>> that does it for me. thanks for watching. i'll see you back here tomorrow at 5 pm eastern for another life hour of politics nation. fe hour of politics nation >> as we hit a new hour, new developments on the bombshell revelation of donald trump's doj and its digital efforts to go after congressional democrats. the biden doj's response and what it could mean for trump's potential bid for a second term. and speaking of future elections, the gop attacks on voting rights are ramping up. we'll dig into the new state level plot to restrict your vote. and what can be done to stop it on the federal level. plus the city of orlando gathered to honor the 49 lives stolen inside pulse nightclub. you'll hear from one of the first reporters on the scene five years ago. also, a rear sit down this hour

the cast of in the heights. this is american voices. >> hello everyone. i'm alicia menendez. donald trump has been out of office for over 140 days now. yet, the damage he has inflicted on democracy continues to be revealed. new reaction tonight to news from the new york times that his department of justice subpoenaed the communications arrest are records of lawmakers and their families, including minor. today, illinois congressman raja krishnamoorthi called for attorney general merrick garland to clean house. >> i was a little disappointed quite frankly that we learned about this secret subpoenas of intelligence community members from apple, and not from merrick garland justice department. they need to also show they are cleaning house and that they come clean with any other secret subpoenas or investigations. or inappropriate targets. >> the justice department's

internal watchdog is now launching an investigation into federal prosecutors use of secret subpoenas to obtain records from apple. concerning to california lawmakers on the house intelligence committee. those lawmakers were then ranking member, now current house intel chair adam schiff, as well as congressman eric swalwell. both democrats. new york times reports the doj, while under the leadership of jeff sessions, was hunting for the sources behind news worry media reports about contacts between trump associates and russia. as they report ultimately the data and other evidence did not tie the committee to the leaks. that report is prompting senate majority leader chuck schumer and other democrats to demand sessions and former attorney general, bill barr, testify before the senate judiciary committee. both sessions and barr claim they know nothing about the subpoenas. we're only find out about this because the gag order placed on apple by trump's doj expired. allowing apple to disclose what was happening.

it's important to note that the new york times reports this was happening in 2017, not trump's final days in office. it was not a frantic lasts this jeffers to stay in office after losing the election. this reporting reveals this was what trump felt he was going to do when he was gonna beat officer ever. what he'd be willing to do if the american people allowed him back into the oval office. which brings us to the republican party. working says today trump loss to rollback voting rights. according to the benin center, 14 states have enacted 22 new laws that restrict voting access. 61 bills with a restrictive provisions are moving through 18 state legislatures. attorney general merrick garland says the doj will work to secure and expand the right to vote for all americans. with me now, and this nbc legal contributor katie frank. harry lippman is the host of talking feds podcasts. and betsy woodruff swan is a national correspondent for

politico and an and this nbc contributor. it is good to see you all. harry, the doj's internal watchdog is going to investigate the seizure of communication records of congress members during the trump era. what are they going to be looking for? and how could it help shed light on what trump was using the doj to do? >> it will help, but it's not enough. the oig will look at only current employees, no power to force non-employees to talk to him. and also it could take a year, 18 months. but he'll sit down with the remaining people there and say what exactly happened here? how did it come to be that these guys were on the list? and it's important to know, alicia, that there are potential non-sinister explanations here. which makes it all the more important that there be a full investigation. but leaked investigations are a needle in a haystack proposition and they may be saying it was just a piece of hay in the stack that we didn't know about. but that's what he'll be

looking toward. it will be a limited inquiry and a long inquiry. and not a substitution for a full congressional inquiry. >> katie at love to know if you're an analysis matches harry? but also i don't need to remind you trump had been falsely publicly calling adam schiff a leak. are constantly calling for an investigation. how could that be used as evidence now? >> it would just be evidence that there was the complete and total politicization of the department of justice during the trump administration. there is actual supreme court precedent, alicia, concerning the federal grand jury subpoenas. because that's exactly what was used in this case as a vehicle by which the records were obtained for 73 phone numbers and at least 16 email addresses from apple. this prior supreme court precedent says that these grand jury subpoenas, although they can be readily issued, as long as they are generally relevant to an investigation, they can never be used as a fishing expedition. and they certainly cannot be used if the targets of those

