♪♪ refuse to choose and get my $6.99 50/50 popcorn chicken with both classic and spicy for the best of both worlds. only at jack in the box. derek chauvin is waking up behind bars in a maximum security penitentiary today. what fate is facing the other three officers who were right there when george floyd died a plea deal now or a trial in august as family, friends, the reverend al sharpton prepare for the funeral of daunte wright we're also learning about the shooting in ohio. dasha burns reports from the border where migrant boys are pulled from the rio grande good news on the job front

as this year's construction industry will see a seasonal need for as many as half a million new workers for well-paying jobs. then to wisconsin with whiteout conditions. dozens of vehicles getting into accidents. at least one of them deadly. "early today" on thursday, april 22nd good morning, i'm phillip mena >> i'm frances rivera. the guilty verdict of derek chauvin has put heightened pressure on police reform. the u.s. attorney general is gearing up for a wide-ranging federal investigation of the minneapolis police department. congress now facing new pressure to pass a package on police reform our gabe frances, this community is still trying to process the verdic for police reform continue to grow loe country. >> justice for us. we got justice. >> reporter: from relief to reflection. >> i feel good we got justice. >> reporter: as the country

exhaled following the verdict the justice department launched an investigation into the practices of the minneapolis police department. >> yesterday's verdict and the state criminal trial does not address potentially systemic policing issues in minneapolis. >> reporter: now a wide-ranging federal review of how the department does its job is underway from use of force during public demonstrations to handling people with mental health problems to discrimination in hiring practices. >> i think this is obviously the most significant moment in our city's history. >> mayor jacob fry wants congress to pass federal police reform. >> i think there is a renewed sense of urgency like never before. >> reporter: george floyd's brother said he played for 30 minutes before the verdict. >> i was pivotal moment for me, my family, the world. >> reporter: derek chauvin is being held in a maximum security

prison he faces up to 40 years in prison for the most serious charge of second degree murder though legal offenders say a first-time offender will likely get shorter sentences. three other officers were charged with aiding and abetting murder and manslaughter. they're scheduled to go to trial together in august. >> this defines the beginning -- a new beginning because of the -- it's going to put pressure nationwide for everybody to, you know, put pressure on the cops to do their jobs the right way. >> reporter: for donald williams the verdict capped an excruciating trial he offered dramatic testimony. he was among those haunted watching the defendant die >> it was just crazy that they tried to blame it on the people for this man actually murdering george floyd when we were all just pleading for his life >> reporter: for many the trial's end is actually a beginning. >> i was on the verge of tears

it was just a very overwhelming feeling of hope. >> reporter: do you think that something changed here >> i don't think something changed. i think something began possibly. >> reporter: also some signs that the security situation may be getting at least closer to normal here in minneapolis authorities have said some national guard members have been demobilized as well as other law enforcement personnel that arrived here from other states to help. frances? >> gabe, thank you. protests continued for a second night on the streets of columbus ohio state students staged a sit-in outside the statehouse after 16-year-old mckaia bryant was killed by police nbc's kevin tibbles has a warning that the images are difficult to watch. >> reporter: police body cam

shows mkhia bryant's final moments. an officer gets out of the car and seconds later fatally shoots the 16 y50er8d girl. authorities say bryant was threatening two other girls with a knife. >> it's a tragedy. there's -- there's no other way to say it. it's a 16-year-old girl. >> officer nicholas rear dan who joined the force in december of 2019 was responding to a 911 call >> we need a police officer here now. >> reporter: video shows rear dan approaching a group of young people in the driveway. >> what the video shows a female with a knife attempting to stab the first female. >> reporter: riordan fires his weapon four times striking bryant body camera footage a knife on the ground. the city releasen independent investigation. >> we have to ask ourselves,

what information did the officer have what did he see? how much time did he have to assess the situation what would have happened if he had taken into action at all >> reporter: the columbus mayor pushing for transparency during the investigation. >> that investigation will help us determine whether or not it was a violation of any laws, policies or procedures and if there were, the officer will be held accountable. >> reporter: officer riordan has been placed on administrative leave for the duration of the investigation. meanwhile, civic leaders in columbus are calling for calm. phillip? >> kevin, thank you. new signs of progress in the fight for police reform on capitol hill president biden along with democrats in congress are pledging t bill named after george floyd in the wake of derek chauvin's guilty verdict. nbc's tracie potts joins us this morning. the president is taking a hand in the negotiations.

>> reporter: right, frances. so in addition to several white house departments working on this, a spokesperson there says the president will personally push to pass the george floyd justice in policing act to enact some of these reforms that he will be calling and meeting with democrats, republicans and civil rights leaders one of the key issues here is immunity for police officers accused of misconduct. will the president be willing to bend on that will republicans see any other options? >> he believes the bar for convicting officers is far too high it needs to be changed he's a strong supporter as he also conveyed passionately last night of the george floyd justice in policing act. the president doesn't believe that he alone can pull the george floyd act -- policing act across the finish line that is going to be up to congress. >> i think we are on the verge

of wrapping this up in the next week or two depending on how quickly they respond to our suggestions. >> i don't know that anyone will see the george floyd verdict as a transformative moment in our justice system i think we should see it as a serious step in the right direction. >> reporter: also, the justice department has announced the attorney general says that they are launching a pattern and practice investigation into the minneapolis police department looking at things like policies and training and whether excessive force was used against protesters >> might be a painful deep dive into what they find there. tracie, thank you. a funeral will be held this morning in minneapolis for daunte wright, the 21-year-old father of one killed by police reverend al sharpton i wright's eulogy attorney benfor

