so we re expecting as early as 15 minutes from now but likely at 10:30 eastern time that, testimony to resume. as you were mentioning before you came to me, he testified to being a mixed martial arts expert. he was standing just feet away from george floyd back in may of 2020. witnessing this for the over nine minutes which we now know. he was testifying to a blood choke in those moments. that s likely what we re going to hear. yesterday we heard and got a clear case from both sides as to what they are going to argue either for or against. what was the actual cause of death for george floyd. they argue is primarily because of the methamphetamine and fentanyl in his system. they played the entire 9:29 video of that now infamous cell phone angle that played out over the past ten months showing some of george floyd s final moments as his brother sat in the courtroom and watched. it s not something that you want to watch, your brother tortured and screaming. basically like a fi
a professor at georgetown law. let me start with you, this will be the first full day of testimony. talk about what we re expecting and what we have seen in the last few minutes. i understand there is a chance that we will hear, but not see, from some people under the age of 8 that witnessed what happened to george floyd. yeah, there was two of them at the time of floyd s death. two of them that are now 18. in the past few minutes in the motions section of this trial judge cahill denied the state s request to keep their audio from being broadcast. so at this point the audio of those minor witnesses will be broadcast. video will not be allowed. however, we don t know company exactly they will be testifying but keep that in mind as we move forward. we re looking forward to testimony starting starting in just a few moments. donald witness has a mixed martial arts background. and i spoke with him last year sortly after the incident and he was haunted by what he saw and he descr
and mary wilson, a founding member of the supremes, has died at the age of 76. hello to you. welcome to our viewers in pbs in america and around the world. the historic second impeachment trial of donald trump has begun with senators being shown graphic video of last month s riot at the capitol building. it included images of violence and a former president calling on his supporters to fight like hell to help overturn the result of nobember s election. mr trump is charged with inciting insurrection. his lawyers argue that the process is unconstitutional because he has left office, but the senate has now voted to go ahead with the full hearing. our north american editor jon sopel reports. hear he, hear ye, hear ye. in the building where a policeman and four protesters lost their lives, where the trump supporting mob ran amok last month, donald trump today went on trial. on the question of whether donald john trump is subject to thejurisdiction of a court of impeachment. char
forecast will have more detail on that. pick out those showers. higher temperatures are expected across south western areas, perhaps 25 in cardiff. but high pressure builds on bank holiday monday, quite a stiff breeze across the north sea pushing in the cloud to coastal areas. the best of the weather around western parts of the uk, lots of mid 20s easily, really pleasant weather but on the north sea coast it s going to be fairly chilly. aberdeen is a nippy 15, it s going to be fairly chilly. aberdeen is a nippy15, perhaps 15 or16 aberdeen is a nippy15, perhaps 15 or 16 in scarborough, may be a degree higher in great yarmouth. overall with that high pressure building across the uk, i think the week ahead is looking promising with predominantly dry weather, although of course we need the rain. but i think we agree it is not looking bad at all. thanks. and that s bbc news at six on friday 26th august. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. from t