blackwell: it was a response to what you saw. >> correct blackwell: mr. nelson asked you about your video going viral how it changed your life. tell the ladies and gentlemen how your viewing or experiencing what happened to george floyd has impacted your life. >> when i look at george floyd, i look at my dad. my brother, my cousins, my uncles because they are all black. a black father and black brother and black friends. and i look at how it could have been one of them. there are nights i stayed up apologizing to him. and apologizing to george floyd for not doing more. and to not be interacting or saving his life. it's not what i should have done. it's what you should have done. >>. >> that is my last question. >> you may step down. >> next witness for the state? [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] blackwell: good morning. >> it morning. blackwell: first of all talus how old you are. >> nine years old. blackwell: how old will you be next week? >> ten. blackwell: you have a tenth birthday coming up. what greater hu

here. >> whitaker: charlie blackwell- thompson is nasa's first female launch director. >> blackwell-thompson: and launch director copies. >> whitaker: in a year or so, she'll give the "go for launch" command for the first "artemis" moon rocket in historic firing room one at kennedy space center, which she first visited more than 30 years ago as a college graduate interviewing for a job. >> blackwell-thompson: it's the same room that the "apollo 11" mission was launched from. and it is the same room that we will launch the first flight of the "artemis" missions. >> whitaker: when that young woman walked in here for the first time, did you truly say to yourself, "i want to do this one day"? >> blackwell-thompson: i absolutely did. my-- my thought was, "how do i get a seat in this room?" >> whitaker: and now you have the seat in the room. >> blackwell-thompson: i have a pretty nice seat in this room. ( laughter ) ( apollo launch ) >> whitaker: all the "apollo" moon missions were launched atop huge "saturn five" rockets, at the time the most powerful in the world. nasa's new rocket is even more

that's what jerry blackwell made clear.el of tolerance for opioids had increased as a result of struggling with these drs for many years. the blame lies with derek chauvin for using an excessive amount of force in a situation that should not have bee responded to with a 911 call. who calls 911 and does not expect to see five officers on the scene for that situation. it is par for the course in terms of minneapolis police. i am glad that williams had happened to be there that day. he has extensiveears of training as a mixed martial artist. he recognized the derek chauvin was doing a blood choke on george floyd. we saw in the video where as the crowd grew more agitated as they called out to the other cops to stop what they were doing, derek chauvin began to bounce on george floyd's neck. again, before the start of the trial, most people believe that this happened for eight minutes and 36 seconds. we learned yesterday it was even worse than that, nine minutes and 29 seconds. juan: the new york times reported that derek chauvin

allison blackwell and mr. swisher -- and host of others, right? >> correct. >> and you were, you grew up in the nearby neighborhood, right? >> here i grew up -- near theem suburb. >> okay. >> that you remember at the time living -- >> been there for years -- >> how many years? >> maybe -- five, plus. >> okay. j and you attended roosevelt high school at the time? >> yes. >> and you testified that you felt safe, you know, walking to the store. >> actually sorry at the time of this -- i'm not sure if -- because i was in process of switching schools. >> okay. i think we were during the pandemic right so everybody kind of -- all of a sudden had to study from home kind of a thing. right? >> i was already in my other school so yes. you talked that you walked to cut foods and felt safe doing so? >> every time of the night i would walk there. >> would you agree that you previously told members of the prosecution team that at night the neighborhood can be a little bit more dangerous? >> some nights. wasn't really known for violence like every night or a lot

mr blackwell newest album. you may proceed. i will bring you live pictures from inside the courtroom in minneapolis at the trial of a former police officer derek chauvinism relation to the killing of joy is just noise if you're a judge peter cahill has just been speaking he has sworn in the jury which we are not allowed to see even though that our cameras inside the court because it is imperative want to learn they believe that the jurors should not be identified during the proceedings but we're now hearing from jerry blackwell who is speaking on behalf of the prosecution because with. a large responsibility and a large accountability to the public what is a stand for it represents the very motto of the minneapolis police department to protect with courage to serve with compassion. but it also represents the essence of the minneapolis police department approach to the use of force against the citizens when appropriate the sanctity assent to the of life and the protection of the public shall be the cornerstones of the minneapoli

