this morning millions of americans are waking up waiting and wondering where is the help they need? where is that covid relief bill? the short answer, still making its way to the house with the senate expected to send it over as soon as today. when we expect the final vote and when you can expect a check to hit your bank account. i don't know how i would have survived without the extra amount. it's a godsend. >> president biden promising to sign it as soon as he gets it and getting ready to make his first prime time address as president. marking one full year since the country shut down. and we are live in minneapolis inside this courtroom, day two of the murder trial of former police officer derek chauvin, with jury selection set to start for real this time any minute. the drama over whether to add to third degree murder charge and the controversial defense that led george floyd's sister to walk out. that is where we start live in minneapolis where jury selection is set to begin again right now in the murder trial of derek chauvin. he, of course, is the former police officer accused of killing george floyd. this whole process was supposed to start yesterday, but the judge, you see them there live, sent those potential jurors home with the prosecution and defense arguing over whether to add a third degree murder charge. no decision on that yet, but the judge now wants to start jury selection this morning right now this minute anyway. let me get to nbc's gabe gutierrez who is in minneapolis along with us as well is civil rights attorney and former prosecutor david henderson. gabe, let me start with you. we are watching the judge just beginning to address the courtroom there and it follows what was a rather dramatic day of legal twists and turns in this case. >> reporter: yeah, that's right, hallie. let me walk you through that. first of all, you can see behind me heavy security still at the courthouse here in minneapolis, but, yes, as you mentioned, in on monday it was a tense day of legal twists and turns. just a few minutes ago the courtroom started back up again, there was a motions hearing where the prosecution and the defense discussed a few things and there as you see live the judge appears to be starting jury selection in-person for the first time. now, we should mention the prosecution and the defense have already agreed to dismiss 16 prospective jurors based on their questionnaires, all potential jurors are filling that out by the way. it is seeking their opinions on everything from the black lives matter movement to their media habits to what they think about criminal justice reform. so, yes, this is now under way, but you mention that dramatic day in court yesterday where the judge sent jurors home because of those questions that are swirling surrounding a third degree murder charge. that is still unresolved at this point, but we also spoke with the sister of george floyd, bridgette floyd, she was the only family member allowed inside the courtroom yesterday because of covid protocols. take a listen to what she told us. >> very emotional. i was a roller coaster today. >> if you could say something to mr. chauvin, what would it be? >> you took a great guy from this world. he was a father, he was a brother, he was a man of his word. >> reporter: again, former officer derek chauvin has pleaded not guilty to charges of second degree murder and manslaughter. the questions right now are about that third degree murder charge, but, hallie, i also want to mention bridgette floyd who you saw right there, she actually walked out of the courtroom briefly on monday when eric nelson, derek chauvin's attorney, brought up a controversial defense and signaled what will likely be a key part of the defense strategy here, he brought up george floyd's drug use and that he alleged that chewed up pills were found in the back of the police squad car after floyd was seen on body camera video struggling with officers. i asked her about that, she said that she needed to take a breath and that that argument did not matter. she, bridgette floyd says she and her family are seeking justice for what happened to her brother on video. hallie? >> gabe gutierrez live for us there in minneapolis. gabe, thank you. on the left side of your screen you are taking a live look inside the courtroom. we understand that the judge is addressing the potential prospective jurors, thanking them for being there. the prosecution, the defense introducing themselves now as this process gets started. david, i want to start on this issue that gabe brought up, this idea of reinstating a third degree murder charge. can you explain why prosecutors want that and why that may actually improve their odds of getting a murder conviction? >> absolutely. i think there's a high likelihood that derek chauvin will not be convicted of any charge at all except for that third degree murder charge. jurors sometimes will do the same thing goldilocks will do, second degree too high, manslaughter to low, let's go in the middle. one police officer in the history of minnesota has been convicted for someone while on duty and he was convicted during on a third degree murder charge. also this charge is consistent with the ranges of punishment we've seen for officers who have been convicted in other states under other circumstances including here in texas. >> as jury selection gets started now, david, what do you expect both sides will be looking for this that jury pool? >> both sides are look for too dramatically different jurors. if we were to summarize them by reducing them to single statement it really is a difference between black lives matter and blue lives matter. i think that the prosecution has a much heavier lift on this case and if this