yamiche alcindor begins with this report.former president donald trump back in the spotlight and eager to take charge of the gop. donald trump: do you miss me yet? do you miss me yet? >> [cheering and applause] yamiche alcindor: despite his election loss, he made clear that he wants to play a major role in the future of the party. donald trump: we have the republican party. it's going to unite and be stronger than ever before. i am not starting a new party. that was fake news. yamiche alcindor: he also wasted no time going after president biden. donald trump: we have gone from america first to america last. yamiche alcindor: trump's path forward for the republican party is familiar. it's culture wars and railing against president biden's immigration plans and other policies. trump made no mention of the violent mob of his supporters that just weeks ago attacked the u.s. capitol. rioters tried to block the certification of joe biden as president and threatened to hang former vice president mike pence. five people died in the a

made, along with a host of other issues on the biden administration's agenda, i'm joined by our yamiche alcindor and lisa desjardins. >> woodruff: so, hello to both of you. i'm going to start with you, yamiche, the president today did address this terrible shooting last night in boulder. we know he has seen this before as vice president. he was there during the shooting at sandy hook, during another mass shooting in orlando, certainly before that, as a united states senator. what is the white house saying? how are they responding to these latest atrocities? >> yamiche: well, president biden is responding to this latest shooting in boulder, colorado, by urging the passage of gun reform, something he has done over and over throughout his career as a vice president and senator. it is unclear if any gun legislation can get through the house and the senate. that is the big question. that being said, the white house is throwing their support behind two bills that have already passed the house. one focused on increasing and approving back house checks, another on banning assault weaps, and jen psaki sa

yamiche alcindor begins our coverage. yamiche: today in colorado, shock and grief. >> my heart aches today and i think all of ours' does, as coloradans, as americans, for this senseless tragedy. yamiche: in boulder, law enforcement have charged the alleged 21-year-old gunman in yesterday's supermarket attack with 10 counts of murder. today, police said he is in custody, but did not give a motive. >> we are committed with state, local and federal authorities , for a thorough investigation and will bring justice to each of these families. >> there's a shooter! active shooter! yamiche: the rampage began monday afternoon, when an eyewitness said a gunman armed with a rifle started shooting in the parking lot before entering the store. hundreds of police officers descended on the store in riot gear, as shoppers scrambled for safety. >> we started running here and there was at least two shots fired at us as we were running. yamiche: police engaged in a shootout with the alleged gunman, before taking him from the supermarket, shi

our yamiche alcindor is at the ite house with the latest. so hello yamiche.a little more about this bill that the president signed this afternoon. and what he's going to say about it tonight. and how he's going to talk about where we go from here. >> that's right. the president is going to be making a series of big announcements tonight as he has his first prime time address to the nation to mark the one year anniversary of covid lock downs in the united states. the first big thing that he's going to be talking about is putting the nation on a path towards closer to normal by july 4th. it doesn't mean we're going to have big concerts but he's going to be talking about small indoor gatherings and making things a little more normal before the pandemic hit. he's also going to be using federal authority to direct all states to make all american adults eligible for the vaccine by may 1st. doesn't mean that all americans will be able to get a vaccine by may 1st but all will be eligible to get one. the administration will say that he hopes to have enough vaccines to

judy: here to break down the sales pitch is our own yamiche alcindor. is the second day of what the white house is calling their help is here tour. tell us what they are trying to accomplish. yamiche: president biden and white house officials are eager to take a victory lap after having that 1.9 -- 1.9 trillion dollar relief package become law. they are eager to explain the details of the bill to the broader public. thiss dubbed the help is here tour, but it could be dubbed the shots in arms, money in pockets tour. as we've heard from them crisscrossing the united states talking about it, this tour comes as president biden said in 2009 he felt like president obama was too humble about explaining the economic stimulus he passed. this is democrats wanting to learn from that, what they see as may be a mistake, and making sure they take credit for what is happening. you can see where people are heading this week. yesterday, we saw the vice president, as well as the second gentleman, go to las vegas. they went to a vaccination site. then in new jersey, we sa

