>> see, this is the long one we were talking about "forbes" randall lane and daniella, thank you both very much go to forbes.com and click on 50 over 50 to learn more. the big list is coming out soon. that does it for us this morning. stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now hi, there, i'm stephanie ruhle. it's thursday, april 1 and this morning we are following several breaking stories. for the third week in a row we're waking up this morning to news of another mass shooting, after four people, including a child, were killed at an office complex in orange county, california another person still in critical condition. as police search for any sort of motive, we'll take you to the scene live. on the covid front this morning, johnson & johnson confirming a mix-up at one of its factories could delay up to 15 million doses of its single-shot vaccine.

still, the biden administration says there should be enough vaccine supply for all adults across the country by the end of the month of may and in washington president biden has his first full cabinet meeting later today. it comes on the heels of a trip to pittsburgh where he unveiled a $2 trillion infrastructure plan in just a few minutes we will be speaking to one of those cabinet members who helped craft that bill, transportation secretary pete buttigieg will be here. all of this as we await the fourth day of testimony in the trial of derek chauvin, set to start in just over an hour yesterday prosecutors revealed never-before-seen surveillance video from inside that grocery store and body cam video from all four involves involved including derek chauvin himself. we'll go live to minneapolis for the latest in a moment >> but but i want to begin with my colleague steve patterson at the shooting in california steve, what do we know about the victims and suspect at this

point? >> stephanie, officials say we're at the very beginning of this investigation but finding a motive, getting to the bottom of why this happened is the primary focus for those investigators. meanwhile, no names or ages of either the victims or suspected shooter. this happened yesterday evening. police saying they arrived somewhere around 5:30. when they arrived, they arrived to the sound of gunfire. this still very much an active shooting, those four victims already down when police got there. a fifth victim, we understand, a woman is now clinging to life. she was rushed to the hospital, remains in critical condition. the shooter also remains in critical condition after suffering a gunshot wound. police telling us if that gunshot wound was fired from officers or self-inflicted, that's something else that's also under investigation meanwhile, this community really shattered. their sense of peace shattered again, they're waking up to another mass shooting, this time obviously in their own backyard.

there was video of what appears to be an assault-style weapon left on the ground after the shooting again, police say details are slim as they continue to wrap up and see one of the first things they still have to do is determine a timeline, sequence of events of how everything broke down and where that business complex, about as generic as you might imagine it, there's several businesses on the first and second floor, police saying the first and second floor and courtyard all part of the same scene that they're focused their investigation on still, it's very early we are hearing there's a news conference scheduled about four hours from now where we may learn more steph? >> steve, to your point, people are waking up grappling with this tragedy you were doing this embassically the same thing one week ago, telling us the story of different victims in a different community in boulder, colorado what is this like for you?

>> it's just sickening sense of deja vu. it doesn't get any easier no matter how many times we've done this my career at nbc is relatively short, about five years, but in that time, there's no time besides the year we just experienced with the pandemic, where i have not done several mass shootings this one startingly similar to the one i just covered, even the size of the cities boulder about 100,000 people this orange, california, about 130,000 people all of them obviously now waking up to the fact there have been shooting after shooting after shooting, this time in their own backyard it must be extremely difficult for neighbors who are saying their sense of self, their sense of safety, all of that is shattered or at least puts on hold as this country continues trauma after trauma and us trying to get through it steph? >> steve, it's time for to you start telling a different story, hopefully one of hope.

