kasie hunt, capitol hill correspondent fo nbc news and host of "kasie dc" on msnbc.an balz, the chief correspondent for the washington post. and jonathan lemire, white house reporter for the assosated ps. good friday evening to all of you. appreciateou being here. abby, let's start with you. you look at these governors, t many ofm republican, facing a crisis in their stes as these case numbers soar, what's the significance of tse trump allies now having problems? >> wellthese are the very same people who just a few months ago were so eager to open their statt es back up t they were among the first to do it. and now they're realizing that there are real consequences doing it too quickly and to doing it n in conjunction with clear public health messaging about what people should do. so when you s it places like texas and you see places like lora starting to reali that they have a potentially iscontrollable outbreak on their hands, tha real warning sign. because these were theolks who were the most ardent backers of the administration pushing for reopening. they are sud

>>> welcome to "kacie dc," i'm kasie hunt. after two weeks of agony, the nation's voice is raw with the chance of protest. we are following breaking news tonight as thousands once again fill the streets. the protests have swelled this weekend with marchers demanding changes to policing, prosecution and policy amid the deaths of george floyd, ahmaud arbery and breonna taylor. just in, new york city will move some police funding to youth groups. minneapolis has banned choke holds and seattle will stop using tear gas. family and friends got one last look at george floyd in memorial. last time the nation saw him was under the knee of officer derek chauvin, now charged with three other officers in floyd's death. major cities like dallas have peeled back curfews in the latest nbc news "wall street journal" poll, 80% of americans say the country feels out of control. president sought to seek power with military, finally sending home last troops standing by. national guard sent by states will depart washington in next 72 hours and gon

but kasie, what about the democrats? coming back to whatre talking about with abby they had big primaries this week. eliot engel could be to track ose in a new york democratic house primary, a committee chairman,oreign affairs committee in the house. a tight senate race on the e democratic s in kentucky. in your notebook wh are the lessons learned from this week's primaries? >> bob, i think that the top so line l here for any politician in power, and we saw the republicans go through this a little bit more recently and democrats have been grappling with a difrent version of it in recent years, is that complacency is absolutely a killer if you are in power. and rht now, we are seeing frankly our government and the blame for this is falling at president trump's feet for obvious reasons. but also any elected officialo seen as disconnected from either their voters directly or from the times or from the issues that people care about rit now is at risk. and for democrats, you have seen more progressive candidates take strides

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♪ ♪ >>> welcome to "kasie d.c." president's campaign trail was not how he pictured it. >>> john bolton goes nuclear on the president but long after that information might have been useful in impeachment hearings. >>> doug jones, the firing of the manhattan u.s. attorney and where federal police reform plans stand with the lawyer that prosecuted bombings in birmingh birmingham. >>> last night the president left the white house heading to oklahoma where his campaign said there were hundreds of thousands of ticket requests and he would give an address to the arena and an overflow crowd. >> the events in oklahoma is unbelievable. the crowds are unbelievable. they haven't seen anything like it. >> but this is what he found instead. the overflow area where his campaign built a stage was almost empty. inside the arena, there were thousands of empty blue seats. the tulsa fire department said fewer than 6,200 were inside the 19,000-seat venue. the trump camp claims it was twice that. in his campaign speech, he spent more tim

insight and analysis are eddie glaude jr., princeton, university, nbc news capitol hill correspondent kasieunt, and hugh hewitt, host of the salem radio network. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press". >> from nbc news in washington, the longest-running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> good sunday morning. throughout his presidency there have been countless "this is it" moments that opponents of president trump felt sure would puncture his standing with voters. charlottesville, immigrant children in cages, impeachment, just to name three. but nothing seemed to move mr. trump's approval ratings much one way or the other, and he's never been able to tweet, bluft t ter, or bluff his way out of it. economic dislocation that come with it is there for all of us to see. every american is aware of it. every american is affected by it. every american has an opinion about it. the past week felt more like april with states and then the whole country setting records for new cases. cities shutting down and renewed fears that hospitals would soon run out of icu

