felix at the finish! you can even watch your dvr from anywhere. okay, that's just showing off. you get all of this with x1. so go on, get really into your shows. you need a breath mint. xfinity. it's a way better way to watch. >>> with president biden approaching 100th day in office, arizona republicans are still trying to undermine his presidency with the big lie. recount of maricopa county ballots under way. republicans hired a cybersecurity firm based in florida called cyberninjas to do the review. democrats sued arguing the firm doesn't have the experience to conduct audit like this and noted that ceo doug logan is connected to donald trump's stop the steal movement. logan has retweeted posts claiming the 2020 election is rigged. judge is ordering more information on the process and would have paused effort had democrats paid $1 million to cover the costs but they refused. only voter noted that counters were using blue pens, against the rules for recounts as can be used to remark ballots. with me now democratic arizona congressman ruben gallego. could barely get through the

felix at the finish! you can even watch your dvr from anywhere. okay, that's just showing off. you get all of this with x1. so go on, get really into your shows. you need a breath mint. xfinity. it's a way better way to watch. >>> i do not understand mr. giuliani's motives for attacking me or offer an opinion on whether he believed the allegations he spread about me. he should have known the claims were suspect, coming as they reportedly did from individuals with questionable motives and with reason to believe their ambitions would be stymied by our anti-corruption policy. >> the important question of the time of that testimony, the question asked there in the first impeachment of donald trump, the question worth revisiting today. did rudy giuliani commit a crime when he coordinated to remove the ambassador? in truth he is a known commodity to the u.s. intelligence community for that scandal and ohs since, a player in both impeachments of donald trump and following the call for a quote trial by combat. the night before the day of the january 6 insurrection. joining our conversa

felix at the finish! you can even watch your dvr from anywhere. okay, that's just showing off. you get all of this with x1. so go on, get really into your shows. you need a breath mint. xfinity. it's a way better way to watch. i think right now the republican parties headed by mitch mcconnell and can mccarthy in the house. i think our elected leaders are the ones who are in charge of the republican party and i think as we look at 22 and 24 we are very much going to be focused on substance, and on the issues. i think that's where we got a jump back the voters that we lost in 2020. >> that would be the number three republican in the house leadership in orlando today were republicans are holding their annual legislative retreat. remember, liz cheney had to fight to keep her leadership post after voting to impeach the former president. it was reported today, indeed, she is mulling her own run perhaps, in 24. political reports the gop feels good about retaking the house next year but quote, republicans also know the next 18 months or littered with political trip wires from internal

felix at the finish! you can even watch your dvr from anywhere. okay, that's just showing off. you get all of this with x1. so go on, get really into your shows. you need a breath mint. xfinity. it's a way better way to watch. >>> how did we get here? if it weren't for the citizen made video, the truth about the murder of george floyd might have never come out. remember, as we reported, the initial police report claimed falsely that this was all a medical incident. but there was video taken by then 17-year-old darnella frasier showing then officer chauvin with his knee infamously on floyd. she posted the video on the internet that same day and it took off. >> the incident was caught on camera. >> bystander captured yesterday's incident on a cell phone camera. >> the reason we all know about it is because it was so abhorrent that bystanders took that video and posted it on social media. >> we want to show you how that first played out and frashier would say it was her instinct to start recording. she has seen an outpouring of response and tribute from people like meryl streep an

felix at the finish! you can even watch your dvr from anywhere. okay, that's just showing off. you get all of this with x1. so go on, get really into your shows. you need a breath mint. xfinity. it's a way better way to watch. >>> the world remains a sporty place. just tonight syria and israel appear to have traded missile strikes and after a decade of civil war in syria at least 400,000 syrians have been killed, that's a lowball estimate, millions more displaced, the conflict has also left behind an environmental disaster in syria's northern region and now poorly maintained oil fields are contaminating the surrounding territory. ahead of earth day tomorrow, we have this report tonight from nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel. >> reporter: northern syria practically floats on oil. but instead of making the people rich the oil is killing them. a decade of war has left oil facilities here in ruins and creating an environmental catastrophe. dozens of rivers and streams now run black why the water is lifeless and undrinkable. these are the children's playgrounds. thi

