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

that is "nbc nightly news" on this sunday. i'm kate snow. for all of us at "nbc nightly news," stay safe and have a good night. >>> right now at 6:00, another step closer to normalcy, one bay area county is eyeing a move into the yellow tier this week. what it will take to get there and stay there. >>> good evening, i'm sierra johnson. >> and i'm terry mcsweeney. it could be one step closer to prepandemic days. how's that sound? marin county could in order to make that move, the ht be there. just ahead, two cases per 100,000 people and a positivity rate below 2%. according to the latest

of the girls safe and where they are tonight. >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening for the last ten months one unsmiling selfie of george floyd has stood as the symbol of him and an icon of the racial justice movement but today jurors in the trial of the former policeman accused of murdering floyd learned about the man, his personal story, what he was like and, yes, his struggle with drug addiction. the prosecution not shying away from what is expected to be central to derek chauvin's defense. floyd's girlfriend taking the stand today describing how both became hooked on opioids and how both tried to beat it day four of the trial, the prosecution trying to humanize floyd and through other testimony taking the jury back to that minneapolis street where floyd took his last breaths in the custody of police. gabe gutierrez continues to lead our coverage. >> reporter: it didn't take long for courteney ross to cry as she remembered how she met george floyd in 2017. >> floyd, i called him momma's boy. i could tell from the minute i met him. >> reporter: this now ic

rate of new infections per capita in an nbc news exclusive, i spoke to new jersey governor phil murphy about what's happening there and why. >> we got 17 different places in newark right now -- >> i met up with new jersey's governo as he visited a fema vaccination site in newark today >> is this number one? >> yeah, number one. >> reporter: one of the battlegrounds in the urge fight to reverse an increase in covid infections >> we rank highly, unfortunately. densest region in america, a cold weather winter state multigenerational families >> reporter: are you in a new wave right now? >> i think we're in a plateau. we're up somewhat over the past couple of weeks but stil down meaningfully from january. >> reporter: over the last 13 days new jersey has a nearly 13% increase in cases. hit hard at start of the pandemic, new jersey and governor phil murphy already has the highest covid death toll per capita, over 24,000 new jerseyans have died, another 15 just yesterday if this was happening at the beginning of the pandemic, you'd likely be adding restrictions, not reducing them. is that a

tom costello, nbc news, washington >>> four days after the deadly car attack on u.s. capitol police officers, new vide shows the suspect buying the knife he waved at police before he was shot and killed the store owner says the knife seen in police photos matches the one the suspect purchased. >>> and now to the migrant surge at the border and a searing new video of a young boy whose face we want you to see, telling a border patrol agent he was abandoned in the desert trying to cross into the u.s. without his parents. andrea mitchell has that story >> reporter: it's heartbreaking to watch, a young boy approaching a u.s. border patrol agent last thursday in the middle of the desert alone and sobbing. can you help me, he says i was coming with a group and they abandoned me and i don't know where they are. they left you alone? the agent asked. they abandoned me, he says, adding his parents were not with him and he was afraid of being kidnapped. it's the latest shocking video of unaccompanie migrant children crossing the border. last week surveillance cameras capturing sm

sam brock, nbc news, palmetto >>> three days after that deadly attack on the u.s. capitol police, a new warning about department morale, and we're also learning more about the man who drove his car into those officers kasie hunt has the latest >> reporter: just days after that deadly car attack where they lost one of their own, tonight the u.s. capitol police still reeling. the head of the capitol police union warning of a crisis in morale and that the department is "struggling to meet existing mission requirements." officers now working weekends and overtime to meet the demand for more security. less than three months after a violent mob stormed the capitol on january 6th. when 80 officers were seriously injured and one died >> they're playing hurt and they're buckling the chinstrap and they're going to work because they meet their obligation for the country and for the capitol. >> reporter: meanwhile, investigators are still trying to determine why suspect noah green drove his car into a barricade and lunged at officers with a knife today police releasing this im

