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hold a championship at place is not free of discrimination so give us the $360.00 view we bring in brock laurie host of the bronx laurie show and dana 1000000000 civil rights attorney thank you both for joining me here today i had you on because you know why is my legal expert one no sports world well i figure we can have a good healthy conversation on this and so let me actually start with you on this one brock should the n.c. have even become involved in this issue. absolutely and i really wish they had not heard of this issue it's it's not smart it's going to read inevitably disaster in the competition and we're all we really want to think about where this will that we will beat and that will be the expansion of. the 2 realizing a real sports or a map it's a great idea well that's the problem and obviously in sports you have a fair field that's what the n.c.a.a. plays there is to have a fair field of play across the board but then there's also the legal issue on this day on the throne to go to you know many state schools receive balta their findings from the state government could thi

sam brock breaks it down for us. >> reporter: this weekend, easter celebrations come with cautionary words >> please be careful >> right now i'm scared >> reporter: health experts warning of a fourth wave. how would this version stack up to past surges first up, cases which are rising nationally. but miles from the winter surge that peaked at over 300,000 in one day right now the weekly average is 64,000 infections a day that's an 8% bump from a week ago >> this is about where the peak of the summer wave was last summer so there are a lot of infections happening right now but it's nothing like the horrible surge that we saw over the holidays. still a lot of infections more than 1,000 americans dying every day. we are not out of the woods. >> reporter: there appears to be a strong geographic component of the 27 states on the rise, the vast majority are in the midwest and northeast. especially michigan and new england. on the flip side, states in the south are dropping many without mask mandates, including texas. florida is one of the few exceptions up around 14%, but not the explosion

sam brock is there with late details. >> reporter: tonight unspeakable tragedy. >> there's nothing about this right now that makes sense to any of us. >> reporter: police say former nfl player phillip adams shot and killed 70-year-old robert lesslie, a prominent doctor, his wife barbara and their two grandkids, only 9 and 5 years old, as well as a 38-year-old man working on the property, critically injuring a second worker before taking his own life in a bedroom at his nearby parents' home. adams' father choked up speaking to nbc station wcnc >> he was a good kid and he -- i think the football messed him up >> reporter: police today reading an emotional statement from the victims' families >> there are no answers that will satisfy the question why. we are sure of one thing. we do not grieve as those without hope >> reporter: adams was a 2010 draft pick of the san francisco 49ers who played for six nfl teams. the league releasing a statement, "our hearts go out to the families and friends of the victims of this devastating tragedy. in a 2019 valentine's tweet robert lesslie wrote, "lives

brock is a yellow nate amazon parrot.is the victim of a illegal wildlife trafficking but was able to find a home at the zoo, thanks to u.s. fish and wildlife. rock is actually just middle- aged, hitting his prime now, because yellow native parrots can live to be up to 80 years old in captivity. you are still not moved? >> brock seems like a lovely parrot, i just don't want to hear that noise. >> it's his birthday. >> you hear parrots and they can actually like sing-along did things. >> do people hate on you when you are kind to turn up for your birthday? we just let you be. >> i'm not going to jesting one note over and over again. >> that is what he wants to do. let him be. okay, coming up next, seven things you need to know today. after my car accident, i wondered what my case was worth. so i called the barnes firm. when that car hit my motorcycle, insurance wasn't fair. so i called the barnes firm. it was the best call i could've made. atat t bararnefirmrm, our r inry a attneysys wk hahard i could've made. atat t bararn

sam brock has details. >> reporter: a fiery crash at the hands of no apparent driver sparking questions about how this tesla veered off the road saturday and barreled into a tree, killing the two men inside >> there was no victims inside of the front driver's seat. there was someone in the front passenger seat and a victim was in the back seat of the vehicle. >> reporter: fire crews needed 30,000 gallons of water to extinguish flames from the vehicle. >> those lithium batteries kept reigniting >> reporter: unfolding in a houston suburb, it's just the latest incident involving tesla and possible use of their autopilot technology, which the company notes requires active driver supervision. tonight no response from tesla, though founder elon musk tweeting hours before the crash, "tesla with autopilot engaged now approaching ten times lower chance of accident than average vehicle. the federal government is investigating more than two dozen tesla incidents. including a driver in boston reportedly asleep at the wheel. >> so i did a double take this guy was just head between his legs, complete

