george floyd. floyd's sister will join me in a few moments. and fallout from the interview with prince harry and meghan, alleging racism in the royal family. >> there's a conversation with you -- >> with harry. >> about how dark your baby is going to be? >> potentially, and what that would mean or look like. >> much more on that interview straight ahead this hour. but i want to get right to something we've all been waiting for. the cdc releasing official guidance for americans who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. what can they do? where can they go? can you hug your family, or be inside without masks? dr. jonathan reiner joins me now. thanks for joining. this is good news. we can see some small gatherings, grandparent hugs. but dr. leana wen argues, it's too cautious. you should be cautious, right? she says the cdc should be saying if you're willing to get vaccinated, you should be able to travel freely. do you agree? >> i agree. this administration said that science would drive their policy. if science was truly driving this policy, they would acknowledge that folks who are fully vaccinated are very well protected against becoming infected themselves. and are also pretty well protected now against transmitting the virus to others. and we have that data from our large patient cohorts coming out of israel. what i think is happening with the cdc is they're reluctant to make a recommendation like if you're vaccinated, go ahead and knock yourself out, get on an airplane, because they're concerned about folks who are not yet vaccinated taking that cue to start travel. and they're very worried about igniting a spark that might create another, a surge in this country. so they're going to wait until there's more, a sort of core group of vaccinated folks in this country before they start making these kinds of travel recommendations or telling you it's okay to sit in a restaurant without a mask on if you've been fully vaccinated. but the science already tells us that. if you're fully vaccinated, it is safe for you to travel. and if you are fully vaccinated, it's safe for you to sit in a restaurant. >> that's my question. she says it's too cautious. if you're vaccinated, you should be able to travel freely. >> i agree. and it's the big reason in this country, it's important for our economy. people are hurting, in the airline industries, servers, restaurants. >> restaurants are closing, people have lost their tips. sorry, go on, doctor. >> but this is not about getting people who are going cabin crazy at home out of their places and into restaurants. it's about re-igniting our economy. and that is why, when the science matches, we should be advancing the recommendations. my sense is that the cdc is getting their footing. it's led by a super capable person, and my guess is soon they'll start to make these kinds of guideline recommendations. >> speaking of science, senator rand paul said, rather than listening to government scolds, look to the science of immunology. two weeks after, trash your mask and live free again. multiple states are removing mask mandates. we're seeing burn the mask rallies in idaho. the thing is, how do you know if someone is walking around without a mask, if they meet the guidelines that senator paul is talking about. how dangerous is this, doctor? >> it's super dangerous. i don't take any recommendations from dr. rand paul. i remind you, he was the guy that as he was waiting for his covid test to come back, decided it was a good idea to take swim in the senate swimming pool. so, you know, the key sentence in that tweet of his says live free. he considers masks a burden. he considers it a lack of freedom. and that is the other big lie. that's the lie that has resulted in hundreds of thousands of excess deaths in this country. the lie that tells people that masks somehow impinge on your freedom. i was incredibly offended looking at that mask burning event in idaho. 525,000 people in this country have died. think of all the families and friends that have suffered this year because of this kind of politicization of masks. >> yeah. >> so we need to be smart. we need to stick with masks for quite a bit longer. and then finally put this, you know, pandemic away. >> yeah. i just kept thinking about what they're teaching their kids there. thank you, doctor. good to see you. >> have a good night. >> you as well. president biden says he'll sign the covid relief package as soon as it lands on his desk. which could be as soon as wednesday. joining me now, congresswoman sheila jackson lee. this $1.9 trillion covid relief package is huge. will it pass the house? and what does it do for people? >> it's a rescue package. and frankly, don, people need rescuing right now. people have been unemployed for a very long period of time. women have been impacted the worst in the work force. many not being able to return. schools have not been able to open. this rescues the american people. $28 billion for mom and pop restaurants, essential workers, waitresses and waiters. they've been put out of work. $350 billion to help our cities and counties to pay law enforcement and firefighters. it provides $20 billion-plus for vaccines, contact tracing, and testing. it really is a lifeline for the american people. and once these dollars are out invested and helping this economy turn around while people are still wearing their masks, socially distanced, america can get back to work again. >> i got a lot of topics i want to talk to you about. i want to turn to the for the people act, the democrats' e electoral reform act. allowing for 15 days of early voting, expand mail-in voting, and protect curbside voting. is the republican-led assault on voting, does that show just how important passing these protections are? >> absolutely. yesterday is bloody sunday, the day that many walked across the edmund pettus bridge in selma, alabama for the right to vote. and voter suppression is running rampant. the former president of the united states characterizes what it seems the republicans want to do. and that is his speech in mar-a-lago or in florida, he indicated, give them one day to vote. so this hr-1 is imperative, along with hr-4, the voting rights enhancement act. there's a pandemic of voter suppression everywhere you look. republican legislatures are trying to stop, in most instances, black voters and other voters from voting. so this gives a free opportunity for people to express their views. when i say free, a widely, freedom-based voting system that gives