will get a zonda joins us live now from minneapolis gabe we saw some very moving testimony today from the paramedics who had to move george floyd's limp body away from the scene. yeah it was a very powerful testimony but this trial as a whole is moving on from powerful eye witness testimony that we've been hearing for monday tuesday and wednesday and now the trial is shifting more to answering key questions that will play throughout the rest of this trial that is how did george floyd die exactly when did george floyd die and who or what is responsible for his death and i think this powerful testimony from these paramedics that were the 1st to arrive on scene to try to resuscitate him goes a long way to answering some of those questions at least for the prosecution because they were very clear that when they got there they said that that derrick show fans need was still on george floyd's neck and even when they 1st reached down to take his polls show van kept his knees on george floyd's neck and they very clearly stated that george floyd was unconscious and essentially. dead when they

i want to bring back gabe gutierrez in minneapolis.s jury is about to transition from listening to testimony to deliberating about it. walk us through the next few days and potentially weeks. what should we expect? >> reporter: jeff, it probably will be several days before the jury starts deliberating, or at least as we understand it. the judge has said multiple times that he expects closing arguments on monday. the events of this morning seemed to have moved things along quickly. we are waiting for the defense to take their crack at dr. tobin. by all indications, the judge seemed to indicate he would prefer to give the jury time off today into tomorrow and wait past the weekend to not have them deliberate over the weekend and then they would potentially start deliberating perhaps monday afternoon if closing arguments were in the morning. you need time to charge the jury. that's what we are expecting. something about this trial, despite all the attention, the jury has not been sequestered during this trial. there was a few days ago on

its case this week and only call on one expert witness on wednesday gabe gutierrez is there in minneapolis. gabeod morning. >> reporter: phillip, good morning. here at the courthouse the defense is building its argument that george floyd died due to drug use and underlying health conditions not due to a lack of oxygen they called one of their key witnesses on wednesday, a former medical examiner in maryland so far george floyd's heart has been at the heart of derek chauvin's defense. >> how did the heart and drugs contribute to the cause of death? >> they were significant they contributed to mr. floyd having a sudden cardiac arrest. >> reporter: dr. david fowler said floyd died with sudden cardiac arrest and illicit drugs, not lack of oxygen. >> in your opinion did this impact the structures of mr. floyd's neck >> no, it did not. >> reporter: fowler said he would have classified floyd's manner of death as undetermined due to multiple factors, including this >> there is exposure to a vehicle exhaust, so potentially carbon monoxide poisoning. >> reporter: fowler recently retired after 17 years as

. >> gabe gutierrez is on the ground for us there in minneapolis. he has been there from the beginning. gabe, this witness, again, made it pretty clear just how difficult it was, based on his understanding of the evidence, how difficult it was for george floyd to breathe. >> that's right, craig. your guests have been discussing, what we had seen, obviously, from the video is how george floyd was having trouble breathing because of the knee on his neck. what really also struck me from his testimony, craig, is the other ways that floyd was trying to breathe. i want to point to one section -- i don't know if we have the picture up. the doctor says, to most people, it doesn't look terribly significant. to a physiologist it's significant. the knuckle against the tire, that one point. george floyd's knuckles and fingers are trying to push up against the tire. that tells you, quote, that he used up his resources and he is literally trying to breathe with his fingers and knuckles. craig, that really just struck me as just the desperation that george floyd mu

gabe gutierrez is outside that heavily fortified courthouse in downtown minneapolis. gabe, i want to drill into what we are hearing toward the end of the testimony there about asphyxia. you wanted to drill into that point specifically. why is that? >> reporter: craig, yes, that's something we heard right before the end of the testimony when the prosecution said no further questions is when that doctor said that he thought that the most likely reason why george floyd died is due to asphyxia. george floyd did not have enough oxygen going into his heart. craig, that gets to one of the key parts of the prosecution's argument, that george floyd died due to lack of oxygen, not as the defense says due to his drug use. that's something that we expect to see later on in this trial when the medical examiner testifies on the autopsy report. the defense is going to try to drill down on that point, that this was somehow due to drug use. you heard from the doctor who pronounced him dead right there that he thought at that time that it was due to asphyxia. i thought that was a key part o

