streets of moscow this hour where protesters amassing over the treatment of opposition leader alexei navalny. we ll have a full report later in the program. 91 days into his administration, president biden just wrapped up an announcement over the covid-19 vaccinations, touting success of 2 million shots and announcing tax breaks for companies who give time off to get vaccinated. no working american should lose a single dollar from their paycheck because they chose to fulfill their patriotic duty of getting vaccinated. back on march 11th, i outlined what america could look like by the fourth of july. america, we are much closer to normal life than we left behind a year ago. we remain on track for that goal. but we begin this hour in minneapolis where that justice department civil rights investigation is now launching. joining me, nbc news shaquille brewster in minneapolis and radio public reporter grant williams. great to have you both with us this hour. shaq, let s begi
coming from an attorney working on a plea deal and it s the reality for republican congressman matt gaetz this morning who face as growing range of issues. adam kinzinger became the first congressman to call for gaetz to resign. investigators are taking a very close look at a trip to the bahamas where women were allegedly paid to travel and have sex with gaetz and others. there s also the testimony that gates had sex with a 17-year-old. greenberg, the man who spoke those words, i m sure gaetz isn t feeling very comfortable, his attorney has indicated his client has flipped and is working with investigators for a plea deal. then on top of all of that, there s the receipts. new reporting from the daily beast about alleged venmo payments from gaetz and the records reportedly left behind. in the meantime a pivotal day ahead in the derek chauvin murder trial. the medical examiner the expected to testify. all of this coming after powerful, powerful testimony on thursday from a
and friends first on tuesday morning, i m todd piro. ashley: i m ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. we re learning about the heroic officer who is in critical condition, after being shot in the head while lunging toward the gunman. he graduated from the police academy just 10 days ago. lauren blanchard joins us. he was shot in the head when he ran toward the shooter in the louisville, kentucky shooting yesterday. nicholas wilt graduated just days ago and has been undergoing surgery. a fifth victim has died and eight others hurt, including two officers. hospital code three. officers to the hospital, code three. transporting one officer, get the hospital ready. the alleged gunman began shooting before the bank opened yesterday morning. witnesses say it began in a first story conference room. police responded within minutes. visibly upset the governor breshear said he lost a close friend. a terrible act of violence tore from all of us, one of my close frien
investigation is now focussing on who abedi knew, resulting in more arrests. about 3 o clock, i heard a blast. a blast this morning as police in cheetham hill blew open this door in yet another raid. local people have helped us establish the identities of the 20 and 22 year old men arrested here last night and we have been able to establish a link between one of them and a member of salman abedi s family. that s the pattern of the police investigation start with the bomber, find out who his friends and acquaintances are and arrest them. police are increasingly confident. they ve got a good understanding now of salman abedi s network of movements. they re more certain about ongoing risk so the prime minister was able to make this statement. jtac, the independent joint terrorism to make this statement. jtac, the independent joint terrorism analysis ce ntre independent joint terrorism analysis centre has this morning taken the decision to reduce the threat level from critical