now, with me to break down these charges, cynthia alksne, she's a former federal prosecutor in the civil rights division at the justice department and an msnbc legal analyst. thanks for joining us this morning, very much appreciate it. i want to read something for you from the "new york times" that they wrote in a story today that chauvin was charged with the third degree murder because, quote, this, third degree murder does not require an intent to kill, according to the minnesota statute, only that the perpetrator caused someone's death in a dangerous act, quote, without regard for human life. second degree manslaughter requires prosecutors to prove that mr. chauvin was so negligent as to create a, quote, unreasonable risk and consciously took the chance that his actions would cause mr. floyd to be severely harmed or die. cynthia, do you think this is a decision the city made to have as ellison put, an airtight case? >> yes, i do. now, there's a chance that when the evidence is, as you dig deeper and deeper, that the case could be superseded and you could change the charges, but i thin