thao kept bystanders from intervening.tage, lane can be heard twice asking chauvin, the senior officer on scene... >> should we roll him on his side? >> stay on him. >> reporter: and at one point, lane and kueng appear to discuss whether floyd had a pulse. >> got anything? >> no. >> reporter: the trial will not be broadcast publicly. the judge in the case expressed concern about the proceedings“ getting out of proportion.” he urged lawyers to limit the number of witnesses and move quickly to avoid delays caused by covid. thao, kueng and lane still face a state trial for aiding and abetting murder and manslaughter. it's now been delayed twice awaiting the conclusion of the federal case. for the pbs newshour, i'm fred de sam lazaro in st. paul, minnesota. >> yang: the charges and issues in this federal trial are different from those in the earlier state trial that ended in the conviction of derek chauvin. angi porter is a research fellow and adjunct professor at the georgetown university law center. thanks so much for being

jay alexander king, thomas l-- keung, and lane and thao. all three have pleaded not guilty.s us live from outside the courthouse. update us on the elements so far. >> reporter: yeah, just a few minutes ago we just entered the lump break, but the dame has been dominated by openings statements. as you mentioned, they are all facing at least one charge they were deliberately indifferent to george floyd's medical situation and that kueng and thao failed to intervene. the department of justice said each made a conscious decision over and over again, chose not to interview as chauvin killed a man. they chose not to protect floyd. she said, you will see when the ambulance arrived, it was the paramedics, and not the defendants, who told chauvin to get off. her opening lasted about 30 minutes, at which point we began to hear from the attorney for tou thao. what he argued was the widely circulated video does not show the full context, and even the crowd that gathered didn't know the full context, and part of what he said specifically was the fact that something ends tragically does no

he talked to officer thaoing there. he saw him push a co-worker who tried to get a closer look.felt they were not going to help george floyd which made him emotional. he didn't like what he saw in which he described in particular to the prosecutors, he looked dead. to which he responded, why did he look dead to you? and he said he was not moving. the prosecution really seemed to be trying to paint a picture of thao as someone more concerned about the bystanders and who was filming as opposed to what was happening behind him. part of the charges he is facing is that he was deliberately indifferent to george floyd's serious medical needs at the time. during cross-examination, the defense got martin to acknowledge that thao asked that co-worker to move first before that shove happened and also got martin to admit that he believed he felt floyd was on something at the time in regard to some sort of drug. now, as i mentioned, we've moved into the next witness. today though, jurors have seemed more engaged than we've seen them throughout the week as i mentioned, we are three witnesses

tou thao, 34 years had been on the force since 2012.gators he was unaware of what was going on with him he was too focused on trying to control the growing crowd. joining me a professor from the georgetown law school. a contributing columnist for "the washington post." kristie, how rare is a prosecution like this? >> thank you for having me. the prosecution -- a prosecution like this is really unprecedented. a federal civil rights prosecution charging officers for not intervening with a superior. >> why is that the case? why aren't there more prosecutions? because it's so rare it doesn't happen? or they're so difficult? or you just don't have video that shows like like it did in the tragic case of george floyd? >> i think all of those things, along with the fact that people's expectations for policing are changing so there are very few prosecutions of officers for failing to intervene at all. even though every circuit has this requirement. every federal court in the nation has this requirement. and it's been a requirement since 1972. bu

remember these three former minneapolis police officers, thomas lane, jay alexander kueng and tou thaopinnacle of spinelessness, stood by as george floyd was dieing under chauvin's knee despite bystanders to intervene. their trial gets under way this week prebltded by evidence at chauvin's trial, officer kueng knelt on floyd's back why lane kneeled on his legs and thao stood by keeping spectators away. depriving george floyd of civil rights and all pleaded not guilty. after their active cowardice that day, since floyd's death multiple states codified through legislation or policy officers have a duty to step in if they witness a colleague using excessive or unauthorized force. according to the policing project at nyu school of law, as of october at least 18 states required officers to intervene or required law enforcement agencies to adopt policies imposing such a duty on officers, and at least 17 states required officers to report what another officer using excessive force. a small change, but the sort that can help police departments root out rogue cops and hold officers accountable.

