Final day in milwaukee. A russian court found Evan Gershkovitch is guilty of Espionage Sentencing him to 16 years in a russian prison. The trial called a political stunt. More on this coming up in moments throughout the day. First there is this across the country breaking right now. We do not bill its a mess out there. The situation at airports around the world. So many people waking up to a major Tech Outage that happened overnight grounding thousands of flights and impacting banks and hospitals and Media Organizations and on and on the list runs down. It is friday, good morning, were back in milwaukee for one final day. And the news is jumping. Im bill hemmer. Dana we dont have adjustable chairs. Usually i can look taller. Not today. Were thrilled to be with you all Week Today as we wrap it up. The issue stemming from a faulty update from microsoft systems looking at the outage. The head of the Cybersecurity Crowd Strike says it is not a work of hackers. First and foremost to reinfor
Working to do everything in our power to support those flights and to get them off the ground. Shannon and even though we ground. Rachel even though we cant bring them home the biden administration bring home afghan refugees instead. Detailing the State Departments evacuation process. We were collectively able to evacuate 124,000 people from afghanistan, more than 34,000 people arrived here on their way to their next destination. Rachel so where is that next destination . For most, its america. And while some of these refugees are our allies, we cant be certain it was only our friends who boarded those planes. We need a strong Vetting Process in place to ensure that we are not endangering more americans. Fox news own Jennifer Griffin pressed general Mark Milley on the Safety Concerns of those being processed in germany. You saw some of the Security Measures being taken today. Are you comfortable that enough vetting is being done here before these evacuees are brought to the u. S. . I a
We dont have matt. You probably just saw there that eric nelson, the Defense Attorney for Derek Chauvin just wrapped up arguments. The judge just said he had some discussions were going to listen to what the judge is saying to the lawyers. You believe that the counsel made a misstatement of law when he indicated and argumented that the defendant had to intend to apply unlawful force. He had to intend that the force he was applying to be unlawful. Thats not a correct statement. The law is dorn 887 northwest second 8, 26. The state need not show that the defendant meant to or knew that it would violate the law that is what mr. Nelson argued before the jury. So were requesting the court give a curative instruction to the jury as follows. That it is not necessarily for the state to prove the defendant intended to act unlawfully. Only that the defendant applied force to another that the application of force was unlawful and that this application of force resulted in Bodily Harm. I believe t
Now . Woo huh . Numb. Like you still feel sadness about it all, like, that were here. What about you, maam, i see you have tears in your eyes right now. Feel so relieved. I feel relieved. I dont see how it could have been otherwise. Reporter as an African American woman, whats going through your mind . An African American woman, i am glad that i have lived to see this in my lifetime. I never thought i would live to see it. And i am 91 years old. I am 91 years old. I dont see how it could have been otherwise, but i know it could have been otherwise. That was in washington, d. C. , today. This was in minneapolis at the site where George Floyd was killed last year by Police Officer Derek chauvin. The gentleman you see here has just heard the verdict and he is leading a chant of George Floyds name until he cant anymore. George floyd George Floyd George Floyd today in minneapolis this is another scene from that same site at that same time, the place where mr. George floyd died last year. Th
killed last year by police officer derek chauvin. the gentleman you see here has e just heard the verdict and he is leading a chant of george floyd s name until he can t rd anymore. george floyd! george floyd! george floyd! today in minneapolis, this is another scene from that same site at that same time, the place where mr. george floyd died last year.as this is the moment when the verdict was reached. you will see people here learning it in real-time. verdict count one, we, the di jury, in the above-entitled manner, as to count one, unintentional second-degree murder while committing a felony find the defendant guilty. after the verdict was read not just on that first count, but on all three counts, guilty on all three counts, what transpired next in the courtroom went quickly. the prosecution asked for former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin to be remanded into custody while he awaits sentencing.y the judge instantly agreed to that. mr. chauvin then sto