subpoenas are done out of malice or for some type of malevolent intent or some type of specific political intent. and that's exactly what we all need to know. if barr denies knowledge, if sessions denies knowledge, and now we know that rob rosenstein is denying knowledge, that what does that mean? is there some rogue division at the department of justice during the trump administration that was running around issuing the subpoenas, or getting the subpoenas issued to get these records? it's concerning and the american public needs to know. so the senate judiciary committee should have hearings and people like barr, sessions, rosenstein, they should testify why they were doing what they were doing. >> betsy, talking about bill barr, your latest reporting talks about how the former a.g. is now distancing himself from those trump era subpoenas of lawmakers. writing barr said that while he was attorney general, he was not aware of any congressman's records being sought in a league case. he added, trump never

encouraged him to zero in on the democratic lawmakers who reportedly became targets of the former presidents push to unmask liquors of classified information. betsy, what does it say that even bill barr does not want to touch this? >> it tells even this isn't great. usually people like barr and sessions are the most enthusiastic defenders are, the most controversial steps of the justice department took during the trump administration. the fact that the first response from the former attorney general was to say that he didn't know about this, without putting forward any sort of defense, or any sort of plausible argument that, hey, maybe this was in that bad. the fact that we're not hearing that from him, tells you everything you need to know about the potential significance that the actual significance of this news that has broken over the weekend. one thing that is important to take a step back, look at the context of this. that is, in the very early days of the trump administration, the justice department led by

sessions and rod rosenstein, ruled out aggressive, talked up, focused on finding people who were leaking or share information with journalists, including classified information. finding them, prosecuting them, and trying to put them behind bars. this became a top priority for the doj's national security division. even though that division has finite resources. and i'm sure you and i can think one or two, or other several never national security problems, that might be a slightly higher threat to this country, and people talking to reporters. that the justice department, in response to the presidents broader constant tweets and comments, and harangues about these classified leaks, the department moved forward with this effort to try to hunker down as many people as possible who talked about classified material with journalists. and that's the context in which department ended up, even if it's the most benign explanation possible, that's the context under which the

department ended up actually getting information from two lawmakers part of the job that they had of course, is to oversee the department of justice. >> harry, one of those lawmakers, adam schiff, is calling on a.g. merrick garland to clean house inside of the doj. what would that look like? i>> that's a really important point. because the pressure grows on garland. he's tried very much to take the approach of i'll now just stay in my lane and do it right and leave the path behind. but the pressure grows on him, including with these recent decisions. what would it look like, it would look like more investigations like this. it would look like more policy initiatives of the store he's undertaking already. which say voting rights that he is announce. and it would mean that he actually is putting his hands around certain problems from the past. a really quick point on the investigation, everything betsy and katie said is right. the big question is, was it politically motivated? but, we don't think right now

that schiff and swalwell where the actual targets, rather they were a number called by one of the targets. it's a problem, but we don't have a smoking gun that they were targeted in a political way. >> yes, somebody's dog is very upset about this. katie, to do zoom out. what happens if this passes without consequence? >> yes, i've lost her audio. betsy, am gonna kick that over to you. >> what happens is, one more piece of damage that trump did to the reputation of the justice department will remain intact. whatever the explanation is for how this happened, the fact that it happened. but it was possible for these members of congress to have their information sucked up in this way and not get notification in time, is something that is going to further erode public confidence in the wall of separation between doj and the white

house. so, to harry's point, this is something that has become a priority for merrick garland. a challenge presents of course is that there are many cases where perhaps the white house wishes they could somehow signal to the justice department, maybe recalibrate some things. for instance, the justice department is defending trump and litigation involving accusations against him. that litigation has continued under merrick garland. white house officials can say look, if they had their say, if there was political sway over doj, that litigation probably would not be going on. what this means is that the cost or the challenge to the biden administration, is are they willing to actually take some of the potential hits. deal with some of the complicated, nuanced headlines, that will be required in order for the public to have confidence that doj is acting independently in the white house. independently of political officials in the biden

administration. that's something for viewers to keep an eye on going forward. when do they see news of doj take a steps that perhaps would be politically beneficial to the white house? and that, very interesting lee, is one of the signs that the institution itself is really gaining the independence that traditionally it has enjoyed. and that has been absolutely beneficial to the american public. to have confidence in our federal law enforcement system. >> eric 80, harry, betsy, thank you for getting us started. next, republicans carrying on with their attacks on voting rights. it's a state level onslaught with nationwide consequences. what can congress do? and the city of orlando gathering to mark five years since the attack on the pulse nightclub. and to honor the 49 lives stolen that night. we'll speak to the first reported to arrive on the scene that day. plus, the latest from the uk on biden's first appearance as president on the world stage. where he's doing a bit of diplomatic damage control and working to spread this message. >> the united states, i've said

