blackwell.out, derek chauvin has been a menace before, has a violent history as police officer, choking a teenager for 17 minutes, leaning on him. other use of force cases, 22 internal investigations. may i ask, number one, why that wasn't allowed to come in and will that be used as evidence he should get a harsher sentence? >> answer the first time, we had to make a strategic decision whether to bring in other incidents. we saw the video and thought when the jurors were able to see that video, it would pierce their consciousness in, of and by itself. so we focused on what happened in the 9:29, and focus was to keep the main thing the main thing and not delve into other incidents to bring their own proof issues and so on. trying to introduce those where the defense would be able to respond to them. it's hard enough to convict a police officer even with video of this sort. and we didn't want to leave any part where they could argue something other than the conduct that everybody could see, that g

thank you for being on, attorney blackwell. joining me now is row land martin, managing editor of ronald "martin unfiltered. "thank you for being with us tonight. i talked with attorney blackwell and you and i know at the end of the trial and even after, there has been continued police abuse from columbus, ohio, to elizabeth city, north carolina. you've been on the ground in elizabeth city most of the week. i've had some of our associates there on the ground and attorney ben crump and others, kirstin foy, the mother of eric garner and i myself will be going back to that city on monday to deliver the eulogy for andrew brown, working with naacp and activists on the ground and bishop william basher. what's the latest on the ground where protests are going on? as expected, a military response of barely 18,000 people, and you're big audience knows you shoot it straight. you say you're going to brink the funk on the show and you know i'm the surrogate son of the godfather of funk, so let's get funky in here. what's going on on the gr

. >> miss blackwell, open the door. >> mister speaker, the queen mother. [inaudible] make way for mister speaker. [silence] >>. [inaudible] >>. [silence] my lords and members of thehouse of commons , my governor's priority was to deliver a nationalrecovery from the pandemic . make the united kingdom stronger, wealthier and more prosperous than before . to achieve this my government will level opportunities across allparts of the united kingdom .supporting jobs, businesses and economic growth. addressing the impact of the pandemic. on public services. my governor will protect the health of the nation, continuing the vaccination program and providing additional funding to support the nhs. my ministers will bring forward legislation to empower the nhs to innovate and embrace technology . patients will receive more tailored and preventative care closer to home. measures will be brought forward to support the health and well-being of the nation . including to tackle obesity and improve mental health. proposal on social carereform will be brought forward . my go

. >>> newsroom continues with victor blackwell. >>> hello. i'm victor blackwell. alisyn is off. thank you for being with me on this memorial day. this is, of course, a day to reflect on the ultimate sacrifices made by the nation's heroes and the families they left behind. this is a day that also marks the unofficial start of summer. and this year it's the first unmasked holiday for a lot of americans in more than a year. and now that more than 40% of americans are fully vaccinated, more than 51% of adults, we see people are feeling confident, some people, to get together with friends and family. restaurants, some are operating at full capacity. fans are at sporting events, many without masks. and people have flocked to board walks and pools and beaches in droves. >> it feels very, very close to normal. and it's nice to see people really all in a good mood. >> the human race is back to being together united again, doing stuff publicly. >> and the holiday is also setting a pandemic record for travel, 37 million people are expected to hit the roads and the skies. the tsa screened c

i'm viktor blackwell. >> and i'm alisyn camerota. let's again in north carolina where the family of andrew brown jr. is saying their final goodbyes. but his funeral does not bring closure. they still do not know what happened in the moments before sheriff's deputies shot and killed brown while trying to execute that warrant 12 days ago. >> the reverend william barber on the stage at the funeral. the district attorney says brown his car made physical contact with the deputies. the brown family disputes that. and the camera foot analyst that might help determine this hasn't been released. the brown family has been allowed to see a 20-second snippet. >> andrew brown was 42 years old, a father and grandfather one of their sons described their relationship. >> my dad, who was my best friend, you know, every time you seen him you seen me. you see me, you seen him. we couldn't stay away from each other. i'm grown up, because nobody tell me nothing wrong with my daddy. you say anything wrong, ready to go with you war. i'm talking 4 years old

. >>> newsroom continues with victor blackwell. >>> hello. i'm victor blackwell. alisyn is off.s is, of course, a day to reflect on the ultimate sacrifices made by the nation's heroes and the families they left behind. this is a day that also marks the unofficial start of summer. and this year it's the first unmasked holiday for a lot of americans in more than a year. and now that more than 40% of

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i'm alisyn camerota. >> i'm victor blackwell.ng jobs report. pretty disappointing. and pfizer expecting to have their vaccine fully approved by the fda. >>> former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin, two weeks after his convictions for killing george floyd, a federal grand jury has indicted chauvin for violating floyd's rights by using unreasonable force against him. >> the three other ex-officers who were there when chauvin killed floyd last may, they are also charged.

