nbc news has not verified this information. it was just published 15 minutes ago. gaetz acknowledges the investigation but denies the allegations. "the daily beast" says they asked for a response and requested more details on the times and amounts being discussed so we can review any details with our lawyers. when the daily beast political investigations reporter jose pallierly broke the story, he joins me now. so this has to do with joel greenberg, the individual who had a status conference today, who appears like he's going to plea. we don't know that for sure. walk us through what your reporting shows. >> so in all of this, what we've heard is that there's a federal investigation that extends to the congressman, right? key to that would be any evidence of payments that would have been made from that congressman to his friend, this tax collector in florida. now, what we have gotten ahold of at the daily beast are proof of venmo payments that matt gaetz did way back in 2018 -- and it's worth telling the story. overnight, late at night, the congressman sends two se

april 8th, 2021. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> hey, everybody, welcome to "today." so happy you are joining us. >> good morning, sg. >> good morning, hk. we've got you covered coast to coast. we've got new reaction this morning to the tiger woods' accident report happening of course on the same day as the masters is getting underway. >>> to texas, where there is new controversy surrounding border facilities and the treatment of children being held in them. we're going to have more on that straight ahead. >>> plus, al is tracking yet another threat of severe weather and possible tornados across the south, the timing and al's full forecast in just a moment. >>> but we do start in d.c. where in the wake of recent mass shootings president biden will announce a series of executive actions on guns. nbc's chief white house correspondent peter alexander has details. hey, peter, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. that announcement to take place in the rose garden this morning. president bide

nbc news talked about that with the president. >> he said among other things america isn't racist. is it? >> no, i don't think the american people are racist. but i think after 400 years, african-americans have been left in a position where they are so far behind the eight ball in terms of education, health, in terms of opportunity, i think the overhang from all of the jim crow and before that slavery have had a cost and we have to deal with it. >> the president spoke as the nation continues to see high-profile incidents obviously involving law enforcement and people of color. joining me now is w.kamau bell. who's new season of the united states of america premieres this weekend. it's great to see you. do you agree with president biden? >> i think we have to ask who are you defining as the american people, because that's the thing that i get hung up on. we have to understand that this country was built on racism and currently racism is running this country in many ways. you look at the policing system and the mass incarceration system, you look at how schools in black neighborhoods

hallie, thanks >>> president biden is set to mark his first 100 days and our new nbc news poll shows a slim majority approve of his performance. 69% say that he's done well on the pandemic but just 33% approve of his handling of border security and immigration. despite the president touting himself as a unifier, 82% say we are still divided. let's get more on all this from peter alexander. >> reporter: from the kickoff of his campaign -- >> yes, unity over division >> reporter: -- to the start of his presidency >> my whole soul is in this bringing america together >> reporter: joe biden's cast himself as a voice of unity. >> i'll work with democrats and republicans. >> reporter: but 100 days in, the president's signature accomplishment is the only covid relief bill that attracted no republican votes the gop slamming him for executive orders they say cater to the democratic base. we came here to georgia, a state president biden flipped blue for the first time in decades by the narrowest of margins. do the voters here think president biden's fulfilling his promise to unite americans? w

i have another one from nbc news, georgia's jim crow voter suppression bill is now law. here is how democrats can fight back. talk about taking a side? it is ridiculous. here is all i know, i'm going to a yankee became in may. taking my kids there not only my kids vaccinated, not only have to be tested beforehand to go into the stadium, yes you can go into a restaurant in new york without a problem showing you're a negative test, you have to show i.d. when you pick up the tickets. yet major league baseball says, nope, we object to this law because you have to show i.d. yet, when i want to get my tickets for major league baseball game i have to show i.d. somebody explain that part to me. i don't quite get it. will: nothing to get. that is the problem with some of these stories. even to go back to the first story, root causes? that is generational thing. you can yell about root causes you want. what are you doing right now? anything worse than bad leadership is no leadership at all. but you are a, i'm sure, if you're a leader joe concha, especially on your kids soccer team

joining me now, nbc news justice correspondent, pete williams. pete, what more can you tell us about this? >> well, he's john shafer, he's 53 years old, he's from indiana. and he is a member of the oathkeepers. he describes himself as a lifetime founding member of the oathkeepers. this is a still picture from the government's original charging document against him, accusing him of entering the capitol with bear spray and using it on capitol police officers. you'll see the photo of the circle in his hand that the government says showed him deploying and preparing to deploy bear spray. but in the plea agreement today, he does not plead guilty to that. the government filed the charges only of entering the capitol without authority and trying to obstruct congress. in return, he has agreed to cooperate with the government and they will them what he knows about what led him into coming to the capitol. he says in his court documents in his admission that he was among the very first five or six people to get inside the building. it's significant, because