trial begins with less than two black people on the jury that if you look at what's happening in other trials there is a low likelihood of them getting a conviction against derek chauvin. >> david henderson, thank you for your perspective. we hope to have you back, appreciate you joining us on this day two of the derek chauvin murder trial. we will keep an eye on what's happening in the courtroom. we're watching what's happening in washington specifically on capitol hill. why? it is possible that the senate will send that huge covid relief package back to the house for a final vote really any minute. maybe. let me bring in peter alexander and leigh ann caldwell. leigh ann, let me play a little more of what we heard from a woman named angela. we heard from her at the top of this broadcast. she's been relying on unemployment benefits since she lost her newspaper job last year. listen. >> in between when you're not really sure what's happening, what's the next step. oh, they're voting on whatever. it is very stressful. very -- you just don't know what's coming next. >> it's confusing for people, so answer that question, leigh ann. what is the next step? what are they voting on and when? >> reporter: so, hallie, the good news is they are still on track to meet this march 14th deadline of when these unemployment insurance benefits do run out. that doesn't seem to be a problem. but where is the bill? we're actually waiting on it being passed from the senate to the house of representatives. everyone might be asking what is taking so long. well, this is a very technical process where they are actually printing the legislation, incorporating the changes that the senate made and then senate staff are going line by line making sure that everything is accurate before it gets over to the house. aides tell me to be assured that everything is okay, nothing is going off the rails, this is just part of the process. now, a big reminder of what's in the legislation, of course, this is going to be one of the most big pieces of legislation for middle and low income families that we have seen, progressives are mostly on board saying that this is just big and bold. so what does it do? of course, there's direct stimulus checks, there's additional money for families making $150,000 and less in that child tax credit. money for schools, vaccine distribution, more money for states and localities. there is money for an affordable care act expansion as well. so this is legislation that democrats are thrilled to be signing into law even though it's taking a little bit longer before it gets to the house before it can reach president biden's desk. a reminder that we still expect unanimous opposition from republicans in the house of representatives when they do vote on it. at some point either today, most likely tomorrow, hallie. >> leigh ann, thank you. peter, leigh ann has set us up for this potential big week for president biden, on track to sign into law his first big legislative win and et cetera' going to be delivering his first prime time address to the nation, too. >> hallie, you're exactly right. that signing ceremony would punctuate this week for president biden, a significant one. it's likely according to white house officials that president biden will get his hands on that bill to sign by this friday, discussions that it could include a signing ceremony, weather permitting outside in the south lawn to demonstrate the sort of importance, the significance of this signature ceremony that they are preparing for, but it will come if it happens on friday, the day after thursday's anniversary, the one-year anniversary that the covid outbreak was declared a pandemic. president biden will be delivering his first prime time address on thursday at 8:00 p.m. obviously he will be commemorating that somber anniversary more than 525,000 americans now losing their lives among the topics that we expect to hear from him. according to the press secretary jen psaki on the sacrifices and the grave loss for families and communities in this country, but also according to psaki it will be an effort for president biden, an opportunity for him to look forward to how americans are going to beat back this virus and get our lives back to normal. on that very issue today joe biden making the case for that covid relief bill will in the next hour and a half or so be visiting a business that benefits from the ppp loans, tomorrow he will welcome johnson & johnson and merck leaders here, those two companies partnering up to produce more of that j&j vaccine. hallie? 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"the new york times" which broke this story says the number of detained children has tripled in the last two weeks. nearly half of those kids 1,400 of them have been held longer than the three day legal limit with one source telling nbc news about 170 of these detained unaccompanied minors are younger than the age of 1. earlier this morning on this network white house press secretary jen psaki says the spike is partly because the biden administration reverse add trump era policy that expelled unaccompanied migrant children. >> the reason we're in this circumstance with thousands of kids coming across the border is because this administration did not feel that it was humane or moral to send kids back on this treacherous journey, the treacherous journey back to countries where they were fleeing persecution or fleeing really difficult circumstances. >> with me now is congressman joaquin castro, democrat from texas. congressman, good morning and thank you for being back on the show. >> yeah, good morning. >> so a lot to get to, but let me start there. are you satisfied, congressman, with what the biden administration is doing to