would pull him over, in the first place. or, is it, the rules are set aside, when you are really being targeted for driving while black? because when you get down to the crux of the matter, when you look at what this officer did, she over-policed from every point. in a separate statement, crump cast doubt on the idea that she shot daunte wright, accidentally, after mistaking her gun for a taser. i am quoting him now. a 26-year veteran of the force knows the difference between a taser and firearm. and according to the prosecutor s office, the particular way potter carried the two weapons made it especially hard to mistake one for the other. her taser on the left in what is called the straight-draw position. this means she would have been forced to use the taser left handed and her gun with her right. looking at body-cam video, you can see a piece of paper in what appears to be her left hand. as the officers struggle with wright. whatever training or intentions, if that is, i
also we re fitting on a box of dynamite a powder keg that could easily explode. the latest on the crisis at the border. an inside look at what officials are facing. welcome. easter sunday once again being celebrated during the coronavirus pandemic but this year is different with record boosts to vaccinations giving hope that normalcy is at least within reach. the u.s. on saturday reporting more than 4 million doses given a new daily record. that brings the seven-day vaccination average above the 3 million mark for the first time ever. nearly a third of all americans have now had at least one vaccine dose. that progress does not mean the threat is over, however. cases are headed in the wrong direction in several states and ahead of the holiday weekend, 1.5 million people passed through airports friday. the latest sign of people perhaps abandoning health recommendations. evan mcmorris-santoro was in times square where people are once again packing the streets. reporte
mummies parade through the streets of cairo, making their way to their new home. coronavirus vaccinations in the u.s., reaching new heights. boosting hopes that an end to the pandemic could be within reach. the u.s., on saturday, reporting more than 4 million doses given. a new-daily record. that brings the seven-day vaccination average above the 3-million mark, for the first time, ever. more than 161-million doses have been administered, so far, in the u.s. but that progress does not mean the threat is over. several states are seeing some worrying numbers of new infections. michigan, among the worst. seeing its highest day of infections, in nearly-four months. and experts worry, that might be a sign of what is to come. top infectious-disease expert, dr. anthony fauci, spoke with cnn, earlier. he says, now isn t the time for people to let their guards down. what we re seeing, after that big peak that we had, around the christmas holidays and new year s. when it started to
claim that states are not engaging in voters suppress efforts. if can you believe that. but we begin the ridout stont with new developments on monday s mass shooting in boulder, colorado. mourners continue to visit a make shift memorial outside the supermarket where ten people were shot this week. we learn the victims of the senseless killing more about them including a first responder to the incident and the nine individuals killed as they were going about their daily lives. here are some of their family members. if you ask anybody she has ever worked with, she would do anything to sorry she would do anything for them. she could light up and make me smile. no you can t see my smile underneath this mask but i m smiling right now thinking about her. if i could give him an award it would be the best dad award because he was, like a dad to the entire neighborhood. one death trickles to so many people. and to an entire community. we re also learning more about the s
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.