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and in north carolina, officials looking into why a man was shot and killed, calls now for transparency and to that body cam video to be released getting louder. all of this as the city of minneapolis warnings the death of daunte wright. the 20-year-old killed in a traffic stop days ago. we are live in minneapolis for that funeral and in minneapolis as well, we are hearing now for the first time from one of the jurors, an alternate in the trial of derek chauvin. we have a lot to get to this morning. i'm hallie jackson in washington. i am joined by megan fitzgerald in columbus, ohio. shaq broouser and katie beck and gator haik on capitol hill. we will play that new 911 call released from columbus, ohio, showing what happened in the moments before 16-year-old makaya bryant's death. we have to warn you, this video is disturbing. >> we got these grown girls over

here, trying to fight us, tryin' to stab us. get here now. >> reporter: the officer arrive, he sees a group of young people. bryant appears to hold a knife lunges to another girl who falls to the ground, confrongt a second star. that's when he fires four shots, bryant collapses. >> she had a night. she just went at her. >> officers performed cpr on bryant. common, stay with me. >> megan joins us live now. it is tough to watch, megan, as the case is creating anger not just in columbus but all across the country. talk about what we are learning from officials about the investigation and we are learning about she and her family. >> reporter: so, hallie, right now, this case is in the hand of the ohio criminal bureau of criminal investigations. and they are the state agency that is conducting all of the interviews, getting to the bottom of what happened here.

then, of course, they will turn that over to prosecutors to determine if any charges will be filed. we know the officer involved here, his name is nicholas reardon. he was on the force since december of 2019. he's off the streets right now as this investigation sort of unfolds. but i can tell you that the family is incredibly frustrated and angry, very devastated by what happened. her cousin saying she feels that other options should have been used. in fact, i want to read to you what he says. he says, quote, i know there are deescalation tactics that could have been used. you killed a teenage girl. that could have been avoided. that anguish, that sentiment and frustration certainly felt here in the streets of columbus and across the nation. we saw protests overnight. even nba superstar lebron james tweeting about this incident with a picture of officer reardone saying, and he delete that, saying he would be next and then tweeting that, you know, gathering all the facts in

this case certainly is important but he explains how his frustration is still here and right now, we do understand that the two other females that you see in that video there, that were confronted by bryant have minor injuries, but again, investigators do say that a knife was recovered from the scene, hallie. >> megan, thank you. katie, to you now, because there is lots of unknowns in the police shooting of andrew brown where you are. we don't know why a search warrant was issued. we don't know whether the warrant was for brown's home. what can you tell us? when are we going to get more details now from police, from officials there? >> well, halle, authorities did have a press conference yesterday. but as you said, that press conference sort of left more questions than it provided answers. at this point, what we do know is yesterday at 8:30 a.m., authorities were serving a search warrant on andrew brown and that is when some type of deadly confrontation occurred.

beyond that, we really don't know much about the specifics and the mechanics of what transpired yesterday morning. there are certainly calls for transparency and police accountability here within the community from brown's family and from others here on the ground saying that they want to see that body cam video. we have heard from police that it does exit and that they are reviewing it in detail. right now the case is in the hands of the state bureau of investigation. they say they are making a thorough ve view before making any comments on what will happen. we have not been given any more information, we know a thorough investigation under way and while that occurs, certainly, stirring emotions here in the community, the longer this goes on that we have not heard exactly what transpired yesterday. hallie. >> katie beck live there in elizabeth city, north carolina. shaq, i want to turn to you in minneapolis.

