opened up in an emotional interview on msnbc this morning about a settlement with the city. >> the money means absolutely nothing. it doesn't help me get over the fact of what happened. breonna doesn't benefit from that. it does nothing for us. >> just today the louisville fbi said they made significant process in the investigation and their team is actively investigating all aspects of her death. let's go to my colleague msnbc's antonia hylton. a big welcome to you. sounds like they're getting ready there. what's going on? >> hi, alex, that's right, it is a somber and also at times angry mood here. people very been streaming in, getting ready to pay respects to breonna taylor's family and honor her memory. her mother, tamika palmer, actually just arrived here a few moments ago. we're hearing from people who plan to speak, recite potentials and ultimately march around. you will hear calls for accountability and transparency. her mother is calling on the attorney general here in louisville to pick up the mantel and try to charge the officers involved that night with her killing. she also recently wrote a letter to president biden, asking him for additional assistance and attention on to this case. we consistently hear from residents and the family here that while there have been some positive reforms passed in the year since she died, ultimately they feel like not enough has been done. i want you to hear from hannah drake. she's a poet and activist who is going to speak here later today. we talk about this question of accountability and whether the reforms made really address the problems in this city. take a listen to this. >> i don't know how that feels but i know for me, it's been hard just being here in the city and i don't know if any of the reforms -- how do you reform shooting a 26-year-old black woman? p how do you reform putting your knee on the neck of a black man for almost ten minutes. how do you reform that? that's not a legislation issue, that's a heart issue we're dealing with. >> you can hear the hurt there in hannah's voice. actually hannah drake's daughter is also named breonna and she's just one year younger than breonna taylor was when she died. so this case is so personal to her. as you talk to folks here in the crowd, it's frankly personal to everyone. this case continues to resonate and cause immediate visceral and emotion right here on the ground. people have at times danced and cried just a moment later, alex, and that's the movement we expect to see throughout the rest of the day. >> it's a long year for those family and, frankly, all of the residents in louisville. i know once the march is under way, we will come back and cover it with your help. appreciate that and more help coming as president biden's rescue plan is being put into action. $1,400 relief checks are starting to appear in everyone's banking thes. the house ways and means committee said 85% of the people could receive payments as soon as this weekend. president biden and vice president harris are geefring up gearing up to hit the road and ayanna pressley telling msnbc earlier, while the bill is a major lifeline for those hit hardest, the work can't stop there. >> if we really want to rescue america, we have much more work to do which is why i'm going to continue to fight for $15 minimum wage. i'm also going to continue to fight for paid leave, $2,000 recurring survival checks during the duration of this crisis. so our work is not done but this is a mass instep forward to safely open schools, businesses and support our families who have been hurting. meanwhile, we're getting new insight into the scope of the capitol investigation. the doj saying it can be the largest probe in u.s. history. 900 search warrants have been executed, almost all 50 states and washington, d.c., 320 people facing charges and charges expected still against about 100 more people. the doj telling a federal judge it needs more time before putting anyone on trial because there's so much evidence. as the national guard deployment is extended in d.c., congressman seth moulton a bit earlier stressing to me how necessary it is. >> i can't discuss intelligence on the air but i can tell you that there's certainly an ongoing threat and all of us, certainly all of us on the hoss armed services committee want to see the truth only used when it is absolutely necessary. sadly right now, it's still necessary. but i certainly hope we can reduce the number and do so soon. >> from there now to capitol hill, democrats are taking victory lap as americans are beginning to receive those payments. nbc's amanda goldman is joining me now with the very latest. just how fast is congress going to be able to get these checks out to people? when they say this weekend, it's saturday. are folks going to be getting those checks today? >> alex, there's some people that have already seen that direct deposit come into their bank accounts. the irs has said the fist wave of these direct payments of the $1,400 stimulus checks will likely be coming in as the direct deposit for those who opted into it. other rounds in the coming weeks will be likely physical checks and debit card payments we've seen come out with other stimulus checks in the past. as you note, what this $1.9 trillion package being passed and signed into law by president biden on thursday, that quick turnaround is exactly what we are seeing with the house, ways and means committee really saying they were expecting potentially up to 85% of households to begin receiving that payment. just to breakdown again what you see here, it's $1,400 direct stimulus payments to individuals making up to $75,000 and then for those filing jointly, that $2,800 for those couples making up to $150,000, is with $1,400 as a child tax credit. looking to see when the checks hit bank accounts. i know friends have been waiting and texting to see when this will happen and posting on social media immediately when it does. but this is coming as relief for millions of americans who need this money right now. >> definitely. let me ask you about the fencing that surround capitol hill now and reaction to that. a lot of members of congress are pushing back to some degree. specifically