were not fans of president trump. >> reporter: that was a huge priority. not necessarily for the president, but mitch mcconnell, who wanted a conservative judiciary. it has not always been a focus of democrats. they saw the challenges and what happened when they don't care about it. now they are focusing on it. >> reporter: leigh ann caldwell, thank you, outside capitol hill here. we are appreciative for watching this hour. our special coverage that will continue all day long right here on msbc, ahead of the president's speech to the nation tonight. in an hour, andrea mitchell will interview nancy pelosi. craig melvin picks up our coverage right now. ♪♪ good wednesday morning to you. craig melvin live from msnbc headquarters in new york city. right now, we are watching the white house. president biden is putting the finishing touches on his first

address before a joint session of congress. tonight, he is expected to introduce his next major piece of legislation, the nearly $2 trillion american families plan, as it is being called. it could make universal pre-k and community college free for millions of americans. what we are learning and how the administration expects to pay for it. a close eye on a courtroom in north carolina. this is the scene right now in elizabeth city. a judge expected to decide whether to release body camera footage of the deadly police shooting of andrew brown, junior. it comes a day after the fbi announced it's opening up a civil rights investigation into his death. speaking out, my conversation about one of the jurors in the derek chauvin trial, what he says surprised him about the deliberation process and what he says was the most impactful witness. we will get to that in a moment.

we start with the president's big speech tonight. shannon pettypiece is at the white house. garrett haake is in the capitol. vaughn hillyard is outside taking a look at security. shannon, let me start with you. how is the president preparing? we know apparently racial justice and police reform a theme he is going to hit. what else can you tell us? >> reporter: a big focus of the speech is going to be the president laying out this new proposal he has, the white house is calling the american families plan. this would include things like universal pre-k and free community college, for everyone. it would extend the childcare -- the child tax credit. it would set up a program to provide paid leave to people, up to $4,000 a month, for three months. it would also do things like cap how much low or middle income people have to pay of their

income to childcare. it's an ambitious plan. the president is going to say he plans to pay for it primarily by increasing taxes on the wealthiest americans, raising the top tax bracket to where it was before 2016 and adding a capital gains tax. in addition to that, like you mentioned, he is going to renew his call to pass police reform and for republicans and democrats to work together on that. of course, he still has this $2 trillion infrastructure plan before congress that he is trying to get through at the same time. this moment will certainly give him a big prime time audience to lay out this agenda and to put the pressure on republicans to come to the table and negotiate with him on it. >> there was the american rescue plan. the american jobs plan. tonight we will find out about the american families plan. garrett, this is not going to be an address -- a presidential address that looks like anything we have seen. a fraction of the folks there in

the hall. obviously, because of covid restrictions. what we see behind the president is going to be historic as well. take us through the setting for tonight, if you can. >> reporter: for the television viewer, this will look very different tonight than what you are used to seeing. only an eighth of the typical audience. just 200 people allowed inside the house chamber due to covid restrictions. you will have a smattering of lawmakers, the leadership in both parties. you won't see the typical long walk down the center aisle which the president usually does, shaking hands with members who crowded the edge of the aisle. that will be absent. so too is any of the guests that you see in the boxes. the only guests attending tonight will be the first lady and the second gentleman. you won't have that person who might have benefitted from an administration policy who could stand up and be highlighted when their anecdote is discussed. as you mentioned, behind president biden, we will see two

women behind him. you have the speaker of the hour and the vice president. everyone in that house chamber not named joe biden will be wearing a mask tonight or potentially subject to a fine. >> january 6th still weighing heavily on the minds of a lot of folks there. give us a sense of what the security situation is like right now outside the capitol. >> reporter: the capitol is going to be limited to folks that have credential. senator manchin making his way, democratic senator from west virginia. there are folks -- i have a typical capitol badge. i can't go in. staffers can't go in. only those members of congress that garrett were talking about will have the proper credential credentialing to be inside. these roads around the capitol will be closed come the sun down.

