breaking overnight, a firefighting black hawk helicopter goes down in florida. at least one person has died we'll have the latest. overnight a riot was declared in portland, oregon, during george floyd remembrances police reform legislation stalls on capitol hill. good news on moderna's covid vaccine. it's safe and effective for 12 to 17-year-olds. plus, how are colleges preparing

for the return. now a prominent japanese newspaper is calling for a cancellation of the games. pack your patience. i'm frances rivera. >> i'm phillip mena. we begin with that breaking news four people are feared dead after a helicopter crashed in central florida. a large cloud of smoke could be seen from the leesburg airport the faa says blackhawk firefighting helicopter went down during a training exercise in a marsh four people were on board. the fire department said the crash appears to be a total loss one person is confirmed dead and no survivors have been found the faa will begin an invey. overnight portland, oregon police declared a riot they said arrests were being made after people were caught

smashing windows and blocking roads. across the nation peaceful events were held to honor floyd including in minneapolis let's go to gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: good morning. a major milestone for the city of minneapolis as the family of george floyd headed to washington to meet with lawmakers and the president. across the country moments of silence commemorating the agonizing 9 minutes and 25 seconds a police officer knelt on george floyd's neck. >> we should bt what happened was not an accident. >> reporter: in washington floyd's relatives met with lawmakers. >> good morning, everyone. >> reporter: including house speaker nancy pelosi and later president biden. >> if you can make federal laws to protect the bird, which is the bald eagle, you can make

federal laws to protect people of color >> reporter: it has stalled in senate >> he let us know he su sports passing the bill but he wants to make sure it's the right bill, not a rushed bill. >> in minneapolis, chilling moments as gunfire rang out. one person was shot and went to the hospital still, it was a day of reflection in the past year there have been changes at the state level at least 3,000 policing related bills have been introduced in the legislature. more than 30 states have enacted new police and oversight reform laws but more than 1,000 people in the u.s. have died following police encounters since floyd's death. >> what has changed? >> nothing nothing has changed. >> reporter: we sat down with three women that share a bond. >> what has changed the most is

unity throughout the country. >> reporter: arisa charles finley is the sister of both tham john. has congress moved quickly enough for police reform >> no. >> is that a problem for you >> of course it is. >> the officer in eric garner was not charged. >> we are not over it. they are still killing our children. >> reporter: many of the people we spoke to in minneapolis say they don't want to miss the opportunity to push for changes. sentencing for derek chauvin is scheduled for late next month and the trial for the three other officers involved in this case has been moved until next year frances? >> gabe, thank you. let's get the latest on the

stalled efforts to pass federal police reforms we're joined by our capitol hill correspondent, tracie potts. good morning lawmakers got a push from the floyd family to get this done. >> reporter: right, phillip. the george floyd family was in the oval office and on capitol hill to push for the justice in policing act and it would take back qualified immunity for police they made the argument that there are plenty of other things that can be done here in washington they think this can get done, too. they met with house speaker nancy pelosi, with democrats, with republicans and the white house said they'd rather see this done right than have it rushed >> we will get this bill on the desk and what is important that it reaches president biden's desk as a substantive piece of legislation, and that is far more important than a specific date. >> they need to get this taken

care of -- >> reporter: now the family's attorney said they were optimistic after meeting with lawmakers. the white house hands off on the negotiations that are happening behind the scenes in the senate. >> tracie potts, the very latest from capitol hill this morning thanks. the reward has increased in the search for the person who partially shot 6-year-old in a california freeway now we're learning of other extreme cases of road rage nationwide here's nbc's miguel almaguer. >> reporter: the grainy surveillance video has no audio but captures the moment a motorist driven by road rage jumps out of a silver maserati and opens fire moments later the suspect unloads on another driver in a car just off screen. one woman was shot and two

children in her car could have been killed. it happened days before 6-year-old aiden laos was killed in the back seat of his mother's car after another incident of road rage in southern california >> he just didn't deserve that no one deserves that. >> reporter: with a $150,000 reward offered after aiden's death, police conducting both investigations have released few details and made no arrests. over the last 12 months at least 25 deaths have been connected to road rage shootings. a growing number of violent confrontations have been captured by cameras and now police in washington, d.c., and southern california hope video and witnesses can help solve their cases before someone else gets hurt. miguel almaguer, nbc news. nearly after a year of her children's remains were found,

they were indicted on first degree murder. chad was indicted in the murder of his first wife. they never reported the children missing before they fled the state. they were found in hawaii in january of last year. there is positive news on the covid-19 front the company cited data from a phase 2 study that included more than 3700 adolescents. moderna said there were no cases of covid with those who received two doses of the vaccine the company plans to ask the fda to expand the emergency use of this covid vaccine for teens early next month. meanwhile, there is new hope that the cruise line industry could soon reopen. in a facebook post the ceo of royal caribbean said it has received approval from the cdc to begin simulated voyages in june the freedom of the seas ship will be allowed to sail in u.s.

waters with volunteers on board. >> reporter: phillip, good morning. the u.c. system is huge. we're talking over 1 million students and faculty they will be requiring vaccinations in the fall but only if and when one of the companies gets upgraded from an emergency use authorization, they get full fda approval they're still requiring masks and most summer school is remote across the bay at stanford they are already requiring vaccinations for incoming students on the fall who will be on campus. they did just lift their outdoor mask mandate schools are still waiting this water even in a close proximity area some schools are doing different things rowan university in new jersey, they're offering up to $1,000 for students but they are requiring vaccinations

according to the chronicle of higher education, more than 400 campuses will be requiring vaccinations in the fall we have been seeing protests across campuses across the country organized by large conservative groups. there's one infectious disease specialist i talked to who told me this vaccine is the lynchpin for getting back to the new normal he said his daughter is college age. he would think twice about sending her to a school that wasn't requiring vaccinations. phillip? >> thanks for your report, lindsay. if you get a chance you should go look at the sky. there is quite a celestial show with a rare super flower blood moon it will coincide with the blood moon it's at the closest point to earth in its orbit it's close across the americas, east asia and island of the pacific. according to nasa, this is the first total lunar eclipse to

occur with the super moon in nearly six years. >> we have severe weather developing in the next few days. nbc meteorologist janessa webb is here tracking all of that good morning >> hi. good morning severe weather going to be lingering for at least the next 48 hours for the central u.s. all the way into the northeast i do want to talk about the northeast first as right now the national weather service storm prediction is forecasting a slight risk of severeweather later on this afternoon into your early evening around dinner time you'll start to notice a change in the clouds and torrential rain. also the possibility of that flash flood flooding from boston all the way to d.c i do think by 8 a.m. update that it may go with an enhanced risk on the severe storms now for the sen trals here, a moderate risk. this is the highest risk of severe storms for this afternoon and this stays in place for tomorrow afternoon there's a potential of widespread tornadoes, long track

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so far the skies haven't been so friendly tsa officials say they're dealing with an alarming increase in bad behavior tom costello has more. >> reporter: from the highways to high above, expect the biggest explosion in travel since the pandemic aaa says 60% up. >> i haven't seen the charlotte airport so crowded. >> 1.9 million passengers moved through the airport, the most since the lockdown began with airlines reporting much stronger than expected bookings, the tsa is adding more than 6,000 officers this year expect longer lines, fewer empty seats and with 50% of americans still not yet vaccinated, masks are still required for everyone in airports and on planes. the tsa says there are no plans to change that yet meanwhile, the faa reports another alarming jump in unruly and dangerous behavior fist fights.

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