scott kohn, nbc news >> thanks, scott >>> breaking news, minnesota has activated its national guard in response to unrest in the streets. police clashed with hundreds of protesters overnight and appeared to use tear gas in a suburb of minneapolis. 20 businesses were broken into this outrage erupted after a traffic stop turned deadly according to police, a man was fatally shot when he re-entered his car while officers were trying to arrest him for an outstanding warrant. tensions escalated quickly with police in riot gear arriving to secure the area. this all unfolded ten miles from where george floyd died. the governor identified the man who was killed as daunte wright. and tweeted our state mourns another life of a black man taken by law enforcement >>> as that investigation begins the trial of derek chauvin enters its third week. the former police officer is expected to call witnesses soon. nbc's meagan fitzgerald is covering the trial megan, good morning. >> reporter: all eyes are on the defense as they prepare to call their first witness. anxiety in the twin cities as the prosecuti

sam brock, nbc news. >>> as i said at the top of the broadcast, we're in houston to begin nbc news cross-platform coverage of the climate challenges we face and while it's warm and pleasant here today, a series of extreme weather events in this region have left a lingering chill about its future it broke virtually every rainfall record in u.s. history. four years ago hurricane harvey washing away nearly everything in the beal family's home. >> water was everywhere >> reporter: in the house? >> in the house. coming from up under the house, coming from the roof >> reporter: the family of six was still rebuilding from that catastrophic storm. then came february's crippling freeze their pipes burst. for days they had no power, no water. they had to move out again. what was that storm like it was painful >> probably about 5 degrees in there >> reporter: extreme weather from those hurricanes and winter storms in texas to california's heat wave last summer that led to rolling blackouts, growing more frequent and severe and that has revealed vulnerabilities in our critical infrastructure here in texas th

kevin tibbles, nbc news, with the u.s. coast guard in kodiak, alaska >>> up next for us tonight, covid vaccine trials in young kids why getting the shots is crucial >>> let's circle back now on the race to vaccinate and when kids should receive the shot tom costello takes us inside the trials. >> reporter: at duke med center this week follow-up bloodwork for marisol and alejandra gerardo. >> do you want to go first or do you want me to go first >> reporter: the 9-year-old twins were the first in the country to receive the pfizer vaccine part of a nationwide trial testing vaccine safety and efficacy on children between 6r-olds are in a separate trial. while severe covid-related illness and death are low in children, kids still account for 13.6% of all cases. 3.6 million so far 88,000 cases last week alone. vaccinating kids, say experts, is critical to building herd immunity marisol and alejandra's parents, both doctors at duke, felt a responsibility to volunteer their own daughters for the trial. >> for us and specifically

millions have lost their jobs, industries are at risk and all this week nbc nightly news and today for the special series the american worker, forever changed. taking an in-depth look at the future of work and how it impacts us all. johnson and johnson now in charge of a facility that ruined millions of vaccine doses. installing a new senior leadership team to oversee all aspects of production and manufacturing. according to the biden administration they will have full responsibility for operations at the plant. they have been under scrutiny for botching the production of about 15 million doses at that plant in baltimore. live look in washington d.c. where the capitol police union is appeal to congress to ramp up security in the wake of a deadly attack after a man-rammed his car into them. now lawmakers are debating how to better protect the so called peoples' house. >> reporter: capitol police officers cheering on officer kenny shaver after he survived friday car attack that killed fellow officer william evans. the incident came three months after rioters stormed the capitol. the capi

