judge cahill did both of them here.st, ascertains whether or not the defendant's decision not to testify was voluntary and knowing. they are making a record on appeal. the second -- the thing i wanted to emphasize for your viewers, is that the judge then had a conversation with mr. chauvin about whether or not chauvin wanted the judge to instruct the jury, which he will do presumably on monday, before they deliberate, that he has an absolute right not to testify. the first thing was whether or not you want to testify. the second thing was whether you want me to tell the jury that you have a right not to testify. why does that matter? that's a complicated calculus for a defendant. on one hand, by instructing the jury that a defendant does not have to testify, the judge is reminding the jury that the defendant didn't testify. of course, they shouldn't infer anything from that. that's something else the judge will tell them. don't infer anything from it. what happens, jeff, when i tell you, don't think at all about what a

what's happening right now is that lawyers for both sides as well as the judge that's judge peter cahill are discussing what video clips can be played throughout the day in the week while the jury is present they can hear the proceedings going on so once this motion has ended and the trial commences and they start calling in witnesses we will cross live back into the court room and bring you all the latest from there. for now we'll tell you about the players of the spanish football club who walked off the pitch during their la liga match against sentence after one of their players was allegedly racially abused but they claim they were forced to play on by matz officials who threaten punishment david stokes reports. this was the moment the valencia the aca b. reacted to what he claims was racist abuse from an opponent the french defender furious with what has been described as a very ugly insult by the kid is player one carla jacobi reported the incident to the referee who showed a b. yellow card for unsportsmanlike conduct the valencia captain decided to take his players off the pitch in

here it judge -- here is judge cahill. judge cahill: all rise for the jury. please be seated. of the jury, i understand you have a verdict. i will now read the verdict as they will appear in the permanent records of the fourth judicial bit -- district. state of minnesota plaintiff versus derek michael shaaban. verdict count one, 12646. we the jury find the defendant guilty. this verdict agreed to on this day of april at 1:40 or -- 1:44 p.m. we the jury count third-degree murder and find the defendant guilty. this verdi is agreed to on this day of 04-20-21. on the third count, creating an unreasonable risk, we find the defendant guilty. members of the jury, i will not ask you if this is your true and correct verdict, please respond yes or no. juror number 2, are these your true and correct verdict? >> yes. >> juror number nine? >> yes. >> juror number 27. >> yes. >> juror number 44. >> yes. >> juror number 52. are these your true and correct verdict? >> yes. >> juror number 79, are these your true and correct verdict? >> yes. >> juror number 85, are these your true and correct

judge cahill revoked chauvin's bail and will sentence him in eight weeks. he faces up to 40 years in prison for the most serious charge, second-degree murder. it's the first time a white officer has been found guilty of murdering a person of color in minnesota. an npr investigation found that police officers have shot and killed at least 135 black men and women across the u.s. since 2015. at least three quarters of those officers were white. on the streets of minneapolis and around the country, protesters greeted the news with joy, relief, and vows to keep fighting. george floyd's murder last may set off a global movement for racial justice and against police brutality. george floyd's brother philonise floyd responded to the verdict at a news conference with other family members and civil rights leaders. >> i am going to put up a fight every day because i am not just fighting for george anymore, i am fighting for everyone around this world. i get calls, dm's people from germany. london, italy. they were all saying the same thing. we won't be able to breathe

cahill: 9:00 o'clock is a scheduled time. will do that. [inaudible]. >> and we are back on the record. parties are present and now mr. hall and others are now present agreed to determine if mr. help will testify. during the councils wish to be heard

and so in this case, judge cahill said we can't abide by the requirements of the first and the sixth amendment without having cameras, so he issued in an order in november 2020 saying state, i see you, i hear you, i see the court rules ordinarily do not allow this but this is required in this case and we are thrilled with how this played out. >> what do you think moving forward? what do you think the prospect is now that people will buy into the assessment i've just offered and clearly you've just offered and say this is a good thing. might this be a turning point elsewhere? >> that is certainly what we hope. we hope that what people saw tuning into this trial is that contrary to the fears that courts have historically had, that as you talked about folks would grantstand, that it would impact the behavior of trial participants or that witnesses would be intimidated and unwilling to testify. not only did the cameras in this case not lead to those feared outcomes, but the cameras in this case really allowed the public, not only in minnesota and in minneapolis, the few who 34 may have b

