charles mcmillian was a witness that day, breaking down after seeing police body cam video of george floyd all over again, saying, "i can't breathe" and calling out for his mother. that witness telling jurors today why it was so painful to hear those words. and tonight, for the first time, we hear former officer chauvin's voice from the police body cam played in court. >>> the coronavirus here in the u.s. the major headline tonight that could effect millions of children. pfizer saying human trials shows its vaccine is 100% effective at preventing covid in children between 12 and 15 with no serious side effects. what this could mean for vaccinations and school this fall. and the head of the cdc tonight and her new warning, with cases now on the rise in more than half the country. and tonight in europe, real trouble. france ordering a third countrywide lockdown. >>> we reported on it last night and late today, president biden in front of the cameras unveiling that sweeping $2 trillion infrastructure plan. he says it would fix 20,000 miles of roads and more than 10,000 bridges in this c

remember charles mcmillian? well, the defendant explained his actions, he explained the basis of his actions to charles mcmillian. here's what he said. >> yeah. i thought he didn't get in the car. >> probably on something. >> that was his justification for using this level of force. he's a big guy, he's a sizable guy, he might be on something, we have to control him. control is the restraint. that's the force. his two justifications were that george floyd was big and that he might be on something. well, you know the standards, you've heard the standards many times, you know the difference between a risk and a threat. officers are authorized to use force to respond to a threat. they're not authorized to use force to respond to a risk. anybody poses a potential risk, big, small, in between. everybody is a risk. not everybody is a threat. being large, the act of being large, it's not a crime. it's not a risk -- i'm sorry it's not a threat. it's merely a risk. being on something, being on something, it's not a threa

. >> the man that chauvin is talking to from his squad car there, charles mcmillian haunted by what youaw that day. the jury heard him on the body cam telling floyd to take it easy, quote, you can't win. watching it all unfold in court george floyd's family. >> they're suffering through this. this is very hard for them now to see new footage, new angles and they're hearing the visceral groans and grunts, the grueling aspect of george fighting for his life. it's just unimaginable. >> cnn's sara sidner is covering the trial for news minneapolis. >> reporter: christine and laura, we no doubt heard the most emotional and powerful testimony so far in the trial against former officer derek chauvin in the killing of george floyd. we heard from 61-year-old charles mcmillian, he said that he normally walks around the neighborhood and that on this day he kind of started with a funny anecdote, he said he was just being nosy when he heard a commotion near cup foods on 38th and chicago here in minneapolis. and then he watched the situation devolve after being sort of jovial on the stand he suddenly

charles mcmillian was the 61-year-old man who witnessed what happened that day outside of cup foods. ors played for mcmillian some of the police body camera footage. his reaction was indelible. let's take a look at that moment. >> i can't breathe. i can't breathe. i can't breathe, man. >> stop it right here, please. mr. mcmillian, do you need a minute? >> i feel helpless. >> that moment will be seared in the minds of the jurors, and we saw from mr. mcmillian we've seen from so many witnesses in the trial, that lingering sense of trauma, of selflessness, self-doubt. we saw the young cashier yesterday, christopher martin. both of them said they wish something more could have been done to help george floyd. >> we got to also hear for the first time derek chauvin's voice, i guess his justification on that body cam video saying, you know, we have to control him, he's a sizable guy. what is the prosecution trying to do there? >> the prosecution is trying to take the jury inside the mind of derek chauvin at the key moment in this trial. to set the stage, derek chauvin has just knelt on georg

everyone has a charles mcmillian in their life. he is someone you instantly know because you know someone just like him just a guy who had to talk today about what he observed talk about the effect this ordinary humanity is going to have on a jury of ordinary citizens >> well, i think you hit on the point exactly. the ordinary humanity and trauma and anguish experienced by mr. mcmillian and mr. parten has to be something the jurors take into consideration and in fact, research has shown that the trama from witnesses police violence is worse than witnessing other types of violence you can't avoid the police they are all over the place. you have few resources for action you heard how helpless he felt the victims are often stigmatized. your general feeling of safety is ever changed and i fear the long term mental health impact on mr. mcmillan and many people at the scene and around the country who were traumatized by what happened. >> it would be almost impossible for that not to be the case. sadly. you point out something so smart th

but the most devastating, the most powerful testimony coming from charles mcmillian who was driving by cup foods that day, and he noticed police next to george floyd's car. and he stopped because as he said he was being nosy. that's what neighbors do, right? that's what regular folks do. he's a regular guy being a little bit nosy. we all know someone like that, and sometimes we're very grateful and thankful for them because they sometimes save our houses from being burglarized or they look out for people who shouldn't be where they are at our homes, or what are you doing there, is that your package, why are you taking it? that kind of person. so he was standing on the street while all of that went down. he called to george floyd telling him you can't win, trying in his words to make the situation easier. and he was devastated watching it all over again. and i just want you to see his reaction, the whole thing, his emo emotion at watching what another human being was going through. and imagine how you would feel. >> oh, my god. i can't breathe. i can't breathe. i can't breathe, man. mam

