and fda said no booster is needed. let s go outfront . good evening. i m erin burnett. so much for defunding the police. president biden wants to takckl the spike in crime with more police officers and more funding for police departments. our strategy provides including funding for law enforcement through the american rescue plan for states, cities and to be able to hire police and pay them over time in order to advance community policing. funding law enforcement, hiring more officers. biden believes in that and thinks it s the winning message. look who he invited to the white house for his meeting in crime and police reform. a former nypd captain that won a crowded primary for new york city mayor by saying more officers are part of the solution, not the problem. we have some amazing officers. we re going to say i have your back. when i heard her hesitate on the answer will you take guns away from police officers while we re experiencing an uptick in gun violence, 10
vaccinated. crime tape across america. another deadly weekend with at least nine more mass shootings. and we are live in ethiopia, a country mired in crisis and conflict but going to the polls at this hour for what the government calls its first free election. good to have you with us. the biden administration is pushing the president s goal of at least partially vaccinating 70% the adult population by july 4th. but so far, only 16 states and the district of columbia have met that objective. while the u.s. will likely miss that goal, former fda commissioner dr. scott gottlieb says they won t have a major impact. instead, the u.s. should start thinking about the next phase of the vaccination evident. n effort. now we need to think about pushing to the vaccine where people could get it through a trusted intermediary, doctors s offices, schools, places of employment to get the people who are reluctant or face challenges getting to the access sites. as people start to
inquiries have begun into former prime minister david cameron s communications with cabinet ministers while working for the collapsed firm greensill capital. it comes as a senior conservative mp warned borisjohnson he d lose support from former labour voters unless he resolves the lobbying row. here s our political correspondent, nick eardley. david cameron s lobbying of ministers on behalf of a finance company has led to wider questions about the relationship between government and the private sector and about possible conflicts of interest. a number of enquiries have been set up to look at the issues. the environment secretary used to work for mr cameron. he insisted his former boss hadn t broken the rules but there was a hint that the rules might have to change. it but there was a hint that the rules might have to change. might have to change. it may be something might have to change. it may be something that might have to change. it may be something that is might h
unlawful policing. it has been hours since the historic conviction from the man that murdered george floyd. guilty on all three counts, a verdict that had gone the other way so many times before and so many other cases, providing a sense of justice for floyd s family. in the hours sense his loved ones reiterated this is just the first step on the path to change. what happened to my brother, it was a crime. he was tortured to death. i don t want any more george floyds, or daunte wrights, or ahmaud arberys, and we should be able to walk free and not be killed because of the shade of our skin. derek chauvin awaits his sentencing and the three officers that were with chauvin will face trial in august for aiding and abetting murder. josh campbell is with us live. josh, how can we expect this new department of justice investigation to play out? this is the u.s. government saying we have a problem. police across the country are governed by state and local officials, but the