communities in pain. and the cries of that pain finds its echo all over this country. the officer who shot and killed daunte wright, kimberly pot poer, resigned today along with brooklyn police chief tim gannon who said he believed the deadly shooting of wright was an accident. was that judgment why he resigned? in her resignation letter potter said she thought it was in the best interest of the community, the department and her fellow officers if she left immediately. does resigning affect her potential of being charged? no. might she have added in that letter more about how a 20-plus-year veteran could make a mistake like that? protesters are back on the streets tonight. there is another curfew. it goes in effect in the twindemic in less than two hours. we will be watching.twin cities in less than two hours. we will be watching. the need for answers is why they are there, but it s the need for change that makes for less situation to demand answers. that is the deep painful
attacks this year. never has there been more strain, i have been here a long time, i have been here since 1972, a senator, 73, and so much strain and responsibility placed on the shoulders of the capitol police. and yet you hear it, you see it, you watch them, and you watch them do their duty with pure courage and not complain. evans is the second capitol police officer to die in the line of duty this year. the other died after the capitol riot in jan from injuries sustained on duty and two officers died by suicide after responding it the attack of the president spoke at length on the issue of grief and loss of families, something of which he is very familiar. miss evans, i have some idea of what you are feeling like. i buried two of my children. and people have come up to you and will come up to you for some time and say, i know how you feel. after a while, you know everybody means well. you feel like saying, you have no idea. you all know that you are going to make i
help after this abandoned by his group. the question is how is he doing this morning? new reporting on the sex trafficking investigation involving republican congressman matt gaetz. the question did he seek a presidential pardon in the final weeks of the trump administration? it s way too early for this! good morning! welcome to way too early. the show that has a lot of questions this morning. i am kasie hunt on this wednesday, april 7th. we will start with the news. new numbers show almost half the new covid-19 cases in the u.s., including from just five states, new york, michigan, pennsylvania, and new jersey made for 44% of the new cases in the past week according to johns hopkins university. to combat the rising infections some leaders in those hot spots are asking president biden to change the vaccine rollout strategy and give priority to struggling states. the white house, though, has shown no signs of shifting its current policy of dividing vaccines to
alex night starts to be incredibly fe thing but to be incredibly funny and decent is an entirely different thing. also a rare combination. thank you my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining us this evening. california congressman kevin mccarthy the shortest serving speaker of the house in over 140 years is ending his extraordinary 2023 by throwing in the towel. now it is time to pursue my passion in the new arena. while i ll be departing the house at the end of this year, i will never, ever give up fighting for this country that i love so much. if you blinked, he might have missed mr. mccarthy s ten month term is the country s highest republican elected official, and that s not just because it was so short. it was entirely unproductive. mccarthy bargained away basically everything to when the speaker s gavel and he got nothing in return for it. that is the lesson for people who court the far right who do the bidding of donald trump, look the other way. and
and luckily, we will never ever forget the great norman lear. on that note, i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me. i ll see you again tomorrow. california congressman kevin mccarthy the shortest serving speaker of the house in over 140 years is ending his extraordinary 2023 by throwing in the towel. now it is time to pursue my passion in the new arena. while i ll be departing the house at the end of this year, i will never, ever give up fighting for this country that i love so much. if you blinked, you might have missed mr. mccarthy s ten month term as the country s highest republican elected official, and that s not just because it was so short. it was entirely unproductive. mccarthy bargained away basically everything to when the speaker s gavel and he got nothing in return for it. that is the lesson for people who court the far right who do the bidding of donald trump, look the oth