blackwell, if you would. >> thank you, your honor. now before the break what bring you back to where we were. you had given as testimony to the -- you saw from time to time mr. chauvin neil harter. >> remember. >> remember that testimony? >> yes. >> could you tell the members of the jury, how did you see him respond and react to the crowds calling out to him? what did you see him do? >> he just stared at us. he had like this cold look, heartless, he didn't care. it seemed as if he didn't care what we were saying. he didn't change anything he was doing. >> in response to what you and the other bystanders were saying, did you see him do anything differently to the body of george floyd? >> can you read -- >> i will just ask you the question, yes. in response to what the crowd was doing or saying it you see him at any time kneel harder on george floyd in this one? >> yes. >> incident do you see mr. chauvin in the courtroom? >> yes. >> could you please point him out? >> right there. >> for the record she's .2 mr. chauvin. thank you. now yo

you will listen to minneapolis police commander katie blackwel blackwell, no relation, to my knowledgebut you will hear from katie blackwell and she will tell you about the training that mr. chauvin received. you are going to hear that he was a veteran on the minneapolis police department for 19 years, have been trained in cpr multiple times at the time. and you will be able to see for yourself that when mr. floyd was in distress, mr. chauvin wouldn't help him, didn't help him. but you also see that he stopped everybody else from being able to help. you will learn that amongst the bystanders was a first responder, a member of the minneapolis fire department who was trained in administering first aid in emergency care. she will come and talk to you. she wanted to check his pulse. she wanted to check on mr. floyd's well-being. she won him to let up and get up. she did her best to intervene, to be able to act, to intercede on george floyd's behalf and you will be able to see for yourself when she approached mr. chauvin on top of george floyd with both of his knees reach for his mace in hi

blackwell addressed the issue of drugs found in george floyd's death. here's what he had to say. >> you also learned, ladies and gentlemen, that george floyd struggled with an opioid addiction. he struggled with it for years. you will learn that he did not die from a drug overdose. he did not die from an opioid overdose. why? because you can look at video footage and you will see he was absolutely nothing like a person who would die from an opioid overdose. you will learn opioids are tranquilizers, and when a person die from an opioid overdose, what do they look like? first and foremost asleep, in a stupor and they never come to again. and they simply pass away. opioid overdose. they are not screaming for their lives. they are not calling on their mothers. they are not begging and pleading please, please i can't breathe. that's not what opioid overdose looks like. now you will learn that mr. floyd had 11 milligrams of fentanyl in his system when he died and they say that's a fatal amount. well, what you have to learn something about tolerance. select fo

mister blackwell. you may proceed. >>. >> may it please the court. ladies and gentlemen of the jury, good morning. my name is terry blackwell, i apologize for talking to you through this plexiglas but it's probably the leastof the gifts the pandemic has given us . you want to learn in this case a lot. about what it means to be a public servant. and to have the honor of wearing dispatch . it's a small badge. that carries with it a large responsibility and a large accountability. to the public. what does it stand for? it represents the very motto of the minneapolis police department. to protect with courage,to serve with compassion . it also represents the essence of the minneapolis police department's approach to the use of force against citizens when appropriate. the sanctity of life and protection of the public shall be the cornerstones of the minneapolis police department's roots of force. compassion, sanctity of life, cornerstones in that bad that's worn over the officers art area but you're also going to learn the officers take an oath. when they

prosecutor gerrie blackwell described how white policeman derrick showman knelt on floyd's neck while he and his fellow officers ignored floyd saying i can't breathe at least 27 times. the jury was shown the full video of the event but sherman's defense says he was simply following police procedure and that floyd's drug use contributed to his death. in his own days live in minneapolis force gave the prosecution defense laid out their cases in spite of they have to say. that's right no they really did lay out their cases and that's the point of the opening statements it's a little after 5 pm here local time in minneapolis court has adjourned for the day this was a day where both sides could lay out their case the prosecutors saying we're going to show you the very term magic and quite frankly gruesome video which they showed during opening statements over 9 minutes of when derek chauvin had his knee on george floyd's neck and george floyd was crying out i can't breathe i can't breathe that video is going to be key in the prosecution prosecution's case to the jurors and they said we are

