was becoming loud and aggressive, a lot of yelling across the street. did that cause you any concern? concern did that cause you any concern? concern for did that cause you any concern? concern for the officers, yes. also in the programme thejohnson &johnson vaccine is linked to blood clots american health experts want a pause in its roll out, the company is delaying its distribution in the eu and south africa temporarily suspends its use. we are going to speak to a health expert. here in the uk a new cluster of the south african variant of the coronavirus is found in south london everybody in the area is being asked to get a test. we start in minneapolis where two big stories are playing out in parallel. in a moment we ll have the latest on the george floyd murder trial against former police officer derek chauvin. first the family of a 20 year old black man who was shot dead by a police officer on sunday has hired the civil rights attorney representing george
ukraine. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. we have late breaking developments regard regarding a trove of white house documents that the ex-president has been trying to block the release of. in a huge rebuke to donald trump, the supreme court has rejected trump s attempt to block the committee investigating the january 6th insurrection from accessing those documents from trump s time in the white house. this evening the committee was set to receive a tiny handful of documents, four pages. but in light of this decision that happened 90 minutes ago the committee will have access to all of the hundreds of pages of documents it requested. that s not the only big news tonight. we also have new round of subpoenas from the january 6th committee which we will be getting to in a bit. but to put the supreme court ruling in context, trump had been fighting the release of these documents since last october when he claimed they were protected by exe
literally tilting at windmills. it comes as his legal team decides its best defense in his civil rape trial. no defense at all? another deadly mass shooting in america. the latest, a medical center in atlanta, prompting an impassioned plea from georgia senator raphael warnock. also, new reporting on the deep financial ties between supreme court justice clarence thomas and a texas billionaire. keep getting deeper. it keeps getting worse. on capitol hill, there is no off-ramp when it comes to a deal on the debt ceiling. we ll have the latest on the contentious negotiations. meanwhile, the markets mostly flat this morning in response to the latest interest rate hike from the federal reserve. we ll have a full breakdown of what could be the final move from the central bank in the fight to bring down inflation. good morning, everyone, and welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, may 4th. we got two out of three birthdays under our belt here. exactly. willie