you can seat fence ing see the . there's 2,300 national guard members on site. there's actually an additional 20 members who are part of the weapons of mass destruction team here who are coming in here in case of a potential emergency, particularly around any potential bomb threats or chemical hazardous threats here. we should note that the secretary of the department of homeland security has designated tonight to be a national special security event. what does that mean? this is a designation given for inauguration back in january. it's been given for state of the union addresses in the past. what it does is it puts the u.s. secret service in charge of coordinating with local law enforcement as well as with capitol police to oversee security around the greater washington area. it's important to note tonight that you will see a new house sergeant at arms to usher in president biden. sworn in yesterday.

major general william walker was sworn in by speaker pelosi yesterday to be the house sergeant at arms. he is in charge of overseeing security within the house of representatives and within the chamber tonight. >> vaughn outside. garrett, follow-up for you. how did republicans and democrats decide who would be seated in the chamber tonight? >> reporter: it depends. democrats took a lottery. everyone wanted to be there. only 35 of them will be. on the republican side, demand was lower. i'm told every republican senator who wanted to attend could. open the house side, similar thing. you have some of the leaders of various caucuses within the democratic party who will be present. republican side, slightly lower demand for tickets. >> i would imagine so. garrett, shannon, vaughn, thanks on this wednesday morning. i want to bring in the campaign

manager for president obama's 2012 reelection campaign. always good to have you. let's start with this american families plan. $1.8 trillion is what we are being told. pre-k, universal, two years of free community college, paid for by raising taxes on individuals that make at least $400,000. president just passing the covid relief package. he unveiled that $2 trillion infrastructure plan. how does the president -- how does the administration start to sell the idea of $6 trillion in spending in the first 100 days? >> craig, they're going to be very specific about what's in the plan. what's in this plan is incredibly popular things. childcare, pre-k education, child tax credit. these are all things that poll in high 70s and 80s. they are very popular.

they are going to want to be very specific about what's in this plan, because these things are just political layups for the president and his team to talk about. as we look at selling this thing, usually, they're going to try to sell the overall number. not in this case. in this case, they will be very specific about what's in the plan and what it does for normal voters. it's coming with real strength for the president. his approval is very strong. you have a white house functioning very well. they are at full strength as they sell this next piece. >> you mentioned the president's approval. in our latest poll, it's 53%. how does he walk this fine line in using his political capital while these massive packages -- when his approval is not as high as president obama's was at the 100 day mark or even president george w. bush?

>> they are looking at that independent number you just showed. 61% of independents support the president right now. that is a really high number. that's indicative of how the midterm elections will go. it's incredibly important. they will watch that number very, very closely. they are going to try to sell pieces of the plan that are wildly popular. you don't get much more popular than childcare, than expanding tax credits for families with children. those things are really popular. they will really stay focused on that. >> jim, is the president making a bet here that people's views of the role of government have changed at all because of this pandemic? is the president -- has the president decided that big government is capable of doing big things again? is that what we are seeing in these proposals? >> no. what i think the country has decided the government has a

role here. i saw numbers this morning that support for government being involved in some of these things has gone up over ten points in ten years. we went through -- we are going through a covid challenge where we saw how important government is. what president biden is doing is saying, there's other ways that the government can be helpful. we don't want big brother, we don't want too much government here. there's ways we all agree are incredibly important to our future. that includes childcare. that includes pre-k. that includes community college. those things are really important and have really big support. i don't think you will see biden make an overall case for bigger government. >> my colleague dug into the different route president obama took to passing stimulus and how president biden is trying to avoid some of the land mines that president obama ran into. this paragraph jumped out. while obamapared back, biden

met with republicans before he opted for a special process to go it alone. conservative deficit hawks reigned in obama. biden has brushed them off. obama was hesitant to brag about his achievements, biden's team regularly takes credit for the receding pandemic. do you agree with that? >> not completely. what i do agree on is this is a white house who understands that we need to sell some of these accomplishments. it understands one of the things that we could have done better -- i'm part of this -- in the first four years is sell what we did. this is an administration who was part of that. vice president biden was there for every step of the road. now he is the president. he will make sure that he continues to message to the american electorate about what he is doing and why. that conversation is incredibly important. they are really focused on getting that piece right. i think they are right do it. they have a talented group of

