hold on, what s going on shocking, difficult to watch body camera footage out of virginia. two police officers drawing their guns and pepper spraying a u.s. army lieutenant during a traffic stop. he s now suing for excessive force. new data reveals that nearly half of new covid-19 infections in the united states are in just five states, that increasing the pressure on the federal government to act now. new details on funeral arrangements for prince philip. now that we know prince harry will attend, what that means for the royal rift. we say good morning. it is sunday, april 11th. i m lindsey reiser. i m kendis gibson. we have a team of correspondents joining us and analysts from all across the world. you see them there. so glad you re here with us. we want to start in south florida, the site of a private republican donor retreat, but the place now known for an airing of grievances by former president donald trump. nbc news correspondent ali vitali is there. ali, i k
school closures despite a covid surge driven by the highly transmissible omicron variant. he says we re better prepared now than in the army prevaccine days of the pandemic. we should all be concerned about omicron, but not panicked. and, no, this is not march of 2020. 200 million people are fully vaccinated. we re prepared. we know more. we just have to stay focused. as for the unvaccinated, the president says it is their patriotic duty to get the shot. and he had a stark warning for those who do not. almost every who has died from covid-19 in the past many months has been unvaccinated. and i honest to god believe it s your patriotic duty. the choice can be a difference between life or death. please, get vaccinated. so the white house planned to combat the virus includes expanding testing sites across the country, distributing 500 million free at-home tests to those who request them. estates that is righting next month. deploying 1,000 service members to strained hos
nice to be with you, my friend. president biden says if you are vaccinated, and boosted, go ahead, spend the holidays with family and friends. the president says the rapidly spreading omicron variant is cause for concern, but not panic. the country is much better prepared now to tackle a covid resurgence than in the early prevaccine days. for the millions who remain unvaccinated, there was this stark warning. almost everyone who has died from covid-19 in the past many months has been unvaccinated. i honest to god believe it is your patriotic duty, the choice can be the difference between life or death. please get vaccinated. the biden administration s response to skyrocketing omicron cases includes expanding test sites across the country, distributing at-home tests to those who request them, deploying a thousand service military members to help overburdened hospitals and adding new vaccination sites. elizabeth cohen joining us now. elizabeth, good morning. a lot of fo
are still stuck inside there. awaiting evacuation. all this as russia says it will destroy nato convoys of weapons into ukraine. could that mean an escalation? also back home, outrage across the u.s., protests in several major cities following the release of a supreme court draft opinion that would overturn abortion rights in this country. more on that in just a moment. plus, politics, cnn projects that j.d. vance will win ohio s gop senate nomination, the race billed as the first test of trump s influence in the upcoming midterms. we ll break down the polling numbers, what they say. we will begin this morning with cnn international security editor nick paton walsh, he s reporting from kryvvi rih, ukraine. this news now about a possible russian advance now on that steel plant, cutting off the defenders there, but also hundreds of civilians still left behind. what do we know? reporter: yeah, the precise number of civilians there unclear. there are apparently 30 children th
she took the decision to take donald trump off the ballot in maine. secretary cech bellows, very good to have you on bbc news. good evening to you. i want to start with your decision to disqualify the former president from the primary ballot in maine because as he decided he engaged in insurrection. what made that decision? what convinced you he is ineligible? good evening and thank you for having me. it is really important for your viewers to understand the maine law process. every state is different. under the united states constitution, elections are held and it different voting rights are different ballot access laws. under maine law, if a candidate qualifies for the ballot, any registered maine voter may bring a challenge. that is what happened here. i qualified trump for the ballot and there were three challenges brought. by citizens of maine, and a couple cases, two former democratic state senators. that requires me under maine election law to hold an administrative he