felix at the finish! you can even watch your dvr from anywhere. okay, that's just showing off. you get all of this with x1. so go on, get really into your shows. you need a breath mint. xfinity. it's a way better way to watch. >>> hi there, everyone. president biden capping off a historic week for the country with momentum on the domestic and international fronts. the biden economy defying the hysterical fearmongering from the former guy and his general petraeus allies with the strongest economic rebound since the ragan years. the president gliding to the 100-day anderson with a 54% approval rating and much higher for the domestic agenda items and 72% of americans who approve of the covid vaccine rollout and 63% of americans that approve of the covid-19 plan. from "washington post," the rebounding economy is headed for the best year since 194. the u.s. economy likely expanded in the first quarter at an annual rate of 6% and should accelerate in the months ahead. more than il

felix at the finish! you can even watch your dvr from anywhere. okay, that's just showing off. you get all of this with x1. so go on, get really into your shows. you need a breath mint. xfinity. it's a way better way to watch. >>> by the slimmest of margins, the biden administration has narrowly avoided the need for vez kamala harris to break a tie to confirm the third ranking official. just moments ago, vinipta gupta was confirmed. lacking a single republican supporter requiring the vice president to come to the capitol in case her vote was needed. this is a small bipart san win for president biden nonetheless. >> reporter: it is a small bipartisan win because there is one republican, senator lisa murkowski, who decided to buck her party and vote for vanita gupta for this number three position at the department of justice. senator murkowski said she had a meeting with vanita gupta. let's listen to what she said herself. >> i felt i was speaking to a woman who had not only committed a professional life to try to get to the base of these injustices, to try to not just direct a l

felix at the finish! you can even watch your dvr from anywhere. okay, that's just showing off. you get all of this with x1. so go on, get really into your shows. you need a breath mint. xfinity. it's a way better way to watch. >>> my american families plan guarantees four years of public education to every person in america starting as early as we can. we guarantee that low and middle income families will pay no more than 7% of their income for high quality care for children up to the age of 5. the american family plan puts directly into the pockets of millions of americans. >> president biden laying out a bold and pricey agenda tonight, now it will be a matter of trying to get it passed in congress. still with us, phil rucker, alicia menendez, eugene robertson, i want to talk a question that is straight up stylistic. he said to the speaker of the house, thank you for having me, like an 8-year-old coming over to a play date. and as he handed a copy of his speech to the vice president said i've waited a long time to do this. after the speech, it looked like he would be perfectly

felix at the finish! you can even watch your dvr from anywhere. okay, that's just showing off. you get all of this on x1. so go on, get really into your shows. you need a breath mint. xfinity. it's a way better way to watch. >>> democrats and republicans for generations have been, shall we say, skeptical, about the ability of big government to do big things. what makes you so confident that skepticism has changed? >> first of all, the facts don't reflect that. i don't have any inordinate faith in government. but there's certain things that only government can do. we rank number eight in the world in terms of infrastructure, for god's sakes. is the private sector going to go out and build billions of dollars worth of highways? ports, airports, bridges? are they going to do that? and so these are things that only government can really do. >> president biden was in philadelphia today, taking it on the road after his big speech to congress this week, as he continues to sell his agenda. and integral to this agenda are two economic packages that would invest roughly $4 trillion into

felix at the finish! you can even watch your dvr from anywhere. okay, that's just showing off. you get all of this with x1. so go on, get really into your shows. you need a breath mint. xfinity. it's a way better way to watch. >>> the people i'm speaking to who are in a position to know where the investigations are headed are using phrases with me like you haven't seen anything yet. there's more coming. and what they're referring to when i ask them is two things why the number of people about to be charged but also referring to the caliber and magnitude of the cases. you're going to see more conspiracy. you're going the see people called out as leaders. >> that is the fbi former assistant director for counter intelligence, our friend and colleague frank figluzi with a prediction about the investigation into the looting and rioting on january 6th. according to newly filed court documents the justice department now expects to charge over 500 people when this is all over. in the magazine "the progressive" our next guest melissa ryan reports on extremists and the growing influence

