Here's a look at our most important stories for the week ending July 4.

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As protests force a reckoning on policing, MSNBC’s Ari Melber reports on how Black activists and artists have confronted government racism, both in their work and their own lives. Tracing political and musical history ranging from Sam Cooke and Billie

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As coronavirus cases continue to grow across the country, Harvard epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch discusses the risks of reopening and trajectory of the spread.

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MSNBC Correspondent Cal Perry is on the ground in South Dakota amidst protests for President Trump's visit to mark the Fourth of July

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As coronavirus cases surge in Texas, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner shares what his city is doing to fight COVID-19.

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Eddie Glaude, Chairman of the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University, and Maya Wiley, MSNBC legal analyst, weigh in on this move by the NFL team and what more needs to be done to address racism in this country

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Trump is set for a spectacle at Mt. Rushmore with little social distancing or masks amid a pandemic, where he says he will “tell the truth about America’s history”

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As protests force a reckoning on policing, MSNBC’s Ari Melber reports on how Black activists and artists have confronted government racism, both in their work and their own lives. Tracing political and musical history ranging from Sam Cooke and Billie

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Reverend Al Sharpton, president of the National Action Network, says Republican senators’ relationship with Trump is like a “shotgun wedding” where they will try to find their way out as the president fails to handle the crises the nation faces

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Dr. Peter Hotez, director of the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development, warns that a federal roadmap needs to be put in place to curb the surge in coronavirus cases

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Eddie Glaude Jr. and Maya Wiley discuss the Washington NFL team and the move to change their name after increased pressure.

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NBC News Correspondent Gabe Gutierrez brings the latest from Aurora, Colorado where the Aurora police chief has fired officers who mocked Elijah McClain’s death near memorial site.

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UCLA Public Health professor Anne Rimoin responds to comments from the surgeon general about group gatherings and encourages all Americans to wear masks.

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Native American groups are calling out President Trump’s visit to Mt. Rushmore, saying it’s endangering lives in an ongoing pandemic.

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David Gura is reporting some hospitals in Houston are reaching capacity as the city hit a record number of cases in a single day.

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Dr. Mario Ramirez, an emergency room physician treating COVID-19 patients, joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss the "concerning" news of the pandemic's rise in the southwest region, saying he is "hopeful that things will get better" in Texas after Governor

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