. >> charles mcmillian: oh my god. >> pelley: charles mcmillian was among those witnesses who could plainly seemed to register in the eyes of derek chauvin. as you looked on the faces of the 12 jurors during the more difficult eyewitness testimony, what did you see in their faces? jerry blackwell and steve schleicher presented the case. >> jerry blackwell: i saw a kind of empathy in their faces, that they could feel what the witnesses felt. they could feel the anguish, they could feel the pain, theyar >> pelley: the dozen jurors remain anonymous. socially distanced from one another, they were never seen on camera. >> steve schleicher: they were bright, and they were taking their responsibilities very seriously. and you could see that throughout the entire trial. they would lean forward, engaged. >> blackwell: taking notes, lots of notes. >> schleicher: furious, yeah, furiously taking notes. >> pelley: several jurors had advanced degrees; one was a registered nurse. >> blackwell: they were overwhelmingly under the age of 40, which was unique. >> pelley: half were white, half people of color.

we will get reaction from charles mcmillian in an interview. and jeff pegues on police reform.eak with minnesota governor tim walz about what needs to happen next and the changes he needs to see. that's the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day.

charles mcmillian was a witness that day, breaking down after seeing police body cam video of george floyd all over again, saying, "i can't breathe" and calling out for his mother. that witness telling jurors today why it was so painful to hear those words. and tonight, for the first time, we hear former officer chauvin's voice from the police body cam played in court. >>> the coronavirus here in the u.s. the major headline tonight that could effect millions of children. pfizer saying human trials shows its vaccine is 100% effective at preventing covid in children between 12 and 15 with no serious side effects. what this could mean for vaccinations and school this fall.

>> yes, he loved his girls. >> reporter: on wednesday, charles mcmillian was on stand describing hiscan't win. >> reporter: floyd pleading with the officers. >> don't do me like that, man. >> get in this car. we can talk. >> reporter: after first witnessing it in person, mcmillian breaking down x experiencing the ordeal again when the prosecutors played the video of floyd begging for air and pleading for his mom. >> i feel helpless. i don't have a mom, either. >> let's take a ten-minute break. >> reporter: earlier this morning, t.j. talked to channa lloyd about the videos shown in court. >> we saw everyone's perspective that day, why did the prosecution want to organize the videos that way? >> because it gives you framework, very clear and conscious of saying each and every one of them he was not resisting, very clear he was unconscious. when you look at each of the officer's body caption, you see that he's not moving, he's extremely still. >> reporter: and floyd's girlfriend is spending a lot of time talk about his love for family and how much he adored being a father. testimony con

been difficult although we didn't see these teenage witnesses but we saw the witnesses like charles mcmillian who watched the beginning when we saw him his head was on the table and sobbing and it took a few minutes to collect himself so we were steaming about trauma right in that court room and day and important to remember as well that the trial itself is a traumatic event many people marry more than the format change public to fend for help in counting in minneapolis thanks so much for being with us here on out of there. thank you now let's bring you some other news and tensions are deepening over ethiopia's and mega dan with sudan accusing it of breaking international law that's after 2 days of talks between ethiopia sudan and egypt failed to reach an agreement ethiopia has built the ground renee's once down to produce electricity but its neighbors fear it will impact their water supply have a morgan is in khartoum with more. so dan is thing that would if you're trying to do is try to impose a reality on the 3 countries especially sudan in egypt it says that the rounds of talks have produ

charles mcmillian, 61 years old. third grade education. grew up in the south. he described himself as a curious guy. he likes to know what's going on in his neighborhood, so he stops and he checks things out, right? his perspective -- he's the first one who is dealing with these guys. he has more information because he sees the entirety of the situation. but his perception is altered by his experiences. at the end of the night, he said to officer chauvin, i hope you get home safely, because that's what he says to police officers every night. >> that's one person's opinion. this guy is a sizeable guy. >> i'm just saying, you respect me, i'm going to respect you. you get home safely. >> darnella frazier. she's a 17-year-old high school student who, upon seeing the restraint of george floyd, her response was to pull out the cell phone and start recording and then sought to upload it to facebook. her perception of the event, her perspective of the event. she didn't even know officer king was there because her vision was blocked by the squad car. she began recording

appears to be terrified, telling officers repeatedly he is claustrophobic one of the bystanders, charles mcmillian seen asking floyd to calm down as this whole encounter with police escalated. mcmillian, yet another witness to break down on the stand >> oh, my god. i feel helpless. >> chauvin's own body cam footage shows him arriving on the scene before his camera eventually falls off under the police car later after floyd was taken away in an ambulance, chauvin is heard for the first and only time explaining why he held floyd down so long. >> i got to control this guy because he's a sizable guy. >> yeah, and i told him to get in the car. >> looks like he was probably on something. >> gabe, i want to go to you now in minneapolis with what we can expect i understand you are live now with somebody who has been watching this trial very closely obviously, george floyd's brother. >> reporter: yeah, that's exactly right, hallie. we will get to what to expect today in a moment, but first i want to speak with george floyd's brother who has been inside the courthouse over the last several days, was in the