largely stayed close to the charges in this, that former officers thomas lane, alex kueng and tou thao knee of derek chauvin and specifically that thao and kueng did not intervene or try to stop derek chauvin. the prosecutor said over the course of her opening statement that each made a conscious choice over and over again. they chose not to intervene and stop chauvin as he killed a man. they chose not to protect george floyd, the man they handcuffed. then went on to tell the jury, you'll see the ambulance arrive, and it wasn't the defendants that got chauvin off of floyd, it was those first responders. now, i should also mention all of these former officers have pleaded not guilty to these charges. their defenses ranged from, well, the video and what the crowd saw didn't tell the full story of what happened, that they tried to do something but were shut down by chauvin. and that they were deferring to the senior officer on the scene in chauvin. i should also note chauvin is not a defendant in this trial. he was initially supposed to be but pleaded guilty to his charges last month and

alexander kueng, and tou thao are facing charges for their part in the deadly arrest of george floyd.riving floyd of his civil rights while their colleague, derek chauvin, kneeled on his neck. >> find the defendant guilty -- >> reporter: courtroom cameras captured the moment chauvin was convicted of murder last year. this trial will not be broadcast. attorney and legal analyst joe tamburino -- what is the defense's argument? >> it's twofold. one, they did not willfully try to violate the rights of mr. floyd. and secondly, that they had no part in what mr. chauvin was doing. >> reporter: video of the deadly 2020 encounter shows the three defendants at the scene as chauvin kneels on floyd's neck. lane and kueng had been patrol officers less than a week. at the heart, whether the defendants could and should have been tried to stop chauvin. at least one juror has been excused after saying he made a personal choice to stop watching the video of floyd's arrest. floyd's partner courtney ross says the three officers are as responsible as chauvin. >> they all took part in this. they all killed

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alexander kueng, thomas lane, and tou thao are charged with willfully violating floyd's constitutional rights during his 2020 arrest. video of the deadly incident shows the officers at the scene when chauvin knelt on floyd's neck. the three officers also face state charges in connection with floyd's death. >>> and turning to the coronavirus now, president biden said the government should have done more testing earlier. in his news conference yesterday, he urged americans to order free testing kits from the newly launched website covidtests.gov. nearly 980,000 people tested positive for covid yesterday. nationwide 63% of the population is fully vaccinated against covid. one of the lowest vaccination rates is in missouri. just 54% of the population there is fully vaccinated. at st. luke's hospital in kansas city, doctors say the number of covid patients has tripled since the beginning of december. >> is this busier than the beginning of the pandemic? >> most certainly. covid has completely fractured our lives, our personal and our professional lives. our icus are jam packed. the health c

alexander kueng and tou thao deprived flied of civil rights when they saw him lying on the ground andg and thao willfully failed to intervene as fellow officer derek chauvin knelt on floyd's neck for more than nine minutes. all three officers have pleaded not guilty to the charges. >> considering the fact that he that he moaned in agony and could not breathe for minutes on end until he passed, i believe proved the fact that they did denied him of his civil right. >> reporter: 12 jurors and six alternates have been chosen from across the state of mini to decide the high profile case. of the 12 seated jurors, seven are women, and five are men . the majority appear to be white. prosecutors must prove. as chauvin knelt on floyd's neck, police body cam footage and video showed king and lane helping to restrain floyd while thao kept crowds at bay. floyd's death sparking a national reckoning on social justice. chauvin is currently serving a 22 1/2 year prison sentence after being found guilty of floyd's murder in a separate trial last april. he's not part of this federal trial, after pleadin

. >> reporter: prosecutors alleged thao held bystanders book and lane held down his legs. lane could be heard twice asking derek chauvin if they should reposition floyd. another defense attorney thomas plunkett called floyd's death a failure by the minimum naps police department and a lack overadequate training. >> when you use that argument it's almost like you're saying yes it's true, he did it, but this wasn't properly trained. >> reporter: thomas lane and alex koenig were relatively new to the minneapolis police department and on duty for less than a week when floyd was killed. lane will testify in his defense. it is unclear whether this two other officers or derek chauvin will testify during this trial. >> o'donnell: thank you. washington is buzzing over the bombshell announcement on "face the nation" that the trump administration had a plan that would have authorized the department of defense to seize voting machines in several battle grounder mistakes. scott macfarlane has that. >> reporter: in plano texas at the courthouse prosecutors accused oath keepers stewart r

alexander kueng, thomas lane, and tou thao are accused of ignoring their training and failing to take action to save floyd's life, as fellow officer derek chauvin pinned him down. chauvin already pleaded guilty to federal charges after being convicted of state murder charges. >>> in washington, the supreme court has agreed to hear a high stakes case on whether race can be considered in college admissions. the court is taking up lawsuits against harvard and the university of north carolina that claim they illegally discriminate against asian american applicants. a decision against those schools by the new conservative majority could potentially end affirmative action in college admissions. >>> to the economy tonight, and a wild day of trading for the market. the dow plunging more than 1,000 points at one point over concerns over inflation, possible interest rate hikes, and ukraine. the dow then making a stunning rebound just before the closing bet today, finishing up 99 points after all, closing at 34,364. >>> when we come back here on this busy monday night, news coming in about three

