Lead prosecutor of mr. Floyd i asked for time to thoroughly review all the evidence of the case and we looked at cases and the evidence available in the investigation is ongoing at this time. I also said that i know its asking a lot of people to give us time, particular people who have suffered for decades and centuries of injustice to be patient and yet we to get the time in together a very strong experienced team of which included county attorney Mike Freedman, his team and my team, we reviewed the evidence with the b. C. A. And we have something to announce today. Before i announce it, i want to say thank you for the patience of the people they have shown me and our entire team in pursuit of justice and i am here to make these announcements right now. First, today i filed an amended complaint in the chargers former Minneapolis Police officer tran1 with murder in the Second Degree for the death of george floyd, i believe the evidence available to us supports a stronger charge of seco
Arrested for mr. Floyds death. First of all, thank you, ladies and gentlemen of the press. Myself and my friend mike freeman want to share information with you. I want to begin with a reminder. That is, we are here today because george floyd is not here. He should be here. He should be alive, but he is not. About nine days ago, the world watched floyd utter his very last words, i cant breathe. He pled for his life. The world heard him call out for mama and cried out, dont kill me. Two days ago, when i became the lead prosecutor in this murder, i asked for time to thoroughly review all the evidence in the case. We looked at the evidence that is available and the investigation is ongoing at this time. I also said that i know what is i know it is asking a lot of people to give us time, particularly people who have suffered for decades and centuries of injustice, to be patient. We did get that time. Together, a very strong , experienced team which included the county attorney mike freeman,
The coast. Then as we get into the weekend cooling quickly were dropping into the 70s by this weekend. Well, some winds at work here and we might even have a slight little chance of a shower timed out. For friday night into saturday thats about what were looking out there. As far as what the breakdown is 86 put us down for 1 oclock at 4 about 89 again some token spots may pop up there to about lower 90s. Heres what it looks like across the bigger piece of real estate middle to lower 80s along the east bay shoreline again tomorrow getting a little hotter. Back to you marty all right dave thanks a lot. In San Francisco 3 more arrests related to a public corruption and murder Money Laundering scheme in San Francisco. The investigation linked to the january arrest and the charges filed against the citys former public works director, Mohammed Nuru its a lot of moving parts in this investigation. We want to get to a kron 4 Sarah Stinson to sort it all out for us in San Francisco, sarah. Mart
World are and whats happening in houston today. The junior funeral for george floyd sparked protests and riots. The world is watching. What is happening and houston. Ktvu Sara Zendehnam is led to bring us more. Gogood morning, garcia. George floyds private funeral is underway and we have a live look outside of the church as people make their way inside and there are hundreds of people attending this private service and they are filing inside the church as we speak. Earlier with the pallbearers caring for his casket into the fountain of praise church where the service is being held. Houston Police Officers lined up and saluted as the casket went by. The police chief said what happened to george floyd is without a doubt a criminal act and they are out there for support. We know there are 500 invited guests and reverend al sharpton will bring in boxer floyd weather who paid for the funeral, after jamie foxx, congresswoman Sheila Jackson lee, and civil rights accident activist. Derek chauv
Aljazeera. And on the. Roof. I dont at all watching aljazeera thats for money about top stories this hour george fords calls and has arrived at the fountain of praise church and his hometown of houston where people have been gathering to attend his funeral his death in Police Custody sparked 2 weeks of protests across the u. S. And around the while. Hundreds of people have also gathered to pay their last respects to floyd in minneapolis the city where he died. And burundis president has died at the age of 55. 00 a government statement says he died of a homes attack on monday he was due to step down and organist off to the recent president ial election. Well lets take you back to houston now and the fountain of praise church where as you can see the beginnings of the funeral of george floyd are currently underway a large number of people have arrived we did see the reverend al sharpton walk in with George Floyds family now u. S. President ial democratic hopeful joe biden will not be att