assessment. the u.s. military does not have sufficient forces to rescue americans who cannot get to the kabul airport evacuation point. we don t have the capability to go collect large numbers of people. reporter: the u.s. is relying on the taliban to let americans and afghan allies pass through checkpoints to reach the airport. a risky journey. in an interview with abc news, president biden said he knew chaos was inevitable. we ll go back in hindsight and look but the idea somehow there was a way to have gotten out without chaos ensuing i don t know how that happens. reporter: the pentagon says the pace of evacuations is improving but not adequate. pressed about stranded americas the president said if necessary troops would remain beyond the august 31st, withdrawal deadline. if there are american citizens left we ll stay until we get them all out. reporter: they say u.s. intelligence said there was a prediction of a rapid collapse. but general milley saying that
floyd was no longer showing any resistance. when mr. floyd was no longer offering up any resistance to the officers, they could have ended their restraint. that is a significant, albeit simple moment in the trial. sometimes what s simple is important because the jury can understand it and remember it. you have the actual police supervisor for the murder defendant condemning the officer, the defendant, on the stand. this came after paramedics testified that floyd seemed to be dead when they arrived on the scene. when i arrived on the scene, there were three police officers on the individual. i thought he was dead. i kind of looked for my partner and told him i think he s dead. i want to move this out of here. okay. and i will begin care in the back. in lay terms, i thought he was dead. again, simple, clear. sad and tragic as well. but important for the jury to hear this in plain english because it is all part of the prosecution s case here. we heard from the parame
good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, august 26th. i m amara walker. great to be with you. thank you for spending part of your saturday with us. here s what we re watching this morning. now that all of the defendants in the georgia election case have turned themselves in, we re learning more ab their legal strategies, also how the trump team is hoping to capitalize on the former president s arrest. a heat wave is gripping the country with dozens of cities set to break records again. when we expect to get even hotter. also live pictures out of washington, d.c. where the 60th anniversary of the march of washington is set to kick off later this morning. the a look at the significance of the events and why some say decades after martin luther king jr. s speech, there s more work to be done. months in the making. two sea lions swimming to freedom after being sickened by toxic algae. the work to getting them healthy and into the wild. we
any moment now donald trump will be arriving at the courthouse where a three judge panel will hear arguments, can the former president be held criminally responsible for his efforts to overturn his 2020 loss or does he have immunity from prosecution. this is special coverage, i m layer ar laura coates. and i m kaitlan collins. this could ultimately change the landscape of what presidents are allowed do. trump is foregoing the campaign trail to be at these oral arguments as he claim that s has absolute immunity, that his actions constitute official acts that he took while in office. of course i was entitled as president of the united states and commander in chief to immunity. i m entitled to immunity. every president has immunity. especially one that did the job i did. i did a great job. and i wasn t working for myself, i was working for the country. i wasn t campaigning. election was long over. wasn t campaigning. i was looking for voter fraud, something that i have to
power starts right now. enjoy that. (static) (static continues) (car engine humming) (intense wind) it s such a such a sort of, satisfying thing, i guess, to be in power. and they usually, the great persons usually told you to do. if you looked around, they weren t there when the showdown came. (whistle blowing) - [officer] go home or go to your church, this march will not continue. - [ella] what i do, - [officer] see that they disperse. - [ella] is supposed to speak louder than what i say. (marching footfalls) (siren sound) (screaming) (whistle blowing) (screaming) (horns honking) (hooves beating on pavement) (drum sounds) (siren) (drum sounds) (screaming) (overlapping shouting) (shouting continues) - [speaker] last sunday, a group of negro americans in selma, alabama attempted peacefully to protest the denial of the most basic political right of all. the right to vote. - people have to have faith in themselves and they can only gain that faith by being given the oppor