try to get these kids out of these holding cells? you know they're usually small, concrete rooms. what more needs to be done here? >> well, i mean, the bottom line is that they have to process these kids and other asylum seekers as quickly as possible and get them into the homes of sponsors. the overwhelming number of people who are seeking asylum in the united states are seeking asylum in the united states because they oftentimes have family members here. what happened was during the trump years basically donald trump ignored u.s. and international law and created new policies to do everything he could to stop anybody from even seeking asylum in the united states. so you have a few years' worth at least of a backlog of people who have been waiting to be considered for asylum. and, remember, these aren't people who just love walking 1,000 miles to come to the border, these are folks who are fleeing very desperate and violent situations in their home countries. so the goal has got to be to get them with family members and safe and protected as quickly as possible. >> there are some critics who say -- i mean, as you point out, the reason for this influx partly is because of that reversal of trump immigration policies. there are critics to say this is predictable and that the biden policy this administration is sending a different message to these countries. i wonder if you think they have a point and would you go so farce although the biden administration has not is to call this a crisis at this point? >> look, it's definitely a challenge and i remember a few years ago we were saying that it was a humanitarian crisis, but i think it's important -- the language here is important. there is an important distinction to be made because oftentimes when republicans and conservative politicians talk about a crisis at the border they're not talking about a humanitarian crisis where desperate people are fleeing violent situations, they're really talking about fear mongering, they're trying to square many americans into believing that there is a bunch of brown people coming to this country to hurt you. so language becomes very important. no doubt it's a very deep challenge, it is a humanitarian -- deep humanitarian situation, but these are folks who, again, are fleeing very desperate situations. >> let me ask you about something else, a topic that you know well, of course, the january 6th insurrection given your role as an impeachment manager on that front. there is a report on security from general russel honore. he is asking for an improved decision-making process, a quick reaction force, for example, he wants the authority to summon the national guard, he's calling for more staffing and intelligence, mobile fencing, mounted police units, et cetera. do you support these recommendations? do they go far enough in your view and do you think that the national guard should stay in place at the capitol a little longer, a lot longer or indefinitely? >> i think the national guard as general honore and the others on that panel said should stay at the capitol as long as is necessary to make sure that the place is safe and protected. there were several ways that the united states government got caught flatfooted on january 6th, one of those is that over the years the fbi and other law enforcement agencies have not taken seriously enough the threat of right wing domestic terrorism and white supremacist terrorism. and then as this panel has recommended, there were other shortcomings including the physical infrastructure, the training of capitol police, the fact that you had a few hundred vacancies within the capitol police force, the fact that capitol police was not well-integrated into other area law enforcement agencies and so from what i saw in his recommendations yesterday and the presentation was pretty thorough and pretty professional. this was about a six-week review so i know they didn't get to every single thing, but it's a very strong start. >> you call thorough professional, a strong start. seems like you would support these recommendations. am i reading into that too much? >> no, i absolutely do. >> another topic as it is a busy one for you on capitol hill this morning, this $1.9 trillion covid relief bill that's going to be heading back to the house as we reported at the top of this broadcast really any minute. maybe today, house could vote on it today or probably tomorrow more likely. there have been some compromises as you know. one of the big ones the democrats had to agree to to get the bill passed in the senate was reducing weekly unemployment benefits down to $300 a week. are you okay with that? is it your expectation that this compromised bill will be voted on and get sent to the president by the end of the week? >> yeah, i mean, look, you know, i've opinion in public service now just over 18 years and it's a process and there are things that i supported that are not included in the bill, for example, besides the one you just mentioned, i supported making sure that essential workers, whether they were documented or not, would get some kind of financial relief and ultimately that was not included in the bill. but it is a process and this was the final bill and it comes down to a binary choice and americans are hurting right now so i'm going to vote for it when it comes back to the house and i hope that my colleagues will as well. >> just a wheezy time in question. do you expect that vote to happen later today, tonight, later tomorrow morning? what's your sense? what's your guidance? >> my prediction if i had to say would be tomorrow, but that's just my best guess. >> jives with what we've been hearing, too. congressman joaquin castro, great to have you on. thank you for your perspective