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mondale as tributes pour in from around the nation. a 21st century wright brothers moment this time on mars it's "early today" on tuesday, april 20th good morning, i'm frances rivera >> i'm phillip mena. bracing for a verdict. a jury of derek chauvin's peers are bracing for the verdict. >> what the defendant did was not policing what the defendant did was an assault. >> you have to be convinced that the defendant's actions caused the death of mr. floyd. >> you were told, for example, that mr. floyd died -- that mr. floyd died because his heart was too big. the reason george floyd did is because mr. chauvin's heart was too small. >> the words of california democratic congresswoman maxine

waters could impact this verdict as she urged protesters to get confrontational if chauvin is not convicted. chauvin's lawyers argued it was grounds for appeal and the judge ag agreed. students in minnesota walked out of cool in racial protest. >> reporter: phillip, good morning. shortly after closing arguments ended andjurors started deliberating, hundreds of people filled the streets in minneapolis protesting they are calling for justice we asked them, what does that mean for you they said, they want to see derek chauvin sentenced, convicted. they want to see him convicted i want you to listen to what they have to say. >> there's a certain level of trauma that you get when you see people being killed because of the color of skin that they share with you because when you're out there, you don't know the next time that you get pulled over by the police, that

may be your last breath. >> reporter: throughout the protests we have been hearing the names of not just george floyd, sandra bland, daunte wright, all of the other people who have been killed at the hands of law enforcement again, these protesters are calling for justice, end to systemic racism, police reform they will continue to be here throughout deliberations phillip. >> pivotal and consequential determination. let's take a look at the push to get more covid vaccinations in arms there are still some out there who are concerned. >> reporter: in every state and every part of america every person 16 and older are eligible half have received one dose. now the biden administration is launching a full-court press to

convince the rest to roll up their sleeves. >> you need to be protected and you need in turn to protect your neighbors and your family so, please, get the vaccine. >> reporter: the push across social media and air waves comes amid rising cases and hospitalizations, uncertainty over the fate of the single shot johnson & johnson on pause while investigators look for a link to a handful of rare blood clots. health officials say it's taken a toll on vaccine confidence. >> everybody left, canceled their appointment. >> reporter: after an initial 6 reports of blood clots out of 7 million, the cdc and fda are effects. >> this is a handful of cases. >> reporter: a decision is expectously if they cancel it there will likely be some sort

of warning, restriction or risk assessment. >> reporter: the far more commonly used pfizer and moderna vaccines have not been linked to serious side effects and health officials say there is more than enough supply to vaccinate every american in july in washington, allison barr, nbc news. walgreens is investigating why some people got saline and not the doses of vaccine they all got the actual covid vaccine as soon as they were able to return. atlanta's largest private colleges will require covid sack seens as soon as they return in the fall starting april 23rd, new yorkers will be able to get their shots under the big blue whale in the natural history museum it will come with a fee visit. the former deputy is finally

in custody after a one-day manhunt. they arrested steven broderick without incident they found him 20 miles from the scene walking down a rural road with a loaded pistol in his waistband. he has been charged with capitol murder in the shooting death of his ex-wife, adopted daughter and her boy friend he resigned from the force last year. former president trump is stepping back into the political spotlight giving his first on camera interview since leaving office let's get to tracie potts. as we might expect, he has plenty to say. >> reporter: he did say a lot, phillip. that was unusual this interview was wide ranging from his mar-a-lago resort down in florida he talks about everything from immigration to vaccinations. it was unusual because typically former presidents stay silent, they don't say a lot about their

successors n. this case, not necessarily. trump attacks president biden for how he's handled migrants at the southern border. he was als his own party weighing in on the future of the gop and his own future, whether he would run again in 2024. >> should this now be the republican party agenda? should anybody that wants to run for the house or the senate, should they take this make america great agenda and fight for those things that you thought for the four years you were president >> if they want to win, yes. we've expanded the republican party. you've seen it the texas border, we have the biggest hispanic vote since, as the governor said to me, he called me up, great governor, he said since reconstruction. i said, you're talking about civil war, right he said, since civil war if you want to win and win big, you have to do that. >> are you running again in

2024 >> i say this. i am looking at it very seriously, beyond eriously from a legal standpoint, i don't want to really talk about it it's a little too early. >> if you -- >> reporter: trump did encourage americans to get vaccinated but he slammed the fda's decision to put that johnson & johnson vaccine on hold saying it was bad pr phillip? >> president trump breaking that more than three-month hiatus from on camera interviews. thank you, tracy. breaking news overnight. former vice president walter mondale has died at the age of 93 a champion of progressive causes, mondale helped define the democratic party first as senator and then vice president under jimmy carter he was called the best vice president in our country's history. president biden remembered his lifelong friend saying mondale defined the vice presidency as a full partnership and helped

provide a model for my service nbc's kevin tibbles has a look back at his life. >> reporter: walter mondale changed the face of american politics shattering the glass ceiling by picking gieraldine ferraro as his running mate. when mondale, nick named fritz, ran for president, he had been in democratic politics for three dec decades. he battled gary hart who ran on new ideas in a debate mondale fought back with a fast food chain's slogan when i hear your ads, i'm reminded of that ad, where's the beef >> reporter: the fall campaign against ronald regan was an uphill fight challenging an

incumbent in a time of peace and prosperity. >> mr. ragan will raise taxes and so will i. he won't tell you; i just did. >> reporter: it was intended as candor but seen as a blun door mondale got a glimmer of hope when ragan's age became a question. >> i am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience >> reporter: mondale lost in a historic landslide. >> all those states in blue are ronald regan's states. >> reporter: only in his 50s mondale became a party elder serving as u.s. ambassador to japan, but in 2002 mondale replaced minnesota democratic senator paul wellstone on the ballot after wellstone was

killed in a plane crash. he narrowly lost his last hooray mondale's wife joan in 2014. they had two sons and a daughter who died of brain cancer in 2011 walter, fritz, mondale once said he loved public life and always looked for ways to serve kevin tibbles, nbc news. if you live somewhere warm, good for you right now we are going to talk about places where spring has not yet arrived. meteorologist janessa webb joining us now tracking colder temperatures good morning, janessa. >> good morning. we have not transitioned this april with warmer temperatures we are well below average and this morning we're just getting our first zero degree reading with wind chills we're going to continue to be in the single digits in the upper midwest even the ohio valley to feel like temperatures sitting

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a break away european soccer league has been met with outrage from fans, athletes and even world leaders. chapman bell joins us from london good morning i would imagine the reaction is very strong there. >> reporter: morning, phillip. yeah, not a very popular idea. the 12 teams that have committed to the super league being branded by some as the dirty dozen. the idea is to have a league of 20 teams, they expect 15 permanent members and 5 that could qualify, to start a super european competition currently there is a champions league competition that all teams across europe can qualify for. this one, 15 permanent teams would always be a member of it then former players, current players, even political leaders saying this destroys the fairness of competition. president macron praising french

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