blackwell, do you wish to open? you may proceed. >> may it please the court. ladies and gentlemen, of the jury good morning. my name is jerry blackwell and i apologize for talking to you through this plexiglas but it's part of the least of the gifts the pandemic has given us. you are going to learn in this case a lot about what it means to be a public servant and to have the honor of wearing this badge. it's a small badge that carries with it a large responsibility and a large accountability to the public. what does it stand for? it represents the very model of the minneapolis police department, to protect with courage, to serve with compassion. but it also represents the essence of the minneapolis police department approach to the use of force against its citizens, when appropriate. the sanctity, a sanctity of life and the protection of the public shall be the cornerstones of the minneapolis police departments use of force. compassion, sanctity of life, cornerstones and a little badge is worn right over the officer's heart. but you're also going to learn that

blackwell? >> thank you, your honor. darnella, let me show you for a moment, we'll come back to this discussion, let me show you exhibit 17 that is already in evidence. so can you see the person depicted on exhibit 17? >> yes. >> darnella, are you able to tell the ladies and gentlemen and gentlemen of the jury if you know who this man is? you can take your time. >> yes, yes. >> please tell the ladies and gentlemen who is this? >> this was the officer that was kneeling on george floyd's neck. >> on may 25 snth. >> yes. >> is this the way he appeared when you saw him on may 25th kneeling on george floyd's neck? >> yes. >> when you first arrived at the scene -- you can take that down, brian. when you first arrived at the scene and you started recording with your phone camera, were there other bystanders or others present at the time? >> no. >> about how long before other people started to gather with you? >> not even a minute in. >> and could you estimate roughly how many others were just there around you who were also obse

. >> you get to your thoughts with the minnesota special assistant attorney jerry blackwell making the case against derek chauvin yesterday. >> because you will learn on mah of 2020, mr. derek chauvin betrayed his badge. when used excessive and unreasonable first upon the body of mr. george floyd. that means putting his knees upon his neck and his back grinding and crushing him until the very breath, know the very life was squeezed out of him. he was unarmed and that he had not threat and anyone in that mr. floyd was in handcuffs, completely in control point - - under control of the police and was defenseless. you will hear nine minutes 29 seconds the most important numbers you will hear in the trial. 929. what happened in the nine minutes 29 seconds when derek chauvin applied excessive force to the body of george floyd. >> minnesota special assistant jerry blackwell making the case against derek chauvin. now the attorneys also address the death of george floyd in his opening statement and here is what he had to say. >> the evidence will show doctor baker of the hennepin county medical

my name is jerry blackwell.logize for talking to you through plexiglass, but it's what the pandemic has given us. you're going to learn in this case a lot about what it means to be a public servant and to have the honor of wearing this badge. it's a small badge that carries with it a large responsibility and a large accountability to the public. what does it stand for? it represents the very motto of the minneapolis police department, to protect with courage, to serve with compassion, but it also represents the essence of the minneapolis police department approach to the use of force against its citizens when appropriate. the sanctity of life and the protection of the public shall be the corner stones of the minneapolis police department's use of force. compassion, sanctity of life, corner stones. that badge is worn right over the officer's heart. you'll also learn the officers take an oath when they become police officers. they take an oath that i will enforce the law courteously and appropriately and, as you w

blackwell repeated trust what you saw, he did not let up, he did not get up. repeatedly, he asked people on the jury, use your common sense, think this through. at some point officer chauvin should have stood up, should have given mr. floyd a chance. >> absolutely, john. and the idea of having an impartial jury is not for jurors to come in with the idea of the hear no, speak no, see no evil with their eyes or head in the sand. it's about using your common sense and what you've actually seen. there may be more information we have yet to see. we didn't know all of the video was going to come up. we hadn't seen the vantage of a little girl with the love shirt who now witness, going to testify. there's a lot more to come here but they have to use their common sense and i believe they will. >> laura coates, chief ramsey, stand by, quick break, we expect the trial to resume in just a few moments. back in minneapolis, including a live report from our reporter on the scene, after a quick break. today let's paint with behr ultra scuff defense... so that you can live th

