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>>> welcome back, everybody, i'm yasmin vossoughian. america has witnessed 30 days of carnage from the atlanta shooting in march to this week's mass murder in indianapolis. the numbers of what happened in the month between are simply staggering. we're going to look at why this country appears to be helpless in the face of this level of violence and hear more from the victim's family in the latest mass shooting. >> how can a 19-year-old kid have access to the gun and we are most strong country in this world? we call united states of america, and we call ourselves that we're the most safest country, but we're not. >>> i have two guests coming up to talk about what's not getting done in congress and what could be done outside of washington, d.c. we're also keeping an eye on what's shaping up as another night of protests against police in two cities where tensions are running very high after two more young black men died at the end of an officer's gun. >>> but we do want to begin with a fire storm on capitol hill that has one of the hill's

i'm yasmin vossoughian. the full-court press is on to sell the president's infrastructure bill. >> we're still working off of infrastructure choices made in the 1950s. >> secretary buttigieg making his best argument with my colleague, chuck todd. but what's the real discussion between members of congress? i'll ask that very question to congressman steve cohen. plus the penalty he would like to see if state legislatures continue to pass voter restriction laws. an alarming new investigation from "the new york times" as well. donald trump supporters who thought they were donating only once to his 2020 campaign, they were actually charged repeatedly without their knowledge. we're going to dive into how his donors got duped. plus this. >>> mr. president, you have not condemned these actions or this language. senators, you have not condemned this language or these actions. this has to stop. >> i'm sure many of you remember that moment. that is republican gabriel sterling last december who became a household name a

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i'm yasmin vossoughian.have a lot of ground to cover. a brand-new nbc poll grading joe biden just days before he marks his 100th day as president in office. a new breakthrough in demands for body cam phenomenally to be released in a deadly north carolina shooting. new promises from the united states to aid in india's growing covid crisis. it is so bad, they're conducting mass cremations. i'm going to be to go dr. kavita patel who has family in india about how bad it has really gotten. the images are startling. and next hour, we have a special hour you don't want to miss. families of transgender kids considering fleeing their states due to laws aimed at their kids. i'm going to talk to a mom who may leave texas to protect her son. >>> we want to begin with that new nbc poll released just days before president biden marks his first 100 days in office and gives his first major speech to congress. the nbc national poll shows overall 53%, just over half of american voters, approve of the job that he is doing. nbc

i'm yasmin vossoughian. we've got a lot to cover on this easter sunday and a team of correspondents in the field ready to go with us. on the brink of collapse, a wastewater pond from a fertilizer plant could fail at any moment. a state of emergency has been declared in the county just south of tampa and st. petersburg. we're going to be live on the ground with the latest efforts to contain that situation. >>> plus, spending $2 trillion. transportation secretary pete buttigieg calls it a generational investment. we're going to look at this proposal that has set up a giant battle over the size and cost of government. >>> and the boys of summer are back. it is opening weekend for major league baseball, but of course not without the risks amidst this pandemic. games are already being cancelled due to covid. we'll look at the challenges to keep fans and really everybody safe. >>> also on the eve of another milestone achievement in space. i'll talk to a nasa engineer who is the lead on getting a helicopter to fly

♪♪ >>> welcome back, everybody, i'm yasmin vossoughian.emotional demand for action today from the family of andrew brown jr., release the body cam footage. and release more details into the police shooting in north carolina. >> we will get justice if it's just for the children or the family and this community. i expect that law in north carolina to be changed in his name. >> it comes as protesters gather in two other states that have become flash points in the battle for police reform. >>> also this hour, playing politics with people's lives, a republican senator's comments about vaccine drawing fire from dr. fauci himself. >>> plus it's a moment from the trump presidency few will forget. the president tossing out paper towels to residents hit by hurricane maria, how a new report details the lengths the trump administration went to keep aid from those same residents. the former mayor of san juan, who had a public battle with the former president, joins me later on this hour to talk about the story and how puerto rico is doing now. >>> but

♪♪ >>> good afternoon, everybody, i'm yasmin vossoughian.have a lot of ground to cover with a team of correspondents covering it all for us. controversial congresswoman marjorie taylor greene lashing out in a new statement over attacks of her new effort in congress that one of her colleagues is labeling the ku klux caucus. >>> new flash points in the debate over police and race. >>> and new information on the victims and the gunman in a shooting at a fedex workplace in indianapolis. >>> plus, england and its queen say good-bye to prince philip as a fractured family gathers to mourn. all of that is coming up. >>> but we want to start with that breaking news. in just the past two hours, ultraconservative congresswoman marjorie taylor greene lashing out after details of plans for a so-called america first caucus were leaked to the media. the platform allegedly backed by greene and ultraconservatives aims to promote, quote, uniquely anglo-saxon traditions. greene now says the scum and liars in the media are calling me a racist by taking somethin

