inside the courthouse. the timing may have been a little bit off. there definitely was some reaction to what was being said when we were hearing from derek chauvin s mother, when we were hearing from the floyd family. the you re there on the ground. tell us what you saw and heard play out unside the courtroom compared to what you saw outside. good point. if you look at that small box, they were listening to different feed. so they re about 30 seconds to a minute behind what you were actually lus ening. to the timing was off a little bit. let me give you an idea of where we are. the courthouse is right there. this is a group of people right in front of the courthouse. we ll go in a little fwoit see what is there. 100 or so people sitting around and glued to the hearing as it was happening. you see some of them still there now. there is a billing boom box essentially that was playing out the feed of the hearing, of the sentencing. and one thing that you notice is how the smood shifted
0 we know that we saw that mr. floyd did not want to be in the backseat. that s it. that s the rub. it was the need to get him in that backseat no matter what. once he was pulled out of the backseat, he was find. went down on the ground. not fighting, not punching. and he was placed initially on his side. he is already handcuffed. he is placed on his side in the recovery position. like he should be. he is trying to breathe. he is on george floyd s back face down on the pavement. and officer king sat on mr. floyd s waist area and officer lane pulled his feet down. you can even see mr. floyd trying to pull his feet up. we all are going to fight to breathe. everybody knows that fear when you all of a sudden realize you re having trouble breathing, it is just in ate. he tries to pull his feet up. but he is held down the three officers. officer todd is watching. he is placed face down on the pavement so harshly that it rubs the skin off his face. he has injuries from the knuckles from try
you can t drink water from your taps. what s the problem? and you re absolutely right. and that was why i was so compelled to write an open letter to the mayor in puerto rico, because one of the things we know and we can all agree on is water is a basic human right. let me read a little fwoit viewers about this letter that you wrote. okay. you said this is why i feel a special sisterhood to your community and desperate plea for action. we cannot sit idly by and allow more people to become infected with disease and illness. cannot allow the low uk waing of aid and tying of victims hands with bureaucracy. it is fair to demand clear answers. mayor, the thing interesting about your connection and puerto rico s is you re not asking for other stuff. you re not asking for people to come and wallpaper your homes. you want water. in the case of puerto rico, they want water and electricity. basics. right. right. we want water. we need water, and we all deserve water. we deserve clean
booth. i ll tell you one thing. we ran my campaign the same way that i m trying to focus my work here in the debate in washington, and that is focusing on people who have real problems. i just want to go a little fwoit that night in particular. obviously the reaction for people like me and everybody who cover you was shock and disbelief. what was it like to be you? take us to the moment when you realized, wow, i m going to lose here? i was with my family, and it s very comforting, as you know, if you have a strong family. i have a wonderful wife of 25 years, three wonderful kids, two of whom were with me. i told them, i said, look, dad is going to lose. i actually called my son who works in new york and i told him. he said, you re kidding. i said no, i m really not. he said, you re kidding. i said, look, things happen for