World. I m laura jarrett. And i m julia chatterley. It is wednesday, july 21, 5:00 a. M. In new york. And we start with covid. If you live in an area with a low vaccination rate, you are in greater danger this morning. The cdc data shows 22% of the u. S. Population now lives in a county with high covid transmission. That is nearly 73 million americans we re talking about. And even more staggering, it is about ten times higher as many people as in early june. So why is it happening? here is the head of the cdc. Areas with limited vaccine coverage are allowing for the emergence and rapid spread of the highly transmissible delta variant. The delta variant now represents 83% of sequenced cases. This is a dramatic increase up from 50% the week of july 3. And return to inperson week is coming or is already here. And that combined with the increase in transmission is raising the question should you be forced to wear a mask or get vaccinated. County home to las vegas has just passed a temporar
Bipartisan infrastructure deal is a big step closer to reality. Republicans and democrats have come together along with the white house and we ve agreed on a framework. And we re going to be heading to the white house tomorrow. That is republican senator h mitt romney wednesday evening. It is just a framework, details of the plan haven t yet been written and it is still yet to be scene whether enough progressive democrats and skeptical republicans will ultimately back what is on the table. But it is progress and a seen that president biden s patience for a compromise could pay off. Ryan thnobles tells was we can expect. Reporter: this could be a very big breakthrough, a bipartisan group of republican and democratic senators saying that they have happened a deal at least the basic framework of a bipartisan infrastructure deal that could have enough votes to pass the united states senate. In addition to that major breakthrough by that group of senators, the house speaker nancy pelosi and
Palpable around minnesota and the nation is bracing for unrest as the verdict in the chauvin murder trial grows closer. Let s begin this hour with josh campbell. You have been there throughout the trial. You covered all this leading up to the trial. Today is it. Today is closing arguments. Then this lays in the hands of the jury. Walk us through what today will bring. Reporter: that s right. We ve reached that final day of presentations. The last time the jury will hear from prosecutors, from defense attorneys. Let me explain to you what we are expecting today. Closing arguments will begin at 10:00 a. M. Eastern time. The jury will then receive instructions from the judge. Meaning he will direct them on how they are to deliberate, what they are to consider. Then jurors will be fully sequestered during their deliberations. They ll having a says to all the evidence and exhibits. They are providing it to them digitally so they can go through the photos, the videos, the documents. In the e
In the murder trial of former police officer derek chauvin. One of the most closely watched trials in decades. The prosecution looking for a conviction on charges of manslaughter and murder in the death of george floyd. The defense trying to convince jurors that there are just enough question marks about floyd s death to let derek chauvin off the hook. It is possible the jury can get this case before the end of today. And if you had any question about how the twin cities are feeling right now, take a look at the front pages, people there are nervous, anxious, and bracing for the verdict just like the rest of the country. I want to start with nbc s shaquille brewster, who s been in minneapolis since this trial began. Also with us former prosecutor gwen kirschner. Shaq, how are things supposed to start out? there are a few things picking up. We will have the closing arguments, and we will hear from both sides. The prosecution and eric nelson for the defense and a rebuttal from jerry blac
former vice president walter mondale. his touching message before his death. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is early start, i m christine romans. i m laura jarrett. it s tuesday, april 20th, 5:00 a.m. here in new york and the most high profile criminal trial in a generation now in the hands of 12 people. the jury continues deliberations today in the case against derek chauvin for killing george floyd after roughly four hours of deliberations yesterday and for the first time during this trial the defendant sat unmasked at length yesterday during his lawyer s closing arguments. the jury finally able to see his expressions, his reactions and the prosecution and defense offering their final words to the jury as the nation prepares for a verdict. you can believe your own eyes. this case is exactly what you thought when you saw it first, when you saw that video. it is exactly that. you can believe your eyes. it s exactly what you beli