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kasie hunt, i'm going to start by giving a hat tip to the team.re at the halfway mark of this calendar year. these are the notable important news events of the first six months of this year. it starts with the killing of soleimani. i'm sure many americans, many viewers, probably forgot that was the beginning of this year. the iowa caucuses broke down, didn't know who the winner was. there was a point joe biden was in fifth place. we could go on and on and on. at some point the virus becomes a dominant feature of this timeline. kasie hunt, in going through this exercise, when i hear people say, oh, geez, there's still a long time to go, i think of this list and think, boy, a lot of things have happened and nothing changed the trajectory of this for donald trump. >> chuck, i do think on the one hand it's easy to look at that list, think, man, what are we going to add to it between now and november? there are many possibilities a lot of us don't want to contempla contempla contemplate. on the other hand, we also know, history teaches us that heading

joining me now, kasie hunt, host of "kasie d.c." here on msnbc.ie, sort it out for us, a lot going on up there. >> reporter: indeed there is, andrea. this is a pretty remarkable moment, obviously the roger stone story, the investigations into what's been going on has tracked through almost the entire trump presidency. this has been going on for years. but in this case, the prepared testimony from mr. zelinsky was remarkably explosive, frankly, for prepared testimony ahead of one of these hearings. as you know well, oftentimes we get the more explosive moments in a q&a or something that comes out unexpectedly. but here this prosecutor was extraordinarily state forwary i. the background being prosecutors wanted to give roger stone a much longer sentence than the doj ultimately recommended, and the prosecutor saying that happened specifically because stone has this relationship with the president and they came under pressure based on that relationship. so we're already hearing the politics of this come to the surface in this hearing. they're just int

nbc's kasie hunt is standing by on the hill. kas kasie, the hearing, taking on added urgency, as the death toll numbers continue to climb in our country. states seeing spikes. what are we expecting to hear from these officials when they do start their testimony. >> reporter: we had a little moment of levity with dr. fauci whether he should wear a black mask or a washington nationals mask. i think he selected the nats mask in the end. of course, the topic today, so much more serious than kbabl. we expect them to warn us that the coronavirus will be with us for quite some time. that's part of the prepared testimony. you can expect it to be the focus, the comments that the president made on the heels of his tulsa rally, he told the task force and other appointees to slow down testing. potentially it seems to suggest for political reasons. we know now that the white house is claiming that he joked about that, but the president himself saying this morning i don't kid generally. so a lot of confusion there. you can expect democrats to

yesterday my colleague kasie hunt asked a whole bunch of members of the g.o.p. lawmakers about what happened in d.c. on monday night, and i just want to share that with you. >> senator mcconnell, was what the president did last night the right thing to do? senator? nice to see you. what w was what the president did last night? senator, is what the president did yesterday at st. john's, was that appropriate? was it an abuse of power? senator ramsey, are you concerned at all about what happened at the white house last night? >> sorry, i'm late for lunch.

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joining me, kasie hunt. helene cooper. and tim alberta. welcome to sunday.t's "meet the press." >> from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> another fatal shooting of an african-american man at the hands of police, this time in atlanta, has led to new protests, and the resignation of a police chief, after police shot and killed rayshard brooks after he was running away with one of the officers' taser guns. atlanta's mayor moved quickly, firing the police officer and announcing the police chief was stepping down. >> i do not believe this was a justified use of deadly force, and have called for the immediate termination of the officer. >> the second officer involved has been placed on administrative duty. blaine alexander, there was quite a bit of time when things were sort of routine, until they weren't. >> absolutely. it was a very sharp escalation we saw on the video. up until just about ten minutes ago, parts of this wendy's were actually still smoldering. and through our masks

. >> nbc capitol hill correspondent and "kasie d.c." host kasie hunt joining me now. kasie, direct from the funeral, the burial of his brother, coming and speaking to the apparently of the judiciary committee, so emotional, so powerful. how did congress members react? >> reporter: it was very striking, andrea. and, you know, i think you could really sense the power of what george floyd's brother brought to the table there today, really remarkable that he was so strong, forthright in that performance there, considering just how emotional the time has been for him and his family. and obviously so many across the country who have been watching this and who have come to know george floyd in his death. we are actually going to hear members of congress question mr. floyd after there is a break in the hearing, so we may get to hear a little bit more from him throughout the course of this hearing as well. the hearing itself of course comes as members of congress appear on the hill, trying to grapple with what changes they can make to a system that clearly is in need of reform