you more days. that gives you the opportunity to be registered. and it is long overdue. and we have to fight voter suppression. and it is on the rampage in the united states. >> perhaps the most important thing about the act is the way that it would create 15-person independent commissions to re-draw lines in states to stop gerrymandering. what are the implications for future elections? >> i certainly know this bill will go to the senate and we certainly want fair redistricting. anything we can do to help that. and i believe this bill has components in it, and it will make a difference that republicans, again, unfortunately, cannot skew the lines and to ensure that there is one vote, one person, and that it is not a republican drawn map. so that more republicans go to the legislature, the state legislature, and that is what has been happening. we don't want that to happen again. >> thank you so much. see you soon. be safe. >> wear your masks. thank you for having me. >> thank you, i have mine right here. the trial of derek chauvin in the death of george floyd, set to begin tomorrow morning. i'm going to talk to george floyd's sister. what is his legacy for america? >> this is our opportunity to move in a different direction. this is our opportunity to ensure that our justice system is fixed, and our communities can begin to focus on what type of nation we want to be. ive ski. with our highest concentration of prebiotic oat intensely moisturizes over time to improve skin's resilience. aveeno® healthy. it's our nature™. did you know that every single flush flings odors onto your soft surfaces? 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>> it's been like a roller coaster ride. ups, downs, left, right, it's just -- we just really just talking with each other, praying with each other. and we have faith that we will get a conviction. so basically, that's all we talk about is memories of george floyd. everybody. >> ben, how critical is it, with jury selection, how critical is the makeup of a jury in a case like this? >> it's critical, as we've known from history, oftentimes people who don't share our understanding of george's background, his culture, his life experiences, will be likely not to give him the benefit of consideration and humanity. so we want diversity on the jury. we pray that the attorney general and his prosecutors demand that they have a diverse jury that reflects the population of the city. >> potential jurors are being given a questionnaire asking things like what coverage they've seen of the case, what experience they have with drug addiction, what podcasts they listen to, if they have martial arts training. >> don, what they taught us in trial practice back in law school, if you got your jury, the facts don't matter. so it's going to be critical that you have a diverse jury. if you have a jury that don't believe george floyd was worthy of consideration, that don't believe george floyd's life matters, then we get those results that you and i have seen far too many times, with philando, or trayvon. so we have to have people show up for jury duty. and one of the hardest things for a black lawyer to do is go into a courtroom and the only other thing in the courtroom black is the judge's robe. so we need people to answer jury summons and serve on jury duty. >> the mother of eric garner, giving a warning ahead of this trial. i want you to listen to it. >> don't think that this is a slam dunk. because we know, once you get in court, they try to assassinate the victim again. first, they murder him. assassinate him on the street. then they want to assassinate the character. and, you know, we just need a justice system that is true, that is fair, to all people. not just some. >> you've already heard some of it. i wonder about your concerns, have you heard there may have been drug use, there was drugs in the car, on and on. the character assassination she's talking about. are you concerned about this? >> i'm not concerned about a lot of things. because you have seen the video. the proof is in the video. he was on my brother's neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds. my brother lay in the prone position, face-down, while chauvin had his hands in his pocket, with a smirk on his face. torturing my brother, as his soul left his body. if you can't get justice for that in america, what can you get justice for? >> yeah. ben, listen, there is a big difference, i think he's right. i'm not sure how it will play. listen, i'm not an attorney, i'm not on the jury. but there is a difference with the video. you did see the video in this case. and in the other videos, you didn't necessarily see. not in all the cases. is that how the defense is likely to play this, attack the character of george floyd, even with that video? >> don, again, going back to law school, we were taught, if you have the facts on your side, then you argue the facts. but if you don't have the facts on your side, then you attack your opponent's character in hopes that people will be distracted and won't focus on the facts. but with this video, don lemon, this video has galvanized the world. 50 million people have saw that video. and if the jury does not look at that video, as he said, and hold these officers accountable, then god help us, because where can a black person get justice in america? >> a new poll shows americans see this case largely along racial lines. 64% of black americans see this as a murder. fewer than a third of white americans see it that way. are you concerned about what that means for getting justice? >> i'm not concerned. i have confidence in the team. they know what to do. and also, like i said before, the video, that video is, like, you watch him at the movie theaters or something. that was the thing to see. it was the pandemic. it was covid. people were in their homes. they were glued to the tv when you were talking about it, because they just couldn't believe it. they don't understand why somebody's life had to be taken from them, for nothing. they had to explain that to their kids. their kids, they're looking at that. they don't understand. but the older kids, they haven't been through this before. they are like, mom, you told me that things like this don't happen. and all of a sudden you have to explain what is going on in america today. my brother, he was killed. the pain -- [ inaudible ] -- it's like, gianna has to look at all of this, the kids have to see this. it's devastating. 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