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>> that's exactly right. senator ron johnson of wisconsin. staunch -- a staunch ally of former-president trump. a very conservative republican. made some really interesting comments, that are receiving very swift backlash. a little bit of race-baiting with some of his comments. trying to -- and but take a listen to what he said to a local-radio interview. >> i knew, those were people that love this country. that truly respect law enforcement. would never do anything to break a law. so, i wasn't concerned. now, had the tables been turned. joe, this could get me in trouble. had the tables been turned, and president trump won the election. and those were tens of thousands of black lives matter and antifa protestors, i might've been a little concerned. >> as we hear there, he is really justifying the actions that we saw take place of those attackers at the capitol. but there is the equivalence of saying he felt safe because the majority of the crowd that we saw storm the capitol was largely white and pro-trump supporters. so while he could understand and sympathize with their reasoning for wanting to do it, he then said it was justified and lawfully done. which as we know, over law enforcement officers were injured. and just in the larger con tektsz, we are waiting to see if senator ron johnson is going to run for a third term in his seat in 2022 and this will be a larger shape for how the republican party will speak out. >> two police officers committed suicide in the aftermath. >> i know, the big story we are following right now. the pressure is mounting on new york governor, andrew mow koe. senators chuck schumer and kristen gillibrand join 16 other new york congressional democrats in calling for him to resign. six women have now come forward to accuse him of inappropriate behavior. he denies any wrongdoing but new york state lawmakers have opened an impeachment investigation. and our next guest says cuomo has to consider, whether he can still govern amid these growing allegations. >> joinings now, new york congressman, tom swazi. thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me on. >> congressman, nbc news is reporting the flood of calls for governor cuomo to resign is member driven. lawmakers reached a tipping point and decided he can't lead the state. you, right now, are among the minority not calling for his resignation. so what is holding you back? and do you think he can, still, do this job effectively? >> well, let me, first, say, that like everybody else, i am grossed out by the allegations that exist. if my daughter came home and said -- and she's 25 -- came home and said this happened to her, i would be outraged like everybody else would be. but the governor is entitled to a process to go through. and the question for him right now is can you do your job? we face all kinds of crises in new york state right now. can you do your job while everybody's saying leave your job right now? he's got to decide whether he can or not. now, if he says i can do my job, there is a process in place. new york state assembly is going through an impeachment investigation, right now, as we speak. so, he says, i can do my job. well, the assembly will say, no, you can't do your job. i support that investigation. i support the attorney general's investigation. to find out what, actually, happened in these instances but we do have to go through a process. that's the way the system is set up. >> and congressman, how much pressure. lay it out, give us a landscape. how much pressure does schumer and gillibrand's statement put on cuomo to step down? >> he is under incredible pressure. i mean, so many people are just so outraged by these allegations. and so upset by them. and are so disappointed. >> do you think he's done? a lot of people saying after that last statement coming out from schumer and gillibrand, that that's it. he's done. >> if you know cuomo, and you know his history, he's going to fight it to the last -- to the last moment. he is going to keep on fighting, fighting, fighting. that's why there is a process in place. there is that's why the assembly's impeachment investigation is so important and the attorney general's investigation is so important to actually make the case, as to why he should or should not do his job. >> yesterday, you said it would be smart for him to, at least announce he doesn't plan to run for re-election. you say it would take the temperature down. but i want to show you a tweet from one of his accusers, lindsey boylan. she said yesterday, quote, my abuser used the full force of state government of all his power, to destroy me when i spoke out. would simply announcing he doesn't plan to run again be enough? >> no. i think that, no matter what, there is going to be very intense scrutiny of every-single thing that he does. and the pressure is going to continue to mount. it's not going to stop. not going to stop with just senator schumer and senator gillibrand. there is going to be more and more calls for him, more and more investigation, and more of this process we have to go through. and the governor has to decide whether he can get the state budget done, whether he can do the vaccines, whether he can do all the important things that need to happen in our state right now. while he is under this mounting pressure that exists. but, i think, that, you know, knowing the governor, after all these years, he is going to fight it, fight it, fight it. that's why you have to go through this process. >> i am really curious about your play in all of this, congressman. because you are a not calling him for him to leave-let but your office has reached out to many donors and party leaders saying you are considering a run for governor in 2022. wouldn't it be good for you, for this guy to be out? 