The dramatic testimony in the Derek Chauvin Murder trial. The medical expert shows the jury when he says the life goes out of george floyds body. Former n. F. L. Player murders a doctor and his grandkids. Why the Shooters Family blames his football injuries. Trouble for Matt Gaetz . The florida Congressmans Associate is likely to strike a Plea Deal. His lawyers ominous warning. Odonnell carjacking murder. An uber eats driver allegedly killed by two teenage girls in d. C. , and it was all caught on camera. Whats behind the sudden increase in violent carjackings nationwide . And, the Poet Amanda Gorman inspired the country. For there is always light, if only were brave enough to see it. Odonnell tonight, how the Harvard Grad hopes to make history once again. This is the Cbs Evening News with Norah Odonnell, reporting from the nations capital. Odonnell good evening to our viewers in the west on a very busy thursday. Were going to begin with that Breaking News tonight, because at least one
Every day. Question is, will congress help address what the president calls an international embarrassment . Plus, The End of week two of testimony in the trial of the formerpolice officer accused of killing george floyd. Today, we are expecting to hear from the doctor, who ruled Floyds Death a homicide. The question is what will he tell jurors . And talk about masters. Golfer, Tommy Fleetwood lives up to the Tournaments Name with a Hole In One. The question is who is on track to win that green jacket . Amazing. Its way too early for this, or is it . I dont think its ever too early for a Hole In One. Good morning. And welcome to way too early. The show that, also, always tries to nail it the first time. I am kasie hunt, on this friday, april 9th. We will start with the news, which is, unfortunately, difficult, again, this morning. We begin with a pair of shootings. First, in texas. One person is dead, and five others are hurt, after a gunman opened fire at a cabinet company, in bryan,
Alarm warning the u. S. Could be primed for another spike, not just an increase, but a spike in new infections. Jeremy diamond is at the White House this morning with more on President Bidens actions on Gun Control. Jeremy, theres a limited amount the president can do via Executive Order. What exactly does he plan to do . Yeah, no question that the steps that were seeing from President Biden coming out today. These are limited steps. They fall far short of what he promised to do during the 2020 campaign. But senior officials have been telling us over the last 24 hours or so that these steps the president is going to announce today are just the beginning of his efforts to tackle the issue of Gun Violence in america and, obviously, his ultimate goal would be to see legislation passed through congress. Something that is a hurdle, a very steep one at that, given the Filibuster Requirements and democrats slim majority in the senate. Well hear from President Biden later this morning in the R
Of testimony in the trial of former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin because today the prosecution called this extraordinarily compelling veteran pulmonologist. As soon as they resume, well bring it back to you. But what this witness did, this expert pulmonologist, essentially explained to the jury how the body breathes and how he says chauvins nearly tenminute knee to the neck caused George Floyd to suffer low Oxygen Levels and ultimately a brain injury. And he sat there and he has analyzed the video of Floyds Arrest and the doctor said he could see the moment where, quote, the life goes out of George Floyds body. He said that then Officer Chauvin kept his knee in place for more than three minutes after George Floyd took his final breath. Listen. Over on the right image, you see his knuckle against the tire, and most people, this doesnt look terribly significant, but to a physiologist, this is extraordinarily significant, because this tells you that he has used up his resource
and what ensued in the struggle to arrest george floyd. he also may know about look at these pictures here, the pills found on the floor of floyd s car and a partial pill that was found in the police car that floyd was briefly in. all of which tested positive for methamphetamine and fentanyl. did george floyd die from the drug in his system or the knee on his neck? that is the question for this judge. criminal defense attorneys is here. but first, matt finn live outside the courthouse as we await the judge s decision this afternoon. hi, matt. hi, martha. so far no decision from the judge at this hour whether maurice hall will testify. as soon as the judge makes the decision, we ll bring that to you. right now on the stand in downtown minneapolis, dr. martin tobin, a physician giving powerful and difficult testimony to listen to. doctors have been testifying that the viral video of floyd indicates that floyd suffered a seizure. the doctor says he can figure out the precise