rights. joining me for analysis areia mitch yamich cindor. joining me from washington, this is meet the press with chuck todd. good sunday morning and happy easter and a happy passover. you know, the backdrop of the current political fights on covid, the economy, immigration and voting violates a vo
realistic when biden s plan hits the hill. also a lawyer who wants to expose the harmful ideology behind america s anti-immigration movement, and as you celebrate easter sunday, why more and more americans are leaving their houses of worship. this is american voices. it s a tale of two political parties. democrats focused on actually governing. gop leans into the distraction game. biden administration is setting stage of bold infrastructure legislation and democrats are laying the groundwork to meet the moment. we ve fallen to 13th in world in terms of transportation infrastructure, and continuing to head in the wrong direction, failing to invest for a generation. american jobs plan is our chance to fix that. one republican says could pass if scaled back. and energy secretary suggested that democrats could use recoiation if republicans don t get on board. democrats move forward with bold ideas to transform the future, republicans seem to be stuck in the past. state