we'll get to all of it, but let's start in minneapolis with gabe gutierrez. >> justice at last we got justice at last >> reporter: from relief to reflection >> i feel good we got justice >> reporter: today as the country exhaled following the verdict the justice department launched an investigation into the practices of the minneapolis police department >> yesterday's verdict in the state criminal trial does not address potentially systemic policing issues in minneapolis. >> reporter: now a wide-ranging federal review of how the department does its job is under way from use of force during public demonstrations to handling people with mental health problems to discrimination in hiring practices >> i think this is arguably the most significant moment in our city's history >> reporter: mayor jacob frey wants congress to pass federal police reform. >> i think there is now a renewed sense of urgency like never before >> reporter: george floyd's brother says he prayed for 30 minutes before the verdict. >> i was excited it was a pivotal moment for me, my family, the world. >> reporter: afte

. >> and nbc gabe gutierrez is outside the courthouse in minneapolis. gabe, what's your sense of the point that this witness was trying to make? >> reporter: hey, there, jeff. the key points he made or that george floyd died due to an enlarged heart and hypertension and not derek chauvin's knee on his neck. something else stuck out. he did bring up the toxicology and met amphetamine and he said there was exposure to vehicle exhaust, potentially carbon monoxide poisoning. that's an argument we haven't heard before but goes to what the defense is trying to do to especially say george floyd died from a variety of factors and not derek chauvin's knee on his neck, jeff? >> and david, a quick question to you. we should note as we did that dr. fowler is currently being sued by the family of anton black in his role in that case. the only way the jury will know that is if the prosecution introduces it. do you think they know and do you think they should? >> i don't think they'll be able to introduce that, jeff. i would love it to come into evidence but they have to d

and now to ask him some questions in the meantime let's go to gabriel is on the life for us in minneapolis gabe obviously you've been following what's been going on inside the court there as well i have to say i think this admission by the supervisor that the restraint should have stopped when george floyd was no longer resisting the officers and was handcuffed was quite a key part of the testimony we just heard. yeah it was i mean clearly based on this testimony george derek chauvin was in violation of normal rules of engagement by police officers by using that tactic of need to the neck it's only supposed to be done until for a reasonable time in his words until the suspect is under control and he or she is handcuffed well it was more than 9 minutes that george floyd was clearly under control because he was stomach down on the ground and he was in handcuffs even before he was initially taken to the ground so that was some pretty serious testimony there that clearly is going to undercut any attempt by the defense to argue that the show of and was doing normal police tactics at the time that ge

floyd a 2nd chance at life ok well let's go to our correspondent who's outside the court in minneapolis gave. gabe we heard there the fire department employee also being questioned by eric nelson for the defense a lot of details about the exact timing of all of this really trying to paint a picture of what happened when the 1st responders showed up side cups. yeah that's right there's a lot of detail here the trial is moving into a different phase the 1st 3 days it was about the emotion of eyewitnesses on scene and what they saw bystanders if you will people that were in the store with george lloyd at the time now the trial is moving into a much different phase and this is the phase of more of the professional responders medical professionals that responded to the paramedics who responded now they're asking a lot of detailed questions of these folks and the reason why is this they're trying to determine at least the prosecution is trying to draw out from this testimony. was george floyd dead when the paramedics arrived and the short answer to that based on the testimony that we've been hearing tod

minneapolis. he has more on all of that. gabe, good morning to you. >> reporter: craig, good morning. this police precinct is still heavily fortified as the country grapples with the future of law enforcement post-george floyd. this morning the minneapolis police department is facing new scrutiny in the wake of former officer derek chauvin's murder conviction. >> yesterday's verdict in the state criminal trial does not address potentially systemic policing issues in minne >> reporter: attorney general merrick garland launching a re the department operates from usa health problems to trust. >> reporter: the city's first black police chief medaria arradondo says he welcomes the investigation vowing to cooperate fully. he fired chauvin after the officer kneeled on george floyd's neck for more than nine minutes last may and later testified for the prosecution during the trial. >> i absolutely agree that violating our policy. >> reporter: chauvin seen here in a new mug shot is in solitary confinement at the state's only maximum security prison, 23 hours of his day will now be spent in a sma