we heard -- we heard judge cahill talk about blakely factors. the state will put a motion in two essentially enhance chauvin 's sentence for being in aggravated violation of the law, so they will be looking to add years onto his jail sentence, and we will hear judge cahill in eight weeks decide what chauvin 's fate will be as to how much time he will spend behind bars. chauvin waived his right to let a jury decide that yesterday at the end of closing arguments, so it will be up to judge peter cahill to make that decision. emily: adam taylor, our colleague at bloomberg law. i want to bring back david westin. we know police department's across the country have been preparing for this moment -- police departments across the country have been preparing for this moment, potential protests, potential strong shows of emotion in the community. i wonder with this verdict, what happens? how does america react? david: we shall see soon, that's for sure. i'm reluctant to make predictions, although i must say, i would normally expect if the verdict had gone

you were first told by judge cahill, no question that was accurate. then you were told by mr. nelson, no question that was not accurate. i'll tell you what i mean. when he was talking about causation. he talks about fentanyl, heart failure, hypertension. he said that we have to show beyond a reasonable doubt that none of these other factors played a role. that's not the law. you don't have to believe it. read it yourself. you'll have the instructions there and see if mr. blackwell isn't telling you the truth. what we need to show is that the defendant's actions were a substantial causal factor in his death. doesn't have to be the only causal factor, doesn't have to be the biggest factor. just one of them in the cause of death. the instruction will say the fact that other causes contribute to the death does not relieve the defendant of criminal liability. dr. baker was clear. those other factors are not direct causes of the death, the direct cause was cardio pulmonary arrest that was in the environment of the police subdual and restraint. after mr. nelson was finished, he said

so far they have not asked any questions of judge cahill.washington as communities and law enforcement across the country away the verdict in the derek chauvin trial. we heard the comments much the president. he said he could only imagine the pressure and anxiety the floyd family is feeling. he also said he prays there is a right verdict. the jury is three hours into the second day of deliberations on the charge of second degre deplf national guard troops ahead

in minneapolis, peter cahill returned to the courtroom. moments later, the 12 jurors filed in and everyone held their breath. >> all right. please be seated. members of the jury, i understand you have a verdict. >> as the judge read out the three counts against derek chauvin and the guilty verdicts reached on each one, the hushed crowd outside the courthouse watched along on their smartphones. >> guilty! [ cheers and applause ] >> in that moment, the alleged murderer of george floyd became the murderer of george floyd officially in the eyes of the justice system, the thing that we knew all along was true confirmed in that jury room. the judge revoked derek chauvin's bail and he was escorted handcuffed out of the courtroom. calling the outcome of the trial the first step toward justice, highlighting the people who really made it happen. >> now the cause of justice is in your hands. and when i say your hands, i mean the hands of the people of the united states. the people who stopped and raised their voices on may 25th, 2020, were a bouquet

judge cahill: 950 is received. jerry: we will display it so the jurors can see it. dr. tobin: now we are looking. you can see the contraction of the diaphragm. that is the pink area down at the bottom. we see air proceeding down to the bronchial tubes. it is going to continue down the bronchial tubes until it will reach the air sacs. now we see we are moving down here. these are the grape like structures at the bottom where all the action occurs. the oxygen goes across those air sacs and the co2 is expelled back out. that is everything in a very rapid video. jerry: what happened in the case of mr. floyd that relates to shallow breathing that resulted in his low oxygen? dr. tobin: there are a number of forces that led to the size of his breath became. so small -- his breaths became so small. there are -- the forces that led to the shallow breath are that he has turned prone on the street, that he has the handcuffs in place combined with the street and that he has a knee on his neck, back and down his side. these four forces are ultimately going to result in the low tidal

. >> martha: here's judge cahill and elected officials speaking out.ch. >> i wish elected officials would stop talking about this case, especially in a manner disrespectful to the rule of law. if they want their opinions, do for in a manner that is consistent with their oath to the constitution, to respect a co-equal branch of government. their failure to do so is abhorrent. >> martha: maxine waters and the president said they wanted the right verdict. she said if you don't get the right verdict, you should get back out in the street. we saw what happened when president trump said he thought people should fight. he said she thought people should fight over this. there's such an imbalance of the way those two comments were perceived. one side says it and means nothing. the other side is not allowed to say it and it mines everything, mercedes. >> judge cahill did express his frustration. there's three branches of government. the executive, legislative and judicial bran. let the judicial process go forward. that's what he expressed on the record. although

