george floyd while kneeling on his neck for nearly ten minutes during that arrest back in may of last year. right now the court is breaking for lunch. when they get back in the courtroom, we ll take you to those live proceedings. let s back up for a minute and play you what jurors must be mulling over right now from the minneapolis use of force training officers. sir, is this an mpd trained neck restraint? no, sir. has it ever been? neckry s restraint, no, sir. is this an mpd authorized neck restraint? knee on the neck is not someth something is something that s authorized. for what length of time? the type of resistance you re getting. if there was, say for example, the subject was under control and handcuffed, would this be authorized? i would say no. let s go outside of that courtroom. how did the defense cross-examine this police training expert? this was a day that we ve seen where the defense made a lot of ground up. the last few days it s been
his friend, morris hall, is trying to avoid being forced to testify by saying he will invoke his fifth amendment right against self incrimination. the defense wants to question him and the judge is weighing his decision based on what the defense wants to ask. the judge s decision could be critical to derek chauvin s defense that drugs contributed to george floyd s death, that he died from suffocation, he did not die from suffocation under chauvin s knee, but instead he died from an overdose. we will dig into that. first on the stand today, the crisis intervention training coordinator for the minneapolis police. he echoed the chief s testimony from yesterday about de-escalation tactics, though sergeant yang was restricted to policy and not his opinion about derek chauvin s actions. the defense questioned sergeant yang about dealing with the crowd, seeming again to imply the crowd shaping chauvin and pleading with him and yelling at him affected chauvin s decision making. then
found in the uk. hollywood s golden globes are kicking off in a virtual ceremony. the films mank, nomadland and promising young woman are among the frontrunners. we start in the us, where in the past couple of hours donald trump has made his first public appearance since leaving the white house last month. mr trump told a conference of conservative supporters the journey that started four years ago when he became president is far from over . he also said he wouldn t be starting his own political party. from orlando, florida, our north america correspondent nick bryant sent this. carnival time in orlando. a trumpian mardi gras. latins for trump! but this also had the feel of a revival meeting, a gathering that suggests that if there is to be a battle for the soul of the republican party, then the former president has the numbers to win. the loser of the 2020 election was greeted like a conquering hero. most people in this crowd still believe he won, and the big question on ev
in eastern scotland, with some hazy sunshine, we could see temperatures here peak at around 18 degrees. but by this stage, 21, maybe 22 celsius possible in eastern england and it looks, as we head through into tuesday, sunshine continued, especially across england and wales, things will get milder still. we could see temperatures quite widely into the low 20s. goodbye for now. hello there. lockdown eases in wales. the first travelled restriction borders. boris johnson says english road map out of lockdown remains on track as it s revealed it covid boosterjabs may be available as september. mp kenny mccaskill says he ll quit the smp to stand for election within alex salmond new party. the un says it s received shocking reports of violence in emr. around 19 pro democracy protesters are reported to have been killed by security forces. work continues to reflow the giant container ship blocking egypt s suez canal. 1a tug boats are now involved in the operation. the quonset will be
now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello again and welcome to the week in parliament, as good news breaks out at westminster. our nation, madam deputy speaker, is getting safer every day as more and more people get protected by the biggest immunisation programme in the history of our health service. borisjohnson is warned he s picked the wrong sort of brexit. the protocol has betrayed us and has made us feel like foreigners in our own country. team sympathy will not cut the mustard. and a long life well lived. commons tributes to captain sir tom moore. who was indeed an inspiration to all of us and a beacon - of light at a time of darkness and a true gentleman. - amid the grim statistics of the pandemic, there is occasionally a milestone to welcome. a first dose of the covid vaccine has now gone into more than ten million arms in the uk. many conservative mps hope that will bring forward the end of england s lockdown, but borisjohnson is still in cautious mode. and labo