political veterans in the white house who understand this and aren't going to take their eye off the ball. >> thanks as always. a quick programming note here. i will sit down with president biden. it will be his only network interview surrounding his first 100 days. we will have that friday morning on "today." of course, a full interview here at 11:00 on msnbc. this morning, we are getting a look at the decision to convict derek chauvin. coming up, my conversation with one of the jurors from that trial. what he says about how they reached their decision. the legal fight to release bodycam footage. attorneys for andrew brown junior's family say they have seen 20 seconds. a judge is hearing arguments about releasing that video publically. that hearing happening as we speak. you can see it there. we will take you to north carolina next.

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right now, we are waiting for a decision from north carolina on whether a judge will release video of sheriff's deputies shooting and killing andrew brown junior. the judge is hearing arguments in court right now. this hearing comes one day after the fbi announced it's opening a civil rights probe into brown's death. his family revealed a private autopsy showing brown was killed by a shot to the back of his head. catie beck joins us now from elizabeth city, north carolina. she's been following the case. what do we know about the timing of the judge's decision? do we expect we will get something soon, a decision in the next few hours? >> reporter: yeah. the judge has indicated that that decision will likely be made sometime maybe even within

the hour. he is going to be hearing a petition from the family and representatives of brown as well as the media on possibly releasing this bodycam footage. some big developments have happened in the courtroom over the past hour. i want to bring you up to speed. the district attorney here made an argument that the body camera not be released for 30 days. he is asking the judge to withhold the release for 30 days to allow the state bureau of investigation to complete its investigation prior to releasing that bodycam footage. he also indicated that any characterization that mr. brown was sitting stationary in his car when he was fired on is false. he indicated to the judge who has seen the video that mr. brown moved backwards and forwards, making contact with deputies twice, before any shots were fired. he did say to the judge, correct me, your honor, if i'm wrong, you have seen the video. the judge said nothing. that's a big development in

terms of what we have heard from law enforcement's side of things. in addition, attorneys for the law enforcement that are on leave right now spoke and said they are against releasing this video. they feel like it would cause prejudice within a jury pool and potential harm to the officers. they are saying -- arguing for no release. they indicated in the courtroom that the deputies are very upset about what happened. they feel sorrow and condolences to the brown family. he said they do feel that this shoot was justified, coming the attorneys for those suspended officers. right now, the judge is hearing from the media aspect of this. there are more than 20 organizations petitioning for the release of this bodycam footage, saying the only way to sort of unveil all of this mystery and anger now is to show that footage and answer all of these remaining questions. >> any indication whether -- if the judge hypothetically decides in the next hour or two to

release the full video without redaction, how long it would take? is there a chance we could see this video later today? >> reporter: i think the chances of that are unlikely given how long things have been taking and the fact that we suspect there are up to five different bodycams that could be a part of this case. i think today might be a little optimistic. it's possible. it's possible. i think the district attorney' request that a 30-day hold be placed -- he made that case that it does need to be released to the brown family, that they need to see the video, but that he wants more time for the spi to conduct their investigation without putting this video out there. north carolina laws on this are some of the most restrictive in the country and do limit the ability of law enforcement to unilaterally make these decisions. this is ultimately going to be a

decision for this judge. he has said he will rule on both of these petitions -- the media and the brown family petitions for release at the same time and likely soon. he also indicated earlier today that he has reviewed himself all of this bodycam footage. he is aware of the contents. he knows what's on the tapes in making this decision. >> catie beck in elizabeth city, covering this story for us. we will check in with you throughout the day. i want to turn toe chuck rosenberg, a former u.s. attorney, also senior fbi official and he is also an msnbc contributor. always good to have your perspective. we have this judge now considering releasing this video of the shooting to the public. what do you expect from that? what issues is this judge going to be considering? >> i think about it in three ways, craig. first, the district attorney, the prosecutors are right that it makes more sense for