charles mcmillian, you remember when he testified. he had the glasses. if any of you in the front row, when he walked by happened to notice his shoes. if you looked at his shoes you probably saw your reflection in those shoes. he dressed for court like it was the most important day of his life. interesting man. he was there. he is sort of narrating this horrific scene throughout. you hear him in the video. he called out to george floyd. he said, you can't win. you can't win. george floyd replied, i'm not trying to win. i'm not trying to win. i'm scared. the defendant -- the defendant was trying to win. he wasn't going to be told what to do. he wasn't going to take a challenge to his authority. he was trying to win. and george floyd paid for it with his life. now also need to be clear, this is not the trial of george floyd. george floyd is not on trial here. you have heard some things about george floyd, that he struggled with drug addiction, that he was being investigated for allegedly passing a fake $20 bill, that there was never introduced he knew was

a murder -- >> 61-year-old eye witness charles mcmillian was there, too. he says he begged floyd to comply. >> stop moving. >> reporter: he dissolved into sobs when he saw the video from that day. >> an off duty firefighter walked by begged officers to let her check his pulse or to check it themselves. >> there was a man being killed, had i had access to a call similar to that, i would have been able to provide medical attention to the best of my abilities and this human was denied that. >> reporter: some witness's faces were shielded from the public. only the jury saw them because they were all minors when they witnessed floyd's death. the teen who took the video that went viral and her 9-year-old cousin who testified anonymously. >> there's been nights i stayed up apologizing. apologizing to george floyd for not doing more. >> i saw that officer put his knee on the neck of george floyd. i was sad and kind of mad. >> reporter: a former cashier who accused floyd of paying for cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 bill testified, too. >> i took it anyways and i

. >> reporter: up like from charles mcmillian the man heard on camera video pleading for floyd to give police. >> you're helpless. i don't have a mamma either. i just -- >> reporter: also heard for the first time since the beginning of the trial, chauvin, himself, on police body footage as he defends his treatment of floyd to mcmillian. >> can't control this guy. he is a sizeable guy. looks like he is probably on something. >> reporter: arguably the strongest testimony for the prosecution came from members of the minneapolis police department. sergeant david pluger, now re retired was the supervising officer on due to and was asked about police protocol. >> yes. when mr. floyd was not offering any resistance to the officers, they could have ended their restraint. >> reporter: that was after he was handcuffed and on the ground and was no longer resistant? >> correct. >> reporter: the jury also heard from 35-year police veteran richard zimmerman who testified it was totally unnecessary for chauvin to kneel on floyd's neck after he had been handcuffed and calling it deadly use of force. >

. >> reporter: charles mcmillian pleading with floyd to give in to police. >> i feel helpless. i don't have a mama either. i understand him. >> reporter: also heard for the first time seasons the againing of the trial, chauvin himself on police body camera footage as he defends the treatment to floyd. >> got to control this guy because he's a sizable guy. >> i told him to get in the car. >> probably on something. >> reporter: the strongest testimony for the prosecution came from members of the minneapolis police department. sergeant david ploege re was a supervising officer on duty asked if chauvin followed police protocol. >> do you have an opinion as to when the restraint of mr. floyd should have ended in this encounter? >> yes. >> what is it? >> when mr. floyd was no longer offering up any resistance to the officers. they could have ended their restraint. >> that was after he was handcuffed and on the ground and no longer resisting? >> correct. >> reporter: the heard from police veteran richard zimmerman who testified it was totally unnecessary for chauvin to kneel on floyd'

the man who spoke from his heart with so much passion and so much sorrow and so much honesty, charles mcmillian that you saw there talking about how this affected him. we all know a guy like this, don't we? in the neighborhood? the guy that goes and gives you good advice because he's an he told here has been through some stuff. a guy that breaks up fights among young people. he is always getting into people's business. hey, mrs. so and so, you know what? your boy is down there and he is about to get in trouble. you should go get him. it is significant because this is a person that you can identify. with any neighborhood, any color or background. you know this guy. he took the stand with such honesty. actually in the very beginning, actually saying, look, i was just being nosey. he was climkind of funny. and then he breaks down, a grown man, 61 years old. when he breaks down sobbing and talks about his mother and talks about george floyd screaming for his mom. it was a punch in the gut to any human being watching this trial. the most, bar none, extremely emotional and powerful testimony that we

. >> reporter: he also seemed like to clerk christopher martin. 61-year-old charles mcmillian what passingeras called him yelling, you can't win, man. >> floyd was pinned down. >> mama, mama, mama. >> reporter: that store clerk came out, joining about a descendozen people, calling for police to ease up. >> i saw people yelling and screaming. i saw derek with his knee on george's neck. >> reporter: mcmillian saw it, too. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: for more than nine minutes as officer chauvin kneeled on floyd's neck, cameras showing the same thing, floyd saying again and again and again. >> i can't breathe. i can't breathe. >> reporter: a 17-year-old who did not want to be on camera recorded the scene on her phone, too. >> it seemed like he knew it was over for him. he was terrified. he was suffering. this was a cry for help. >> reporter: another cop asked chauvin -- >> i just worried about it. >> reporter: by the time that help arrived, all those cameras showed george flied was not moving anymore, and one caught chauvin's comments right afterward. >> we had to control this guy. he's a siz

