welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start in the american city of minneapolis and what s thought to be one of the largest pre trial settlements in us history. lawyers for george floyd, the african american man who died while being restrained by police officers in may last year, say the city has agreed a settlement of 27 million dollars in their civil case for damages. the money will be paid to mr floyd s family. separately, a former minneapolis police officer, derek chauvin, is standing trial on criminal charges, including third degree murder, following the incident. here s the floyd family lawyer, ben crump. the financial compensation most directly impacts george floyd and his family, the future of their family, but it is the policy reforms that affects all of us. our north america correspondent david willis told me more about why this settlement is so significant. the death of george floyd sparked protests in major cities here and across the wo
mosques in christchurch. at two mosques. hello and welcome. we start in the american city of minneapolis, and what s thought to be one of the largest pre trial settlements in us history. lawyers for george floyd, the african american man who died while being restrained by police officers in may last year, say the city has agreed a settlement of $27 million in their civil case for damages. the money will be paid to mr floyd s family. separately, a former minneapolis police officer, derek chauvin, is standing trial on criminal charges, including third degree murder, following the incident. here s the floyd family lawyer, ben crump. the financial compensation most directly impacts george floyd and his family, the future of their family, but it is the policy reforms that affects all of us. well, our north america correspondent, david willis, told me more about why this settlement is so significant. the death of george floyd last may gave rise to the black lives matter movement
specifically they believe that the pfizer and moderna vaccines were so effective that after just one dose, we should given a shot to as many as possible and come back for a second as more is available. it is an approach taken by our allies across the pobd. while manufacturer wait only about a month in between both doses, the uk extended it to 12 week. and scientific advisers there said that this would provide protection to as many people as possible in the early stages of the vaccine rollout. but the wall street journal published a piece titled u.s. government scientists scepkept krepts skrecht cal and that they are pushing back against the one dose vaccine saying that there not enough evidence for long term protection. among those quoted, peter marx who said that they need to be used to prevent covid-19 and related hospitaliza hospital la death. and also peter hof also said that those clinical trials found a level of one dose significantly less than what they got with two.
the senators released a joint statement saying it s clear that governor cuomo has lost the confidence of ice governing partners and the people of new york. what is the governor saying this morning about these calls to resign? reporter: in short, governor cuomo saying that those allegations of sexual assault and harassment, that they certainly should be heard, but at the same time he s also maintaining that he s innocent of any sort of misconduct and he also continues to double down on his position that he will not step down as the governor of the state of new york in spite of the ongoing state impeachment investigation and also, as you mentioned, the growing chorus of democrats that are calling for him to resign. here is the governor s latest position when it comes to the growing call for him to step down. i did not do what has been alleged, period. look, it s very simple, i never harassed anyone, i never abused anyone, i never assaulted anyone. and i never would, right?
politicians. i was elected by the people. historic probe. the department of justice dubbing the investigation into the attacks on the u.s. capitol as one of the largest in american history. the stunning number of arrests coming down the line and why republican senator ron johnson now catching heat for the latest comments. had the tables been turned and president trump won the election and those were tens of thousands of black lives matter and antifa protesters, i might have been a little concerned. one year later, the city of louisville gearing up for a rally marking one year since the fatal police shooting of breonna taylor. we ll talk to her mother, ahead. good morning, everybody. it is saturday, march 13th. i m lindsey reiser. and i m kendis gibson live at msnbc world headquarters in new york. turning out to be a busy saturday, busy weekend, indeed. we have a team of correspondents and analysts following the latest for us. we ll start with nbc white house correspon