caesar goodson jr., the man who was driving the van, judge determining that he is not guilty, acquitted on all charges in connection with freddie gray's death. you can see the scene outside the courthouse there in baltimore as a number of folks appear to have gathered there, at this point not clear whether those are protesters. it looks as if there were numbers of the media as well. we'll get a report from ron mott in just a minute. and of course roughly an hour ago, we heard from the high court in this country that the justices, eight of them at least, eight justices had made decisions with regards to affirmative action in this country and immigration as well. a deadlocked decision on immigration and we've been talking about the decision with regard to affirmative action. let's start though -- let's start in germany where again a man open fire at a cinema roughly 45 miles south of frankfurt germany. matt bradley remains on duty in london again. as you indicated during the last report, this is the fast

officer caesar goodson, jr., who was driving the van, faced the most serious charges of all officers involved, including second-degree depraved heart -- depraved murder and three additional c charges of manslaughter. we'll have more on baltimore later in the broadcast. meanwhile, a new report says the city of chicago has spent more than $210 million on police misconduct lawsuits between 2012 to 2015. the analysis by the chicago reporter also found city officials had borrowed millions to pay for the more than 600 lawsuits over the three year period, taking out bonds that have added to the city's debt. and a single-seater plane has successfully completed the first-ever solar-powered flight over the atlantic. the plane, the solar impulse 2, depoported from jfk interernatil airport eaearly monday and arrrd in sevillele, spain thursday afr a 71 hour, 8 minutute journey. pilot bertrand piccard spoke out after the successful flight. >>>> a world of modern-day technology, the world of respect for the environment, the world ofof innovation and pioneers. this is the world [inaudible] we would

a judge is expected to rule this morning on a murder charge and other counts against officer caesar goodson jreath after his arrest last year led to riots. >>> the "wall street journal" reports the failure of a widely prescribed nasal spray flu vaccine. experts are advising doctors not to give flumist to patients. the astrazenica product was found not to protect children from the flu for the past three years. >>> and the "los angeles times" reports that the "stairway to heaven" case is in a jury's hand. it must decide whether led zeppelin stole a rif of the iconic song from another group. the lawsuit filed on behalf of a deceased songwriter. >>> ahead, facebook cover-up? the ceo of the world's biggest social network shows that he social network shows that he ♪ the sun'll come out tomorrow... ♪ social network shows that he for people with heart failure, tomorrow is not a given. but entresto is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. ♪ tomorrow, tomorrow... ♪ i love ya, tomorrow in the largest heart failure study ever. entresto helped more people stay alive and out of the hospital th

a judge found officer caesar goodson, jr., not guilty of second degree murder and all other charges against him. goodson was facing the most serious charges of the six officers in the case. in april, 2015, gray had spinal cord injuries while he was in police custody and that died a week later. prosecutors argued that goodson gave gray a rough ride in the police van and didn't put a seat belt on him. but the judge said prosecutors failed to prove that the officer new gray was in need of medical attention or drove recklessly. before goodson was tried another officer's trial ended in a hung jury and a second officer was acquitted in september. the city of baltimore settle add $6.4 million settlement with gray's family. >>> a montgomery county home inspector faces quite a list of charges tonight. prosecutors say he ripped off more than 100 people by taking they're money for home safety tests he never performed. prosecutors say joseph, business cher rock holmes inspection services defrauded at least 138 home buyers throughout the philadelphia area. they say the homeowners made him for water, rad

. >>> baltimore police officer caesar goodson, jr. will be on trial. a judge will determine his guilt or innocence. he drove the police van in which gray had a spinal cord injury. they faces the most serious charges including murder and manslaughter. >>> npr photo journalist and his afghan translator were killed in southern afghanistan yesterday. david gilkey and has translator were on assignment when his convoy came under fire and they were killed. gilkey was a veteran award winning photographer. >> he had an amazing eye for humanity in the circumstances. he would go into places either war zones or natural disasters and he would find the individual stories. >> the president of afghanistan says that their deaths were the result of taliban brutality. according to the committee to protect journalists, 31 journalists and media workers have been killed in afghanistan since 9/11. >>> a life and legacy of muhammad ali will be honored this week with two public memorial services. both will be in the champ's hometown of louisville, kentucky. the boxer known as

the judge yesterday cleared caesar goodson jr. of murder and manslaughter charges.cers accused in gray's death last year. the ruling dims prosecutors' chances in the remaining three cases. >>> here at home, orlando is taking another step in the healing process after the nightclub shootings. hundreds turned out yesterday for a party in a downtown park. it was organized by the owner of pulse to help the club's workers. >> i believe it's important to do events like this to show that pulse is still alive. i think it's good for our community. >> pulse employees had been out of work because the club has been closed since the attack. we'll be right back with much more on the "cbs morning news." uch more on the "cbs morning news." our bacteria family's been on this cushion for generations. i like to watch them clean, but they'll never get me on the mattress! new lysol max cover with 2x wider coverage kills bacteria on big, soft surfaces. discover a new way to lysol that. think fixing your windshield is a big hassle? not with safelite. this family needed their windshield rep