hazen declined to talk to nbc news hca saying in part, "we value our colleagues and are committed to offering competitive compensation and benefits." and yet the great national divide between the income of those at the top and those at the bottom persists the heads of corporations like ge, starbucks and acuity brands received more than 1,000 times their average workers last year, with walgreen's then ceo earning over 500 times. none of those ceos agreed to speak with nbc news each company saying their practices align with their shareholders' interests and that the ceo will take a hit if their stock price falls. but since 1978 ceo compensation has risen over 1,000%. compared with only a 14% increase for average workers. in theory, ceos are handsomely paid to increase a company's value. >> the problem is not that somebody's getting paid a lot of money. the problem is they get paid whether they do well or whether they do badly. >> reporter: glenn kelman, the ceo of redfin, a real estate brokerage firm, is bucking the trend. under kelman's leadership redfin more than tripled in value to

why it's going up on everything from toilet paper to detergent >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, everyone the george floyd story does not end with the conviction of his killer hours after the jury spoke with its verdict against derek chauvin, the u.s. attorney general spoke on what happens next a wide-ranging federal investigation into the minneapolis police department the case and its outcome an inflection point in the struggle over police brutality. congress under new pressure now to pass a package of police reforms. and tonight activists who demonstrated and called for justice in minneapolis now reflecting on what has changed. none of it happening in a vacuum as there are new deadly encounters with police to report tonight, leaving other communities struggling to understand. we'll get to all of it, but let's start in minneapolis with gabe gutierrez. >> justice at last we got justice at last >> reporter: from relief to reflection >> i feel good we got justice >> reporter: today as the country exhaled following the verdict the justice departme

in a statement to nbc news the v.a. said it follows the science on questions of health outcomes of military exposures and that studies by the national academies of sciences have so far been inconclusive. so for most combat veterans who are more than five years out of service the veteran must prove to the v.a. that their exposure caused their condition. experts say that's difficult. intuitively we know that a burning hodgepodge is not good for our health we don't need science to tell us that. >> they're holding veterans to a higher bar. i could smoke for 30 years and if i get lung cancer i would have a hard time proving to you that my particular lung cancer came from smoking. >> and you see that as a pattern? >> it's a pattern. we set aside money for war. but we don't set aside money for the true cost of war. >> reporter: the cost of war for veterans like will thompson thompson's medications make his immune system vulnerable so he'll always be living with the consequences >> i am appreciative for being alive. i'm thankfu

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

nbc news speaking exclusively to a 29-year-old hospitalized in nashville. >> i went to the e.r. a week after the -- a week after the shot when i was having fever, and they didn't find anything strange in my blood work so went home and just continued to kind of worsen over the following week when i went back to the e.r., it's because my leg was so swollen that i couldn't really walk so at that time they found the dvts or the clots in my legs. >> reporter: doctors now believe an immune response likely led to the clotting some of the women had no pre-existing conditions they were all between the ages of 18 to 48, experiencing symptoms like severe headaches, abdominal or leg pain, and shortness of breath within two weeks of vaccination the pause of j&j shots dramatic but also likely temporary >> that's what the fda was signaling, saying even though these are rare, even though you could justify not pausing, they were going to take the extraordinary step just to offer that extra level of assurance. >> reporter: with authorities meeting tomorrow to figure out next steps, johnson & john

key simmons, nbc news, windsor. >> so true there. >>> all right. back here at home let's talk about that forecast for you. meteorologist kari hall has been tracking that and how does it look for us today, kari? >> it's still pretty nice. we've enjoyed sunshine, a light breeze out there and our temperatures have been cool to start but warming up for the afternoon. we're taking a live look at mt. diablo from mal nut kreefnlgt i think it's going to be a perfect day for going out for a hike and probably better today compared to tomorrow because the winds will start to pick up. if you're going out to the park today in san jose expect it to be mid-60s in the next hour and then warming up into the mid-70s as we head towards 3:00 to 4:00. if you like the warmer temperatures, that's the time to go. for some of our inland areas we'll reach the upper 70s as we'll see in livermore and 80 degrees in concord and 80 in napa and san francisco will stay in the low 60s around palo alto will reach into the low 70s for a high today. so we're still getting the high pre

