>> linsey davis with our coverage in minneapolis tonight. linsey, thank you so much. been with me for all of our coverage throughout this trial. i want to bring in our chief legal analyst dan abrams tonight. and dan, before we get to the question, i just wanted to point out that this jury, the makeup of the jury, which is a headline in and of itself, we knew this going in, but perhaps now it will be even more significant, part of this, as we learn more from the jurors in the days and weeks ahead, the jury was made up of six white jurors, six people of color, four black jurors and two people who identify as mixed race. so, a very diverse jury deciding this. and we know that in the closing arguments in the last 24 hours, prosecutors going back to what they said on the very first day in that opening statement, that you can believe what you see and it would appear the jurors did. >> absolutely. that message resonated. believe what you see, believe your eyes. use your common sense. those were the basic arguments made by the prosecutors, which is, the video tells the story.

i'm linsey davis. we begin with a nation on edge. as the fate of derek chauvin is about to be in the hands of the jury after three weeks of a trial that has gripped the country. nearly one year ago, george floyd's death renewed difficult conversations about race and policing in america. tensions already high. and now for the seventh night in a row, protests after the police killing of daunte wright just fd floyd uae crowds are on thformerer has pad no charges after kneeling on floyd's neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. today, the attorney for floyd's family saying he prays for a conviction. elwyn lopez starts us off tonight from minneapolis. >> reporter: tonight, tensions high across the country as the murder trial of derek chauvin comes to a close. protesters already taking to the streets demanding justice in the recent police killings of daunte wright and adam toledo. now the twin cities bracing for a verdict here. thousands of national guardsmen coming in to assist local authorities. and schools in minneapolis moving to remote lea

i'm linsey davis. we begin tonight with breaking news. and a developing situation in manatee county, florida. the governor declaring a state of emergency. ordering evacuations. authorities scrambling to avert an environmental disaster in a leaking reservoir. a plant potentially releasing a 20-foot wall of water into the community. the national guard is on the scene. helicopters lowering pumps, trying to reduce the water levels. families in more than 300 homes told to leave immediately. stephanie ramos leads us off tonight from palmetto, florida. >> reporter: tonight, a race against time along florida's gulf coast. a leak at an old waste water reservoir, threatening an environmental disaster in palmetto, florida, about 40 miles south of tampa. >> onsite engineers deemed the site tooanro ont orter: more than 300 hom under mandatory evacuation orders tonight. officials urgently trying to drain this massive pond at the piney point phosphate plant filled with 340 million gallons of waste water, to prevent it from collapsing. officials say the

i'm linsey davis. we begin with the increasingly desperate situation in covid hot spots across the country. and the fears of a fourth wave. front line medical workers in michigan tell us the virus is spreading like wildfire there. hospitals filling up. some patients facing 8 to 10-hour wait times. the governor begging the federal government again for more vaccines. at the same time, the u.s. has just hit a record number of vaccinations in a single day. more than 4.6 million shots reported on saturday alone. and by the end of this coming week, 42 states will have opened eligibility to everyone 16 and over. but the pace of vaccinations could be slowed with the supply of johnson & johnson doses plummeting. and health officials warn about an uptick in cases nationwide. here's trevor ault. >> reporter: tonight, health care workers on the front lines in michigan battling the worst of a new coronavirus surge, saying the virus is spreading like wildfire. >> it's breaking our hearts. we're exhausted, emotionall

i'm linsey davis, in for david. a t get an we with that deadly tack's cr a man drove on to the capitol grounds, plowing into two capitol police officers, then g gettin out and threatening them with a knife. officers opening fire, killing the driver. but sadly one of the capitol officers has also lost his life. the blue sedan coming to a stop against a security barrier. investigating poring over the scene. other capitol police officers responding to the violent intrusion. guard. capitol workers ordered to shelter in place. a helicopter seen landing outside of a window. officer william "billy" evans rushed to the hospital, but he coulbe ssi escorting his body at the hospital. at the capitol, the flag lowered to half-staff once again, less than three months after the capitol siege. abc's chief justice correspondent pierre thomas leads us off tonight from the capitol. >> reporter: tonight, another deadly attack at the u.s. capitol. authorities say a man slammed this car into a security checkpoint along constitution aven

linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> one of my favorite stories of the night. >>> last check of of ofke week ahead. >> yeah. really the next seven days we're talking sunshine, mild temperatures and overall decent air quality. that onshore flow continues tomorrow and will bring in some pretty fresh air across the region. your air quality the next two days depending where you are in the bay area, most regions will see good, if not moderate air quality. so all in all, pm 2.5 levels will remain pretty low over the next 48 hours. tonight we're seeing temperatures drop into the 40s, clear skies, a little patch fog along the coastline, but that's about it. the marine layer is very compressive. that means we're in for a lot of sunshine tomorrow, breezy conditions along the coast where winds could gust 30 miles per hour. mild inland, 80s from concord, antioch to livermore, 75 in san jose with sunshine, 63 in the city tomorrow with breezy conditions, 78 in santa rosa half moon bay 57 degrees. next seven days, a dry pattern, some ebbs and flows in the temperatures, tuesday cooling off with wind,

here's abc's linsey davis. ♪ ♪ there ain't nothing i can do or nothing i can say ♪ >> let's start withthank you so much. ♪ but i'm going to do just as i want to anyway ♪ >> it feels actually surreal a little bit. >> and the golden globe goes to -- andra day. >> you already won golden globe. only the second black woman to win for best actress since whoopi goldberg in "the color purple." >> whoopi goldberg, "the color purple." >> what do you make of it taking nearly four decades for another black woman to win? >> i'm so, so grateful for the award. it's not lost on me that for 35-plus years, black women were really made to feel sort of inadequate in this space. we're not just fighting the art part of it, getting our stories told. we're fighting making space in culture to say, hey, you've not heard the truth of our narratives. ♪ i love me when i take on ♪ >> "billie holiday is the voice of our people." >> what is your favorite billie holiday song? >> oh my god. a pretty consistent one i will say is "god bless the child." ♪ but god bless the child that's got his own that's got his own ♪ >>

oroing us ve busy friday gh i'm linsey davis, in for david. a lot to get to tonight. we begin with that deadly attack at the capitol. after a man drove on to the capitol grounds, plowing into two police officers, then threatening them with a knife. officers killing the driver. but sadly, one of the officers has lost his life. the blue sedan coming to a stop against a security barrier.rrie. an immediate response force from the d.c. national guard. capitol workers ordered to shelter in place. a helicopter seen landing outside of a window. william evans rushed to the hospital, but the officer could not be safed. at the capitol, the flag lowered to half-staff once again, less than three months after the capitol siege. pierre thomas leads us off tonight from the capitol. ep deadly attack at the u.s. capitol. authorities say a man slammed this car into a security checkpoint along constitution avenue. >> the suspect rammed his car into two of our officers and then hit the north barricade barrier. at such time, the suspect exited the vehicle with a knife in hand. our officers

i want to bring in linsey davis, who is on the ground in minneapolis with us, our sunday night anchor, of course, and the anchor of abc news live. and linsey, you were telling us earlier that you heard it, you could sense it almost immediately, the relief in minneapolis. >> quite a bit of calm now. you can imagine, at least, that the businesses will be able to take the boards down, perhaps the million dollars that hennepin county spent on security, perhaps that was all for naught. and just this palpable sense that you could feel this was a city on edge. all of a sudden now is just kind of a collective calm, if you will. but you know, certainly the potential for riot was there. if history is any indicator, if you look at, in the case of arthur mcduff phefie in 1979, i wasn't until 1980, after the officers were acquitted that the s t same thg.ody ng i he was beaten in 1991, but the riot happened in l.a. in 1992. and as we heard from the minnesota governor, who was ramping up, preparing for all possibilities, he was trying to allow for people to say, hey, look, it may not just be that th

i'm linsey davis in for david. we begin tonight with two very different headlines about the pandemic in america. while the u.s. is showing more positive signs that it's nearing a turning point, today the white house is issuing a travel ban on india hoping to prevent the crippling covid surge there from making its way here. india setting a new global record for covid cases in a single day. a variant spreading in that country now detected here in the u.s. the first american planes carrying medical supplies arriving today with more flights on the way. meanwhile, a major milestone. the cdc says more than 100 million adults are now fully vaccinated against covid-19. that's nearly 40% of all adults in the u.s. more states and cities easing restrictions with covid cases, deaths and hospitalizations all declining in much of the country. the cdc director sounding optimistic but also warning, quote, this virus has tricked us before. abc's kaylee hartung leads us off from los angeles. >> reporter: tonight with americans eager