before, we're back. the u.s. is back. >> but first, richard louis with a look at the other big stories we're tracking this hour. richard? >> alicia, very good afternoon to you. breaking news in austin, texas. first of the manhunt continues for one suspect involved in a shooting overnight. 14 were injured, one suspect was arrested this afternoon. the motive remains unclear. now to some video that some might find disturbing. today, during a uefa euro match, christian ericsson who plays for them max national team, collapsed on feel. within seconds, both teams rushed to help him. the danish leagues director said the 29 year old received chest compressions on the field. he is stable unconscious at a nearby hospital. and it another midair meltdown to report. this one on a delta flight from los angeles to atlanta. video from inside the cabin shows passengers sub doing a man, now confirmed to be an off duty delta employee. it's unclear what led him to lose his cool. but we do know the plane landed

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closing to block the gop's assault on voting rights. while negotiations over two new bills continue on capitol hill, attorney general merrick garland is stepping up the doj's role in protecting every american's right to vote. >> we are scrutinizing new laws that seek to curb voter access and where we see violations, we will not hesitate to act. there are many things that are open to debate in america. but the right of all eligible citizens to vote is not. >> joining me now to discuss our axios political reporter -- there are now more than 380 restrictive voting bills moving through nearly every state in

this country. what is the attorney general proposing? how much will it help the situation in those states? >> there are a couple of things that attorney general merrick garland propose yesterday, one of the overarching themes that he emphasize was the need to essentially reinstate the preclearance potentials that were struck down by this cream court in 2013. really essential part of the voting rights act that the voting activists have said really makes them a law moot elective protections and provisions are reinstated. that was one big thing that garland emphasize. the other thing they said was that the department of justice is going to double the number of staffers who are tasked with overseeing the enforcement of voting rights. and to protect the right to vote. this was really an acknowledgment by garland that once you start slashing the right to vote, that's really the beginning of the end of democracy. the attorney general has been very careful not to weigh into deeply political issues. but his decision to speak up

publicly on the signifies the importance with which the department is this issue. >> yes, i think it is telling that the department of justice is where we are leading our show on multiple fronts, today. what does garlands new enforcement effort on voting rights say about how his department is approaching the issue compared to how barr and sessions handled enforcement during the trump years? >> clearly they are making it a priority. president biden, he specifically said when he assumed office that this is an issue that is very close to his heart. civil rights is an issue that he grew up in, it's something that inspired him politically. so by expanding civil rights division staff, as merrick garland promised to do, and by expanding the amount of trial attorneys that will be focused on voting rights specific states. this is clearly an issue that the biden administration and the justice department are taking seriously and signaling,

very clearly from the bully pulpit that this is an issue that they are going to focus on. especially when congress may not be able to act as swiftly. >> sonam, to connect the dots on these stories. these new reports about trump's doj seizing phone records of democrats adam schiff and eric swalwell, is putting new urgency on the push to get new voting rights bills passed in congress. but when you have senator manchin opposed to the for the people act as well as changing the filibuster, where do negotiations stand right now? >> because of the fact that democrats have such a slim majority in the senate, they really need mentions support in order to really get anything done. the fact that he has withdrawn his support for this big senate bill that would address the voting rights across the country, that pretty much means that the bill is dead on arrival. is very likely not going to go

anywhere. it seems clear that congress is going to be taking the backseat on this. which is perhaps why manchin really isn't very popular among members of his own party. because he recently told nbc news that a one party push to enact new voting legislation is quote a disaster waiting to happen. but based on what we're seeing in republican controlled legislatures across the country and the way that they are passing bills with little, if any democratic support, it seems like that is already unfolding. >> right. sarah, beat me to ask you often does. manchin or republicans are insisted it any voting measures be passed with bipartisan reports. but as she said, you have republican legislators moving supple full speed ahead to pass new voter restriction laws. the thing i wonder is perhaps impossible to answer, if that hypocrisy is getting lost in translation? >> sure. you're right, it is a little impossible to act answer. but i can see that this idea of

is hard pill for democrats to swallow. i would argue whoever said one person can make a difference, never met joe manchin. it really does in the sense that it's all come down to the filibuster and whether that is espy one or the john lewis voting rights, of which manchin said he supports, at the end of the day, even if it were the lewis act it doesn't have -- likely won't get enough republican votes. then it would all come down to the filibuster and that is again, a thing that joe manchin does not support. at the end of the day, it's hard to see how bipartisanship is going to have a plea at all here. democrats as aren't on the same bleach. either >> answering questions that are impossible to. answer sarah and sonam, thank you both. the community of orlando remembering the lives of lost in the polls nightclub shooting

