speakers include bennie thompson and derek johnson. this is 15 minutes. >> today you will hear from the president and ceo, jeric johnson. -- derek johnson, congressman bennie thompson and representative of the second congressional district. the general counsel for the naacp and the partner and cool count -- cocounsel at -- as well. we will have opening remarks from each one of those participants and then at the end, at the conclusion, we will open the floor to any questions that you may have for our panelists. at this time i will turn it over to president johnson, the floor is yours. pres. johnson: thank you. i want to thank members of the press that joined us today. the naacp decided to engage in this matter after witnessing the horrific scenes. we understand the much -- most of the domestic terrorism is witnessed -- rooted in white supremacists -- white supremacism. african-americans have witnessed acts of violence for many decades. in fact, much of the domestic violence that we have seen over the years has taken place and has been r

thank you, congressman thompson for your remarks. we'll now send it over to our general counsel for remarks from her. >> thank you. good afternoon. as the interim general counsel of the naacp, i wanted to put this case in context. in the context of the critical work that we and our partners have been doing throughout the election cycle to ensure that the voters are heard and ballots are counted. the naacp has, since its founding, represented people in court to eliminate race discrimination. throughout the election cycle and after the cycle, the naacp has worked hard to ensure the voting rights of african-americans are protected. we have responded consistently to former president donald trump's efforts to disenfranchise african-american voters. this case is a continuation of that work. by engaging in a violent conspiracy that prevented congressman bennie thompson and his colleagues from doing their jobs and fulfilling their constitutional duty to ratify the presidential election results, donald trump, rudolph giuliani, the proud boys,

none has had a run longer than kenan thompson.ndless range of characters, performed a record number of impressions and been a favorite of snl writers who know he can save a sketch with just a look. now the 42-year-old emmy winner is pulling double duty, shooting his new comedy during the week and flying back to new york just in time for his standing gig on saturday night. we got together for a sunday sitdown over zoom. he from the set of his show in hollywood and me buried in a new york snowstorm. >> live from new york, it's saturday night! >> for the past 18 years -- >> my lord, i am so excited. >> kenan thompson has spent his saturday nights in one place. >> with kenan thompson. >> this was fun. >> action! >> some 3,000 miles from studio 8h and his "saturday night live" ca castmates, he is working on a new role. his name is on everything from the title to the chairs. >> william, always a pleasure. >> look behind me. this is the snowstorm you missed, my friend. while you were in sunny hollywood. >> i thought you were sitting with

ranking member thompson? mr. thompson: absolutely. and we have included that language within the amendment, number -- amendment number 191, which obviously i've offered. our biofuel producers obviously were hit hard at the onset and throughout the pandemic as people just didn't drive, as they sheltered in place. what that did -- to an industry that really has helped us, has been part of the -- what i believe -- i would call a conservative climate solution in terms of reducing emissions, stockpiles of ethanol began to amass, really forcing many refiners to idle plants entirely. so far there's been absolutely zero federal assistance that's been provided to these producers. remember, that -- this is also, you know, the plants are used to produce the ethanol, that's a lot of our farmers an ranchers out there. so it's not just the ethanol plants, it's our farmers that -- a significant number of farmers throughout this country have been hit hard by this. and, yeah, we have the c fat program, it's been great. part of our amendment is calling

thompson is a democratic chair of the house homeland security committee.tted this weekend for inciting the violence, donald trump is still facing fallout. this comes as a moment that the

thank you, congressman thompson for your remarks. we'll now send it over to our general counsel for remarks from her. >> thank you. good afternoon. as the interim general counsel of the naacp, i wanted to put this case in context. in the context of the critical work that we and our partners have been doing throughout the election cycle to ensure that the voters are heard and ballots are counted. the naacp has, since its founding, represented people in court to eliminate race discrimination. throughout the election cycle and after the cycle, the naacp has worked hard to ensure the voting rights of african-americans are protected. we have responded consistently to former president donald trump's efforts to disenfranchise african-american voters. this case is a continuation of that work. by engaging in a violent conspiracy that prevented congressman bennie thompson and his colleagues from doing their jobs and fulfilling their constitutional duty to ratify the presidential election results, donald trump, rudolph giuliani, the proud boys,

