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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. al ....
from the wright brothers original plane loaned from the museum. on board? very cool. very synergistic. good morning to you. we have a team of reporters and analysts following the latest for you. former president trump spoke to a gathering of gop officials and donors preparing to chart a path for the party with him in it. nbc s ali vitale i is in palm beach with more. reporter: lindsey and ken, republicans and lawmakers alike flocking to florida and going to trump s mar-a-lago club last night, they heard from the former president there himself. while these rnc spring meetings are behind closed doors, they re typically a chance for the party to chart a path forward. the republican party right now is grappling with what the path forward looks like in the mind of donald trump. and it seems, according to reports, that his mind is still squarely on the results of the 2020 election, which he falsely claims he won, and he s still attacking other republicans who have eit ....
the white house and congress to end the covid-19 pandemic and rebuild our crumbling infrastructure, the other is licking its wounds and plotting its political future. sounds like the normal functioning of a healthy democracy, except for one problem. the republican party seems to have decided they cannot win over black and brown voters they have regularly demonized and devalued. so, rather than try, they cheat. it s why the gop is using the power it still retains in the states and the courts to push an agenda of voter restriction. and it s why republicans at the national level are dead set on opposing any policies put forth by democrats, even if they improve the lives of all americans. and so a republican problem becomes a democratic problem. and here s why. the national democratic party owes its wins over this past six months to minority voters in historically undervalued regions, wins that held congress gave them the senate and won them the white house. but they can t ....
on issues like gun safety. and we re also seeing steps back, voting rights and civil rights under attack. when you zoom out, where all that shuffling forward lands will have the longest term impact on the generations. in 2020 millennial voters were clear about the issues they wanted addressed, starting, of course, with the pandemic, but also addressing climate change, racial equality, and an economy where wages are fair. president biden began to tackle the issues, starting with a clear plan to overcome the pandemic. he put america back in the paris climate accord and unveiled a massive infrastructure plan to rebuild our crumbling roads and bridges, same roads young people will travel in their self-driving cars. this week biden took on another issue young voters and a vast majority of americans are fed up with, a problem extremely unique to america. gun violence in this country is an epidemic. let me say it again. gun violence in this country is an epidemic, and it s a ....
confrontation with police officers? the biden administration claims it s all about systemic racism infecting our democratically controlled cities and 12 voices right and left are applauding the working, the president there s a lot more work to do. we are monitoring and told the there there is an anti-folk route heading towards the seattle police precinct. coming up live from that city. the new york activists explaining how the threat of riots is what gets things done. speak of this the first time in forever i ve saw justice served to black people. rodney king, eric gardner, what is the difference here? what is really the difference? what happened differently in those cases? it was riots all over the world. don t criticize me for being a messenger, just look at the evidence and look at what america responds to. spielman s big and senior correspondent mike tobin from minneapolis and the situation there tonight. good evening, shannon. the area is now known as george fl ....