killed in lebanon. why the strike is sparking new fears that the war could spill into the wider region. and breaking news out of iran. more than 100 people killed in explosions commemorating an iranian general killed by a u.s. drone strike back in 2020. children amongst the dead and nearly 150 injured. we re going to have the very latest in just a moment as well. good morning, everybody, it s 10:00 a.m. in the east. i m yasmin vossoughian in for ana cabrera. good to see you this morning. we re going to begin in iran in the city of care monowhere just within the last couple of hours two explosions killed 100 people and injured nearly 150 people at the memorial site for ha sam soleimani. he was the head of the revolutionary guard corps. i want to bring in ali arouzi in tehran to talk more about this. this morning iran saying more than 100 people were killed in these blasts. what do we know? reporter: yeah, i mean, this just broke a few hours ago, yasmin, as you said. w
to re double their commitment to the alliance. we start in the american city of minneapolis and what s thought to be one of the largest pre trial settlements in us history. lawyers for george floyd, the african american man who died while being restrained by police officers in may of last year, say the city has agreed a settlement of $27 million for their civil case for damages. the money will be paid to mr floyd s family. a former minneapolis police officer, derek chauvin, is standing trial on charges including third degree murder, following the incident. here s the floyd family lawyer, ben crump. the financial compensation most directly impacts george floyd and his family, the future of their family. but it is the policy reforms that affects all of us. our correspondent, david willis, in la says it s one of the largest sums of its kind. george floyd s death at the hands of minneapolis police officers sparked the black lives matter movement, one of the largest protest move
in london last week. another kidnapping in northern nigeria, this time dozens of students are taken from a college in kaduna state at gunpoint. and, turns out you re not seeing double researchers reveal there are more twins being born than ever before. we start in the american city of minneapolis and what s thought to be one of the largest pre trial settlements in us history. lawyers for george floyd, the african american man who died while being restrained by police officers in may of last year, say the city has agreed a settlement of 27 million dollars for their civil case for damages. the money will be paid to mr floyd s family. a former minneapolis police officer, derek chauvin, is standing trial on charges including third degree murder, following the incident. here s the floyd family lawyer, ben crump. the financial compensation most directly impacts george floyd and his family, the future of their family. but it is the policy reforms that affects all of us. let s get
so if the supreme court were to say we re taking this up on appeal, and we re going to decide this issue, this is a constitutional issue and the supreme court would have to decide it. peter baker, i want to read for you a quote from the ap and republicans and conservatives essentially the reporti saying that they could possibly use this cause, the 14th enent clause as a weapon, if, in fact, they move forward with this in taking trump off the ballot in ine and colorado. political groups will routinely use section 3 against opponents in unexpected ways. it could be used to remove vice president kamala harris because she raised bail money for people arrested after george floyd s murder at the hands of minneapolis police in 2020. i m sure you and i specifically had this exact same conversation when it came to impeachment when we were in the midst of multiple impeachments of the former president when he was president of the united states, and republicans talking about how they would then
people took to the streets in minneapolis this weekend marching with family members of george floyd, whose death at the hands of minneapolis police officers was one year ago tomorrow. one of the officers in that arrest, derek chauvin, has, of course, been convicted of mr. floyd s murder. three other officers are still due to face trial, but tomorrow mr. floyd s family is going to meet in washington with speaker of the house nancy pelosi with several senators and then they re going to head to the white house to have a meeting with president biden himself. now this all comes as the police reform bill that s named after george floyd, has passed the house but it s been stuck in the senate for months now. we of course will be watching tomorrow on this anniversary to see if the anniversary itself