The fate of the officer accused of killing george floyd now in the hands of a jury with the first if you would day of deliberations beginning today. The question is, when will we get a verdict. Plus, former senator diplomat, vice president and presidential hopeful walter mondale has died. Our question this morning, how are we remembering him. And the academy is doing something totally different when it comes to mask wearing at sunday s oscars. The question is, what is being done to keep guests safe. It is way too early for this. Good morning, and welcome to way too early, the show that knows exactly what we re wearing to the oscar, sweat pants obviously. We ll start with the news. The case against former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin in the death george floyd is now in the hands of a sequestered jury. They began deliberating at 4:00 central time yesterday and ended the day without a verdict following hours of compelling closing arguments and rebuttal. What the defendant did
Votes. A landslide. I did it. Very impressive. Then vice president walter mondale finding the humor with speaker tip o neill in the landslide defeat in the 1980 presidential election. In just a moment, we re going to speak with presidential historian michael beschloss about the extraordinary legacy of the former vice president who passed away yesterday at the age of 93. Good morning and welcome to morning joe. It is tuesday, april 20th, along with joe, willie, and me. We have former chairman of the republican national committee, now an msnbc political analyst, michael steele. Good to have you with us, michael. We re going to begin with the case against former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin for the death of george floyd. Now in the hands of a sequestered jury. The panel of six white and six black were multiracial jurors began deliberating at 4:00 central time yesterday and ended the day without a verdict following hours of closing and rebuttal arguments. What the defendant di
Will george floyd s name be placed alongside michael brown, eric garner, philando castio and so many others where the officers involved in the killings were not held accountable? that doesn t cover the countless others who never even had their day in court to try to hold their killers accountable. Or will a family in this country finally see some justice against someone who took an oath to protect and serve. Will there be some accountability for what can only be described as continued and growingdemic of police violence in america. Before the jury began deliberated, the prosecution and defense made their closing arguments. The prosecution told jurors they nieve to believe their own eyes and their common sense. The knee to the neck, the knee to the back, twisting his fingers, holding his legs for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. The defendant s weight on him. The lungs in his chest unable to expand because there wasn t enough room to breathe. George floyd tried. This wasn t policing. This was
Described how he felt in that instance. She said his whole body hurt. His stomach hurt. We know based again from ms. Ross that he was clean and sober for some time while they were in quarantine. We know that ms. Ross again described taking about a week before a similar pill to the ones that they had back in march. Kept her up again all night. Right? she said she felt like she was going to die. We know again from ms. Ross that those pills were purchased from maurice hall. She described owing to a hotel while mr floyd went into the hotel, she was on the phone with him. She heard the voice. We note mr floyd was with maurice hall may five, 2020. We heard from the store clerk, christopher martin, he described mr floyd as being high. His responses were delayed, right? he may have been you know, standing around. He may have been standing up, he may have been able to have communications but mr martin clearly described him as being high. We heard from shalonda hill that when they got back into
Methamphetamine. We know from ms. Ross that in march of 2020 mr. Floyd was seen for a drug overdose. She described how he felt in that instance. She said his whole body hurt. His stomach hurt. We know, based again from ms. Ross, that he was clean and sober for some time while they were in quarantine. We know that ms. Ross again described taking about a week before a similar pill to the one they had back in march. Kept her up again all night. She said she felt like she was going to die. We know, again, from ms. Ross, that those pills were purchased from morty s hall. She described going to the hotel while mr. Floyd, while george floyd was on the phone with him. She heard his voice. We know mr. Floyd was with maurice on may 25, 2020. We know from the store clerk, he described mr. Floyd as being high. His responses were delayed. He may have been, you know, standing around. He may have been standing up. He may have been able to have communications, but mr. Martin clearly described him as b