chairman thompson, it's a real honor to have this time with you tonight. thank you so much for being here. >> thank you for having me, rachel. >> first of all, let me just ask if i have misconstrued anything about your case or gotten any of this the wrong way around. i tried to contextualize it around other issues about justice at the turn of this presidency, but talking about your civil lawsuit, have i screwed anything up? >> oh, no. you laid it out perfectly. it's clear to me and to a lot of people that this trump administration is just acted willy-nilly about justice, and in their mind, they think they can do anything. this violent insurrection at the capitol was orchestrated by former president trump and his lawyer, along with the oath keepers and the proud boys. and we're going to have our day in court. this insurrection was an embarrassment to the whole country. clearly, this president in his speaking, in his orchestrating after the election, step by step, every tweet, every facebook posting, even when he said come to washington on january 6th, now,

thompson: one question. rep. cammack: thanks for giving a little bit of grace to a freshman, i appreciate that. i would like to get some input on our experts here on the manual that has been the guide internationally as we look to address and respond cyber attacks from lone wolf actors to state on state attacks. you see this manual something that has been effective? do we need to subscribe to some of the guidelines to outline particularly in the second edition? i will kick it to miss gordon first. ms. gordon: i'm sorry, i made it through the whole hearing without staying unmute. i think there is nothing perfect. i do think we are going to have to explore standards and standards beyond our borders. i don't think it is a panacea, it doesn't disproportionately limit. mr. daniel: i would concur with sue's point. i think the level of thought and the degree of analysis that went into creating the manual is an excellent foundation of the international state. and, clearly given the amount of fussing that the russians and

thompson: when they talk about developing the 1002, who's gonna benefit?there other oil available that's more easily accessible, and should we look into alternative clean ergy? rexford: life is a lot easier nowadays than it was before any of the development occurred. we have some folks still alive who have gone through starvation. they do not want to see that ever occur again in our communities. these gravel roads, the power lines, the houses that are built. pretty much every infrastructure that you see here has come from taxing the oil industry. patkota: we're being asked to keep the oil in the ground in our backyard, sacrifice our economic opportunity, to save their world? never mind what it takes to run the schools, the power plants, the basic infrastructure that we need. thompson: ultimately, it'll probably be the investors that look at it and say, "can we make money on it, or wmake me money doing clean energy?" patkota: the environmentalists have tried to use local people, to split us apart. burns: the folks that are against development, the locals ar

thompson. >> thompson votes no. >> parson. >> mr. larson votes no. >> blumenauer. >> limit how are votes no. -- blue and how are votes no -- blumenauer votes no. >> mr. davis. >> davis votes no. >> ms. sanchez. >> sanchez votes no. >> mr. higgins. >> mr. higgins votes no. >> ms. tool -- >> votes no. >> gelb na -- >> ms. chu >>ms. chu votes no. >> miss more. >> more votes no. >> boyle. >> votes no. >>+ biter -- >> mr. evans? >> mr. evans votes no. >> schneider? >> schneider votes no. >> as a matter of personal opinion i have to ask why has congresswoman been in the car all day long question mark where she going? >> ms. murphy? >> murphy votes no. >> mr. gomez? >> gomez no. >> mr. horse for -- moore's first -- moore's furred >> >> ms. plaskett votes no. >> brady votes yes. >> nunez votes yes. >> buchanan votes i. >> smith of nebraska. >> yes. >> mr. reed+ >>. >> read votes yes. >> mr. smith's of missouri. >> mr. smith's of missouri votes yes. >> royce vote -- rice votes yes. >> schweikert yes. >> alora key votes yes. >> mr. hood votes

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it is interesting in part because benny thompson, he's a victim. he was at the capitol on january 6th as were other members of congress so they're saying former president trump interfered with their ability to do their duty. and so i think exactly what jessica just said, the question is will there be depositions. there are a lot of questions about what he did after the riot started. so after individuals had sieged the capitol. so i think this potentially could be a way that a lot of additional information and evidence gets brought to light. >> it is very interesting because often the question of standing comes into play when a member of congress brings a lawsuit and this is a very different situation as you lay out. talk to me about what this means in the short-term and long-term for trump and giuliani? what does it mean if they're going to be subject to deposition? what does it mean if they could be subject to discovery? >> reporter: so i think the first question and legal defense will be donald trump will walk in and say and i was acting in my of

