going to collapse on you? reporter: the 12-story tower partially collapsed killinger inially 100 people while many slept. tragedy also reached a movee set in new mexico where actor alec baldwin was handed a gun that fired a real round, killing the film s cinematographier. some of last i don t remember s biggest stories let led to this year s biggest triumphs. unintentional second-degree murder while committing a felony find the defendant guilty. reporter: a jury found former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin guilty of killing george floyd, a verdict celebrated outside the courthouse and underi don t understand. in georgia three white men were convicted of killing ahmaud arbery. and wisconsin teenager kyle rittenhouse was found not guilty
if a doctor amputate the wrong limb, do we throw him in prison? no, he gets sued, he has malpractice insurance, it s a horrible tragic accident. what is this also? a horrible tragic accident. and we can t start trying to throw people in jail, especially cops, who have a license to kill under certain circumstances. when tragedy like this strikes, we have to take a step back, not lunge forward, and try to do what we think the court of public opinion wants us to do. these facts should have been analyzed carefully before any charges were brought. i don t think they where. the jury may not think they were, either. jacqui: do you think at all that the fact that this unfolded during derek chauvin s trial for killing george floyd at all factored into the prosecution s decision to make this a criminal case, given what the public outcry would be if they didn t?
chauvin faces federally. there s a whole separate case against him. federal prosecutors allege back in 2017, he choked and assaulted a 14-year-old. they ve also filed charges in that case. victor, alisyn. josh, there are three other officers who face charges. what s this mean for them, if anything? well, one thing is clear. there are pros and cons for those three officers. we know the last thing they have wanted is to sit inside a courtroom next to derek chauvin. their attorneys, the other three officers, have made that clear. they want to separate them out because we all know we ve seen that video of derek chauvin on george floyd for over nine minutes. he, obviously, seen as the key aggressor here but those other officers were charged with a failure to intervene in that case. so the pro for them is they no long ver to sit next to him in court. that on the credit side. on the debit side, it s interesting to have the key defendant saying that yes, i committed that crime. whether tha
floyd. chauvin was convicted in april and sentenced to more than 22 years in prison. cnn s security correspondent josh campbell is in minneapolis for us. josh, what happens if chauvin changes his plea from not guilty to guilty now? well, this is a big development. it shows us that he s not going to fight these federal charges. the legal woes that this former minneapolis police officer has faced, he was convicted on state charges in the murder of george floyd but as is so often the case, the federal government came in and looked at the situation. any time there s an officer use of force, they ll determine whether or not there are federal charges. they determined that, yes, derek chauvin in their view violated george floyd s civil rights during that incursion. i ll read you part of the indictment. the federal government alleges that chauvin willfully deprived george floyd of the right, security protected by the constitution, laws of the united states to be free from an unreasonable s
mcconnell the republican leader and chuck schumer, the senate democratic leader to expedite this process, allow them to raise the debt ceiling along straight party lines, which is why this is happening with just democratic votes alone. but they are kicking this again to 2023, the question will be 2023, there s a very good chance republicans could be in the majority, in the house, maybe even the senate, joe biden will still be president then. that s going to be a big problem for another day. they don t want to vote to raise the debt ceiling, that s going to be a problem for another day, guys. manu raju, thank you! thanks. now to thris, the former police officer convicted of killing george floyd will be back in court tomorrow andments to change his fleaplea in a civ rights case. that s next. hey google.