judge cahill, judge cahill, what everybody did have access to would be the flip side of the equation.re was information on the arterial blood gas content that show the oxygen saturation content in mr. floyd's blood, and the oxygen saturation was at 98% which led necessary to extend the wasn't any carbon monoxide in the blood. it would be at most 2%. this was the take away that a dr. tobin had yesterday on this new disclosure and we disclosed that the council that that would be something dr. tobin could address based onn information that everybody did have available. dr. baker simply then addressed the flip side of it, wasn't reading or measurement specifically on thehe carbon monoxide in light of this testimony from doctor power from the stand yesterday on carboxy, globin content and the slide which mr. nelson introduced. >> let me clarify one thing. when was the test actually run? >> it was run the night of may 25 when george floydf was brought in. >> and you did subpoena all the records from hennepin county medical center? >> we did. >> and what they provided to jew did not have tha

i wanted to emphasize that the judge peter cahill said quite explicitly that the facts of the case ise jury is considering no matter what, maxine waters, the congresswoman may have said or what her -- however her words may be interpreted, and to my mind, the defense is likely to bring up the sequester as we heard in the conversation that took place after the jury left the courtroom, they are likely to bring up the fact that there were multiple requests and likely to bring up the idea that maxine waters and others in the media, other media sources may have in some way affected the jury, but unless one of the jurors says, yes, i heard it and it affected me, i don't know is a standard would be for somebody on appeal to say, oh, yeah, all of the facts did not matter, all of the trial did not matter, that seems to be a high bar to my mind. >> you know, juan, i think one of the reasons of what judge cahill has done in handling this is prudent is he basically denied the motion for now. it can always be renewed after the trial in the appellate record, but a lot of times you can't really make

here is the reading of the verdict by judge peter cahill.

. >> were you surprised at all, it was pretty force fill what judge cahill had to say about maxine waters others, he say you may have been given grounds for possible appeal. do you think that is so? >> no, and i was extremely disappointed in his comments. you have to understand that our mayor, our chief of police, our city council and way too many policymakers that i could mention right now have also mentioned the type of verdict they wanted. you have to put her comments into context as well. thee flew here from california to meet with protestors that were mostly peacefully protesting the shooting of daunte wright, and there was anger in the community that other policymakers were not there having those conversations. she took the time to fly here. the story that i read first before this one is that she had inspired a young black woman to run for office. i think she was out there trying to assure protestors and to get them involved in false making. so when i heard her say to be more confrontational, i thought she was referring to all of the policy making. we have to remember that the chauv

let me start with the developing news, as you heard, i hope, judge cahill in the case of derek chauvin and his trial quashing his subpoena for maurice hall who was with mr. floyd before his death. what do you think of that? >> i agree with the attorney. it is significant, but they had to anticipate that this was a long shot. the fact that hal does have a constitutional right to fifth amendment privileges far self incrimination. the video tells us from day one that derek chauvin killed george floyd and should be generally liable. anything else is just a distraction or an attempt to make us look away and not focus on that video that over 50 million people have viewed on the effort alone. it is the most witnessed murder by a police officer of a suicide unjustly. >> you are at the center of two of the biggest stories in the country right now. you represent both of the families involved. let me ask you about dante wright. how confidence are you that they may announce charges against her? >> the family doesn't think it is stair that she could claim it was a mistake that i killed him and shou

in the end it took the minneapolis district court judge peter cahill one minute and 20 seconds to read the verdict of the jury. [video clip] members of the jury i will read the verdict as they will appear in the permanent record of the state of minnesota, district court, court to judicial district, verdict, count one, court file number 27 cr 201-2646. we the jury in the above entitled manner as to count one unintentional second-degree murder while committing a felony find the defendant guilty. at 1:44 p.m.. signed jury four-person person juror number 19. the same caption, verdict count two, we the during the above entitled manner in count two third-degree murder perpetrating an imminently dangerous act find the defendant guilty. signed by jury for person juror number 19. same caption, verdict count three, we the jury in the above entitled manner as to count three second degree manslaughter culpable negligence creating an unreasonable risk line the defendant guilty, the verdict agree to the 20th day of april 2021 at 1:45 p.m., jury for person 019. host: that was the scene yesterday afte