. >> i'm victor blackwell.e also heard from the president there where he said that he believes that a bipartisan deal is possible, expecting that there will be this counterproposal coming in from republicans in congress with whom he has been speaking about this american jobs plan. let's go now to jeff zeleny traveling with the president. jeff, the focus is on the domestic agenda but also at the top there, could not ignore the foreign policy dilemma, especially there in dearborn, michigan. >> reporter: victor, that is one thing that president biden, i'm told, ad libbed into his speech, was not planning on using this as a venue to talk about the rising violence in the middle east, but he pointed out specifically michigan congresswoman rashida tlaib, the first palestinian-american elected to congress. he met briefly with her, said hello as he landed here in detroit, and he said, he admires her concern. he admires her compassion. he said he hopes that her grandmother and family are doing well in the west bank. and

. >> i'm erica hill in today for victor blackwell. today marks one year since george floyd was murdered at the hands of police, and today his family and the country are reflecting on what happened to him and also what needs to change about policing in america. >> you are looking at live pictures of a park in minneapolis where the george floyd memorial foundation is hosting a remembrance. the minnesota governor has asked the people of his state to pause for a moment of silence lasting 9 minutes and 29 seconds, the length of time that derek chauvin held his knee on george floyd's neck as floyd begged for his life. >> moments ago, george floyd's family, including his young daughter, gianna, arrived at the white house. they are currently meeting with president biden and vice president kamala harris. this morning, they met with several lawmakers, including house speaker nancy pelosi, as congress, of course, also missed the president's deadline, which headset he had set for today to pass legislation. we want to begin with joe johns who's in

>>> good afternoon, i'm victor blackwell alongside alisyn camerota. we are taking you right to the join base langlois ustes in hampton, virginia. you see dr. jill biden, the first lady, ahead of memorial day speaking about her family's experience with -- as being a military family, alisyn. >> yes, victor, because, of course, beau biden their son served in the iraq war their late son, i should say. they know the ceasefire sacrifices on this eve of memorial day weekend. they know the sacrifices all the military families they are speaking to make, and what it's like to be one of them. and so they speak obviously from their own personal experience. and, you know, we will tune in when the president starts speaking about what message he wants to send this memorial day. >> we know this has long been something that the first lady has made a priority. she, even as second lady, during the obama administration, working with the former first lady michelle obama, made working with and supporting military families a priority, a project that they made sure stayed at

. >> i'm victor blackwell. some 12 to 15-year-olds rolling up their sleeves and getting shots now that the fdas that authorized pfizer's vaccines for the age group. results show it's 100% effective in trial participants, all hopeful signs that some kids can get back to the summer fun that so many missed out on one year ago. >> the director of the cdc testified in front of the senate where she said that guidance about summer camps will likely change depending on how many kids get their shots. >> i recognize that some parents want to sort of see how it goes first, but i'm encouraging all parents to get their children vaccinated. some parents won't want to be first but i'm encouraging children to ask for the vaccine. i have a 16-year-old myself and i can tell you, he wanted to get the vaccine. he wants his life back. >> so, recent kinds of family survey shows that only 30% of parents said that they would get their adolescent child vaccinated immediately. so, let's start there with dr. khan, the dean of the univers

a century ago, a white mob burned down a district known as blackwell street. we report from oklahoma on the divisions that remain 100 years on. ♪ i am anthony howard. welcome. leaders from france and germany are reporting and -- demanding answers over a report that denmark helped the u.s. spy on politicians, including tesla. the initial revelations a decade ago showed the n.s.a. tapped the phones of foreign leaders including chancellor merkel. now a multinational media investigation says the danish military intelligence unit supported the u.s. wiretapping operation. reporter: spying on your neighbors. denmark's secret intelligence agency reportedly gave its u.s. counterpart, the n.s.a., access to tons of data streams through danish internet cables to eavesdrop on european politicians. a joint investigation by several european media outlets shows former german chancellor candidate peer steinbruck, was one of the espionage targets. he is angry at the revelations, saying, it is pretty grotesque that they spy on politicians of other countries. it is evidence that