along with joe, willie, and me, we have nbc news and msnbc national affairs analyst host and executive producer of showtime's "the circus" and host of "the hell and high water" podcast from the recount, john heilemann. >> good background. >> also, elizabeth b. miller and pulitzer prize-winning columnist and msnbc political analyst, eugene robinson joins us this morning. >> and of course, you know, willie, i'll never forgive gene robinson for the nasty biting column he wrote about me after i won the '87 masters. >> i don't think that even happened. >> it's because you cheated, joe. i had to -- when you kicked that ball out on 12, i'm sorry, i just couldn't -- i had to tell the truth. >> thus the headline, rosie ruiz, get your golf clubs. who remembers rosie, cheating in the new york marathon in, what, '78? >> is the whole morning going to be like this? let's get to the news. we're following new developments in the justice department investigation of republican congressman matt gaetz. nbc news has learned that joe greenberg, a former florida tax official and associate of gaetz is expecte

♪so different and so new.♪ ♪was like any other...♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >>> a new poll shows terry mcauliffe surfaces, and he's the only governor with support at 47%. the primary election is june 8th and nbc's deepa shivram joins us. in the commercial break i was looking at the rest of the numbers and everybody else combined including those who don't know who they're going to vote for, they just match him. so he's doing pretty well right now. >> yeah, alex, that's right. interesting because there are five candidates, but terry mcauliffe is leak you said, in this poll surging ahead here at 47%. no other candidate in that poll even breaks double digits. it is interesting. you and i have talked about this in the past, alex. this whole governor's race in virginia for democrats and republicans is a litmus test for both parties and what direction they want to move in especially in a post-trump era for republicans. you have state senator amanda chase who herself has characterized as donald trump in high heels. she's someone who supported the insurrectionists in january 6th and she's definitely opinion takin

and i from nbc news, this is "today" with peter alexander, kristen welker and dylan dryer. welcome to today. thanks for joining us on this saturday morning. >> as we come on the air, it is one day after prince philip's passing. as we said, a gun salute is taking place across the united kingdom to mark prince philip's death. the first shots fired just moments ago. an emotional salute there. 41 guns will be fired, one round every minute at various spots across the uk. the guns used were used at prince philip's and queen elizabeth's wedding and during the queen's coronation. >> nbc keir simmons is outside the palace where the prince passed away. >> reporter: good morning to you. the front pages of the british newspapers emblazoned with pictures of prince philip and of pictures of the queen and prince philip. "the daily mail" this morning reporting that only prince harry will travel here for the funeral. nbc news has not confirmed that, but it might makes sense. meghan, of course, is pregnant. the day of the funeral may be announced today. surely, a day that will be one of the

and the white house tells nbc news he is, quote, deeply involved in its development. press secretary jen psaki says the president will lay out specific details of his american families plan that will expand health care, child care, college tuition assistance and other domestic agenda items. the white house says police reform is also a top priority on the list, willie. >> and here's how the country is feeling about that agenda. the latest monmouth university poll finds widespread support for president biden's big domestic policy items. 68% in this poll support his infrastructure and jobs plan. 29% oppose it. as for the president's spending plan, 64% support the proposal to expand health care, child care, and college tuition assistance. 34% are opposed. when asked which plan is more important, the majority of those polled, 54% say both infrastructure and health care are equally important. 19% say infrastructure. when it comes to paying for all of this. 64% support raising taxes on corporations and 65% support raising taxes on people making more than $400,000 a year, joe

a new nbc poll, actually, asks the whether whether or not you're more of a trump supporter or support of the gop. 44% still say they're a trump supporter, but 50% say they're a republicans reporter. it's the secondly polls higher than that. do you think that gets liz cheney a little bit more space up there? >> i think so. it makes her feel probably a little less lonely. something that both of you know, having worked in white houses and done campaigns, voters aren't stupid, right? and so they can read tea leaves just like i can, just like anyone who gets in front of a camera and talks about this stuff all day can. so as they're watching president trump kind of lose his grip, if this happens, lose his grip on republican leadership as -- you don't see him that often, you only hear him on false news, the, but his twitter left out part of the conversation. that's why he was able to say, maybe i'll run for president, because you're more interesting as a politician if you're going to run for president. being a former president, i'll likely vote for you. i think he's trying to be part of the

