that person is derek chauvin. >> president trump should. >> in fact. >> pardon. >> derek chauvin. >>ump to pardon derek chauvin. this is the former minneapolis police officer who was convicted by state and federal juries in the 2020 killing of george floyd. donald trump's right hand man, elon musk, amplified the idea, saying this is, quote, something to think about. now, i will note that the president was asked about this in the oval office on friday. and now one of the headlines in the story is wrong. it said president trump said friday he's not considering pardoning derek chauvin, but that's not true. what donald trump said is a reporter asked him if he was considering it, noting your allies are calling on you to pardon derek chauvin. donald trump's response was no, i haven't even heard about it. the president responded, no, i haven't heard about it. that, to me is code for i don't know what they're talking about, but it could get on my desk and i could do it. >> well, the. >> other part of. that is you're asking yourself, so why the hell would we want to pardon a guy whom we watch

and could derek chauvin be pardoned? conservative commentators latch on to the idea, including one of trump's most powerful advisers. all tonight on laura coates live in. all right, everyone, at this point, you are probably asking yourself this very question are we in a trade war with our neighbors, or are we not in a trade war with our neighbors? it seems like every even president trump, doesn't actually know what direction to take because he's hitting the pause button again, delaying most tariffs on mexico and canada for now a month. our allies, frankly, they're confused. businesses don't know what to do. and the markets well they're in the red. trump was asked about all of this in the oval office. >> some of these exemptions that have been announced and some of these temporary delays, have you been influenced in those decisions because of the market reaction? >> well, there are no delays at all. no, nothing to do with the market. i'm not even looking at the market no delays. >> not quite. he outright delayed the tarif

it wasn't chauvin's knee on his neck.you know, we had to go through all of that, all the lies, all the all the different disgusting stuff on social media. and now to relive it, for them to bring it back up. this is the fifth year we were supposed to see progress. we were supposed to see progress. so many people promised things, you know, um, especially going to go with the die, you know, so many things was promised to us, promised to us as a people, not just not just the black and brown people, as a people. and they're back pedaling. >> were you surprised that all of these companies, um, there are a myriad of companies who came forward and said, we've got to do something. they were moved by what happened to your brother. the entire world came out and marched, moved by what they saw happen with their own eyes. to your brother on video taken by a 17 year old girl. and now you're seeing a complete move away from that at the behest in part of the president of the united states. what do you make of that? >> well, it kind of it

the evidence demonstrates that derek chauvin did not, in fact, commit murder of george floyd. >> chauvin course, is the former minneapolis police officer serving two concurrent sentences for state and federal convictions related to floyd's death. and joining us now is cnn anchor and senior national correspondent sara sidner. and sara, you talked with george floyd's brother. how has he and his family reacting to this? >> they're disgusted. >> they have seen this litigated and relitigated and seen people online like shapiro. relitigating facts that are absolute falsehoods. things he calls facts that are have been proven beyond a reasonable doubt to a jury in state court. but they say it's very hurtful that this to see this come up again and then more importantly, to see elon musk boosting it to his 219 million followers on x and 19 million of whom have watched this. it was extremely disturbing to the family. but also they say, look, if this is being pushed to donald trump, which is what elon musk has done, he has donald trump's ear. if this were to come to fruition, it would set the countr

that person is derek chauvin. president trump should, in fact, pardon derek chauvin.the evidence demonstrates that derek chauvin did not, in fact, commit murder of george floyd. george floyd was high on fentanyl. he had a significant preexisting heart condition. george floyd was saying he could not breathe before he was even out of the car trump says that he hasn't heard about this. >> but elon musk, who, of course, has the president's ear, shared that sentiment with his 200 million followers on social media. now, legal experts say that even if chauvin got a pardon, he'd still have to serve out the rest of his sentence on state charges. but of course, a pardon would reopen a wound for floyd's family and their family, and his family says it would set the country back 400 years. of course, in a world in which trump has already pardoned many people who assaulted police officers, assaulted the capitol, et cetera., this would come up. but i cannot fathom why you would take this on and say, okay, somebody who kneeled on another person's neck until they were dead deserves a

that person is derek chauvin. president trump should, in fact, pardon derek chauvin.he evidence demonstrates that derek chauvin did not, in fact, commit murder of george floyd. george floyd was high on fentanyl. he had a significant preexisting heart condition. george floyd was saying he could not breathe before he was even out of the car. >> that is not what a jury decided. and that was conservative maga mouthpiece ben shapiro. and here's what elon musk sent out to his 319 million followers, a tacit endorsement of the idea. they're reposting it. joining us in our fifth seat at the table is dante mills. he's a civil and criminal attorney and a law professor at temple university. thank you so much for being here. what do you make of this? >> i'm tired of having fake conversations. so we just have to say this is gaslighting, right? so this guy was convicted by a jury in a state court. so no matter what donald trump decides to do, if he issues this federal pardon, he's going to sit in jail. so what's the purpose of it? why would you go down this line, reopen this wound w