felix at the finish! you can even watch your dvr from anywhere. okay, that's just showing off. you get all of this with x1. so go on, get really into your shows. you need a breath mint. xfinity. it's a way better way to watch. >>> for the fifth day in a row, india has set a global record of new covid infections logging over 350,000 cases in a single day. that's by far the worst in the world. that's ten times our daily rate. some hospitals are simply unable to care for incoming patients there. the u.s. is sending badly needed oxygen and medical supplies in response to pleas from overwhelmed doctors in india. we get our report tonight from nbc news chief correspondent richard engel. >> reporter: india is gasping for air with more new covid cases per day than anywhere at any time in the pandemic. this sikh temple in new delhi is providing what they can. his brother is trying to keep him alive. he's not a doctor but he isn't giving up. alex crawford from our apartment sky news is at an overwhelming hospital. >> they've had to build tents in cart park to cope with all these cases. a

felix at the finish! you can even watch your dvr from anywhere. okay, that's just showing off. you get all of this with x1. so go on, get really into your shows. you need a breath mint. xfinity. it's a way better way to watch. >>> hi there, everyone. 4:00 in the east. conspiracy theorists peddling the same big lie that inspired the deadly insurrection at the u.s. capitol planted the plag in arizona this week to keep the lie alive recounting the recounted votes in arizona is the latest circus act for trump supporters in arizona where a questionable florida firm is in charge of the audit of the november presidential election count. from today's "the new york times" reporting on this, quote, almost half a year after the election mr. trump lost the promised audit has been a snipe hunt for skull dug ri. there's death threats for the elected official just the civil

felix at the finish! you can even watch your dvr from anywhere. okay, that's just showing off. you get all of this with x1. so go on, get really into your shows. you need a breath mint. xfinity. it's a way better way to watch. >>> president biden is expected to address russia and china after placing new sanctions on russia, directly blaming them for the massive solar winds hack, and beginning a policy pivot toward china's dominance in asia with a consequential and controversy decision to remove troops from afghanistan before the 20th anniversary of the september 11th attacks. joining me now is tom melinowski, who served as assistant secretary of state for human rights and labor in the obama administration. thank you so much for your time. contrast this for us a little bit. has the biden administration made the right moves, in your opinion, in resetting the united states foreign policy from the decisions made under donald trump? >> my goodness, yes. and not just in my view, but i think in the view of millions of people around the world and our allies. it is so refreshing after t

felix at the finish! you can even watch your dvr from anywhere. okay, that's just showing off. you get all of this with x1. so go on, get really into your shows. you need a breath mint. xfinity. it's a way better way to watch. former president >> former president donald trump's donald trump's lawyer rudy giuliani, who's been at the lawyer rudy center of so much giuliani has been sketchy as top of activity, for the lack of a better word. sketchy activity. who was and terms of us far back as trump's 2019 reported be impeachment. under investigation for as his escapades good patience -- on behalf of trump, in that rudy, ukraine on the health of trump. well that now would rudy had a really rough be a really rough day today. day today. because at 6 am this it's 6 am this morning, his home and morning, and his home in office were raided by office were raided by the fbi as part of the fbi as part of an investigation an investigation into whether he into whether he broke foreign broke foreign lobbying laws. lobbying fbi laws the fbi seized the cell seized his cellphones, computer's. ph

felix at the finish! you can even watch your dvr from anywhere. okay, that's just showing off. you get all of this on x1. so go on, get really into your shows. you need a breath mint. xfinity. it's a way better way to watch. >>> breaking news. a little over a year half soldier vanessa guillen's disappearance and murder in ft. hood, texas, more reprimands were just announced in connection with her death. guillen's family championed her case, relentlessly demanding accountability from the army and sparking a collective outrage that put women in the military front and center. nbc news pentagon correspondent courney kube has the very latest on this. hey, courtney. >> reporter: we've learned a couple of new things about this case today, eamon. one of the main headlines here is that they are saying that they now believe that vanessa guillen was sexually harassed by one of her supervisors, by one of her supervisors at ft. hood. they detail one specific incident in late summer in 2019, when one of her supervisors made an inappropriate sexual comment to her. she told several of her fell