well, we found some tweets of people who are actually affected by this one. twitter user can blackwell. he said that his facebook page was punished for sharing this. we had the theory months ago so much for the fact checkers. so taking on the fact checkers there, micah said pretty incredible that we gave facebook and twitter the okay to flag all news about the will hand lab as disinformation last year. evan greer points out that facebook's reverse on this makes it clear how arbitrary and effective these rules can be. even though he says that this could be used by the right wing. then glen greenwald called for accountability, and someone named new deal hawk said this is a lot of resentment to put out there, considering that we still don't know one way or another. so that's a dissenting voice saying, why are we accusing facebook of retracting this when the truth is that we don't really loudly theory is still pretty improbable just now being considered serious. i mean, se, thank you. john chancellor, i'm going to america. he's meeting the leaders of the countries 16 states to discuss next

ellison: certainly jerry blackwell and others, they were volunteers and they were fantastic, outstandingrs by that is not yet been determined as to what we will do on the potter case. stay tuned. >> let's turn our attention to what happened on may 25, 2020. where were you when you heard the news of what happened to george floyd? a.g. ellison: i was getting out of bed. one of my assistants emailed me a video, it said you have to see this. this is urgent. i clicked it on, watched it, and even though i had seen far too much of that kind of thing, i was still shocked. i asked my wife, do you want to see this? because it was not -- it was in the general -- it was not proprietary, it was in the general flow of information. she said no, no, i do not, and in a way i can understand where she is coming from because it was just that shocking. >> that was the video that d arnella recorded on her phone, but as part of the prosecution we thought it was eight minutes and 46 seconds. it was not minutes and 29 -- nine minutes and 29 seconds. while putting the video together you understand why your wife d

president to ever win a nobel peace prize for their work in the middle east, carter was effectively blackwell. excellent by both the u. s. political and media establishes its only one work, but the fact that american journalist and commentators are now able to utter as to call israel and apartheid state and news outlets are allowing, that is significant. there are a number of liberals who use the word apartheid to describe israel's treatment of the palestinians. accusing israel of apartheid side is a word that has been used by human rights watch by amnesty international. it's even been used by been tell them which is the largest israeli lead human rights organizations in israel apartheid is when you separate people based on ethnic video, brief, a nationality where one group has more rights than the other just based on who they are. and that is fundamentally exactly what is happening in palestine, israel at this moment. and so the usage of the word apartheid is not just something that is controversial. it's necessary. the fact that we're having a conversation, journalist and news rooms or writ

. >> i'm victor blackwell.te dining room, he'll be speaking about the american rescue plan, more 13e68 the restaurant revitalize aids fund

. >> and i'm victor blackwell.de seeking the truth, instead to side with president trump. in two hours, members of the house are expected to vote on a bill that would create an independent commission to investigate the january 6th insurrection at the u.s. capitol. the

. >> and i'm victor blackwell. top republicans are once again pushing aside seeking the truth, instead to side with president trump. in two hours, members of the house are expected to vote on a bill that would create an independent commission to investigate the january 6th insurrection at the u.s. capitol. the debate is happening in the house right now, and this plan is facing major pushback, republican senate leader mitch mcconnell, he announced his opposition to the commission. >> after careful consideration, i've made the decision to oppose the house democrats' slanted and unbalanced proposal for another commission to study the events of january 6th. as everybody surely knows, i repeatedly made my views about the events of january 6th very clear. i spoke clearly and left no doubt about my conclusions. >> senator mcconnell's position is as stunning as unsurprising for a party willing to sacrifice their own personal safety to protect president trump. it was just at few months ago when he stood on the floor and sai

i'm victor blackwell. alisyn is off. in ceremonies across the country, the nation is honoring its fallen heroes. those who fought for this country's freedom and the gold star families they left behind. memorial day also signifies the unofficial start of summer. and this year it's the first unmasked holiday for a lot of americans in more than a year. and now that more than 40% of the people across this country have been fully vaccinated, more than 51% of adults, today looks very different than where we were last year. crowded beaches and pools, restaurants at full capacity. strangers not afraid to gather, as spectators are flocking to sports stadiums. look at this crowd. 135,000 fans watched the indy 500, the largest sporting event since the pandemic started. the holiday is also setting a pandemic record for travel. aaa predicts 37 million people will travel 50 miles or more. airports have been packed. close to 2 million passengers traveling through tsa checkpoints on friday alone. let's go to cnn's pete muntean live at r