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and to what extent will it help? >> kendis, we are talking about billions of dollars going towards strengthening the vaccination process. and the vaccine rollout. so, in this $1.9 trillion stimulus-relief plan. what we are seeing is nearly-$20 billion going towards the manufacturing and distribution of vaccines. and about $50 billion going towards testing and contact tracing. this is all about getting us back to that pre-pandemic life where we can, for example, go to big concerts. or go see a show on broadway. be in a packed theater. and the only worry we have is whether the actors on stage are good or not. >> yeah, i am so desperate for a concert. i might actually go to see justin bieber this summer. feel free to judge. what about schools? how much are they getting from the relief package? >> oh, i'm a big fan of justin bieber, so i'm not judging. >> thank you. appreciate it. >> when it comes to schools. so, what is being poured into them is another billions of dollars. so we are talking more than $120 billion, going towards reopening k-through-12 schools across the country. i have spoken to ed -- educators, who said that when it comes to, for instance, those most-at-risk kids. if their parents have to go to work, can't work from home, there's no one at home to make sure that they turn on the computer. and they're following the curriculum. so, a lot of kids have been struggling with schools closed. even with remote learning. so, this is really a push to get the schools back to being in the classroom, with the teacher, and the students, with kids getting the attention and education they deserve. >> but let's be honest about all of that. yes, there is a lot of money that is devoted to schools. but the way the school systems work, the money that's allocated doesn't, necessarily, go into effect or impact the buildings, the schools, the books, or whatever, until, say, next year. so, is this, really, covid relief for schools? >> kendis, that's a great point. but the intention of this legislation is for this to help schools reopen. when you are getting more than $120 billion, there really aren't many excuses for making it safe to reopen. so, that's really what the focus is, at this point. and hopefully, these schools can reopen as quickly as possible. especially, if parents who have been working from home, have to go back to the office, then they really need their kids to be back in the schools. >> that, indeed. we are going to speak with you again, tomorrow morning, to break down some additional, key parts of the relief package and its impact on american families. thank you. >> thanks, kendis. legacy in louisville. breonna taylor died, one year ago, today, during a police raid. and still, no charges for the officer who fired that deadly shot. how the city's remembering her and the movement that she sparked. we are live in louisville with that. plus, her mother, tamika palmer, joins us live to speak about what justice would look like for her daughter. aluminum free deodorants only mask odor? 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not only as a grieving mother but then watching this national reckoning happening about race? >> i don't know. it's just been a year. it's been -- every day, it's been the same to me. >> every day has been the same. >> every day is still march the 13th. >> and when you think of march the 13th, what sort of emotions do you go through? >> anger. just anger, right now. just so much anger. >> so much anger, even one year later. as you know, a supporter of you from the very start. he was on our show about an hour ago. he had a message for you, take a listen. >> we must keep fighting. she, also, got a settlement but she didn't get justice. and she needs to keep fighting for justice for breonna and for everyone else. and a year later, she is missing her daughter but she is not missing people all over the world that's standing for justice for her daughter. >> he is telling you to keep on fighting. you said you're filled with so much anger. how do you continue? how do you plan to, kind of, harness all that anger into the fight? >> i do it, every day. i just, i get up and i -- i start. it's plenty of days i don't want to get up. but it's all the support. you know? it's all the, you know, these people up before you and ready. so, how do you not get up? >> kenneth walker, breonna's boyfriend, was just absolved of all charges against him. they were permanently dropped, this week. my question for you is, before we get to the justice aspect of what could happen with this case. do you and kenneth speak? do you have a relationship? how -- how is he doing? >> he's existing. it's still, you know -- he's still just going through the motions, and trying to get used to her