miguel almaguer, nbc news >>> dr. anthony fauci is acknowledging this news has the potential to shake vaccine confidence but says transparency is important we spoke earlier this afternoon. was a pause necessary in your view >> yes, i believe it was necessary for a couple of reasons. one, to investigate these a bit more to make sure we get much more of the details and the granular details of that but also it's important during this period of pause to alert physicians on the outside who might see women or men, but mostly women as we've seen all six of these women, who might come in with a clotting disorder like this. >> dr. fauci, we were told these vaccines had been thoroughly tested, there were no shortcuts, that they were safe. if there is, in fact, a connection between blood clots and the j&j vaccine, why wouldn't it have been discovered during the trials? >> it's a matter of numbers, lester for example, if you look in the clinical trial, generally clinical trials have anywhere from 30,000 to 40,000 people in it you

reporting live, pete suratos, nbc bay area news. >> pete, thank you. two other countries close to reaching the yellow tier. this shows the number of cases per 100,000 people for san francisco. yeah. it's a 2 right now as you can see. san matteo county also close. it's at 2.1 cases per 100,000 people. positivity rates for both counties are less than 1%, but neither expects to move into the yellow tier this week. >>> this morning 500 doses are given out of the moderna vaccine, and you don't need an appointment. santa clara family health, they plan to hold a vaccine clinic at the blanco avarato resource center. the shots are available for anyone 18 and up. the clinic is being held in partnership with santa clara county, and they started a ministering those shots at 10:00 this morning. >>> if you're still looking for a shot, we want to help you out. go to our website nbcbayarea.com and then click right. you can see it right there, how to get a vaccine appointment. our consumer investigator economies -- chris chmura will have more later. >> more now on the

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.

jay gray, nbc news, minneapolis. >> of course, nbc will have all the latest details on that. >>> in the meantime, bay area authorities trying to figure out who targeted a defense witness in the derek chauvin trial and a warning, we're about to show you a graphic image of the bizarre vandal attack. police are trying to figure out who threw blood and a pig's head on the front porch of this santa rosa home. it was previously owned by a retired santa rosa police officer, barry brodd, who no longer lives there. he testified in minneapolis as an expert witness. >>> coming up, as i mentioned the "today" show will have much more on the trial. craig melvin will be live from minneapolis, starting at 7:00 a.m., right after "today in the bay," and later this morning, nbc news will bring you the closing arguments live in a special report. >>> still ahead on "today in the bay," the reason a lost hiker in california's troubles seem to be far from over after his miracle rescue. also the questions he's now facing. >>> plus a consumer alert for a popular treadmill. it could pose some serious risk. what y

tonight, a nbc news crew watched several people shatter a glass door of a boost mobile store and walk right now. not just the midwest. the bay area also. this video, san jose, demonstrators, with signs for justice for daunte wright. and the prosecution is soon expected to rest in the murder of derek chauvin. nbc bay area's cheryl hurd is there. >> reporter: this is a time when parents of young black men hold their breath. they see men of color shot by believe over and over again. tonight, i talked to a mother who is frankly scared. the video you're about to see is graphic. >> i'm fearful. because i recognize that that could have been my child. >> reporter: victoria adams is reacting to the shooting death of daunte wright. the police body cam video released today show how it unfolded. officers say he had a warrant for his arrest and tried to run. and the taser pulled out her revolver and fired a shot, killing wright. adams says this can happen again. >> he was told early on that when you encounter an officer, to make sure that he pulls out his registration, driver's license, to make su

major league baseball announced it's doing in protest. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening and thank you for joining us there is profound shock and sadness at today's violent death of another capitol police officer, killed during a confrontation that left another officer injured and a suspect shot to death. a tragic and a staggering blow to an agency still traumatized by the loss of their own after the january 6th attack today's horror unfolded outside the senate entrance to the capitol when a lone man drove his car into the officers and then rammed a security barricade before confronting them with a knife according to police the driver shot and killed by police later, the fallen officer honored by fellow officers. his body driven away in a police procession hallie jackson has late details >> reporter: you can see the aftermath of the deadly attack just steps from the capitol, where a suspect rammed that blue car into a barricade about 100 yards from the senate entrance >> i've never in my life seen this before. >> reporter: a helicopter arrivin