investigators to talk to witnesses and to have their independent recollection before a video is released. i would rather, whether i'm talking to a witness, that i have her account of what happened but not her account influenced by anything that she may see from the release of a video. even if she was in it. i would rather talk to her first. second, i think about the family. the most important thing we do in law enforcement is work with victims and with their families. even if this is not released publically, i don't see any reason why the family can't see the entire video. even if it's blurry, even if it's hard to decipher, show it to them and explain as best you can to the family what's on it. then third, i think about the public and its right to know. it's an important right. to my mind, it doesn't trump the need for law enforcement to have an unvarnished investigation

first. >> chuck, walk us through this federal civil rights investigation that was launched yesterday into andrew brown, junior's death. what will the fbi be looking for? how can they -- perhaps they have seen the video. could they launch a receive it right -- civil rights investigation without seeing more than 20 seconds of the video? >> i'm certain they have the video. there's no doubt in my mind. if they don't have it today, they will have it for their investigation. you can open an investigation without all of the information. it's an investigation. an investigation, you acquire information. they won't make prosecuing decision without seeing all of it. what they will doing -- the fbi in conjunction with the u.s. attorney's office -- is a criminal civil rights investigation. that might sound a bit like an oxymoron, using criminal and civil in the same sentence. it's a criminal investigation of

whether or not mr. brown's civil rights were infringed upon by law enforcement officers. it's an important distinction. it's criminal, not civil. second, even though the state could do its own investigation, to me, craig, it makes perfect sense for the feds to do one, too. if for some reason they don't have confidence in the state's ability to do justice here or to do a thorough investigation, then by all means, the u.s. attorney and the fbi ought to open a criminal investigation. they will have access to all of the evidence and to witnesses who want to talk to them. although, of course, some may have a fifth amendment right that they invoke not to talk to investigators. >> chuck rosenberg for us. thank you. thank you so much for that. the murder trial of derek chauvin was one of the most closely followed in our country's recent memory. the verdict was historic. coming up, my conversation with one of the jurors who voted to convict him. what it was like being in the

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former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin got a new

sentencing date for the murder of george floyd. he will be sentenced on june 25th. this morning i had the chance to talk to one of the jurors who voted last week to convict him. brandon mitchell said he felt no pressure to reach a guilty verdict. he also said he wished the jury announced the verdict sooner. take us inside the jury room. you deliberated for, as we understand it, roughly four hours. one of the 12 jurors was on the fence. why is that? what ultimately brought that one juror around? >> i wouldn't necessarily say they were on the fence. i think they just wanted to do their due diligence and make sure they understood the terminology correct and they understood exactly what the judge's instructions were in relation to that specific charge. >> what was the tipping point for you as a juror? was there a piece of testimony, a piece of evidence after you saw it or after you heard it,

your mind was essentially made up? >> i think after dr. tobin's testimony, after he broke everything down but kept it scientific, that was kind the point where i was like, i don't know -- i don't know how the defense comes back from this. >> as you know, there was a fair amount of talk about whether derek chauvin would have testified or should have testified. do you think that him testifying would have made a difference, brandon? >> i don't know if it would have made a difference or not. i don't think it would have hurt. we found him guilty on all charges. i don't think it would have hurt. it probably could have only helped him at that point. >> a lot of folks were surprised at the speed with which the jury came back. it almost seemed as if you went in there, you elected your foreperson, you said your piece and you voted.

is that a fairly accurate assessment, or no? >> i thought we should have came back quicker, actually. the time we did spend was time where we were going over the details again, making sure everybody was on the same page, just clarifying. we did go in and come straight out. i thought it should have been quicker. >> why do you think it should have been faster? >> because i thought the evidence was overwhelming that he was guilty, in my opinion. i thought it was a no brainer. after all the witnesses and all the evidence, i didn't see anything -- any reason why we should have took longer than an hour. >> what did you make of derek chauvin's demeanor in the courtroom throughout the trial? >> from my perspective and the angle i had, it looked like he was very confident the first week, week and a half. i personally could see the confidence deteriorating from him and a little from his team, from his team of attorneys as

