i'm yasmin vossoughian. i am coming to you from the beautiful waterfront of providence, rhode island. a city that's been hit hard, in fact, by the covid crisis. the large majority of this state's more than 2,500 deaths and 130,000-plus cases have come from right here, in this city. those may not seem like overwhelming numbers. but remember, this is a state, with just over a million people. i wanted to come back here, after reporting from here throughout this pandemic, to look at the year that has passed and the year that is ahead. through the prism of one state's experiences. while there is still much pain here, and a long way to go. there is some good news. some light, at the end of the tunnel. one recent analysis ranking rhode island number ten in terms of vaccine distribution. and the state just increased the eligibility to those 60 and over, as well as people as young as 16, with an underlying condition. i saw that hope, myself, this weekend, as i visited a mass-vaccination site at the dunkin' doughnut c

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>>> i'm geoff ben it in for yasmin vossoughian. we've got a lot to cover and a great team of correspondents in the field ready to go, including fireworks on the sunday shows over georgia's new voting restrictions amid new efforts to fight back using the power of the pocketbook. >>> the tale of two presidents on covid, surging approval ratings for president joe biden on the pandemic while a former trump official gives a chilling estimate of how many lives could have been saved if they had acted differently. >>> plus an exclusive look at a new report detailing a concerted republican effort to roll back abortion rights across the country. >>> and we're live in minneapolis on the eve of the trial of a white police officer charged in the killing of george floyd. >>> but we start with the battle over voting rights and the backlash facing georgia's republican governor after he signed into law a bill that limits voting access. nbc's vaughn hillyard is on capitol hill and joins me now. vaughn, it's good to see you. what's the latest? what's

. >>> welcome back, everybody, i'm yasmin vossoughian. the surge at the border, one that republicans are trying to turn into a political crisis for the biden administration. but the white house is in fact firing back, sending the homeland security secretary on five different morning shows to remind the public of something the gop would like them to forget. >> why the challenge at the border is as difficult as it is now, even though we are tackling it and will tackle it successfully is because the entire system was dismantled by the trump administration and we are in the midst of a pandemic. so it makes the challenge more difficult, but we know how to meet that challenge. the personnel in the department of homeland security will and are meeting that challenge and we will execute this successfully. >> so in a moment i'm going to go to hidalgo county, texas, judge richard cortez, for a reality check on what's actually going on at the border and whether it's immigration, voting rights or any other part of the biden agenda. it's becoming incre

>>> good afternoon, everybody, i'm yasmin vossoughian. we got a lot of ground to cover, and a team of correspondents covering it all, including anger in the streets of atlanta over violence against asian-americans in the wake of the shootings there. new information in a just unsealed indictment targeting some of the alleged ring leaders of the capitol hill riot as well. >>> promises of, quote, indictments flying soon from donald trump's former fixer, after his eighth, count them, eighth interview with the manhattan d.a. >>> and a spring break surge bringing new fears of super spreader events and hot spots for college students. we're covering it all, and also, my special report this hour, thousands of immigrants still waiting to be reunited with families even after donald trump's muslim immigration ban has, in fact, been lifted. i'm going to take a deeper look at that later on this hour. >>> but we first want to start in atlanta where a rally organized by stop aapi hate is in full swing. marchers, they're calling for an end to anti-asian-a

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i'm yasmin vossoughian. we've got a lot to cover in the two hours ahead and a team of correspondents to help us do it. new information on the white house plans for a covid relief bill blitz in the week ahead, as millions of americans are getting their money. increased republican efforts to take focus away from covid and put it on the border. also, the latest efforts by gop legislatures across this country to keep people from voting. and new information on a london murder that has led to a movement for women's rights. we do want to start with the president and covid as well. tomorrow president joe biden and vice president kamala harris and their spouses are going to start a whirlwind tour fanning out across battleground states to promote and explain the coronavirus relief package. with that i want to go to monica alba who's in wilmington, delaware, for us standing by with all this information. monica, good to see you this afternoon. talk us through some of the first stops of the president and the vice preside

