off. paul eisenberg is here but we begin with congressional correspondent jacqui heinrich, live outside of the supreme court for us. we just wrapped up a press conference with the bill sponsors and we asked about house speaker nancy pelosi saying she has no plans to bring this bill to the floor while the president s commission is still studying the very proposal. they said they are really not surprised at that answer but they expressed faith that pelosi and others will change their minds and come along as more destructive decisions come down. in fact one of the bill sponsors said today they laid blame on the supreme court for the january 6th insurrection saying this supreme court has been dismantling democracy allowing dark money in politics, gutting voting rights and paving the way for racist voters suppression and help put donald trump in the white house. they reject the assertion that they are packing the court in response. it will enable us to do justice and rectify
also, over the weekend, video emerged of an army lieutenant pepper sprayed and roughed up by police in virginia after admitting he was too terrified to get out of his car during a traffic stop late last year. i m honestly afraid to get out. in response one of the officers tells him yeah, you should be. and as if to emphasize that fear cuts both ways, two police officers were shot and wounded early this morning during a high-speed chase west of atlanta. all of this is happening with the twin cities on edge as the prosecution makes its case against a minneapolis police officer in the killing of george floyd. president biden spoke to the moment and mood this afternoon. are you concerned things could be on a razor s edge, sir? i m not intergoing to specul now. i m hopeful there will be a verdict and out come that will be supported by the vast ma majority of people in the region and that s 345expectation. shortly before air time the president tweeted today i m thinking about
top of the tension created by the murder trial of george floyd. so we re going to go there and show you what s happening, but we have to talk about why first, unless something happens. three separate policing cases have this country on edge. latest that is the cause of the latest protest is about a young man, 20 years old, daunte w wright. he was killed after being shot by police after a traffic stop just ten miles from where george floyd s murderer is on trial. police say he was pulled over for an expired registration. that s a nothing situation. it s a traffic stop. in checking his i.d., they noticed wright had an outstanding misdemeanor warrant, not a felony warrant. so now what happens? it is all on tape, the facts are still emerging, but the key moment is captured on police body cam that was released today. i m told to warn you the video may be disturbing, but if you want to understand what happened, here it is. . not doing nothing they just shot him. oh, wow.
back into rehab. when billy and his mom were able to reconnect, she told us weeks later billy seemed to be doing better at the detox center. at least he appeared to be staying longer than previous stints to help kick his habit. his mom, and sister were at his bedside. his family is in our thoughts tonight. the government runs a confidential help line, the number is 1-800-662-help, the government says that last year the number of calls they received was 27% more than the year before the coronavirus pandemic began. the news continues right now, i m going to hand it over to chris for cuomo prime time. appreciate it. welcome to prime time. we are following events in minnesota tonight. it is a police of protest again after another police shooting leaves a black man dead. you re looking live at the situation in brooklyn center, minnesota. now, here is the situation. there is a curfew in effect, and the police have been in a standoff. they are out now, and the question is how do
minneapolis suburb, shot and killed a black man, daunte wright, during a traffic stop over the weekend. just moments ago, the county-medical examiner ruled his death a homicide. it was the noenl item along those lines, though. an army lieutenant pepper sprayed outside norfolk, virginia, after admitting he was terrified to get out of his car late-last year. i am honestly afraid to get out, he is heard to say. in the response, one of the officers tells him, yeah, you should be. and as if to emphasize that fear cuts both ways, two police officers were shot and wounded earlier this morning, during a high-speed chase west of atlanta. all of this, of course, is happening with the twin cities, already, on edge, as the prosecution continues to make its case against a former-minneapolis police officer, in the killing of george floyd. president biden spoke to the moment, and the mood, this afternoon. are you concerned things could be on a razor s edge, sir? i m not going to specula