. >> let's bring in kasie hunt now.asie, that was part of a hearing about the politicizing of the justice department. what else did we hear and i imagine -- i understand there was a little bit of weird drama with some of the house republicans? >> there was some drama, chuck. you're right. to start with your question about the substance here, you know i think you captured well what this prosecutor, aaron zelinsky is alleges happened in this case, saying that the pressure he came under, that his office came under to reduce the sentence and he, of course, left the case after the department of justice reduced its recommendation for the sentence length for roger stone was motivated simply because stone had a personal relationship with the president, and that that was wrong. he identified that as coming from, or rather that he found out about said pressure from another official in the u.s. attorney's office and named that person and there were a couple others as well. but republicans basically accused him of making these alle

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thanks to you, thanks to kasie. kristen, i just want to ask you about this new confrontation today, near where you are, between police in lafayette park across from the white house and the protesters who are trying to take down the statue of andrew jackson after a face-off and pepper spraying last night as demonstrators used ropes to try to take it down, just hours after the president lashed out at the protesters, threatening prison time. >> we stopped an attack on a great monument, a monument of andrew jackson. we are looking at long term jail sentences for these vandals and these hoodlums and these anarchists and agitators, call them whatever you want. some people don't like that language but that's what they are. i will have an executive order very shortly and all it's really going to do is reinforce what's already there but in a more uniform way. >> kristen, we're seeing a major police presence around lafayette park today, in fact white house reporters for the first time that i can recall since 9/11 were ordered

let's go to kasie hunt on the hill this morning. kasie, what have been some of the other key moments from this hearing? >> reporter: well, you showed just a portion of what was a very emotional piece of testimony from george floyd's brother who is here to try to convince members of congress to do something, to pass legislation that's aimed at trying to make sure things like this don't keep happening. of course, the political question is whether that is possible. we have seen particularly democrats speak emotionally about what this means in the broader context for the u.s. across the world. shear congresswoman karen bass who has been one of the faces at the forefront of the democratic push for police brutality-related legislation. watch. >> it wasn't just a tragedy for our country and our nation, but it really was an embarrassment of our nation in front of the entire world. while we hold up human rights in the world, we obviously have to hold them up in our country. >> reporter: so, of course, the question now, craig, whether congres

nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host of kasie d.c. on msnbc on sunday nights, kasie hunt. and msnbc contributor seana thomas. great to have you back with us, seana. >> willie, you look at the numbers from the reuters poll, so many people have been saying law and order would work for donald trump, it's going to be just like 1968. here's the problem, donald trump is the incumbent. this is all happening on donald trump's watch. when he the first night started talking about shooting people, president of the united states is calling protesters thugs, it's -- it's beginnigining thin even the pope's telling him to cut it out. republicans are telling him, some republicans, to cut it out. this is not working. and the biggest surprise to me, willie, is i know that they're stupid. a lot of these people around the president are stupid, that's the only reason they're there because they will do whatever he tells them to do. what i didn't realize is that some of them are so stupid that they were actually congratulating themselves after donald trump started a riot in the president's park,

kasie? >> reverend, as you look at how we try to grapple with solving this problem, it seems this week on the hill, what the president might do, there have been negotiations with senator tim scott of south carolina. do you see a world where senate republicans and house democrats can find a way to do something that is meaningful enough to get support from people like you and other advocates? or do you think this is all just a dead end? >> the world that we can come together in is a world that we must desire. i remember when i was a kid, you had a world where people, because of the color of their skin, had to sit in the back of the bus. but somehow within a decade they were able to come together and come out with the civil rights act of 1964. that would not have happened if you didn't have republicans like dirkson, and i was a kid, i wasn't even 10 years old and i remember his name. you must have people on the republican said that says wait a minute, this may not be popular to how i grew up, b

host of kasie d.c. on sunday nights, kasie hunt.olitics nation" and president of the action network, reverend al sharpton and co-founder of axis, jim vandehei. >> we're always going back and forth about our favorite bible verse. you talked about how the lord loves a joyful giver. i agree with you there. but we'll take baseball any way we can get it and we don't care whether they like it or not. we're at least going to get 60 games, whether they're joyful givers or not. >> absolutely. the 10-year-old poll in my house was ecstatic. we get 60 games, not 162. i yelled upstairs at bedtime, george, the yankees are playing in a month and he yelled. i hope the whole country feels that way. to be able to sit there with your son and daughter and turn on a baseball game, i know it wasn't pretty but we'll take it. >> joe biden is leading president trump by 14 points nationally in the latest "new york times"/sienna college poll. biden sits at 50% to trump's 36% of support. the former vice president has a two-point advantage over trump. among vot