he stood during the verdict as it was read with judge cahill inside the courtroom. and again, he's in police custody, his bail was revoked. formal sentencing will come up in about two months. duane is joining us next from westbrook, maine. your reaction to these guilty verdicts. caller: i'm very happy to see that he's being held accountable for what he did. and i want to also let you know i'm happy that you're back. i missed you when you were gone. so glad that they brought you back. i just wanted to say, it serves as a memo to police officers that they can't, from now on, be 100% certain that they'll get away with murdering people of color with impunity. that's a very important message because there's been so much injustice. they've gotten away with it for so many years. there's one thing i have to say as far as that 13-year-old kid who was shot. he had thrown away the gun. he did have one. but he threw it away. turned around. and put his hands up in compliance with the officer's commands. and he was still executed. so that was not justified. and we've seen so many

here is judge cahill. >> we are on record and we motions before we bring the jury in. let's start with defense motions to exclude the testimony. mr. nelson. >> thank you, your honor paid yes, your honor, over the begin i noticed my intent to exclude the testimony of sf -- on the basis that its cumin live and with note, your honor, upon further review his report over the course of the weekend is essentially the same analysis that several witnesses have already gone through, including minneapolis police policies and federal standards using materials that would never have been known to this particular defendant. this is the exact same thing that the sergeant has already testified to and will be very similar to what the lieutenant testified to an all the other widgeon says so this would be roughly the sixth or seventh opinion relative to the use of force in this case, using the minneapolis training materials at least in part and it is my understanding that what the state intends to do based on demonstrative exhibits that been provided to me but they intend to walk through

judge cahill seems to be ready. >> exhibit 900. on the h and the t, which were part of the protocols for advanced cardiac life support, could you briefly explain to the jurors what the h and t are? >> these are common reversible causes of cardiac arrest in individuals typically in pea or asystole cardiac arrest. a lot of these etiologies are perhaps best evaluated through an ultrasound-based approach. i can go through all of these. hypovolemia, bleeding. that's more traumatic. hypoxia, low oxygen. those being the two most common causes of pea asystole arrest. hydrogen ions. where the ph in the blood gets so low the heart cannot function. low or high potassium. an important electrolyte. hypothermia, very cold. toxins, there's a lot of different toxins. >> that's from poisons to potentially drugs? >> correct. >> fluid around the harlt that -- the heart that can prevent the heart from filling and lead to the heart stopping. tension pneumothorax. it expands to the point where it prevents blood from returning to the heart. therefore, le

we are watching another one of these sidebars between the judge, judge cahill, and the attorneys, thewe've been listening to sergeant yang for a while now this morning. sergeant yang is the person at the minneapolis police department who is tasked with training officers in crisis intervention and de-escalation as well. we heard the sergeant walking the prosecution at first through the department's model for making critical decisions. and he is being cross-examined right now. a running theme of this trial is something we do not see very often. police testifying against one of their own, including, of course, on monday the chief of the minneapolis police department. before testimony even started this morning we got our first look at a man who was in the vehicle with george floyd right before that deadly encounter with derek chauvin. both the prosecution and the defense have subpoenaed a man named morries hall, but if he's called to testimony, hall said through his attorney that he would invoke the fifth amendment. i want to bring in the panel right now. david henderson, former prosecuto

cahill made the right call. acting for directed verdicts, that's normal, no matter how ridiculous the request is, the defense is always going to ask. juries tend to get distracted, and that's typically how you win a case. otherwise, you're poised to lose. maurice hall would have been exactly that. i'm glad it got shut down, and yes, it's a blow to the defense, chuck. >> david, let's get to dr. fowler's testimony today. because there's stuff that he claims and then there's stuff he doesn't say. and it's those gaps that i wonder if it's a bit problematic for the defense. so control room, i want to play slot 1 and then sot 3, if you will. so let's go there. and then i'll ask you on the other side. >> in my opinion, mr. floyd had a sudden cardiac arrythmia due to his atherochlorotic hypertension, you can write that down multiple ways. during his restraint and subdual by the police. and then his significant contributory conditions would be since i have already put the heart disease in part one, he would have the toxi

