Officer the murder trial george floyd. And then returning to the increase federal oversight of police seen during the Obama Presidency with two dozen such probes lets bring in the Deputy Director for legal policy at the manhattan institute. Welcome. Good to have you again. Those that dont understand this investigation explain how this works. That pattern and practice investigations are launched in departments where there is statistical disparities along racial lines as we saw under president obama doj. Not an investigation based on corroborated evidence of specific wrongdoing. But rather the idea statistical disparities reveal some kind of pattern of which you could infer systemic racism and unconstitutional practices which i think is a misguided approach not just because of the fact it doesnt relate to any evidence of systemic wrongdoing but it seems to be associated with Violent Crime in the jurisdictions where the investigations are launched in the wake of a viral incident as in the
A historic meeting between pope francis and iraqs top shiite cleric grand ayatollah Sistani A Christian and Muslim Leaders came together to make a plea for peace in the holy city of new jobs. And the darkest days of the pandemic in brazil an aggressive a virus various sweeps through the country of president ial year both to narrow down place the straps. Low in claridges and welcome to the show the United States senate has approved a want to point 9 trillion dollar Coronavirus Relief plan after some 24 hours of debate democrats in the chamber voted to adopt the plan without any republican support and includes 1400. 00 in and direct payments to. Taxpayers and an extension of jobless aid the house of representatives is expected to approve the legislation next week. After the senate vote President Joe Biden urged house lawmakers to move quickly to pass the bill saying it would provide desperately needed relief by pass an American Rescue plan will have heeded the voice of the American Peopl
A prominent opposition figure. And with kobe infections on the rise chile and brazil are returning to unpopular strict law tells. Us President Joe Biden has achieved his 1st major legislative victory the senate has passed a 1. 00 trillion dollars covert relief bill by the narrowest of margins it will provide one of payments with 1400 dollars to most americans the bill now goes back to the democratic controlled house for approval well mike hanna joins us live now from washington d. C. Mike so this was a controversial piece of legislation with no support from republicans and it passed the senate only with a slimmest of margins. Indeed years so President Biden always said that he wanted to advance his legislative agenda on bipartisan basis well some of the bill was passed but this was anything but it was only passed after extended and torturous debate. Is passed. The ball was finally passed in a process tied to a vote a rama it was the Longest Senate vote in recent memory approval coming
Shootings have moved the issue of gun control to the front burner. Another pressing challenge is unfolding at the Southern Border, where the growing number of migrants, especially children, overwhelmed authorities and sent the administration scrambling for solutions. We have a great group with us this morning. We have nbcs Gabe Gutierrez outside hhs migrant detention facility in southeast texas. He was the only reporter allowed in. And nbcs Julia Ainsley covers the dhs. Gabe, lets start with you. What did you see when youre inside that facility . What really stuck out to you . Hey there, geoff. We saw children. They were calm and appears to be in good spirits. Whats significant about this, reporters are asking for access to these type of facilities for weeks and our team was able to go in as far as the pool team, so other media organizations, and this is the first time during this recent surge that reporters were allowed in. Now, we should make the distinction, this is an hhs facility,
Know that they are supposed to bite people brandishing pistols. That i know. Katie he should know dogs well. Dana i sent him a book about dogs. Bret see you, thank you. Good evening, i am bret baier. Breaking tonight President Biden is moving up his timeline for getting all americans access to the coronavirus vaccine. President saying that that should be a reality by the end of may. He is also dealing with a surge in illegal immigration at the southern border, but his team is being very careful not to call it a crisis. Still we have fox team coverage, Casey Stegall in texas, and a facility that has been reopened we begin with White House Correspondent Kristin Fisher. Good evening, kristin. Good evening, bret, President Biden just confirmed that he received briefing about the situation at the border this afternoon. I asked him what did he learn about the briefing . And all he said was a lot. And asked if he thinks there is a crisis at the border, the president said this. We wont be able