i'm victor blackwell. >> i'm alisyn camerota. a rare act of bipartisanship on capitol hill may be derailing. congressman kevin mccarthy now opposes that independent commission to investigate the january 6th insurrection at the u.s. capitol. he claims it would be counterproductive and duplicate the work of other panels. just last week the commission was hailed as a promising sign of cooperation in congress. >> a republican, a member of mccarthy's own conference, negotiated a deal with a democrat but now several lawmakers are questioning the commission's fate. the house votes on whether to approve it tomorrow. cnn's chief congressional correspondent manu raju is on capitol hill. so, what's the vote look like in the house there and the question is, will the commission get the support it needs to move forward? >> that is the question. it will pass the house tomorrow. there's no question about it. that's because the democrats hold a narrow majority in the house. we do expect some republicans but not a lot, some house republicans to vo

i'm victor blackwell. >> i'm alisyn camerota.begin with a mother's call for justice going nationwide today. mona hardin is speaking out following the release of a few clips of body cam footage that show her son, ronald green's final moments in louisiana state police custody. we warn you that the video, which took more than two years to surface, is very graphic. >> get on the ground. >> sir. >> get on the ground. >> taser, taser, taser. >> put your hands behind your back. hands behind your back. >> make sure -- >> put your hands behind your back. >> [ bleep ] get up here. get your [ bleep ] on. >> you better not move. >> got it? >> you all right? >> blood all over. i hope this guy ain't got [ bleep ] aids. >> greene's family members say that police initially told them that he died when his car crashed and the initial state police crash report made no mention of troopers using force or arresting greene. the first mention of a struggle came when greene's death was investigated by the louisiana state after his daughter filed a wrongf

. >>> hello, good afternoon, i'm victor blackwell. >> i'm alisyn camerota.ks after derek chauvin's conviction on state charges for killing george floyd, a federal grand jury indicted the former minneapolis police officer on charges of violating george floyd's rights. chauvin is charged with depriving floyd of his right to be free from unreasonable seizure which includes unreasonable use of force. >> also charged the three other

. >> i'm victor blackwell. we have a lot going on this friday, including jobs report. pretty disappointing. and pfizer expecting to have their vaccine fully approved by the fda. >>> former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin, two weeks after his convictions for killing george floyd, a federal grand jury has indicted chauvin for violating floyd's rights by using unreasonable force against him. >> the three other ex-officers who were there when chauvin killed floyd last may, they are also charged. two of the officers are also accused of not intervening to stop chauvin's use of force, and federal prosecutors are also coming down on all four of them for not giving floyd medical aid. josh campbell is with us. he was in minneapolis for the trial. so, josh, what does it tell you about how the doj is candling police brutality cases under the numerew measure ger land admini administration? >> it's important to point out with these charges, this is different from the state charges that we've seen. obviously, derek chauvin was convicted on three counts. the other three offic

. >> i'm victor blackwell. we start this hour with a member much the republican leadership stand her ground even as members of her party are trying to get rid of her. former president trump is trying to brand the phrase the big lie. his lie is he won the 2020 election. he's trying to flip it now with this statement. the fraudulent presidential election of 2020 will be from this day forth known as the big lie. >> soon after he put out that statement, republican congresswoman liz cheney sent a tweet of her own. quote, the 2020 presidential election was not stolen. anyone who claims it was, is spreading the big lie, turning their back on the rule of law and poisoning our democratic system. cheney tweeting that despite the reporting that republicans may call another vote to try to oust her again from her leadership post. >> and she's not the only republican facing some punishment for standing up to the former president. over the weekend, you can probably hear it, mitt romney, the utah senator, was booed in his home

i'm victor blackwell. >> i'm alisyn camerota.ise in the worldwide fight against the coronavirus. president biden just committing the u.s. t