fish and other things that are dependent on oxygen in their water suddenly start to suffocate. >> sam brock reporting there. >>> the west is burning, that is the name of a new pbs documentary that looks into how misguided forest management created mega fires that we're all too familiar with. >> these wildfires are increasingly becoming an urban phenomenon. we're not up in the hills. we're in downtown santa rosa. >> santa rosa and the deadly north bay fires of 2017 are major part of this documentary. it examines how the history of preventing fire created more brush and more flammable environments. the documentary airs on pbs this month. >>> 4:38. raising security concerns on capitol hill following yet another deadly attack. still ahead on "today in the bay," the issue the capitol police union says it's facing and the action it's calling on congress to take. >>> plus was your information compromised? the new revelations about user information taken in a facebook hack. we'll tell you all about it when we come back. >>> good morning. the time is 4:41, and as we're starting out in the east bay,

sam brock, nbc news, palmetto >>> three days after that deadly attack on the u.s. capitol police, a new warning about department morale, and we're also learning more about the man who drove his car into those officers kasie hunt has the latest >> reporter: just days after that deadly car attack where they lost one of their own, tonight the u.s. capitol police still reeling. the head of the capitol police union warning of a crisis in morale and that the department is "struggling to meet existing mission requirements." officers now working weekends and overtime to meet the demand for more security. less than three months after a violent mob stormed the capitol on january 6th. when 80 officers were seriously injured and one died >> they're playing hurt and they're buckling the chinstrap and they're going to work because they meet their obligation for the country and for the capitol. >> reporter: meanwhile, investigators are still trying to determine why suspect noah green drove his car into a barricade and lunged at officers with a knife today police releasing this im

>> sam brock in miami. thank you. >>> our senior medical correspondent, dr. john torres, is with us dr. torres, we talked to a lot of people today who don't want the j&j vaccine. how do you address their concerns >> jose, the best way to look at it is with what we call the risk-benefit profile so the risk from the vaccine is extremely low. and these blood clots in women who have the johnson & johnson vaccine were in very, very rare cases. so compare that to the benefit from all three vaccines they're very good at preventing covid and extremely good at preventing hospitalization and deaths and remember, to date, here in the u.s., covid has caused over half a million deaths, jose >> dr. torres, how critical is the j&j vaccine in getting us to herd immunity >> although the white house has said that they have enough secured vaccine doses for 300 million americans, that's enough to reach herd immunity the johnson & johnson vaccine could certainly help especially with populations like in jails or with the homeless where it would be difficult to get them that second

sam brock, nbc news. lindsey, back to you >> sam, thanks >>> week two of the derek chauvin trial kicks off today, and the jury will hear from several witness, including minneapolis chief of police medaria arradondo. he will be testifying against his own former officer >> last week we heard heart-wrenching testimony from those who witnessed george floyd's final moments, sharing their brief and their guilt on the stand. this week prosecutors are expected to focus on chauvin's training our meagan fitzgerald is following the latest for us. meagan, good morning >> lindsey, good morning prosecutors are expected to call witnesses all throughout the week but the biggest headline is the chief of the minneapolis police department who is expected to testify today. >> mr. floyd was no longer offering up any resistance to the officers they could have ended their restraint. >> reporter: in a rare move, the traditional blue wall of silence broken as two minneapolis police officers testified against their own. >> totally

