demonstrates some accountability. and i think that s a small thing that the family will be able to hold onto. let s go to minneapolis and listen in to what we re hearing from the family there. the family of jacob blake is with us. and the family of daunte wright is with us. this verdict and this sentencing is the longest sentence we ve seen, but it is not justice because george floyd is in a grave tonight even though chauvin will be in jail. so let us not feel that we re here to celebrate because justice would ve been george floyd never had been killed. justice would ve been the maximum. we got more than we thought only because we have been disappointed so many times
0 for them. all right. our coverage also will continue. the breaking news, derek chauvin, former minneapolis police officer has now been sentenced to 22 and a half years for the murder of george floyd. our coverage continues now with jake tapper. this is cnn breaking news. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper, and we start with the breaking news in our national lead. just moments ago we heard former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin s sentence to 22 and a half years in prison for the second-degree murder of george floyd in may 2020. and announcing his sentence, the judge acknowledged the pain of the floyd family and their struggles over the last year. he also said his sentence was based solely on legal facts, not on emotion, not on sympathy, not on public opinion. prosecutors had asked for chauvin to serve at least 30 years, while chauvin s defense team argued that chauvin should get probation or a lighter sentence. chauvin, of course, was convicted on three charges in a
mvp honors. he went toe-to-toe with brady and beat him. throwing three touchdown passes and on this trick play, catching a fourth touchdown. in a game with a record shattering offense, the defensive play sealed the win for the eagles. let s go to minneapolis and u.s. bank stadium where coy wire is standing by. what a game, coy. reporter: incredible game. records. over 15 records broken in this one, including most total yards in a game. over 1,000 yards that is regular season or post. tom brady tried to catch a pass. he dropped it. and nick foles caught a touchdown pass in the super bowl. he threw one, too. that had never been done. this is the guy with the respect of his team. he takes grad school seminary classes in the off season. he wants to be a high school pastor some day.
fourth-quarter comeback attempt by the new england patriots with tom brady. also highlights the on the gridiron to bring you this evening. let s go to minneapolis now with rick leventhal is reporting from there. he joins us in the frozen tundra from the outside the game that was played indoors. that was a heck of a game, my friend. reporter: it was in the. 67 pound6,767,000 fans were tred you will not see partying in the streets of philadelphia because of negative two with a windchill of negative 15. the coldest super bowl in history but it wasn t about the weather. the fans got quite a show. the big chatter before the game was the debate over whether pink spit out chewing gum before singing the national anthem. she tweeted that it was a throat lozenge and the panic of 26 seconds of black stream for viewers at home and it was a
fourth-quarter comeback attempt by the new england patriots with tom brady. also highlights the on the gridiron to bring you this evening. let s go to minneapolis now with rick leventhal is reporting from there. he joins us in the frozen tundra from the outside the game that was played indoors. that was a heck of a game, my friend. reporter: it was in the. 67 pound6,767,000 fans were tred you will not see partying in the streets of philadelphia because of negative two with a windchill of negative 15. the coldest super bowl in history but it wasn t about the weather. the fans got quite a show. the big chatter before the game was the debate over whether pink spit out chewing gum before singing the national anthem. she tweeted that it was a throat lozenge and the panic of 26 seconds of black stream for viewers at home and it was a