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as she waited for word about her son. >> i'm glad to see you guys too because you guys can get information and you let us know. >> we're just so sorry for the fact that you're having to go through this and we're seeing more and more patients coming in. >> which is. good >> which is we can hear this one patient who is being taken in right now. to know that there are several people who are life we're going to continue to pray that your son is among them. >> joining me now -- he's an anchor for nbc affiliate in orlando. store, thank you so much for being here. take me back to that night. what do you remember most? >> alicia, what i remember most is getting out there and it was such a panic. whenever you arrive on a crime scene, especially like this, there are police officers that have the area cordoned off and you can't get close. so i got there so soon that had not yet even happen. because police were completely focus on what was happening inside the club.

i wondered out moving back so that i could meet with my photographer that was meeting me out at the scene. it was a tremendous amount of uncertain 20. but at one point that we believe there was a bomb inside the vehicle and they were sure it was. then we heard the explosion happened right at the top of our broadcast, that morning. that sent a fury of different vehicles that were bringing victims who are inside the club and trapped all that time down to the hospital, which was only about a block and a half away from that scene. that led me to christine landed, who you saw in that clip just now. where are standing right outside the emergency room which again, just a block away from pulse. and she grabbed me looking for her son who ultimately she found out was dead inside the club. >> talk to us about the impact this had on the community five years ago? and what it is like now five years later? >> the immediate impact that it had was a lot of people who weren't necessarily looking to

focus on lgbtq rights for equality and marriage and all the -- immediately started changing their tune. because they realized what this group had just been through and the humanity behind it. seeing those images of people carrying each other through the streets. gay, straight, lesbian, everyone helping each other in that moment. orlando really came together at that time as far as people rushing out to donate blood. people raising money. just trying to surround that community with love. and since then, i will say that the city has stayed very united. that's the theme, orlando united. but you've seen some drawback from other areas as well. people still pushing for that complete equality. but days like today remind you of what the city went through, and were capable of work all come together. >> today, president biden says he'll sign a bill to make polls a memorial. your sense of the impact that will have in the community? >> i think is going to be tremendous. right now, when you drive by pulse every single day, no matter the time of year. you always see a view few

visitors who may just be walking by on the outside to see the names and faces of the people who were outside of the nightclub. by making it a permanent national memorial, knowing it will always be in place, and a place where people can go and call home and remember those people who died and what they died for, i think it will have a tremendous impact not only the healing of the people who were in this community. people have made their way here to pay their respects and also see the sites for themselves. >> stewart moore, thank you so. much now it's the g7 but then it is off -- new exclusive remarks about their meeting from putin next. and later, cast and playwright of in the heights like you won't see anywhere else. relishing the rules in the musical blockbuster of the summer. >> that pride that you feel you, start winning it. i feel like i own this. i'm proud of the way i am who i

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wrapped up day two of the g7 summit in england. he met today with french president emmanuel macron after helping securing world leaders on a plan to help developing nations compete with china. more on that in a moment. but first, after the g7 it is off to geneva, where biden will hold a summit with russian president vladimir putin. the white house now saying biden will hold a solo news conference after meeting with putin, wednesday.

the decision avoids mirroring what we saw in helsinki in 2018 when trump was side by side with the russian dictator. the very moment the american president sided with putin's word over his own security agencies assessment of russia's interference in 2016. putin says he can work with biden. putin laid praise for trump's sake in a new global exclusive interview with nbc news that airs in full monday, across nbc news. here's a preview. >> i believe that former u.s. president, mr. trump, is an extraordinary individual. talented individual. he's a colorful individual. president biden, of course, is radically different from trump. because president biden is a career path. a different kind of person. >> for more on what biden was able to achieve today with allies at the g7, here's nbc news white house correspondent mike mentally. >> good evening alicia as president biden has just finished his very busy third full day of his first foreign trip, g7 leaders, today,

