Some now . Finally, late developments over virginia where a viral video from last december show two local Police Officers Pepper Spraying and pointing their guns at a black army medic during a black traffic stop. One of those officers has now been fired. We have reporters spread out from minneapolis to michigan to our nations capital. But we must this morning start in minnesota, where overnight heated protests broke out after police shot and killed a black man following a traffic stop. The demonstrations were significant enough that the Minnesota State patrol and National Guard were called in. Of course, this is all unfolding as we get ready for the start of week three of testimony in the Derek Chauvin murder trial. That is set to resume in less than one hour from now. Nbcs Meagan Fitzgerald is covering all of the developments from last night and Shaquille Brewster watching the trial and civil rights attorney David Henderson is with us to discuss all of it. Meghan, i want to start with
People will start to see normalcy in the next couple of days. Plus, there is big and positive pandemic news, the countrys second Largest Teachers Union says it supports fully opening schools this fall. Covid deaths are now at the lowest level since last july. And President Biden will host half a dozen gop senators at the white house today to talk through infrastructure. Now, on wednesday the Top Republican in the house stood on the white house driveway and he was holding a gaslight. Kevin mccarthy says no one in his party still questions the legitimacy of the president ial election. Thats not true. A lot are relentlessly spreading that lie, including the former president himself. Well, today mccarthy joined a Morning Bike Ride to support police officers, but he refused to condemn republicans in his own caucus trying to rewrite the history of the january 6th insurrection, which raises this question. How does the gop claim to back the blue when its members repeatedly pretend that this bo
Lawn. The announcement comes after blowback from progressives and moderates after President Biden declined to raise the refugee camp last month. To the white house insisting that this was always the plan and not an example of President Biden being pressured into something, but this has been the subject of intense debate here at the white house with President Biden himself acknowledging that part of the reason he was initially reluctant to keep his Campaign Promises and raise the refugee cap was because of the migrants at the border. Now by announcing the rays of the refugee cap 62,500 this fiscal year, the president put out a statement saying this erases the historically low number set by the Previous Administration of 15,000 which did not reflect americas values as a nation that welcomes and supports refugees. Now in addition to accusations that the Biden Administration is bound to progressives in terms of raising the refugee cap his administration is also facing accusations that it i
Number of cities in between. In a few minutes, the very latest on the investigation from atlanta. Meantime over on capitol hill, the fight over the burst. The provision that could determine the fate of President Bidens major legislative goals spilling onto the Sunday Talk Shows today with a renewed sense of urgency from lawmakers on both sides. If someone cares enough to stop the senate in its tracks, to say to the measure you cannot even consider the measure before you, is it too much to ask them to stand at their desk to show that personal commitment . Right now they phone it in, they call the cloak room, the room off the senate chamber, and say, yeah, im going to a filibuster. Thats all it takes. Theres something to be said for compromise and bipartisanship and respect for the Minority Rights in the senate. These rules have been in place since the beginning of our republic. Theres a lot happening over the next three hours. In a few minutes, reaction to a new story about one particul
President biden preparing to take a crack at his next legislative battle. There is a reasonable path to citizenship. But the president s more moderate politics on display on other issues. Send a note to President Biden because the answer is we need to do it right now. A live look at the white house there, President Biden has sid that he will sign the major Disaster Declaration for the people of texas where this morning more than 79,000 people are still without powers. That brutal winter storm knocked out hoye power for days. Temperatures are still below freezing in several parts of the state. More than 14 million texans either dont have Running Water or have to boil the water that they do have. And Officials Say it could be days before the water issues are resolved and the storm damaged several homes, shut down Coronavirus Vaccination sites and killed more than two dozen people. Now, we do have good news for you. Temperatures are expected to go up in the coming days here. Natasha chen