i am yamiche alcindor. senior national correspondent all in a vase is on the border in texas. -- all none of vase is on the border in texas. we know one of the challenges is this influx of unaccompanied minors, and in an effort to be more transparent, they decided to release images of one of the health and human services run shelters for children. tell us how that is being received. amna: i think it's clear the efforts made by the biden administration are very much welcome. we have been among the many journalists asking for access not just to those shelters run by hhs, but also to the border patrol facilities run by homeland security, and that is where we know the backup of unaccompanied minors coming across, that is where the backup is. when you talk to families on the ground on both sides of the border, we shouldn't expect those numbers of unaccompanied children to decrease any soon. there is that rule we keep hearing about, title 42, which is related to the pandemic, put into place by the previous admini

stephanie: yamiche alcindor will take a closer look at the challenges at the border, later in the program the west coast of central africa, the death toll neared 100 today from explosions at a military base in equatorial guinea. more than 600 others were wounded. rescue workers have been pulling bodies from the rubble since sunday. officials blame the military for mishandling dynamite at the base. the british royal family has now responded to allegations of racism by prince harry and his wife meghan, who is biracial. a statement from buckingham palace today said queen elizabeth and the royal family are saddened by the claims and the family will address the issues privately. and, longtime political correspondent and anchor roger mudd has died. he spent much of his career with cbs news before stints at nbc news and then, with the "macneil-lehrer newshour," a predecessor of this program. roger mudd was 93 years old. we'll look at his career, later in the program. still to come, the house prepares to vote on the final version of the covid relief bill we talk to iran's top nuclear scientist as

for the pbs newshour, i'm yamiche alcindor. >> nawaz: and that brings us to politics monday with amyr of the "cook political report" and tamara keith of npr. >> welcome back back to you both, ladies. good to see you, and happy monday. let's pick up where yamiche left off. tam, i want to start with you, cpac. trump's first public appearance since leaving the white house. when he left the white house, he was still saying he won the election, slamming his critics and his successor. how much has changed in his messaging since then? what was your take-away? >> tamara: almost nothing has changed accept maybe the tense of some of the words he was saying. some of it was in past tense. his criticisms of president biden were very similar to his warnings about what he thought a president biden would do back when he was a candidate. and, as you say, he is continuing these false claims. one bit of news that he made is that he said he is not planning to start his own political party, not going to create a third party. that would be a lot of work. the question though, is: what is he going to do now

white house correspondent yamiche alcindor was there, and she has our report. after 64 days in office, president biden held his first official news conference. he began by naming a new target for covid vaccinations. pres. biden: we will, by my 100th day in office, have administered 200 million shots in people's arms. that's right, 200 million shots in 100 days. i know it's ambitious, twice our original goal, but no other country in the world has even come close. yamiche: but the challenges at the u.s. southern border took center stage. and is there a timeline for when we won't be seeing these overcrowded facilities with -- run by cbp when it comes to unaccompanied minors? pres. biden: and so what we're doing now is attempting to rebuild -- rebuild the system that can accommodate the -- what is happening today. if you take a look at the number of people who are coming, the vast majority, the overwhelming majority of people coming to the border and crossing are being sent back. yamiche: mr. biden was questioned about possibly doing away with the filibuster, a pot

. >> woodruff: here to break down the white house sales pitch, our yamiche alcindor. is is the second day of what the white house is calling their "help is here" tour. tell us what they're trying to accomplish. >> yamiche: that's right, president biden, as well as a number of white house officials are eager to take a victory lap after having the $1.9 trillion package become law. and they're eager to try to explain the details of the bill to the broader public. this is dubbed the "help is here tour" and it could be dubbed the "shots in arm and money in pockets" tour. and what we've heard from them as they've been criss-crossing the united states talking about it. this tour comes as president biden said in 2009, he felt like president obama was too humble in explaining the economic stimulus package that hay passed, and they want to take full credit for what is happening with this bill. i want to put up a map so you can see where people are heading. yesterday we saw the vice president and the second gentleman go to las vegas. and then in new jersey, we saw jill biden go,

yamiche alcindor has our report. is story does include some video of the incident that was shown during the trial. yamiche: four hours, witnesses described what they saw on may 25th, 2020. detailing the last moments leading up to the death of george floyd. among those testifying today, the young woman who filmed the now viral cellphone video of the incident. frazier was not shown on the court's cameras because she was a minor at the time of floyd's death. still, throughout a bowl tears, she recalled that day. -- audible tears, she recalled that day. >> i heard george floyd saying, "i can't breathe. please, get off of me. i can't breathe," he cried for his mom. he was in pain. it seemed like he knew, like he knew it was over for him. he was terrified. he was suffering. this was a cry for help. yamiche: frazier also described how filming floyd's death changed her life. >> when i look at george floyd, i look at my dad, i look at my brothers, i look at my cousins, my uncle, because they are all black. i have a black fathe