minneapolis police department, craig. >> shaq brewster outside that courthouse. gabe is also outside that courthouse in minneapolis as well. gabe, walk us through what this all tells us about the timeline of this case. >> craig, picking up on shaqqees -- shaq's point, you have to wonder the credibility of the police chief who worked at the police department since the mid '80s saying officer chauvin went too far. yesterday the shift supervisor said chauvin went too far. building on the timeline as well. the police sergeant. we saw pictures of him arriving at the scene and the officers putting up the crime scene tape. some viewers may wonder what took them so long. in terms of the timeline, the encounter happened around 8:00 p.m. as the sun was setting. it looked like this happened within the next hour, hour and a half or so. with george floyd pronounced dead at 9:30 p.m. tuesday after memorial day it was called a medical incident. even the police chief and mayor held the press conference when the details of this were not fully known. it wasn't until the following morni

the many people that were celebrating as derek chauvin now awaits sentencing inside of a minneapolis jail. gabe gutierrez is in minnesota this morning as reaction continues to pour in. >> reporter: laura and marcus, good morning. it was a dramatic scene outside of the hennepin county courthouse yesterday as the verdict was read. a crowd gathered shortly after the announcement was made that the jury had reached a verdict, but there was a huge sense of anticipation and anxiety leading up to that verdict just before, just before it was read just after 5:00 eastern time. in is that moment as the judge read the report. >> we the jury in the above-entitled matter as to count one, unintentional second-degree murder while committing a felony find the defendant guilty. >> reporter: after that derek chauvin was led from the courtroom in handcuffs, guilty of the murder of george floyd, an extremely powerful image that rippled across this crowd and was what the george floyd family had been waiting for. this had been a constant struggle for them. they are now seeing this verdict as much bigger than george f

handcuffed and not moving, lester >> gabe, who is expected to testify tomorrow >> well, the prosecution team told the judge, lester, that they intend to call the minneapolis police chief to the stand tomorrow. >> all right, gabe gutierrez, thank you. >>> the fda is investigating a serious manufacturing mistake forcing johnson & johnson to throw out ingredients for 15 million of its vaccine doses. this comes as almost 100 million americans have received at least one shot let's begin here with tom costello on the setback. >> reporter: it happened here at a emergent biosolutions in baltimore, 15 million j&j doses ruined after the ingredients for the astrazeneca vaccine were discovered in the batch. the astrazeneca e ingredients produced on the other side of the same facility j&j says its own quality control caught the error and this batch was never advanced to the filling and manufacturing stages of the manufacturing process. none of the u.s. j&j doses are affected. >> johnson & johnson has made clear that they expect to deliver 24 million doses in april and that they expect to meet their commitment of 100 million doses by the end of may >> reporter: we visi

gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: tonight, emotions are spilling into the streets of minneapolis. people cried as the verdict was read >> i can't believe it. there's poetry in the fact he couldn't breathe and it feels like we got a breath of fresh air. for the first time, it feels like we can breathe. >> it was just a beautiful moment when we get to see somebody get at least an inch of justice. >> all rise for the jury >> reporter: inside the courthouse, the dramatic conclusion to one of the most high-stakes trials in memory former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin looking on as the verdict was read late today. >> we, the jury, in the above-entitled matter, as to count one, unintentional second-degree murder while committing a felony, find the defendant guilty >> reporter: guilty of second-degree murder guilty of third- manslaughter >> i asked for time and patience to review the facts, gather evidence, and prosecute for the murder of george floyd to the fullest extent the law allowed >> reporter: after marathon closing arguments, where the prosecution argued george floyd di

this was the moment they had finally been waiting for, lester >> gabe gutierrez in minneapolis tonight, thank you >>> reaction was immediate in minneapolis and far beyond nbc's ron allen is following that for us. ron, what are you seeing >> reporter: lester, we're at george floyd square, the epicenter of all this. there is just relief, people are exhaling the mood is kind of subdued, but people are satisfied and people, in some ways, are just trying to process all of this and understand what happened all the people said this is what was supposed to happen they called it history a little girl i was talking to said this is the change her generation has been hoping for across the country we're seeing similar scenes of people gathering, starting to gather, coming out to celebrate what happened a lot of people across the country were preparing for violence there are scenes of building boarded up, national guard troops called up in places like washington, philadelphia and elsewhere. here, a national state o emergency was declared by the governor there are some 3,000 national guard troops on