so, by the edge of the road, florence thompson was in a vulnerable situation. and that's who dorothea lange photographed. she saw this woman with several small children, a teenage daughter and some younger children and began working her way up to her. apparently, dorothea lange was very good at engaging people in conversation, and then sort of disappearing into the atmosphere. she talked about herself as becoming invisible as she worked. she would very slowly talk to people about what was happening, what streets they were in, how they fed themselves, that kind of thing. and then they would sort of forget about her, and she would begin making pictures, and that's what she did with florence thompson. there is a series of pictures showing the teenage girl out in front sitting on a chair. the mother and children behind her, and gradually she gets closer and closer and makes the famous photograph. she knew as soon as she had made it that. that is what she needed to accomplish, and went back home. this program that roy striker headed, began as part of the resettlemen

this is bennie thompson as bennie thompson saying these guys hurt me and it wasn't just the proud boys, they were conspireing with trump and giuliani. might be hard to prove but the big fight will be can they get past the preliminary stages so they can get a deposition, get discovery? that will rank as a win. >> if they do get to deposition, harry, what about executive privilege, how does that factor in? >> very good question. i think the lawyer you spoke to was a little bit too quick in saying it can't apply because he was, in fact, president at the time. but everything is open here, brianna, and your executive privilege is about keeping confidential people advising you so you can make the right decisions. i think he's basically waved almost everything and, of course, anything from the proud boys themselves along the lines of we did it for trump, trump said this, that's, of course, fair game. >> and that, sara, is one of my questions because the proud boys, the oath keepers, would certainly welcome an association with the president. that's not good for the president in this case for s

it's unclear if it was connected to this lawsuit that was file bid benny thompson today.s is a suit that is troublesome for the former president on two separate fronts here. first, this is the serious civil lawsuit, accusing trump and je giuliani of conspiring with the far-right groups like the proud boys and oath keepers to incite that capitol insurrection. it traces trump's rhetoric over the course of several months and links it to the threatening and violent action by members of these groups. not only at the capitol, but also earlier last year when they threatened other government officials on issues that trump spoke out forcefully on, like covid lockdowns. second, wolf, this case is significant, because it could subject the former president and others to depositions and disclosure of other crucial information that could expose some more details on what exactly trump knew about this attack, wolf. >> jessica, how difficult will this conspiracy charge be to prove? i know you've spoken to experts. >> yeah. the attorneys say they acknowledge this is an uphill battle here.

thompson. she is director of field examination and taxpayer opportunity network for prosperity and i hope i got that right, rebecca. the title is her network partners with sites across the country to provide free tax preparation services. our next witness is lynette villanueva who is the vice president of the aarp foundation tax aide which provides free tax preparation to seniors across the country. our third witness is yvonne who is the president and chief executive officer of the united way in downing, new jersey which provides free tax preparation services through the united way programs. our final witness is gary and he is the district court nader for the aarp foundation tax aide in butler county, pennsylvania. it provides free tax proration services to seniors. each of your statements we make part of the record in its entirety and i will ask you that you summarize your testimony in five minutes or less to help you with that time, please keep an eye on the clock as you are already in your s

the suit is filed on behalf of congressman thompson in his personal capacity, alleges violation of the civil rights act of 1871, known as the klu klux klan act, in preventing members of congress from carrying out their constitutional duties. it has been the basis of numerous civil rights lawsuits brought against hate groups, including action against the white supremacists tied to violence in charlottesville in 2017. in a statement, jason miller, an adviser to the disgraced former president who happens to be the former president, big fan of the seditious candidacy. miller denied he incited any violence on january 6th. this comes as the "new york times" shows new connections between the defendants and trump's confidant, roger stone. according to the times video analysis, six people associated with the far right group oath keepers served as stone's body guards in d.c. just before laying siege to the capitol. you may remember stone, old time nixon dirty trickster met with trump in the weeks before the insurrection, but denies having any involvement either. there's hope in a 9/11 style comm