. >> reporter: prosecutors failed to prove that officer caesar goodson jr.'tion led to freddie gray's death. in april 2015, goodson was driving the van in which the 25- year-old was handcuffed, shackled, but not seat belted in. gray suffered a severed spinal cord and died a week later. today, judge barry williams ruled that there was "no evidence that the defendant knew or should have known of the distress mr. gray may have been in." and "failing to seat belt a detainee in a transport van is not inherently criminal conduct." the ruling was the third loss for the city's top prosecutor, marilyn mosby. six baltimore officers were arrested and charged in freddie gray's death. the first trial ended in a hung jury, the second in an acquittal. doug colbert, a law professor at the university of maryland, has attended all three trials. what does that mean for the prosecution? >> it means that convicting a police officer in this country is an exceedingly rare event. and it also means there's a great deal of empathy and understanding of the police officer, and much less

baltimore officer caesar goodson jr. drove the transport van in which gray sustained fatal injuries. the defense said there was no evidence of the rough ride. after an eight-day trial, goodson walked away from court cleared of all charges. small groups of demonstrators voiced disapproval. stephanie rawlings blake had issued a statement asking the community for calm and patience and right now four others can face trial in the case of freddie gray. >>> democrats are vowing to keep up the pressure for more gun control measures after ending their sit-in which lasted more than 25 hours, sitting in on the house floor. >> the fight is not over. this is just one step, but when we come back here on july the 5th we're going to continue to push, to pull, to stand up and if necessary, to sit down. sit down. >> while the demonstration failed to get new votes on strengthening gun background checks and banning sales to people on the no fly list, democrats say they're just getting started as "the wall street journal" reports they're now

but caesar goodson, jr. baltimore policetimp officer who was driving the police van after freddie grayrea was arrested taking him to the police substation, and prosecutors say it was officer c goodson who should have strappea freddie gray in because he wasse the 25-year-old gray was jostlej around in the back of the policp van he suffered that fatalt f spinal cord injury.ur because of that, officer goodsoo is facing the most serious off charges of all the six officersc his is a second degree murderr charge which could carry a 30 year in prison penalty.al. now, there have been two other officers tried already.dy the bench trial of edward nero o ended in acquittal just lastustl month he was charged with four misdemeanor force will yupl porter had been tried late lasta year and his jury trial ended in a hung jury. jur caesar goodson has asked for a a jury trial.ri jury selection expected to getot underway tomorrow.or today there's some pretrial ptra motions that will be debated upt in the courtroom here at 9:30

prosecutors say officer caesar goodson jr. the police van's driver intentionally took freddie gray on a 45-minute rough ride to jail. michael scatzow blamed goodson for not ensuring the 25-year-old was not wearing a seatbelt. no good reason not to belt him in he told the judge except to bounce him around. after a number of injuries, suffered by people in transport vans, baltimore police had been reiterating to officers that prisoners be seatbelted in. prosecutors allege goodson ignored the rule. but officer goodson's attorney, andrew graham told the judge, prisoners are virtually never belted, saying gray's death was a freakish accident. and that convicting a good officer to satisfy a desire to have someone to blame will just make a tragic situation worse. gray's arrest and subsequent death last year exposed long simmering tension between baltimore police and the community. riots erupted after his funeral. more than 200 police officers were hurt. more than a dozen buildings and businesses were torched. >> officer goodson. >> t

. >> reporter: prosecutors failed to prove that officer caesar goodson jr.'ctions led to freddie gray's death. in april 15 driving the van in which the 25-year-old was handcuffed, shackled, but not seat belted in. gray suffered a severed spinal cord and died a week later. today judge barry williams ruled that there was no evidence that the defendant knew or should have known of the distress mr. gray may have been in. and "failing to seat belt a detainee in a transport van is not inherently criminal conduct." the ruling was the third loss for the city's top prosecutor, marilyn mosby. six baltimore officers were arrested and charged in freddie gray's death. the first trial ended in a hung jury, the second in an acquittal. doug colbert, a law professor at the university of maryland, has attended all three trials. what does that mean for the prosecution? >> it means that convicting a police officer this this country is an exceedingly rare event. and it also means there's a great deal of empathy and officer and much less so of the people who find themselves suffer

a judge acquitted baltimore officer caesar goodson, jr., of all charges today. in april 2014 freddie gray had spinal cord injuries while he was in police custody and died a week later. prosecutors argue that goodson gave gray a quote rough ride in the police haven't didn't not put a seat belt on him but the judge said prosecutors failed to prove that goodson new gray was hurt or was driving recklessly. an attorney for gray's family says they're frustrated for themselves and the community. >> we still have an unaddressed police brutality problem not just in this city where very little has changed but in this nation. >> two other officers were previously tried. those trials ended in a hung jury and an acquittal. legal analysts say the results of these first three cases may prove that the evidence against all six officers is too weak. >>> this woman went on rampage inside a gas station knockin kng over every display and sean done yet. what the clerk behind the counter told her that set her off. >>> just trying to get shelter from the rain. this local man winds up t