joining me now is gabe gutierrez in minneapolis, judy hodge and george henderson. gabe, you've been covering this trial since the very beginning. you were there in the hours and days after this happened in minneapolis about a year ago. today the defense almost was putting george floyd on trial, talking about his addiction, talking about the need to restrain him. i know you're not inside the courtroom because of the pandemic restrictions, but from the notes you're getting from the reporters who are there, how does that seem to be playing with the jury? >> reporter: well, katy, it is hard to tell exactly how it's playing because of covid restrictions, they're all wearing masks. but we did get a report about half an hour ago that talked about one of the jurors, when he was listening to courteney ross' testimony, actually furrowed his brow, put his hand in front of his face and was seemingly emotional. at another point in the testimony, the jurors were taking notes. also toward the end of her testimony when she described how in march, just two weeks -- excuse me, two we

out there what you need to know next i'm hallie jackson in washington along with nbc's gabe gutierrez in minneapolisd seana lloyd, managing attorney of the cochran firm, orlando. let's start with a few key pieces of evidence jurors are coming into day four with in the chauvin trial. new body cam video from all four officers who were there the day george floyd died including chauvin's, which has not been made public before, showing before chauvin arrived the first officers approached floyd's parked car with guns out floyd immediately seems upset, begging officers not to shoot him. >> face away. >> okay, officer please don't shoot me. please, man, please. >> i'm not going to shoot you. step out, face away. >> please don't shoot me, man. >> throughout the arrest floyd appears to be terrified, telling officers repeatedly he is claustrophobic one of the bystanders, charles mcmillian, is 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

joining me now is news correspondent gabe gutierrez who is in minneapolis, expert pulmonologist dr. gupta. gabe, i want to start with you. how was the jury reacting? >> reporter: hi there, katy. this is supposed to be among the driest, most technical testimony we've seen so far, so you wonder how might the jury react to this. we're getting initial reactions from our four reporters inside the courtroom, and according to the core report, the jury was very attentive. they're taking notes, obviously impacted by this testimony, and you could see it from the doctor's testimony. he was engaging with the jurors, he was making eye contact with them. it certainly comes from his experience, as he says, testifying in dozens of trials, about 50, he says. so, katy, you mentioned a lot of the highlights in your setup, but what really struck me was the moment when the doctor was discussing not just the knee on george floyd's neck, but also the handcuffs behind him, how that impacted his breathing. it's going to be very tough for the defense to refute some of that based on any cross examination. we'r

nbc's gabe gutierrez is in minneapolis with more. >> we are tracking the latest developments of the derekuvin trial in minneapolis. the defense with the most aggressive cross-examination yet, and the debate exploding in the courtroom over what george floyd said on the body camera video. the defense playing a short clip from one body camera, and suggesting that floyd said that he ate too many drugs, but the prosecution with a dramatically different interpretation. chauvin's defense attorney also bringing up the crowd of bystanders and if they had distracted chauvin. we will have the latest of the developing story coming up on "today." >>> new numbers of migrant children crossing into california is up. it showed 64% rise compared to last year. in the meantime, lawyers have made contact of parents with 61 additional children. they were separated at the u.s./mexico border in the trump administration. by mid-january, 600 children whose parents had not been contact and that number is down by 100. >>> now, lingering questions in that rollover crash that nearly killed tiger woods. now there are f

gabe gutierrez is in minneapolis. >> reporter: with former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin takingotes, today prosecutors drilled down on use-of-force policies. >> when it's safe and feasible, we shall de-escalate. >> reporter: bringing officer after officer to the stand >> you want to use the least amount of force necessary to meet your objectives >> this detective oversees the department's use-of-force training. >> say, for example, the subject was under control and handcuffed, would this be authorized? >> i would say no. >> reporter: but defense attorney doubled down saying crowd distracted them and george floyd dried from drug use and underlying medical conditions, not the nine and a half minutes he was pinned under a knee a trainings picture shows an officer picture with officer restraining a subject with knee across shoulders and neck >> if that person were to be handcuffed and circumstances dictated, the officer would be permitted to continue to hold his knee in that same position, agreed >> i would say yes, however, we caution officers be mindful of the neck area and look f