steve patterson, thank you. now let's turn to minneapolis, where my colleague shaquille brewster is standing by with the latest on the trial of derek chauvin shaquille, what were the biggest moments from yesterday it was emotional. >> very emotional, stephanie not only did you have that emotional and powerful testimony, but we also saw a lot of new evidence. we saw the surveillance video inside of cup foods for the very first time, the amount of time george floyd spent in that cornerstore and we saw the moment he handed a cashier, what the cashier testified later a fake $20 bill. we saw an hour of body camera video from the officers, including the first moment we saw the first officer approach george floyd and we saw how quickly that exchange and interaction escalated from the moment the officer tapped his driver side windshield or driver side window with the back of his flashlight to quickly drawing his weapon after he said he didn't see george floyd's hands then you saw the interaction

with derek chauvin we heard derek chauvin's defense for the very first time saying one of the reasons why he was there, and he had to restrain george floyd for so long, was because he was a man of significant size and derek chauvin suspected that floyd was on something that is what we saw in terms of the video and what the jury got to see but you also saw and heard that powerful testimony. at one point there was a recess called because one of the witnesses just completely brokedown. another point, we heard from the cashier who accepted the fake $20 bill, what he suspected to be a fake $20 bill and he talked to the jury about how he felt a feeling of guilt listen here. >> you saw him standing there with are your hands on your head for a while, correct >> correct. >> what was going through your mind during that time period >> disbelief and guilt. >> why guilt >> if i had just not took the

bill, this could have been avoided. >> we expect to hear from more witnesses later today. the prosecution has not laid out a schedule who they will be calling so we will see once court resumes in 90 minutes or so we saw very powerful testimony and it's been a trial full of completely powerful testimony. stephanie? >> shaq, thank you let's find out what it all means. joining us former federal prosecutor and professor at georgetown law school, paul butler paul, prosecutors showed the police body cam footage from all four police officers involved, including derek chauvin. tell us about that decision. >> the eyewitnesses have been compelling but, stephanie, the star witnesses remain the videotapes jurors can believe their own eyes they're using these videos to prove chauvin used excessive

force and chauvin died because of his knee on his neck, not a drug overdose. so yesterday's video of floyd in the store, jurors saw him kidding around, talking about baseball he does not look like a person about to o.d. on meth, which is what the defense claims killed him. >> they also have a member of the minneapolis police department testify as an expert, the prosecution did. were you surprised to see a police officer testifying on the prosecution's behalf >> no, i think it's actually a smart move by the prosecutors. the witnesses have two purposes. first, the jurors are hearing from police professionals that derek chauvin is a bad cop who used excessive force, and second, prosecutors are sending the message to jurors who might generally support police officers, hey, we're not trying to indict everybody cop.

we just need you to send this one rotten officer to jail. >> what are you watching for today? >> you know, the prosecution started out with this dramatic eyewitness testimony, but soon we're likely to hear a bunch of expert witnesses, police professionals, who will talk about use of force protocols, doctors and toxicologists will talk about mr. floyd's cause of death. this won't be as riveting as the video and eyewitness testimony, but it goes to the issues at the heart of this case did chauvin kill george floyd by using excessive force, or did mr. floyd die because of his drug use and pre-existing medical conditions >> we will all be watching, paul thank you, always, for joining us now let's turn to washington, d.c. where today president biden will meet with his entire cabinet for the first time since taking office one main focus, a new $2

trillion infrastructure bill that the president unveiled yesterday in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. >> it's not a plan that tinkers around the edges it's a once in a generation investment in america. unlike anything we've done since we built the interstate highway system and space program decades ago. in fact the largest move towards jobs since world war ii. >> and nbc white house correspondent kristen welker joins us with the latest kristen, what are you hearing about today's cabinet meeting? >> steph, the meeting will put the focus on that $1.9 trillion covid relief plan that passed several weeks ago and, of course, this new push, massive plan to overhaul the nation's infrastructure, road, bridges, courts as well as broadband, even dealing with the nation's water systems and climate

change now, the reaction so far has been swift from republicans and from democrats, steph. you have progressive members of the president's own party saying, this isn't big enough. they want to see more spending because that $2.2 trillion will be stretched out over about a decade but a number of republicans are saying, this is a nonstarter because the president wants to pay for this plan by increasing taxes, particularly on wealthy americans and large corporations from 21% to 28%. that's the pushback. what is notable the white house has not ruled out doing a go-it-alone strategy remember, that's how the covid relief bill passed with democratic support only. the president said he wants to usher in a spirit of bipartisanship so there will be a lot of focus whether he can get any republicans on board a number of republicans say, look, they would support a more targeted infrastructure package but not one that increases

