>> 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 meet 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 of the federal level. plus, the city of orlando gathering to honor the 49 lives stolen inside pulse nightclub. we'll hear hear from one of the first reporters on the scene five years ago. we also have a rear sit down this hour with a cast of in the

heights. this is american voices. hello everyone, i'm alicia menendez. did know trump has been out of office for over 140 days now, but yet the damage she's inflicted on democracy continues to be revealed. new reaction to news from the new york times that his department of justice subpoena the communications records of lawmakers and their families, including minor. today, illinois congressman raja krishnamoorthi called for attorney general merrick garland clean house. >> as a little disappointed. quite frankly that we learned about this secret subpoenas and intelligence from apple and not from merrick garland's justice department. they need to also show that they are cleaning house and that the 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. the new york times reports the doj, while under the leader of leadership of jeff sessions, was hunting for the sources behind news 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 lakes. 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 don't know anything about the subpoenas. we're only finding 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, last-ditch effort to stay in office after losing the election. this reporting reveals what trump was willing to do when he felt he would be an office forever. and what he would be willing to do with the american people allow him back into the oval office. which brings us to the republican party, working since the day trump lost trouble back voting rights. according to the brennan center, 14 states have enacted 22 new laws that restrict voting access. 61 bills with 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, msnbc legal contributor katie fang. harry lippman is the host of the talking feds podcast. and legal affairs problem for the american. times and betsy woodruff swan is a national correspondent for

political and an msnbc contributor. it's good to see you. all harry, the doj's internal watchdog is going to investigate the seizure of communications 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. 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, there are potential non-sinister explanations here. which makes it all the more important that there be a full investigation. but leak investigations are needle in the haystack proposition. they may be saying it was just a piece of hay in the stack that we didn't know about. that's why he'll be looking

toward. it will be a limited inquiry. and a long inquiry. and not a substitution for a full congressional inquiry. >> katy, and love to know if your analysis matches high-res. but also, i don't need to remind you, trump had been falsely, publicly calling adam schiff a leader. constantly calling for an investigation. how could that be used as evidence now? ul>> it would just be evidence that there was a complete and total politicization of the department of justice during the trump administration. there's actual supreme court precedent, alicia, concerning federal grand jury subpoenas. because that's exactly what was used in this case as the 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, they what does that mean? that there is 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 sued have hearings and people like barr, sessions, rosenstein, they should testify and explain 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 con congressman's records been sought and in the case. he added that trump never encouraged him to zero in on

the democratic lawmakers who reportedly became targets of the former presidents push to unmask lakers of classified information. betsy, what does it say that even bill barr does not want to touch this? >> it sells you that this is a great. usually people like barr and sessions are the most enthusiastic defenders of the most controversial steps that 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 wasn't that bad. the fact that we're not hearing that from him, tells you everything you need to know about the potential significance, or the actual significance of this news that has broken over the weekend. one thing that is important, taking a step back, is so 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, rolled out aggressive, talked up, focused on finding people who were lucky or sharing information with journalists. including classified information. finding them, prosecuting them, and trying them and putting them behind bars. this became a top priority for the doj's national security division. even though that evasion has finite resources and i'm sure you can and i can think of one or two or several other national security problems that might be slightly higher concern, slightly higher threat to this country. and people talking to reporters. but at the justice department, in response to the presidents broader constant tweets and comments and harangues about these classified leagues, the department moved forward with this effort to try to hunt down as many people as possible. who talked about classified material with journalist. and that's the context in which the department ended up, even if it's the most benign explanation possible, that's the contacts under which the

department ended up actually hovering up information from two lawmakers, part of whom part of the job they have of course is to oversee the department of justice. >> harry, one of those lawmakers, schiff is calling on a.g. merrick garland to clean house inside of doj. what would that look like? e >> yes, he is. that's a really important point. the pressure rose on garland. he tried very much to take the approach, 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 sore he's undertaking already. with say, voting rights that he's announce. and it would mean that he actually is putting his hands around certain problems from the past. really quick point on the investigation, everything that betsy and katie said is right. a big question is, was it politically motivated? but we don't think right now

that schiff and swalwell were the actual targets. rather they were a number called by one of the targets. it's a problem, but we don't have yet a school smoking gun that they were targeted in a political way. >> yes, someone's dog is very upset about this. katie, to zoom out, what happens if this passes without consequence? >> yeah, i've lost her. audio and sorry. betsy, i'm gonna kick that over to you. >> what happens is one more piece of damage that to the reputation of the justice department will remain intact. whatever the explanation is for how this happened, the fact that it happened, that 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. the challenge it 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 in litigation involving reebok evasions against him. that litigation has continued under merrick garland. the 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 are nuanced headlines, that will be required in order for the public really to have confidence that doj is acting independently of the white house. independently of political officials and the biden