justice. both attended a wake last night. there is good news in the nation's fight against covid-19. the united states has hit yet another vaccination milestone. the white house says president biden's goal of 200 million doses in the first 100 days was met this week. it comes as over 134 million americans have had at least one shot of the three vaccines and currently over 26% of the population is fully vaccinated at the same time the virus towns spread as 9 states are reporting a climb in covid cases by at least 25%. overnight the total number of u.s. covid cases surpassed 22 million. they are offering paid time off and incentives to encourage employees to get the meanwhile, the cdc has found no evidence that the pfizer, biontech or moderna covid-19 vaccines pose serious risks to

women during pregnancy the agency based the findings from a preliminary study based in the new england journal of medicine. a major drop in the central and eastern united states. a reminder winter is not done yet. i-41 in washington county, wisconsin, in near whiteout conditions from the heavy burst of snow. dash cam video captures the slick roadways which led to a number of crashes. at least one person has died half a dozen others were injured. four dozen were involved in accidents. incredible scenes, especially when you consider, you know, we're a week away from may let's bring in nbc's meteorologist janessa webb. >> good morning. i'm watching system in that section of th country that will bring another swath of snow unfortunately. we're going to step into may with snowfall across the pacific

northwest where the northeast a different kind of pattern is going to shape up. this morning we're watching lake enhancement. we'll continue to watch a little bit more accumulation for the higher elevations this afternoon. it's the cold that's seeping in. on top of the snow you have black ice that's starting to form if you are out and about, make sure you're taking it slow across the central u.s. across the east coast we have 88 million come back into florida a rough week in orlando. that's your latest forecast today. >> see y janessa thanks. coming up, there is a critical vote today to add a 51st state to the union. calling in backup at the

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declared a state of emergency because of the growing number of migrants crossing the border there. it's part of this tucson sector which is one of the busiest for border patrol apprehension second only to the rio grande valley facing a record migrant surge, arizona's governor deploying the national guard. >> u.s. border patrol is overwhelmed. >> reporter: declaring a state of emergency in multiple counties we were there with sheriff's deputies along the border as these two men were apprehended by border patrol we asked them why they came to the united states. to work. to provide for my family one man told us. in march border patrol seeing a 20-year high in the number of migrants they've encountered crossing the border. >> to hear them leaving their camouflage on the fence as they try to come across. >> reporter: the sheriff mark daniels tells us as the number of migrants in air zone ma is soaring.

the border patrol help is being diverted to deal with the surge of unaccompanied children elsewhere. >> reporter: what do resources look like? >> we've lost a lot of our federal support, reassigned for child care, processing, things like that. >> reporter: around 23,000 children are now in u.s. custody after the biden administration changed border policy allowing unaccompanied children and many families to stay in the u.s. while they await court hearings. this new video shows border patrol agents rescuing 7 and 13-year-old boys from honduras abandoned on an island in the rio grande officials tell us those boys are thankfully in good health. the 7-year-old placed with a non-profit shelter the 13-year-old in hhs custody phillip? >> thank you for that very important report. next on "early today," cnbc's steve sedgwick will tell us what's paving the way for surging construction jobs this year. steve will also gaze into his crystal ball for how amazon

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i don't know if the solution is converting it back to oil. >> you know what's great is to have the minds of scientists in technology churning away. today the president is set to host a climate change summit for world leaders in honor of earth day. 40 world leaders are being asked to attend. they're rejoining global efforts to address climate change. for more on what to expect on that summit we turn to nbc's matt bradley >> reporter: good morning, frances. you mentioned rejoining the climate change efforts it's not just rejoining, it's leading. that's what the biden administration would like to do. he has to recover from four years of essentially climate inaction under hisecessor donald trump now the virtual summit of 40 different countries, those are more ambitious the idea is some activists hope

there will be a big announcement of new climate targets or of carbon emissions targets the idea, the biggest goal is to have the -- is to reduce by 50% the amount of carbon emissions from 2005 by 2030. in other words, look at those 2005 carbon emissions in the u.s., cut them in half that's what the u.s. hopes to achieve by 2030. very ambitious a lot of the convincing that joe biden and his administration is going to have to do is going to be in the u.s. and when it comes to getting other countries to sign on, well, a lot of that is probably going to have to wait until the fall when all of those countries are going to meet again virtually or not virtually. we don't know. depends on the pandemic here in the u.k. in glasgow in november. that is the time to watch. this is really just the scrimmage. >> got to dust off everything on the books from the past, the memory, everything it's been a while since we tackled this thank you. it all comes down to do you want to be part of the solution

or part of the problem either way, you're one of them. >> yeah. the more we can pay attention, listen up, hear what they have to say we'll see where we go from here. thanks for watching "early today," i'm frances rivera. >> i'm phillip mena. p ming u

right now at 4:30, could the race to vaccinate be slowing down? the big discrepancy when it comes to appointment availability in the bay area. plus, kids head back to school in san francisco. still need to have their laptops handy. the reason they still have zoom for in-person learning. "today in the bay" begins right now. a very good thursday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. of course we'll get to that commute in a bit with mike. first, let's start with the forecast, kari. good morning. i know a lot of people are getting ready to head out the