more and more witnesses came up. it seemed like they were deteriorating their confidence. it was getting lower as the trial went on. >> as you know, the world was watching this trial. did you feel a greater sense of pressure as a juror knowing that? >> no, not at all. we all knew coming in that everybody would be watching. i don't think there was pressure. there's so much stress within the courtroom. we didn't even have time to think about anything on the outside or any of that. just being there alone and witnessing what you are witnessing on the videos and listening to all the people, that alone is enough stress. you are not paying attention to anything else, really. >> the president's said before the verdict came -- i want to make sure i get this right. president biden said, i'm praying that verdict is the right verdict, which i think is -- it's overwhelming in my

view. i wouldn't say that unless the jury was sequestered now. did that influence your decision? >> i didn't know what the comments were under just right now when you said them. that's how far removed i have been from the news. even still. it gets covered so much. i didn't know until you said what the comments were. >> one more question. then al has a question for you. the sentence, as you know, at this point, he is facing up to 40 years for second degree murder. what do you think he should get? >> that's not up to me to decide. we came up with the verdict. i feel like we came up with the right verdict. now it's time for judge to do what he does. >> brandon, after the verdict, there were some in some corners of the media said that you guys were pre -- you had predetermined what you were going to do, that you felt the pressure going in and that if

you didn't come up with a guilty verdict that things were going to go badly, you were determined to do that. would you lay that to rest right now? >> yes. to me, that's so dismissive of the entire process. we put our families, our jobs and our days aside to serve justice, to serve justice. we all walked in with an open mind. we left out with a guilty verdict. that's literally how the system is. that's how it works. we walked in with an open mind and waiting to see -- we did our due diligence to see what the defense was going to come up with. we felt like the evidence was over overwhelming for our verdict. that's the jury system is there for. >> juror 52, brandon mitchell there. just hours away from president biden's first speech to a joint session of congress.

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mixed immigration status to talk about how things have changed since president biden took office. what did they tell you? >> reporter: that's right. those mixed status families will have an american citizen child and undocumented parents. this family has justifiable concern the political debate around what's happening at the southern border, which is often used as a political football and not based in reality, is going to jeopardize their family's chance and chances of the 11 million undocumented residents of the united states at their pathway to citizenship. listen to what they told me. in march of 2017, i went to a church where the archdiocese of los angeles was training parishioners how not to get deported. there i met anna, a u.s. citizen, like her three younger citizens, who was there because her parents were undocumented. you are 13. why did you show up? >> my mom and dad have always

been here for me. they are literally the world to me. i wouldn't like to imagine a world without them. >> reporter: three days after meeting anna, she invited me back to meet her undocumented mom and u.s. citizen sisters. they pointed out a suspected i.c.e. checkpoint. >> it's two streetlights from here. >> reporter: that way? >> yeah. >> reporter: this month, april of 2021, i went back to visit anna and her mom to see how their family is doing four years later. your graduation photo? >> yes. >> reporter: with the new president. last time i was with you was four years and a month ago. >> four years and a month ago. you were 13. >> i was 13. in eighth grade. i had braces. i was 5'2". >> reporter: it was a crazy time. you were 13. i think donald trump had become the president. >> yeah. >> oh, boy. >> reporter: do you feel safer today than you did back then when i first met you?

definitely? this year began with hope for anna's family after president biden on the first day in office vowed to support a pathway to citizenship for america's 11 million undocumented residents. then came the political controversy over a record increase in unaccompanied minors seeking asylum at the border, immediately after president biden took office. are you worried what's happening there, which is so different from the situation that you are in, that it might affect your chance at citizenship? >> we think that now maybe it will affect her chances of getting citizenship because bide biden is going to focus on the problems at the border instead of those who have been here situated for a long time. inside of the united states. >> reporter: you think the current controversy might distract from helping people who lived here for years, if not decades, like you? >> yeah.