not being here. we'll always speak. he's family. >> ms. palmer, do you lay any blame at kenneth walker for your daughter's death? do you feel, if he had not fired back or opened fire a year ago, today, that your daughter would still be here? >> no. i think he did what anybody would've done, in that situation. i'm grateful he was there, because without him being there, i don't know that we'll -- we would have ever knew anything that happened. they started lying from the very beginning. >> now that the charge against him has been dropped. there's -- there's talk, potentially, of charges against the officers, now, from the commonwealth attorney, who no longer will have a conflict of interest in the case. and right now, there has been no justice for you, your family, or for breonna. how do you begin to step into peace with what happened, in the face of not having justice? >> we not at peace. you know, justice ain't no peace. that's insane. we don't give up. we not done. it's just -- it doesn't end there. >> ms. taylor, you got -- your family got about $8 million from the city of louisville. we just had the reports, earlier, from overnight that george floyd's family, it will be getting $27 million in wrongful-death lawsuit. do you feel, as if you were satisfied with the judgment that you're getting from louisville? >> i -- i never cared about a judgment. it was never about that, for me. it was -- i still didn't get what i came for, and it's justice. so, the money means absolutely nothing. >> uh-huh. >> like, it don't help me get over the fact of what happened. it doesn't -- breonna doesn't benefit from that. that does nothing for us. >> understood. >> and, tamika, you're part of this club that nobody wants to be a part of. you never asked for any of this. how do you reconcile your identity, not only as a grieving mother but, now, as somebody who's inextricably linked to this broader-national reckoning? do you -- do you find purpose in that mission? or does it, sometimes, feel almost like a burden? >> you, definitely, go back and forth with it. but i've definitely come to terms that i have a job to do. >> we've seen so much. we've become familiar, long distance, with your daughter. we have seen her smile. we've seen her laughter. we have learned that she was a hard worker. but there was one thing, in particular, i will admit to you, that hit me really hard. and it was her tweet. a tweet from christmas day, 2019. where she says, you see there, i hope, next christmas, i have a kid so i can be superexcited about today, like y'all. and it just hit me, so hard, because that tweet was -- it was her last-christmas tweet. it was so full of hope, so full of life. and it was just snuffed away from her, just a few months later. when you see something like that, knowing how hopeful she was to be able to have a kid. and be here for christmas. what do you think? >> rage. that it was taken away from her, for no reason. and it, still, don't make sense. and there's still been no justice for that. >> we are all there, with you. just want you to know that. obviously, we don't know what it's like to lose a daughter, in that way. but we've all teared up, and felt tremendous emotions over the last year because of what took place, today, a year ago. >> thank you for coming on and sharing the story of your daughter with us. we appreciate it. and all the best to you, today. >> thank you. thank you. >> thank you. >> that pain never goes away. >> no, not at all. and you know, whenever you lose somebody, it is -- you are told that every anniversary or every birthday, for that first year, is a difficult one. but, ms. palmer is saying, basically, every day has felt like march 13th. >> reliving that day over and over and over, again. >> yeah. all right. we'll be right back. fine, no one leaves the table until your finished. fine, we'll sleep here. ♪♪ it's the easiest because it's the cheesiest. kraft. for the win win. you love your pet...but hate wearing their hair. did you know that your clothes can actually attract pet hair? 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and how do fellow republicans actually feel about this? >> it's a great question, kendis. and not only do i know that team well. i, also, want to start off by saying, i know cy vance, who is the district attorney prosecuting this. cy is a serious guy, who takes his job seriously. and who is looking into very serious allegations. and it would not surprise me, given how far along this investigation is progressing. if donald trump faces charges this year. it wouldn't surprise me, at all. and i'll tell you why. if you look at anyone, kendis, long enough, you can see them break law. whether it's you or me, it might be a traffic infraction. okay? i got a traffic ticket, last year. if you look at donald trump and his career long enough, you won't just see him break the law. you will see him set the law on fire. okay? this is a -- this is a man, who has an almost-clinical addiction to wrongdoing. whether it's cheating at his golf game or cheating at governing. i mean, look. we just saw the man tried to steal a national election. would it surprise anyone that he tried to cheat on his tax returns? now, my prediction, kendis, for this year, is going to be that the donald trump, who loves to win, win, win, is about to