This of course is the worst cover story in the world, anyone whos ever read a John Le Carre story ever or seen a spy movie can spot this a mile away, it is an unsubtle cover, but they still do it at their embassies and consulates, presumably we do it too, at moscow in our embassy and around the world, this is what countries do, they give their spies diplomatic cover. But tonight the u. S. Government has called that bluff that everybody usually goes along with in this part of the spy world and the u. S. Government has named ten russians basically as intelligence personnel who now must leave this country. They are expelled. And this comes as all of a sudden this week we are having lots of big and very definitive moves from the new u. S. President , this new administration, about us in the world, and things that joe biden said during the campaign that he would undo and redo and end, hes doing a whole bunch of them all at once, this week. Yesterday for example we get President Biden announ
Are you cautious . Who is with you . Whats the mood . Where are you . And he said philonise and i are in the courthouse. He said the family has faith that Derek Chauvin will be found criminally liable for killing george floyd, and, again, thats from ben crump, the family attorney, and as has been reported earlier, philonise george, the brother of george floyd will be in the courtroom when the verdict is ruled and hes there now with the family attorney and the family attorney, i would imagine together, and they are cautiously optimistic considering the time that it took the jury to deliberate, wolf, and come up with a verdict that its going to be at least in their favor, not exactly sure how they are going to rule on all the charges but there you go, thats the latest from the family and the attorney, wolf blitzer. Well be checking back with them all the time. Sara sidner, just managed to reconnect with you. First of all, tell us where you are and tell us what youre seeing. Reporter all
This afternoon as we were just discussing millions of people, tens of millions of people across the country were holding their breath, feeling fear, anxiety even dread about what the outcome might be, in the trial of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin. Somewhat absurdly as many noted, given the fact that we all watched what happened to george floyd last may. In excruciating an unbearable detail, all nine minutes and 29 seconds of it. It was an act so offensive and so gruesome, that it captivated the conscious is of people there, people just passing by that moment, we didnt know each other, they were just going to the store. And they all saw this, in his struck their conscience and you see the look on their faces, of consternation and worry. Human concern, they all tried in their own way to intervene. To save George Floyds life, as it was snuffed out in front of them. In the video of what happened was so awful, so heinous, it precipitated the largest civil rights protest in
About the nation. America has a long history of systemic racism. Black americans and black men in particular have been treated throughout the course of our history as less than human. We cant stop here. We can and we must do more to reduce the likelihood of tragedies like this will ever occur again and this takes acknowledging and confronting head on systemic racism and the Racial Disparities that have existed in policing and our criminal Justice System more broadly. Thats the big lie, systemic racism. Did joe biden always believed the nation was racist to its core . Did he believe this when barack obama and he were elected not once but twice in a historic election . Did that do nothing to remove this stain on our nation . What about the 1965 Civil Rights Act . Does joe biden really believe he presides over a country where Law Enforcement is essentially a racist killing machine . Who knows . Even if hes not the one making the calls on this he is mouthing the words . But do not think fo
Policeinvolved shooting that led to the killing of donte wright, a 20yearold young africanamerican male. My heart goes out to dontes family and to all those impacted by this tragedy in our community and the world over. While we await Additional Information from the bca, which is leading this investigation, we continue to support members of our community as they gather peacefully amid our calls for transparency and accountability. Let me be clear. We will get to the bottom of this. We will do all that is within our power to make sure that justice is done for donte wright. We are going to continue to meet with Community Leaders and to hear their voices. In fact, we did that this morning. The chief and City Council Members and other elected officials from the state and city staff, city manager, we had a meeting earlier with the community to hear their voices in this time. We are also going to have continue to conduct press conferences and share information with the public. As i stated, we