thompson: thank you. i don't think there is any question about us looking at companies and whether or not they are being forthright in managing those platforms as they should be. the chair recognizes the gentleman from south carolina, norman. rep. norman: thank you, chairman thompson. mr. jenkins, you have had a crew in the military. thank you for that service, but what is your opinion? we talked a lot about incitement of violence and different things, but how does -- when you have a time magazine that publishes the defense of violent protests, when you have a book published by the defense, when you have those calling for funding the police, when you have cooperation of sanctuary cities that don't cooperate with the police, what effect does this have on extreme movements and the -- i guess, their empowerment? mr. jenkins: mr. norman, thank you very much for the question. look, there is -- we, in this country, free speech. and a lot of that free speech is hateful, it is repugnant. but it is part of our cou

thompson is citing a rarely used federal statute which was passed after the civil war. it's called the ku klux klan act of 1871. and it was created to combat violence by the white supremacist group. the suit says in violation of that law, quote, the defendants conspired to prevent by force intimidation and threats. the plaintiff as a member of congress from discharging his official duties to approve the count of votes cast by members of the electoral college following the presidential election held in november 2020. let's get more on this now with cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider. what is congressman thompson's lawsuit seeking from the former president and rudy giuliani? >> yeah, so this is a civil suit, and it is seeking monetary damages from trump and giuliani, but what's even more significant about this whole case is that if this moves forward, it could subject the former president and others to depositions, which may lead to the disclosure of other information that could expose details on what trump knew about this attack, both before and during the insur

you have two minutes. >> caller: this is paul thompson with thompson builders. i hope that everybody can hear me okay. this morning we submitted a detailed letter regarding this agenda item for the award of the contract to anvil builders. i have a simple request that we respectfully request that the commission in the interest of fairness and transparency to do the right thing and delay the award of this contract. this is a significant contract. it's a $47 million contract. and thompson builders corp was the low bid. to highlight the reason behind this request is that d.b.c. had a freedom of information request on february 5th regarding anvil's bid documents after our bid was disqualified. we received the information from the p.u.c. on february 17th. and this was supposedly all of anvil's good-faith documentation. lo and behold, physical information was either intentionally or unintentionally withheld from our request. c.d.c. then became aware of the omitted information last friday, february 19th. and we again had to submit another freedom of information request

thompson votes aye. >> larson votes yes. >> blumenauer votes aye. >> mr. kind votes yes. >> i will vote yes. the doctor brings in many areas that are problematic. i think this deserves consideration. i vote yes. >> mr. davis votes aye. >> sanchez votes aye. >> higgins, yes. >> ms. sewall? >> ms. chu votes yes. >> moore votes yes. >> mr. boyle votes yes. >> beyer votes aye. >> mr. evans? mr. schneider votes yes. >> mr. swazi -- suozi votes aye. >> mr. panetta votes aye. >> ms. murphy votes aye. >> mr. gomez votes aye. >> course for -- mr. horsford votes aye. >> brady votes no. >> mr. nunes votes no. >> buchanan votes no. >> smith of nebraska votes no. >> reid votes no. >> kelly votes no. >> smith of missouri votes no. >> rice votes no. >> schweikert, no. >> walorski votes no. >> lahood, no. >> wenstrup, no. >> arrington is a no. >> ferguson is a no. >> estes votes no. >> smucker, no. >> hern votes no. >> miller votes no. >> ms. sewell? mr. evans? mr. chairman? chair neal: aye. >> mr. chairman votes aye. i have 22 yeas, 18 nos. chair neal: the ruling is uphe

thompson. >> thompson votes no. >> mr. thompson votes no. >> mr. larson. >> larson votes no. >> mr. larson votes no. >> votes no. >> votes no. >> no. >> mr. kind votes no. >> pottsgrove votes no. >> mr. davis? mr. davis? >> davis votes no. >> mr. davis votes no. >> ms. sanchez. >> sanchez votes no. >> mr. higgins? >> higgins votes no. >> sewell votes no. >> del bene votes no. >> chu votes no. >> ms. moore? >> moore votes no. >> ms. moore votes no. >> votes no. >> mr. kilby votes no. mr. boyle. >> boyle votes no. >> votes no. mr. evans. mr. schneider. >> mr. schneider votes no. >> no. >> mr. swazi votes no. >> mr. panetta. >> no. >> mr. panetta votes no. >> ms. murky. >> no. >> mr. gomez. >> gomez, no. >> mr. gomez votes no. >> horsford votes no. >> mr. beatty. >> aye. >> mr. brady votes aye. mr. nunes. >> aye. >> mr. buchanan. >> buchanan votes aye. >> mr. smith of nebraska. >> aye. >> mr. smith of nebraska votes aye. mr. reed. >> mr. reed is aye. >> mr. kelly. >> aye. >> mr. kelly votes aye. mr. smith of missouri. >> yes. >> mr. smith of missouri votes yes. >> rice votes yes. >> mr

