Looked like already and what it could look like going forward. Today george floyd s family will meet with leaders in congress and the president of the united states. Will we see meaningful police reform in his name? i ll talk to floyd s cousin about the family s mission one year later. I will also talk to congresswoman presley about that controversial policy that s become a sticking point in the negotiations. We ll also go live to houston, texas, where george floyd spent most of his life. My colleague s conversation about the spotlight he wants to put on local elections and what happens next for the city where this all happened, minneapolis. And that is where we start with the reporter who spent a lot of time in minneapolis since may 25, 2020. Nbc s shaquille brewster. Shaq, take us through how the city is marking the day and how things have changed in minneapolis over the last year. Reporter: well, craig, we re just hours away from the start of what s being called a celebration of lif
Turmoil we see now giving us the roadmap to all that s 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 shouldn t be surprised they re attempting to rewrite history and convince us january 6th department happen. There s 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 you ll 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
1921 massacre, when a white mob destroyed the black neighborhood of greenwood. This, as the white house plans to reveal plans to narrow the racial wage gap. And we ll talk to sharice davids about that. Plus, texas governor greg abbott threatens consequences. We ll also bring you the latest from israel, where the leaders of two opposition parties say they re working together to potentially unseat prime minister benjamin netanyahu. And president biden s administration will attempt to rectify racial injustice in the housing market through a new plan the white house is rolling out today. We have a lot to cover on multiple fronts. We start with yamiche alcindor and also garrett hake on capitol hill. Let s start with the multiple efforts by the white house, what does the plan entail and what does it not? the president is going to be going to tulsa to talk about racial injustice, and he announced new initiatives, trying to focus on create an opening for more ownership and small businesses, an
Voting laws. I think the most chilling was this provision that was literally just introduced in the last 48 hours that would allow an election to be overturned based on the allegation of fraud, even if the alleged fraudulent votes would not have meaningfully changed the outcome of that election. When you connect that to the big lie, that there was widespread voter fraud in 2020 and somehow joe biden is an illegitimate president, you can see state legislators like the ones here in texas not accepting the results of future presidential elections. So that was ben o rourke on morning joe. He went on to say that you re more likely to get struck by lightning in texas than you will voter fraud. That s not stopping a wave of new voting restriction bills introduced in 47 states across the country. As many republicans continue to back donald trump s big lie. Joining me now, political correspondent ali vitale, coauthor and white house reporter eugene daniels. Welcome on this memorial day. Thank y
the reaction from george floyd s family the moment caught on camera when president biden called them, and his message. what he said he was praying for before the decision that has sparked a backlash tonight, a deadly shooting in a supermarket schools placed on lockdown as police hunted for a suspect, and what authorities have now announced. the news on the johnson & johnson covid vaccine. the rollout beginning again in europe after the eu s drug for what s to regulator found the benefits outweigh the risk of blood clots. is it what s to come in the u.s. after a cdc advisory panel meets friday announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening former police officer derek chauvin walked out of a minneapolis courtroom in handcuffs this afternoon minutes after a jury convicted him on all counts in the death of george floyd. second-degree unintentional murder, guilty third-degree murder, guilty. second-degree manslaughter, guilty a world that witnessed vid