judge cahill got reversed on whether he could be charged with manslaughter.er the trial. i think the likelihood of an appeal succeeding is almost non-existent. >> david henderson, we will leave it there. appreciate your analysis. more on the reaction from all across the country to chauvin's guilty verdict. >>> first, new details about another deadly police encounter. a 16-year-old girl shot and killed in columbus, ohio. we will go to columbus next. beads could make her sheets smell amazing days later. boy was she surprised! and the more nights that go by, the more surprised she gets. her husband is surprised too. gain scent beads ♪♪ ♪ when the road feels endless ♪ ♪ don't know where your strength is ♪ ♪ it's been so long ♪ ♪ you get a call from a friend to remind you ♪ ♪ that you're not alone ♪ ♪ then you know deep down inside ♪ ♪ it's gonna be all right ♪ ♪ all right ♪♪ bipolar depression. it's a dark, lonely place. this is art inspired by real stories of people living with bipolar depression. emptiness. a hopeless struggle. the lows of bipolar depression ca

an appeal, if there is a conviction, is not really any sort of surprise, so i mean, i think judge cahill most of us would have expected him to say. >> but do you wish that public officials would hold their tongue during this process? >> i think this is a topic that sometimes it's overwhelming for people, and i think their emotions get the best of them. you know, watching somebody being murdered and wanting to see justice in the end is something that sometimes makes people make statements that perhaps may be taken as out of turn. i think they're humans just like the rest of us, and so of course we don't want anybody to say anything that might be detrimental, and we would hope that, but you know, we reserve making judgments about that, because we understand, you know, the seriousness and how it's impacted so many people. >> i can imagine that this entire trial has been excruciating to relive, particularly, obviously, the videotape and having to see it be played over and over again. some of our legal analysts made a lot about what the defense attorney did yesterday, taking a very long time

'the jurors are going to be very careful to follow the instructions given by judge cahill.hey are going to examine all the evidence. one by one. videos, papers, anything. they're going to go over all the evidence and then they're also going to start to discuss the various jury verdict forms that they have received but they're going to be very careful to go over all the multiple copies of evidence and videos. >> just to give the audience an understanding of the -- the hennepin county voted about 70% for joe biden in november. this jury is made up of four white women, two white men, three black men, one black woman, two multi-race women. so it is a jury with a varied demographics on that jury. is that representative of the county, would you say? >> i think that the jury is very diverse. it's probably more diverse than most juries. but we have a number of people who probably excused themselves due to covid. and other reasons. so we have jurors who volunteered to do their duty who passed all the jury questionnaires and courtroom questioning so they want to do their civic duty.

you are told by judge cahill and no question that was accurate but then you were told by mr. nelson. no question that was not accurate. i'll tell you what i mean. what he was talking about causation. fentanyl. heart failure. hypertension. he said that we have to show beyond a reasonable doubt that none of the other factors played a role. that's not the law. and you don't have to believe me. you can read it yourself. you will see the instructions what we need to show is that the defendant's actions were a substantial causal factor in his death. didn't have to be the only causal factor or biggest factor. just has to be one of them. and the instruction will say that the fact that other causes contribute to the death does not relieve the defendant of criminal liability. there can be other factors. dr. baker had a section, i think called other factors, and he was clear. the other factors are not direct causes of the death, the direct cause was cardiopulmonary arrest in the environment of the police sub dual restraint and neck compression. when i got the question again all i did as

amy: judge peter cahill gave final instructions to 12 jurors, who will remain sequestered at a hotel during their deliberations. thousands of students from dozens of minnesota schools walked out of classes monday demanding justice for george floyd and for daunte wright, the 20-year-old black man shot dead by a white police officer during a traffic stop in the minneapolis suburb of brooklyn center april 11. the city's mayor mike elliott black man who was born in , a liberia, told cnn monday -- "it's not safe to drive in minnesota while you're black." >> and if we see police behind us, we are afraid. we are trembling. that is a kind of terror that no citizens of the united states should ever have to face. it is constant. it is ever present. amy: the minnesota governor called up 3000 members of the national guard, along with 1100 police officers from around minnesota. civil-rights leader jesse jackson joined protests outside the courthouse monday. >> they are still killing our people. stop the violence. save the children. amy: after headlines, we will go to minneapolis for the latest on

after judge cahill gave jurors detailed instructions for deliberating on two counts of murder and one count of manslaughter the state laid out its closing arguments explaining why former officer chauvin to use any deadly force on george floyd. >> 9:29. 9:29. during this time george floyd struggled, desperate to breathe, to make enough room in his chest to breathe. but the force was too much. he was trapped. he was trapped with the unyielding pavement underneath him as unyielding as the men who held him down, pushing him. a knee to the neck, a knee to the back, twisting his fingers, holding his legs for 9:29 as he desperately pushed with his knuckles to make space so he'd have room to breathe, the pavement lacerating -- lacerating his knuckles. so desperate to breathe, he pushed with his face, with his face to lift himself to open his chest to give his lungs room to breathe. george floyd losing strength, not super human strength. there was no super human strength that day. there was no super human strength because there's no such thing as a super human. those exist in comic books and 3

