we start in the american city of minneapolis and what s thought to be one of the largest pre trial settlements in us history. lawyers for george floyd, the african american man who died while being restrained by police officers in may last year, say the city has agreed a settlement of $27 million in their civil case for damages. the money will be paid to mr floyd s family. separately, a former minneapolis police officer, derek chauvin, is standing trial on criminal charges, including third degree murder, following the incident. here s the floyd family lawyer, ben crump. the financial compensation most directly impacts george floyd and his family, the future of their family, but it is the policy reforms that affects all of us. our north america correspondent david willis told me more about why this settlement is so significant. the death of george floyd sparked protests in major cities here and across the world, it gave rise of course to the black lives matter movement, one of
msnbc s amanda golden is there with the latest on the investigation into the attack on the capitol. amanda, good morning. the doj says it expects more arrests, linked to the riot. what can you tell us about the scope here? yeah, that s right, lindsey. department of justice actually just asked a federal judge for more time as they continue to investigate the scope of the attacks that we saw at the capitol, on january 6th. and said that they want to be able to proceed in order to process the the great number that they have of both tips and evidence that s coming in, as well as the defendants that they are starting to move forward and prosecute. so, we got a real snapshot of where this investigation stands, yesterday, with a new filing. and it showed that 320 people have, now, been charged with the events that have taken place at the capitol. and they do expect an additional, 100 people to be coming forward with additional charges moving forward from law enforcement. and we
go to aerotrainer.com to get yours now. a very good day to all of you from world headquarters here in new york welcome to weekends with alex witt. here s what s happening for all of you. we re turning to the breaking news out of louisville where that crowd has gathered to commemorate the one year anniversary of breonna taylor s killing. let s go to antonio hilton who s there for us. we heard a lot of cheering and singing there when benjamin crump had taken to the podium, the stage there. what s that right now? it sounds like singing. reporter: there s been some singing here today, alex. but right now the mood is a lot of hurt and anger. benjamin crump is still speaking, he s one of the lead lawyers working on breonna taylor s case from the start. but family members, supporters are on the stage here. you re hearing renewed calls for transparency. there s a major divide between residents in the city and those they counted on to serve them. what you re hearing from black res
look at the year that has passed and the year that is ahead. through the prism of one state s experiences. while there is still much pain here, and a long way to go. there is some good news. some light, at the end of the tunnel. one recent analysis ranking rhode island number ten in terms of vaccine distribution. and the state just increased the eligibility to those 60 and over, as well as people as young as 16, with an underlying condition. i saw that hope, myself, this weekend, as i visited a mass-vaccination site at the dunkin doughnut center, not far from where i am standing right now. where vulnerable residents were getting their first and second covid shot. take a listen. what was it like, after you got your first shot in your arm? what was that kind of emotion for you? oh, it was it was wonderful. but i tell you, today, it s really touching me today that we re so fortunate to have this vaccine after-only a year. it s a sense of freedom like, okay, now, i can i
A group of protesters returned to Jefferson Square Park in downtown Louisville Tuesday evening, and said they don t feel justice has been served in Taylor s death.