Defendants use of force during that time Period Need to be reasonable within the entire time period . Yes. Reporter one of the more significant exchanges came when special agent James Ryerson took the stand, an agent with the criminal burro of apprehension that led the investigation into the events of may 25th. The defense played him video from the scene. Publish exhibit 1007 and im going to ask you, sir, to listen to mr. Floyds voice. [ inaudible ] did you hear that . Yes. Did it appear mr. Floyd said i ate too many drugs . Yes. Reporter prosecutors played a longer clip from the same vi video. Having heard it in context, are you able to tell what mr. Floyd is saying there . Yes, i believe mr. Floyd is saying i aint do no drugs. So thats a little different that you were asked about when you saw a portion of the video, correct . Yes, sir. Reporter a key moment as one of the defenses Main Theorys Is Floyd died largely from drugs in his system combined with his medical history. Earlier in
out front tonight, one of the people charged after storming the u.s. capitol agreed to help the justice department in its case against the proud boys leadership. according to an attorney familiar to the case, it could lead to more severe charges against those allegedly involved in the insurrection. that comes with grave charges for anyone blamed for the insurrection. john boehner is putting the blame on trump for the deadly attack. boehner writes in his book. trump incited that bloody insurrection for nothing more than selfish reasons, per perpetuated b.s. again, to be clear of the significance of this. the former republican speaker calling the insurrection actual terrorism brought on my members of his own party. people he served with like congressman brooks. our ancestors sacrificed their sweat and tears and blood and their lives. in america it is the greatest nation in the world s history. af qu i have a question for you. are you willing to do this same? today is the day
be sealing their own fate. they ll change if and when they lose big time for this. if in the midterms which is a big if then they ll change, because that s politics. yeah, but what do you mean? they lost the senate. they did so much better than we expected. that counts in horseshoes. new yo, it counts right now, because look at the senate. if the democrats won, we wouldn t be having these problems. the democrats are still in control. the democrats thought they were going to do better. they didn t. but they re still in charge. lose the house, lose the senate, lose the white house, and then your president is going to incite a resurrection and you still don t change? they don t see it the way you see it. they picked up seats in congress. they re killing on the state legislative level. which is important. that is important. in the senate they thought they were going to lose six, seven seats. they re in a dead tie. and they re sticking with trump. i ll tell y
elections. and house speaker kevin mccarthy trading partisan political fights for a diplomatic one, meeting this hour with the president of taiwan mccarthy says the meeting will help make the world safer. china says it s doing just the opposite so a lot to get to we start with today and donald trump embarking on an effort rarely tried in american history running for president while simultaneously fighting criminal charges. his late night speech at mar-a-lago gave us a glimpse of what s to come, a defiant trump surrounded by a loyal band of ardent supporters thumbing through a well-worn political playbook lashing out at his perceived enemies and seeming a little stunned by what happened. i never thought anything like this could happen in america never thought it could happen. the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it one of many things that need fact checking. i want to bring in nbc s vaughn hillyard outside
That park downtown i took a look at it at one point during the tumult after congressman taylor-greene had departed his rally, the one in texas was pretty well-attended the poll suggested there is real enthusiasm for him i think it has hardened but it s also shrunk, and i do think there is an appetite among party leaders to mount an opposition against him, but we have seen the polls in the last couple of weeks. they ve only gone up it does seem that trump has only gotten more popular within the party and certainly the favorite to be the nomination i agree with everything matthew said a second ago. this helps him now, it s requesgoing to hurt him undoubtedly in the long-term. i think we need to be careful hear it s easy for trump and others to dismiss this case it s being brought from the district attorney in a deep blue city who he and his allies have spent months vilifying, and it s