a fierce debate over what george floyd is heard saying on one police body cam video gabe gutierrez is in minneapolis. >> reporter: after a chorus of cops this week testified former minneapolis officer derek chauvin did not follow his training, today the defense fought back. >> a reasonable officer could perceive the words that people are saying and the tone that it is being said in as a threat or a risk to the officer's safety agreed >> a risk, possibly. but officers are typically trained that when it comes to verbal threats in and of themselves that you can't just use that only to justify force. >> reporter: attorney eric nelson cross-examined sergeant jody stiger of the lapd, a use of force expert, who said chauvin's actions were excessive. nelson drilling down, arguing that a crowd of bystanders distracted chauvin stiger shot back that chauvin's 866 hours of training should have prepared him >> even i was surprised that he has the audacity to say oh, it's the crowd's fault. these angry people which i think is a suggestive way of trying to say these angry black people it's just asinine. >> reporte

testimony about it in a way we haven't heard before from a renowned breathing expert gabe gutierrez is in minneapolis. >> reporter: in the calmest of demeanors dr. martin tobin cut to the heart of george floyd's death. >> mr. floyd died from a low level of oxygen. and this caused damage to his brain -- >> reporter: a direct and powerful rebuttal of the defense's argument that floyd died because of drugs and underlying medical conditions >> do any of these conditions have anything to do with the cause of mr. floyd's death in your professional opinion whatsoever >> none whatsoever >> reporter: dr. tobin showed jurors a 3-d animation to illustrate what happened he testified that chauvin kept his knee on floyd's neck for more than three minutes after floyd took his last breath >> you can see his eyes, he's conscious and then you see that he isn't that's the moment the life goes out of his body >> reporter: dr. tobin, an expert pulmonologist who wrote what's known in the medical field as the bible on breathing, testified other parts of floyd's body revealed his desperate struggle to survive. >> you see hi

. >> nbc's gabe gutierrez is in minneapolis as well and following every moment of this trial. , you noticed something interest about the sergeant's testimony. how the police officers were interacting with the people on the scene? >> high, craig. in addition to the points you have already mentioned, one of the points that stuck out to me was the section where sergeant steiger was asked about that supposedly angry crowd of bystanders that the defense has been trying to insinuate was responsible for distracting the officers. sergeant steiger said officer chauvin had more than 160 hours of training and that should have prepared him to deal with a crowd of bystanders essentially blowing the defense's argument right out of the water. it has come it up repeatedly in the trial. it has perplexed people looking at this trial that the defense has made such an argument that this crowd of bystanders was responsible for distracting derek chauvin. also talking about this pain compliance technique that officer chauvin apparently used on george floyd's hands. we hadn't heard much about it. we k

gabe gutierrez is in minneapolis. >> do you swear or affirm under penalty of perjury -- >> reporter: today lieutenant richard zimmerman, the longest-serving officer in the minneapolis police department, delivered a scathing rebuke of former officer derek chauvin's use of force on george floyd. >> totally unnecessary. >> what do you mean? >> well, first of all, pulling him down to the ground face down and putting your knee on a neck for that amount of time is just uncalled for i saw no reason why the officers felt they were in danger >> reporter: for floyd's brother terrence the testimony was crucial. >> that just builds my confidence more in the system >> reporter: the defense is arguing that it was floyd's drug use and underlying health conditions that killed him, not the nine minutes and 29 seconds that chauvin placed his knee on floyd's neck >> the minneapolis police department policy allows a police officer to use whatever means are nec- -- are available to him to protect himself and others right? >> yes >> reporter: but on thursday chauvin's shift supervisor also said he went to

gabe gutierrez tonight. thank you. >>> as the jury deliberates, minneapolis and much of america are on edge this evening ron allen now with that story >> reporter: tonight tension and anxiety across the nation in anticipation of a verdict, especially near the memorial to george floyd >> i am hopeful. it's scary that it only takes one juror >> i don't have a ton of hope. >> reporter: thousands of national guard troops and police on duty one team attacked sunday morning, authorities say, by a drive-by shooter two guards slightly injured. minneapolis hoping to avoid a repeat of the violence that followed floyd's death. over $350 million in damage a police station destroyed. >> daunte wright >> reporter: nearby, the nightly protests over the killing of daunte wright by a now former police officer fueling the tension. more than 270 arrests last week. today hundreds of high school students briefly walked out of class, a show of solidarity with wright over the weekend outrage across the country. protests from portland to charleston. >> how many kids have you killed today >> reporter: and in chicago because of the