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joining me now is nbc new york chief investigative reporter jonathan dietz, white house reporter sara parker and former senior prosecutor for the mueller investigation, and andrew weissman. everybody, welcome. john, you know the sdni better than anybody. the lawyer's statement right there is talking about how there is attorney-client privileged material on many of those hard drives. what happens now? >> what happens now is expect a period of quiet time as they go through those electronics, a laptop, cell phone, other electronic devices, computers, as they look for evidence. how are they going to do this given the attorney-client privilege questions? they're going to have a clean team, a team that has nothing to do with the investigation and any possible future prosecution. those investigators are going to go through all that data, see what is relevant to this criminal investigation and then turn it over to the team that is going to actually handle the criminal investigation, so that separate team will then pass that information on. it will be reviewed and the investigation will move f

♪♪ >> announcer: this is an nbc news special report. remembering prince philip. here are savannah guthrie and hoda kotb. >> good morning, everybody. so glad to have you along with us on a saturday to remember. as queen elizabeth, members of the royal family, the united kingdom, and the world prepare to say a final farewell to prince philip. >> yeah. the duke of edinburgh died at the age of 99 last week, just two months shy of his 100th birthday. decades. the couple married for 73 years. think about that, wow. >> met as teenagers and had a long life together. we'll look back on that life today. prince philip's funeral taking place half an hour from now. it'll happen at st. george's chapel. you're seeing live pictures at the grounds of windsor castle. covid, the pandemic has placed restrictions on today's service. you'll notice that throughout, but the funeral is in line with prince philip's personal wishes. >> he didn't want a lot of fuss, as he always said. here's what you can expect to see this morning. in ten minutes, prince philip's coffin will be placed in a

news he is deeply involved in its development. >> laura: deeply involved. they said that a lot about president trump who would x-out big portions of his remarks and change them off the cuff when he had to. >> the most fascinating thing to me, as a former speaker of the house, the most fascinating aspect of tomorrow night. they will only have 200 people in the entire room. this is a room that can easily hold 1,000 or more people. they decided for covid reasons -- this is a president whose pathological concern about covid is almost bizarre -- for covid reasons, 50 house republicans and 50 house democrats, 50 senate democrats and 50 senate republicans, that's it. if you are not on the invitation list, don't come because we won't let you in. this will be the weirdest american speech by a president in american history. it will be a virtually empty room. you have an empty symbolic administration presiding over the destructive levels of what is happening in american society. >> laura: thank you very much. if you were hoping for a sign that biden's big announcement

my colleague jonathan allen, nbc news colleague, is on the ground outside and on the phone. john, what are you seeing? what can you add? >> reporter: first of all, you've got a perimeter around the capitol. you see a lot of folks with weapons and camouflage in addition to your normal capitol police presence. i saw an atf police officer. i spoke to one capitol policeman who confirmed some of the details you've just been hearing and also said to me, we've been attacked. >> "we've been attacked." if you're a member of the u.s. capitol police, you have to feel more under siege today than -- it's been a rough -- we are almost at the three-month anniversary of january 6, john. >> reporter: that is lost on no one. there has been bulked-up security around the capitol after january 6. some of that was taken down in the ensuing weeks, but we've continued to see members of the military national guard around here relatively frequently. but the presence right now is unlike any i've seen in the last couple weeks, hearing, in addition to that, choppers overhead, ambulance and police cars r

nbc news has not independently confirmed this reporting. a spokesman for gaetz denied requesting a pardon. and in a statement former president trump said gaetz never asked him for a pardon. "the times" reporting adding important context to a time when gaetz loudly calling for the president to hand out get out of jail free cards to anyone and everyone. here he is on fox news back in november. >> president trump should pardon michael flynn, the thanksgiving turkey, everyone from himself to his administration officials to joe exotic if he has to because you see from the radical left a blood lust that will only be quenched if they come after the peel that animated the trump administration with the vigor that delivered for the american people. >> "the new york times" reports in recent days some trump associates speculated that the request for a group pardon was an attempt to camouflage the potential criminal exposure. it is not clear what they knew about the federal investigation at the time gaetz reportedly asked for a pardon but we know that a

