there with me not going to the restaurant open ordering her over to what's going on what was what cevallos. i don't. know what they were there come up. i play or not are out there just going up there on the hour and i reach a better. officer tell. ya r r r r r. r that was going up. i'm not. right or are wrong i know i. thought of a law was passed. ah ah ah i've had broken. ok. but so far there are the world around. her the world going to order for the sake of her. father great come out out it's him right now there are up. from around the world with. a reasonable police officer understands the intensity of the struggle you can see a point mr floyd's legs kick back in actually almost knocks officer wayne over. in knocks off the body worn camera. and the badge of officer chauffeur in the struck a reasonable police officer would understand the situation and mr ford was able to overcome the efforts of 3 police officers while handcuffed with his legs and his body straight reasonable police officer sander can be seen another way from the mile storm karen and this is what caught the attention of t

let's bring in former brooklyn new york attorney charles coleman and danny cevallos.ou don't know what kind of doubt is in the mind of a juror, but did the prosecution make its case? >> good morning, willie. i think that the prosecution absolutely did. as i expected, they led with the theme around common sense, trusting your eyes, so sort of referring to what the jury had already seen in terms of the video and all of the evidence that has been laid out in front of them. of course, they spoke to all of the technical elements necessary in order to satisfy each piece of what the charges actually entail. but at the end of the day, i think you're correct and joe as well in the facts that they've made it very clear and straightforward and simple for the jury in terms of making a decision and as a prosecutor, that is exactly what you want to do. you want to make it as clear and straightforward and simple as for the jury as possible. and i think they humanized george floyd which is something that i expected but as you saw in the clip to the segment, one of the other things th

i believe we have danny cevallos with us. danny -- actually, the sidebar is ending, so we'll dip you back into the trial. >> mrs. aldridge, if you would. >> thank you, your honor. officer creten, you were describing you got mr. floyd out of car, correct? >> yes. >> and he stood next to the car and you handcuffed him, correct? >> me and another officer had to physically handcuff him, correct? >> he didn't fall down? >> no, he didn't fall down. >> nothing further, your honor. >> anything further. >> officer creighton, there was another officer on the driver's side dealing with the driver? >> yes, that's correct. actually, two. >> and that officer was speaking to or giving commands to the driver? >> that's correct. >> simultaneous to the time that you were giving commands to mr. floyd. >> that's correct. >> did you hear the officer say "spit it out"? >> i may have, yes. i -- you would have to see the video, and if that's what the video shows, then that's what occurred. >> i have no further questions. >> anything further? >> noth

nbc analyst danny cevallos takes us into the traffic stop. >> we are often talking about the end of theeck, an officer shooting a suspect either intentionally or unintentionally, but really what we should be talking about is the reason for the encounter in the first place. every one of these fatalities in police excessive force cases begins with a police/citizen encounter. and the amount of evidence required for that first encounter is so low, so low where if there's bias it can creep in. many phreut citizen encounters begin in motor vehicles with an initial traffic stop, and a traffic violation can be a million different things and at least one state air freshers hanginging from year rear view mirror is enough for police to pull somebody over. no police officer wants to be the one that is known for only giving tickets out for air freshers on rear view mirrors. once police see that they have an arguable traffic violation, they have a second decision to make, is it worth pulling over this car, and from there it's easy to hopscotch on to a search of the car and then possibly a search of t

>> well, i heard danny cevallos explaining the scam on the lower-level donors.k check marks, so that's wrong. that's what you expect from sellers of really junk-quality goods. you don't expect it from the republican party, from the former president. it's unfortunately probably legal. the truth in advertising does not cover political fundraising. maybe we need a new law. congress ought to be looking at that. but for now, it may be legal or what joyce vance would say is awful but lawful. maybe it has to be unlawful. >> jill, i love that you were watching "american voices" and then on "american voices." thank you so much for spending some time with us tonight. >>> next, remembering prince philip. we'll take you to great britain where a 41-gun salute was heard today to honor the royal. plus, the real winners of march madness. forget the scores, we're talking about the moms balancing more than just basketballs on the court straight ahead. the strength of a community. the bonds we build... should never be broken. ♪♪ because it's that strength that finds the courage to

danny cevallos, thank you very much for being up early with us. we really appreciate it.it unfolds later on today. >>> earlier on in the show here, we asked, why are you awake? we got this note from one viewer who shares a photo who says, he's up because frank the parrot was woken up by the cat. not happy. i wouldn't be happy either. on the flip side of that equation, david e-mailed this picture of his cat, chloe, who woke him up to watch movies about birds. okay. carrie tweets, i'm up way too early, because all of the kids in my elementary school are returning. haven't seen many of them since march of last year, so i'm excited. i'm sure they are thrilled as well. another viewer sharing, well, maybe it's a little too much information. she's up, because, she says, my daughter is going through a breakup. no sleep in my household. thank you for being up with me. your daughter is very lucky to have you. we wish her the best in getting over that. >>> all right. coming up next, we'll take a look at the axios one big thing. and coming up on "morning joe," as medical experts deba