holding multiple sessions. one grab bag session on a range of international hotspots. afghanistan, the decision of the u.s. to withdraw its remaining forces. that fragile piece that in the middle east right now. looking ahead as well to the presidents meeting in geneva with russian president, vladimir putin. there was also session tonight, dealing with the pandemic. yesterday, we saw the g7 leaders announcing commitment, adjoined commitment, to provide 1 million doses of the covid-19 vaccine, to poor and developing nations. tonight, another session as they invited some other guests. south africa, india, and south korean leaders to discuss not just the current crisis, but how best to prepare and build up our health infrastructure for future pandemics. the real focus today was about how to approach the rise of china. we saw the g7 leaders announce what they're calling b three w., building back better world. the u.s., the g7s answers china 's belt and road initiative which has really been successful in spreading chinese

influence throughout the world. the chinese have been using their financial heft to help poor and developing nations with their infrastructure challenges. ports, roads, those kinds of things. at the g7 saying this is not meant to force poor and developing nations into choosing between china and the western world. but offering them an affirmative alternative to that. interestingly, sun admits administration of officials briefing reporters today, indicated there was as they quoted, a differentiation of opinion among the g7 leaders, about how aggressive they should be in taking on china. and some of the other adversarial aspects of the relationship. especially the issue of human rights and administration officials saying president biden was urging his colleagues to take a more forceful tone on some of those human rights abuses in china. especially with the uyghurs in western china. as a relates to a bilateral meeting today, we saw president biden continuing that one-on-one diplomacy. sitting down with the french

president. the french president, emmanuel macron, welcome in biden as he put it, back into the club. and in some ways welcoming the u.s. back into the club for after four years of president trump. president biden was asked if he was reassuring his allies that the u.s. truly was back. he said, that's a question for macron. macron answered yes, definitely the u.s. is back. the g7 leaders though, ending tonight with a little bit of fun. the flyover of the red arrows and a barbecue on the beach. you can see a little bit of, finally, some sun here in the southwest of the england. alicia? >> mike memoli thank you. a quick programming note. tomorrow, nbc's andrea mitchell sits down for an exclusive interview with secretary of state anthony blinken. be on the lookout for that tomorrow, right here on embassy and bc. next, a summer blockbuster that is meeting the moment. my interview with the cast and playwright of in the heights. right after this break. reak

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theaters the highly anticipated movie adaptation of the musical by hamilton creator lin manuel miranda takes us to washington heights. a neighborhood brought to life in the film by crazy rich asian director don shoe. there is singing, there is dancing, there are dreams big and small. cast members, leslie grace, docible long co-and daphne ruden had a window into the energy to fuel this blockbuster movie. >> i think so much about that expression the joys inactive resistance. as i was watching the film and getting to celebrate our joy, i recognized how unusual it is to

have that experience as a latina in this country. >> in all fairness, i did see latinos here in there on the screen growing up, but it was the nightly news and it was a dismal portrayal of a community. i feel like representation is not just about statistics, it's about the type and the ways we get to show up. to represent with joy, to counter that narrative, to represent with joy and specificity into tele-story that's not about one hero, one protectionist but about how we all rice together, how we all struggle together which makes the joy even more meaningful, you know, and makes it burst even more because we've survived a lot to. >> as i was watching it, my husband who was watching it kept saying she's having so much fun. she's having so much fun. beginning to end. what was it like to get to perform and live in that joy? or are you a really good actors

and we're having a horrible time? >> a horrible time. no. it's freeing, it's liberating, it's empowering. for you to be able to be around people that understand that respect that embrace her that makes the space safe for you to feel free to created and be you is something that we cannot explain. being there just felt like it had been missing for some long. and the pride that you feel you kind of start owning it and i felt like, i'm going to be owning this. i'm proud of why am and i have to own it. i deserve to be here as anybody else. >> i would say most of my friends are nina's, they are smart they are ambitious. to borrow the language of shonda rhimes, they are first

only different. when we see people that are first only different succeed, we love that, all the flowers but we don't tap into the loneliness of being the first. of being the only. of being the one that is different. what did you want to bring to this nina? >> a lot. i think we are all nina. we've all experienced the fragmenting of ourselves because you're trying to represent all that is who you are and all of the people, and the places, and the culture that makes you up with pride and with the joy. but at the same time in a world that almost calls you to conform and to quiet all of that in order to assimilate, the fragmented in us personally from me of feeling like i wasn't latina enough at sometimes, at some points, like i wasn't american enough, in

certain spaces. finding all of these words for things, four scenarios that you've never thought that you would be in just so you can feel like you belong and people can understand who you are. when you're just trying to be a person. >> melissa, in as much as i think this is what we all look into with vanessa we all share the experience of sharing that we see something in ourselves that no one sees. of having dreams and aspirations that only we are feeding. what did you want to bring to this vanessa? >> i was giving the gift eight of tiara extending a little bit of a necessary and giving a lot of insight into who she is and her actual dreams and ambitions are and when i read that i was like oh my gosh, i've always loved vanessa because very clearly i saw myself in her, in this woman that felt stuck in this neighborhood.