testimony about the cause of george floyd's death and emotional testimony from his brother gabe gutierrez is in minneapolis. >> reporter: about ten miles from the unrest overnight in brooklyn center -- >> this is obviously a high-profile case. >> reporter: -- this morning derek chauvin's defense attorney asked the judge to sequester the jury >> i would note for the court that we have at least one juror who's a resident of that particular city and other jurors who have connections to brooklyn center. >> reporter: the judge denied the motion. >> i understand the argument from the defense that this now puts them even more ill at ease, but i think sequestering them would only aggravate that >> reporter: the prosecution then called its 36th witness, chicago cardiologist dr. jonathan rich. >> i believe that mr. george floyd's death was absolutely preventable. >> reporter: he testified that george floyd's death was caused by low oxygen levels induced by chauvin's restraint. >> george floyd did not die from a primary cardiac event, and he did not die from a drug overdose. >> reporter: next on the stand, floyd's br

minneapolis. >> you just heard gabe mention that they are in that audience, saying she reached for her taser insteadke that had deadly consequences. how do you prevent that from continually happening? >> katy, we've become sadly accustomed to these funerals of african-american victims, of police violence. it talks of the sacred and the political. there is a mix for a call to action including further investigation in the death in this case. so in the oscar grant case, the defense was that that officer mistook his taser for a gun. but, katy, the prosecution didn't believe that defense. they actually charged that officer with murder. it's the jury that picked the manslaughter charge. i believe what mr. wright's family is hoping is that more investigation will lead to more serious charges against the officer accused in his killing. >> those weapons are so dramatically different from the way they're shaped, the way they feel, the weight of them, where they are on your body. we just heard benjamin crump talk about how daunte wright's life mattered. let's play a little bit of that. >> up on your feet, if y

joining me now is nbc news correspondent gabe gutierrez who is in minneapolis, former u.s. attorney cliff rosenberg and dr. anagy. everybody, welcome. gabe, tell me about that last bit. >> the prosecution certainly got their point across to the jurors before that objection. but i do want to point out some latest information we're getting from the pool reports, the one or two reporters in the courtroom. there was discussion by one juror who said she was watching television, watching a prerecorded show. she then turned it off when she saw a lawyer. she also mentioned she had gotten a text message from her mother-in-law that said it looked like a bad day. that's all she said. she did not say whether she replied, and the judge, it's not fair whether he was half joking here, and he asked if she had a book in the works, and she said, i don't know what to expect. it did come up this morning. she was brought before the judge. one other point i want to make, katy, there is something different today with the second open seat in that courtroom. now, we know that there has been one chai

gutierrez is in minneapolis for us once again. hi, gabeing, we're seeing a more visible presence of the national guard here in downtown minneapolis as the jury prepares to begin deliberations on monday now, this all comes after another day of high drama inside the courtroom. this morning after 14 days of testimony, the murder trial of derek chauvin is entering a new faze. >> the evidence is not complete for this case. >> reporter: the defense resting after chauvin's answered one of the trial's biggest questions, speaking unmasked for the first time in court. >> i will invoke my fifth amendment privilege today. >> reporter: telling the judge without the jury in the room that he would not testify, avoiding the risk of cross examination. >> is this your decision not to testify? >> it is, your honor. >> reporter: chauvin's defense called seven witnesses over two days, trying to make the case that george floyd died from drugs and poor health, not the ex-cop's knee on his neck for more than nine minutes on thursday, prosecutors tried to introduc