jerry blackwell pointed out the george floyd said he could not breeze 27 times before dying. i would tell you that you can't believe your eyes. >> that or you can leave your eyes. cause of death is going to be a focal point of the trial. the prosecution told jurors there's no question that officer chauvin is responsible for floyd's death evidence is going to show you that there was no cause in the first place. >> to use lethal force against the man who is defenseless, who was handcuffed, who was not resisting but chauvin's defense attorney says floyd put drugs in his mouth when he was confronted by officers. what was mister floyd's actual cause of death. the evidence will show that mister floyd died of cardiac heard as a result of hypertension. coronary disease. >> the ingestion of methamphetamine and fentanyl and the adrenaline throwing flowing through his body. >> 3 witnesses also took the stand monday. janice korea. police dispatcher said she was watching the incident on city surveillance cameras and feared something was going wrong. alicia oiler clerk at a gas station who

prosecutor jerry blackwell described how a white policeman knelt on floyd's neck while he and his fellow officers ignored floyd is saying "i can't breathe" at least 27 times. a jury was shown the full video of the event, but show vince defense says he was following the procedure and floyd's drug use contributed to his death. muska live to minneapolis. the prosecution and defense laid out there cases. what did they have to say? guest: they really did lay out their cases and that's the point of the opening statements. it's a little after 5 p.m. local time here in minneapolis. court has adjourned for the day and this was a day where both sides could lay out their case. prosecutors saying we are going to show you the very dramatic and frankly gruesome video. over nine minutes of when derek chauvin had his knee on george floyd's neck. he was crying out, "i can't breathe, i can't breathe." the video is going to be key in the prosecution's case to the jurors and they said we are going to show that not only this video proves derek chauvin killed george floyd but we are going to bring in other ey

hours ago we heard opening statements from both the defense as well as the prosecution and jerry blackwell who is one of the prosecutors said the genesis of the witness you were just hearing from had done something quote she had not never done in her career she called the police on the police that's according to the prosecutor gerrie blackwell let's bring in john hendren who's joining us from just outside the courtroom john so what do you think we learned from the from the 1st witness. well these trials 6 don't know we start off like an action film with a bang it's not always scintillating television but what the prosecution is trying to do here is to develop a case from the very beginning to to build one brick upon another and the main objective in interviewing this witness seems to be to suggest that she found the police response unusual in this case and that she responded by. by forgive me we're having an audio problem here she responded by calling the police on the police as you say that sort of supports the prosecution's case that when derek show of and put his knee on george floyd's

here is jerry blackwell rebutting that. >> he did not die of a drug overdose.did not die from an opioid overdose. we know he does not look like someone who would die from an opioid overdose. >> we know there are two autopsy here. we know you can't argue both things simultaneously, if he was practically dead, he did not be a live and active threat. but what do you make of the results as to whether or not drugs were the real cause? >> the official medical report says essentially that mr. floyd died of a heart attack. but the because of death was homicide, meaning that there was a human actor involved other than the manner. and the family medical report says the cause of death was asphyxiation. and the official medical report rebuts that. if you say, gee, someone's knee is on his neck, and he would die of asphyxiation. all the defense has to do is poke holes in the prosecution case to create reasonable doubt. they don't have to come up with an actual reason as to why mr. floyd died. it's especially throwing mud, hoping something sticks. here is why i don't think i

blackwell?k you, your honor. >> let me show you for a moment, we'll come back to this discussion. let me show you exhibit 17. that is also already in evidence. so can you see the person depicted on exhibit 17? >> yes. >> you are able to tell ladies and gentlemen of the jury if if you know who this man is. you can take your time. >> yes. yes. >> please tell the ladies and gentlemen, who is this? >> this was the officer that was kneeling on george floyd's neck. >> on may 25th? >> yes. >> is this the way he appeared when you saw him on may 25th kneeling on george floyd's neck? >> yes. >> when you first arrived at the scene, you can take that down now. when you first arrived at the scene and you started recording with your phone camera, were there other bystanders or other present at the time? >> no. >> about how long before other people started to gather with you? >> not even a minute? . >> and could you estimate roughly how many others were just there around you or also observing what is happening