might affect -- >> i think, yeah. >> reporter: from the house we walked to where anna's dad runs a repair shop. like her mom, he has been in the u.s. for decades and worries the current controversy over ahn companied kids could endanger his pathway to citizenship. the hands have fixed a lot of cars. for all the cars you fixed, you find yourself in a situation where one day your family could be separated from each other. >> maybe we deserve something. give us status here. >> his hands look like that, mine can look like this. >> reporter: amazing. i gotta tell you, it's been great to know anna and her family over the course of the past four years. you saw her show her graduation ring. she's on her way to college. i want to underscore something that they told me. family separation, we see it with president trump. but the specter of family separation for undocumented parents with u.s. citizen kids or any number of sort of

configurations of that situation is still very real. until or if a pathway to citizenship passes, that threat is out there for all of these families. it's something they are living with still today. >> jacob soboroff in los angeles with a fascinating conversation. i enjoy the fact that you keep up so well with the folks that you profile. thank you for that. you can catch more of jacob's interview on "meet the press reports, coming to america" that's streaming tomorrow. it will be on demand on friday on peacock. we are counting down to president biden's first joint address to congress. i will talk to a former obama advisor. what valerie jarrett hopes to hear from her friend. inspiring america. nbc news is spotlighting an extraordinary group of people making a positivism pact in

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ma'khia bryant was killed last week while police say she was holding a knife. police reform expected to be one of the topics president biden talks about in his first joint address -- excuse me, first address to a joint section of biden talks we will have to see if voting rights makes their way into the speech. i hope we do hear something about voting rights. i am joined by valerie and the board chairman of when we all vote. stephanie is the executive director of that. valerie, you worked closer with then vice president biden. how do you think he will try to make his case tonight? >> it's a wonderful opportunity for a president to speak directly to the american people. my expectation is that he will take us back to the commitments

he made to us during the campaign, a commitment to ensure at that time he said he would get 100 million americans vaccinated by 100 days in office. we are at 200 million so he has knocked that out of the park, but there is more work to discuss. and how we are going to build the economy back. the american rescue plan went along way to stabilizing our economy. he will also talk about is infrastructure plan and the american jobs plan and why it's important we invest in the future. i think tonight we will hear about the american family plan, designed to focus on education and child care and health care and all of the ways we need to ensure that americans are able to thrive in our country and that our businesses are able to be globally competent if i have. i think he has done an amazing

job. there is a lot of work ahead. talking about police reform and criminal justice reform, reducing gun vie ens. all of the things the american people have said are important to him. >> stephanie, what do you hope to hear from president biden with regard to voting rights? >> states have pushed for voting bills that would make it more difficult for black and brown people to vote. we hope to hear about two bills that would modernize our voting system, stop discriminatory practices and put protections in

place for all people to be sure that democracy doesn't just work for some, but for everybody. it's critical legislation if we want to see our democracy work for everyone. >> we learned this morning that some biden allies have formed a nonprofit to take on states that are restricting voting rights. it's called building back together on laws that impact people of color in particular. >> there is a coalition of all of us working together understanding we are in a different time. no more off years when we talk about voting in a big election. we have to fight for more voting rights and protections and stop those who want to see people like me and others not have their voices heard. we need everybody on the field.

i am excited about what they are doing and what other organizations we work with are doing. people can call members of congress to make sure their voices are heard not just on these two pieces of legislation. it will take all of us to make this democracy work. we all need to be on the field on this. >> valerie, our new ms nbc news poll found that 58% are making sure that everyone who wants to vote can do so. that includes democrats and independents. just 38% said they want to make sure that no one votes who is not eligible to vote. that's the majority of republicans. what do you make of that divide? >> the foundation of our

democracy is that people can participate in the democratic process. what is more fundamental than voting? there has been talk about vote fraud, but if you listen to the experts, there is not vote fraud. we have to talk about facts and evidence and truth. what stephanie said at the beginning is right. 47 states trying to take action to suppress our votes? why don't we just have it on the up and up and let every voice count. part of what we do is educate the electorates about why what they do is important. who is your mayor? the spotlight has been on criminal justice reform. who are the people who make the decisions about ensuring our system is just not just for some but all.

we want to educate our voters. we should expand early voting, have same day registration. you should be able to vote by mail and without any excuses of voting by mail. these are practice that is have been standard in many states and have not led to voice fraud. we want to amplify those who have the evidence and facts and try to educate the general population, and also have a federal minimum standards that ensure our democracy. >> thanks to you. no one on television has more beautiful or kids than valerie. she has a greenhouse. that will do it for me this hour. we will have much more

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