lose, lose, lose. he lost a major election. he is losing in the court of public opinion. and he is about to lose, i would predict, in the people's court, if charges are brought against him. but, look, a lot of republicans are actually hoping this will happen so they can move on from donald trump. >> well, and -- and, jill, on that note, former-watergate witness, john dean, tweeted you do not visit a prosecutor's office seven times if they are not planning to indict. and added, it's only a matter of days until the da does so. given your experience with watergate, do you feel like formal charges are imminent? >> i think it's going to come. i'm not sure whether it's days away. the volume of materials that were delivered to the da's office means that they have to be reviewed carefully. because you don't want to go ahead with your indictment, until you have all the evidence, at your disposal. and i think there is a lot that could be done, even by using michael cohen, as someone to help them review all those documents. he's testified about them changing the valuation of property, to get benefits for tax purposes, by lowering it. getting loans, by raising it. he can point to those things, in the documents, that help support those allegations. so, i think, maybe, one of the reasons that he's coming back. and this time, i think he's going in person. it's not a virtual visit. is he's help them go through documents. i think, there's a lot that can be done in that office. and you, also, have the attorney general of new york looking at it from a civil perspective. which means, fines and sanctions, rather than going to jail, which is what the da's investigation could lead to. so, those are just some of the legal perils that are facing donald trump. there is, also, civil cases pending against him. eric swalwell filed a case under the ku klux klan act. so there is plenty of damage awaiting him. and to say nothing the irs still hasn't settled with him. he could owe them over $100 million. >> myles, let's talk about georgia. we have the call to raffensperger. the secretary of state. i need you to find the votes. and then, this week, we heard part of a leaked phone call between the former president, he was president at the time, and an election investigator. it was a phone call released to "the wall street journal." let's listen to a part of that. >> i won georgia by a lot. and the people know it. and, you know, something happened there. i mean, something bad happened. you get to fulton, you're going to find things that are going to be unbelievable. the dishonesty. when -- when the right answer comes out, you'll be praised. >> you know, which is a very important date. >> i mean, there is so much to unpack here, myles. in the conversation, he even asks do you think employees will be working around christmas time because of that january-6th date? your response to this call this week? >> well, look, i think it's another example of what we have come to know and see, regularly, from donald trump. and it's that, when he wants someone to engage in an act of wrongdoing, on his behalf. which he's tried to do, throughout the entirety of his career. and people, like michael cohen will attest to this. and i can attest to this, personally. he won't, outright, ask someone to break the law. he knows where the line is, and he will give you a wink and a nod. and suggest that you go over that line, and you break the law, for him. but donald trump doesn't just stop there. he'll put pressure on you. so, while -- while i worked in the trump administration, when he would do that to cabinet secretaries, and say, i want you to do something illegal say,.pentagon or with troops or at the border, he would do a wink and a nod and say i need you to do something and go harder. and on the other hand, he would threaten them with their jobs. and we saw something similar in georgia. is he demanded or insisted, rather, that they do something on his behalf, that clearly would have been illegal. but also, on the other hand, was making threats about how difficult he could make their lives, politically, if they didn't follow through. if that's not corruption, i do not know what is. >> and myles, i want to pick up really quickly, i have like ten seconds here, on something you mentioned earlier. are you secretly hearing from republican lawmakers, some who are publicly supporting trump, they wish that he would just go away? >> yes. i am going to give you two, quick data points. that poll also showed that more than almost 50% of republicans are, either, never-trumpers or post-trumpers. that means, a good chunk of the party, simply, wants to move on beyond this man. and behind the scenes, legislators are telling me they would like donald trump to be gone. >> all right. well, we leave it there. myles taylor. jill wine-banks. thank you and appreciate you changing pins between hours. beautiful. all right. thank you, guys. well, as more doses of covid-19 vaccines distribute across the country. some rural areas, like alabama's black belt, have found themselves begging for more supplies. as the demand for vaccine equity for its black residents grows. that's where nbc's ellison barber is right now. she is live for us right now, in selma, alabama. allison, good morning to you. so this has been one of the tough things