thompson? mr. thompson votes no. mr. larson? mr. larson votes no. mr. blumenhauer? mr. blumenhauer votes no. mr. kind? mr. kind? mr. pascarell? mr. pascarell votes no. mr. davis? >> is mr. kind recorded? clerk: mr. kind is not recorded. >> mr. kind votes no. clerk: mr. kind votes now. mr. davis? mr. davis votes no. ms. sanchez? ms. sanchez votes no. mr. higgins? mr. higgins votes no. ms. sewell? ms. sewell votes no. ms. delbene? ms. delbene votes no. ms. chu? ms. chu votes no. ms. moore? ms. moore votes no. mr. kildee? ms. kildee votes no. mr. boyle? mr. boyle votes no. mr. beyer? mr. beyer votes no. mr. evans? mr. evans votes no. mr. schneider? mr. schneider votes no. mr. suozzi? mr. suozzi votes no. mr. panetta? mr. panetta votes no. ms. murphy? ms. murphy votes no. mr. gomez? mr. gomez votes no. mr. horsford? mr. horsford votes no. ms. plaskett? mr. brady? mr. brady votes aye. mr. nunes? mr. nunes votes yes. mr. buchanan? mr. buchanan votes yes. >> mr. buchanan votes yes. clerk: mr. buchanan votes yes. mr. smith of nebraska? mr. smith votes yes. mr. reed? mr. reed vo

congressman benny thompson of mississippi. thank you. you have a standing invite to come back as you get underway with the legal proceedings. >> thank you. >>> joining me now, pbs correspondent and an msnbc analyst and nbc news capitol hill correspondent. we heard about the need to held to former president accountable. many republicans feel differently. a morning poll asked republicans about a hypothetical 2024 presidential primary. more than half of them said they would support trump. that is an historically strong position for a defeated incumbent. to efforts like these lawsuits keep trump at the forefront? >> i'm not sure that they keep president trump at the forefront. my sources tell me that we'll be hearing from the former twice impeached president at some point this week. so i think president trump will be trying to use whatever bully pulpit he can find to stay in the news and to stay relevant. what you heard from representative thompson, he wants the former president to be held accountable for sending white supremacists into the

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the naacp is representing thompson in court.essman, good to have you. >> thank you for having me. >> let's talk strategy then we'll talk merits. why this way? >> it an option available to us and clearly, the actions of january 6th we should be able to shut down completely if we're successful in our lawsuit and hold those individuals accountable, i think from a punitive stand point, we'll put them out of business. we can't allow the rioters' activities just because people disagree with the outcome of an election. people should not have over run the capitol to stop the confirmation of the election, that's just not who we are. so my lawsuit takes on the ku klux klan act of 1871, and we bring that forward to this day to get us some remedy. >> right, you don't take on the act. you're actually motivating the act. i get the grievance but it about the method and the law, you know this, but for the audience, benny thompson and his private capacity as a citizen has a right to sue. what is your right to sue these parties for what happened

nbc's priscilla thompson is in denver, also joining us us is dr. natalie azar.covering a big push by denver public schools to make vaccines available to all teachers and the priority and how that rollout happens is equity. >> well, hallie, good morning. that's right, denver public schools is looking to vaccinate all 18,000 of their teachers by the end of next month, already they've done more than 3,000 teachers, they started this effort about a week ago, they've been doing mass vaccination sites on the weekends which they plan to continue. during the week they're going school by school allowing students to work on assignments at home while their teachers go to those vaccine appointments but they are not doing it based on how large the school is or how many students the school serves they're doing it based on the amount of students at these schools that are on free or reduced price lunch in order to prioritize equity in their vaccine distribution. i had an opportunity to speak with lauren den the senior advisor to the district who has been responsible for rolling