i felt stuck in my hometown in mexico. i wanted to go to where the opportunities were. the able to live my full life and become the human that i knew that i could be. and because of that, because of everything knew that i had to work with, i understood a lot more her pain and her loneliness. and the constant rejection, and having to fight for every single thing in life. think a lot of people go through that in life feeling minimized, feeling looked down upon, feeling like you might not be good enough for the grandeur of your dreams.

i feel like that's what i wanted to bring to vanessa, the pain. i wanted to be very clear yes she's a fighter, and she's fierce, and she's going places because that's her way to survive, but behind all of that there's a lot of pain. >> there is then claudia who inasmuch as these two girls are going to fly away is here to ground everyone, to be the constant variable to be the caretaker. >> i didn't have a very close relationship with my own mother. and so in developing this character, i was also trying to have a closeness with my own mother and in developing

cloudier i was able to go through all the feelings and the anxious and everything. i almost taught my own mother how to love me, if you can understand that. and i did take the strength of my mother, women in my family, aunts, other peoples mothers, grandmothers and i try to make her the mother i always wanted to be, or always wanted to have. >> there is so much that everyone who goes to see this film can take away from it, what do you want them to take away from it? >> just humanity. i think it has been a tough few months, it's been over a year -- we've all known what we've been going through. this is just a wonderful opportunity to experience new

seratonin levels in your brain and body. it really does activate the nervous system in a way that is so healing. that was my experience of watching the film. i do have skin in the game, but that makes it just so much more gratifying because i realize how much -- you know, you don't know what's your missing. you see film, cinema, the history you identify with the characters, it centered around the thing that you're not, but nobody talks about it, it's the elephant in the room. just by having a presence is so new. healing. >> i love that we're doing this with the women because the secret to vinci code behind the script is there is the male story teller, he says once upon a time at the beginning and he's talking to a little girl on the beach. the store he's telling her, it

is about there are so many different ways to be a strong woman. you can be a strong woman through celebrating. you can be a strong woman through leadership. you want to see the table need not, you have to make your own table to. you can be a strong woman through humility, that is a lush lesson that this nation needs to learn. you bought the script of downtown is where there is legitimacy, downtown is where the artists go, but then you realize where true beauty was, in the rags on the street that she found. that for me is what i want people to take away, there is so many different ways to be strong, and be a strong woman. but it is even better when we're strong together. >> together. >> in the heights is now in theaters nationwide, and it is also available to stream on hbo max through july 11th. next a high honor award to the

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recorded the murder of george floyd. since we first profiled her story in bravery, we've learned frazier has been awarded a pulitzer citation for her action. frazier's decision to record what happened, the world may never had known what really happened to george floyd. and without her, justice may have never been brought to the man convicted of killing him. a former minneapolis police officer. in fact, it was frazier's testimony that led to that accountability. >> when i look at george floyd, i look at my dad. i look at my brothers. i look at my cousins, my uncles. because they are all black. i look at how that could've been one of them. it's the nights i stayed up apologizing to george floyd for not doing more. >> frasier was just 17 years old when she spotted officers on top of floyd. as of tonight, a frazier has not issued an official plug

response for receiving the pulitzer award under the most tragic circumstances. thank you for being with us. i'm alicia menendez. i'll be back here tomorrow for more american voices. but for now, i hand it over to my friends zerlina maxwell, who's in for joshua johnson. tonight zerlina, i hear there is going to be photos of you from your gymnast days tonight. >> oh, yeah. i think people should stay tune. because there is definitely a throwback in their. and i will be wearing a white leotard. it's a throwback. >> i'm all in. thanks, zerlina. >> thank you so much, alicia. good to be with you. i'm zerlina maxwell. in four joshua johnson. it's 8 pm on the east coast and 1 am in england, where president joe biden and the first lady are preparing to meet with queen elizabeth at windsor castle, sunday. we have the details just ahead. plus, an internal investigation into whether the trump justice department can probably seize