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. >> woodruff: and for more, i'm joined by both lisa and white house correspondent yamiche alcindor. oodruff: so, hello to both of you. i'm going to start with you, yamiche. what more can you tell us about what the white house is saying about this bill as the house takes it up? and what more have we learned about the impact of this legislation, if it becomes law, as it now is written? >> yamiche: well, the white house and president biden are touting this 1.9trillion dollar relief package as a huge victory. they say it is president biden keeping his campaign promise to get urgent need directly to the american people as this pandemic continues. on that note, on thursday, president biden will be delivering his first prime time national address. he will be marking the one-year anniversary of lockdowns related to covid in the united states. he will talk about what he plans to do for americans, and talking about the sacrifices they made. o that note, as he waits for this bill to hit his desk and sign it into law, he is wasting no time in explaining it into detail. part of the explaining it

yamiche alcindor reports on the role that politics is playing in the effort to vaccinate america. >>s the country, vaccinations are ramping up. but a new public health challenge has emerged: persuading millions of republicans to get the shot. >> i'm just not ready right now to jump in my car, run out, go to my doctor or wherever i have to go, and get that vaccine. >> alcindor: 65-year-old michael karr lives in tulsa, oklahoma. he's a supporter of former president donald trump. and, while he's eligible to receive the vaccine, he's still not sure if he will. what's the hesitancy there? >> i've never had the flu vaccine. i'm 65 years old. probably should be getting the flu vaccine, but i don't. am i chancing it? yeah, probably. but i just have never taken the vaccine before. i didn't really see the need for it. i'm kind of in that same boat with covid-19. >> alcindor: karr is not alone. according to a recent pbs newshour-npr-marist poll, 41% percent of all republicans say they won't get a covid-19 vaccine. that makes them the most vaccine hesitant demographic in the nation. and public h

yamiche alcindor reporting from the white house on the day of this first presidential conference. and as the biden administration works to respond to the influx of migrants, our amna nawaz was on the border last night, watching as several people crossed into the united states. she reports from ciudad juarez, mexico, and el paso, texas. >> nawaz: as the sun goes down over juarez, this group has just made their way from mexico, into the united states. after crossing the river, and climbing the banks, they quickly scale the wall. from our vantage point, they disappear among the trains on the other side. we've come to this place that we've heard from local sources the number of border crossgs has been going up in recent weeks. sure enough, that crossing that we just witnessed happened in a matter of minutes. it looked like three teenagers, two boys and one girl. what's really remarkable, though, is that this was an area that was patrolled by mexican national guard just a few minutes ago, and there's a u.s. customs and border protection truck about 100 yards down that way. at this loca

yamiche alcindor and dasha burns and my thanks to you both.ention our own ayman mohyieldin. all of that fencing put up in the january 6th insurrection is being removed. that fencing is surrounding the u.s. capitol complex and beyond that, all of the roads around the capitol, they've all now been re-opened. u.s. capitol police is quickly ramping up security at a moment's notice if needed. >>> coming up, the biden administration is set to announce $81 billion, billion with a "b," being sent to schools. how should the money be used? we'll ask education secretary coming up next. k education asec coming up next that's how you let yourself woah! save 40% on hotel and ticket packages right now. not later, like right now. a capsule a day visibly fades the dark spots away. new neutrogena® rapid tone repair 20 percent pure vitamin c. a serum so powerful dark spots don't stand a chance. see what i mean? neutrogena® ♪♪♪ it's velveeta versus the other guys. clearly, nothing melts like velveeta. ♪♪♪ ♪ clearly, nothing melts taking you back... ...since way b

for the pbs newshour, i'm yamiche alcindor in prince george's county, maryland. >> woodruff: we turnf former president trump's so-called 'maximum prsure campaign,' aimed at crippling tehran's economy. now, president biden is signaling a return to a nuclear deal, but demands an end to extended nuclear work. special correspondent reza sayah tells us how this is playing out in iran. >> reporter: when spring arrives in iran, so does noruz, the iranian new year. tehran's tadry square bustles with shoppers, haggling for tradional symbols-- fish for life, eggs for fertility, flowers for rebirth and renewal. but what's hidden beneath the holiday festivities here is stress and hardship. u.s. sanctions are still choking an iranian economy already hampered by corruption and mismanagement. this fruit stand owner says celebrating the new year is harder than ever. >> this was the worst year, in my opinion, not just for me but for most people. this was the worst year. >> reporter: s sam sammy and her husband say the cost of living d raising two girls has never been so high. >> during the past one o