taxes. big picture though, steph, this is a president who is saying he's going to bet on the fact that government can address some of these fundamental issues that the country is dealing with. >> kristen, thank you. joining us now, let's speak to someone who is intimately involved in this bill. transportation secretary pete buttigieg. very good to see you again serk secretary, in your new role. let's talk about this package. there's basically no chance republicans will get on board. will you be able to get this plan through congress using reconciliation this year >> i'm not going to give up on earning republican support for this because we know that republicans and democrats across america believe this is a good idea i know sometimes washington doesn't mirror the american people but i have a lot of conversations on both sides of the aisle with members of congress who care about this too and the president laid out a very clear vision and also invited people to bring forward

ideas on what they think is important. bottom line is, we've got to get this done. our roads and bridges can't wait our ports and airports can't wait our transit systems and rails can't wait the american people can't wait for good infrastructure. we're already losing the race day by day we're 13th in infrastructure and china is not wasting any time, nor are any of our strategic competitors or allies. so we've got to act. but i will work every day to try to make sure we can act in a bipartisan basis because that's what the president wants to do. >> it who have you spoken to on the other side of the aisle that you think you can get on board with this? >> i'm going to let them decide whether they want to share our conversations or not but what i will say is i'm talking every day with members from both sides of the aisle, house and senate, who have worked these issues for years. what's happening is back home their constituents are telling them, we've got to get something done about this bridge we've got to have better roads

we've got to do something about the airport. now, it's easier to say you're for something in general than it is to come on board with a specific plan, especially when it's been put forward by a president from the other party i get that but if there was ever an area to leave party politics aside, this has got to be that area. >> wouldn't we have said that about the american rescue plan, and we didn't see that we already heard from leader mcconnell. i want to read part of his statement. he writes, "this proposal appears to use infrastructure as a trojan horse for the largest set of tax hikes in a generation." he said this isn't even infrastructure. >> it's not trojan, it's american it's not a horse, it's a highway system and railways and airports and ports and a lot of other things americans need. they've been saying infrastructure is important for them for a long time now is a chance to actually

demonstrate that who is against improving our roads? by the way, who is against the idea we pay for this, not bra raising taxes one penny on anyone making less than $400,000 a year but by asking corporations to pay their fair share. there are corporations in this country that have been billions of dollars in profits and paid zero, zero in federal taxes. everybody knows that is wrong, republicans and democrats. this is a chance to fix that the great news is, when we do, that's actually going to be good for business as well as americans because business thrives in countries that take care of their infrastructure. >> there's a lot in there that the american people absolutely need but that wouldn't be considered traditional infrastructure, right? you're saying roads and railways there's a lot more in there than just those two things. >> yeah, but that's part of how infrastructure works look, railways weren't traditional infrastructure in the 1860s.

it was visionary when abraham lincoln said we've got to have that transcontinental railroad now we can't think of infrastructure without it. the idea of an interstate highway system seemed really futuristic in the 1950s and now it's part of our core infrastructure when we think about something like broadband, getting it out to rural areas especially that were left out. sure, eisenhower and lincoln were not thinking about broadband but shame on us if we're not. that's clearly a foundation for thriving in america. we will take care of that. we will address water. i know you don't think about that infrastructure as often when it's underground but it's clearly important. if you can't count on a glass of clean, safe drinking water in the morning that will not poison your family with lead poisoning, if you can't count on that, country purr sewer the american dream. >> how do you help states that voted against it look what just happened in texas. texas was not a weather event,