i'm geoff bennett in for my friend, yasmin vossoughian. today from a movement based entirely on a lie. it's a lie that donald trump has repeatedly pushed since losing to joe biden. the lie that the election was stolen. it doesn't matter that trump's own election officials declared it the most secure election in u.s. history. it also doesn't matter that discredited attorney sidney powell, who pushed the part of the lie that voting systems switched votes for joe biden, she's now said in a court filing that, quote, no reasonable person would conclude her statements were truly statements of fact. it also doesn't matter that trump and his supporters weren't able to find any evidence of the voter fraud they claimed despite all the lawsuits they filed. but that lie is leading to action. georgia republicans used the concerns over the election integrity as they call it, concerns that were fostered solely by former president trump and his republican allies to justify a sweeping new law restricting voting rights and while many have focused on the law

. >>> welcome back, everybody, i'm yasmin vossoughian. words matter. it's something that's hitting home this weekend in the wake of the deadly shootings that have shaken the nation. words matter when it's the ones lifted up in anger today on the streets of atlanta at a rally being held after a gunman killed eight people, most of them asian women, in a shooting spree. words matter when it's a police representative saying the suspect was, quote, having a bad day. and when the law enforcement community refuses to label it a hate crime to the confusion of the son of one of the women killed. >> you can't say that this isn't racially motivated. you don't kill eight people on a bad day. let alone one. >> and words really matter when they come from the very top. >> words have consequences. it's the coronavirus, full stop. >> scapegoating asian-americans, people with the biggest pulpits spreading this kind of hate. >> the president and vice president making a clear and unmistakable connection between alarming rise in asian-american violence and donald trump's r

i'm yasmin vossoughian. a full-court press about the start across the country. as democrats are eager to tell the story of what the bill will in fact provide to americans still suffering in this pandemic. >> it's the most significant change for middle class people, for poor people, people trying to get into the middle class, in decades, in a very long time. and it has amazing things in it. >> this is a critical moment. this is a moment where we have to make sure that the american people know what's in this plan. they understand what's in this plan. >> and by the way, this bill is 90 some percent coronavirus centric. this is similar to the bill that we wrote in may, the heroes act, some of which was implemented in december, much of it now. >> so in a moment i'm going to talk to democratic congresswoman jackie speier about covid and what is next for her party. while democrats are focusing on covid relief, the republican party has hoped to find the issue they hope will blunt that, immigration. kevin mccarthy about to lead a fact finding mission to the border as rep

i'm yasmin vossoughian.iful waterfront of providence, rhode island. a city that's been hit hard, in fact, by the covid crisis. the large majority of this state's more than 2,500 deaths and 130,000-plus cases have come from right here, in this city. those may not seem like overwhelming numbers. but remember, this is a state, with just over a million people. i wanted to come back here, after reporting from here throughout this pandemic, to look at the year that

i'm yasmin vossoughian. $1.9 trillion.white house memo obtained by nbc news says this bill is, quote, the most significant piece of legislation to benefit working families in the modern history of this country. i am going to talk with congresswoman rosa delauro ahead of tuesday's final vote on the covid relief bill in the house. >>> plus this. >> there is no need for us to go to reconciliation until the other process has failed. that means the normal process of the committee, a hearing, amendment. >> west virginia senator joe manchin on the record. that one sound bite points to what we are likely to see moving forward, a grind to the last vote to get anything passed offer the last couple of yes.

i'm yasmin vossoughian, we have a lot to get to in the two hours ahead.cross this country to help us out. with more than two thirds of americans approving of the president's approach to the pandemic, what is next for the biden administration and its efforts to get legislation through the u.s. senate? the impact it could have on your life. we are going to try and answer that question. >>> also with that covid bill heading back to the house with no republicans in the senate supporting it i am going to ask democratic congressman brendan boyle whether he thinks a tax on the ultrarich sponsored by