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in this complaint, thompson is laying out this alleged conspiracy against trump and giuliani.lawsuit, it traces trump's words and actions in the months leading up to the insurrection, and it details how trump and giuliani really, in the terms of this lawsuit, spouted misinformation, angry rhetoric for weeks before the election as well as after, and then linking all of that rhetoric to the attacks from the hundreds of people that included members of the proud boys and oath keepers. now, this lawsuit, jake, is definitely an uphill battle because congressman thompson is suing under a statute that was intended to combat the violence of the kkk in the late 1800s, but crucially if this case moves forward, it could subject the president and others, potentially giuliani as well, to depositions, disclosure of other information that could potentially expose more details on what exactly trump knew about this attack. now, as for the reaction to this, we have not yet heard from rudy giuliani. but trump's team, of course, is pushing back. his spokesperson, jason miller, telling us the forme

representative thompson, you've been contacted apparently by proud boys who want to talk to you. can you quickly tell us what they want to talk to you about as part of this lawsuit? >> one of the comments was -- and i directed them to my lawyer, joy. basically i told them whatever you want to say, you need to talk to my lawyer. they said no, we want to talk to you. no. the lawsuit is filed. you talk to the lawyer or i'll see you in court. >> congressman benny thompson, elizabeth neumann, thank you very much. >>> republicans love to decry cancel culture but are they trying to cancel a biden nominee because of her tweets? >>> the irony, cpac conference is america uncanceled but they just canceled a long-time trump supporter from appearing. oopsy. >>> when ted cruz wasn't texting on his phone, or ignoring the testimony of police, he was whining that people need to care about others. >> you know here's a suggestion. just don't be a [ bleep ] . just, you know, treat each other as human beings, have some monacle of respect. >> take your own advice. i know you're trying. always a terrib

sadly, elaine thompson has passed on. but she was the steward of her family's history.d she through genealogy was able to unpack quite a bit of her family's story. but we're very fortunate because at this point her great niece has now picked up the mantel and she is carrying it forward. she wrote a book at the age 9 with the assistance of her great aunt. and now she's getting ready to rewrite that book at age 16 and carry that genealogical research further. so we're looking forward to working with her more on unpacking the story of this family and the significance of joseph trammil during the period of slavery and freedom in his status as a free black man. now, let's look over at the paradox of liberty. again, remember, we talk about the story of free communities of color. imagine at the time you have free african-americans who align with enslaved african-americans, again, a collective voice fighting for freedom. but they're fighting for freedom in a nation founded on liberty but still maintaining slavery. directly behind me you see the cast figures of benjamin baniker

anne thompson has the latest >> reporter: andrew cuomo tonight under fire and investigation. >> reporter: the u.s. attorney's office is looking at how h is administration handled nursing home deaths. >> my administration created the void and that i feel bad about. >> reporter: last month the state's attorney general revealed by under 50%. families blamed the administration for sending 9,000 covid patients from hospitals to nursing homes in the early days of the pandemic. >> he needs to be held responsible. >> reporter: team cuomo denied the governor made a bullying phone call to ron kim urging him to lie about the numbers. >> these are the direct phone calls from him >> he threatened you >> he threatened me and that's how i felt that this was it if i don't comply like i have no future >> reporter: now lawmakers from both sides of the isle wants cuomo's emergency pandemic powers to repeal anne thompson, nbc, new work >>> up next the big drama on gamestop >>> in washington today democrats unveiling a plan by president biden toover hall immigration peter alexander is at the white house, wha

but bennie thompson deciding to do this.a chairman, a prominent democrat, but he's not someone who runs to the cameras every day. this is this a this is smart politics for democrats or let's try it out and see if we can get on the record some of the evidence of the unanswered questions, who are they texting, who are they emailing with? >> i think it's the latter because as we saw during the impeachment trial, that was one of the big unanswered questions. what did donald trump do in the run-up to january 6th. what did he do when the riot happened, and what was his immediate reaction? what were the interactions that happened at that time? and what is his level of interaction with any of the folks on the ground on january 6th? those kind of questions, if you recall during the impeachment trial, his attorneys deflected virtually all of those. they instead attacked house democrats for not investigating it themselves. if it does go forward, if he is deposed, donald trump is, perhaps we could learn a lot more information about what

