when donald trump proclaimed the innocence of some of his allies. but while the media celebration of the verdict set the tone, the pundits quickly pivoted to a broader debate about racism. some on the left say this verdict means nothing because police, in general, are fine with attacking and killing african-americans which goes way too far. and you have some commentators on the right saying this is an isolated incident that says nothing about police departments condoning excessive force. this is a very raw historical moment. and perhaps, just perhaps the media could tone down the overheated rhetoric. i m howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz . howard: on the liberal side, there s a divide between those who are thrilled by the derek chauvin conviction and those essentially dismissing it. i had tears that were inside, i had to do tv, so i couldn t have them out, but it was a combination of tears of relief are, tears of sadness. this is a wake-up call. this is the justice
first, chad pergram is tracking all the key votes from the last 48 hours. chad. reporter: good afternoon. well, it was an all night session in the united states senate, and here in just the past couple moments, the senate actually recessed for just a moment. they re coming back into session, technically you see the chaplain delivering the opening prayer. senators are exhausted. they have been voting for 25 hours straight, the session went really 25 hours here as they consider amendments to this coronavirus relief bill. senators have been catching cat naps in the back of the chamber as they process 345, 40 35, 40 amendments here. this bill is going to pass sometime in the next hour or so, we expect the vote to be 50-49. dan sullivan, republican senator from alaska, he is out. he had to go back to alaska because his father-in-law passed away, so we re anticipating a party line vote here, and that means they will not need vice president harris to come to cap to hill to break
office? look, i didn t overpromise. what i have probably outperformed what anybody thought would happen. do you need to be more realistic and scale down these priorities now that a legislation appears to be hopelessly stalled? can you now lay out your strategy to protect voting rights? i spoke to a number of black voters who fought to get you elected, and now they feel as though you re not fighting hard enough for them. why are you trying so hard in your first year to pull the country so far to the left? if. howard: there were plenty of neutral issue questions and some softer ones. cnned asked whether biden had done enough to restore faith in the confidence of government. can you imagine such wording for president trump? and there was none of the personal hostility that marked the trump years. but for the most part, white house reporters stepped up and did their job. i m howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz . howard: now we ve come to expect an ideological divide am
rebranding effort, insisted to nbc that the white house could get it done, but anchor craig melvin wasn t buying it. why has the administration not been able to get democrats onboard? we are not giving up. yeah, but the question is wh- but you re acting as though it s over. well, i mean, it s it s not over. howard: except it was over a few hours later. rather than waiting for biden to meet with senate democrats on the hill, kyrsten sinema slapped the president of her own party saying, yeah, voting rights is important, but i m not dropping hi support for the filibuster, same position as joe manchin. when you hear commentators say it s the evil republicans who are stopping voting reform, remember, it s joe biden s party or who s not getting it done. i m howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz. howard: ahead, glenn greenwald joins us on coverage of the latest charges in the january 6th probe. joe biden and kamala harris drew a whole lot of coverage for their vi
now, the polarizing media environment means pro-trump people will feel offended by the attacks, pro-biden feeling the harsh words were justified. i m trying, as always, to stick to the facts, but i get the deep level of distrust. none of this moves the ball or helps solve a single problem facing the country starting with covid. it s just more finger pointing that some folks may well be tuning out. january 6th remains a double tragedy. the violence two blocks from here, a year ago and the toxic politics that have led to a more divided america. i m howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz. howard: ahead, brian kilmeade joins us on the media coverage of this emotional week. the 46th president devoted much of his speech in the capitol rotunda to denouncing the 45th prime minister. we didn t see a 45th president. we didn t see a former president who had just rallied the mob to attack sitting in a private dining room off the oval office in the white house watching it all on