there, there is a up can him things going on. we are hearing for the first time from one of the jurors in the chauvin trial. she was an alternatesenate juror chlt /* /* juror. >> i felt the prosecution made a really good, strong argument. >> what were your first impressions of derek chauvin? >> every time i would look up, he was right in my vision. so we had locked eyes quite a few times and i was pretty uncomfortable. >> lisa christensen there talking with cbs this morning. after seeing people celebrate, the relief in minneapolis with chauvin's conviction, shaq, today you got the city and others mourning daunte wright. he was shot and killed more than two weeks ago. where is the case against former officer kim potter stand? >> well, we're expecting it to turn somber as the family says their final good-byes. we expect the jurors behind me to open 10:00 a.m. local time so

just about an hour or so. the program will begin at noon local time. so if about two hours and we expect to see and hear from the family of daunte wright. his mother and father. we'll hear likely from his siblings. he had three siblings, three brothers, three sisters. he lives behind a 2-year-old son. we know there will be high-profile speakers as well. reverend al sharpton will be delivering a eulogy. most of it is on the programs so we expect things to come incredibly somber here. you mentioned kim potter, the officer who shot daunte wright. she shot him after yelling, tazer, tazer, taisers and fired a bullet into mr. wright before he died. she is facing that second-degree manslaughter charge. that's the charge that you also saw derek chauvin face and was convicted of earlier today for

the death of george floyd. things will be sober once things begin later today, hallie. >> shaq, thank you. garrett, let me go to you back in washington. it seems like there may be some movement. given everything we talked about to get something done in police reform. where do we stand? >> reporter: all the rest of us were watching the insurrection, the effort to pass the covid relief bill. there were quiet conversations going on between the three principle lawmakers, karen bask in the house, corey booker and when it turned baing to this issue, we've heard optimism from all three of those lawmakers that an agreement about something that might pass on a compromised basis between the two chambers could be in the works. remember, with police reform, this is not subject to a reconciliation bill. you will feed 60 votes. you will need at least ten republicans. that makes the negotiation on scott's side as a fellow

republican if this altria very importanted. what he floated yesterday and i think we have to continue to watch is a compromise on the issue of kwufld immunity. which has been the biggest sticking point. democrats would like to see officer and their departments potentially be liable for police force incidents. scott says what if it's just departments and not the individuals themselves, if there is a break through on that, we could see one more broadly. all these lawmakers are looking to try to have something done by may 25ing, that would be the anniversary of george floyd's killing. >> garrett haek, thank you for your reporting. we appreciate it. on this show, we have pa lot to get to. in 20 minutes from now, we know president biden will speak on day one with 40 other foreign leaders. we are live at the white house next with details on his new pledge this morning to try to cut greenhouse gas emissions. how to get there and how it compares, and the house votes today on a bill that would make

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right now on this earth day, more than three dozen world leaders are gathering virtually for president's climate submit. he is expected to speak with pressure building to go bold on a big scale to commit the cutting greenhouse gases in ways we haven't seen before. this morning, the white house is making its official commitment to try to do just that, looking to cut those levels by at least 50% by 2030. to end this decade, making it the most ambitious as these kind of goals the u.s. ever set. president biden saying the world's future depends on this kind of action.

>> this is a moral imperative, an economic imperative, a moment of peril, but also a moment of extraordinary possibilities. time is short, but i believe we can do this. >> joining us from the white house nbc news' monica alba, as always, the devil is in the details, right? how does the white house plan to actually hit this goal? and how does it compare to other countries around the world? >> reporter: it's a great question, hallie. truly, this is about send ac message the white house says. that's why they chose to convene this virtual summit on climate hosting those more than 40 leaders here over the next two days. really in terms of a specific roadmap of how they plan to do this, they haven't provided a ton of information about which different sectors of the economy are going to have to play here and how they're specifically going to commit. the reason that the president wanted to do this in this manner sand speaking today, is because he essentially wants to assure world allies and partners that

the u.s. is serious about combating climate change and that's because the previous administration had pulled the u.s. out of the paris climate accord. that's why you saw the president make it one of his top priorities to rejoint after he was sworn into office. so today he is really talking about this 50-to-52% number, cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half over the next nine years, by 2030. but he's doing that to also try to set an example and really have a pledge here for other world leaders to follow suit. that's why you see china, russia, france, all of these other countries talking about their different commitment. to put this into context, former president obama committed to a 25-to-28% in office. that shows how ambitious it is if determines of doubling is. we know businesses are on board and fully sport it and want to see him do more. when we talk about what comes next, hallie, there is a u.s.