here's nbc's sam brock. >> this morning conflicting information as investigators dig into the cause of a deadly tesla crash in texas that claimed the lives of two people. >> the position of the bodies, the trajectory of the impact, they are 100% certain that no one was in the driver's seat driving that vehicle at the tim tweeting in part data logs re far show autopilot was not enabled, standard autopilot would require lane lines to turn on which this street did not have. so far neither local nor federal agencies confirmed musk's claims about the logs. the national transportation safety board has now joined the probe noting its investigation will focus on the vehicle's operation and the post-crash fire >> this went on for close to four hours. to douse the manageled model-s, fire crews up loaded 30,000 gallons of water. >> from why the fire looked as bad as it was because the lithium batteries kept reigniting. >> reporter: tesla has faced questions for years about the safety of its autopilot technology and the safety of the lithium batteries. a driver fell asleep in boston. >> the guy wa

sam brock, nbc news. back to you. >> thank you >>> snow is in the air for many parts of the midwest nbc meteorologist janessa webb is tracking it all good morning >> good morning. where is your shovel to the high plains right now and then it continues to shift to the east. from our satellite radar you see the heavier bands. they're all right starting to come down. that's where we're going to see the significant snow accumulation this snow, as it makes its way into the midwest, it will start to lighten up. that's why we have winter weather advisories, storm warnings it will stay in place throughout today and expire hopefully by tomorrow afternoon i do think some of the advisories and warns expand into chicago actual way into the great kes.la tha this week. miami, high of 90 today. on top of, that freeze warnings, they're in place we'll take a look at this coming up >> we are still in the northern hemisphere, right? >> we are. it doesn't feel like it. thank you, janessa >>> time for today's ground breaker.

nbc's sam brock is in miami now with the very latest.back the johnson & johnson vaccine. they only needed a simple majority. you could be seeing sites across the country administering johnson & johnson doses as soon as this morning. where i am in miami, i have spoken with fema officials who said they will have conversations about when to bring it back momentarily. why was there a pause in the first place? dr. rochelle walensky said they did not know how many severe blood clots the agency has been looking at. it is 15 out of 7 million doses of the vaccine administered. as for who is affected, so far all women ages 18 to 59, three of whom have died, seven of whom are still hospitalized this morning. dr. walensky ta ugg about the most compelling reasons for bringing the vaccine back. >> we found out for every 1 million doses of this vaccine, the j&j vaccine could prevent over 650 hospitalizations and 12 deaths among women age 18 to 49. >> and at this point more than 35% of u.s. american adults have been fully vaccinated. 220 million plus do

the tour concludes at the brock prince's garden with a magnificent view of the city. it is leaving inverts berg i have back towards the old mine bridge. many people come here for the book and shop and in other words drink a glass of franconian wine on the bridge and soak up the atmosphere. there is a lot going on too much perhaps in corona types so i prefer to keep my distance at a table alone. once you come here it will hopefully be possible again to enjoy the wine on the bridge and then you shouldn't miss. it. was. our 2nd stop on this check in special is a king's board the old town was added to the unesco world heritage less than 2006 i'm standing above the danube over on the shore you can see the beautiful old town and this bridge is the stone bridge built at the beginning of the 12th century it's believed to be the oldest surviving bridge and germany. i mean reagan's very and very. to be honest the bridge doesn't look that old that's because it's been completely. and over the past few years after all reagan's work has a title to defend its is 2006 its old town in

let's get right to nbc neeb's sam brock for the latest overnight. sam, what can you tell us? >> reporter: savannah, good morning. local officials made a calculation. they're not going to patch this thing. they need to get all the water out of the reservoir before it ruptures, and that could happen at any moment. over my shoulder, you're looking at the evacuation zone, containing hundreds of homes, a jail, and a natural gas facility. all of it vulnerable. this morning, a torrent of wastewater flowing from a decades old pond could morph into a tidal wave at a moment's notice. >> what we're trying to prevent and respond to, if need be, a real catastrophic flood situation. >> reporter: that partial breach first popped up last week, but it's since grown in a reservoir containing saltwater, storm runoff, and products from a phosphorous mine. florida's national guard placing additional pumps on top of the shaky shack. our emergency operation center has gone to a level one full act vase. the top officials say radioactive elements in the water are wrong, but the potential for a 20-foo

