Georgias election law compare to other states. Plus, week two of the George Floyd Trial gets under way. And the Chief Of Police expected to testify against his former colleague. The get is, what will he say on stand. Also, crews try to fix a Waste Water Plant near tampa. The question is could we see a catastrophe . Its way too early for this. Good morning. And welcome to way too early, the show that had more than enough jelly beans over the weekend. I am kasie hunt on this monday, april 5th. Well start with the news. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is criticizing Major League Baseball and several atlantabased companies as backlash over the states voting law continues. On friday, the mlb announced it would be moving the upcoming allstar game from atlanta to a ballpark in another state. That news had the governor hitting back over the weekend, even comparing voting laws in georgia to those in narcotic where Major League Baseball is headquartered. Major League Baseball caved to fear and lies
Realistic when bidens plan hits the hill. Also a lawyer who wants to expose the harmful ideology behind americas antiimmigration movement, and as you celebrate easter sunday, why more and more americans are leaving their houses of worship. This is American Voices. Its a tale of two political parties. Democrats focused on actually governing. Gop leans into the distraction game. Biden administration is Setting Stage of bold infrastructure legislation and democrats are laying the groundwork to meet the moment. Weve fallen to 13th in world in terms of transportation infrastructure, and continuing to head in the wrong direction, failing to invest for a generation. American jobs plan is our chance to fix that. One republican says could pass if scaled back. And Energy Secretary suggested that democrats could use recoiation if republicans dont get on board. Democrats move forward with bold ideas to transform the future, republicans seem to be stuck in the past. State level, bills to attack lgb
And we anticipate to also see with him shortly in addition to the bidens, the Attorney General Merrick Garland were told will be with the president. We have seen this unfortunately play out before following January 6th Riots, the officer Brian Sicknick became the third officer to die defending the capitol shortly after the January 6th Riot its. Now evans becomes the fourth to die there. He was hit at a barricade by someone who was barreling through and lost his life there, too. He was not the only officer hit but unfortunately he perished because of it. So now we cover this honor and when you look at some of the things that have been said you may have heard trace and dana talking moments ago about the reputation of some of these officers. I mean, they go to work in a place every day where yes, they are defending the Capitol Building but they have relationships with the people around them. And senators have described officer billy evans as being very friendly, someone who not only just
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, im joshua johnson. Welcome to the week. The u. S. Has reached some major goals in the fight against covid19. Yesterday more than 4 million vaccine doses were administered. Thats a new high. The cdc says more than 100 million americans have received at least one dose. Thats 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. Its 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 weve worked so hard to achieve can be reversed. On the economic front th
Wellbeing of hardworking georgians. More than 40 states are considering restrictive bills. What could this mean for them . And then later no, you cant paint me as angry. 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, im joshua johnson. Welcome to the week. The u. S. Has reached some major goals in the fight against covid19. Yesterday more than 4 million vaccine doses were administered. Thats a new high. The cdc says more than 100 million americans have received at least one dose. Thats 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. Its down a bit to 6 . The u. S. Added more than 900,000 jobs last month. But Pre