floyd's neck. >> tim alexander, talk about this. i want to play a little bit more about this, about steve schleicher trying to make it clear to the jury that this was about derek chauvin and not about the minneapolis police department. of course, we saw everyone from the chief on down. let's watch that. >> this is not a prosecution of the police. it is a prosecution of the defendant, and there's nothing worse for good police than a bad police who doesn't follow the rules, who doesn't follow procedure, who doesn't follow training, who ignores the policies of the department, the motto of the department to protect with courage, to serve with compassion. the defendant is on trial not for being a police officer. that's not the state versus the police. he's not on trial for who he was. he's on trial for what he did. that is what he did. that is what he did on that day. 9:29. that is what he did. >> tim, you've been a police officer, you're a prosecutor and a civil rights lawyer. you know what he's trying to say here is that this is not ab

. >>> joining me now to discuss is tim alexander, a civil rights attorney and a former detective whoad a 27-year career in law enforcement after being a victim of police brutality as a teenager himself and he's also running for a u.s. house senate seat as a democrat in new jersey. and we'll talk more about your story, your journey, and how you've been shaped in a moment but first, i would love to get your reaction to all that we just saw. >> it was deplorable. it truly was deplorable and it's important to point out that the vast majority of law enforcement officers in this country, men and women, are now standing citizens that do a great job and they provide service to their community. these two officers, particularly the contact officer, the officer who had the most contact with the second lieutenant does not need to do another day on the streets of that community. he is -- he was emotionally hijacked. he lost his bearings and it was a vehicle stop. would he have acted that way if the driver of the vehicle was a 65, 70-year-old white woman? my answer is no. >> it's extraordinary bec

much that we have to do and it can be done as long as we have the will to do it. >> all right, tim alexanderrtin, thank you so much. >> thanks, pam. >> thank you. >>> well, as queen elizabeth says good-bye to prince philip at an intimate funeral, a moment of reconciliation finally for her grandsons. that's next. with visible, you get unlimited data for as little as $25 a month. but when you bring a friend, you get a month for $5. so i'm bringing everyone within 12 degrees of me. bam, 12 months of $5 wireless. visible. wireless that gets better with friends. gillette proglide. five blades and a pivoting flexball designed to get virtually every hair on the first stroke. so you're ready for the day with a fresh face for a fresh start. for a limited time get a 5th cartridge free. (ringing) - hey kaleb, what's up? how you doing? - hey, i'm good, guess what, i just had my 13th surgery. - really? i just had my 17th surgery. - well, you beat me. - well, i am a little bit older than you. - yeah it's true. how are you doing? - i'm doing good. i'm encouraged by seeing how people are coming together to

we could get it done. >> tim alexander, we'll have to leave it there for today. thank you for coming on with us in the early morning. >>> let's turn to our other top story. we are awaiting the first live pictures out of the uk of a military procession that is set to take place shortly ahead of prince philip's funeral service. >> we want to get out to nbc's anne thompson, outside of windsor castle. that's where the ceremony will be held today. how will today play out? >> reporter: good morning. this is essentially a made-for-tv event because of covid. everything that we will see today will happen behind the walls of windsor castle, because of the pandemic. still there is a small crowd that has gathered outside to see -- we're not quite sure why they are here, other than they want to be part of the event. but they won't see anything because everything will happen inside those castle walls. the service itself will be fairly short, just 50 minutes long, and it will begin at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. there will be 730 military personnel on hand to provide some of the p

joining me now is democratic candidate for new jersey's second congressional district tim alexander. for having me. >> okay. so, you're running against congressman van drew who won reelection in 2020, 51.9 to 46.2% against kennedy who was democratic challenger, ms. kennedy there. what makes you think -- why do you think you're the one who can oust van drew, congressman van drew? >> that's a great question. and the reason i know that i can beat van drew is because there is not a single issue that the people in this district face every single day that i haven't experienced in my personal life. whether it be how are you going to make ends meet, health care, or dealing with systemic racism, police brutality, security. i have experienced this in every single arena that i don't have to empathize or say, i haven't experienced it. i know exactly what's going on. that's going to resonate with everyone whether they're republican or democrat in this district. >> one of the things he used, van drew used to beat up on ms. kennedy was the issue of de-funding the police. have a listen to what he ha

former federal prosecutor paul butler, tim alexander and former u.s. attorney chuck rosenburg. let's begin with the announcement today, chuck. a dramatic change from the justice department to have investigations, starting with minneapolis, but potentially any city's police department. >> yes. that's why we need a rigorous and vigorous civil rights division at the department of justice. it falls to the civil rights division to do those pattern and practice investigations. even in the heyday there are not all that many in a given year. i looked at the number once and it was two dozen or three dozen. but where you have a police department that seems to be falling well below the standards, at least at the actions of derek chauvin and his three fellow officers are any indication, this is important work for the department of justice to do. to hold police departments accountable, to try and raise standards. there is a lot of work to be done. i don't mean doing a pattern and practice investigation solves the problem of policing america. it doesn't, but it's an important step. not to be

tim alexander, a civil rights attorney and former police detective with us. he's running as a democrat in new jersey. joey jackson is a criminal defense attorney and cnn legal analyst and wesley bell is a former member of the ferguson member city council. thank you to all of you for joining me. i wonder if i could first go to you, wesley, because the city is making a clear distinction there that its city police had no involvement in the execution of the warrants, nor any involvement in the shooting that was carried out by the county sheriffs office. why is that an important distinction to make? and in so doing, the city is also requesting the body cam video be released by the county. >> well, we're dealing with process here and the idea is that when you're trying to reverse engineer to figure out what exactly happened, it's important to know who was responsible, and if there is some accountability to be had or some concerns with respect to any potential, be it litigation, criminal or civil, you have to know who is responsible, and so there's a distinction bet

tim is next from oregon. go ahead and give us your impression of tonight speech? caller: i am a little disappointed. [indiscernible] host: the connection is so bad, we cannot understand you. alexander in raleigh, north carolina. good evening. caller: i think tim scott is a servant. -- serpant. he can sit there and tell you lies. i am a black republican and i note that the stuff he was saying was not true. he was going on stage and giving lies and misleading the american people. host: keith from antenna -- from montana. go ahead and tell us what you thought of the speech, an issue of concern for you. caller: i think the president did not give a bad speech, the only concern, would not be republican or democrat, i voted for joe biden. my biggest concern that i have seen is, he did promise a lot. he said, in the beginning he would give student loans, he talked about the presidential debate where he had a lot of stuff and was going back and forth about immigration with trump period looks like a lot about has gotten worse. my concern is that we have been told a lot of things by the democratic party and it seems like a lot of it is false. i think there has not been a true democrat besides

tim scott will be delivering the gop response to the president's address. i will be joined exclusively by house speaker nancy pelosi to discuss tonight's speech. but we are joined first by peter alexandereter, there is a lot the president wants to showcase, a lot of big dollars. what should we watch for first? >> it was 47 years ago that president biden first sat in one of these chambers with president nixon. tonight he will be delivering one. this will be history making with the venue he is delivering it. just one member of the supreme court. the chief justice john roberts will be there. the secretary of state as well as the defense secretary and behind the president two women as well, the vice president and your next guest nancy pelosi. it will be two women who share that image beamed across the country and globe. the president said he would serve as a bridge. tonight this will relate to the central topic of his speech, the american families plan, the latest in a series of ambitious proposals. it focuses on elder care and child care and paid family leave as well as a series of other things associated with education. specifically $200 billion to play for free universal pre-k for 3 and