this is a huge case of prosecution, the most serious charges facing this officer caesar goodson jr. the one most responsible in the eye of the police department itself securing the prisoner. freddie gray when he was deta detained and placed in the back of the van, it was officer goodson's responsibility to make sure he was secured and he was not secured in any way in the back of the van. officer goodson took freddie gray on this ride and he ended up dying and that led to a lot of protests in the city. we are not seeing much anything downtown. there were a handful of protesters in front of the courthouse and that has since diminished as well. i will have to see what happens if anything tonight and this is a huge blow, we have yet to hear from the state about whether they have going to change their strategy going forward. as it stands there are four more officers -- if he's retried in september. >> thank you very much. >> coming up, are they in or out? >> great britain's big question today. this is "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. [ brakes screech ] when your pain reliever sto

yeah, the second degree murder charge most serious of the charges caesar goodson, jr., is facing whichries a maximum m of 30 years in prison.nri so when you hear people in thist community those who want justici for freddie gray even though the family received a $6 million $6l settlement from the city, those who want police officers to payo for freddie gray's death this ii the guy.uy. caesar goodson, jr., 46-year-ole was the van driver after freddid gray was arrested.rres he was placed into officer goodson's van and the reasonso that prosecutors believe thathat freddie gray suffered his fatalt spinal cord injury because he was not strapped in.pe and they're pointing the blame for that on caesar goodson. gds he's also charged withith misconduct in office and manslaughter by vehicle. this is going to be a jury trial. l. unlike the most recent trial ofl officer edward nero who faced fc four misdemeanors and acquittedt by judge barry williams.liams judge barry williams willams w preside over this trial butbu there will be a jury, guys, and jury selection begins tomorrow. today nair court in

officer caesar goodson jr. was seen entering court this morning moments ago. requesting this bench trial. that means we will get a verdict. officer goodson was driving the van that carried freddie gray. the medical examiner says gray suffered a severed spine inside that van leading to his death. goodson faces the most serious charges of all of the six officers, including depraved heart murder. that's second-degree murder charge that carries a sentence of up to 30 years in prison. goodson has pled not guilty to all charges. >>> and an ohio prosecutor will announce today whether charges will be filed against the family of the little boy who fell into that gorilla exhibit at the cincinnati zoo. a zoo employee shot and killed the 400-pound gorilla to protect the child. critics have placed blame on the zoo and even the child's mom for allowing him to get inside that enclosure. some have questioned whether the shooting was necessary. we'll hear what the prosecutor says later today. >>> after this break, the big question about bernie sanders. what will the vermont se

caesar goodson jr. was driving the van when gray suffered a fatal spinal injury last year. the most serious charge, second degree murder. prosecutors say he failed to buckle gray into a seat belt. he faces 30 years in prison if convicted. >>> russia's track and field team will most likely not compete in this summer's olympics because of alleged doping. the global governing body for track and field ruled today russia had not done enough to restore global confidence in the integrity of its athletes. last year the world anti-doping agency issued a scathing report saying russian athletes took performance enhancing drugs. russia has denied that. the international olympic committee will discuss the ban next week. >> ♪ >> big talkers now and when it comes to our kids, you know we wish we could be there 24/7. but when one mom in indianapolis couldn't witness what was happening under her babysitter's watch social media stepped in to be her buys and ears. don't worry mom, facebook has got your back. someone captured this pretty shocking video at a splash park. you can see there at th

baltimore police officer caesar goodson jr.an in which gray suffered what became a fatal spinal injury. goodson faces second degree murder and manslaughter along with other charges. prosecutors say he gave gray, quote, a rough ride, because he was being uncooperative. >>> now to a freak accident that took the life of an actor in the new "star trek" films. anton yelchin died yesterday when he was run over by his own vehicle. his publicist says the 27-year-old was behind the car when it started rolling down his steep driveway. yelchin was pinned against a brick mailbox pillar and a security fence. >>> a big change at costco stores will go into effect today. the only credit cards accepted will be visa cards. the wholesale retailer is switching from american express to visa. so even your costco amex card won't work there anymore. you can still pay with cash, checks, debit cards and costco cash cards. >>> hillary clinton took a detour on the campaign trail to celebrate the birth of her new grandchild. the proud grandma with the form

caesar goodson, jr. faces seven charges. his decision to ask for a bench trial means judge barry williams will decide the verdict, not a jury. goodson was driving the police transport van when gray suffered fate yacht injuries in 2015. six officers in all charged. edward nero was found not guilty in his trial. his trial was decided by a judge, not a jury, and the case against william porter ended in a mistrial. >>> still to come in the "newsroom," hillary clinton says she expects bernie sanders to call for unity after tomorrow's big california primary. why sanders says party unity isn't just his job. (avo) how much protein does your dog food have? 18%? 20? nutrient-dense purina one true instinct with real turkey and venison has 30% protein. support your active dog's whole body health with purina one. be the you who doesn't cover your moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. be the you who shows up in that dress. who hugs a friend. who is done with treatments that don't give you clearer skin. be the you who controls your psoriasis

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