that the senate agreed to relative to the death of the honorable william "bill" emerson brock iii former united states senator for the state of tennessee. senate resolution 163. appointments, board of visitors of the u.s. coast guard academy, national council on disability, signed, sincerely, cheryl l. johnson. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess subject to the call o >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm disappointed that the majority party and chairman would choose such an inflammatory title for this hear, calling it jim crow 2021. the lack of judgment in this instance not only belittles those who endured such dehumanization and indignity through the jim crow era, it also reminds us, reminds all of us, or certainly should, of what jim crow was and how and when it happened and under whose leadership. we have to remember that it was in fact republicans who pushed through the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments of the constitution following the civil war. 13th amendment getting rid of slavery. 14th amendment guaranteeing all americans incl

sam brock has the latest. hey sam. >> reporter: joshua, good evening. water reservoir could not be patched, so sprint onward to dump almost 500 million gallons of waste water into the gulf of mexico. notes for context. officials say it's mainly salt water, some concentration of nitrogen and ammonia, not good for environment, wouldn't want to swim in it but not radio active. biggest concern is flooding. more than 300 homes in the evacuation zone and residents are fearful to come back and find homes flooded or looted in the meantime. beyond that, were this one pond to rupture, two others next to it carry 880 million gallons of water that have been drawn down, officials feel better where we are now. bringing in pumps. national guard air dropped pumps on the top of the stack, went from 30 million discharged, to hopefully 60 million by tomorrow. time line from 12 days originally, to four or five to have all the water out in gulf of mexico. every inch reduces pressure on the pond and risk and exposure people face. also a natural gas facility over my shoulder,

if you think about it, when i was vice president with brock, he allowed me to put together a budget amtrak. and had money for high-speed rail at 200 miles an hour from charlotte and another line going from florida down to tampa and another line and we have moved and we had that tunnel fixed in new york now and the money was there to get it done and there is so much that we can do is the biggest bang for the buck that we can expect. so on this birthday of amtrak, i want to thank you for making so many birthdays possible and i believe that the best days for amtrak in the rail and primerica are headache really believe that. i'm confident, i am confident that we can get this done and i must tell you that i'm anxious to see the new trend. it thank you all so and god bless america may god protect our troops. thank you, thank you, thank you. [applause] [applause] [inaudible]. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. ♪ ♪♪ ♪ ♪♪ ♪ ♪♪ ♪ ♪♪ >> book tv on "c-span2" has top nonfiction books and authors, every weekend, saturday at 9:00 p.m. e

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sam brock in looking at your temperature headed into 12:00 we'll remain in the 60s. it will be pretty much cool throughout the entire bay area. upper 50s around the coastline. 58 degrees for san francisco. high clouds are expected to remain all day with some periods of sunshine through the afternoon. 56 for san jose. full forecast at 7:00. >>> the highs and lows of the week, including this easter sunday, the story behind the impeccably dressed woman who put together a different at-home church outfit every week since services moved online more than a year ago. >>> the mama bear who became a viral star for her completely relatable struggle to corral her four unruly children. >>> up next, our sunday focus on the massive infrastructure bill proposed by the biden administration and how it would change the country well beyond bridges and roads. >>> as we head to break, we begin a celebration this month of five years of "sunday today," with messages from some of our favorite guests. >> what's up, willie geist? happy anniversary, five years, that's right. i know it's probabl