kasie hunt there bringing us up to speed on the legislative part of it. kasie, thank you. >>> i want to turn to representative eleanor holmes norton. a democratic who represents washington, d.c. congresswoman, let's start on today's vote, on the george floyd justice in policing act. where does it stand and how confident are you that you'll get a number of republican votes? >> i'm certainly not confident that there will be republican votes because there's spoken opposition of the bill. but i'm not as depressed by the fact that there's a senate bill that is not like our bill. i think what we have to understand that that is often the case, that the house passes a bill and the senate passes a bill. that's why you have two houses. then they have to get together and achieve some compromise. the democrats, in the face of demands from the public here in the house of representatives certainly could not have afforded to pass the weak bill that the senate has passed. i think we will have the upper hand, but as is usually the case when the house and the senate disagr

jonathan lemire and kasie hunt are still with us. conversation author and nbc news presidential historian, michael beschloss. former chief of staff at the cia and department of department of justice, jeremy bash. and former assistant united states attorney for the southern district of new york daniel goldman is with us, he served as majority council in the impeachment inquiry against donald trump. >> willy, i'm just wondering what room raider is going to do with daniel's. it appears to be a hurricane developing over his living room behind him. >> i was going to say, he's in our "morning joe" weather center with an update on the tropical storm goldman coming through. >> i'm confused. >> daniel, you can explain. >> is it a rock? >> it's ocean artwork. >> an ocean? >> this quick conversation hazlett us know we need to fix his audio. as we do that, i'm going to say the justice department filed for a temporary restraining order yesterday to prevent the tuesday release of former national security advisor john bolton's memoir. according to

correspondent and host of kasie dc kasie hunt. and the reverent al sharpton, great to have you with us on this monday morning. the u.s. has get erred intelligence that russia has offered to pay bounties to those who kill americans. the "new york times" first broke the story on friday,s aspects o which have been patched and reported by cnn, "the washington journal," and abc news. according to the times large amounts of american cash at a taliban outpost in afghanistan helped tip off officials. but we have not confirmed the u.s. verified any bounty payments were made. according to intel gleaned from intergraduatiorogation interrogations, "the washington post" reports that the russian bounties are believed to have resulted in the deaths of several u.s. service members. nbc news has not independently confirmed that reporting. two officials tell the times that u.s. intelligence officers and special ops forces in afghanistan alerted their superiors as early as january to a suspected russian plot. officials developed several potential re

>> all right, kasie hunt, thank you so much for that.t me bring in democratic stratiest joel payne, veteran of hillary clinton's 2016 campaign, but significantly a former senior aide to the most recent democrat who served as the senate majority leader, harry reid. the house bill isn't going to pass the senate if they take it up and the president says he would veto it anyway. you worked on the hill for a long time. you know the pressure is being brought to bear, we see it in the polls, we've heard a number of members of the senate, people like cory booker saying to the american people, keep up the pressure out there, but sort of give us your sense of the landscape and what you think the chances are that any kind of compromise can be reached on national legislation. >> well, look, congress is certainly not demonstrated the ability to move quickly on a lot of these hot issues, it will take you back to the gun control debate after newtown, within the last few years. we thought we had momentum and fell short right at the goal line, but i thin

because they never quit. >>> welcome to "kasie d.c."dly scuffle between a black man and atlanta police officers. i'll talk to the attorney for the family of rayshard brooks. i'm joined by joaquin castro. reforming policing and criminal justice. >>> plus, racism and racing, i talk one on one with bubba wallace whose voice made sure the confederate flag a fixture at nascar

nbc's kasie hunt is at the capitol for us. kasie, what do we expect to hear from this hearing?reporter: peter, attorney general barr has really become a target and the focus for democrats here in the house because of so many different issues that have arisen that democrats say call into question the impartiality of trump's justice department. today's testimony is expected to be pretty striking. it's very rare to have department of justice career officials testify in this kind of a manner. even the prepared testimony isn't often the most interesting testimony we get in congressional hearings is very sharp in saying from mr. zelensky that he believes this sentence was made lighter because career officials at the department of justice were concerned about the influence of the president of the united states, and that it was influenced because stone had this pre-existing relationship with the president. he's going to say that outright. if you remember back to this, the career prosecutors at the justice department were interested in a -- recommended a much heavier sentence for roger