. >> reporter: prosecutors alleged thao held bystanders back and lane held down his legs. lane could be heard twice asking derek chauvin if they should reposition floyd. another defense attorney thomas plunkett called floyd's death a failure by the minneapolis police department and a lack of adequate training. >> when you use that argument it's almost like you're saying yes, it's true, he did it, but this wasn't properly trained. >> reporter: thomas lane and alex keung were relatively new to the minneapolis police department and on duty for less than a week when floyd was killed. lane will testify in his own defense. it is unclear whether this two other officers or derek chauvin will testify during this trial. norah. >> o'donnell: mola lenghi, thank you. washington is buzzing over the bombshell announcement on "face the nation" that the trump administration had a plan that would have authorized the department of defense to seize voting machines in several battleground states. cbs' scott macfarlane has that. >> reporter: in plano, texas, at the courthouse prosecutors accuse

alexander kueng, and tou thao were guilty of ignoring floyd's repeated pleas of "i can't breathe" andiling to provide medical assistance as derek chauvin pressed his knee into floyd's neck for over nine minutes. two of the officers also helped chauvin physically restrain floyd. another officer prevented passersby from hoping. i defense attorney, meanwhile, argued chauvin was the one who called all of the shots. this is george floyd's nephew brandon williams speaking monday. >> it was hard watching that video of my uncle. begging and pleading for his life. instead of raising them up, turning him over, instead of one of the officers saying "hey, let him up," they ignored and chose to kill him. we need some accountability. amy: the three officers also face a separate state trial for aiding and abetting murder and manslaughter of george floyd. tennessee congressmember jim cooper has become the 29th house democrat to announce tuesday he will not seek reelection in this year's midterms. cooper says he did not see how he could retain his seat after redistricting maps drawn up by state republ

energy giant chevron and tou thao energies have withdrawn from a major gas project in myanmar citingst humanitarian situation following last year's coup. they welcomed the decisions. the energy sector has been the army's biggest source of foreign income. human rights watch says the military's crackdown on dissent amounts to crimes against humanity. much more news out always on our website at aljazeera.com. ♪ anchor: hello again. i have the headlines on "al jazeera." more than 80 people including children have been killed in two airstrikes in yemen. the u.s. has condemned the latest act by the saudi led coalition and has called on all sides in the conflict to begin dialogue. >> any bombardment that target civilians or that is not careful enough to protect civilians is of course also unacceptable. what we need is to stop this vicious cycle, when things escalate one after the other. what we need is to have, as we have been proposing from long ago, a cease-fire together with the opening of the harbor and airports, and the beginning of a serious dialogue among the parties. these escalatio

kueng and tou thao stood by and watched as derek chauvin murder george floyd, pressing his knee into floyd's neck for over nine minutes. the three face charges of aiding and abetting murder and manslaughter in a separate trial set to begin in a hennepin county court in march. minneapolis civil rights journalist and activist mel reeves died thursday due to complications of covid-19. he was 64 years old. reeves was community editor at the minnesota spokesman-recorder, the oldest black-owned newspaper in the state. last april, democracy now! spoke with mel reeves as the murder trial of george floyd's killer, derek chauvin, got underway. >> i'm not just a journalist, i am an activist. i have been on the ground, organizedgainst police violence when the fight was just fight r racial jtice, a fivefold justice -- a fight for justice and prevent prussic -- we have been trying to hold the police accountable. the police of minneapolis and simple have not change their behavior. amy: mel reeves was unvaccinated against coronavirus and died after a weeks-long struggle with covid-19. in december, h

former officers tou thao, j.ty to the federal charges. the three face state charges connected to fluid's death, that trial is set for this summer. former minneapolis officer derek chauvin pleaded guilty no federal court to civil rights charges related to the death of george floyd. cnn legal analyst joey jackson with us now. good to have you here. good morning to you. >> good morning, christi. >> good morning. so for this federal trial as we know it the three men who are facing this jury are facing a makeup of, as we understand it, ten women, eight men, 16 appear to be white, two appears to be asian. we should point out that during jury selection the presiding judge said this case has nothing to do with race. what is your take away over the fact that none of these jurors are black? >> yeah, christi, good morning to you. again, listen, what happens is that there is a distinction, of course, between the federal case and the state case and we can talk about that, but with respect to the federal case, the critical cru