charged with murdering george lloyd has gone on trial in minneapolis minnesota prosecutor gerrie blackwell described how white policeman derrick shaven knelt on for its neck while he and his fellow officers ignored floyd saying i can't breathe at least $27.00 times the jury was then showing the full video of that incident but sherman's defense says he was simply following police procedure and that freud's drug use contributed to his death in their opening statement prosecutors argued the derek 7 broke his oath as a police officer in the way that he treated george froid. you will learn that on may 25th of 2020 mr barrett shaaban betrayed his badge when he used excessive and and reasonable force upon the body of mr george voice. that he put his knees upon his neck and his back grinding and crushing him. until the very breath no leisure gentlemen until the very life were squeezed out of them who show vns defense team argue that the fact is not seen by the cameras all the public forced the police officers to act as they did. learn about crowd control medical intervention deescalation procedura

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. >> mister blackwell the u.s. open just moments after the judge brought the jury in for day one of derek chauvin's trial and opening arguments started. prosecutor played the video for may 25th what he wants. the cross acute or jerry blackwell pointed out that george floyd said he could not breeze 27 times before dying. i would tell you that you can't believe your eyes. >> that or you can leave your eyes. cause of death is going to be a focal point of the trial. the prosecution told jurors there's no question that officer chauvin is responsible for floyd's death evidence is going to show you that there was no cause in the first place. >> to use lethal force against the man who is defenseless, who was handcuffed, who was not resisting but chauvin's defense attorney says floyd put drugs in his mouth when he was confronted by officers. what was mister floyd's actual cause of death. the evidence will show that mister floyd died of cardiac i heard as a result of hypertension. coronary disease. >> the ingestion of metham

officer charged in the killing of george ford has gone on trial in minneapolis prosecutor gerrie blackwell described how derek 7 knelt on floyd's neck while he and his fellow officers ignored for and say i cannot for you at least 27 times servants defense argued he was simply following procedure and that freud's drug use contributed to. a major cabinet shakeup is under way in brazil with present day about some are replacing 6 ministers he's facing growing pressure over his handling of the country's coronavirus pandemic. and the container ship that's been blocking the suez canal for nearly a week has been finally set free and is on the move he's wanted could still take days there is a clear the backlog of hundreds of ships that have been curing up on either side of the canal. now eisel is claiming responsibility for an attack on the town of palma and mozambique which left dozens of people dead and thousands still missing several witnesses say bodies are lying in the street many of them the headers the government says it's working to restore order. now safe in the port city of pinball people

let's begin with the minnesota special assistant attorney general, jerry blackwell in these opening statements making the case against derek chauvin yesterday. >> because you will learn that on may 25th of 2020, mr. derek chauvin betrayed his badge. when he used excessive and unreasonable force upon the body of mr. george floyd. that he put his knees upon his neck and his back, grinding and crushing him until the very breath, no, ladies and

. >> you get to your thoughts with the minnesota special assistant attorney jerry blackwell making the case against derek chauvin yesterday. >> because you will learn on mah of 2020, mr. derek chauvin betrayed his badge. when used excessive and unreasonable first upon the

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officer charged in the killing of george floyd has gone on trial in minneapolis prosecutor gerrie blackwell described how derek showed the knelt on floyd's neck while he and his fellow officers ignored for it saying i can't breathe at least 27 times servants defense argued he was simply following police procedure and the freud's drug use contributed to his death. a major cabinet shakeup is under way in brazil with president diables now replacing 6 ministers he's facing growing pressure over his handling of the country's coronavirus pandemic. and the container ship that's blocked the suez canal for nearly a week now has been finally set free and is on the move with already is one there that it could still take days to clear the backlog of hundreds of ships that have been tearing up on either side of that canal. now on tuesday palestinians commemorate land day when israel confiscated thousands of hectares of land in galilee in 1976 calling places minute trade zones and state land are among the methods used to take over palestinian property and to push locals out here to abraham reports. this

