Range was expected, now were waiting to hear the reaction from various parties including from the floyd family themselves because Derek Chauvin did speak today. Well give you the details of that. First to Matt Finn In Minneapolis that has been chronicling the case from the beginning and how things are going now. Matt . Hi, neil. Right now peaceful in the streets. Theres a semi large crowd outside the courthouse. People were chanting black lives matter no protests or any riots in minneapolis that weve seen. Moments before, judge cahill handed Derek Chauvin a 22 1 2 year sentence. The judge said that he did not make his ruling on emotions or on public demand. He said instead he based it on the rule of law. Hes releasing a 22page memo that will explain how he arrived at his sentencing. The big question is whether Derek Chauvin was doing to speak. In fact, he did for the firstime since George Floyds death. He never gave an interview and did not speak during the time and he did not testify.
First, at this hour, Vice President Kamala Harris finally visiting the southern border. 93 days after she became the point person on the crisis. Her trip comes during a record surge in illegal crossings in the United States. Hello. Im john roberts in washington, this is america reports. Good to be back with you again today. Seems like we have a busy news day every day. Today is. Im Gillian Turner in for sandra smith. Vice president harris is on the ground in el paso. Thats where youll recall that we saw one of the most heart breaking videos from this Currents Iteration of the border crisis. You can see Border Patrol footage from april. Shows smugglers scaling a 14 foot fence and dropping two girls on the other side. The smugglers completely abandon the girls leaving them defenseless, alone in the desert outside el paso. John critics point out the epicenter of the border crisis is hundreds of miles away in rio grande. The white house says el paso was a perfect case study. The Vice Presi
Converge at the same time. The big important one, the president of the United States that is planning to combat crime that he says is the source of guns. Too many of them out there in everyones hands and he wants to limit that. Were also going to hear from his Attorney General on how you go about doing that without stepping on some Constitutional Rights here. Critics are already saying the president is ignoring some other factors that have been at play for quite some time, long before the gun issue was an issue. More on that in a second. First, to black berman with the latest at the white house. Blake . Thanks. State dining room here at the white house. We expect to hear from President Biden at animent. The president will lay out the comprehensive strategy to combat gun violence and crime is how theyre putting it. Let me walk you there what were about to hear from the president this afternoon. His plan calls for a zero tolerance policy for rogue gun dealers, allowing atf to revoke lice
Converge at the same time. The big important one, the president of the United States that is planning to combat crime that he says is the source of guns. Too many of them out there in everyones hands and he wants to limit that. Were also going to hear from his Attorney General on how you go about doing that without stepping on some Constitutional Rights here. Critics are already saying the president is ignoring some other factors that have been at play for quite some time, long before the gun issue was an issue. More on that in a second. First, to black berman with the latest at the white house. Blake . Thanks. State dining room here at the white house. We expect to hear from President Biden at animent. The president will lay out the comprehensive strategy to combat gun violence and crime is how theyre putting it. Let me walk you there what were about to hear from the president this afternoon. His plan calls for a zero tolerance policy for rogue gun dealers, allowing atf to revoke lice
Converge at the same time. The big important one, the president of the United States that is planning to combat crime that he says is the source of guns. Too many of them out there in everyones hands and he wants to limit that. Were also going to hear from his Attorney General on how you go about doing that without stepping on some Constitutional Rights here. Critics are already saying the president is ignoring some other factors that have been at play for quite some time, long before the gun issue was an issue. More on that in a second. First, to black berman with the latest at the white house. Blake . Thanks. State dining room here at the white house. We expect to hear from President Biden at animent. The president will lay out the comprehensive strategy to combat gun violence and crime is how theyre putting it. Let me walk you there what were about to hear from the president this afternoon. His plan calls for a zero tolerance policy for rogue gun dealers, allowing atf to revoke lice