Prone or sort of slightly with his head to the side. And he has his arms handcuffed behind his back. So thats already a bit of a difficult position to be in, the prone and handcuffed. Then with at times at least three officers on top of him, whether its his neck or his back or his lower back or legs, it prevents him from moving his body into a position where he can adequately use the bellows function. His chest is sort of compressed in this position in such a way that he cant adequately expand and get enough oxygen in. Over what period of time was this . Nine minutes. What did you see in those nine minutes that led you to conclude that the mechanism of death was low Oxygen Or Asphyxia . Well, initially, mr. Floyd is able to struggle pretty vigorously when he is in this position that he recognizes as its going to be hard for him to breathe in this position. Objection. Sustained. The last part of the answer about mr. Floyds State Of Mind is stricken as speculative. Sorry. Initially, when
after his partner was killed during a shooting over the weekend in harlem. we ve got the latest on the violent crime wave sweeping this country, and what lawmakers and law enforcement are doing about it. we start this morning s broadcast with president biden warning that a russian invasion of ukraine would quote change the world. this morning, he is weighing new steps to make sure that does not happen. on tuesday, biden says he s considering hitting vladimir putin himself with sanctions a move the kremlin says would effectively end relations between washington and moscow entirely. on the military side, the pentagon is in the process of identifying 8,500 u.s. troops that could be sent to europe. the united states has already sent its latest shipment of grenade launchers and anti-tank launchers to ukrainian forces. there is still hope that diplomacy can save the day. political advisers from russia, ukraine, germany, and france are meeting in paris. the first time russia and ukr
over safety concerns. another twist in the novak djokovic saga as he admits he didn t immediately isolate after testing positive for coronavirus. he s also blamed his agent for mistakes on his travel declaration form for entry to australia. mistakes on his travel declaration good mistakes on his travel declaration morning. we hai split good morning. we have a north south split in the weather today. in the south, frost and fog, but as that lifts we will see sunshine. in the north, more cloud, spots of rain and in the far north west, pretty windy. all the details throughout the programme. it s wednesday, 12th january. the prime minister is under intense pressure to explain why a bring your own booze party took place in the downing street garden on may 20th, 2020 at the height of the first lockdown in england. borisjohnson will face the house of commons later for the first time since the email inviting more than 100 staff was leaked. both conservative and opposition mps are
about the preserving of the true democracy. case in point, senator mitch mcconnell and house minority leader kevin mccarthy, who ditched the responsibility of holding donald trump accountable for trying to steal the election, he clearly lost. msnbc opinion columnist a brown laid it out this way, quote, for a brief moment, then new york times reported thursday, mccarthy and mcconnell fell into full alignment on trump. and the days immediately following january 6th, both men expressed the belief that trump was at fault for the assault that he couldn t be allowed to remain in power. but they re anti trump s stance is collapsed in the face of opposition from their own members. gop members tearing at the fabric of the scared experiment extends well beyond washington. this week, michigan s republican party endorsed a trump backed election denier as secretary of state. it s a role that oversees elections. so we know that republican leaders are doing, and how low they will go for t
it s been one year of death and destruction in russia s war on ukraine. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy insists his country can win this war. here s what he said to troops earlier today. [ speaking non-english ] translator: it depends entirely on you whether we all survive or whether ukraine survives. every day, every hour depends on you, the ukrainian soldier. you are our most important person who is standing and thanks to whom millions of ukrainians are standing and thanks to whom ukraine will survive. thanks to you, glory to ukraine will ring out forever. let s bring in our chief international correspondent clarissa ward on the ground in kyiv. clarissa, always great to see you. so, tell us what it s like one year in on the ground there. reporter: it s really a mixed picture, alisyn. the very fact i m talking to you from here in kyiv is something that a year ago we might not have expected because all the intelligence services were saying the city would likely