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♪♪ >>> good afternoon, everybody, i'm yasmin vossoughian.re going to begin this hour with breaking news out of elizabeth city, north carolina, following wednesday's deadly police shooting of andrew brown jr. any moment, we are expecting to hear from members of brown's family along with their attorney and other advocates as well. you're looking at live pictures there as we await the beginning of this news conference. a short time ago, elizabeth city mayor betty parker, you see her there, taking to the podium to address growing calls for police transparency and the release of deputy body cam footage of the fatal incident. >> a second emergency meeting was held at 3:30 yesterday to discuss a formal request for the sheriff's department to release the body cam worn by the county officers at the scene of the shooting. and if denied, the request is to be forwarded to the district attorney's office as well as to superior court. any entity, in fact, that represents the custodial law enforcement agency. i see now that no city, small or large, is exemp

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i'm yasmin vossoughian. we got a lot of ground to cover, and a team of correspondents to help us do it. it happened just a short time ago, prince charles, the first royal to speak publicly about the death of his father, as we learn new details about the funeral plans for prince philip, including whether harry and meghan will actually be there. >>> also, defiance from congressman matt gaetz in the face of a new house ethics probe and criminal investigations into his conduct. >>> and republicans flocking tonight to a party featuring donald trump as the manhattan d.a. gathers new evidence in his probe of the former president. >>> plus, we're following the fallout from medical testimony in the trial of the police officer in the death of george floyd. >>> all of that and more but we do want to begin with the breaking news from the uk where just a short time ago, prince charles made an emotional statement on the loss of his father, prince philip. this is the first time that we have heard from the heir to the thron

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i'm yasmin vossoughian. signs of hope on capitol hill today that a police reform bill may actually happen with one republican senator at the center of things. >> i do not believe is acting on his own. he is acted with the approval and support of his leadership. >> so you think there's a pretty good chance by may 25th you'll have a deal in. >> yeah, i hope so. tim is the leader on this. his package is bipartisan. >> and a new nbc poll has good news for president biden as he prepares for his 100th day this week. in a speech to congress, his administration is framing as a victory lap for what they've accomplished so far. >> he is someone who i have seen over and over again make decisions based on what he truly believes, based on his years of doing this work and studying these issues. what he truly believes is the right thing to do. >> so this as republicans struggle to paint a president most americans see as a moderate in our new poll as something very different. >> he was going to govern as bipartisan. but the

nbc's yasmin vossoughian. >> reporter: shep, people were hesitant to get the vaccine. the johnson & johnson was the most popular vaccine in the state because it was a one and done situation with folks being hesitant they said if i'm going to get it, i want to get just one shot. also this is a rural place so you have to drive 25, 30 miles to get this vaccine, and so they only wanted to come once to get it the tuesday decision really impacted individuals i talked to pam chapman, someone who organizes folks in rural communities getting these vaccines here's what she had to say about the impact. >> we were all excited because we had so many people committed to taking the j&j, and as soon as we informed them that they had taken it off the shelves, they panicked. everybody left they cancelled their appointments no one wanted it not that they just said i don't want it, they just didn't want it and they didn't want to take moderna. they were out. >> reporter: shep, so the vaccine hesitancy is multifaceted it's about the fact that this is a rural community, they were hard hit f

. ♪ >>> welcome back to hour two, everybody, i'm yasmin vossoughian.hours away from closing arguments in the chauvin trial and then a jury will decide if what he did to george floyd makes him guilty of murder. i've got a panel of guests ready to go as we look at the final case each side will make to those 12 jurors. >>> plus controversial republican congresswoman marjorie taylor greene appearing to be standing virtually alone now on her idea for an america first caucus, the details of which were met with attacks from the left and the right. >> the members who start this america caucus first caucus, it's the silliest thing i've ever seen and republicans need to denounce it. >>> later this hour we'll look at the group that appears to pose the biggest roadblock to herd immunity, republican men. what their hesitancy to vaccine means for this country. >>> we do want to begin with the trial of derek chauvin and a city on edge as closing arguments are set to begin tomorrow morning. lawyers will be presenting their final arguments as to what actually transpire