administration. thus i think for viewers to keep an eye out moving forward. when do they see news of the doj taking steps that perhaps will be politically beneficial to the white house? and that, very interestingly, is one of the signs that the institution itself is regaining the independence that traditionally it has enjoyed. and that has been absolutely a bedrock to the american public's having confidence in our federal law enforcement system. >> katie, harry, betsy, thank you for getting us started. next, republicans carry on with their tax 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 reporter 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. ead this message >> the united states have said

before. we're back. >>,. -- alicia, very good afternoon to you. breaking news in austin texas. first 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 your match. christian ericsson who plays for denmark's national team, collapsed on field. within seconds, both teams rushed to help him. the danish leagues director said the 29 year old received chess compressions on the field. he is stable unconscious at a nearby hospital. and in other midair meltdown to report. this one on a delta flight from los angeles to atlanta. video from inside the cabin shows passengers 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 safely in oklahoma city.

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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 sees to curve voter access and where we see violation, 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 one of them. >> joining me now to discuss sarah, and a political correspondent for business insider.

there are now more than 383 restrictive voting bills moving through 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 emphasized was the need to essentially reinstate the preclearance protection that was struck down by the supreme court in 2013 are really essential -- that they have said really makes the law moved unless those protections in those provisions are reinstated, that was one big thing that garland emphasized. the other thing they said is 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 is 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 out publicly on this signifies the importance which which the department use this issue. >> sarah i think it is telling that the department of justice is where we are on multiple fronts today. what does garlands new enforcement effort on voting rights say about how his department is approaching the issue compared to haul bars and sessions handled it during the trump years? >> clearly they're 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 and it's something that inspired him politically and 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 in 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're going to focus on, especially when congress may not be able to act as swiftly. >> sonam, to connect the dots on these stories the new reports on 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 bill passed in congress, but when you have senator manchin opposed to the for the people act as well as changing the filibuster, where do the negotiations stand right now? >> because of the fact that democrats have such a slim majority in the senate, they really need mentioned support in order to get anything done. the fact that he is strong his support for this big senate bill as be one that would address voting rights across

the country that pretty much means that the country's doa, it's very likely not going to go anywhere and it seems clear that congress is going to be taking a backseat on this which is perhaps why manchin isn't very popular among members of his own party. he recently told nbc news that a one party push to enact new voting legislation is a disaster waiting to happen, but based on what we're seeing in republican control legislatures across the country the well that there are passing bills with a little if any democratic support it seems like that is already unfolding. >> sarah, sonam beat me to it as she often does, manchin is in store insisting that -- as she says you have state level republican led legislature's moving full speed ahead to pass new voter restricting laws. the thing i wonder and it is perhaps impossible to answer is if that hypocrisy is getting lost in translation?

>> sure. you're right it is a little impossible to answer but that i will say that this idea of bipartisanship is hard -- it's a hard pill for democrats to swallow, and i would argue that whoever said one person can't make a difference they didn't meet joe manchin. it really does all come down to the filibuster, and whether that's the john lewis voting act which mentioned 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 and so it would all come down to the filibuster and that is again think that joe manchin does not support, so the end of the day it is hard to see how bipartisanship is going to have a play at all here, but democrats aren't really all on the same page either. >> answering questions that are

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the terror attack on the pulse nightclub in orlando. pulse was more than a bar, it was a safe haven for members of orlando's lgbtq community. the ceremony to honor the 49 lives lost and taking place tonight at the site ripple stood. president says he plans to approve the site as a national memorial in the coming days to enshrine in law what has been true since that terrible day five years ago: pulse nightclub is hollowed ground. the g7 summit, biden also made a call to action to address gun violence and fight hate against all members of the lgbtq community. my next guest was one of the

first journalist on the scene in orlando that night, which is when he met a mother outside as she waited for word about her son. >> and listening to you guys, to, 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. we're seeing more and more patients coming in. >> that's good. >> yes, with some are voicing we can hear this one patient who's 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 is stewart moore, he's anchor for an nbc affiliate in orlando. story, thank you so much for being here. take me back to that night. what do you remember the most? >> alicia, what i remember the 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. you can't get close. so i got there so soon, that