it was a deregulation event. they chose to deregulate year after year and then their system wasn't prepared when they had a one-off weather crisis. >> that's right. these really ideological experiments are catching up to us this decision to dismantle a lot of our shared public infrastructure is literally why we can't have nice things in this country this is our chance to change that the sight of texans melting snow in their bathtubs so they could flush their toilets is not befitting of any country, especially a country that views itself leading the world and in texas, the city of austin passed an initiative for infrastructure same thing happened in a lot of communities and a lot of states. i think people are ready to invest in things like this when they know what the dollars are going to and this president has made it very clear that he does not view america in terms of red and blue he knows an american citizen, whether they're in a red state, blue state or purple state, has an equal claim on the american

dream and equal claim on our responsibility as a federal administration to support them. >> we desperately need long-term solutions but the reason we haven't gotten them for years is we're plagued by short termism we can and will see tax hikes but it takes a long time to get infrastructure projects under way. are you prepared for every republican to run against this tax hike in 2022 when a lot of these important plans just won't be implemented yet, they can't be >> you know, if they want to play politics around a leveling out of the tax code that's fair for corporations and the wealthy, let's go for it because the truth is, again, republicans and democrats, maybe not always in washington but around the country, agree that we need a fairer tax code. this makes the plan better, not worse. by the way, we're not asking for high taxes we're asking for a normal

expectation that corporations and wealthy will pay their fair share so we all as a country can have good infrastructure that's going to create millions of jobs and unlock opportunity for everyone this is wildly popular among the american people. it's going to be good politics because it's good policy. >> secretary buttigieg, thank you for joining me this morning. >> thank you for having me coming up next -- breaking news about how long the vaccines actually protect us as we get exclusive access inside the lab that is producing materials for that very dose >> plus, new developments in the sex trafficking investigation surrounding florida congressman matt gaetz, as we learn more details about the investigation into an associate that started all ofhi ts. and go ♪ ♪ karma-karma-karma- karma-karma chameleon ♪ ♪ you come and go ♪ ♪ you come and go-o-o ♪

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a new cdc report ranked covid-19 as the third leading cause of death for americans last year, just behind heart disease and cancer in europe, france is entering a third national lockdown in response to rapidly rising cases there. new restrictions, including schools closing for three weeks and a one-month domestic travel ban. back here at home, a potential snag in production "the new york times" ask reporting a manufacturing error in baltimore ruined 15 million doses of johnson & johnson's one-shot vaccine the white house said the issue does not impact the president's timeline to have enough vaccines for the u.s. adult population by the end of may right now vice president harris and surgeon general vivek murthy are announcing a nationwide grassroots effort of local voices to encourage all americans to get vaccinated. and just moments ago pfizer released results from a new study showing high levels of protection remained with no serious safety concerns six months following the second dose

of its covid vaccine the company said trials also suggest its vaccine is effective against the variant that first emerged in south africa. let's go live to new york and my colleague stephanie gosk, who got exclusive access into the lab that produced the first stage of the pfizer vaccine. steph, take us inside. >> you know, steph, i didn't really pay close attention in chem and bio class in high school it was certainly one of those days i wish i had. the people at pfizer definitely went out of their way to imflor simplify it so i could understand you have this facility outside of st. louis and every single dose of the pfizer vaccine has to go through that facility. the company now says they will have 2.5 billion doses when you walk around this place, it's impressive, but it's not all that large i mean, one of the labs they showed us this small vial that contained tens of millions of potential vaccines and they put

that vial on a tray and showed us that tray and that could potentially vaccine an entire country. we spoke with two of the scientists who have been working on this from the very beginning and they described what happens at this facility here's what they had to say. >> what we make here is what we call the dna template. this is the starting point of manufacturing for the vaccine, every vaccine we made to date has its origin from this. >> this is kind of building block of what is the final product? >> yes you start with dna that's in all of our cells the dna gets made into mrna, that's the message and that tells your cells to make a protein. so the vaccine in essence is that protein that's going to give you the immunity. >> when pfizer first started making this vaccine, it took them 110 days to make it it now makes 50 days