there is hbo, there is apple, there's macy's, univision, fox news, at&t, the nfl, there is harley-davidson, there is nike, starbucks, goodyear, comcast, t-mobile, geico, oreo, mexico, "the wall street journal" editorial board, nbc, even glenfiddich whiskey, that one for praising a scottish farmer for refusing to sell his land to trump. who was canceled? not by cancel culture, but by what? the voters. the hypocrisy and the double-speak and the shiny objects and the lying continues. know your facts, people. it's not cancel culture. corporations are saying, this doesn't line up with our values. and now the party of -- former party of family values suddenly has a problem with values. interesting. we have breaking news. "the new york times" reporting congressman matt gaetz privately sought blanket preemptive pardons for himself and his allies during the final weeks of the trump presidency. we're going to have the latest on that. that's next. she'll revisit her plan with fidelity. and with a scenario that makes it a possibility, she'll enjoy her dream right now. that's the planning effect, from

catch a new episode tomorrow right here on nbc. and on monday join us for a special edition of "nightly news" from houston as we kick off our week-long climate challenge series across all nbc news platforms. thank you for watching i'm lester holt. good nig >>> right now at 6:00, it's the state's biggest vaccination site, and it is busy at levi stadium. >> we're seeing a lot of interest and there is the demand is high. >> but will the supply still be there when it's your turn? >> okay, are you ready to head back to the shark tank in we'll tell you what you have to do to finally watch game in person. >> and preparing for things to get out of hand in downtown oakland. >> they're trying to protect their property. >> the demonstration expected just two hours from now that has businesses concerned tonight. the news at 6:00 starts right now. good friday. thanks so much for joining us. i'm janelle wang. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. the south bay was flushed with vaccine vials because of an unexpected influx of hundreds of thousands of doses

. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening. heralded as one of our most important defenses against covid-19, the cdc tonight relaxing its guidelines on wearing face coverings, saying it's now okay for fully vaccinated people to go maskless while outdoors and away from big gatherings the decision perhaps less about masks and more about the robust effectiveness of vaccines now in the arms of close to 142 million americans and nudging us toward normalcy president biden quick to embrace the new guidelines today, hoping the good news will entice more americans to roll up their sleeves. miguel almaguer has details. >> reporter: tonight the cdc's about-face changes daily life for all americans, especially those fully vaccinated, releasing this new chart updating guidelines on face masks outdoors. the agency now says whether you're vaccinated or not, it's safe to walk down the street, go for a run or a bike ride without a face covering you also won't need one to attend a small outdoor gathering like a barbecue if everyone else is vacci

multiple sources familiar with the investigation tell nbc news the agents seized giuliani's electronic devices, phones, tablets or computers it's believed to be part of a long-running investigation into giuliani's dealings with ukraine. >> i was given information about ukrainian corruption. >> reporter: giuliani's attorney insists he did nothing wrong, in a statement saying in part the search warrants involved only one indication of an alleged incident of failure to register as a foreign agent, which he says giuliani has denied giuliani's son, andrew speaking with us overnight after visiting with his father. >> he's a tough guy, you know, when the mafia ends up putting a hit out on you and you've lived through september 11th, it's almost like it doesn't phase him to be honest. >> a person familiar with the investigation tells nbc news, federal prosecutors had what they needed to get this warrant as far back as last year, but it was just a matter of timing, which suggests the justice department may have wanted to wait until the transition period between administrations ended before movi

nbc news presidential historian michael beschloss, good to see you. thank you so much. >> same here, be well, rachel. >> all right, more ahead tonight. stay with us. >>> in 2017, russia's most vocal, most effective critic of the putin regime, alexey navalny, was opening up new headquarters for his opposition movement when somebody approached him to shake his hand. and when navalny obliged, the person threw something at him, doused him with a chemical that dyed navalny's hand and face bright green. it was of course scary at the time. navalny said at first he thought it was an acid attack because his skin started to tingle. but after he got attacked like that, he told his supporters it kind of liked it. he said it made him look like a super hero. he said he could use his green face to raise more money for his organization. he would stand out at rallies. he made it seem almost funny until it happened again. a month later he was outside his offices when another unknown assailant came up to him and attacked him with another kind of green dye. this time he

