the evidence demonstrates that derek chauvin did not, in fact, commit murder of george floyd. >> thatis not what a jury found. and we want to note, even if president trump does pardon chauvin, his state sentence would still stand. as we heard earlier this morning from the minnesota attorney general. joining me now is george floyd's brother, terrence. terrence, thank you so much for being here. i want to ask you what you first thought when you heard this push, and to see elon musk, who is at the white house, who is extremely influential with donald trump, reposting this idea that george floyd was responsible for his own death and that he believes that derek chauvin should be pardoned for the federal charges. >> well, when i first heard the. >> a few friends of mine sent. me articles from social media and i was trying to ignore them because i didn't want to relive. >> it. >> you know, but i wasn't surprised. because i was not surprised because i, you know, how they say you trust a liar to lie, you trust a snake to bite you? i when when he when he was elected and i seen, i seen all the t

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

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

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