. >>> also only on cbs this morning, bystander charles mcmillian who was one of 45 witnesses.ke down in court after watching footage of floyd's encounter with police. >>> and the minnesota governor pledges to work for real reform around policing. we have a lot going on in minneapo attention, california. new federal funding of $3 billion is available to help more people pay for health insurance — no matter what your income. how much is yours? julie and bob are paying $700 less, every month. dee got comprehensive coverage for only $1 a month. and the navarros are paying less than $100 a month. check coveredca.com to see your new, lower price. the sooner you sign up the more you save. only at covered california. this way to health insurance. . >>> we got word that's justice department will open an investigation into policing practices in general in minneapolis, minnesota. we are expecting an announcement on that later on today. meantime let's take a live look at the jail where derek chauvin is waking up this morning. the minnesota correctional facility oak park heights. he was ta

eyewitnesss who were feet away from the final moments of george floyd's life like 61-year-old charles mcmillian who took the stand and broke down in tears as the prosecution played this body cam video. >> mama, mama. >> i feel helpless. i don't have a moment. >> reporter: mcmillian would walk in that neighborhood. he hearse floyd cooperating with police as they try to get him in the squad car. >> were you trying to just help him to -- >> -- make the situation easy. >> reporter: on wednesday the jury was presented with body cam footage from all four officers. there were several angles including the moments when two safrs approached floyd while he was inside his car. officer lei pointed his handgun at floyd. he then steps out of the vehicle. floyd is cuffed and walked to the police car. chauvin's body cam footage showing his first interaction with floyd before his body falled to the ground. a struggle ensues between floyd and the officers. chauvin, the man wearing black gloves, places his hands around floyd's neck as another officer tries to restrain him. you hear chauvin's voice for the first ti

. >> reporter: 61-year-old charles mcmillian was passing by. and the cameras caught him yelling to floyd, you can't win. >> you can't win. you can't win, man. >> reporter: floyd was put on the ground, pinned down. >> stop moving. >> mama! mama. mama! >> reporter: that store clerk came out, joining about a dozen people watching. calling for police to ease up. he put his hands on his head. >> i saw people yelling and screaming. i saw derek with his knee on george's neck. >> reporter: mcmillian saw it, too. >> oh, my -- >> take your time. >> reporter: for more-than-nine minutes, as officer derek chauvin knelt on floyd's neck, cameras rolled, from numerous angles. all, showing the same thing. chauvin not letting up. floyd saying, again and again -- >> i can't breathe. i can't breathe. >> reporter: a 17-year-old, who did not want to be on camera, recorded the scene on her phone, too. >> he was terrified. he was suffering. this was a cry for help. >> reporter: amid those cries, another cop asks chauvin. >> put him on his side? i just worry about the

of the witnesses talked about on the stand this week, including especially from 61-year-old charles mcmillian the neighborhood and he got out of his car to see what was going on. i want to play that sound bite for you from him where he broke down testifying. take a listen. >> take a minute . >> oh, my god. i can -- helpless. i don't have a mamma either. i just stand there. my mom died june 25th. basically, what i'm saying like i said if once the police get the cops on you, you can't win, so i'm trying to tell him just cooperate, get up and get in the car and go with them. you can win. >> and did he say, "i can't" to you? >> yes, ma'am. >> do you understand him to be talking to you? >> yes, ma'am. >> could you talk a little bit about this helplessness that mr. mcmillian talked as many felt as they stood there and watched george floyd die? >> i would like to talk about that and i really appreciate you having me on this morning to be able to talk about the pain in my community. the trauma that he was experiencing, as you said earlier, was visceral, because when we are traumatized, the frontal pa

he was in >> witness charles mcmillian got emotional while testifying. you can on police body camera video with the red arrow pointing at him. he was walking by when the confrontation between george floyd an officer derek chauvin began and you hear him trying to calm george floyd we have >> as the video was played in court meal in broke down. >> also on the stand wednesday was christopher martin, the cup foods store clerk. that's the store where floyd was accused of using a counterfeit $20 bill. he seemed very friend. >> is talkative seem to just be having. i was memorial day. is. but in his life. it came >> next week. we expect to hear from the minneapolis police chief and also the medical examiner. the trial is expected to take about another 3 weeks in minneapolis, right to news nation. >> the u.s. labor department releasing new numbers from the jobless report for the month of march showing that america added 916,000 jobs last month, the nation's unemployment rate falling to 6%. it's actually the lowest unemployment level since the pandemic forced shut

. >> reporter: new video seemed to drive the prosecution's case like from charles mcmillian, the manyd to give in to police. >> i feel helpful. i don't have a moment that i am not seeing him. >> reporter: also from the beginning of the trial, hearing chauvin himself on police body cam footage. >> i had to control him, he's a sizable guy. like he's probably on something. >> reporter: arguably the strongest testimony from the prosecution came from members of the minneapolis police department. sergeant david pleoger, now retired was the servicing officer on duty, he was asked if police followed police protocol. >> do you have an opinion as to when the restraint of mr. floyd should have ended in this encounter? >> yes. >> when is it? >> when mr. floyd was no longer putting up any resistance and restraint. >> and that was after he was handcuffed and on the ground and no longer resisting? >> correct. >> reporter: the jury also heard from 35-year police veteran richard zimmerman who testified it was totally unnecessary for chov ton kneel on floyd's neck after he has been handcuffed calling