we want to remind you, nbc news will bring it to you. special live coverage beginning at 9:00 eastern, 6:00 pacific. >>> it is coming up on 7:17. why don't we get our first check of the forecast? mr. roker, we like talking warm weather. >> well, most of us. >> oh, come on already! >> oh, come on, let me finish! two-thirds of us are going to see warmer weather, but our friends in the southwest, a little on the cooler side. temperatures are anywhere from 10 to 20 degrees below average. but it's not all about us. yes, it is. all right. so warm for april. take a look. kansas city, you're going to be 82 degrees. that's 14 degrees above average. st. louis, 85. 84 in nashville. cincinnati, 84. d.c., 13 degrees above average at 84 degrees. then we move into tomorrow. look at these warm temperatures. new york city, finally, baby, bam! 81 degrees. 87 in ballmer. 80 in detroit. music city, nashville, 84 degrees. ten degrees above average. that's a beautiful thing. then as we get to the late week period, a cooldown, unfortunately. charlotte, you'll

joining us now is nbc news presidential historian michael beschloss. it's been too long. thank you for being here tonight. >> wonderful to see you, rachel. >> i'm drawing an implicit parallel with lyndon johnson in terms of his pre-presidency reputation and then the ambition and the progressive nature of his ambition as president. i don't think it maps exactly to what we're seeing with joe biden, but is it -- does that strike you as an appropriate parallel. >> i think it's a great parallel, and you know, here's a case, lbj ran for the senate in 1948, gave white supremacist speeches in the late 1950s when there was a civil rights bill in congress basically the first major one to pass since the time of reconstruction. johnson was there to water it down because he wanted to please a lot of the conservatives in his caucus and in texas. so when john kennedy was murdered on the 22nd of november, 1963, there were a lot of black americans and a lot of righteous other americans who were very worried that johnson would be a deal maker and that unlike kennedy, he would come in and h

news, "new york times" tried their best to hide the fact that ma'khia was armed with that knife and that is the top of the iceberg. take a look. >> shoot the gun in the air, tase a person, shoot them in the leg, shoot them in the behind. stop them somehow. >> it goes from 0 to execution very, very quickly when there is a black or brown person involved. >> if you can't figure out how to de-escalate a 60-year-old with a gun, you should not be a. >> sean: we will define a bad day as thrusting a knife into an innocent unarmed person? should in the air, hay, joyless shoot them in the air and it's over, shoot them in the back side, the media mob does not seem to care about common sense or facts. one more example, "new york times" columnist paul krugman reporting to the far left riots, looting and cities across america were just a figment of our imaginations. i guess my eyes lied to me. here with more fox news contributor joe concha, miranda devine, miranda we will start with you. your reaction to the media. and this insanity. >> well, obviously, they are making themselves look like idiots

joining me now is nbc news capitol hill correspondent garrett haake. garrett, this happens on friday when the majority of congress was out on a recess. i wonder now that they've had a weekend to react to it what the feeling is about the security perimeter around the white house and what the capitol police force needs. >> reporter: well, i think there is going to be widespread agreement that the capitol police force needs to be up to and have maybe even a plussed-up version of full strength. they're 10% down on the officers that they're authorized to have even at this moment. officers have been working tons of forced overtime ever since -- really, frankly, even before january 6th just to meet their basic staffing needs here. now we're down to one level of security fencing here instead of two, but even that fencing does also require additional officers. so the need to staff up for this agency is, i think, going to be the first and foremost and least controversial element that congress will address, i suspect, more directly when they come back. >> let's t

joining me is infectious disease professor and an nbc medical contributor. doctor, i want to start with the astrazeneca vaccine. look, this is the type of report and you and i both know this that i wonder if it makes harder for our fda to give even emergency approval. i say this because these warning that's have come out about it, they're going to fuel some of the anti-vaccine crowd. >> it's important that we're transparent about the findings. i think that is what build the trust the long term. let's talk about what we're talking about. we're talking about a very rare incident in the uk is thought to be 1 in 100,000 people. and potentially over all even less than that of this condition that is more likely to happen in younger people which is not the same risk factors as like immuunizing older people but an immune reaction when you get the vaccine, you create anent qui body that then, you know, attacks your own blood cells that are able to allow you to clot. and so very rare as it stands. i think that the stands that the benefits still outweigh the risky thin