meanwhile, draymond green and klay thompson are facing a little backlash after these post game comments on saturday night. >> he is probably mad about that. who knows. >> is over there, like he is a tough guy. >> they were talking about pistons guard, who confronted anderson after the game but his teammates felt thompson and green took it too far. >> i think it is very unprofessional, and definitely not classy for somebody to attack his professional career the way that it was attacked.te over the weekend, yes, that is aaron rodgers in the back of a pickup truck in green bay, conf is not leaving town. that inspires me to change my fishing pictures. >>> super bowl kickoff week. back to you. >> we wi >>> good evening. coming up after kpix5 news at six, our new series, women and the pandemic. is the covid vaccines eighth for pregnant women? tonight, what you need to know. all that and more news coming up here on this abs evening news. -- >>> thank you for watching at six pick of the news continues streaming on cbsn bay area. the cbs evening news is coming ne >> we captioning sponsored by cb

it had been taken on february 15th by staff sergeant thompson and six men. in the course of tanking it, but they took a lot of casualties. once they had taken it and we're on the top of the tower, they were ordered to hold it through the night. now, they were nearly out of ammunition. one marina volunteered to bring ammunition and he was killed within the first ten meters of trying to move up the tower. staff sergeant thompson radioed not to send anymore -- make any more attempts. he didn't want any more marines to lose their lives. >> he told me, hold this towel we're at all costs. it was a suicide mission to try and sensitive that tower. well those seven of us up here, and we're looking down on a couple hundred vietnamese. 4:00, 4:30 in the morning, i started seeing movement, and these guys are getting ready for an attack. they're getting ready to us all the power. i thought wow, we are in for trouble. the north of the enemies lifted me up in the air, in a ball of flame. and i am turning head over heels, and a ball of flame. and i land ten, 15 feet down th

and klay thompson stole the show last night.he joined the broadcast and had plenty to say, including the end of the game, when the pistons reserve came over the warriors bench to confront anderson. >> this dude might be out of the league soon. who knows. trying to start something like he is a good player or something. get out of here. sorry, we are done. >> walking over there and talking [ censored ] like he is the team tough guy. tough guy [ censored ] rodney, tough guy. it's like that line said in the first quarter, you've got nothing better to do, you are still talking about something from the first or second quarter. you were not in the game. are you [ censored ] kidding me? >> thompson is mixing it up. super bowl 55 is one week from tonight. and normally, both teams would arrive today, one week prior to the football game. due to covid-19, the chiefs won't arrive in tampa bay until later next week. tom brady and the bucks are fit to stay home for the big game. brady, at 43, he's not slowing down. his 40 touchdown passes were

they'll host the celtics on tuesday. >>> klay thompson stole the show last night. reporter k lay joined the broadcast and had plenty so say after mcgrewer came over to the bench to confront anderson. >> this dude might be out of the league soon. he's probably mad about that. who knows? trying to start something like he's a good player or something. pro, get out of here. sorry, all right, we're done. >> walk over there talking [ bleep ] like he's a team tough guy. get the [ bleep ] out of here. tough guy? rodney a tough guy. also i think it was something that like -- that juan said in the first or second quarter to ellington. you ain't got nothing better to do that you still thinking about something from the first and second quarter. when you weren't in the game. but i know ain't nobody scared of no rodney mcgrewer, are you kidding me? >> anyway. i think if basketball thing doesn't work out. he has a future right? >>> super bowl lv is one week from tonight. now usually both teams arrive today in the super bowl city but because of covid-19, the chiefs won't arrive in

let's get more from anne thompson. >> reporter: today governor andrew cuomo tried to separate what he calls political spin from facts. >> the new york state doh has always fully and publicly reported all covid deaths in nursing homes and hospitals. >> reporter: last week revelation that one of the governor's top aide told lawmakers nursing home data was delayed saying "we froze, fearing the number would be used against us by the trump administration." today cuomo says state lawmakers were informed and the federal government's request was addressed first. this follows the reserveul revelation that the nursing home was higher than the administration initially claimed. >> we should have provided more information faster we were too focused on doing the job and addressing the crisis of the moment, i take total responsibility for that >> reporter: before the crisis, cuomo wrote a book about his leadership >> they need to own up to some of the mistakes that were made >> reporter: losing loved ones and some faith in government. anne thompson, nbc news, new york >>> in 60 seconds, patients bat