. >> 61-year-old eyewitness charles mcmillian was there, too. >> you can't win!> i'm not trying to win. >> he says he begged floyd to comply. >> i can't breathe. >> stop moving. >> mama, mama! >> mcmillian dissolved into sobs when he saw the video from that day. >> i feel helpless. i don't have a mama either, i understand him. >> an off-duty firefighter, an emt walking by on may 25th, 2020, testifies she begged officers to let her check floyd's pulse or check it themselves. >> there is a man being killed, and i would have, had i had access to a call similar to that, i would have been able to provide medical attention to the best of my abilities, and this human was denied that. >> some witnesses' faces were shielded from the public, only the jury saw them because they were all minors when they witnessed floyd's death. the teen who took the video that went viral and her 9-year-old cousin who testified anonymously. >> it's been nights i stayed up apologizing and -- and apologizing to george floyd for not doing more. >> i saw the officer put a knee on the neck of geo

i picture 61-year-old charles mcmillian breaking down into tears. knowing how courtrooms work, what impact does that testimony have? >> extraordinary impact. the idea of having over the course of several days some of these jurors have gone from never having seen the 8-minute and 46-second video we thought was out there. then you have testimony from a former firefighter. you have people trying on the stand as a mixed martial arts fighter. a 911 dispatcher saying she thought something was wrong. multiple underage children. the youngest being 9 years old. and then somebody more than half a century older than her breaking down on the stand. can you imagine what the trauma was like for those victims as well? and the question lingering in these jurors' mind is for all of these different witnesses to feel such profound guilt about what they were unable to do, not save a life, only a few feet away from the very person who stands trial right now, having been accused because he had the agency. it was within his power. he is an officer. and he chose not to do

we heard his voice after charles mcmillian confronted him. it was very cold. if he can't summon emotion, some kind of remorse, if he got up and testified then there was really nothing to add there. i think it was a good decision to not testify. this way, the defense will be attacking whether the state has proven its case beyond a reasonable doubt. >> mary, what did you make about a little bit of drama that unfolded today by the attempt by the prosecution to want to perhaps bring in other evidence about carbon monoxide and the test results from the coroner's office. and the fact that they got the last word in with the rebuttal before the closing arguments. how did you see that play out today? >> yeah, i think that was a really good way to end for the state. dr. tobin was one of the best expert witnesses i have ever seen. they were able to call him back to the stand and rebut to say that this had nothing to do with carbon monoxide poisoning. the drama would be if he were able to talk about a particular test for carbon monoxide poisoning that has been discovered.

testimony today at the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin just heard from charles mcmillian, a witness who was just passing by cup foods where this incident took place when he saw police officers next to floyd's suv and other people also testified today as to what they saw and heard in the minutes leading up to george floyd's death reporter craig treadway has the latest. >> do you get a lot of counterfeit bills in that store. no, have hasn't happened before. >> correct. but on may 25th 2020 store clerk. christopher martin says he wished he did just let it go. martin testified someone with george floyd that day tried to pass a counterfeit bill and failed. martin saying floyd was clearly under the influence of something and might not have known the bill he used to buy cigarettes was fake. martin says he and several co-workers tried on 2 occasions to get floyd to come back in to speak to their manager before the manager called police. a police call that ended with floyd ed, try you know, when i see the officer witness christopher bell free at pulled up in front of the store whi

. >> charles mcmillian, the state's 11th witness, confronted then officer chauvin after the accident, saying he should have taken his knee off floyd's neck. chauvin is heard on body cam video defending himself. >> that's one person's opinion. >> no, no -- >> i've got to control this guy, he's a sizable guy. >> i thought he couldn't get any -- >> looked like he was coughing out something. >> earlier in the day, prosecutors played security camera footage of floyd inside the cup foods buying cigarettes with the allegedly counterfeit 20-dollar bill and circled the face of christopher martin, the 19-year-old clerk who made the sale prosecutors showed martin outside among the crowd of bystanders with hands on his head, appearing distressed, and asked for his thoughts at the time >> i saw you standing there with your hands on your head for a while, correct >> correct. >> what was going through your mind during that time period >> disbelief and guilt. >> why guilt >> if i would have just not tooken the bill, this could have been avoided >> the prosecution also introduced body cam footage of f

. >> 61-year-old eyewitness charles mcmillian was there, too. >> you can't win. >> i'm not trying tocan't breathe. >> stop moving. >> mama, mama! >> mcmillian dissolved into sobs when he saw the video from that day. >> i feel helpless. i don't have a mama either. but i understand him. >> an off-duty firefighter, an emt walking by testifies she begged officers to let her check employed floyd's pulse or check it themselves. >> there is a man being killed, and i would have -- had i had access to a call similar to that, i would have been able to provide medical attention to the best of my abilities, and this human was denied that. >> some witnesses' faces were shielded from the public, only the jury saw them because they were all minors when they witnessed floyd's death. the teen who took the video that went viral and her 9-year-old cousin who testified anonymously. >> it's been nights i stayed up apologizing, and apologizing to george floyd for not doing more. >> i saw the officer put a knee on the neck of george floyd. i was sad and kind of mad. >> a former cashier who accused floyd of