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just out this morning from the biden administration, they're calling in a new kind of truth in their fight against vaccine hesitancy, the influencers at the white house. today trying to reach younger people by getting experts to

take over celebrity social media accounts. as you can see, it's happening as more southern states notably trailing others in vaccination rates, while that daily total for vaccinations seems to be leveling off. nearly 52% of adults have received at least one dose of a vaccine. that's when short of that 70-to-90% range for herd immunity we have been talking about. here's the cdc director earlier on "today" about whether the u.s. will not hit that point. >> this value of herd immunity is very much dependent on how transmissible the virus is and with these variants that may, in fact, be a moving target. here's what i do know. i know the more the population gets vaccinated, the more people we have vaccinated, the less transmission will happen. >> with me now is dr. rashish jha school of mental health. good to have you on the show as

always. >> good morning. thanks for having me here. >> so your professional assessment when it comes to this question of herd immunity, how close do you think we president for adults wanting to get vaccinated. how likely are we to get to 70%? >> yes, i am hoping. i think it is likely. we have a lot of work cut out for us. so far the 50% of american who's have gaten vaccinated. these were people vaccine addicts. we were perfectly happy to stand in strong lines. a lot want them, they're not hesitant, necessarily. we have to make it super easy, no difficult sign-ups. we had to go to people to work sites to where people live and work and get them vaccinated. if we do all of that and do it well, i really do think we can get to 70/80% of adults vaccinated. of course, that will make an enormous difference in bringing

the infection rates back down. >> that does bring up the question for some of these folks who have yet to get a vaccine despite incentivizing the vaccine, making it appealing. that's where this question it seems of outdoor mask wearing comes into play. i know your thoughts on this i've watched you talk about this. you made your concern about less concern about outdoor transmission to indoor transmission. yet the cdc has not definitively said. they are encouraging people to understand the nuance, continue to wear masks in places that are risky, et cetera. when do you think there will be enough information to lift outdoor requirements and do you think that will go a long way to getting people to say, okay, forget the vaccine, i can go outside, tack off my mask, et cetera? >> yeah, i think there is a difference where the science is and the politics. the science on this is pretty clear that outdoor transmissions have been rarely and they

happening or largely happen when we have large groups of people for long periods of time. so i can imagine at a political rally or a really, really crowded outdoor theater. that transmission does happen there. obviously, if people are vaccinated, then that risk gets very low. the problem on policies is right now there are so many people vaccinated. we can't tell who is or not. i expect over the next few weeks for a lot of states to lift the mandates and i think that will be a reasonable and safe thing to do. it's a reminder, we're pulling out of this pandemic. things will get better, especially if we get a lot more people vaccinated. >> but is it also, a double-edged sword as all with on the one hand, sending the signal, yes, we are pulling out of this thing. we understand the science. on the other, the messaging aspect. we don't need to wear masks, does it disincentivize people to do what they need to do properly? >> so first of all, i think

indoor mask mandates need to stay in place until infections are down further where we are right now. so it's not about getting rid of masks, altogether. i guess my take has always been that as we go to more science, we should communicate to people what is safe and less safe. and only intervene with policy on things where we know it will make a big difference i think it's helpful to people so say you don't have to wear it outside, focus as much attention on that focus on indoors. it hems people to understand what is risky or not and helps them do a better job on focusing on the high risk stuff. my approach has always been, just tell people where the science and every day is and help them make good decisions. >> i want to ask you too, dr. jha, you know this happened. we've covered closely has been the issue of pregnant and lactateing women as it relates to the pandemic here. cdc researchers are out on vaccine safety for pregnant women.