let's reference senator mitch mcconnell, who's calling all of these security measures an overreaction. what's been the reaction to that? >> alex, it's so interesting because there have been an increasingly bipartisan pressure to address the capitol hill complex and amount of security and national guards personnel we see here now as well as razor wire fencing that continues to surround the entire complex. we are starting to see from people within the house, ways -- excuse me, house arms services committee, ranking democrats, say they think it's gone too far and they're slowly looking to scale that back and top senate republicans on various committees sending a letter to the acting capitol police chief say they want it to be drawn back. as you hear even in your conversation the last hour with seth moulton pushing back on what snort minority leader mitch mcconnell saying he feels it's overdone and senator moulton saying he feels it's still necessary. his words were so strong. let's take a listen. >> what a joke, he's saying we are overestimating the threat. this is a guy who underestimated donald trump who coward before him, unwilling to stand up to him for years and that's why this happened. that's why there are militias that are threatening the capitol because of donald trump is calling them to do it and mitch mcconnell and his republican cronies are too afraid to stop that threat. >> so strong words there from moulton but we are seeing that increase bipartisan support for wanting to scale things down by way of the national guard personnel here. but keep in mind it comes as defense secretary lloyd austin extended the troops around washington, d.c. for an additional two months. just to note, there's a small protest going outside beyond the barriers of the capitol hill complex, where so far we've seen congresswoman eleanor holmes norton coming up to speak in favor of removing the barbed wire fencing we've seen, saying it doesn't set the right tone for our community here in washington, d.c. >> it's something with bipartisan agreement. a lot of lawmakers want to see that brought down. amanda goldman, thank you so much. joining us now is democratic senator tina smith. senator smith, thank you very much for joining me. i appreciate your time, ma'am. let's first talk about the good news, coronavirus relief checks, american rescue plan, $1,400 coming into the bank accounts of so many people, to include your constituents as well. tell me what the reaction has been in your community and where you think the money will be put, where it's needed the most? >> thank you very much, alex. i have been talking with people, all at the end of this week and there's such a sense of palpable relief help is on the way. and washington and congress and the biden/harris administration are listening to people and understanding what they are coping with. so those checks coming in the mail as soon as today is just a really big relief and another thing i'm hearing from people, there are a lot of benefits in this big bill that are not as widely known. yesterday i was in touch with a member, retiree from the -- retiree who has just found out that his pension through a multi payer retention plan, will be made whole and saved. that was part of our bill and huge relief. he was literally choking back tears as he was thanking us for getting it done. there's great help for people in this bill. >> i know that's a sentiment shared across the country. let me ask you about the fact that not one republican voted for the american rescue plan. but you have one of your colleagues, republican senator from mississippi, we have roger wicker, voting, of course, against the bill but now touting all of its benefits, doing that on twitter and elsewhere. that seems to be the height of hypocrisy. what do you make of that? >> i joked about this. i said this bill is so bipartisan that even people who voted against it are supporting it. it is i think just sort of laughable. it is a bipartisan bill. the only thing that didn't happen is republicans inside the united states senate didn't vote for it. but i'm here to tell you around minnesota and red counties and blue counties and in between, people like this bill, they know it was needed and glad they got it done and feel like finally washington is listening to them and is on their side. it is a little laughable, isn't it? >> yeah. let's talk about covid relief, passed through reconciliation but there's other legislation that stands to be passed ahead. it will be passed by the house, which then faces a much bigger uphill battle in the senate. i know that you, ma'am, recently called for eliminating the filibuster saying it's what we need to move this country forward. but what do you make of the argument that filibuster protects the minority parties' rights against the majority? i mean, at some point you can guarantee in the future that the republicans will be back in power in the senate. that's the way the pendulum swings. so by getting rid of the filibuster now, does that hamstring democrats potentially in the future? is that what this debate about? >> i think this debate is who decides, whether you believe a majority should decide or whether you believe a minority should dictate what happens. when i first came to the senate, i thought, yes, we should protect the filibuster. i have images of "mr. smith goes to washington" fighting for justice on the floor of the united states senate. then i realized, that not what's happening here. what's happening is the minority are stopping progress on so many pieces of legislation that americans, a majority of americans, really want. >> let's turn to the attack on the capitol. i want to play something that your colleague senator ron johnson said and he's facing big-time backlash for saying this. there are cries of racism about what he said. let's take a listen together. >> i'm also criticized because i made the comment that on january 6th, i never felt threatened, because i didn't. mainly because i knew even though those thousands of people, they were marching the capitol were trying to pressure people like me to vote the way they wanted me to vote, i knew those were people that love this country, that truly respect law enforcement, would never do anything to break the law, and so i wasn't concerned. 