blackwell. >> thank you, your honor. darnell, let me show you for a moment -- we'll come back to this discussion. let me show you exhibit 17 that's also in evidence. so can you see the person depicted on exhibit 17? darnell, are you able to tell the ladies and gentlemen of the jury if you know who this man is? you can take your time. >> yes. >> please tell the ladies and gentlemen, who is this? >> this was the officer that was kneeling on floyd's neck. >> on may 25th. >> yes. >> is this the way he appeared when you saw him on may 25th, kneeing on george floyd's neck? >> yes. >> when you first arrived at the scene -- you can take that down now. when you first arrived at the scene and you started recording with your phone camera, were there other bystanders or others there present at the time? >> no. >> about how long before other people started to gather? >> not even a minute in. >> and could you estimate roughly how many others were just there around you who were also observing what was happening? >> maybe about 12, 14.

you will hear from katie blackwell as she will tell you about the training mr. chauvin received. you're going to hear that he was a veteran on the minneapolis police department for 19 years, had been trained in cpr multiple times. and you will be able to see for yourself that when mr. floyd was in distress, mr. chauvin wouldn't help them, didn't tell him. but you're also going to see and learn that among the bystanders was a first responder, a member of the minneapolis fire department who was trained in administering first aid and emergency care. she's going to talk with you. her name is genevieve. she wanted to check his pulse. she wanted to check on mr. floyd's well-being and wanted him to let up and get up. she did her best to intervene to be able to act, to intercede on george floyd's behalf. you will be able to see for your self when she approached mr. chauvin on top of george floyd, he reached for his mace and pointed in her direction, so she will come and talk with you about that experience. now, you're going to learn that in the aftermath of this, that m

blackwell you wish to open? >> you may proceed. [silence] >> may please the court? , house? ladies and gentlemen of the jury, good morning. my name is jerry blackwell, and i apologize for talking to you through this plexiglass but dispieft least the gifts the pandemic has given. you want to learn in this case a lot about what it means to be a public servant and to have the honor of wearing this badge. this small badge that carries with it a large responsibility and a large accountability to the public. what does it stand for? it represents the very motto of the minneapolis police department to protect with courage, to serve with compassion, but it also represents the essence of the minneapolis police department approach to the use of force against a citizen when appropriate. the sanctity of sanctity of life and the protection of the public shall be the cornerstones of the minneapolis police department's use of force, compassion, sanctity of life, cornerstone and that little badge is one light over the officers heart. but you're also going to learn that the officers take an o

my name is jerry blackwell and i apologize for talking through this plexiglass but it's what the pandemic has given. you're going to learn in this case a lot about what it means to be a public servant and have the honor of wearing this badge. it's a small badge, it carries with us a large responsibility and large accountability to the public. what does it stand for? it represents the minneapolis police department to protect and serve with compassion but it also represents the essence of the minneapolis police department approach to the use of force against its citizens when appropriate. the sanctity of life and protection of the public shall be the cornerstones of the minneapolis police department's use of force. compassion, sanctity of life, cornerstones of the officers heart. you're also going to learn officers take an oath when they become police officers. they take an oath to enforce the law appropriately and as you will learn, as applies to this case, never employing necessary force and not only that, i recognize the badge of my office as a symbol of public faith and i accept it as p

may have crossed on air while watching that video let's now go back and listen in to when jerry blackwell has to stay on top of it in order to breathe you have to have room for the longs to expand in and out and you seem as if we're doing his best to kind of crank his his right shoulder up in a lift up his weight and the sharpness weight on top of them to get a breath for as long as he could get a breath and and you will see and hear more about that during the trial you will learn that a member of the bystanders there called the police on the police genevieve hanson the 1st responder all the police on the police you learn that donald. the young man who's very vocal security background mixed martial arts background saw the pressure that was put on the neck he called the police on the police but not only that you're going to learn that there was a 911 dispatch her name is jenna. jenna scurried is going to come to talk to you also there was a fixed police camera that was trained on this particular scene and she could see through the camera what was going on. you will learn that what she saw