watching this first televised address to the nation from the white house by the president with our yamiche alcindor and our lisa desjardins. hello to both of you. we are seconds away, we're told, from president biden speaking from the oval office, but, yamiche, in the few seconds that we have, the president is going to be trying to turn our attention to the future. >> reporter: that's right, he's going to be talking about how we can make it through this pandemic, he's going to talk about how to put the country on a path to n normalcy, calling ot hate crimes against asian-american and talking about a site the country will launch for vaccinet. >> woodruff: president biden. good evening, my fellow americans. i would like to talk about where we are as we marked one year since everything stopped because of this pandemic. a year ago, we were hit with the virus that was met with silence and spread unchecked, denials for days, weeks, th months. that led to more deaths, more infections, more stress, and more loneliness. photos and videos from 2019 feel like they were taken in another era. the last vacation.

white house correspondent yamiche alcindor begins our coverage. >> reporter: today, an intensified focuse southern border. at the white house, president biden addressed the growing challenges there as the rising numbers of migrants turned up the political pressure to act. >> this new surge we're dealing with now started with the last administration but it's our responsibility to deal with it humanely and to stop what's happening. >> reporter: he also announced that vice president kamala harris will now be leading the administration's efforts to deal with mexico, el salvadoro, guatemala and honduras on immigration. it's a new role harris embraced. >> while we are clear border now, we also understand that we will enforce the law and that we also, because we can shchew gum and walk at the same time, must address the root causes. >> reporter: the vice president says she will focus on stemming te no eof regular migrants to the u.s. and establishing partnerships with the central amrican nations they are fleeing. but the role is a hard one with complex issues dating back decades and one mr. bid

white house correspondent yamiche alcindor reports. >> alcindor: in the steel city, president biden laidis plan to re-engineer america's infrastructure. the price tag: two and a quarter trillion dollars. >> it's not a plan that tinkers around the edges. it's a once in a generation investment in america unlike anything we've seen or done since we've built the interstate highway system and space race decades ago. >> alcindor: mr. biden said the plan would create millions of new jobs and shift the country away from fossil fuel. >> the american jobs plan will lead to a transformational progress in our effort to tackle climate change with american jobs and american ingenuity, >> alcindor: he also said his proposals are essential to help the u.s. compete with china, the world's second-largest economy, and the investments it is making. >> it's gonna boost america's innovative edge in markets where global leadership is up for grabs. markets like battery technology, biotechnology, computer chips, clean energy, and competition with china in particular. >> alcindor: “the american jobs plan” would s

yamiche alcindor, appreciate all of you. breaking news now following the former polici police officer involved in the death of george floyd. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams joins us now. that trial is set to start with jury selection on monday. what's happened today? >> it may not start on monday, andrea, if this gets appealed. derrick shauf vin's lawyers argued a of 3rd degree murder. that can only be police force and someone died. that can't be used. the trial judge agreed. but an appeals court in minnesota said that's not the case, the charge can be used and sent it back to the trial court. shauf vin's lawyers can appeal this to the state supreme court and that could delay the start of the trial. as of now, the state is able to try again to get the third degree murder charge reinstated but chauvin's lawyers could appeal. >>> the disparity in vaccination rates across the country continuing to grow. larry hogan under fire for low vaccinations in communities of color. how the state cannery verse that trend comin

joining me for insight and analysis are yamiche alcindor, correspondent for pbs newshour, jeh johnson, danielle pletka, and nbc news senior political reporter jonathan allen. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history. this is "meet the press with chuck todd." >>> good sunday morning. it was on january 1st of last year that the w.h.o. announced the discovery of a mysterious coronavirus-related case of pneumonia in wuhan, china. we didn't know it at the time, but we were about to experience the worst pandemic in a century. by february 29th, we had the first reported death from covid-19 in this country. then on march 10th, a year ago this week, with total u.s. cases still under 1,000, president trump said this -- >> we're prepared and we're doing a great job with it, and it will go away. just stay calm. >> we were not prepared. we were not doing a good job. and it still hasn't gone away. the next day is the one that we all remember. that's the day the w.h.o. finally declared covid a pandemic. it's w