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 protesters, i might have been a little concerned. >> i don't know, i think he might need to be concerned about pretty much the entire content of that soundbite right there. do you think any republicans will call him out? >> that's the way it should be. what he has just said there is incredible. he was also parroting these ridiculous conspiracy theories in other places where somehow what was behind what happened on january 6th was sort of people masquerading as trump supporters. that crowd was a violent crowd that was attempting to overturn our election. police officers died because of what happened on that day. it's inconceivable to me a member of congress would say these are peace-loving american patriots when they were actually trying to overturn a free and fair election. what we should see here is his colleagues calling him out but i'm afraid that's just not going to happen. >> it is extraordinary. in fact, i just have to read it again. "i knew those people were people that loved this country that truly respect law enforcement, would never do anything to break a law." it's almost like he didn't even see what happened on january 6th. >> did he not see? did he not see those protesters like beating on the capitol police? did he not see the damage that was done? i mean, it's like an alternate reality. this is the problem now with what's happening in the republican party because a democracy needs two strong parties that know how to win and know how to lose. when you hear things like that, you just wonder what's next for this? >> yeah. let's talk about that which is going on, you're well familiar with the jury selection under way for the former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin's trial, of course, in the death of george floyd. what do you make of the jurors selected so far? do you have faith the jury in such a high-profile case will indeed be able to be fair and impartial? >> i think here in my hometown we're really reliving the trauma of the murder of george floyd right now. i'm hopeful -- and i think i hear in the conversations that i'm having with people here, kind of a question of will this be different? will we see justice delivered in this trial? and also a real fear this won't be the first time, we will not actually get justice. i am also hearing from people in this community a lot of faith and confidence in attorney general keith ellison, who is leading the prosecution. i think that gives people the sense maybe we'll be able to see a different outcome than we have seen before in minneapolis or around the country when we have never seen here a white police officer convicts for the killing of a black person in the line of duty. >> senator, thank you so much for your time. we look forward to seeing you again. >> thank you. the end may be donald trump's finances but what's to come when all of the digging ends? ends ♪ a pair of jeans that fit just right ♪ ♪ and the radio up ♪ get 5 boneless wings for $1 with any handcrafted burger. only at applebee's. what do we want for dinner? burger... i want a sugar cookie... wait... i want a bucket of chicken... i want... ♪♪ it's the easiest because it's the cheesiest. kraft. for the win win. did you know that some aluminum free deodorants only mask odor? 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>> alex, in total seven women have come forward to accuse governor cuomo of inappropriate conduct. state lawmakers have opened an impeachment investigation and one of the most egregious allegations first reported by "the times union" has been transported to albany police. the newspaper who first reported this, cited someone with direct knowledge of the woman's story, and said he groped a young woman's staffer at the mansion when he asked for help when thinks cell phone. more allegations levied yesterday in "new york" magazine, a journalist saying cuomo's hands were on her arms, shoulders, small of her back and waist. cuomo is vehemently denying these allegations. there was a press call he was on yesterday before senators schumer and gillibrand released their joint statement and he was defiant. he said he wasn't going to bow down to cancel culture, and he said people have different motivations for coming forward with allegations. to that point one of his accusers, lindsey boylan, said cuomo not only made inappropriate comments to her but kissed her on the lips, tweeted this. he's calling up hate and speculation to be directed to his accusers. all harm and hate directed at the women fits squarely on new york governor cuomo. nbc news heard from various sources the reason why we saw so many lawmakers yesterday for resignation because he had been reaching a tipping point or taking the temperature the last few weeks and ultimately feel governor cuomo has the gravity to lead the state. but i asked jill banks about not only the political but legal implications for the governor. let's listen. >> in all cases as a prosecutor, i always say you have to wait and get all of the facts. i think it's fine he's calling for a full investigation. letitia james, the attorney general of new york is doing one, and that's a good thing. i would say politically, there's a very different consideration and not just to do with the accumulation of assault and harassment and hostile workplace complaints and nursing home issue, but it sounds to me like a lot of people just don't like him and found him to be a bully in general and that's maybe the bicker problem politically for him. >> so, alex, this is what we are hearing. we have the investigation led by letitia james. we have now the impeachment investigation from state lawmakers or federal investigation into those allegations of undercounting deaths at nursing homes related to covid. not to mention state duties like distributing the vaccine and state budget all on the governor's plate now, alex. >> that's a lot, okay. lindsey, thank you very much for that. joining us to further the discussion the washington bureau chief of "the texas tribune" abby livingston. you have 14 congressional lawmakers, both new york senators