a homicide. the medical medical examiner performed the autopsy on george floyd. dr. andrew baker telling the jury floyd had severe under lying heart disease. it was his interaction with chauvin caused him to rule the death as homicide. i don t know if we got to an account that mr. floyd had hyper tension heart disease. he has a hard that already needs more oxygen than a normal heart. it is limited in its ability to step up to provide more oxygen because of demand. the law enforcement subdue rest restraints just more than mr. floyd can take. that answer is while damming did give the defense an opening. your opinion both the heart disease as well as the history of hyper-tension and the drugs that were in his system played a role in mr. floyd s death? in my opinion, yes. so they played a role according to the medical examiner. that s something we have not heard from the prosecutions other medical experts. in the end, even with that, it did not change baker s rule. in
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my cholesterol is borderline. so i take garlique to help maintain healthy cholesterol safely and naturally. and it s odor free. i m taking charge of my cholesterol with garlique. damning new testimony in the derek chauvin murder trial. the minneapolis police chief telling the jury his officer absolutely violated policy when he kept his knee on george floyd s neck for nine and a half minutes. the doctor who treated floyd also testified lack of objection jenning was likely the cause of death. also tonight, congressman matt gaetz making it clear that he is not resigning. denying all allegations about sex trafficking and prostitution but adding to his legal team. i want to get straight to the dramatic testimony in the trial of derek chauvin. cnn sarah sidner reports. reporter: the prosecution s 21st witness and former officer derek chauvin s murder trial was his ultimate boss. the chief of police. what is the officer supposed to do to a personal in crisis? attempt to de-e
this is the chief who fired chauvin after the arrest and death of george floyd, calling chauvin s action murder. today explaining why he s taking on an officer he knows well. if you believe this particular form of restraint if that s what we call it violates the department s policy. absolutely agreed it violates our department s policy. certainly once mr. floyd indices stress a the chief criticized chauvin failed to care for floyd once he is non-responsive. failing to ender aid to mr. floyd. the defendant violated our policy in terms of rendering aid. so that testimony came as we also heard from the emergency room, the doctor today who tried to save floyd s life, he told police floyd died from cardiac arrest due to lack of oxygen. sarah sidner is joining us live. reporter: we heard from the senior member from the police department, lieutenant zimmerman, he did not think what chauvin did was the right thing to do and certainly against the policy. now we heard fro
militia that conducted the strikes. we allowed and encouraged the iraqis to investigate and develop intelligence and that was very helpful to us in refining the target. pentagon spokesman john kirby says this strike was done in conjunction and coordination with allies in the region. oren, what does this tell you about president biden s larger military strategy when it comes to the middle east? we know the big question for the biden administration is u.s. allies in the region is iran and how to handle iran. it s not just diplomatically with iran s nuclear program. it goes beyond that iran s ballistic missiles, actions in the region. the key focus is iran. certainly there are other questions when it comes to the middle east. what the biden administration will do when it comes to yemen, syria. but the overarching umbrella is iran, and that s where the focus will be. that s why this is so sensitive. it wasn t a large-scale massive strike. it looks like a small calculated