it is a one-page document that was given to me typed up by felix sater that is not -- and i'll send it to you if you want to see it. i'll post it. it has one sentence on there saying we should lease the area of crimea to russia. that's the one sentence of this peace plan i was in. it was more fodder that came up about me to make me look like a much worse individual than certainly what i was. you know, i, in one respect, i did break the law, right? i paid off stormy daniels hush money in order to, you know, prevent all that information from coming out prior to the election. now i always have said it and i'll say it again. i did it at the direction of and for the benefit of donald j. trump. rudy giuliani's is much different. that actually also potentially involves national security. who knows what he was doing. what knows what rudy was saying. rudy was -- at this point, he was out of complete control. >> yeah. >> and rudy is able to do it and to say anything for financial benefit. >> well, we ran longer than planned, but this has been very interesting and at times illuminating. we will t

felix at the finish! you can even watch your dvr from anywhere. okay, that's just showing off. you get all of this with x1. so go on, get really into your shows. you need a breath mint. xfinity. it's a way better way to watch. >>> the pressure is mounting on mitch mcconnell to pass the george floyd justice in policing act. the country wants police accountability and reform. 60% say we should do more to scrutinize police misconduct. "the washington post" reporting the concerns reaching peak levels in the last 30 years. george floyd's killing sparked worldwide protest. this new george floyd bill is because of the work of activists. so republicans are trying to stop the movement by introducing 81 anti-protest bills this year across 34 states, including florida where republican governor ron desantis enacted the strongest pro law enforcement measure in the country. but this isn't about rioting. it is about stopping a movement that is surging and popular. >> this is straight out of the jim crow textbook. >> it is a constitutionally unjust bill. >> almost a slap in the face. >> we wan

felix at the finish! you can even watch your dvr from anywhere. okay, that's just showing off. you get all of this with x1. so go on, get really into your shows. you need a breath mint. xfinity. it's a way better way to watch. >>> on this day, april 19th, 26 years ago, timothy mcveigh bombed the feld building in oklahoma city, at 9:02:00 a.m. killing 262 building. in a people in oklahoma city today, the attorney general membered that horrible day. >> 26 years ago, i was sitting in my office in the united states department of justice in washington when the urgent report came through from oklahoma city. it was soon followed by a second urgent report and a third. there had been an explosion at the murrah building. four hours later, i was on a plane heading to oklahoma. >> he was in charge of the investigation of timothy mcveigh. he fits the profile of many trump supporters who invaded the capitol. a military veteran who got in involved with white supremacists. he got his first bomb training from an extremist group in michigan where the state attorney general is prosecuting 12 offi

felix at the finish! you can even watch your dvr from anywhere. okay, that's just showing off. you get all of this with x1. so go on, get really into your shows. you need a breath mint. xfinity. it's a way better way to watch. >>> thanks for being with us on this busy news day today. i think it's going to be busy news day through the rest of the week. now it's time for the "last word" with lawrence o'donnell. good evening, lawrence. >> good evening, rachel. and you grew up on the west coast so you have a sense of the kind of distance i'm talking about. imagine yourself in california thinking about harvard college

felix at the finish! you can even watch your dvr from anywhere. okay, that's just showing off. you get all of this with x1. so go on, get really into your shows. you need a breath mint. xfinity. it's a way better way to watch. >>> this morning just in the last hour or so we are getting our first look inside jury deliberations for the derek chauvin trial. you see mitchell on screen saying he felt a sense of civic duty to deliver the right outcome. >> we put our families, our jobs, and our days aside to serve justice. that's what the jury system is there for. >> craig melvin is joining us now. what a fascinating interview. our first peak behind the curtis on curtains. >> yeah, he is the first juror to speak out since that guilty verdict. those guilty verdicts were handed down last week, and it was fascinating to hear him talk about the dynamics in that jury room. he said by and large all 12 jurors were pretty much on the same page with the exception of one. he didn't describe them as a hold out, said this juror wanted to make sure that all of the is has been dots and all of the t