katy, back to you. >> sam brock, thank you. i know we just watched some pretty horrific body cam video, but that was horrific as well. just to clarify, the judge in the murder trial for derek chauvin has ruled that the passenger, morris, will not be compelled to testify. he did not want to. again, this murder trial will resume shortly with more expert testimony, and a member of george floyd's family, a spark of life witness. we'll bring that to you live. and the president is meeting with lawmakers this afternoon to try to build bipartisan support around his $2 trillion infrastructure bill. who does the white house think it can work with, and what about joe manchin? one, please! joe manchin? wait, this isn't a hot-dog stand? no, can't you see the sign? wet. teddy. bears. get ya' wet teddy bears! one-hundred percent wet, guaranteed! or the next one is on me! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ hey xfinity, show me disney plus... i'm here on business. i need your help. i've been quested to bring thi

sam brock is joining us. sam, let's get to the waste water, what it is.derstand it's potentially toxic. that's not even the main concern right now. right? >> reporter: it certainly was the main concern for many people who live here. good afternoon. good to be with you. there's 300 plus homes in the evacuation zone over my shoulder. what was discussed today at the press conference from the environmental protection department here in florida is that the contents of the waste water largely are saltwater with some what they call nutrients. it's not the thing you want to swim in or put on your skin but it isn't radioactive. that's what we heard today. we spoke with an expert from the university of florida who confirmed that. it's more than slightly acidic, more than your average orange juice or soda. there's no reason to believe it will seep into the water system here or potentially expose someone to radioactive elements. that's good news. what they are most worried about is the floodwaters that could ensue if there's not just a breach but a rupture. there are

>> sam brock in miami for us this morning. thanks so much. >>> family and friends of andrew brown junior, the north carolina man who was shot and killed by police serving a warrant on wednesday, want the body cam footage to be released as the sheriff pleads for patience in the investigation. kathy park has more for us. good morning. >> reporter: willie, good morning. it has been four days since the shooting. the community and the brown family want to know, where is the body camera footage? the sheriff is taking formal steps to release it. overnight, more demands from protesters to release a body camera footage in the shooting death of andrew brown, junior. the calls coming from family. >> my nephew did not deserve that. >> reporter: city officials. >> we are demanding we have transparency and accountability. >> reporter: now the sheriff who was asked to resign by civil rights leaders saturday. >> we want the body camera footage made public. some people have falsely claimed that my office has the power to that is not true. only

sam brock there in miami-dade county. a bit of news coming out of new york city in the last half hour. new york city councilman tweeting that all city-run vaccination sites are open to walk-ins of all ages as of today. that would seem significant. you have got the american museum of natural history that has turned into a mass vaccination site as well. >> yeah, craig, i know you got your first shot on the plaza, which is cool. i will give you that. this is cool, too. that new development does include this location, the museum of natural history. who wouldn't want to get their vaccine under the 94-foot long blue whale inside? it's been steady all morning. they are hoping to fill 1,000 appointments a day when they are open here. this is coming as we see some positive indicators in the city. cases, hospitalizations and deaths are all down. right now, nearly half of all new york city residents have gotten at least one shot. he is trying to use it as an incentive. we are not looking at the outdoor mask mandate lifted until july

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the tour concludes at the brock prince's garden with a magnificent view of the city. it is leaving inverts berg i have back towards the old mine bridge. many people come here for the book and shop and in other words drink a glass of franconian wine on the bridge and soak up the atmosphere. there is a lot going on too much perhaps in corona types so i prefer to keep my distance at a table alone. once you come here it will hopefully be possible again to enjoy the wine on the bridge and then you shouldn't miss. it. our 2nd stop on this check in special is making for the old town was added to the unesco world heritage less than 2006 i'm standing above the danube over on the shore you can see the beautiful old town and this bridge is the stone bridge built at the beginning of the 12th century it's believed to be the oldest surviving bridge and germany. i mean reagan's park and the very end to be honest the bridge doesn't look that old that's because it's been completely wrist. and over the past few years after all reagan's work has a title to defend it says 2006 its old to