had not yet even happened. because police were completely focused on what was happening inside the club. i wanted at moving back because i needed to get to a position where i could meet up with my four top offer that was meeting me out at the scene. it was just a tremendous amount of uncertainty. police dogs were walking around, because at one point we believed there was a bomb inside the vehicle. they weren't 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 bringing victims who are inside the club, trapped all that time, down towards the hospital. which was only about a block and a half away from that scene. i think that lead me to christine landed we saw in that clip just now. ross standing right outside the emergency room, which again, just a couple of blocks away from pulse. she grabbed me looking for arson, 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 and focusing on lgbtq rights for equality and marriage, and all the sorts, immediately started changing their tune. because they realized what this group had just been through and the humanity behind. 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. 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 what we're capable of when we all come together. >> today, president biden says he'll sign a bill to make pulse or a memorial. your sense of the impact that would have on 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 few visitors who may just be walking by on the outside to see the names and the faces of the people who were outside at the nightclub. by making it a permanent national memorial, knowing that it will always be in place, and a place where people can go and call home a remember those people who died, and what they died for, i think it would have a tremendous impact. and not only the healing of the people in this community, impacted by, but people were worldwide. a visit over and over a number of different horse attractions, have made their way here to pay their respects and just to see the site for themselves. >> stewart moore, thank you so much. now it's the g7. but then it's off to meet with putin for president biden. 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 then rolls in the musical blockbuster of the summer. >> that pride that you feel.

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wrapped up day two of the g7 summit in england. he met today with french president emmanuel macron after helping secure world leaders on a plan to help developing nations meet with china. more on that in a moment. but first, after the g7, it was 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 being 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 late prairies for trump on thick in a new global exclusive interview with nbc news that air is 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 politician. he's a different kind. percentage >> for more about biden's able to achieve today at with allies at a g7, here's white house correspondent mike melanie. >> good evening, alicia.

as president biden has just finished his very busy third full day of his first four in trick, g7 leaders holding multiple sessions one. grab bag session on a range of international hotspots. afghanistan, the decision of the u.s. to pull out its remaining forces. that fragile peace in the middle east right now. looking ahead as well, to the presidents meeting in geneva with russian president vladimir putin. there is also testing tonight dealing with the pandemic. yesterday, we saw the g7 leaders announced a commitment, a joint commitment to provide one billion doses of the covid vaccine to poor and developing nation. 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 announced what they are calling, be three w., building back better world.

it's the u.s., the g7s answers to 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. the g7 saying this is not meant to force poor and developing nations to choose between china and the western world. but offering them an affirmative alternative to that. interestingly, senior administration officials briefing reporters today, indicated there was as they put it, a differentiation of opinion among the g7 leaders about just how aggressive they should be taking on china. and some of the other adversarial aspects of their 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 it 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, welcoming 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 and then 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 england. alicia? >> mike memoli, thank you. a quick programming note. tomorrow, nbc's andrea mitchell sits down with anthony blinken, secretary of state. be on the lookout for that tomorrow, right here on msnbc. next, a summer blockbuster that is meeting the moment. my interview with the cast and

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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 jon chu. there is singing, there is dancing, there are dreams big and small. cast members, leslie grace, melissa barrera, dascha polanco and daphne ruden-vega and got a window into the energy to fuel this blockbuster movie. >> i think so much about that

expression that joy is an act of 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 and 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 and to tell a story that's not about one hero, one protectionist but about how we -- 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 actress and were 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 you and that embrace you, 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-ness 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, for 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 hook 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 given the gift of quiara 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 new 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. i 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 abuela claudia, 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 tried 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's 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 da 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 story he's telling her, it is about how 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 a seat at the table, 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

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profiled as one of our laughs loudest voices. her name is darnella frazier the minneapolis team who recorded the murder of george floyd. since we prefers profile her story and her bravery, we have learned frazier has been awarded a pulitzer citation for her actions. frazier's decision to report what happened the world may never have known what really happened to george floyd. and without her, justice may have never been brought to the man convicted of killing him. the former minneapolis police officer. in fact, it was frasier's courtroom 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 uncle it's... because they are all black. i look at how that could've been one of them. it's been nights that 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 she's not issued up official public response receiving the pulitzer award under the most tragic of circumstances. thank you for being with us. i'm alicia menendez. i'll be back here tomorrow for more american voices. >>can voices >> first up on msnbc, the final day of the g7 summit is now underway. and we're just getting an early look at the president and the first lady as they headed into mass this morning. it's a busy day ahead including a press conference by president biden, this morning where he assured to be asked about his critical upcoming meeting with adam maher putin. soon after that, he and the first lady have british palm and circumstance look forward to at a formal visit with the queen. and of an era. israel's longest serving prime minister