. >> i'm victor blackwell. first up, we're expecting to see president biden from the state dining room, he'll be speaking about the american rescue plan, more 13e68 the restaurant revitalize aids fund. >> phil mattingly will join us now. so, phil, president biden continues to give pushback, for the price tag of these plans. he continues to press ahead anyway. what is he going to say today? >> reporter: obviously the debate is ongoing, and nascent stages when it comes to the $4 thrill onin infrastructure and economic proposals he's put on the table for his agenda. today is about looking into. there's a reason it applies. as victor was noting, this is about a new program that rolled out on monday. it was part of the $is.9 trillion relief package signed into law a few months ago, about $28.6 billion for the industry that was cratered. more than $22 billion revenue lost due to the pandemic. this was specifically tailored for the restaurant. the response has been more than 186,000 applications in its first two days

face-off, three fights simultaneously, rudy and scout, going at it with hathaway, blackwell and haglundra punch. >> hathaway, really getting after one another. >> why do i like hockey fights? the drop of thein opening long story behind that, as a kid i played a lot of hockey, ice hockey, real hockey, straight hockey, you name it. a fight broke out every day. how did i survive such trauma, when you think about it the prism of today, i was a huge broad street bullies fans, dave schultz, bobby clark, hammond don kelly don kelly. incredible, exciting sporting events. i guess today we live in a world where, let's see, boxing, mixed martial arts, hockey, may be the only the nonpc sports left, likely the only sports i will be attending. let me be very clear here, because i'm not talking about supporting riots or insurrection, nothing of the contrary. the worse and that might happen in hockey as they lose a tooth or get a stitch or two, which probably every hockey player has had the experience of. but it's real. they haven't stopped it. frankly, they woke america weer are all living in today is

i'm victor blackwell. >> i'm alisyn camerota. >>> as millions of fully vaccinated americans try to navigate cdc's new recommendations. masks are no longer needed outside and no longer needed inside for most situations, for fully vaccinated people. that leaves it to business owners and civic leaders for what to do. >> some states, arizona, washington, others are immediately following the momentum, lifting all or most of their mandates. some companies like target, home depot, los angeles county as well, the state of hawaii, they say for now their rules to mask up are staying. speaker nancy pelosi says the house chamber will also keep masks in place. dozens of house republicans are asking her to reverse that. airlines are also sticking with masks. >>> cnn aviation correspondent pete joins us. the cdc wants the airlines to keep the mask requirements. is there any pushback from the industry? >> well, victor, airlines say they will keep enforcing masks on board flights even if you are fully vaccinated. it's a key caveat in all of this. the tsa says the transportationwide mask mandate, federally m

i'm alisyn camerota joined by victor blackwell. we would like to welcome our viewers from here and around the world. fires burning in tel aviv. our reporter on the ground just described rushing their children from their beds into a shelter after hearing nine houd explosions. an israeli air strike hit a 13-story residential tower in gaza, causing it to collapse, as you are about to see on your screen. >> you see the video from gaza. the militant group hamas vowed to retaliate. there have been loud blasts, we've seen the flames there in tel aviv. we're covering this from multiple angles. we're starting with ben wedeman in jerusalem. ben, what you were seeing there -- we also have aaron david miller, our analyst, global affairs analyst in washington. to you first, ben, what are you seeing there? are you seeing much like what we're seeing in tel aviv? >> reporter: no, here in jerusalem there have been no sirens going off, no rocket attacks. we've seen a scuffle around the city between palestinian protesters and israeli security forces,

i want to get reaction now from the former mayor of cincinnati, ken blackwell.or diversity and inclusion, it's interesting to me that if that's what she's doing, her weapon of choice is exclusion. >> it is. look, what most journalists want regardless of color or ethnicity is an even playing field. they don't want preferential treatment because when they, in fact, have the doors open on the basis of preferential treatment, it takes away from the credibility and the objectivity of their reporting. they know this , and so what they want is an even playing field. what the mayor is doing is the equivalent of judge shopping in a legal situation, she wants to pick journalists who in fact will give her point of view preferential treatment. that's just not fair to the folks who she serves, and who elected her, and who are expect ing some form of accountability. this is a dodge. jackie: absolutely it's not only unfair to her constituents but it's unfair to the journalists who are covering her i mean, there's a statement the there that she feels she made a statement that m