kathy park, nbc news >> i think we all needed that. up next, ready to travel what airlines are adding this summer to get you to the beach even faster. also, the lawmaker mother of five, on a mission to protect some of the nation's most vulnerable children. >>> back with more of an investigation of group youth home meant to provide care for children with mental health disorders, but critics say the children have become commodities and one state senator from oregon is taking on the company and trying to change the system. >> these are not treatment programs these are facilities to warehouse and manage kids without any treatment expertise and the goal is to make money, not to make kids healthy. >> reporter: sarah gelser, a mother of five, never thought she would spend years taking on a multi-million dollar company it was early 2019 when senator gelser discovered the state of oregon shipped 80 kids to group facilities in other states. >> these are kids who have been placed out of sight and it is my intention that we are going to ensure tha

jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington >>> breaking news. a state of emergency has been declared for manatee county, florida. a waste water reservoir south of tampa is threatening to burst, and it could flood the area with millions of gallons of saltwater mixed with nitrogen and ammonia. more than 300 homes are under evacuation orders. officials warn if the structure collapses, catastrophic flooding could happen in a matter of minutes. >> in a period of minutes, and the models for less than an hour are as high as a 20-foot wall of water. so if your in an evacuation area and you have not heeded that, you need to think twice. >> crews are working to move water out of the reservoir as quickly as possible, but they say they're still in a critical phase. >>> the trial of derek chauvin will resume in just a few hours from now, and prosecutors will be calling on yet another member of the force, this time the police chief he'll be taking the stand against his former colleague our meagan fitzgerald is following the latest developments >> reporter: li

sam brock, nbc news. back to you. >> thank you >>> snow is in the air for many parts of the midwest nbc meteorologist janessa webb is tracking it all good morning >> good morning. where is your shovel to the high plains right now and then it continues to shift to the east. from our satellite radar you see the heavier bands. they're all right starting to come down. that's where we're going to see the significant snow accumulation this snow, as it makes its way into the midwest, it will start to lighten up. that's why we have winter weather advisories, storm warnings it will stay in place throughout today and expire hopefully by tomorrow afternoon i do think some of the advisories and warns expand into chicago actual way into the great kes.la tha this week. miami, high of 90 today. on top of, that freeze warnings, they're in place we'll take a look at this coming up >> we are still in the northern hemisphere, right? >> we are. it doesn't feel like it. thank you, janessa >>> time for today's ground breaker.

joining me now, nbc news medical contributor dr. bhadelia. heartwarming to hear what we'll be able to do to help india. probably a drop in the bucket when you think what they're battling. talk how much you think these supplies will help and what needs to happen in india to keep this virus from spreading? >> yeah. i'm going to start wit

tonight, nbc news correspondent tom costello has the latest on what vaccine passports might look like. >> reporter: spring break and the nation's airlines say leisure travel has come roaring back passenger volume pushes 1.5 million each day this week a million more than a year ago >> it's nice that at united airlines we can see that light at the end of the tunnel >> reporter: with so many passengers, delta today said it will stop blocking middle seats on may 1st, but will americans need so-called vaccine passports? proof of vaccinations to get into concerts, sporting events or even travel the white house says that's up to the private sector. >> the government here is not viewing its role as the place to create a passport, nor a place to hold the data of citizens >> reporter: the governor of tourist hot spot florida says he will forbid local governments or businesses from requiring vaccination proof. >> you don't want to create separate classes of citizens based on whether somebody received vaccine >> reporter: with no national standard, states, companies and health care providers are

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nobody has leaked anything about this to "the new york times" or nbc news. hunter biden has not been charged with this, not with abuse. he hasn't been charged with a firearms felony. he lied on a background check. he committed a felony. a federal firearms felony. so is he going to jail? oh, no. hunter biden got a million dollar book contract. and then he got a gig teaching. so, it's good to be the president's son. do you know what it is not good to be? is not good to be a trump voter. that is very clear. watch this partisan federal prosecutor. republicans so much as -- they will be treated like al qaeda. >> we had an inauguration on the 20th. so, i want to ensure, and our office wants to ensure that there is shock and all that we could charge as many people as possible before the 20th. and it works because we saw through media posts that people are afraid to come back to d.c. because they are like if we go there, we are going to get charged. we wanted to take out those individuals that essentially were thumbing their noses at the public for what they did. it