they -- his state of mind and why he was having a hard time doing what you heard that witness charles mcmillian say which is just go along with them. >> well, for a lot of us, and many black americans, the trauma in dealing with the police is real. you deal with people who are trained and you are policed like you live in a third world country or militaristic state. so when the police approach mr. floyd, he was understandably nervous. he didn't know what was going to happen. they kept trying to force him into small spaces. they admittedly said how big he was but they want to force him into a small box that was not made for a person his size. he told them he was claustrophobic. they didn't do anything to look out for that. they didn't call a bigger car. they didn't do something to help him medically. they just pushed and forced and caused him to have more and more and more anxiety to the point where they felt like they needed to put him on the ground and then put their entire bodies on him until he died. so, i mean, the trauma in dealing with the police is real, and i think that police training i

like, from charles mcmillian.mera video, pleading with floyd to give in to police. >> i feel helpless. i don't have a mama, either. and i understand him. >> reporter: also, heard for the first time since the beginning of the trial. chauvin, himself, on police-body camera footage, as he defends his treatment of floyd to mcmillian. >> control this guy because it's a sizeable guy. >> yeah. and i thought -- >> looks like he's probably on something. >> reporter: arguably, the strongest testimony for the prosecution came from members of the minneapolis-police department. sergeant david pleoger, now retired, was a supervising officer on duty. he was asked, if chauvin followed police protocol? >> do you have an opinion, as to when the restraint of mr. floyd should have ended, in this encounter? >> yes. >> what is it? >> when mr. floyd was no longer offering up any resistance to the officers, they could have ended their restraint. >> and that was after he was handcuffed and on the ground, and no longer resistant? >> correc

. >> he was in home >> witness charles mcmillian got emotional while testifying.an see them on police body camera video with the red arrow pointing at him. he was walking by when the confrontation between george floyd an officer derek chauvin began and you hear him trying to calm george floyd down as the video was played in court meal in broke down. also on the stand wednesday was christopher martin, the cup foods store clerk. that's the store where floyd was accused of using a counterfeit $20 bill. you seem very friend. >> is talkative. seem to just be having. i was memorial day. is. but in his life. the dixie my. >> that was brian entin reporting this week we expect to hear testimony from the minneapolis police chief and the medical examiner. it's 9.20. still ahead, doctor fauci is saying no to covid passports will tell you why. there's an invisible threat in your backyard that could cause deadly heartworm disease for your dog. but not if you protect him every month with heartgard plus, the #1 choice of dogs. digestive and neurological side effects have rarely b

floyd's life partner about his struggle with addiction and i remember charles mcmillian, he was the older gentleman who sobbed on the stand. when he saw mr. floyd being pinned down by the cops, he told mr. floyd, just do what they say. you can't win. and george floyd said, i am not trying to win. and we know from the medical testimony that mr. floyd was just trying to breathe at that point. and the officer's knee on his neck didn't allow that. >> renee, you talked about the catharsis of this. let's go further and let me ask you, is the catharsis helpful? does it do something good for us? or does it have a lot of people in america saying, i told you so, you are now seeing what i have been telling you? >> for me, at least, catharsis implies relief or emotional deliverance. i'm just not there yet. the agony of george floyd, what he experienced, is just too great. i understand why there are people who can't bear to watch this. and when i wrestle about it myself, i think of the mother of emmitt till, the 14-year-old chicago boy that was lynched by two white men in mississippi in 1955. and no m

a decision that he's going to recent the rest of his life and tortured by that we heard from charles mcmillian yesterday a man who witnessed the death we heard from a 9 year old in one year old child who witnessed it so the levels of motion ality around this. really brings to the fore the depth of the tragedy now does it go to any of the elements the government has to prove maybe not as much as some of the evidence we're going to hear going forward particularly the medical evidence because that and this is a tricky period almost for the prosecution isn't it because again as i said to gabriel before this is the derek trial it's not the georgia floyd trial but we have to get past this but 1st. correct and one thing that we've seen the prosecution do to try to keep the focus on terror showmen is to show that video in the various videos that they have over and over and over. and that's a technique that is well used here because it is what's at the center of people's minds as they think about this case. as our legal expert with us today from minneapolis as we continue with day 4 of direction of a t

. >> reporter: 61-year-old charles mcmillian breaking down in tears wednesday as he watched body cameracers arresting floyd for using a counterfeit $20 bill to y a pack of cigarettes.>>lele i can't -- i can't joke. i can't breathe. >> reporter: chauvin's voice captured by his body camera when mcmillian confronted him after floyd was taken away in an ambulance. >> trying to control this guy because he's a sizable guy. he's probably on something. >> reporter: also testifying christopher martin, the store worker who accepted floyd's counterfeit bill. one of his co-workers was the one to call the police. >> what was going through your mind during that time period? >> disbelief and guilt. >> okay. why guilt? >> if i would have just not taken the bill, this could have been avoided. >> reporter: defense attorney eric nelson claiming bystanders distracted officers in those tense moments. >> when people are surrounding you like that in the street screaming, it is daunting but you can handle it. you call for other assistance if you have to. >> reporter: and next week the state is expected to call