so they have basically taken that timeline and cut it 2in half one of the reasons, according to the scientists i spoke with, some something that happened outside of this facility in st. louis. they have their quality control lab, one of two of them, located in that facility and this is essential, when we think about the production of the vaccine, we're thinking about the manufacturing of it but one a very large component of this process is quality control and that involves a lot of testing this lab at this facility exclusively does quality control testing on the covid vaccine they say because of that model, they have been able to cut down the production time. it's pretty remarkable, steph. >> all right, stephanie gosk, you can see more of stephanie's inside look at pfizer's vaccine facility tonight on "nightly news" with lester holt always good to see you, steph. coming -- major companies now speaking out against the new restrictive voting laws.

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turn up the volume for this developing story, the threat of boycotts for consumers and employees is compelling a growing number of georgia-based companies to take action the ceos of delta air lines and coca-cola now publicly criticizing the recently passed voting restriction laws that the state signed last week the republican governor, brian kemp and in a move seen as retaliation, the amendment that would repeal a tax break on jet fuel, and guess who that would impact delta. let's go there now with blayne alexander live there are a few things happening here i want to start with the democratic lawmakers arrested last week for knocking on governor kemp's door just as he was signing these restrictive laws she's holding a news conference

today. >> absolutely, stephanie it's wrapping up behind me just before you came to me live here you could hear chants filling this area with protect black women and we stand with park cannon. she just had her press conference this is the first time she's speaking out since being arrested she's facing a couple felony charges but pledged she will continue to fight for this cause. that's one thing we're seeing but it's been one week since this officially became law here in the state of georgia and the back backlash continues to come yesterday was remarkable, we saw the ceos of delta and coca-cola issue their strongest words yet in condemnation of the legislation signed by the governor last week both of them calling it unacceptable saying they're going to essentially ramp up efforts to fight against it. but while we are hearing that, another thing we are hearing counter to that, stephanie, more people calling for boy cotts some people say, quite simply, that isn't enough. they say, yes, the dye is already cast here in georgia, it's already the law of the

land what they want is for these companies to speak out against several other states, a number of other states, 47 other states that are also considering similar legislation that opponents say would limit voting access to many people. they also want them to speak out in support of house bill 1 and house bill 4 that's why a couple of hours from now several religious leaders here in the city of atlanta are going to be calling for a boycott against coca-cola, against delta and against a number of georgia-based companies saying that they need to do more than issue these paper statements the other thing we are seeing, steph, that's really interesting is that we are seeing black business executives come out and essentially say the same thing they're not advocating for boy cotts, i want to make that clear, but they are saying corporations have a responsibility to do more than put out statements that effort is led by ken shnut and ken frazier, former ceo of american express and current ceo of merck respectively. i spoke with both of them yesterday and they talked to me about the fact this is personal for them

basically said in very strong words, companies need to directly and publicly oppose this legislation they need to bring their resources and capabilities to influence the elected officials and then added we cannot be silent, we have to speak out this really seems as though it's the very beginning essentially a lot of people said what happened here in georgia is the wake-up call and now they're continuing to look at this legislation around the country i do have to say republicans, of course, are saying this is being done to shore up election security and make it more difficult for people to fraudulently cast ballots. steph? >> well, republicans are saying more than that we are seeing these companies stand up and speak out and it appears that republican lawmakers, or at least in georgia, are saying sit down and shut up. they now want to hurt these businesses, specifically delta air lines and the tax break they get? >> yeah, there's been a lot of looks at what exactly happened over the last 24 hours yesterday was the last session here in georgia, and in the last few minutes of that session, there was a piece of legislation