here isjudge cahill. all rise for the jury. please be seated.jury, and understanding of a verdict. —— i understand you have a verdict. members of thejury —— i understand you have a verdict. members of the jury come i will now read the verdicts as they appear in the permanent records the state of minnesota county of hennepin, district court, fourth judicial district, state of minnesota plaintiff versus derek michael show been, verdict counselling —— derek chauvin. port file number 27, cr 20, 12646. we thejury chauvin. port file number 27, cr 20, 12646. we the jury in the above titled manner as to count one, unintentional second degree murder while committing a felony find the defendant guilty, is the verdict agree to this 20th day of april, 2021 at 1:44pm. signed your 4—person juror number 19. same caption, verdict count two, we the jury in the above entitled manner as to compass make another degree murder, perpetrating an eminently dangerous act, find the defendant guilty, verdict agreed to this 20th day of april, 2021 at 1:45pm. signed by jury

fred: judge cahill said he anticipates closing arguments will begin one week from today.bs newshour, i'm fred de sam lazaro. vanessa: good evening, i'm vanessa ruiz in for stephanie sy. we'll return to judy woodruff and the full program after the latest headlines. updating our top story on use of force, in brooklyn center, minnesota, the city council voted to give mayor mike eliot control of the police deparment and then eliot fired the city manager. and in virginia, the state attorney general has asked the windsor police department to release records involving use-of-force from the past 10 years. a police chase in georgia left three officers wounded and an alabama man dead. the man's brother was taken into custody. the chase began outside atlanta, when state troopers pulled a car going 111 miles an hour. they say the driver took off again, and the other man opened fire on pursuing police. a shooting erupted this afternoon at a high school in knoxville, tennessee. police say one male student was killed and an officer was wounded. state officials say the student reportely

. >> reporter: after closing statements and instructions from judge peter cahill. >> it's up to the jury how long you deliberate, how long you need to come to a unanimous decision on any count. >> reporter: the jury will be sequestered in a city that is in essence sequestered as well. businesses locked down, boarded up, security stepped up, so many here, including those closest to the case. >> i'm very anxious and wondering what's going to happen, what's going to be the outcome. >> reporter: on edge for what comes next. jay gray, nbc news, minneapolis. >> of course, nbc will have all the latest details on that. >>> in the meantime, bay area authorities trying to figure out who targeted a defense witness in the derek chauvin trial and a warning, we're about to show you a graphic image of the bizarre vandal attack. police are trying to figure out who threw blood and a pig's head on the front porch of this santa rosa home. it was previously owned by a retired santa rosa police officer, barry brodd, who no longer lives there. he testified in minneapolis as an expert witness. >>> coming up, a

judge peter cahill later denied the defense's request for a mistrial, based in part on comments made by congresswoman maxine waters, who urged protesters to quote get more confrontational. if show vin is not convicted, the judge saying her words could be grounds for the defense to appeal a verdict. i wish elected officials would stop talking about this case, especially in a manner that is disrespectful to the rule of law and to the judicial branch in our function. many businesses have also been boarded up ahead of any potential protests more than 3000. national guard members have also been activated in minneapolis. caroline shaw, lively ktvu, fox two news. that certainly here in the bay area. many business owners have already started boarding up their storefronts you can see in oakland ply was already up on the first floor windows of several downtown office buildings. some apartment buildings have also started to prepare for potential violence is also a barrier set up outside the opd headquarters. lease in santa rosa are now investigating an act of vandalism that could be connected t

do you think based on that, that that will be persuasive to judge cahill?think it's going to be tough. remember, a prosecutor is only allowed to put in rebuttal evidence if it is new evidence, a new witness that will contradict the defendant's evidence. they can't retry their case all over again. and that's kind of why the judge was looking to expert report. did the prosecution have ample notice that this issue could come up or dr. fowler could have testified such that they could have initiated it initially. i think it will be tough based on the way the judge is responding to some of the arguments made by mr. nelson. i do think it's worthy to bring up. as david alluded to, dropping that mic on dr. tobin would be a phenomenal way for the prosecution to rest and close out the trial. >> is there any speculation in your mind that perhaps the carbon monoxide argument was persuasive to the jury? there was a lot of back and forth yesterday. i know it's central to the newly introduced evidence that jerry blackwell would like introduced? >> absolutely not. i think d