he's defending that move let's get more from anna thompson >> reporter: governor cuomo tried to separate what he calls political spin from facts. >> the new york state doh has always fully and publicly reported all covid deaths in nursing homes and hospitals. >> reporter: last week one of the governor's top aides told nursing home death data was delayed. we froze fearing the number would be used against us by the trump administration today cuomo says state lawmakers were informed. this follows the state attorney on hold general revelation that the nursing home death toll was nearly 15,000, almost 50% higher than the administration initially claimed. >> we should have provided more information faster we were too focused on doing the job and addressing the crisis of the moment i take total responsibility for that >> reporter: cuomo wrote a book about his leadership >> they need to own up some of the mistakes that were made >> reporter: losing loved ones and some faith in the government anne thompson. >>> patients battling serious illness now battle to find the vaccine and another epidemic,

our priscilla thompson has more. >> reporter: kendis, district officials here in denver tell me this vaccine rollout plan is about equity and prioritizing those students who need teachers in front of them the most. so what denver schools did is they ranked their schools based on those receiving free or reduced priced lunch that's how they decided which teachers would be the first to get the vaccine. they started the rollout last week already more than 3,000 teachers and staff have been vaccinated they have a total of 18,000 folks they'll need to get through, and officials say they're hopeful they'll be able to do it by the end of next month. of course, health officials are cautioning that's going to depend on the amount of vaccine doses they're given per week kendis >> priscilla, just last night, the president said he's hoping things will be normal by the end of the year. >>> our president biden will meet with labor leaders to discuss a covid relief face-to-h americans about how his administration is fighting this pandemic nbc's tracie potts joins us now with more. tracie, as we woul

anne thompson, nbc news, vernon, connecticut. >>> as the country slowly reopens, a milestone tonight for the one-time epicenter of the pandemic. sports venues open again in new york city but there's also a warning to those who have already been vaccinated gabe gutierrez now with the latest. >> reporter: tonight, despite the urgent push to reopen, dr. anthony fauci is warning even if you get vaccinated there are things you still should not do. >> for example, indoor dining, theaters, places where people congregate that's because of the safety of society. >> reporter: he says a vaccine may protect you but the evidence is unclear how much it prevents you from spreading the virus to others still, more sports arenas and stadiums are getting back in the game at least 21 in the nfl, 11 in the nhl, and now 14 in the nba. at new york's iconic madison square garden, knicks fans are returning tonight for the first time but at just 10% capacity. >> it just enhances that -- you know, that experience of being in the game rather than just sitting home watching it on your couch. >> reporter: guest r

a far cry from what clay thompson has missed since he last played in 2019. clay is doing all right.heck out the photographs he posted from a boat in the bay. >> have you ever been invited on this boat? >> i have not. i have not. i wonder has he ever not been living his best life? he is recovering anill living his best life. that's what we all love about clay. >> getting close to handing out the hardware in melbourne. battle of the american. jennifer brady not happy. brady picked up the racket and won the last two sets. . >>> college hoops. santa clara back on the floor for the first time in over three weeks and the first game on campus all year. nail biter against lms. closing seconds, jump shot gave them the lead. scott had a clear high 37 points. broncos down 76-73. final shot. goes the length of the board. got the shot off to tie. it draws front iron. lmu escapes with a three point win. >>> i have the wednesday morning top five. two guys in boston under investigation by police after they broke into a snowy fenway park. all that trouble and no carlton fisk impression? >>> james is

he was charged with sexually assaults and human trafficking and other crimes anne thompson has other. >> reporter: the head coach of the london olympics was supposed to be arraigned in the courtroom this afternoon the 63-year-old did not show for his accounts convicted sex offender, larry geddert was found this afternoon after taking his own life says his attorney general, calling this a tragic end to a tragic story for everyone involved the attorney general announced human trafficking and sexually assaults and racketeering and lying all connected to his years as an elite coachn the lansing area she was charging geddert with human trafficking and sexually assaults and racketeering and lying, all connected to his years as an elite gymnastics coach. >> we hope these charges will bring some measures of justice to some of the harm that was inflicted. >> reporter: i interviewed sarah klein, she says he was abused by nassar at the age of eight. >> he saw a small child alone naked with a grown man time after time >> reporter: did he ever ask you about that what was going on in that back roo