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gabe gutierrez is in minneapolis and charles coleman is a civil rights attorney and former prosecutor in brooklyn, new york. gabe, good morning. how is the prosecution finishing up its case? and what are we expecting from the defense as we head into that phase of the trial? >> hi there, kasie. the prosecution called three witnesses yesterday and told 38 witnesses that it has called now as this trial enters its third week of testimony, we heard last from a national use-of-force expert from south carolina who, like others, said george floyd died because of derek chauvin's knee on his neck, because of the restraint, not because of underlying medical conditions and drug use. before him we heard from philonise floyd, george floyd's brother, who gave an emotional account of his life and the relationship with their mother. we spoke with philonise flood just after he left the courtroom. >> it felt good because i finally got the chance to let the world know who my brother really was. he was always a great person to us. he inspired us in the household. we prayed together. one thing i can tell y

joining me now is nbc news correspondent gabe gutierrez who is in minneapolis, retired seattle police chief enforcement analyst carmen best, and civil rights attorney and former prosecutor charles coleman. gabe, it was a very short day in court today but there was a whole lot of drama. break it down for us. >> reporter: that's right, katy, rapid fire results this morning. we had expected perhaps for the testimony today to continue a bit longer, but right out of the gate, katy, you had derek chauvin speaking publicly in that courtroom out of the presence of the jury but saying why he didn't want to testify, essentially invoking his fifth amendment right. so we heard from that. then as you mentioned, it went to other motions, the prosecution trying to introduce those new lab results, saying they got a phone call, essentially, from the hennepin county medical examiner saying those lab tests were available. the prosecution trying to introduce them and the judge saying no, that is just not how we operate. he does not want a mistrial here and he denied that motion. dr. tobin then coming bac

joining me now is msnbc news correspondent gabe gutierrez who is in minneapolis. the host of nbc's "politics nation," reverend al sharpton and former investigator paul butler. gabe, what is this questioning leading to by the chief of police? >> reporter: as you mentioned, the prosecution is building up steam with questions of madera aridonda. as you know, this chief has been very outspoken in his criticism of derek chauvin. last summer he told me he didn't even want to be in the same room with him, didn't want to speak his name. we expect the prosecution to go directly at that. did derek chauvin violate his training? did he go further than he needed to? did he use excessive force? katy, as you also alluded to, this morning the defense tried to limit some of the police testimony, so the question will be how much will the defense object to some of this questioning? we expect some clash between the police chief and the defense attorney, potentially, as his testimony unfolds this afternoon, katy. >> paul, i want to get your take on that, because the defense is trying t

nbc's gabe gutierrez continues to follow the story closely for us from minneapolis. he's there at the courthouse. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: craig, good morning. each day of testimony here has revealed powerful new details. bystanders are dealing with a crushing sense of guilt over george floyd's final hour. witness after witness breaking down in court. 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 lon

rehema ellis is in chicago, morgan chesky in brooklyn center and gabe gutierrez in minneapolis. rehema, take us to chicago. what's the latest? >> good morning, stephanie. right now we're told that another rally is planned for this evening following the release of that police body cam video. the family of adam toledo continues to call for calm. we should warn viewers what you're about to see can be very disturbing. >> hands up! >> don't shoot! >> overnight pain in the streets of chicago over the deadly encounter captured on dramatic police body cam video. an officer responding to reports of shots fired in the early morning hours of march 29th began chasing 13-year-old adam toledo on foot. >> stop right [ bleep ] now! show me your [ bleep ] hands! stop! >> reporter: the teenager shot in the chest. the officer radioed for help and applied cpr. >> where are you shot, man? where are you shot? stay with me. stay with me. >> reporter: later toledo was pronounced dead at the scene. the city's civilian office of police accountability now investigating, releasing police records from that

joining me now is news correspondent morgan chesky who is in minnesota, gabe gutierrez in minneapolis, mary moriarty and pete butler. >> reporter: those charges were made official at 11:00. we're told kim potter turned herself into the bureau today about 11:30 where she faces the charges of second-degree manslaughter. we expect those charges to be officially filed later today. she is being processed as we speak. already in response to this, we've heard from ben crump, the attorney representing the family of daunte wright who acknowledged this is a step in the right direction, but made it very clear that in their eyes, this was not an accident and she purposefully pulled the trigger that killed daunte wright after that stop for expired tags. we expect to hear from the family later today. in the meantime, the scene around the police station today in brooklyn center very much reinforced, you can see the national guard and humvee troops stationed in and around that area. at last check, 3,000 national guardsmen are now here in the minneapolis area ready to respond should protests grow out