they heard the hennepin county judge peter cahill making the announcement in that courtroom. sara sidner has been watching all of this from day one. sara, you're there on the scene for us. give us a sense of what you're seeing right now. the -- unfortunately, sara sidner, we'll have to reconnect with sara sidner. don lemon, we're watching all of this together with you, with anderson. all of our reporters who were there. so many people are watching. >> reporter: the brother of george floyd. he was in the court when the verdict was read. the he called me, and there were nothing but tears. he could basically hardly get the words out. he said that this gave him both relief and release hearing a guilty verdict on all three counts, second interesting and intentional murder, third-degree murder and manslaughter. he was emotional. he could barely speak, but he wanted people to know that he thanked them for the support that they have been given throughout this entire process. we are trying to connect with him again now as he is, you know, coming out of the court, and we know that we w

why chauvin's trial verdict may hinge on judge cahill's jury instructions. also joining the discussion, amani perry, an award-winning author of numerous books, including "breathe, a letter to my sons and more beautiful and more terrible, the embrace and transcendence of racial equality in the united states." good morning to both of you, thank you for being here. joyce, i want to explore what you wrote about for msnbc, the idea that tomorrow, and a lot of people think the trial ended on thursday when the defense rested. but in fact the instructions to the jury in this particular case are remarkably important. in fact i remember opening arguments where the defense wanted to be clear that everything going around you in america, all this discussion about policing and social justice isn't what this trial is about, so i assume the judge is going to need to address what this trial is about to the jury before they enter that deliberation room. >> that's exactly right. and one of the things that concerns me is that the mood in the country may want to shift the entire

cahill: we will shoot for 915. subject to your witness being here. [inaudible]. cahill: in a morning everybody are going to proceed. >> thank you. the defense calls the doctor . [inaudible]. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. you swear or affirm the testimony. [inaudible]. >> i do read. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. >> state your full name and spelling. >> my full name is david richard flw ler. >> doctor are you presently employed pretty. >> i am retired predict. >> could you tell the jury a little bit about what you did prior to retirement. >> prior to my retirement, have been full-time in forensic pathology since about 1986 is when i first started to trying. and i have been full-time within the discipline for 30 some years. and according to her part to retirement. >> officer of the chief medical examiner the state of maryland freighted. >> give any other employment either before he retirement or subsequent to retirement pretty. >> yes, the occasional consultation case printed during the time prior to my retirement to since my retirement pretty. >> can you tell

we know judge cahill said they were not helpful remarks. saying i'll give you that congresswoman waters may have given you something, speaking to the defense attorney, on appeal and the trial being overturned. it would depend on which of these charges come through with guilty verdicts. we don't know at this point. that involvement has raised a whole host of concerns about the ultimate outcome no matter what we find out, right? >> right. it muddied the waters. i don't think that alone will give the defense a mistrial. most of my time, i've never been on the prosecution side as an investigator. i don't think it's enough to give them a mistrial. i'm sure that they will present that case. but what it did, it complicated things. i think it's important to go back to why this is become so problematic. early on, the judge issued a gag order not only to the defense but he issued a gag order to the prosecution and elected officials in general. he said i don't want you doing any talking at all. because it could prejudice the jury. he later rescinded t

it is asked repeatedly, it has been denied repeatedly by judge cahill. we know the jurors are not being sequester today. as they begin deliberations. however it's just another reason, under the ground for an appellate issue, that perhaps derek chauvin is going to have to be counting, on in the event he is found guilty of any one of the three offenses is currently being charged with. it was a very kind of chilling dialog to hear. grateful of course that it didn't happen in front of the jury. it would never happen in front of the jury. the jury had already been excused and taken away by the deputy to start their deliberations. but again it's the context of the idea, that this jury should never have worry heard about the daunte wright shooting. where the adam toledo shooting. or the potential for further riots and protesting. i think that's exactly what people need to realize, was the context within that dialog heard today. >> jelani i know you've been in minnesota in your back, now you've been covering this. one thing that was so striking to me watching ar

coverage starts with judge peter cahill issuing instructions to the jury followed by prosecutors who urged jurors to believe what they saw in the video of mr. chauvin kneeling on the strip lloyd's mac for more