erin mclaughlin, nbc news, los angeles. >>> a scary sighting in cocoa beach over the weekend it was supposed to land. and a forced landing by beachgoers luckily, the pilot is okay and no one on the ground was hurt. >> wow, nbc's janessa webb has been tracking multiple snow tomorrows on this day in april >> yes, hi, good morning, everyone we watch these next systems coast to coast invading the rockies and mid-plains it's going to dump a good amount of snow this afternoon that's why winter advisories continue to be in place then we're going to set records across the central plains fo teens today. we do have activity across florida. much of the week daytime highs in the 90s freeze watches and warnings. we'll talk about that coming up. >> all right janessa, we'll see you in just a bit. thank you so much. >>> a world war ii's veteran caretaker has gone to great lengths to honor his life. colonel wallace taylor died at 96 years old, outliving his family his hearse will be escorted from say are tote sa, florida, to a cemetery is where he'll be buri wh next, a league of their own, former seahawks ru

miguel almaguer, nbc news >>> in just 60 seconds, our series "american extremism. a new warning about the risks for the entire country >>> president biden today declaring it's time for american troops to come home as he announced all u.s. forces will soon be out of afghanistan, saying the events of 9/11 20 years ago cannot explain why we should remain here in 2021 here's peter alexander. >> reporter: america's commander in chief tonight paying his respects to fallen u.s. troops from iraq and afghanistan at arlington national cemetery >> look at them all. >> reporter: earlier president biden declaring america's longest war will come to an end by september 11th speaking in the same room where president bush first announced military action in afghanistan. >> we went to afghanistan because of a horrific attack that happened 20 years ago. that cannot explain why we should remain there in 2021. >> reporter: the withdrawal of more than 2,500 service members from afghanistan to begin within weeks but missing the may 1st deadline set by former president trump. president bid

when a cdc advisory panel meets on friday >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening former police officer derek chauvin walked out of a minneapolis courtroom in handcuffs this afternoon, minutes after a jury convicted him on all counts in the death of george floyd. second-degree unintentional murder, guilty third-degree murder, guilty. second-degree manslaughter, guilty a world that witnessed video of floyd's death under the knee of that police officer today witnessing justice for mr. floyd. president biden and vice president harris calling the floyd family tonight, expressing their satisfaction with the verdict and speaking to the nation this evening as well. a day of intense emotion we want to begin our coverage now with gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: tonight, emotions are spilling into the streets of minneapolis. people cried as the verdict was read >> i can't believe it. there's poetry in the fact he couldn't breathe and it feels like we got a breath of fresh air. for the first time, it feels like we can breathe. >> it was just a beautiful moment whe

nbc news has not reviewed those documents. gaetz denied ever paying a woman for sex. and a spokesman said matt gaetz refused all of the disgusting allegations completely the republican already in the spotlight after revelations earlier this week the justice department is examining whether gaetz violated federal sex trafficking law by having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old and paid for her to travel with him. >> the person doesn't exist, that's totally false. >> reporter: the 38-year-old conservative congressman elected in 2016 has been a staunch ally of former president donald trump. >> it is a horrible allegation and it is a lie. >> reporter: the top house republican saying gaetz's seat on the powerful judiciary committee could be in jeopardy. >> those are serious implications if it comes out to be true, yes, we would remove him if that was the case right now matt gaetz said it's not true so let's get all of the information. >> reporter: keep in mind cash paid for things like hotel rooms or dinner is not illegal so some of the questions for federal investiga