sam brock has more. >> reporter: tonight, a milestone in america more than half of all adults have nowd at least one covid vaccine shot as eligibility opens to everybody 16 and up in a matter of hours but are we ready a reality check, starting with supply. >> we're actually in a very good place in terms of supply without johnson doses available in the next number of weeks actually. >> reporter: cdc numbers reflect the ramped-up distribution pfizer, for example, was pumping out about 4 million first and second doses per week when president biden took office. that figure now sits around 10 million, down a tick from peak production at the end of march as for concerns about j&j? >> my estimate is that we will continue to use it in some form. i think by friday, we'll know which way we're going on this. >> reporter: dr. anthony fauci trying to calm nerves even as some states like mississippi are seeing heightened hesitancy. >> as soon as we inform them that they had took it off the shelves, they panicked, everybody left and canceled their appointments they didn't want to take moderna. they w

of the tour concludes at the brock prince's garden with a magnificent view of the city. it is leaving inverts berg i have back towards the old mine bridge. many people come here for the book and shop and in other words drink a glass of franconian wine on the bridge and soak up the atmosphere. there is a lot going on too much perhaps in corona types so i prefer to keep my distance at a table alone. once you come here it will hopefully be possible again to enjoy it wine on the bridge and then you shouldn't miss. patty. our 2nd stop on this check in special is reagan's ball the old town was added to the unesco world heritage listed in 2006 i'm standing above the dam over on the shore you can see the beautiful old town and this bridge is the stone bridge built at the beginning of the 12th century it's believed to be the oldest surviving bridge and germany. i mean reagan's brick and bavaria to be honest the bridge doesn't look that old that's because it's been completely. and over the past few years after all reagan's work has a title to defend and since 2006 its old town inc

. >> sam brock reporting right there. nasa getting closer to flying a helicopter on mars. take a welcome at this photo. you see the tiny helicopter taxed to the belly of the perseverance rover. just before being lowered about four inches to the martian ground below. the rover then moved a short distance away. leaving the helicopter known as ingenuity, on its own. and the first mission is to survive the night in the harsh conditions. nasa says the first flight will take place in the coming days. rob, i have to tell you. that's just crazy stuff. we're up on mars with a helicopter and we're showing pictures of it. it is fantastic. >> and getting daily weather reports from the rovers out there. and real fascinating science happening in real-time. >>> we're seeing a more tim cal weather pattern as our temperatures have cooled down, apparently 50 in san jose. walnut creek in the 50s as well. southwest breeze at 8 miles per hour. we might find a little mist early in the day tomorrow. currently 51 degrees. and speaking of the mist, you see 30th in the futurecast. it takes us into

in miami beach, here is nbc's sam brock. >> reporter: call it a covid conundrum, in the states with thengland, the cases are on the rise. while in the south, states like arkansas and texas that have reopened businesses and ripped away the mask man dates are seeing the numbers drop. >> i am announcing today that the statewide mask mandate will be lifted. >> people and businesses don't need the state telling them how to operate. >> reporter: so what might explain the apparent contradiction? one theory, the differences of the testing rates. alabama has experienced one of the biggest dips in reported infections more than 50% in more than two week, but it is dead last in the u.s. for covid testing. and only 56 tests per 100,000 people which is a fraction of what you will find in places like vermont and massachusetts and new york where the numbers are surging. so how much does lack of adequate test having to do with the numbers that we are seeing right now? >> when you don't test, you are blind, and when you are not testing, you have a false sense of what the real problem is in your community

joining me now is sam brock, who is at a fema vaccination site in miami for us. thanks for being with us. we are now in a place where the big challenge is not supply, because we got enough vaccine, it is getting it to underserved areas, getting it to underserved people, convincing people who might be hesitant to get the shot. talk to me about how important it is that this johnson & johnson vaccine is back in the game. >> reporter: ali, i think that's exactly right. good morning. good to be with you. it seems like there are two aspects of the j & j pause that feel to be particularly material. one of them you already talked about, which is the fact it is a single-dose shot, and also it doesn't need to be stored at sub arctic temperatures to get it into the community. the other fact is, is it contributing, this pause of ten days, to vaccine hesitation in general to women. there are 15 cases of severe blood clots associated with j j & j. all were women, 15 cases, three deaths associated with it, seven still hospitalized this morning. one of them is the rate for this

