A dramatic day in and around a courtroom in minneapolis. Opening statements in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Police Officer charged in the death of george floyd. The video and the plea heard from george floyd, i cant breathe, as he lay there dying with chauvins knee on his neck for about nine minutes. It was gutwrenching to watch, played in the courtroom and on networks across this country and around the world. That is where the prosecution began. You will be able to hear mr. Floyd saying, please, i cant breathe. You will hear mr. Floyd as hes crying out you hear him at some point cry out for his mother when hes being squeezed there. He was very close to his mother, you will learn. Youll hear him say, tell my kids i love them. It does not let up and he does not get up. Even when mr. Floyd does not have a pulse, it continues on. It continues on, ladies and gentlemen, even after the ambulance arrives on the scene. Derek chauvins defense team opened its case today by saying what
The u. S. More than 500,000 american lives lost in this pandemic. A floblow to the former u. S. President. The u. S. Supreme Court Rejects Donald Trumps lastditch efforts to shield his financial records. We will tell you who gets access to them. And cnn gets a rare look inside an iraqi icu where Health Care Workers fear an overwhelming surge of Covid Patients. It has been one year since the coronavirus was detected here in the United States. Since then, a staggering 500,000plus americans have died. Thats half a million parents, spouses, siblings, and friends who have been lost to the virus. The Washington National cathedral bells rang 500 times in their memory. The American Flag on top of the white house and capitol hill were lowered to halfstaff. U. S. President joe biden consoled the nation. He asked americans not to become numb to sorrow but to honor the dead. We acknowledge the scale of this mass death in america. Remember each person and the life they lived. Theyre people we knew.
Years of Washington Football On Tv has shown me its better to spike the football one safely in the End Zone November after a couple completions. Nationally are all clear wear a mask, not forever, but for now. Its today intersecting with a shaky picture of economic relief. , the white house chaff of staff warning, it will take until that rate to get back to where it was, thats where we stand on both fights, on razors edge, americans have been hoping for for more than a year. That nearly two thirds of the country in recent polls support. And last night, senator ron johnson, same one who has about Usee Peddling misinformation about the insurrection, trying to take the heat off Trump Supporters, forced a delay of the bill strictly for delays sake, demanding that Senate Clerks read aloud all 628 pages of the bill from the floor, which took 10 hours, 43 minutes and 9 seconds of the senates time, during a National Emergency with lives at stake. For what its worth, philip bunk from the Washing
House democrats and some republicans were in favor. This poses a dilemma for senate republicans. Trumps approval could put political pressure on them. The house voted to override trumps veto, the spending bill. If the senate takes similar action as expected, it would be the first time one of the president s veto has been overturned. He vetoed the bill in part because he wanted to attach an unrelated provision. York, residents suffering financial hardships get a break. They will be protected from evictions and foreclosures until may 1 due to a law signed by governor andrew cuomo. A proposed frexit trade deal is essentially a sideshow for the city of london. Eu officials must rule separately that oversight is Strong Enough to create a level playing field. Without that, there could be a steady leakage of business for the u. K. Finance industry. Big banks have already started to shift assets. Global news 24 hours a day on air and a bloombergquint take bloomberg quicktake. Thank you very mu
Then we will speak to indigenous activist Winona Laduke about joe bidens selection of deb haaland to be the first native american to serve as interior secretary. We will also look at the ongoing protests against the enbridge line 3 pipeline in minnesota. Were asking you to come to the river and pray. There are a lot of people up here and there need to be more. This is our river. These are public lands they are taking for this canadian multinational corporation. Amy in a shocking expose in the intercept reveals that cia trained and funded death squads have targeted Islamic Religious schools in afghanistan, killing boys as young as eight years old. Nworks have been implicated according to our reporting in a number of incidents, including summarexecutions,assacres, mutilations, and the list goes on. Amy was this campaign of terror part of the Trump Administrations exit strategy from afghanistan . We will find out. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org,