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joining us now is nbc news leigh ann caldwell on capitol hill. so what does this all mean for the infrastructure push? >> well, geoff, that's right. the infrastructure plan did get a boost by this ruling by the senate parliamentarian. but the road ahead is also quite bumpy because just because the parliamentarian says they can use this reonciliation process that we were talking about just a few weeks ago, the fact they can use it again, means democrats have to get all 50 of their own on the same page. and they're not quite there yet. senator joe manchin of west virginia has expressed concerns about the corporate tax rate, raising that to 28%. he says he doesn't want to go much above 25%. but he's not alone. senator mark warner of virginia, although he wasn't specific on what his concerns were, he said that he's not completely on board with the biden plan just yet either. so there's still a lot of negotiations that have to be done among democrats. and as far as republicans are concerned, it seems like democrats are going alone, but the white house

stay with nbc bay area and nbc news for the latest updates regarding the johnson & johnson vaccine. download our nbc bay area app to get the most up to the minute news right on your smartphone. >> happening right now in marin county at the fairgrounds in safe raphael, kaiser permanente and the county are joining forces in what they call a vaccine super site. right now you're looking at live pictures. the partnership will allow for 3,600 shots a day, and you'll need an appointment. officials tell us they are not administering the johnson & johnson shot. >>> meantime, just two days to go before eligibility statewide widens to anyone over 16 years old this. 's new confusion here in the bay area. san francisco supervisor matt haney fired up about the covid vaccine rollout and how the city's public health department will for now only at minister vaccines to people 50 and older or those with health problems. however, residents in other bay area counties where the 16 and older are eligible are coming to town an rolling up their sleeves. >> it's currently available to contra costa and san m

this is our shot. >>> new reporting from nbc news is uncovering how thousands of americans, elite military members who are charged with protecting our nation are actually undercover extremists. a detailed review of social media by nbc journalists found that thousands of u.s. military members have been propagating racist views, lies about the 2020 election and even qanon theories in groups on facebook. in one post an image of a noose was used to respond to criticism about the black lives matter movement. the message reading if we want to make america great again, we will have to make evil people fear punishment again. in others, they use derogatory terms like bubba to refer to defense secretary lloyd austin, who is their boss. right after january 6th, one military member wrote, quote, trump was sabotaged once again. trying to get to the bottom of the obvious election fraud now looks like it doesn't have a chance, end quote. according to jack murphy, a former army ranger and green beret who's written about the special ops community, it's not just the occasional private in the third infantry,

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joining me now is nbc news correspondent garrett haake. garrett, give me more of what the ig and is it going to garner any bipartisanship on this subject? >> reporter: i think it will. this report was sweeping in its scope and scathing in its findings, police failures like expired munitions and control shields that weren't stored properly and therefore broke on impact. that's going to require two big changes, the specialty s.w.a.t.-like unit to be a free standalone unit that's kind of a special unit. officers want to be a part of that so it can respond to big things like that. and also the creation of a proper inspection bureau which he said is the most important part of his report. listen to this. >> we need an intelligence bureau. it needs to be a full-service, comprehensive bureau. some of the elements seen in our subsequent flash reports where we're recommending elements in the capitol police need to be moved over to that intelligence bureau. it need to be elevated to a bureau level. >> katy, you asked about bipartisan support. there i

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sam brock, nbc news. lindsey, back to you >> sam, thanks >>> week two of the derek chauvin trial kicks off today, and the jury will hear from several witness, including minneapolis chief of police medaria arradondo. he will be testifying against his own former officer >> last week we heard heart-wrenching testimony from those who witnessed george floyd's final moments, sharing their brief and their guilt on the stand. this week prosecutors are expected to focus on chauvin's training our meagan fitzgerald is following the latest for us. meagan, good morning >> lindsey, good morning prosecutors are expected to call witnesses all throughout the week but the biggest headline is the chief of the minneapolis police department who is expected to testify today. >> mr. floyd was no longer offering up any resistance to the officers they could have ended their restraint. >> reporter: in a rare move, the traditional blue wall of silence broken as two minneapolis police officers testified against their own. >> totally

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