our own capitol hill correspondent, kasie hunt, joins me now.sie, the debate has been going on all day. what have you learned? and i have to tell you, i was really surprised by the report this morning, the white house for some reason really wants to make sure this is a very polarized outcome. >> well, chuck, i think that reflects the president's demand for loyalty and it seems as though he's seeing this debate in these terms. i would also say that the president is not approaching this issue in the same way that senate republicans are necessarily. the white house has been working behind the scenes very closely with senator tim scott, but the president's public actions are not reflecting the political realities that the senate gop conference is clearly grappling with, which is that people are seeing videos like the one you just played. it's changing opinions and minds. there are republican legislators in mississippi who are saying it's time to take the confederate flag off the mississippi state flag. that's just one small indication of the sea cha

along with joe, willie and me, we have host of kasie d.c., kasie hunt, reverend al sharpton, and samin. new numbers out this morning, president trump trailing joe biden by sizable margins among registered voters. according to the latest new york city/cnn college poll out this morning, biden is up 11 points in michigan. 47% to trump's 36%. biden is also up 11 points in -- wait for it -- wisconsin. 49 to 38. the latest marquette how school poll has biden up in that state by 8 points in that poll. back to the "new york times" numbers, biden has a ten-point advantage in pennsylvania, 50-40. 2ru678 carried michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania by less than a point. biden is up 6 points in florida. 47-41. biden's heed by 7 points in arizona, as well, 48-41. and the former vice president is up 9 points in north carolina, 49-40 percent. it explains the congressional races in north carolina. biden is doing well there. he's doing well in a lot of states that trump won. >> yeah. i moon, you've looked through these states. we've focused on these national poll that's have shown 14-point spreads, 1

d.c., kasie hunt, and the reverend al sharpton and donny deutsch.ka will be back tomorrow. reverend, set the week for us. large protests across the nation. they continue to grow. mainly peaceful protests and, of course, you have some important events coming up in houston. tell us about it. >> the there were many protests over the weekend, and it seems as if the momentum and drive for police reform and social justice is growing and continuing. and they were mostly peaceful, almost 100% peaceful. some of the concerns are that we continue to stay focused on really getting legislation passed. there will be announcements today for members on congress. and frankly, i would be concerned that we remember we're in a pandemic and wear face masks and to try as best possible to deal with distancing. we want people to protest, but we don't want people to become victimized by the pandemic. and i think it's a testimony to their will and drive that they're coming out despite the danger. today the family will meet privately with former vice president biden in housto

kasie hunt rapid fire, three big stories.t the policing bill on capitol hill, what's the status? >> right now it looks like senate democrats are preparing to block mitch mcconnell from moving forward with this. there's a procedural vote planned for wednesday on senator scott's bill. the sense among democrats, i spent last night reaching out to offices across the hill. senator doug jones of alabama probably the most moderate member of the conference, the one in the most electoral danger he told me sunday night he was inclined to move ahead with it even though he thought the bill was flawed. but that doesn't seem to be the posture of senate democrats at this point. so i think that effort is going to stall at least for a little while. the house is looking at their own bill, plan on voting later in the week on that, mika. >> house democrats preparing a subpoena for bill barr, where does that stand? >> we learned about that from jerry nadler, the chairman of the committee last night, they initially threw up their hands saying it's

it is kasie hunt. good to see you. >> hi, kasie. >> before we faced these very difficult images of police, some of them not identified, in the streets here in washington, president trump was talking about voting by mail, and suggesting that perhaps results of elections, come november, should be called into question. we sort of have seen him lay the groundwork to raise questions about outcomes of elections, perhaps his own. are democrats thinking about how to counter that in november? what actions are you taking to try and communicate with people around that? is that something that you view as a threat going forward? >> well, you never know what this president will do. every time you think there is some boundary, he goes beyond it and beyond it. lafayette park incident, the terrible things that happened there is one of them. one thing we have done, as you know, kasie, in the heros bill, the covid 4 bill s, is a robust election package. allowing every american to vote by mail. make sure the votes are cou