in poor, black communities, the availability for vaccines has been so low. >> right. yeah. it's something that people have struggled with for decades, in these areas. as limited access to many things, healthcare being one of the really big ones. when you look at the poorest counties in alabama. if you look at the 15-poorest counties in this state. all-but-one of them are in alabama's black belt region. this was an area that was at the center of the civil-rights movement. today, the majority of the populations throughout alabama's black belt. they are black. and they were hit, very hard, by covid-19. they had some of the highest-per-capita rates of covid-19 infections and death rates, throughout the summer. at one point, this summer, black alabamians were dying at a rate, because of covid-19, twice as high as white alabamians. these areas are very rural. they have very limited access to healthcare and that was a problem, well-before the pandemic. and we've seen that -- that -- that that is a problem today, as well. hospitals and clinics here. they are doing the best that they can. some counties say they have actually given the parameters that they have to work in, that they've actually been more pleased than they expected with what they've been able to do, so far. but it's really challenging. and things are going to get harder as vaccine eligibility expands. the governor of this state says she plans to deploy alabama's national guard to 26 counties to try and help with vaccine distribution, starting march 23rd. but people, here, aren't entirely sure what that will look like because they say it is critical that there aren't mass-vaccination sites like you see in the suburbs but efforts to actually go into the small pockets of communities here. in sumpter county, they only have one hospital for miles. i want you to listen to some of what they told us about their concerns. >> help is going to be needed and i think it needs to be proactive like it is, because when the door is open for more people, who's outside of the criteria right now for getting the vaccine is open. we won't have the capacity to do it, by ourself. i have known, for our staff, to go pick up individuals and bring them for vaccination because they did not have access to transportation. >> the alabama department of health says 20% of the black belt residents have been vaccinated. but when you talk to local organizations, who know this area best, like the black belt community foundation, they say they feel like the allocation has been inadequate and the vaccine should really be allocated not based on population size but based on need and residents here are some of the most vulnerable. kendis. >> we will leave it there. nbc's ellison barber joining us from selma. thank you. there is growing outrage in oklahoma this morning after a high school announcer was caught on a hot mic using a racial slur about players kneeling on the court and it's his excuse that has many people talking. nbc's blayne alexander has more. >> we'll be right back here live. >> reporter: it was just before tip-off in the high school girls basketball tournament near tulsa, oklahoma. but when members of the norman high school team began to kneel, the announcers sounded off using racist and explicit language, not realizing they were speaking into hot mics. >> they're kneeling [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> reporter: the announcers were not part of the school district, contracted by an outside group which announced an investigation. norman school superintendent met with the players. >> what was your first reaction when you saw that video? >> disgust and outrage. and that hit me, hard. support them in their decisions, in everything they do. >> reporter: today, norman teachers took a knee in support. the city's mayor tweeting her outrage. and from a state lawmaker. >> were you surprised when you heard that language? >> i wasn't. i was -- i was -- i was angry. i was frustrated. very frustrating that some of that's been so normalized. particularly, the issue of kneeling. >> reporter: tonight, the tigers are back on the court. this time, both teams taking a knee. saying simply, this is with he kneel. >> our thanks to blayne for that report. meghan markle and prince harry called out alleged-royal racism. how their bombshell interview with oprah is putting a spotlight on racial divide in the uk. a spotlight on racial divide in the uk (man) i'm a verizon engineer, part of the team that built 5g right, the only one from america's most reliable network. we designed our 5g to make the things you do every day better. with 5g nationwide, millions of people can now work, listen, and stream in verizon 5g quality. and in parts of many cities where people can use massive capacity, we have ultra wideband, the fastest 5g in the world. this is the 5g that's built for you. this is 5g built right. only from verizon. people everywhere living with type 2 diabetes are waking up to what's possible with rybelsus®. ♪ you are my sunshine ♪ ♪ my only sunshine... ♪ rybelsus® works differently than any other diabetes pill to lower blood sugar in all 3 of these ways... increases insulin... decreases sugar... and slows food. the majority of people taking rybelsus® lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than 7. people