they're specifically looking at moderna and pfizer. can you walk us through what we learn and keep studying on this? what's the big take away from this data? >> yeah, this data adds to other data as well, all of the data suggests these vaccines are quite safe in pregnant women, in lactating women, in fact, there is now emerging evidence that you actually, there are anti-bodies generated from the vaccines passed along in breast milk. so there may be some protection to the baby as well. so what we also know, in contrast, is if you get covid we'll are you pregnant, that's a really high risk covid situation. so in my mind, it's not a close call. i'm recommending to pregnant women they get vaccinated as quickly as they can. now everyone should be getting vaccinated. >> doctor, it's always great to have you and your perspective and expertise on the show. thanks for being with us this morning. we appreciate it. back here in walk, happening

today in the house, a vote to make washington, d.c. the 51st state in this country. it is almost certain to pass in that chamber. president biden supports it. so do more and more americans with a resent online poll 54% of likely voters all across the country do want to see d.c. become a state. supporters are saying it's about fairness, getting a voting voice in congress. here's the house speaker. >> it is imperative that we correct this injustice, which is also a matter of civil rights and security as last summer's protest in the january 6th insurrection d.c. must be empowered to protect its people. >> there is also a flipside. you have a lot of republicans not into this idea. where are dismissing the move as basically a blatant and unconstitutional power grab by democrats. after all, if d.c. becomes a state, it would get two

senators, almost democratic senators, flipping the balance in that chamber. some of the arguments against statehood caught our eye. in a memo obtained by force congressman steve scalise says d.c.'s crime rate is too high to become a state. even with the murder rate in his home state of louisiana, the highest in the nation. south carolina congresswoman nancy mace argued d.c. would not even qualify as a single congressional district, making her comment standing in front of liz cheney, the congresswoman from wyoming, one of two states d.c. has more people than. the other is vermont. then there is the car dealership argument coming from georgia congressman arguing d.c. has no car dealership. it's actually not a constitutional requirement, not to mention a quick google map search shows yeah, there are a couple car dealerships in the district. congresswoman eleanor holments from washington, d.c.

thank you very much for being with us this morning. good morning. >> good morning. >> as we just outlined, your bill you started working on. >> it's very good to be with you, especially since i just calm off the house floor speaking for d.c. statehood. >> and the house, this seems, is almost certain to pass. as the different story. i don't have to tell you in the senate where you got a lot of opposition from republicans, what do you think this time could be any different? how do you overcome that? >> oh, this is an increasingly good story in the senate. if you will remember, the senate was late in organizing this year. it was late in organizing because of the filibuster. we've gotten rid of the filibuster for everything except legislation can't do nominations, for example. and they held up organizing, not always a filibuster for the district of colombia, but because the filibuster keeps anything from happening in the

senate. that that's the reason is republicans lost the senate in the first place. i am very optimistic the filibuster is on its last leg. within it goes through everything else, it will offer d.c. statehood too. >> okay. you talk about the filibuster -- there are still democrats, for example, joe manchin i don't believe supports d.c. statehood at the moment. so you would still need to get some democrats on board as well, right? >> we will need to have -- we had more than 90% of the democrats. i'm not worried about the democrats. i'm much more worried about the filibuster than i am the democrats. because if the filibuster goes, we will have enough democrats to pass the bill in the senate. >> there is a question from republicans that they've pointed to regarding the constitutionality of this house rules committee tom coals coles

explained this. >> the bill is flawed, it ignores the constitution, it ignores the practical and legal problems associated with turning the seed of the federal government into its own state and ignores the reality on the ground. >> so a d.c. creation of initial lay federal district, how do you respond to those questions on constitutionality on the other side of the aisle? >> from is no constitutionality of the district. there is nothing in the constitution that said the district cannot become a state. all states have become into the union by majority vote. that's all the district of colombia is asking. it's not asking for special treatment. it's asking just the opposite, that it be treated in the same way that every other state was treated. >> there are other proposals out there, including one from, i believe, senator mitt romney that he floated that would include having some of d.c.