have the power and discretion to order a driver out of the car. >> reporter: for the news, i'm sam brock. >>> utility company imposters have duped people out of millions of dollars in just the past year. the reminders of what a real utility will never ask you to do. >>> plus, a shortage of semiconductor chips catching the attention of the white house the growing concern from car makers and the impact on your wallet. >>> and two restaurants pushed to the edge by covid they come together to create an all-american cuisine, curly boys barbecue and the reopening of america >> announcer: the facts, the truth, the news with shepard smith, back in 60 seconds. olfgak when i started my online store wolfgang puck home i knew there would be a lot of orders to fill and i wanted them to ship out fast that's why i chose shipstation shipstation helps manage orders reduce shipping costs and print out shipping labels it's my secret ingredient shipstation the number 1 choice of online sellers and wolfgang puck go to shipstation.com/tv and get 2 months free >>> congress got back to work today after a weeks-

pettypiece, heidi przbyla is here in washington, and with us from miami is nbc news correspondent sam brocke cdc advisory panel have been meeting throughout the day. i know you've been watching it. what are the takeaways and what are we expecting, when are we expecting an update from the fda on this issue? >> geoff, the headline so far, there's been no crush of additional data showing there's increased risk of these blood clots, these rare blood clots that we saw in a handful of individuals and that is why, geoff, the expectation remains that most likely this pause will be lifted with some kind of a warning, potentially on the groups that it may be at the highest risk, as well as some advise for doctors in terms of how they should spot these types of risks and how they should treat them. the question is about the issue of vaccine confidence and what the implications are of this once once johnson & johnson is back out on the market. while polling shows that vaccine confidence has remained steady, the questions that were being raised in this meeting were about this particular vaccine. we're m

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hopefully we won't see a repeat of past history. >> sam brock, live on scene. thank you. >>> brandon elliot expected to be arraigned on april 21st his alleged victim's daughter says her mother suffered a broken pelvis in the attack. dozens of people rallied outside the criminal court in manhattan during today's hearing they say that they're afraid something like that could happen to them or somebody they love. >>> clean energy is a part of the president biden infrastructure plan. the postal workers union lobbying hard to make every vehicle in the fleet electric. next, the union's bid to convince skeptics and congress to open the purse strings. >>> a surge of people coming to the border, but few are actually able to stay the united states. now groups are sounding the alarm about which the places to which some of them are being sent back. >>> and "godzilla versus kong. what the box office numbers tell us about people's desire to get back in the theatheaters >> announcer: the facts, the ne news "the news with shepard smith back in 60 seconds >>> the post office ca

allegation and making one of his own, that he is the victim of an extortion plot more now from sam brock. >> reporter: tonight, one of the most polarizing republicans in congress is facing a red hot spotlight. >> i have not had a relationship with a 17-year-old. that is totally false. >> reporter: congressman matt gaetz's adamant denials come after the revelation that he's being investigated for an alleged sexua relationship with an underage girl and paying for her travel, possible breaking federal sex-trafficking laws first reported in the "new york times. >> it is a horrible allegation, and it is a lie. >> reporter: gaetz also telling fox news he's the victim of a $25 million extortion plot >> i know that there was a demand for money in exchange for a commitment that he could make this investigation go away along with his co-conspirators. >> reporter: the man gaetz accuses of extortion, former federal prosecutor david mcgee, has been in private practice for the last 25 years. mcgee's law firm saying gaetz's claims are both false and defamatory law enforcement officials also confirming