peter: i want to play now some sound from "pbs newshour" yamiche alcindor about the administration's response to the uptick of migrants arriving in the u.s.-mexico border. >> is there a time line for when we won't see these overcrowding facilitys? >> an overwhelming majority of the people are being sent back. we're providing for the space again to be able to get these kids out of 2 border patrol facilities which no child, no one should be in, in longer than 72 hours. we're building back up the capacity that should have been maintained and built upon that trump dismantled. it's going to take time. peter: you covered immigration for years including a lot of time down at the border. help us fact check the president. this is just the normal seasonal increase we see all the time, in fact, it was larger as a percentage under president trump. but his own secretary homeland security said we might see the largest surge in 20 years. and his own vice president said this is a "big problem." help us sort through this. what's going on here? zolan: we're seeing the increase through march. let's tal

in a moment, yamiche alcindor takes a look at the details, but first, let's hear from parents who saye looking for help. >> my name is karen smith, and i am in baltimore. i have three kids. they are 8, 6, and five. >> my name is joseph curry. i have two kids. we lived in west palm beach, florida. >> my name is melissa cunningham. i have one son, travis. >> we were getting by on a couple dollars. >> i am the primary caregiver in the home, so i had to decide to leave my job and consult. my household income has been cut in half. it is already not where i would want it to be. >> prior to the pandemic, i would work days, and my son would go to afterschool wreck, and i could go to work. once the pandemic hit, those supports went away. i'm trying to manage working overnight and have my family member watch, while i am at work. that has been challenging. >> the biggest need for the family is the rent. the kids grow out of their clothes. unemployment, without the extra you get, we would be homeless. >> finding places i can take all three kids is extremely difficult. >> i get some stuff for the

yamiche alcindor picks up the story from here. 2005, more than 125 non-federal officers have been charged with murder or manslaughter for an on-duty shooting. a little more than 40 officers were convicted, often of a lesser charge. for more on all of that, we're joined by professor paul butler, a former prosecutor who now teaches criminal law and race relations at georgetown universit's law center, and chuck wexler. he is the executive director of the police executive research forum. it's an organization dedicated to improving best practices in policing. thank you both for being here. paul, i want to start with you. so many people have seen the video, the tragic video of george floyd's death. a lot of people think this would be a slam-dunk case, but it's very rare for police officers to be charged and convicted. why is that? paul u.s. officers kill about : 1000 people per year. the vast majority of those killings are ruled justified. when officers are charged, they're usually found not guilty or the charges are dismissed. the law

vanessa: yamiche alcindor watched the speech. ident biden outlined his covert response plan on multiple levels. what did he say? yamiche: he made big announcements today, saying he sees a way forward through this vaccine. he said first, moving the country normal to -- closer to a normal path by july 4. he wants people to gather in small groups, though there will not be big concerts. he is directing all states, through federal authority, to make all adults eligible for the vaccine by may 1. he will deploy troops to support the vaccination efforts. he said a new website will help americans navigate getting an appointment to get a vaccine, which has been an issue. vanessa: current polling is showing many americans are supporting with the president is pushing forward, correct? yamiche: that is correct. president biden is, according to the latest poll, 62% of americans approve of his handling of the pandemic. that is higher approval then former president trump ever saw. the highest he ever got was 44%. the president was calling out hat

during a presidential debate in 2019, pbs moderator yamiche alcindor questioned then candidate bident guantanamo. >> vice president biden, why could you not close guantanamo bay? >> we attempted but you have to have congressional authority to do it. they kept it open. it is an advertisement for creating terror. amy: the white house recently pledged to conduct a robust review of options to close the prison. supporters of closing guantanamo include defense secretary lloyd austin. shortly after biden was inaugurated in january, seven former prisoners penned an open letter to biden. they wrote -- "many of us were abducted from our homes, in front of our families, and sold for bounties to the u.s. by nations that cared little for the rule of law. some of us had children who were born in our absence and grew up without fathers. others experienced the pain of learning that our close relatives died back home waiting in vain for news of our return. waiting in vain for justice. that is what you must contend with and change." one of the seven authors of the letter was mohamedou ould salahi, a m