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kasie hunt, i think what's notable is if you take a look at the consensus top six, four of the six arean-americans and five of the six are women of color. >> that's right, chuck, and i think it's very clear that that is a significant consideration in this moment. he certainly is under a lot of pressure to choose a woman of color, although, i would note that jim clyburn who is someone who's had the vice president's ear on this says it's not necessarily a requirement that they do that. i do think also the thing that is probably weighing the most heavily is that there say very real sense that they need to make sure that they are choosing someone who voters, and particularly, independent voters feel confident could step into the top job were that necessary and that set of quantifications is particularly important in this instance. they don't want to repeat a mistake that john mccain made when he selected sarah palin and it raised questions about his judgment in her ability to take over. >> you know, helene cooper, i think about some of the top candidates here. you've got val demings who ha

>> and that was kasie hunt.give it to her, repeatedly asking that question of senators over and over again. and repeatedly getting silence, as you saw, no answer. also, though, while that's happening others are offering full-throated defenses of the president. there were those exceptions. as some senators criticized the president. senator ben sasse of nebraska put out a written statement, i'm against clearing out a peaceful protest of a photo op that treats the word of god as a political prop. lisa mccowsky saying, i think a tone is really, really important right now. and i do not believe that the tone coming from the president is helping. it's not helping me as a leader. senator susan collins of maine said trump looked unsympathetic and adding it was painful to watch protesters being tear gassed so the president could walk across the street. >> and then saying, he hopes the president can show an appreciation for the anger that people are feeling and just listen. and tim scott, saying he did not think that using

. >> john allen, this rally seems pretty textbook, but kasie hunt points out, watching the rally makest clear how and why donald trump is struggling against joe biden. the attacks as he put it didn't land the way they did against hillary clinton. i wonder how you see it? for one thing, joe biden hasn't been out campaigning. he's been mostly quarantining. he gave a few public speeches in philadelphia and darby, pennsylvania in the philadelphia metro area. he hasn't been out as much, so they haven't been punching and counterpunching like we saw in 2016. >> yeah, i think kasie is right. it's difficult to demonize joe biden the way hillary clinton was demonized by donald trump. she had a quarter of a century not at the level of a united states senator, although some time as a senator. but in a more prominent role as first lady before that and as secretary of state. and there were so many sort of, you know, damaging narratives about her that had been out there for so long that it was easy for trump to jump on those and use them. with joe biden it's difficult to define him in the same way. y

police departments nationwide on capitol hill today, democrats unveiling their own proposal nbc's kasieunt >> the sweeping proposal would make significant reforms to police departments, banning choke holds, making it easier to prosecute an officer but it faces an uphill battle in the atalso taking time to kneel for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in memory of george floyd. it comes amid a growing chorus o criticism of the president's handling of the aftermath of floyd's death. general colin powell becoming the latest former military official to criticize mr. trump. powell who served three republicans presidents and one democrat and who voted for hillary clinton in 2016 endorsed biden over the weekend, accusing the president of dishonesty. >> he lies he lies about things and he gets away with it because people will not hold him accountable. >> reporter: also over the weekend, republican senator mitt romney marching with protesters outside the white house. >> we need a voice against racism and against brutality. we need to stand up and say that black lives matter. >> reporter: the president resp

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but let's first get right into all of this with nbc's kasie hunt on capitol hill for us. set the scene for us. what are we expecting to hear the judiciary committee try to answer this morning? >> reporter: i think it is going to be an emotional time for members of congress who are listening to the brother of george floyd talk about what his life meant, and what kind of a symbol he has become as they try to grapple with what policy changes they can make to make sure that this doesn't happen to people in the future, at least that it is made better in some way. so the political pressure and public sentiment on this issue has just dramatically changed over the course of the last two weeks in response to this. and i think you're seeing that reality reflected in how lawmakers on capitol hill are approaching this. this hearing is going to be on police brutality, on racial profiling, on all of the different things that they may be able to change. and democrats have already released a pretty sweeping proposal that would do things like ban chokeholds or withhold federal funding fro

