Thousands of dollars. But was money the only motive . Or was there Something Else . There were a lot of Rumors Goin around that ended up being true. I couldnt believe that somebody could do that to her. Just Pure Evil y re Hello And Welcome to ren dateline. Ashlea had no shortage of admirers, even her Ex Sung her praises. So when she was found dead, police were baffled. This was no accident, but were the clues now up in smoke . Would take a determined detective and stolen key to unlock this mystery. Heres Keith Morrison with Black Friday. Reporter a hot August Night in texas, 2014. The lone figure knew where to go, knew where the store kept the cash. Grabbed 18,000, and was gone. But it was only money. And no one got hurt. Not that time, anyway. The story begins here in Fort Worth, texas, which turned out to be the perfect growing up place for a rough and tumble, free spirit named Ashlea Harris. I was around 10 when she was born and so the perfect age to pretend she was my baby. Report
another witness, donald williams, tearing up there at points, says he overheard mr. floyd pleading for his life. that was his direct quote as the officer put his knee on floyd s neck for what we now know was actually 9 minutes and 26 seconds. the court is still out breaking for lunch right now and we ll get you back to these proceedings as soon as they begin. but also, just a heads up to you, any moment now, we will see the president of the united states signing the ppp extension act into law from the oval office. what is that? good question. this is the provision that allows small businesses to utilize loans to help pay their employees and other expenses with the pandemic still very much affecting the economy, this extension will help keep their heads above water, at least through the end of may. so, we ll bring you president biden and his remarks as soon as we see him. but while we wait, let s get to the latest on what s been unfolding there at the trial in minneapolis. c
court to start. we don t know who the witness will be called today. the court is keeping the names of the witnesses under wrap prior to the day of their testimony. but if it s anything like yesterday, we ll probably learn a lot more about the incident surrounding the events surrounding the death of george floyd yesterday. the defense was dealt a very serious blow. that after a prosecution witness, a former senior officer, testified on the stand saying that he thought that use of force against george floyd should have ended much sooner. i was in court and as soon as that questioning started, the defense objected. they didn t want that officer to be able to comment on the floyd situation. the george overruled and allowed the prosecution to ask that question. take a listen to what the witness said. do you have an opinion as to when the restraint of mr. floyd should have ended in this encounter? ? yes. what is it? when mr. floyd was no longer offering up any resistance to
offering up any resistance, the officers could have ended their restraint. prosecutors plan to close out week one in this historic trial. plus breaking news this week with the big job s report blowing past expectations. what it means for where the economy is going now. we re live at the white house. i m hallie jackson in washington along with shah shaquille brew brewster. we re seeing a shift in tone in this case. the prosecution continues not to lay out their schedule of witnesses. when the specific witnesses will be called. but you mentioned that shift in the prosecution. earlier this week it was focused on the witnesses. the bystander there is pleading with the officer to get his knee off of george floyd s neck saying he was not breathing or responding. then we saw a shift to the actual first responders. the first paramedics that arrived on the scene. they said when they pulled up he was still being restrained. they got up to check to check his pulse while the knee was
him. the medic said when he started to load floyd s body into the ambulance, floyd s body was limp. today we heard from george floyd s girlfriend of three years. she testified about both of their struggles with opioid addiction, drug use that the defense will claim was partially responsible for floyd s death as cnn s omar jimenez reports. some of the images you re about to see are disturbing. the moments when paramedics arrived for george floyd in may 2020 are coming into clear focus. paramedic seth bravender and derek smith responded to the scene and arrived to an unresponsive floyd. smith, seen here checking floyd for vitals. i did not detect a pulse. what did his condition to appear to be to you? overall. in lay terms, i thought he was dead. reporter: the checking began while now former officer derek chauvin still had his knee on floyd s neck before bravender stepped in. what were you attempting to do at that point in time? just have the officer move. why did