the tour concludes at the brock prince's garden with a magnificent view of the city. it is even inverts berg i have back towards the old mine bridge. many people come here for the book and shop and in other words drink a glass of franconian wine on the bridge and soak up the atmosphere. there is a lot going on too much perhaps in corona types so i prefer to keep my distance at a table alone. but. once you come here it will hopefully be possible again to enjoy the wine on the bridge and then you shouldn't mrs. baggett. our 2nd stop on this check in special is. the old town was added to the unesco world heritage less than 2006 i'm standing above the jag over on the shore you can see the beautiful old town and this bridge is the stone bridge built at the beginning of the 12th century it's believed to be the oldest surviving bridge and germany. i mean reagan's brick and bavaria to be honest the bridge doesn't look that old that's because it's been completely wrist. and over the past few years after all reagan's work has a title to defend and since 2006 its old town includ

the tour concludes at the brock prince's garden with a magnificent view of the city. it is leaving inverts berg i have back towards the old mine bridge. many people come here for the book and shop and in other words drink a glass of franconian wine on the bridge and soak up the atmosphere. there is a lot going on too much perhaps in corona types so i prefer to keep my distance at a table alone. once you come here it will hopefully be possible again to enjoy the wine on the bridge and then you shouldn't miss it. in. baghdad. our 2nd stop on this check in special is making for the old town was added to the unesco world heritage list in 2006 i'm standing above the day over on the shore you can see the beautiful old town and this bridge is the stone bridge built at the beginning of the 12th century it's believed to be the oldest surviving bridge and germany. i mean reagan's for a king and the very end to be honest the bridge doesn't look that old that's because it's been completely risk. and over the past few years after all reagan's work has a title to defend and since 2

nbc's sam brock is at miami's l loandepot park ahead of the opening.d about the dodgers also, stephanie. in terms of what is going on for safety protocols, you cannot enter a park in major league baseball without wearing a mask. there will be plenty of signs to remind of you that, but here at loandepot park it goes beyond that you consume your food and beverages in assigned seating pods a place you might come to watch a ball game, great vantage point, the railings, the standing lals are closed there are assigned seating let me show you what it looks like as we come down here. these are the pods you will notice some of the rows have zip ties up and you down the entire row all of these seats are tied up whereas here several are down to have families of four, six people perhaps concentrated here now in miami the technology goes beyond cleaning the seats manually you will see some going on to my right. they have a drone, steph, dropping disinfectant on to the field. there's seating capacity restraints it is 27% here at loandepot park we spoke with derek je

sam brock is joining us. you've got 300 homes that have been ordered to evacuate and officials are warning up to 600 million gallons of wastewater could actually flow out of this pond. how are officials there responding so far? >> reporter: with urgency. we saw governor ron desantis hold a press conference this morning and tell people there is a real possibility for catastrophic flooding and there is little doubt that that absolutely awakened some folks who were considering riding this out right now, much as you would a category 4 or category 5 hurricane. yasmin, i want to touch upon the fact originally it was thought we would need 12 days to pump out all of the water from the one pond. there are three man made pond. the one that is leaking had 480 million gallons of water to start. projections showed it would take a week and a half to get off the water out. and now they're saying four or five days as we've seen the florida department of emergency management bring in 20 pumps to try to supplement things and t

back to you. >> sam brock giving us what's going on. let's find out what it means to you and bring in dr. kavita patel, msnbc medical contributor, fellow at the brookings institution and former health official in the obama administration. dr. patel, i want to start with the rate of vaccinations going down 20% in the last two weeks. it has a lot of people concerned but should we be or does that number represent the fact that lots of us have already been vaccinated and we don't need it again? >> that's absolutely right, stephanie. it's the inflection point it's reflecting we had incredible demand with lower supply. we reached a shift now which many of us knew what happened, where now supply is going to exceed demand. it's just a question of how to get through those last populations that either do not want it or have some reservations and want to wait and we want to try to bring them forward. >> let's talk about those 8 million people who did not go back for their second shot. for me 8 million sounds like a big number. the white house says