absorbed by maryland, for example, which obviously borders d.c. is that something that would have legs, in your view? >> it would also be impossible. i'm not sure it comes from senator romney. but the notion that the district will be absorbed by maryland is impossible because maryland district was a part of maryland and maryland seated the district in perpetuity. so it couldn't be absorbed by maryland. and besides that all the democratic senators and every democratic in the house is for d.c. statehood except one republican in the maryland delegation. >> there is also, i wonder if the discussion over the last year or so this national reckoning on racial justice is playing into a uc as growing support for making d.c. a state, of giving voting rights to people in this community in washington who currently don't have them on the federal level.

>> it may well be. it is true that the district in the '70s was a majority democratic. -- sorry, a majority black state, more blacks than whites. in fact, there always have been more blacks in the district for all the reasons we were later getting home rule. more blacks in the district of colombia. but remember this when i sa i more blacks in the district of colombia, it became a majority black city only in 1970. for most of its 220 years, it's been majority white. yet it couldn't even get home rule much less statehood. i am here predicting here on msnbc by the time the 2021 census comes out, the district will be majority white again. so, yes, race has had something

to do with it. but it looks like even when the city was more white than black the district could not get the equality it deserves. >> congresswoman, before i let you go, i have to ask you about this push for police reform that as we are reporting here at msnbc news seems to be picking up some traction in congress. there is a goal to try to get something done at least on the house side by the end of may. what is your sense of optimism here? do you believe that congress could get something on president biden's desk, sometime in the months ahead? >> well, before the police acting, the police act that we passed in the house needs to be passed in the senate and now that you see crime going up, in literally every state of the union, this is the time to do it. i mean, it's a very modest bill and it's a bill that we're

trying get supported by a majority of the american people. so, we're not asking to eliminate guns. we're asking for modest gun legislation and when, in fact, during this pandemic, we've seen an outbreak of gun violence throughout the united states, this is the time to do it. >> congresswoman eleanor holmes norton, thank you for being with us. we appreciate your time on what i know is a big and busy one for you. thank you. coming up on the show, we are at any moment waiting to hear from president biden and the car bonne emission goals. we will have live coverage. plus, just over an hour from now back on the hill, republicans are unveiling what they see as a framework for their counterproposal for the democrat's infrastructure plan. we are live with what you your need to know. the senate is set to fight

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discretion to consider the youth and immaturity and that's enough and life without parole can be handed down. this was a 6-3. the majority says that the supreme court's askition in 2012 has already reduced a lot of sentences from life without parole for youthful defenders. they decline today to make it easier to get those sentences. >> pete williams, live for us there in washington, without developing news from the court, pete, thank you. sticking to washington now, a little more than an hour from now, you have a group of senate republicans ready to unveil their own infrastructure, which is expected to cut away two-thirds of what president biden's plans and two-thirds of the cost. they have a total way to set up it. setting down another shut down.

nbc lee anne caldwell is live. what is your consensus among republicans alone? >> reporter: what this plan does, it's $6 or 8 billion which is in the price range republicans would like in traditional infrastructure, roads, bridges, programs a little bit of broadband as well. but republicans are also admitting that this is not going to be signed into law. they are hoping that this starts a discussion with democrats to perhaps come to some sort of compromise. the things where the democrats and republicans vastly disagree on are the definition of infrastructure, if it should be traditional or be defined much more broadly and how to pay for it and in that republican plan today, we should expect to see them talk about user fees, people who use these products to pay taxes on them and not raising taxes on corporation for the wealthy. so there are so many discussion

happening, hallie, it is a long way to go until we see some sort of consensus, if there is any, and what this final plan looks like. >> there is also some news, just this morning on a possible, possible, bipartisan move on that january 6th commission, with i so far seemed to have been stalled. what is going on there? >> reporter: yeah, well, speaker pelosi offered a couple concessions to her republicans, including having an equal amount of republicans and democrats on the commission and giving those republicans some say in subpoena power. this sa move to try to move this process forward. she says, but we have reached out to speaker mcconnell's office and mccarthy's office. they have not yet received this proposal. speaker pelosi will give a weekly press conference in a few few moments. we will ask her that. >> we are keeping an eye on house speaker pelosi, when she