judge peter cahill, you can listen to him yourself.ten. >> we the jury in the above entitled matter as to count one, unintentional second-degree murder committing a felony find the david guilty. this verdict agreed to this 20th day of april, 2021 at 1:44 p.m. signed juror foreperson, juror numb 19. same caption, verdict count ii, we the jury in the above entitled matter as count two, third-degree murder, find the defendant guilty. this verdict agreed to this 20th day of april, 2021 at 1 len 45 p.m. signed by jury foreperson juror number 19. same cam shun, verdict count three, we the jury in the above entitled matter as to count three, second degree manslaughter, culpable negligent, creating unreasonable risk find the defendant guilty. reporter: the jury came to its conclusion, approximately 1 1/2 days after closing arguments. those closing arguments took place monday afternoon. this was considered a rather quick verdict t was unanimous,. there were concerns on the ground in minneapolis but also in other major cities about protests and

>> reporter: the 11th day of testimony began with defense attorney eric nelson asking judge peter cahillsequester the jury, with news headlines dominated by the fatal police shooting of a black man in a minneapolis suburb osunday. >> this incident while it is-- i the problem is that the emotional response that that case creates sets the stage for a jury to say i'm not going to vote “not guilty” because i'm concerned about the outcome. >> reporter: but the judge denied the motion. >> this is a totally different case. >> reporter: ...and the prosecution called cardiologist dr. jonathan rich to the stand. >> have you formed any opinions in this case to a reasonable degree of medical certainty as to a cause of mr. floyd's death? >> yes i have. >> telus your opinion or opinions. >> sure, in this case mr. george floyd died from cardiopulmonary arrest it was caused by low oxygen levels and those low oxygen levels were induced by prone restraint and positional asphyxiation that he was subjected to. >> reporter: after reviewing george floyd's medical records, video from the arrest, and the autops

judge peter cahill said that derek chauvin will be sentence and eight weeks and he will be sentenced on the highest charge found guilty of second-degree murder. here in minnesota, the jury's typically serve two-thirds of the sentence in prison and providing the person behaves well the rest of the sentence served on pro outside of prison. however in this case the prosecution stipulated aggravating factors which might increase derek chauvin's time. the judge will make that decision. the court room moments ago moments ago derek chauvin did not look at the jury has the verdict was read. chauvin immediately stood up and put his hands behind his back and handcuffed and taken into custody. throughout this case, the defense repeatedly filed for relocation or acquittal arguing too much media saturation. the defense in the final moments of closing arguments yesterday argue local and national politicians weighing in on the case against the judge's wishes, even tv shows portraying the floyd case so we will wait to see if there some type of appeal from the defense, bret. >> bret: matt finn live o

will also have to you again but let's now take you to minneapolis the courthouse where judge peter cahill a start it's already for the jury. please be seated. members of the jury i understand you have urged. member of the jury i will now read the verdicts as they will appear in the permanent records of the 4th judicial district state of minnesota county of head up and district court 4th judicial district state of minnesota plaintiff versus derek michael show of and defendant verdict count one court file number 27 c r 201-2646 we the jury in the above entitled matter as to count one unintentional 2nd degree murder while committing a felony find the defendant guilty verdict agreed to this 20th day of april 2021 at 1 44 pm signed your foreperson juror number 19 same captioned verdict count 2 we the jury in the above entitled matter as to count 2 3rd degree murder perpetrating an eminently dangerous act find the defendant guilty verdict greed to this 20 if they have april 2021 at 1 45 pm signed by jury foreperson 19. same caption verdict count 3 we the jury in the above entitled matter as to

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judge peter cahill giving very specific instructions. >> during your deliberations, you must not let bias, prejudice, passion, sympathy, or public opinion influence your decision. >> i would be stunned if there was an all-out acquittal. i would just be shocked if 12 jurors were unanimously deciding that there was reasonable doubt in this case. >> reporter: regardless of what the verdict is, the impact is already being felt here at george floyd square. blocks barricaded, traffic cut off, violence on the rise. >> it was such a sense of lawlessness going around. people carrying guns and things like that. and it's very, very frightening for customers and business owners as well. >> reporter: sam willis jr. owns just turkey, opened in the wake of george floyd's death just down the street from where he was killed. >> this neighborhood was a flourishing neighborhood before all this happened. we have elderly people trying to come and get our food, which is hard for them to get into because of the blockage of the streets. >> reporter: willis and several other business owners in the area forme