and derek chauvin destroyed that trust. and they've been trying to rebuild it. so it's actually really hurting law enforcement, because what you're saying is good conduct, bad conduct, it doesn't matter. you get to murder people if you want to. and so for every chief and every police officer out there striving to make a better department with a better relationship with their community, it is a spit in the face to them. >> to keith ellison, i appreciate your time this morning. thank you so much for being here. >> thank you. >> also new this morning, president trump's 25% tariffs on most everything coming from mexico and canada already having a real world impact. distributors are seeing higher prices for things like avocados, tomatoes and more. and fruits and vegetables from mexico aren't the only items getting pricier. cnn's natasha chen has been looking into this for us. she's joining us now. natasha, what are you learning? >> well, this importer. >> and. >> distributor here in los angeles. >> prepared for this. >> moment knowing. >> the tariffs. >> were going t

and if you get it wrong, derek chauvin, who had murdered george, will be acquitted. and it will be your fault because white jury cannot understand the nuances of a black man and we were going back and forth and i said to him, well, if there is no hope, why even represent the family? are we not on same type of journey to dismantle systemic racism that what every one wants as an american? and ben crump rolled his eyes, said fine and that's how we started talking to the and it turned out that they liked questions i was asking because asked them about their mom and i asked them about the times felt closest to their brother and he was like to know what it was like to cook all of that. and the second instance, you know, when floyd was murdered, there are two people in the car with him. one's name was shawanda and the other one's name was morris. morris hall. when pleaded the fifth, he did not cope great with investigators and shawanda hill, who is a woman in the car. she did testify she was a pretty hostile witness, was upset that she was called by the people who are tryin

. >> your allies are calling on you to pardon derek chauvin. are you considering that? >> no. i haven't even heard about it. no. i haven't heard that. >> in the first term, you were nominated for the nobel peace prize. the reason for that was the work that you led on the abraham accords. i spoke yesterday with a member of parliament that nominated you. he said the nobel committee is looking for security guarantees for ukraine. is that a possibility mr. president? >> before i even think about that, i want to settle the war and get it finished. if i'm not here, nobody will settle it. president macron has said that. everybody said that. the premise or is in presidents. that's all i'm singing about now. as far as the question about security later, that's the easy part. the hard part is getting it settled. we are losing 2000 human beings every week. more than that actually. 2000 nice, young -- they are getting older because they are drafting much older now. in the case of one country, much older. a lot of the young people have been killed. very sad. i would like to see if i could s

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and despite to make the assault across a mile length of open beach chauvin volunteered the 54th to lead the attack. fort wagner. other regiments would then follow support and so late in the afternoon on the 18th, the 54th formed up on the beach, waiting the command to advance. at that moment, the brigade commander, shaw superior, officer general george strong up on horseback, encouraged the men, telling them, don't stop to fire or get across the killing ground quickly as you can and then rely on the bayonet once you get to fort wagner. now, in the film facing his men, colonel shaw asks, pointing a finger at the flag. there, and he asks if this man should fall. who will lift the flag and carry on. and at that point, shaw boyhood friend thomas steps and says, i will most of you remember this scene from the film. in actuality was general strong, who that question if this man should fall, who will lift flag and carry on and it shaw who said will this isn't really in consequential because what shaw's commitment told his was that he was going to be at the front. he was not to move to the rear

now you even have elon musk being quoted as saying they ought to pardon derek chauvin, who was the policeman floyd's neck. where has all of the humanity gone? >> yeah, you mentioned that saint john's church. i remember donald trump standing there holding the bible upside down in his hand. duly noted. rev, it's going to be a great show. we'll all be tuning in for it. all of you. make sure to catch the special coverage from selma that's coming up on politics nation a little more than an hour from now right here on msnbc. thank you, my friend. what we just learned from investigators about the wildfires burning on new york's wildfires burning on new york's long (♪♪) (♪♪) get 0% apr for 60 months on 2024 gmc ev models. (♪♪) back. >> emus can't help people customize. >> and save hundreds on car insurance with liberty mutual. you're just. >> a flightless bird. no. >> he's a. >> dreamer, frank. >> and doug. >> well. i'll be. >> that bird really. >> did it. >> only pay for what you need. >> liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty. >> you probably. >> know vistaprint for business cards. yep. but did you kn

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