here's nbc's gabe gutierrez in minneapolis. >> reporter: good morning. the prosecution is bringing officer after officer to the witness stand to hammer home the point that derek chauvin went too far. now yesterday they called lieutenant johnny mursill to the stand, he is the man who oversees the use of force training in the minneapolis police department and actually trained chauvin himself in 2018. >> you want to use the least amount of force necessary to reach objectives. >> say for example the subject was under control, and handcuffed, would this be authorized? >> i would say no. >> reporter: but chauvin's defense team is continuing to insist that an angry crowd of bystanders distracted the officers and that floyd died due to drug use and underlying health conditions, not the nine and a half minutes that derek chauvin placed his knee on floyd's neck. we're also seeing the most aggressive cross-examination yet and the defense brought up a training picture that actually showed an officer with his knee on a suspect's neck and shoulders. >> person were to

minneapolis suburb leading to widespread protest and unrest. now the national guard is being brought in. >> this as the murder trial of former officer derek chauvin enters its third week. nbc's gabe gutierrez is in minneapolis with more. >> reporter: marcus and laura, good morning. as the prosecution in the derek chauvin murder trial prepares to wrap up its case at the courthouse behind me, overnight another police incident nearby enflamed tensions. it happened about ten miles from here in the minneapolis suburb of brooklyn center, and police say a man had a warrant out for his arrest and during a traffic stop, he got out of his vehicle, got back in, and that's when an officer shot him. relatives say that he drove a short distance before crashing his car and he was pronounced dead. relatives identify him as 20-year-old daunte wright. >> the police officer come to the window, put the phone down, get out of the car and daunte said why and he said we'll explain to you when you get out of the car and i heard the police officer say daunte, don't run. like a minute later i called and his girlfriend answered, she was a passenger in the car and said that he had been shot. >> reporter: th

out there what you need to know next i'm hallie jackson in washington along with nbc's gabe gutierrez in minneapolist with a few key pieces of evidence jurors are coming into day four with in the chauvin trial. new body cam

nbc's gabe gutierrez is in minneapolis with that story. u said, police say he was shot and killed less than two weeks ago by a brooklyn center police officer who authority viesa reached for her gun instead of her taser. during the emotional service, he was remembered as a loving father, former high school athlete who loved to make people laugh, and his mother gave a moving tribute at the service, as well, the family of george floyd and other families who lost loved ones at the hands of police. activists are demanding justice. this all comes just days aft the derek chauvin murder trial came back with a guilty verdict here at this courthouse. for the first time now, we're hearing from one of the alternate jurors in that trial >> it's really sad how did a $20 bill in question end up in somebody's death it boggles my mind. >> reporter: were you disappointed when you were dismissed from the jury? >> absolutely. i was. >> reporter: you wanted to vote. you would have voted guilty? >> reporter: that alternate juror, lisa christianson, says she didn

gabe is in downtown minneapolis. he has been camped out there since before the trial started. how does this set up what we expect to hear from the medical examiner this afternoon or perhaps at this point on monday as well. >> craig, i thought all of the analysis was spot on, that this witness was a preemptive strike by the prosecution. craig, you have to understand why this medical examiner testimony that we are expecting later today, why it has been so anticipated. it is an autopsy controversial because it listed the level of drugs in george floyd's system. 11 nanograms of fentynal which the defensed as used as an argument. apparently the medical examiner did in speaking with investigators said he had some skepticism that the actions of law enforcement officers contributed to george floyd's death, but the fact is we don't know what he will say on the witness stand. that's why it is highly anticipated. but as paul mentioned, this calling of a witness, she actually trained the medical examiner, so another sign of a prebuttal there. it has been an extremely difficult week for ge

gabe, of course, on the ground there in minneapolis from the beginning covering this trial for us. ide the heavily fortified courthouse. gabe, we heard the name maurice hall in testimony there from courteney ross a couple of times. what can you tell us about mr. hall? what do we know about him? >> reporter: yeah, craig. you just heard right there from your panel that the defense, during cross examination, is trying to get at that question of drug use. maurice hall potentially could be part of the defense's strategy, or would have been. came up several times. he is the passenger inside george floyd's suv that we saw in some of the body camera footage. what's interesting about maurice hall is we learned just yesterday, his attorney filed something with the court saying that maurice hall intends to plead the fifth and he will not testify. that could potentially be a blow to the defense as the defense tries to get more of that question of floyd's drug use. we know maurice hall will plead the fifth, will not testify. a couple of other things from that testimony we just heard from courten