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joining the conversation, we have now, 7:00 eastern time, nbc news capitol hill correspondent and host of "way too early," kasie hunt, and msnbc contributor, mike barnicle. and "the washington post's" eugene robinson is still with us. thank you all for joining us this hour. >> kasie hunt, 1966. >> i've got to be honest with you, joe. 1966. the only one that's stuck in my head is 1983, which is the last time my orioles won a world series. >> 1966. 1970, they won. >> that's fair. >> i think that's why my dad is such a big fan, right? that's the key spot for him, and then we had some hope from cal ripken in the '90s, but otherwise, it's been rough. >> mike barnicle, one of the great stories, and i heard lupica talking about this the other day. one of the great stories is earl weaver going out in the playoffs and he was miked, he didn't realize he was miked and walks out to the pound. the pitcher is getting absolutely hammered and earl weaver goes out there and he goes, son, if you know how to cheat, now's the time to do it. turned around, walked off the mound, went back into the dugout, d

cynthia mcfadden, nbc news >> and that's "nightly news." thank you for watching, everyone i'm lester holt. please take care of yourself and each other. >>> right now at 6:00, let's play ball, jessica. a home opener like no other. giants' fans were back inside oracle's park for today's big game. >> oh, man. it is amazing, right. we've been waiting for this for so long. >> the one thing fans had to prove in order to enter the park. >>> plus ambulances rush to vaccination clinic in the east bay. the reason? reactions to the vaccine. which one and what you need to know about it. >>> but first, the flood gates are opening. all adults in california will be eligible to receive a vaccine next week. we will tell you about a shortage that's coming at the exact wrong time. >>> the news at 6:00 starts right now. good friday. thanks for joining us. i'm janelle wang. >> and i'm jessica aguirre. it is a big week ahead for vaccine eligibility. next week on april 15th anyone at least 16 years old will be eligible to get the vaccine regardless of health risk

joining us now, tom winter, nbc news investigations correspondent and nbc news correspondent leigh ann caldwell is on capitol hill for us. tom, i think the acting police chief said it so poignantly today when she said this has been an extremely difficult time for capitol police. what do we know? what are you learning about what happened here? >> well, chris, perfectly said. good afternoon. i think the issue here for law enforcement at this moment is confirming that the person that they believe drove this vehicle through a barricade, into this barricade, this blue car you're looking at on the left side of the screen exited that vehicle with a knife, was shot and succumbed to his injuries. who that person is they obviously know. we can't see it. they obviously know who that car is registered to, who the plate is. they probably have pulled a license off of the suspect at this point. now you need to try to match that information up and make sure in fact the person who that car is registered to is the person who tried to attack the capitol today. let's just call it what it is. we also know

this is nbc news today? take a look. >> it is seen by some as a measure of progress. i would have called you a mere token elevated only to show that the g.o.p. has gotten the diversity memo in its past election. >> if somehow they managed to stumble into the supreme court, do any of you guys trust amy tony barrett and those guys to actually follow the letter of the law? no. you've got to love the tim scott standing there over that round of words. >> sean: apparently according to joy reid, nbc news, i guess it's perfectly okay to say racist things about african-americans so long as they are conservative republican. are you proud of this standard nbc savannah guthrie? are you proud of the news brand that you work under? now remember last night on this program, senator lindsey graham warned us about this kind of hatred and rage directed toward senator scott. sadly, he was right. >> he became public enemy number one tonight. check out the internet and see what the liberals are saying about tim scott. so, votetim scott.com is his website. they are going to crush this guy i

some particular galling comments from nbc supposing serious news man, lester holt. an important question. should the media be treated as democratic propaganda? mollie hemingway -- desousa havh compelling thoughts on that next. unparalleled safety at every visit, and flexible payment options for every budget. now, during the everyday smiles event new patients get a full exam & set of x-rays with no obligation. no insurance? no worries, it's free. plus, now all patients can get 20% off their treatment plan. find every reason to smile. every day at aspen dental. call 1-800-aspendental or book today at aspendental.com >> laura: do you remember when journalists actually prided themselves on being objective, accurate, impartial? those days are over. according to nbc, anchor lester holt. the aim of a news man is not to spread truth but propaganda. >> it's become clear that fairness is overrated. the idea that we should always give two sides equal weight and merit does not reflect the world we find ourselves in. that the sunsets in the west is a fact. any contrary view does

here now with the latest nbc news justice correspondent pete williams and nbc reporter garrett haake. pete, is there anything we learned on the motive? >> no, i don't know if they will ever get a motive, at least no sign of it yet. it's pretty clear noah green, the man suspected of doing this, ramming his car into officers and hitting that barrier, was somebody whose life was falling apart, who was going into a rapid mental decline. there are many signs of that. his brother said he recently -- green had recently moved to botswana and while there, apparently attempted suicide by trying to jump in front of a moving car. he then came back, told his brother that he was not doing well. he had last december filed for a petition to change his name in indiana, his name to noah zihiem mohammed. but when there was a hearing, he did not show up for that meeting. so that's another sign things were falling apart. there was no signs of domestic terrorism or political influence. he was a follow of the israel nation and louis farrakhan, but that alone i don't think answers the question. >> kasie hunt