. >> reporter: nbc's kasie hunt on the hill >> reporter: floyd's plea was for congress to do something. but while democrats want to ban chokeholds and no knock warrants, republicans and the president aren't ready to go that far. >> reporter: president trump met with african-american media personalities and faith leaders at the white house today. he's come under fire for not yet releasing a plan to address the crisis. >>> when you hook at the economics, when you look at how well the black community is doing under this administration, nobody is doing anything like we've done. >> reporter: the white house is also on defense after the president tweeted a baseless conspiracy theory on the day of floyd's funeral, accusing the 75-year-old protester in this video who was pushed and injured by police of a set-up based on a false report that originated on a fringe website. >> do you regret tweeting out this protester was assaulted? >> the president does not regret standing up for law enforcement men and women across this country. >> i just wish - >> reporter: as for philonis floyd, at times over

kasie hunt is on capitol hill. what's the focus of this hearing? >> reporter: the focus is exactly what the country has been so grappling with over the course of the last several weeks after the death of george floyd. that is police brutality and how to fix some of the root causes of what we saw happen here. we are going to hear what we expect to be probably emotional testimony from george floyd's brother about his life. we're also going to hear from a wide array of experts on this, including from benjamin crump, the lawyer for george floyd's family. and this all comes as congress is trying to grapple with what is their role? what can they do to try to traes these challenges? democrats, as you noted, rolled out a sweeping bill earlier this week that would make some of those changes at the federal level. they want to ban choke holds. congress doesn't have the power, of course, to force state and local governments to ban them but they can withhold federal funding from any department that allows it. that's essentially what they're trying to do in this

. >> nbc's kasie hunt on the hill. >> floyd's plea was for to go that far >> for his part president trump met with african-american media personality and he has come under fire for not yet having a plan to address the problem. >> nobody's done anything like we have done >> the white house is also on defense after the president tweeted a baseless conspiracy theory on the day of floyd's funeral, accusing the 75-year-old protest in the video of a setup based on a false report that originated on a fringe website >> he's sweeting out the protester was assaulted. >> as for floyd, at times overwhelmed by grief, a simple request that his brother does not die in vain. >> wish i could get him back >> a powerful seen unfolded across from the white house on wednesday night, floyd marching with protesters calling for change and president trump announced earlier in the day he plans to hold a campaign rally in tulsa, oklahoma, on friday, and it will be the first in three months and since the coronavirus began. >> thank you >>> for the first time since george floyd's funeral president trump is traveling

after nascar banned confederate flags at the races last week, wallace spoke about it with msnbc's kasie hunt >> i'm proud of nascar for stepping up and being a part of change that needed to happen for a really long time now the reason it sparked my interest so much is because you see these stories of people going to races for the first time, whatever descent they are from, and they talk about the confederate flag being flown and how it makes them feel uncomfortable. >> reporter: a confederate flag wan seen above the track with the words defund nascar. the race at talladega is scheduled later today at 3:00 p.m. eastern >> hope there's some surveillance video from that garage >>> president trump's much touted return to the campaign trail didn't draw the crowd he expected saturday's rally reportedly left the president fuming more than half the seats stood empty amid coronavirus fears according to sources, president trump is "furious over the crowd, which the campaign blamed on protesters. meanwhile, the white house is bracing for a bombshell from john bolton. the former national security a

last week he spoke about it with kasie hunt >>> it's a change that needed to happen for a longtime now. the reason it sparked my interest so much because you see these stories of people going to the race for the first time, whatever disscene they are from and talking about the confederate flag being flown and how it makes them feel uncomfortable. >> reporter: despite the ban, a plane had a confederate polygamy with words defund nascar i'll send it back to you >>> a new week begins and many states are continuing to re-open in fades just as the nation is continuing to deal with a surge in coronavirus case. it's so bad in the south at least one big city leader there is warning they could shut down again. on sunday the world health organization reported the largest sis by its count at more brazil led the way with 54,000 case while the u.s. came in second with over 36,000. here's nbc katy park good morning >> reporter: good morning. some of the first are states re-open are seeing a rise in co-case from health officials to sound the alarm and also take action the white house is preparing for

joining us from capitol hill is nbc's kasie hunt.or what it's worth, it was one of those -- there were dual announcements in the last 48 hours regarding confederate symbols. one from nascar and one from the u.s. army. and i was curious which one the president would focus on. i had a feeling it would be the army. >> it certainly seems that way, chuck. you know, you're right to point out that this amendment, which is to the overall broad ndaa which authorizes all the funding for the defense department, came from a republican-held senate. of course, the armed services committee is historically actually a pretty bipartisan place. what happens there doesn't always break down along party lines. there are a lot of state interests, as you referred to, and as you know very well. but there was not very much objection to this. it happened in executive session. it was a voice vote. we're relying on members to tell us how they voted. josh holley of missouri voted against this plan that would essentially mandate all of these bases change their nam