. >> and i'm boris sanchez in for victor blackwell. right now, more than 77 million americans have received at least one dose of a covid-19 vaccine. that's nearly 13% of the u.s. population that's fully vaccinated. >> now hhs says the country will have plenty of shots available. but the issue will likely be getting people to take the vaccine. >> yeah. several states are pushing forward with easing restrictions. nearly all amc movie theaters are set to reopen on friday. and disneyland in california set to open its doors next month. >>> now, the u.s. has seen a significant drop in infections this winter, but the average daily number of new cases still around 53,000. >> yeah, experts fear that we could still see a spike. they say that vaccine hesitancy and the increasing number of variants could stand in the way of herd immunity. >>> new guidelines, though, from the cdc are giving a lot of people hope that there is going to be a return to normal. and that's going to be soon. cnn's evan mcmorris-santoro is following the latest. evan, good

blackwell if you would. >> thank you. >> now, before the break,

. >> reporter: during day one of opening statements, prosecutor jerry blackwell played a bystander'sideo in full for the jury. >> mr. derek chauvin, betrayed this badge. when he used excessive and unreasonable force upon the body of mr. george floyd. >> reporter: chauvin faces three counts, second and third degree murder and second degree manslaughter, the defense argues that floyd died of previous health conditions and his methamphetamine and fentanyl use. autopsy said drug use was a significant condition buzz listed his cause of death as heart failure during restraint. >> derek chauvin did exactly what he had been trained to do over the course of his 19-year career, the use of force is not attractive. but it is a necessary component of policing. >> check his pulse. >> reporter: chauvin's attorney also argues the crowd that formed at the scene distracted the officers. >> they're screaming at him. causing the officers to divert their attention from the care of mr. floyd to the threat that was growing in front of them. >> reporter: the jury heard testimony from three witnesses, includ

i'm victor blackwell. >> i'm amara walker. you are in the cnn newsroom. >>> we could be close to a vote on president biden's $1.9 trillion covid relief bill. the senate has been up all night, voting on a series of amendments. >> the process, known as vote vote-a-rama, was delayed by senator manchin, who finally agreed to extend unemployment benefits until september 6th. democrats refused to stop for the night. >> now that this agreement has been reached, we are going to power through the rest of the process and get this bill done. >> well, my goodness, it's been quite a start. quite a start. to this fast track process. >> cnn's chief congressional correspondent manu raju is following this all on capitol hill. manu, they've been up all night. any indication on when we'll get the final answer on if it's time to end debate and vote on this bill? >> reporter: the end is actually in sight, based on what both sides are indicating. the senators are just exhausted, after 11 straight hours overnight of voting as part of this free-flowi

for a reminder out there, don't participate in any bracket challenge with victor blackwell.ear. knows how to pick them and how to go dancing. >> i am a fantastic guesser. >> what is your secret? >> year after year, just guessing. >> coy wire, thank you. >> got it. >>> next hour of "new day" starts now. >>> the senate's voterama where senators can offer as many amendments as they want. >> some republicans plan to offer a couple dozen amendments each. >> this isn't a pandemic rescue package. it's a parade of pet projects. >> their goal is to get in our way and trip us up. it's not going to work. >> vaccinated native-americans are still waiting for the cdc to release its new guidelines which were expected this week. >> i want to get back out there. >> we are making sure and taking the time to get this right. >> pope francis is in iraq hoping to build interfaith

i'm jerry blackwell. i apologize for talking to you through the plexiglass. you want to learn in this case a lot about what it means to be a public servant and to have the honor of wearing this package. it is a small badge. it carries a large responsibility and a large accountability to the public. what does it stand for? it's the motto of the mipsz police department. to protect with courage and serve with passion and it represents the essence of the approach to the use of force against citizens when appropriate. a sanctity of life and the protection of the public will be the corner stone. and that is worn right over the officer's heart. but you're also going to learn that the officer's take an oath when they become police officers. they take an oath to enforce the law and as you learn never employing unnecessary force or violence. i recognize that my badge is a symbol of public faith and i accept it so that i'm preserving the ethics of the police force. all of this matters. you will learn on may 25th of 2020 mr. derek chauvin betrayed this badge. he used exc