and yamiche alcindor. she asked president biden questions at yesterday's news conference and has also been to many trump news conferences, so we'll get to that in a moment. >> yamiche, tonally, quite a difference yesterday. >> quite different in tone. we saw president biden giving robust answers, long answers, answers that were steeped a lot in data, in information. obviously, he was less hostile. there were some illuminating questions about the way that he's handling the situation at the border, feeling like he needs more time to get his arms around that, saying that he'll let journalists in after he can implement his plan in those kind of facilities. but also talking about the filibuster as a relic of the jim crow era, but not ever really going as far as to say that he would eliminate it, even though he came really, really close to doing so. and of course, setting a new goal on covid for 200 million shots before his first -- or by the end of his first 100 days. >>. and john heilemann, a good bit of substa

yamiche alcindor, white house correspondent. and a lain in a trina. it is great to see you all. yamiche, when it comes to this conversation we're watching across the country about hate against asian and asian-american communities, what role does the white house see itself as playing? >> the role the white house sees itself as playing and specifically the role that president biden and vice president harris see themselves playing is really as leaders who can really push this country to not only reckon with the injustice and racism that asian-americans and african-americans, latino-americans face, but they see themselves pushing congress with democrats in control of the house and the senate to pass actual legislation so there are laws in place, stronger laws in place to deal with hate crime. you heard the president on friday come out and say that congress should pass swiftly a new hate crime legislation that's moving through that's been introduced by some asian-american members of congress as well as endorsed by other members of congress. that legislation would really put more autho

thezç+ yamiche alcindor from pbs news app. former homeland security secretary, jeh johnson. dency." yamiche, let me start with this. they got the covid relief bill. is this the beginning of momentum of legislation, or are we going to look back at the end of the year and say, well, he got his one big one, but everything else is stalled? >> well, it is true that the bottom line is that president biden was able to push through and is about to get this $1.9 trillion covid relief bill, but it took so much. just look at joe manchin, he's someone saying he wants to be the responsible middle, wants to be balanced. that's not the words that the democratic base wants to hear especially when they think of bigger bills and more ambitious issues like immigration and infrastructure. this bill on covid is happening while one in three people in america knows someone who died of covid. senator barrasso is very clear that he's very open to saying this was a mistake still, that republicans are not going to be the party that's going to just say, yes, we want to be bipartisan and want to sit down

yamiche makes the statement unproven that his words set off the surge. this is factually wrong. alcindor responding to that, perhaps you haven't interviewed migrants and asked them this question and rubin responded, there is no uptick. this is seasonal. robert, from a white house perspective, they'll look at this back and forth if they do. how might they see this? >> well, i mean, your first inclination is maybe to get some popcorn, but look, i think -- it underscores again, it's a complicated issue, it's an emotional issue even just the questions around an issue like this, and the causes, look, the causes of migration from those northern central american countries are vast in number, right? it's crime and it's economics and it's politics and climate change. there's a lot that's going on. i think it underscores that this is an issue that isn't going away any time soon and something they've got to get a handle on. they're acutely aware of that. they weren't exactly dealt a great hand in the facilities that they had down there based on what they inherited from the previous administration a

our yamiche alcindor takes a deeper look at the recent increase, and how facilities to hold these children are becoming overwhelmed. >> alcindor: judy, the situation at the border is increasingly challenging. according to the "new york times," the number of detained migrant children has tripled in the past two weeks; almost half are being held longer than permitted by law; in january, the number of unaccompanied children found at the border was 1,000 more than in october 2020 to help break all this down, i'm joined by theresa cardinal brown. she is the director of immigration and cross-border policy at the bipartisan policy center. >> teresa, thank you so much for being here. what is different, and most concerning about what is happening right now at the border, and how concerned are you about the trauma that unaccompanied miles an minors andunaccompanied childree at the border? >> the biden administration is trying to figure out t to treat the migrants arriving at the border. trump's administration was to send them home without any process. the biden administration wants to do it differen

in a moment, yamiche alcindor looks at the details.r from parents who say they are looking for help. >> my name is kirin smith and i'm in baltimore, maryland. i have three kids. they are eight, six and five. >> my name is joseph curry. i have two kids ages six charissa and ages two casten. we lived in west palm beach, florida. >> my name is melissa cunningham. i live in portland, maine, and i have one son, travis. he's 10 years old. >> we were getting by a little bit able to put a couple of dollars away, not a lot, but a couple. and this devastated us >> i am a single parent, and so i'm the primary caregiver in the home. so i had to decide actually to leave my job and to consult. so my household income has been cut in half. it was already not where i would have wanted it to be. >> prior to the pandemic, i would work usually days and my son could go to an after school wreck and then i could go to work. and once the pandemic hit, those, you know, supports kind of went away. so now i've beenrying to manageorking overnight and having a fam

