Ms. Duckworth first he said i cant breathe. Then he called out mama for his late mother. Last monday, in broad daylight, george floyd was slowly, publicly killed by someone whose responsibility was to protect and serve. Officer Derrick Chauvin who has since been rightfully fired spent about three minutes ignoring floyds cries of pain. Refusing to move his knee from floyds neck, refusing to let up, to get up, even as the man under him begged for life and lost consciousness. Then he spent roughly another six minutes after floyd had fallen silent, ignoring the growing number of witnesses who begged him to see the obvious, that the man under his knee was unresponsive, that he was dying. As a mom, there are not words to describe the visceral, gutwrenching feeling of hearing someone cry out for their mother in a moment of such desperation. George floyds death was unnecessary and heart breaking. It was a tragedy but horrifyingly it was not an anomaly. From eric garner who told us six years ag
The presiding officer the senator from illinois. Ms. Duckworth as if in legislative session, i ask unanimous consent that the Senate Judiciary committee be discharged from further consideration of senate bill 1938 and the senate proceed to its further consideration. Further, that the bill be read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The presiding officer is there objection . Mr. Graham yes. The presiding officer the senator from South Carolina. Mr. Graham senator duckworth, i think we can probably get there if we talk. We got this thing at 5 30 last night. Its a Grant Program to try to drive better policing, less bias. I get that. Count me in for that concept. There is a civilian review process about prosecutorial decisions. I dont quite understand it. Senator lee came up and asked me questions about the bill. With no animosity, i object at this time. I hope we can get it part of a bro
Been with the family through these days. Actually with his now late grandfather when he died at the end of last week on friday. An honorary pallbearer, who says he was the worlds greatest grandfather and reminds us all we dont want to mourn, we want to celebrate, and we will speak with him in just a moment. In about two and a half hours, i think harris probably mentioned this train ride down to College Station, this was expected to be assertive typical houston day with temperatures around 70 and partly cloudy skies. As is so often the case in this part of texas, the weather really does what the weather wants to do, and it has become a very cloudy, overcast, drivel dumb i could drizzle off and on every couple of hours kind of day. Pierce bush, his grandson, is on the line with us now. It is an honor to have us with you, and thank you for spending some time with us. It is an honor to be here. Thank you for having me. Shepard i know you were with your grandfather when he died, and i know
Special air mission 41. The bush family will be gathering at Ellington Field shortly. You can see the motorcade there. His casket will be brought into view really for the first time as it will be loaded onto the plane. Then this world war ii flyboy will make one of his final flights. He will lie in state in the u. S. Capitol rotunda for the public to pay respects starting this evening going into wednesday morning. And then a state funeral begins. Also, traveling with his casket from texas to washington will be his beloved service dog sully. We saw him leaving the funeral home a short while ago. This is bushs longtime spokesman who shared this photo of sully laying next to the flagdraped casket. The caption reading simply, mission complete. Lets start in houston this morning. Kaylee hartung is at Ellington Air field with a layout of what were expected to see. This is the first of really a weeks worth of ceremonies. What will we see in a few minutes . Thats right, kate. Very soon here, g