. >> remember charles mcmillian kept saying get up and get in the car? get up and get in the car. and george floyd said, i will. i can't. he doesn't even have the opportunity. he is saying he'll get up, and get in the car. he isn't given the opportunity to do that. that's not resistance. that's compliance. at least an attempt to comply. >> and they used images. images, of people standing on the sidewalk, watching. the ones, the defense would have you believe were threatening, who were witnesses to what happened to george floyd. and tried to stop it. >> now, you're told some stories about the -- the bystanders. and the suggestion that they were an unruly crowd. you've gotten to meet them, now. you've gotten to meet two-thirds of ones who were there at that -- at that time. i described them, earlier, as a bouquet of humanity. and i call them that, because they came at different ages, different genders, different races. and they, all, came together, focused on the one thing, which was, they saw that a human being they did not know was suffering. and they wanted to try to intervene to

i love my brother charles mcmillian. that's why he was crying. he felt helpless. we're not going to do that. some of us black folk, some of us black men, we're not going to stand there. we're going to have to intervene in some way. they ain't going to kill us like that and we remain spectators. silence is not an option. i don't stand with the silence. that's the last two sentences of the letter to drew, the letter to your nephew. we've got to self-respect. we've got to self-defense and we intervene when you start killing us like that. >> i'm sorry. >> why did that one get you? >> because it's true. >> what part of it? >> all of it is true. you think about the history and the relationship my people have to this country. we revere the people who came over on the mayflower, but we demonize the people who came over in slave ships who built this country. that we -- for free. that we have less humanity and fewer options because people are always judging us. and there are different standards for people who look like me. instead of seeing someone's humanity, you see the -

video f where george floyd can be heard saying "i can't breathe," the most powerful testimony, charles mcmilliane jury today contained no words >> mr. mcmillian, do you need a minute >> oh, my god. >> mr. mcmillian, i'm not sure if there is water, as well if you need a break to get some water, let me know we'll take a break may i approach, your honor yes. thank you. nooooo... nooooo... quick, the quicker picker upper! bounty picks up messes quicker and is 2x more absorbent, so you can use less. bounty, the quicker picker upper. are you managing your diabetes... ...using fingersticks? with the new freestyle libre 2 system, a continuous glucose monitor, you can check your glucose with a painless, one-second scan. and now with optional alarms, you can choose to be notified if you go too high or too low. and for those who qualify, the freestyle libre 2 system is now covered by medicare. ask your doctor for a prescription. you can do it without fingersticks. learn more at freestyle libre 2 dot u.s. ♪♪ gillette proglide. five blades and a pivoting flexball designed to get virtually every hair on the f

. >> he was in >> witness charles mcmillian got emotional while testifying. you can see him on police body camera video with the red arrow pointing at him. he was walking by when the confrontation between george floyd an officer derek chauvin began and you hear him trying to calm george floyd down as the video was played in court meal in broke down. also on the stand wednesday was christopher martin, the cup foods store clerk. that's the store where floyd was accused of using a counterfeit $20 bill. you seem very friend. >> is talkative seem to just be having. i was memorial day but in his life. it came >> well, that was brian and reporting. now this week we do expect hear testimony from the minneapolis police chief and the medical examiner. we'll keep you updated. we'll be right back. ladies... check it out. so strong. so... not ripped. what're we talkin about... that's the hefty ultra strong bag hefty! hefty! hefty! (whispers) gimme. (confused) give me the bag? get hefty ultra strong at a low price oh! don't burn down the duplex. terminix. >> welcome back.

black pain, from 18-year-old darnella frazier to 33-year-old donald williams to 61-year-old charles mcmilliant being able to save, the flawed man they didn't know but who could still bring a radiant smile to his ex-girlfriend's face as she talked about their shared live together and their shared opioid addiction. they also shared what i call ancestral tears for floyd. they didn't know him, but they knew him. no one articulated that better than darnella. >> when i look at george floyd, i look at -- i look at my dad. i look at my brothers. i look at my cousins, my uncles. because they are all black. i have a black father, i have a black brother, i have black friends. and i look at that and i look at how that could have been one of them. >> that's the reason i could never bring myself to watch the entire video darnella recorded that horrified the world and reignited a movement. i looked at george floyd, pinned under the pressing knee of derek chauvin, calling for his mama, pleading for his life, and i saw myself. what happened to george floyd has happened to water scott, and is every black man's

. >> charles mcmillian is a bystander who's one of the first to even get involved in the arrest of george want to try to win. >> quit resisting, bro. >> you hear him pleading in the background -- you can't win. just give up. you're not going to win this way. >> he kept resisting arrest because he kept telling them that he was claustrophobic to the police car. >> you ain't going to win. >> i don't want to do this. >> i'll roll the window down. >> he was really one of the first people we saw who really tried to step in and do something. nobody knew what was coming next. >> man, i'm scared as [ bleep ] man. this is my body of proof. proof of less joint pain and clearer skin. proof that i can fight psoriatic arthritis... ...with humira. humira targets and blocks a specific source of inflammation that contributes to both joint and skin symptoms. it's proven to help relieve pain, stop further irreversible joint damage and clear skin in many adults. humira can lower your ability to fight infections. serious and sometimes fatal infections, including tuberculosis, and cancers, including lymphoma,

