[national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] [national anthem] pete try doing that at 6 00 a. M. Good Morning And Welcome to Fox Friends. That was the u. S. Air Force Brass Quintet performing our Nations Anthem and that is the u. S. Honor guard performing live in front of the u. S. S Up Trend here in new York City because we are intrepid because we are celebrating the Air Forces 74th birthday all morning long. Look how impressive that is. Will cant Do It at 6 00 a. M. Or 9 00 a. M. Or 9 30 a. M. Pete there is a huge bayonet on the end of every one of those rifles. A long knife on the end of the rifles that they are throwing at each other. Rachel when they train, do people get hurt . Pete my guess is that they usually look at that they usually train with nonlethal. Rachel shield over it. Pete when they Do It For Real they are doing For Real. Impressive. Happy birthday to the Air Force 74 years young. Rachel 74 years. Im going to say happy birthday to the Air F
Congressman adam kinzinger, for example. Joining me now congresswoman Stacey Plaskett from the u. S. Virgin islands and Congressman Joaquin Castro of texas. They also both served as House Impeachment Managers during the second Impeachment Trial of Donald Trump. So i am positive they have a lot to say. Im going to start with you congresswoman Stacey Plaskett because i think one thing that a lot of people are frustrated by is why does it have to be bipartisan . Why do we care how many republicans are on this committee. There is no convincing these people of logic. So doesnt it make sense to just proceed with what they have . They have a quorum, and get the Peoples Business done. Whats your take . Well, first, good morning to you and good morning to my colleague joaquin. Its so good to be with you both this morning. I think that we as you recall, we tried to create this into a bipartisan independent commission from the beginning, and i think what the speaker has chosen to do by naming an
Turmoil we see now giving us the roadmap to all thats happening. From the continued attacks on our Voting Rights to the consistent lynchings, from the mass shootings plaguing the country to the snatching of our liberty. From the beauty of the culture to the hatred of the people cultivating it. Just yesterday the senate Voted down an investigation. You shouldnt be surprised theyre attempting to rewrite history and convince us January 6th department happen. Theres long been an effort to erase the ugly parts of our storied past. Today we thread the needle pinning the past to the present in hopes that the future will offer more equal footing to us all and over the next two hours youll hear from survivors and descendents of tragedies and though some of these conversations may be a bit uneasy, get comfortable in that discomfort because this is the necessary exchange to make this country into the america that so many of you already believe her to be. Joining me now is jalani cobb, Staff Write
manslaughter, culpable negligence creating an unreasonable risk find the defendant guilty. derek chauvin guilty on all charges. the former minneapolis police officer who killed george floyd with a knee to the neck handcuffed and led away after a jury of his peers deliberated for just ten hours. but as chauvin disappears behind bars, what s next for america? that s a much harder question. collective relief over the verdict, understandable and spektd. but this is one conviction. that s a measure of accountability denied to so many others. an in justice not lost on minnesota s attorney general. this verdict reminds us how hard it is to make enduring change. here we are in 2021, still addressing the same problem. since dr. clark testified, we have seen rodney king, abener luima, oscar grant, eric garner, freddie gray, sandra bland, laquan mcdonald, anton black, breonna taylor and now daunte wright and adam toledo. this has to end. we need true justice. that s not one case.
infrastructure. it includes $400 billion to increase caregiving for the aging and disabled population in america. it has $25 billion to eliminate racial and gender inequities in science. $12 billion for community colleges. $174 billion to boost the electric vehicle market. and then $5 billion to prevent community violence. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is slamming the plan saying americans would ultimately be crushed by what is going to amount to a whole slough of new taxes. take a listen. it s like a trojan horse. it is called infrastructure but inside the trojan horse will be more borrowed money and massive tax increases on all of productive parts of our economy. in other words, they want to reverse the tax reform bill we did in 2017 which produced in february of 2020 the best economy in 50 years. gillian: ordinary americans are speaking out, too. a laid off coal worker is sounding the alarm over the plan. take a listen. the trump administration lowered that