felix at the finish! you can even watch your dvr from anywhere. okay, that's just showing off. you get all of this with x1. so go on, get really into your shows. you need a breath mint. xfinity. it's a way better way to watch. >>> welcome back. we expect to hear from attorney general garland on a new pattern and practice investigation into the louisville, kentucky, police department in just a few moments. we will bring you that when it happens. >>> in washington, it's setting up to be a monumental week for joe biden. he plans to deliver remarks on the pandemic. on wednesday, he will give his first address before a joint session of congress. on thursday, he will mark his 100th day in office. in december, he vowed to administer 100 million shots in arms by his 100th day. he upped that to 200 million and the administration met that goal with time to spare. success with the vaccine is one of the reasons biden finds himself with a 53% approval rating in our new nbc news poll, higher than his predecessor around the 100 day mark. does he have the political capital to push ahead with a

felix at the finish! you can even watch your dvr from anywhere. okay, that's just showing off. you get all of this with x1. so go on, get really into your shows. you need a breath mint. xfinity. it's a way better way to watch. >>> now to the latest on the coronavirus pandemic. today is president biden's deadline for all states to open up vaccines to everyone ages 16 and older. as of this morning, the cdc says half of all american adults have received at least one covid-19 vaccine dose. the biden administration is expecting a decision this week on the johnson & johnson vaccine. it's currently paused over rare blood clot concerns. >> my estimate is we will continue to use it in some form. i doubt very serious if they just cancel it. i don't think that's going to happen. i do think there will likely be some sort of warning or restriction or risk assessment. i don't think it's just going to go back and say okay, everything is fine, go right back. i think it will likely say okay, we're going to use it but be careful under these certain circumstances. >>> it is not just michigan seei

felix at the finish! you can even watch your dvr from anywhere. okay, that's just showing off. you get all of this with x1. so go on, get really into your shows. you need a breath mint. xfinity. it's a way better way to watch. >>> thanks for being with us on this busy news day today. i think it's going to be busy news day through the rest of the week. now it's time for the "last word" with lawrence o'donnell. good evening, lawrence. >> good evening, rachel. and you grew up on the west coast so you have a sense of the kind of distance i'm talking about. imagine yourself in california thinking about harvard college 2,800 miles away, but -- but you're living in a mobile home where the internet doesn't work very often and you're trying to read your college acceptance or rejection e-mails and you can't quite get your internet to work. and then you eventually do and you see your admissions e-mail from harvard college. that's what happened to 17-year-old elizabeth esteban going to join us at the end of this hour because her story is just amazing. she grew up speaking her tribal langua

felix at the finish! you can even watch your dvr from anywhere. okay, that's just showing off. you get all of this with x1. so go on, get really into your shows. you need a breath mint. xfinity. it's a way better way to watch. >>> as we come on the air, the attorney general is about to make a major announcement. sourcing confirming that america will launch a investigation into the minneapolis police department. also, this morning, the country waking up after relief and reflection coast to coast after those sweeping verdicts against derek chauvin. his bail revoked, bond discharged, and sentencing now two months away. a verdict and a moment nearly a year in the making. >> i hear guilty and then i hear guilty again, and guilty again.

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felix at the finish! you can even watch your dvr from anywhere. okay, that's just showing off. you get all of this with x1. so go on, get really into your shows. you need a breath mint. xfinity. it's a way better way to watch. >>> thank you. "the beat" can ari melber starts right now. hi, ari. >> hi, nicole. welcome to "the beat" with ari melber. derek chauvin is in prison today as a convicted murderer for taking george floyd's life. that's according to the jury. you are looking at the new