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next hour in the senate, voting will begin on an anti-asian hate crimes bill. a bill introduced after a spike in hate crimes during asians during this pandemic. up nearly 150% in 16 of the biggest cities in this country. a new puig poll finds more than 80% of asian adults, 8 in 10 say violence against them is actually increasing. joining me is democratic congresswoman grace mepg of new york who introduced the house version of that bill. thank you for being with us today. >> thanks for having me. >> of course. so we talked about what's happening on the senate side that final bill up for a vote does have a couple bipartisan

amendments in it. does it go enough to acress hate crimes or do you see this more as a building block for something down the road? >> well, this is what we have been trying to say for a long time now that discrimination and hatred against and any community should not be a partisan issue. i was really excited to see that there were bipartisan efforts in advancing this bill in the senate last week. i'm hopeful and i'm hearing that final passage today and i think it sends a strong signal to the country and to the asian-american community that discrimination will not be tolerated. >> talk more about the message you think final passage of the bill, if it happens today, would send. what do you hope people, particularly asian-americans in this country, take from that? >> i'm glad to see republicans on both sides of the aisle coming together. i want to thank our majority

leader, senator schumer, for being relentless to get this bill through the senate and to the sponsor senator. it shows that congress is taking the concerns of our constituents seriously. this is a bill that would help, of course, the asian pacific american community but also to any victim of a hate incident or a hate crime. we need a more unified process to make sure that the department of justice is taking a serious look at when these incidents are happening, collecting the data and making it easier for these incidents to be reported. >> we mentioned that new poll with the startling numbers. 81% of asian adults feel violence is going up against them. 45%, nearly half you say they have experienced some offensive incident since the start of the pandemic. one in five blamed the former

president, former president donald trump, for his rhetoric around the coronavirus and the way he described it for the jump in anti-asian hate crimes. one issue around this has been the under reporting of these incidents. what can this bill do if it does become law to help asians in this country feel more comfortable reporting what has happened to them? >> sure. it shows that words matter. we want to make sure that people feel comfortable. we want to make sure that people understand that when they do make reports and file these reports that they know that their complaints and concerns and their safety will be taken seriously. people are so scared right now. they are telling their parents and grandparents not to go outside to the supermarket, to get coffee. telling their kids not to play outdoors, even if it's nice outside.

we are glad to see these bipartisan efforts getting pushed forward to make sure that this bill becomes law. >> in your home state of new york, there's been criticism over the state's new bail reform law that critics say are putting some of the people who they believe committed crimes right back out on the street. a man recently charged with trying to shove an undercover asian police officer on the subway tracks was freed without bail. is that something you are willing or think that the house should look at as a next step moving forward? >> i think that the solution to the issue of incidents -- hate incidents against asian-americans is a complicated one. it's not just about hate crimes. it's also about providing more investment and better solutions on issues like mental health, on issues like homelessness. about a quarter of many of these

incidents have been related to people who are suffering from mental health. so i do think that's a larger conversation that we need to have. larger and more effective investments our government needs to make. >> congresswoman grace meng, thank you for being with us and for your input here this morning on the show. we will keep a close eye on the bill's passage through the senate later today. thank you. it's earth day, as we have been talking about. we are sticking on climate with a look at los angeles where engineers and scientists are working to make sure that city does not run out of water. water the biggest issue there in southern california and throughout the state. that's not a water slide behind you. that's something that's essential to so many people who live in the city. >> reporter: i wish it was. you are right. i grew up here. i've been here my whole life. i have never been to the top of