i'm linsey davis, in for david. we begin tonight with the next chapter in america on this pandemic. covid deaths and cases declining. more states and cities easing restrictions. at the same time, the vaccination rate in this country is drastically slowing down. in new york city, once the epicenter of the pandemic. the major plans to foully reopen the city by july 1st. governor andrew cuomo suggested it may be possible to open even earlier. but health officials are expressing concern about the huge vaccination falloff in parts of the u.s. tulsa, oklahoma, is averaging fewer than 200 shots a day at a site capable of administering thousands. the cdc reports more than 141 million american adults have received at least one dose of the vaccine. that's nearly 55%. in some areas, officials are going door-to-door to try to convince hesitant americans to get vaccinated. abc's whit johnson leads us off. >> reporter: tonight, new york city, once the epicenter of the coronavirus, announcing plans to be fully open for business by july 1st. >> you've gone out, you've gotten vaccinated, you've done

linsey davis will be back here tomorrow night.ice is protecting our beautiful coastlines and more. put off chores and use less energy from 4 to 9 pm to help keep our state golden. >>> on this early addition of abc 7 news, states brace for a drop in vaccine supply. people were turned away today from a vaccination site in san francisco. >>> san francisco county reports a steep drop in the number of people getting covid test. officials say that testing is just as important as ever. >>> building a better bay area for a safe and secure future,this is abc7 news. >> we had to turn people away pretty early on. >>> problem with supply and demand just as vaccine eligibility expands. the vaccine supply has dwindled. thank you for joining us. demand proved too great today for

i'll be joined by mary, martha raddatz, cecilia vega, jon karl, linsey davis, our powerhouse political team all here. live coverage of president biden's address to a joint session of congress, 9:00 p.m. eastern, right here on abc. >>> in the meantime, we continue with the news tonight and the other developing headline involves the federal raid involving rudy giuliani. federal agents and police raiding the new york city home and office of former president trump's personal attorney. authorities waking him up at 6:00 a.m. sources telling abc news the fbi seized electronic devices, including his cell phone, all part of a federal investigation. here's our chief washington correspondent jonathan karl on what he's learned tonight. >> reporter: new york city police officers were seen this afternoon leaving the apartment building on the upper east side of manhattan where rudy giuliani lives. giuliani was awakened at 6:00 a.m. this morning by federal agents armed with a search warrant. they seized his electronic devices, including his mobile phone. they also raided his office and seized the comp

i'll be joined by mary, martha raddatz, cecilia vega, linsey davis, jon karl, our powerhouse political team for live coverage of president biden's address to a joint session of congress, tomorrow night, 9:00 p.m. eastern, right here on abc. >>> in the meantime, we do move onto the other news this tuesday night. the deadly police shooting of andrew brown jr. by deputies in north carolina. new video tonight shared by the family's lawyer showing deputies packed in a pickup truck, arriving at brown's home. and the family's independent autopsy results now, they say brown was shot five times, including what their lawyer said was a kill shot to the back of the head. here's abc's victor oquendo in north carolina tonight. >> reporter: tonight, new street camera video showing deputies rushing to andrew brown jr.'s home, tweeted by his family's lawyers. deputies piled into the back of a pickup truck, turning the corner and jumping out. brown's house is out of sight. moments later, he was shot and killed. today, lawyers and brown's family revealing the results of an independent autopsy. >> it was

i'm joined by linsey davis in new york. i wanted to start with you. this case has been live str >>> we have some golf commentary. what was that? >> you have a certain amount of time you can wait before you have to mark it. i've tried that. it's never worked for me. get in there. >> get in there. >>> well, good morning, america. george, michael and i hope you had a wonderful weekend. we have a lot to get to on this monday morning. >>> nasa making history overnight. the first controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet. we haven't had this much attention paid to a police brutality in this country since the beating of rodney king in 1991. you had a case there that had this compelling video, a case that ignited a national conversation about race and policing in this country. here we are, david, 30 years later still having the same conversation. i think that, you know, as you and i discussed a few weeks ago during opening statements, what's really important to discuss, right, is that inside that hennepin county courthouse this is about what happened