yamiche alcindor has the story. a warning: because cellphone video was part of today's arguments, this report does contain graphic video of what happened to mr. floyd. >> 9-2-9. the three most important numbers in the case. nine minutes and 29 seconds. >> alcindor: this morning, that was minnesota prosecutor jerry blackwell's main message. that, he said, was how long derek chauvin kneeled on the neck of george floyd. in today's opening statements, blackwell tried to paint a picture of excessive force by the former minneapolis police officer. he showed nearly the entire length of the now infamous bystander cellphone video of the incident last may. >> he's not even resisting arrest right now! >> mr. derek chauvin betrayed this badge when he used excessive and unreasonable force upon the body of mr. george floyd, that he put his knees up on his neck and his back, grinding and crushing him until the very breath, no, ladies and gentlemen, until the very life was squeezed out of him. you can believe your eyes, that it's h

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white house correspondent for pbs news hour, yamiche alcindor.n terms of giving money to trump's pac and holding this event at mar-a-lago, are all republicans on board with this? >> well, i think what trump showed us, he still remains about himself and not about the republican party. and i think for people who are invested in the party, they will see it will be past president trump and needs to, this is confirmation of what they frankly already knew. i don't think people are very surprised by this. now, of course moving things to mar-a-lago, that likely financially benefits president trump as well. the former president is saying don't give money to the rnc and others but, okay, the rnc says fine we will go to mar-a-lago and put money into your coffers. the "washington post" has done incredible reporting how much money goes into something like this. tom nichols, my question for you is how do republicans grapple with this in the long term? because between this piece and roy blunt, five of them who are leaving the senate, it just doesn't seem to me

elnahar, yamiche alcindor has a question for you. >> good morning. thanks for being here.n rate among african-americans is half that of whites, hispanics have an even larger gap. i wonder what you make of that gap and whether or not there are any sort of fixes or solutions for how to really lessen that gap among racial groups? >> the gap is extremely concerning. i'm glad you asked about that. so, for example, only about 6% of the city of newark which we served at university hospital is fully vaccinated. remember, compare that to 16% of the rest of the state and the rest of the country. so people of color are not getting vaccinated at rates that we need for them to be vaccinated. that's for a couple of reasons. number one, hesitancy is still a factor, but that's not the only thing to blame here. we have to extend access as much as possible to communities of color. i do welcome the opening of a new fema site, a community vaccination center right here in newark. the governor will be here celebrating that opening today. those sites have proven to increase the number of color a

mike barnicle and yamiche alcindor are with us as well. >> jonathan karl, he -- the president, former supporters to get out and get a shot and he stated the obvious. we have -- we're a free country. you can do what you want, but he did actually do what a lot of people were asking him to do, that is tell his supporters to get out and get the vaccine. >> look, that's important because what he said is correct. a lot of people who voted for him, who support him, do believe that -- are part of this anti-vaxxer movement and don't want to take the vaccine. but trump has been conflicted on this from the start. you know, on one hand he's wanted to take credit for the vaccine, this incredible scientific achievement of developing this vaccine on such a short time frame, which did happen while he was president. there was a time, joe, you probably remember, kayleigh mcenany calling it the trump vaccine. on one hand he wanted to take credit for it, on the other hand, he's known many of the people that are vaccine skeptics, afraid of the vaccine are his supporters. that's why he himself got the vacc

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, associate editor of the "washington post" eugene robinson, and pbs news hour correspondent yamiche alcindorn centers with vaccinations on track to begin as early as today. u.p.s. and fedex are splitting the deliveries. the goal is to distribute 100 million shots by june and 1 billion by the end of 2021. but with new coronavirus variants on the rise, the director of the centers for decease control and prevention is warning that now is not the time to loosen covid restrictions. >> i remain deeply concerned about a potential shift in the trajectory of the pandemic. the latest cdc data continues to suggest that recent declines in cases have leveled off at a very high number. we cannot be resigned to 70,000 cases a day. 2,000 daily deaths. please hear me clearly. at this level of cases with variants spreading, we stand to completely lose the hard-earned ground we have gained. now is not the time to relax the critical safeguards that we know can stop the spread of covid-19 in our communities, not when we are so close. >> meanwhile, senate majority leader chuck schumer announced the senate will ta