the l.a. aquaduct. modern los angeles would not be possible without what you are looking at. water is imported into los angeles. with climate change, that's part of the problem. that's what the city is planning to address. part that was is about drinking recycled toilet water and shower water and other water that we have in our homes. watch this. >> straight up and straight back and straightforward. just like that. >> reporter: this man has been fly fishing here for over 30 years. he invited me to join him. >> you are a natural. >> reporter: soaking your line in the los angeles river makes you almost forget where you are. a former concrete drainage ditch next to an interstate. >> you can hear it. the freeway. >> reporter: while it doesn't often rush, the river's restoration was made possible by clean water from a local source. >> there hasn't been rain.

basically, all this water that's coming in right now from treatment plants. >> reporter: that's where it's coming from? >> from the treatment plants. >> reporter: waste water treatment plants. toilet water. michael runs l.a.'s this water reclamation plant. what is it? >> in a scientific term, mixed liquor suspended solids. >> reporter: sounds gross. mike and the city are able to treat this sewage so it's clean enough to release into the river. most doesn't end up there or anywhere for people to enjoy. dolphins on the other hand -- we're on our way into the pacific ocean to see where the city of los angeles is currently discharging hundreds of millions of gallons of treated waste water every day. these l.a. city scientists want to change that. they are part of a plan to

recycle all of l.a.'s waste water by 2035. given climate change, this is a critical infrastructure project. >> yes. we are wasting when it can be reused. >> reporter: turn the water being discharged from this pipe on the ocean floor into drinking water. the mayor couldn't be more confident in his plan to protect l.a.'s water supply from climate change. >> the smell. >> reporter: going toilet to tap. or showers to flowers as he likes to call it. yesterday, we went five miles out that way to where this facility is pumping 250 million gallons of waste water, treated, every day out into the pacific. >> we think by 2035, we can take about 216 million of those 250 million gallons and instead of pipe it that way we will pipe it this way. >> reporter: first, you have to convince residents. by 2035, the 4 million residents

hopefully will drink this stuff that started hours ago in our homes and showers and toilets? >> absolutely. the sweetest, cleanest, clearest water. it's right here from l.a. >> reporter: his 2035 plan is in motion at a different l.a. treatment plant. they use advanced technology. >> you see these. >> reporter: the plant manager there offered me a taste. this started how many hours ago as somebody's toilet water? >> about a day. the process, about a day. >> reporter: about a day ago, what i flushed down my toilet ended up with this? >> yeah. a little sip. >> reporter: that is delicious. that's good. hallie, the water is very tasty. a taste of the future, you might say. honestly, the technology is incredible. what is happening here is really important. this technology will cut the importation of water, which is drying up because of climate

change. 75% of the water here in the city, by 2035, it will come from local sources, including our homes, showers, toilets, sinks, you name it. >> it's not hard to understand why the mayor preferred showers to flowers messaging on this one. great piece. thank you very much for your reporting. good luck out there today. coming up tomorrow, more of our reporting on the climate crisis. i traveled to north carolina, a place dubbed climate city, a place home to climate migrants. i talked with one scientist who moved there for that reason after their home on the georgia coast was being affected by climate change. you will hear from her and the mayor on why asheville may be uniquely prepared to take in these folks and why more cities like it will soon be needed. we will tell you other places that may become havens in the climate crisis. that's tomorrow right here on "hallie jackson reports." you can find us on twitter.

we have our reporting and show highlights there. we will turn it over to craig melvin picking up our coverage now. good thursday morning to you. craig melvin here at msnbc headquarters in new york city. there are a lot of fast moing stories. president biden marking this earth day by addressing world leaders. the president making that ambitious announcement that the united states will aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030. not too far away. climate change also a big focus on capitol hill this morning. one of the world's leading activists, gre it a thunberg there. what's at stake? lawmakers are beating the drum louder and louder about our right to vote. we are staying o