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and then later i was in a position where i had to be controlled. a special report on the derek chauvin murder trial. we will break down the moments you may have missed including new video and emotional testimony for the prosecution. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson. welcome to the week. the u.s. has reached some major goals in the fight against covid-19. yesterday more than 4 million vaccine doses were administered. that s a new high. the cdc says more than 100 million americans have received at least one dose. that s nearly a third of the u.s. population. and those shots cannot come fast enough. right now more than half of states are reporting an increase in cases. also yesterday we got the latest overall unemployment rate. it s down a bit to 6%. the u.s. added more than 900,000 jobs last month. but president biden cautioned that these signs of progress may be temporary. the progress we ve worked so hard to achieve can be reversed.
moment. we will talk to tom homan about that. sandra: alert to a city in mourning. a wake is underway for one of the two new york city police officers murdered in an ambush last weekend. and funerals for both officers are scheduled in the coming days. hello, sandra smith in new york. great to have you here. it s great to be with you, i m in for john roberts, a solemn site. fellow officers carrying the casket of 22-year-old jason rivera into st. patrick s cathedral this morning. he and his partner were ambushed inside an apartment last week after responding to a mother s call for help. as funeral services get underway, attention now turning to manhattan s far left d.a. and the soft on crime policies. now alvin bragg says he will attack gun violence at every angle. deadly and dangerous start for the nation s police officers. 24 have been shot and four killed since just january 1st. brian will kick things off outside st. patrick s cathedral. is the public allowed inside?
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