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charged in the killing of george floyd. but we start with the battle over voting rights and the backlash facing georgia s republican governor after he signed into law a bill that limits voting access. nbc s vaughn hillyard is on capitol hill and joins me now. vaughn, it s good to see you. what s the latest? what s the latest reaction from lawmakers and from democrats? what are they prepared to do about this? reporter: it s clear that voting rights will come to a head up here on capitol hill. the house of representatives already passed hr-1 which would be the largest expansion of voting rights and voting access dating to the 1960s. that bill has already passed the house of representatives. it s a matter of the senate taking up the bill. but there s also the john lewis voting rights advancement act which would essentially over a great number of states require states like georgia, that attempt to make voting changes to their laws, get prior approval from either the fed ....
minute now from the white house covid-19 response team. so far, about one-fourth of all americans have gotten at least one vaccine dose. that s according to cdc data. a possible curveball to the progress, scenes like this. spring break right now, miami beach, crowds, chaos, real concerns about covid-19. it s not just college kids. city leaders now extending those emergency restrictions and a curfew. in a few moments, i will talk to the republican mayor of miami about what it means with this pandemic nowhere close to ending. that s not all this hour. a rare inside look at an all black armed militia and its stated goal is to defend black people by any means necessary. stick with us for that story coming up in a few moments. there s a lot to talk about on the covid front. we start down in florida, kerry sanders in miami beach. i want to bring in dr. craig spencer. dr. spencer is the director of global health and emergency medicine at new york presbyterian. he knows abo ....
to me very calm. i thought maybe there was a boyfriend on the side, seem kind of love triangle. but on a dark highway, the case will take a dramatic turn. all the hair on my body was standing on edge. it made you nervous? extremely nervous. a mysterious driver carrying ominous cargo. how did he explain that? at that time you don t. it is evidence to suggest there is some kind of conspiracy. unraveling a mind-bending plot revealed a shattering truth. evil the only word i can think of, inhuman to do something like that. it was moonless night in iowa, four income the morning. the quietest of quiet hours. a small cop head down the empty highway, bound for his early shift at the police department. that s when he saw, the corner of his eye, what was that in the ditch, maybe 30 yards off the highway, a car in trouble? he swung around. somebody clearly missed a curb on the gravel access road. the driver s door is hanging open on it. it looks like the air ....
ammunition the united states just sent there. now the state department has ordered non-emergency diplomatic employees from that same embassy to leave the country. in fact, any americans there are being warned to get out, quote, now. president biden is weighing some heavy options on how to handle this crisis. we have new nbc reporting on what it could mean for the movement of our troops. also, back here any second in minnesota, opening statements set to get under way in the federal trial of three former minneapolis officers charged with violating george floyd s civil rights. they were on the scene of his killing back in 2020. and a phrase no one wants to hear, it s officially tax season, folks. and if you were hoping it would be easier than past years perhaps because of the pandemic, think again. why things may be even slower this year than you re used to. and also some breaking news from the supreme court. in just the last 90 minutes, the high court has decided to take ....
but there is some good news breaking word on a new drug. today the fda gave emergency authorization to the first antiviral pill to treat coronavirus. we re going to hear from the cdc director and dr. anthony fauci on that and more at any minute. joining me now is monica alba at the white house, nbc steve paterson in los angeles, nbc courtney kube at the pentagon and also with us nbc senior medical correspondent dr. john torres. a lot of good news in terms of this pill. i m sure we ll hear about that at the covid briefing and concerns about us who cannot get vaccinated and by us i mean kids under 5 and also those immuno compromised. what are we expecting from the briefing on those two groups? exactly, katy. i think you ll hear at the top about the encouraging news that the covid team is going to highlight and at the same time they re going to remind everybody that the reason it s so important to get vaccinated and to get boosted is not to protect yourself. it s really, ....