that was introduced that critics are saying was retaliatory, would possibly chip in to the tax break delta air lines would get and it came again just hour s after they issued that strong condemnation, steph. >> coincidence i think not. when we come back, you do not want to miss this, strangest, bizarre, legal argument surrounding republican matt gaetz it's getting even crazier this morning. will you want to see this. nbc news learned the investigation of possible sex trafficking currently under way into the florida lawmaker began with an investigation into an associate of his who's pleading not guilty to trafficking, stalking and identity fraud charges. tom winter has been digging into this story for us. tom, what in the world is going on >> that's a good question, stephanie. it's pretty come flplicated there are three investigations under way all separate but

somewhat related specifically to the person you were referring to, joel micah greenberg from seminole county, florida. he's a tax collector and, frankly, it was a case we probably would not be following if not for the reporting of our colleague pete williams talking to several law enforcement officials who say the investigation into congressman gates came out of this case of his associate. the two have photographs of each other on twitter together. and this person, joel greenberg, apparently started to be under investigation approximately a year ago or so, and has been -- was indicted in june of last year, has been indicted an additional three times since then in one of those superseding indictments against greenberg, they talk about sex trafficking and talk about him using the state's dmv data records to look up information about a minor victim we're told out of that investigation came the gaetz investigation into whether or not he was involved, the congressman was involved in sexual tracking of a 17-year-old minor. that's where this case originated from.

i spoke with greenberg's attorney last night. he professes his innocence and said he's pleaded not guilty to all charges so far and they're preparing for trial, which is coming up in that case in june none of those superseding indictments or the original indictment mentions the congressman but that's obviously what we're being told where the investigation came from, steph. >> and it came during the last administration we know that former attorney general bill barr, trump's bill barr, he was briefed several times on this case why would the attorney general of the united states of america be briefed on a case like this >> stephanie, that's actually the least bizarre part of this entire case, allegations of extortion, sex trafficking, serious allegations. it's the least surprising component of it to me and the reason for that is any time you have a particularly sensitive investigation, an investigation that may involve a member of congress, it would surprise me, frankly, more if bill barr

wasn't briefed on the investigation or made away, hey, we've got a sitting congressman involved with potentially serious crimes here. obviously matt gaetz denied any sort of relationship with a 17-year-old. but i think in a situation like that, it is quite typical that investigation would be briefed up to the attorney general just for awareness. how deeply he was involved, how many times he was briefed, not something we have clarity to now but it's not something particularly surprising to me, steph. >> tom winter, florida we'll leave it there you better come back tomorrow with more on this. this story is only getting crazier. >> we will try our best. when we come back, a story we all need to care about. an emergency you may not realize is happening schools are starting to open for in-person classes but there are a lot of kids who will not be there. i will ask one assistant principal who's gone door to door to track down missing students what needs to happen to get these kids back.

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this morning we are grappling with an educational crisis across this country with 41% of kids saying they put less effort into school since the pandemic began and 42% saying they've been less engaged with remote learning but that doesn't even get to the millions of kids, teens, who have stopped logging into school all together my next guest made it his mission to do something about it he's been going door to door to mobile homes, motels, open fields and tents every wednesday to track down hundreds of missing students in his school i want to bring in the man who's been putting in that work, the saenlt principal at indio high school in california rich, extraordinary you're making this kind of commitment what is it like when you track these kids down, what do they say to you >> most of them are disengaged because they've been affected by

the pandemic one way or another, either because of isolation, because we closed down schools, they miss their friends, they miss the social aspect of schooling, or because of lost. they lost a parent in many cases, they lost a relative. they've lost -- their parents have lost jobs so they need to be the breadwinners or contribute to the family as well there are so many factors because there's just not enough resources for them to feel engaged and connected to school. >> these kids have to become their family breadwinners. are we at risk right now with all of these kids -- it's not just your district, it's happening in cities and towns across the country a city councilman told me 61% of their high school freshmen are not even locking in. if they left and are out there in the workforce supporting themselves, are we sort of

creating a low-wage labor force that would end up without education? >> we could be but that's why we're doing the outreach, right? the downfall of not getting an education is you are going to be stuck in a lot of low-wage paying jobs. so we're trying to reengage them, that's the whole basis of this wednesday visit for me because i don't want them to suffer through the rich of their life i tell them always, we either make a sacrifice right now and live comfortably or we don't make a sacrifice right now for to you go to school and we suffer forever. >> and those kids are so lucky to have you, but there are a lot of other schools and school districts around this country just reopening schools is that really going to bring these kids back if the option is, hey, we're going to be open for summer school, i can't imagine they'll be lining up do we need something more radical?