alexander kueng, and tou thao stood by and watched as derek chauvin murdered floyd, pressing his kneento floyd's neck for over nine minutes. the three face charges of aiding and abetting murder and manslaughter in a separate trial set to begin in a hennepin county court in march. the justice department dropped its case against mit professor gang chen, who was accused of hiding research linked to the chinese government. prosecutors say they lacked evidence against chen. the case has sparked renewed criticism of the china initiative, launched in 2018, which has targeted some 20 academics, mostly of chinese descent, for prosecution. democrats from the congressional asian pacific american caucus have called for an end to the program and the aclu said -- "the justice department must end racial profiling in the name of national security." antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections killed more than 1.2 million people in 2019, becoming a leading cause of death worldwide. that's according to a new study published in the british medical journal the lancet, which warns bacteria are mutating to ev

a lawyer for one of the former officers, officer tou thao, argued his client's actions were not criminal he said the death of mr. floyd is indeed a tragedy. however, a tragedy is not a crime. the trial comes about nine months after a jury convicted their former colleague, derek chauvin, of murder and manslaughter video showed him kneeling on george floyd's neck for more than nine minutes as floyd said dozens of time he could not breathe. a lawyer for one of the officers said he plans to show the jury chauvin called all the shots and that his client did everything that he could with the training that he had. let's bring in david henderson, civil rights attorney, cnbc contributor. david, how difficult a case is this particular one for the prosecution to prove >> you know, shep, in terms of proof, this is not a difficult case if we've learned anything from watching january 6thth prosecutions, he's cautious, he's meticulous. but persuading a jury is something different altogether. >> the jury has been chosen. does that group that's been put together give either side an advantage as you know

not much discussion about its appearance so i just think it is a different -- i don't know thao matter how strongly one supports the republican and/or supports president, the former president of the united states, i don't know how we can't look at what happened on january 6th and think, that is a problem. that is a real problem. >> reporter: one more question, mr. president. >> president biden: i'm going to do this, if you asked me easy questions i will give you quick answers. >> reporter: there is increasing concern among democrats even if schools continue to open and i guess most of them are now open, republicans will weaponize this narrative of you and other leading democrats, allowing them to stay closed and the midterms next year. and obviously, that issue has a lot of traction with suburban parents. >> president biden: i'm confused by the question, i'm sorry. >> reporter: could who will be openings or closures become a potent midterm issue for republicans to win back back the suburbs? >> president biden: i think it could be, but i am hoping to god that -- look, maybe i'm kidding

from an ethics point of view, what thao do you wmake of what happening in chicago?es, we have got political misconduct. and what i mean is this omicron variant was coming where we knew it for weeks. we should have had policies in place about what we were going to do with the schools. the one that i favored was don't go to school unless we have got tests in the home. then, you would know not to send your kid to school if they were infected. we don't have the tests. i don't think we are going to get them anytime soon, which is a different policy failure. but parents deserve consistency. you know, anderson, i don't know why we are trying to sail into this omicron storm and run school. why don't we just say take off two weeks, take off three weeks, let this thing peak, it looks like it may burn out and give some help to people who need -- need, you know, daycare and babysitting assistance and all that. have a reasonable period of time and just wait, and then extend the school year. it -- to me, it looks hopeless because teachers, staff, many people are just not going in

alexander keung, thomas lane and tou thao all charged when they allegedly failed to offer medical aidd was in clear need of their medical care. two of them failing to intervene when chauvin jammed his knee on floyd's neck for more than nine minutes. lane can be heard on video of the incident asking if they should stop and check on floyd. >> roll him on his side? >> reporter: in opening arguments monday, prosecutors telling jurors the trio had a duty as sworn officers to interject when they witnessed chauvin's excessive force. but defense attorneys arguing the officers weren't properly trained and pointing the finger at chauvin arguing he took control of the incident. >> this particular case is absolutely goin to shape the culture of policing. this is going to send a very clear message about the way we expect law enforcement officers to act even if it's one of their own that is doing the wrongdoing. >> reporter: chauvin is serving 22 1/2 years after he was convicted on state charges and has pleaded guilty to federal charges. and lane's attorney has indicated that the former police offi