. >> i'm air erica hill in for vi blackwell. >>> it's a busy week on capitol hill. >> let's listen to where they are. at the moment infrastructure negotiations appear on the brink of collapse. a white house counteroffer is still $1 trillion more than what republicans want to spend. plus, a senate vote on whether to set up a bipartisan commission to investigate the january 6th riots is expected to fail, and republicans appear ready to block it from even being debated with a filibuster. then a police reform bill that the president wanted on his desk by tomorrow, the one-year anniversary of george floyd's murder, is not finished. and the president's plan for gun reform has also stalled as has a sweeping voting bill rights -- voting rights bill, which is opposed by all 50 republicans and 1 democrat. for more on this very busy, very consequential week, let's bring in manu raju on capitol hill. so, what's going to happen this week? >> reporter: talks about continue but whether they get resolved is another question. as you mentioned, talks have been going on through may to get some bipartisa

i'm victor blackwell. >> i'm alisyn camerota. president joe biden promised to work with republicans on many big-ticket items and this week that promise will be tested. last hour president biden laid out another piece of his covid recovery plan and pushed back against republican claims that he is sending the economy into a, quote, tailspin. >> so, some months will exceed expectations, others will fall short. the question is, what is a trend line? are we headed in the right direction? are we taking the right steps to keep it going? and the answer clearly is, yes. >> on wednesday the president hosts his first meeting with republican and democratic leadership since taking office. now, thursday he'll meet with six republican senators on infrastructure. we have to remember the context here because these crucial negotiations are happening as the republican party is confronting its identity crisis and the vote to oust liz cheney from her post is just a couple of days away. cnn senior white house correspondent phil mattingly is with us. t

- [announcer] start your celebration at snhu.edu >>> good afternoon, i'm victor blackwell alongside alisynin base langlois ustes in hampton, virginia. you see dr. jill biden, the first lady, ahead of memorial day speaking about her family's experience with -- as being a military family, alisyn. >> yes, victor, because, of course, beau biden their son served in the iraq war their late son, i should say. they know the ceasefire sacrifices on this eve of memorial day weekend. they know the sacrificesll

. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> hello, and thanks for being with us, i'm victor blackwellush to restrict voting access is accelerating in multiple states. the texas state house is set to debate a measure that would make it harder for voters to cast their ballots. a vote on this is expected tonight. 50 companies and trade associations have come out in opposition of that bill, and just hours ago, in florida, the governor there, ron desantis, signed a bill into law that creates new voter i.d.

. >> and victor blackwell.nd fragile cease fire in the middle east. >> and these are some of the clashes today. but so far that has not disrupted the pause in strikes between israel and the palestinian militant group hamas. but this

. >> and victor blackwell. we begin with the new and fragile cease fire in the middle east. >> and these are some of the clashes today. but so far that has not disrupted the pause in strikes between israel and the palestinian militant group hamas. but this shows the tension. israeli police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades at the mosque compound in jerusalem and saying they were responding to a riot. cnn saw hundreds chanting support for hamas there. the cease fire a few hours old. after a week and a half of attacks between israel and hamas. >> now both sides deal with the hamas. listen to the despair of a palestinian child. >> i'm always sick, always out of -- i can't do anything. all of this. what do you expect me to do? fix it? i'm only 10. i can't even deal with any of this any more. i just want to be a doctor or anything to help my people, but i can't. i'm just a kid. >> cnn's ben wedeman is live in gaza for us. listening to the 10-year-old i don't know anybody could put it better of what people are l

i'm victor blackwell. >> i'm alisyn camerota.th or trump, that's the choice facing house republicans as we speak. they are getting ready to vote on a bipartisan deal to create an independent commission to investigate what exactly happened leading up to january 6th and then during the deadly insurrection and why it took so long for backup help to arrive. the top republican in the house, kevin mccarthy, does not want a commission to look into that. neither does senator mitch mcconnell. >> mcconnell opposes the bill now after directly blaming former president trump for stoking the riots. this was just a few months ago. >> it's not at all clear what new facts or additional investigation yet another commission could actually lay on top of existing efforts by law enforcement and congress. what is clear is that house democrats have handled this proposal in partisan bad faith. i've been an outspoken critic about all of the episodes of political violence that our nation has seen over the past year. i support the strong, existing investiga

. >> i'm victor blackwell. good to be with you. we've got a lot happening over the next hour.dent is expected to set a new ambitious goal for coronavirus vaccinations. and right now, the u.s. is approaching a quarter billion doses administered. 56% of adults have received at least one dose of the vaccine. the president is now aiming for 70% by july 4th. >> but how will he do that with the number