blackwell, the prosecutor right now is beginning to speak.ten. >> going to learn in this case a lot about what it means to be a public servant and to have the honor of wearing this badge. it's a small badge that carries with it a large responsibility and a large accountability to the public. what does it stand for? it represents the very motto of the minneapolis police department, to protect with courage, to serve with compassion. but it also represents the essence of the minneapolis police department approach to the use of force against its citizens when appropriate. sanctity of life and the protection of the public shall be the corner stones of the minneapolis police department's use of force. compassion, sanctity of life, corner stones and that little badge is worn right over the office's heart. but you're also going to learn that the officers take an oath when they become police officers. they take an oath that i will enforce the law courteously and appropriately, and as you will learn, as applies to this case, never employing unnecessary

killing of george floyd has gone on trial in minneapolis in his opening statement prosecutor gerrie blackwell described how dire it should've been knelt on floyd's neck while he and his fellow offices ignored floyd saying i can't breathe at least 27 times and that his actions far exceeded what the situation called for. the force that mr savage was using was lethal force it was force that was capable of killing a human or putting his or her life in danger. the evidence is going to show you that there was no cause in the 1st place to use lethal force against a man who was defenseless who was handcuffed who was not resisting showed his defense says he was simply following police procedure and that floyd's drug use contributed to his death. we learn about crowd control medical intervention deescalation procedural justice crisis intervention and the human factors a force that is what happens to a police officer or any person when they are involved in a high stress use of force situation. and you will learn the direction of and do the exact of what he had been trained to do over the course of these

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well there is russell mr blackwell mr freddy mr seizure. host of others right. and if you were. you grew up in the in their nearby neighborhood right. i'm from here under a. new december ok but you were at the time living in the time i've been near marie anthony for how many years just. he. now. lives ok. you attended roosevelt high school at the time. yes and. you testified that you felt safe you know walking to the stratosphere at the time of the. i'm not sure if it's and you don't because i was in the presence of switching schools ok. i think we were was during the candour so everybody kind of a sudden had to study from home kind of a thing. i was r.t.m. of the school ok we have. to testify that he walked or cuts routes hundreds of thoughts. and that you felt safe doing so. any time of the night i would walk there. would you agree that you previously told. members of the prosecution team that night the neighborhood to be a little bit more trucks sometimes i mean. was there really no more. violence like every night i heard a lot a lot but i feel like in any area have some type

>>> this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >> sunday morning, it's dark, and we are with you. as we learn more about the night of violence that left two people dead, eight people injured. one of the people who was killed was a 25-year-old black man. donovan lynch was his name. he was shot by a virginia beach police officer. >> police say a gun was found in the area but the circumstances surrounding the death now, they're still raising some questions. the officer did not have his body camera turned on. it's not clear why. cnn's brian todd joins us now from virginia beach. brian, what are you learning about this shooting and the circumstances surrounding it? >> reporter: victor, and christi, we're learning there's an investigation ongoing. there are not many answers forthcoming from police, as you mentioned in your introduction. there's a lot of unanswered questions. we know that 25-year-old donovan lynch was shot and killed by a police officer friday night in the third shooting incident among three very chaotic incidents, and we're not clear whether those were

earlier on during the day with the opening statements the prosecutor one of the prosecutors jerry blackwell said that jenna scary of the 1st witness had done something quote she had never done in her career she called the police on the police and now we can get back to eric nelson a defense attorney and listen to what he has to say. to me in 11 seconds. here emasculate 3 from squad 330 it's called 2135 seconds. arrival time of. 2036. so he 2036 seconds in the us around is correct. and you missed didn't stay on the scene. you know he left. and they indicated that they went to $36.00 then park right. and they didn't go to $36.00 and park to the. events. that that's where i believe they were ok. so to your your belief they went to 36 and park because that's what they called up to correct correct. do you recall fire having trouble finding a mass at 36 yes. because they didn't go to 36 and park they went to 36 in chicago. or did i don't know i don't i actually don't know that's what i'm after those comments i did not know that spreading lanes ok so alternately there was some confusion between fi