Form is anything that is by policy. it is not part of our training, and it is certainly not part of our ethics or our values. reporter: the prosecution s medical experts were blunt. a healthy person subjected to what mr. floyd was subjected to would have died as a result of what he was subjected to. reporter: chauvin opting not to take the stand in his own defense. i will invoke my fifth amendment privilege today. reporter: his attorney calling just seven witnesses to the prosecution s 38. they sought to convince jurors that george floyd s heart disease and drug use led to his death, not chauvin s knee on his neck. derek chauvin did exactly what he had been trained to do over the course of his 19-year career. the use of force is not attractive, but it is a necessary component of policing. reporter: but the jury was not convinced, and tonight, we have their judgment. what derek chauvin did to george floyd wasn t policing, it was murder. the former officer put in
Stand. abc s alex perez from minneapolis. reporter: former police officer derek chauvin today, for the first time, speaking in court, declaring he won t testify in his own defense, telling his lawyer and the judge he was invoking his fifth amendment right against self-incrimination. i have repeatedly advised you that this is your decision and your decision alone. right? correct. we have gone back and forth on the matter, would be kind of an understatement, right? yes, it is. have you made a decision today whether you intend to testify or whether you intend to invoke your fifth amendment privilege? i will invoke my fifth amendment privilege today. reporter: chauvin s lawyer then resting his case, but the prosecution wasn t finished. they called a rebuttal witness to challenge the new defense theory that george floyd s death may have been caused in part by inhaling carbon monoxide from the tailpipe of the police vehicle. it s simply wrong. reporter: dr. martin tobin,
President wrote a prayer, placing it in the western wall. he is the first sitting president to visit the western wall. he and the first lady are back at the hotel. meanwhile later next hour the president will be meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu and later in the afternoon he will hold a joint news conference with israeli prime minister netanyahu. this afternoon fox news will bring you that live. plus at 6:00 eastern don t miss special report with bret baier who will anchor tonight from saudi arabia with all the latest on president trump s landmark trip. this fox news alert. breaking news back in washington fox news confirmed former national security advisor michael flynn will invoke his fifth amendment privilege today. good morning, within the last hour people close to the former national security advisor have confirmed to fox news that later today they will reply to the senate intelligence committee that had
shannon: fox news alert. breaking news back in washington former national security advisor michael flynn will decline a subpoena from the senate intelligence committee and he will invoke his fifth amendment privilege today less than two weeks after the committee issued a subpoena for documents as part of their investigation into russia s meddling in the 2016 election. this is one of the many investigations ongoing now. the senate intelligence committee gotten praise. very bipartisan in nature and kept things relatively quiet and said they ll be very detailed and take as long as it takes. for now it looks like general flynn won t cooperate willingly. rick: that s the thing.