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i'm yasmin vossoughian. the massive $1.9 trillion covid relief package finally passes the senate and the house will hold a final vote on the bill on tuesday. the nation is one major step closer to giving help to those needing it most, those who lost their jobs or under threat of losing their home, money for rural hospitals running dry on funding and cash to help schools pay for safety measures to reopen. here's the president just a short while ago. >> this plan is going to make it possible to cut child poverty in half. let me say it again. it's significant, historic, will cut child poverty in half. there's much more to this bill, but for now, let me make one final point. when i was elected, i said we were going to get the government out of the business of battling on twitter and back in the business of delivering for the american people. of making a difference in their lives, giving everyone a chance, a fighting chance, of showing the american people that their government can work for them. and passing the a

i'm yasmin vossoughian. $1.9 trillion. that is the price to keep americans safe from covid and get this country back on its financial feet a. white house memo obtained by nbc news says this bill is, quote, the most significant piece of legislation to benefit working families in the modern history of this country. i am going to talk with congresswoman rosa delauro ahead of tuesday's final vote on the covid relief bill in the house. >>> plus this. >> there is no need for us to go to reconciliation until the other process has failed. that means the normal process of the committee, a hearing, amendment. >> west virginia senator joe manchin on the record. that one sound bite points to what we are likely to see moving forward, a grind to the last vote to get anything passed offer the last couple of years. so how much will this impact the president's agenda? that's a big question. >>> also this -- >> today, on the anniversary of bloody sunday, i'm signing an executive order to make it easier for eligible voters to register to vot

. >>> good afternoon, everybody, i'm yasmin vossoughian. a lot going on. we've got correspondents in the field covering it all. protests around the country against anti-asian violence in the wake of the atlanta shootings. one going on in new york city as we speak. we're going to get new information on the investigation and whether it's going to be labeled as a hate crime. >>> also we've got an emergency meeting going on right now in miami beach in a growing battle against spring breakers. >>> and doubling down on racism. senator ron johnson's new comments about the january 6 riots. >>> and a full court press from the biden administration aimed at criticism over the surge at the border. we do want to begin, though, with breaking news on the investigation into tuesday's shooting rampage in atlanta that left eight people dead, six of them asian american women. investigators have yet to find concrete evidence that would be enough to build a federal hate crime case against the shooter. so far no directive has been given to the atlanta fbi by the justice departm

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. >>> good afternoon, everybody, i'm yasmin vossoughian.got a lot of ground to cover, and a team of correspondents covering it all, including anger in the streets of atlanta over violence against asian-americans in the wake of the shootings there. new information in a just unsealed indictment targeting some of the alleged ring leaders of the capitol hill riot as well. >>> promises of, quote, indictments flying soon from donald trump's former fixer, after his eighth, count them, eighth interview with the manhattan d.a. >>> and a spring break surge

i'm yasmin vossoughian.sday. the nation is one major step closer to giving help to those needing it most, those who lost their jobs or under threat of losing their home, money for rural hospitals running dry on funding and cash to help schools pay for safety measures to reopen. here's the president just a short while ago. >> this plan is going to make it possible to cut child poverty in half. let me say it again. it's significant, historic, will cut child poverty in half.

. >>> good afternoon, everybody, i'm yasmin vossoughian.t to get through in the next two hours. starting with the passage of the massive $1.9 trillion covid relief bill narrowly passing by a vote of 50-49 without a single republican voting yes. >>> and then just a short time ago, the president spoke about this historic bill. >> we took office 45 days ago, i promised the american people help was on the way. today, i can say we've taken one more giant step forward in the delivering on that promise. >> the senate pulled an all-nighter, shall we say, to get this past the goal line, and there are compromises that are going to affect you, by the way, so how has this bill actually changed from the original house version? and then, really, the question is, what is next? i'm going to give you a hint here. it's not going to the president's desk directly. our reporters in washington have the very latest on that. but i first want to hear more of what the president actually had to say after the passage of this bill in the senate. >> good day today. you