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> good morning, everybody. it is a friday morning. a lot happening while you were sleeping, while we were sleeping. >> already a busy morning, including the 5:49 a.m. lift-off from cape canaveral of the spacex endeavor. >> a crew of four astron making their way now to the international space station as we speak. tom costello was there, and he'll bring us the very latest. >>> also this morning, the white house is wrapping up its two-day climate summit, as president biden approaches his 100th day in office. chuck todd will join us live in just a moment. >>> first, all eyes on the cdc and today's emergency meeting to decide whether to resume the use of the johnson & johnson covid vaccine. we're now learning of a new case of rare blood clots. it happened in a woman who received the shot and later died. it's now under investigation. and that's where we'll start with nbc's sam brock. sam, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. health officials in oregon sayi

. >> president biden speaking today about the new mask guidance, the cdc loosening up the mask guidance for outdoors, particularly among people who are vaccinated. i should tell you he also had a sort of drop the mic moment today when nbc's peter alexander asked president biden why he was wearing a mask when he walked out of the white house to make his remarks today. watch this. >> sir, you chose to wear a mask as you walked out here. what message were you sending by wearing a mask outside alone? >> to watch me take it off and not put it back on walking inside. >> the president flashed his high beams on that one. sunglasses on, big grin. it's like classic biden. you got to be kidding me, man, right? you can watch me take the mask off as i come outside and not put it back on until i get inside. that's what we're doing here, guys. come on. there will be no aviators at the state of the union address tomorrow, but i think you can expect some of that same tone, at least on covid. and i will tell you, we're not supposed to call tomorrow night's address to the joint session of congress a state

harry smith, nbc news, new york >>> up next for us tonight, he's making history again and inspiring america. . . # >>> finally, one of golf's greats has returned to the door he helped crack open decades ago. once again, "inspiring america. on one of golf's most revered courses, a legacy cemented. >> today lee elder will inspire us and make history once more not with a drive but with his presence, strength, and character. lee, it is my privilege to say you have the honors. [ applause ] >> reporter: and with that alongside two of golf's greats, gary player and jack nicklaus, 86-year-old elder became the first african-american honorary starter at the 85th masters tournament >> i feel that i was blessed. >> reporter: but it was 1975 when the trailblazing golfer broke augusta's color barrier. the first black man to tee off at a club which had a history of discrimination and while he didn't make the cut the first time, he would go on to play at augusta five more times, inspiring generations of golfers to come >> i certainly hope that the things that i have done have inspired a lot of young black

joining me from moscow, nbc news correspondent matt bodnar. talk to us what we saw what happened in court and what do we know about the latest investigation? >> reporter: thank you, ayman. obviously, one of the biggest draws was the opportunity for someone to see navalny for the first time since the hunger strike ended but for me what really stuck out was his performance in court. he brought his defiance with him. he gave this very fiery speech which he essentially used to characterize putin's entire regime as an option force that is essentially siphoning this country dry at the expense of ordinary russians. and so, you know, navalny, characteristic defiance. but outside of the courtroom some very important things happened today. as you mentioned navalny's team says that new charges have been filed against navalny and two of his senior associates. basically, being accused of opening an organization that infringes on the rights of citizens. it's a strong charge but it carries with it the maximum penalty of two or three years if prosecuted. we c

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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. >>> and a good sunday morning. millions of americans felt a combination of grief and relief, experiencing both the trial and the verdict of derek chauvin last week. but even as much of america exhales, it does help to remember the initial statement from the minneapolis police department. here is how it read. officers were able to get the suspect, george floyd, into handcuffs and noted he appeared to be suffering medical distress. officers called for an ambulance. he was transported to hennepin county medical center by ambulance where he died a short time later. he appeared to be suffering medical distress. that's all it said. did derek chauvin's trial and conviction change anything? it's hard to know. right now there are calls for video to be released in the fatal shooting last week of andrew brown in north carolina. but most cases of alleged brutality against african-americans do not have video