it says, creating a federal no-fly list for passengers who are skeptical of the federal mask mandate that remains in place until february 18 is unfair and they shouldn t be added to that list. as we know, it s been putting the flight crews and flight attendants in really untenable situations. we really feel for them. pete fontain, thank you so much. in just minutes, the federal civil rights trial for three of the ex-minneapolis police officers who were at the scene of george floyd s murder will resume in minnesota. prosecutors will continue to cross-examine one of those former cops today. the defendants have pleaded not guilty to charges of failing to intervene as derek chauvin kneeled on floyd s neck until he died. chauvin was convicted of state murder charges and pleaded guilty to federal civil rights charges in december as part of a
plea deal. he now faces up to a 25-year prison sentence. a adrienne broadus joins us now. what do we expect to hear today? reporter: expect more cross-examination from tao. tao said his role that day was crowd control, calling himself a human traffic cone. his defense attorney, bob pauley, also showed some of the body-worn camera that tao wore that day. he said george floyd was on drugs. he claims he also ordered ems to arrive quickly. he thought his colleagues who were on scene were monitoring floyd s medical condition. the defense also showed images of tao s training, and some of those pictures show a person in
handcuffs with the officer having a knee on that person s neck in these pictures. now, thoa said this is not uncommon. when asked why a knee would be used in the exercises, thao responded, quote, to prevent them from rolling around or get up. let s look at some of the things he said on cross-examination. we re going to put this on the screen for you. the federal prosecutor lee ann bell said, did you see officer chauvin s knee on mr. floyd s neck? thao responded, i did. moments later, bell asked, you were in a position to hear mr. floyd stop talking? yeah, thao replied. and also during a cross-examination, attorney earl gray reminded jurors it was the first week on the job for two of the other officers, jay alexander keane and thomas lane. these former officers will also