>> i don't know the answer to that question. i know we just reopened schools this monday, and i was just as excited as the kids to see each other. so that's working to a point and to your point, i don't know if that's going to bring all of them i'm sure there are probably some that are permanently disengaged but we're going to have to reach out and eventually catch up on credit. >> you took the initiative to do this, but why isn't it happening on a broader scale when you and i were in high school, if we didn't show up for six or eight days, there's a good chance school would be calling home or a police officer might knock on our door. why is it so many kids are not locking in or simply disappearing from the system >> i think it's the numbers. there are a lot of people doing this work like me and alongside me so i just feel that the numbers are large to where some of them will fall through the cracks.

>> why should someone sitting at home watching this without kids, why should they care that these kids aren't showing up what could be the implications to society, to our economy >> an educated society makes a democratic society and these are the kids that are going to be voting they're going to be either doing open surgery on you or filling up a jail. so it matters because in the future these kids will be the members of society that are most productive. >> well, the kids in your school are very, very lucky to have you. thank you very much for joining us today >> thank you, stephanie. >> we're going to keep focusing on this. we've got to get these kids back in school. we're going to help them and support them. next, baseball is back first pitch coming up in a few hours. but it's going to look a whole lot differt enfor fans

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they and all other 29 major league baseball teams are starting on the same day for the first time since the 1960s, including the l.a. dodgers as they try to keep up their reign as champions they, of course, won the world series last year after a short 60-game season this year the league is back to normal with 162 games. nbc's sam brock is at miami's l loandepot park ahead of the opening. talk to us about what to expect. >> reporter: sure. you sound excited about the dodgers also, stephanie. in terms of what is going on for safety protocols, you cannot enter a park in major league baseball without wearing a mask. there will be plenty of signs to remind of you that, but here at loandepot park it goes beyond that you consume your food and beverages in assigned seating pods a place you might come to watch a ball game, great vantage

point, the railings, the standing lals are closed there are assigned seating let me show you what it looks like as we come down here. these are the pods you will notice some of the rows have zip ties up and you down the entire row all of these seats are tied up whereas here several are down to have families of four, six people perhaps concentrated here now in miami the technology goes beyond cleaning the seats manually you will see some going on to my right. they have a drone, steph, dropping disinfectant on to the field. there's seating capacity restraints it is 27% here at loandepot park we spoke with derek jeter, ceo of the marlins, about where they were last year after 18 players on their squad contracted covid that nearly derailed their season i asked where his mindset is this year. >> reporter: do you feel a sense of optimism that you didn't at this time last year? >> ah, man, it is -- whew, we didn't know what to expect last year there were a lot of unknowns,

and i'm not saying we have it all figured out now because we don't, but we like to think we are a little better prepared than we were at this point last year with all of the unknowns. >> reporter: now, this is not the case in miami, but in both new york ballparks, both citi field and yankee stadium, they require a negative covid test within 72 hours of the day of the game or proof of a vaccine we spoke with derek who said they are encouraging players here to get vaccinated steph, in terms of seating capacity, we mentioned 27% in miami. some places it is 12%, others 100%, in texas the rangers made that decision for opening day. that has drawn some sharp rebuke from health experts, certainly from president biden as well but we are going to see over the course of the season rules that are strict to begin with by and large, that may be scaled back as conditions hopefully start to improve. bottom line though, stephanie, baseball is back it starts today, and for so many sports fans that is just a boost

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