I don t have the fact that i wasn t a fan of our last president s character issues. That is senator mitt romney being booed in utah, in his state. A sign that defying the former president still comes with a price. And next hour, a very special guest, celebrated chef marcus samuelson, a new york institution. His reaction to the city s plan to reopen completely in july, and what it s going to mean to him and his workers as well. But we do want to begin in north carolina and what s happening there where a public viewing is going on right now ahead of the funeral for police shooting victim andrew brown jr. , along with a 12th day of protests demanding the release of body cam footage in the case. That s where we find nbc s vaughn hillyard who is in elizabeth city, north carolina, where a viewing is being held this afternoon. Also joining us is melissa murray, professor at the nyu school of law and an msnbc legal analyst. Welcome to you both, guys. Vaughn, i see you re marching with some pro
26th. and i am brianna keilar with kaitlan collins in for john berman. i did a little bit of shopping online yesterday. i m not doing any right now during the show. don t worry. well, i did as well. so we re beginning with breaking news right now. officials in south africa are preparing to brief the world health organization about a new and alarming coronavirus variant that thief they are discovered. there s a lot of anxiety over this one because it spreads very quickly, and it is showing an ability to evade immunity. cases in south africa have been exploding the last week. it is currently known as b.1.1.529. it is being seen in israel and hong kong. the eu is confirming that it plans to halt all travel from south africa. cnn s senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen joining us with more on our top story. how worried, this particular one, how worried are you about it? you know, i think this is definitely one that you want to track and that you want to keep an e
youth is we re here for you because we are. reporter: javeti lindsay was there. she is now a caretaker. it was important for me to show them support. they can actually see that i m watching, taking videos. on three. one, two, three! yes sir? reporter: ashley went with her 10-year-old son jas. jas is so excited. he definitely was, like, up and ready to go this morning. reporter: they moved from illinois to atlanta about two years ago. jas dad has been incarcerated since he was 1 year old. so we have always kind of been a tight knit family and it is really important for me to be there for jas since his one of his parents is absent. the one with the dreads, i think, he s pretty cool. i feel incredible. i m, like, wow. they really took their time out to come to help us today. come on, come on, come on. right here! do not fear the police. we are not to be feared. we re here for the community. and we re here for you. we actually care. i had a great time.
identified in south africa spreads rapidly and may show the ability to evade immunity and there s serious concerns that the covid advance evens may be less effective against this new strain. new covid cases meanwhile have surged in south africa in recent days. a growing number of countries, including the uk and france, are now banning travelers from south africa as well as neighboring countries. the variant has also been spotted already in belgium, hong kong and israel. the world health organization is warning it will take weeks to learn more details. all of this causing markets around the world to tumble. the u.s. markets included. they are down sharply. the dow jones industrial average, as you can see there, down roughly 1,000 points. so we ll start with this latest news out of south africa. that s where we find cnn s david mckenzie live in johannesburg. what are you hearing from south african health officials today? alex, just a short time ago the south african health mi