taking rybelsus® lost up to 8 pounds. rybelsus® isn't for people with type 1 diabetes or diabetic ketoacidosis. don't take rybelsus® if you or your family ever had medullary thyroid cancer, or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2, or if allergic to it. stop rybelsus® and get medical help right away if you get a lump or swelling in your neck, severe stomach pain, or an allergic reaction. serious side effects may include pancreatitis. tell your provider about vision problems or changes. taking rybelsus® with a sulfonylurea or insulin increases low blood sugar risk. side effects like nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea may lead to dehydration which may worsen kidney problems. wake up to what's possible with rybelsus®. ♪ please don't take my sunshine away ♪ you may pay as little as $10 per prescription. ask your healthcare provider about rybelsus® today. the queen making her first appearance since last week's explosive interview after prince william denied the family is racist. but some black britons disagree. including our next guests who are speaking out against the monarchy and their lack of racial progress. >> joining us right now, a black-studies professor at birmingham city university. and correspondent nadine hunt. nadine, a lot of people were watching here in the u.s. and -- and were saying they were not surprised by all of this. were you surprised, over there? >> absolutely not. but unfortunately, i think a lot of british people were because there is this huge denialism in the uk when it comes to the presence of racism. it's kind of suppressed. you are told that you are imagining it. the rest of the world seen it for what it is. and yeah, now that it's out there for everyone to see, i just hope things start to change. >> on that note, we have seen a racial reckoning here in the u.s., deaths of ahmaud arbery, george floyd, breonna taylor. the list goes on. has that traveled, at all, to the uk? and do you see this interview as continuing the conversation? >> well, it is a year since breonna taylor and i am not sure we have had a racial reckoning because no charges have been filed. nothing's really happened in that case. i think this interview is a reminder just how deep-seated racism is. and how it really hasn't changed that much. and we kind of picked up on that in the uk because they do speak to our experiences of issues with the policing center and issues with the monarchy, right? nobody -- nobody should have been surprised this was the outcome. >> yeah. in the meantime, "the daily mail" is targeting oprah saying the broadcast, cbs, misled viewers by airing allegedly-racist headlines in an attempt to label markle as a victim of the british press. listen to this. >> when meghan joined the royal family in 2018, she became the target of unrelenting, pervasive attacks. >> racist abuse online aimed at meghan markle. >> they were undeniable, racist overtones. this stands apart from the kind of coverage we have seen of any, other royal. >> there was constant criticism. blatant sexist and racist remarks by british tabloids and interpret trolls. >> we have seen the racism play out for her in realtime. >> so, the press is openly discriminating against meghan markle. at least, that's what the -- the -- the broadcast kind of made it seem. is that the case? >> absolutely. i mean, i'm a journalist in the uk. and i actually had a cry the other night because the gas lighting is unbelievable. you know, you guys see it for your own eyes. you turn on british television, however, and you are told that, actually -- it's just a criticism of meghan. and, you know, it is like talking to a brick wall. i think that is one of the key differences the way you talk about race in america and here. the fact that you are having this conversation on, you know, breakfast television and it's not a debate, whether or not structural racism exists. it's something that's unheard in britain. you will see people shouting, going at each other, saying this is one of the most tolerant countries in the world. it's out of control. really is. >> we got to leave it there. thank you, both. even, all of that said, it's interesting, the difference in the u.s. and the uk. meghan markle's popularity has dropped some-14 points. >> across the pond. >> across the pond. here, in the -- in the u.s., it's gone up about 20%. the queen's favorability has never been higher. 80%. it actually went up in the last week. >> very telling. thank you for watching. i'm lindsey reiser. >> i am kendis gibson. we will be back tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. eastern. velshi starts right now. today, on velshi, with the manhattan da closing in on private citizen donald j. trump, some experts predict an indictment within days we will have the very latest. plus, republican attacks on voting rights reach new height as they admit, out loud, they do not believe everyone should be voting. in fact, they say they will lose if they can't shrink the electorate. and as george floyd's family wins a record settlement from the city of minneapolis, jury selection is under way in the criminal trial of the former cop, who so casually knelt on floyd's neck. killing him. find out what questions potential jurors face, and who's been selected, so far. and pin the tail on the