charles mcmillian sobbed as he rewatched video of george floyd's death. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: seen here in this security video, mcmillian urged floyd to calm down as his encounter with police escalated. >> i have had interactions with officers myself, and i understand once you get in the cuffs you can't win. you're done. >> reporter: but then former officer derek chauvin held his knee on floyd's neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds prosecutors say. prosecutors played body camera videos from all four officers that responded including chauvin's which had not been seen publicly. it fell beneath the squad car as officers struggled with floyd. later his voice is heard explaining why he restrained thyroid for so long. >> got to control this guy because he's a sizable guy, so it looks like he's probably on something. >> reporter: chauvin's defense team is arguing floyd died from underlying health conditions and drugs in his system. also, for the first time prosecutors played this surveillance video from inside the convenience store showing floyd minutes before his death. he appears animated,

charles mcmillian, 61 years old. interesting man. you remember when he testified.e had the glasses. if any of you in the front row when he walked by happened to notice his shoes, if you looked at his shoe, you probably saw your reflection in those shoes, right? he dressed for court like it was the most important day of his life. interesting man. he was there. he's sort of narrating this horrific scene throughout. you hear him in the video. he called out to george floyd. he said, you can't win. you can't win. and george floyd replied, i'm not trying to win. i'm not trying to win. i'm scared. but the defendant was trying to win. he wasn't going to be told what to do. he wasn't going to take a challenge to his authority. he was trying to win. and george floyd paid for it with his life. now, also need to be clear, this is not the trial of george floyd. george floyd is not on trial here. you've heard some things about george floyd that he struggled with drug addiction, that he was being investigated for allegedly passing a fake $20 bill, that there was never any evidenc

one of the witnesses, an older man, charles mcmillian the other day testified he told floyd at one point, you know, you can't win. and that was true. he just couldn't win from the beginning. >> still ahead on "morning joe" -- some major corporations are speaking out against georgia's new sweeping election law, and now republican lawmakers are hitting back. >>> plus, could the surge of coronavirus variants outpace the increasing availability of vaccines? it's a huge question. dr. mike the osterholm joins us to weigh in on that. >>> you're watching "morning joe." we will be right back. asthma attacks i've had. but my nunormal with nucala? fewer asthma attacks. nucala is a once-monthly add-on injection for severe eosinophilic asthma. not for sudden breathing problems. allergic reactions can occur. get help right away for swelling of face, mouth, tongue, or trouble breathing. infections that can cause shingles have occurred. don't stop steroids unless told by your doctor. tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection. may cause headache, injection-site reactions, back pain, and fatigue.

today we heard from 61-year-old charles mcmillan prosecutors showed mcmillian in the jury footage taken from the officer body cameras depicting the moments are the officers removed george floyd from the police car and put him on the ground, where chauvin holds his knee on floyd's neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds from that video from the officer's point of view you can clearly here george floyd pleading with them, telling them he can't breathe and calling for his mother that's what happened in the moment we're about to play for you. a moment that led to an outpouring of emotion from mr. mcmillian. >> mr. mcmillian, do you need a minute [ crying ] >> oh, my god. >> i know this is difficult. can you just explain sort of what you're feeling in this moment >> i can -- i feel helpless. i don't -- >> prosecutors also showed video of an interaction mcmillian had with former officer chauvin after the ambulance left the scene. mcmillian is arguing with chauvin expressing his distress about what he saw happened and chauvin tries to justify his action >> that's one person's opinion we got to contr

charles mcmillan was there, too. >> i'm not trying to win. >> he says he begged floyd to comply. >> i can't breathe. >> stop moving. >> mama, mama. >> mcmilliansolved into sobs when he saw the video from that day. >> you feel helpless. i don't have a mama either. >> an off duty firefighter, an emt walking by on may 25th, 2020, testified she begged officers to let her check floyd's pulse or check it themselves. >> there's a man being killed, and i would have -- had i had access to a call similar to that, i would have been able to provide medical attention to the best of my abilities, and this human was denied that. >> reporter: some witnesses faces were shielded from the public, only the jury saw them because they were all minors when they witnessed floyd's death. the teen who took the video that went viral and her 9-year-old cousin who testified anonymously. >> it's the nights i stayed up apologizing and apologizing to george floyd for not doing more. >> i saw the officer put a knee on the neck of george floyd. i was sad and kind of mad. >> a former cashier who accused floyd of paying for cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 bill testified to. >

charles mcmillan was there too. >> you can't win. >> i'm not trying to win. >> reporter: he says he begged floyd to comply. >> i can't breathe. >> stop moving. >> mama. mama. >> reporter: mcmillian dissolved into sobs when he saw that video from that day. >> still happening. i don't have a mama either. i understand him. >> reporter: an off duty firefighter, an emt walking by on may 25th, 2020 testified she begged officers to let her check floyd's pulse or check it themselves. >> there's a man being killed, and i would have -- had i had access to a call similar to that i would have been able to provide medical attention to the best of my abilities. and this human was denied that. >> reporter: some witness's faces were shielded from the public, only the jury saw them, because they were all minors when they witnessed floyd's death. the teen who took the video that went viral and her 9-year-old cousin who testified anonymously. >> it's been nights i stayed up apologizing and apologizing to george floyd for not doing more. >> i saw that officer put a knee on the neck of george floyd. i was sad and kind of mad. >> reporter: a former cashier who accused floyd of paying for cigarettes w