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this is just the opening statements. it is the beginning. mr. jerry blackwell, the lead prosecutor i thought making an effective methodical presentation about the final nine minutes and 29 seconds of mr. floyd s life. essentially saying that whatever you think happened here what you see with your own eyes is indefensible. eric nelson the defense attorney saying this is a lot more than that, there floyd was there for a long period of time. he lied to police officers, he was high. he struggled with police officers and you have to take into account the officers were dealing with a crowd that they at least perceived to be a threat. just as a veteran attorney your sense so far of the opening statements. i give no weight to the defense s opening statement whatsoever because the bulk of their statements have to do with that very notion of a crowd, of information that they would have known perhaps about whether george floyd actually had illegal substances in his body. these a ....
response. he does not let up and even when mr. floyd doesn t have a pulse, it continues on and it continues on, ladies and gentlemen, even after the ambulance arrives on the scene. jerry blackwell for the prosecution, but we also heard from defense lawyer eric nelson asking the jury to consider all of the evidence in the case not just the widely circulated video. common sense tells you that there are always two sides to a story. common sense tells us that we need to examine the totality of the circumstances to determine the meaning of evidence and how it can be applied to the questions of reasonableness, of actions and reactions. there is no political or social cause in this courtroom, but the evidence is far greater than nine minutes and 29 seconds. nbc s jack brewster is in minneapolis. let s talk first of all, about what we heard from the prosecution and the defense today and what you are seeing around you. i know there was a news conference earlier with the t ....
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 can t breathe, as he lay there dying with chauvin s knee on his neck for about nine minutes. it was gut-wrenching 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 can t breathe. you will hear mr. floyd as he s crying out you hear him at some point cry out for his mother when he s being squeezed there. he was very close to his mother, you will learn. you ll 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 chauvin s defense team opened ....
we ll have more on the deadly storms slamming much of a country with snow and arctic cold in a moment, but first, the stunning new indictment of alec baldwin. why prosecutors once again charged the actor with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the 2021 shooting death on the set of the movie rust. what led them to bring back the criminal case nine months after initial charges were dropped. plus, cbs news joins the u.s. navy in the middle east. cbs s charlie d agata gets a firsthand look at u.s. warships home to the 4,000 sailors and marines in the region trying to% keep the peace. but we want to begin with the second major winter storm in less than a week dropping heavy snow from washington to philadelphia to new york. those snowy roadways were the backdrop for the drama that unfolded when a single-engine cessna caravan with seven people on board was forced to make an emergency landing on a busy highway in virginia. cbs s christina ruffini is on the scene. t ....
this afternoon it came ashore as near category 5 strength, as a high category 4 after bidding for hours as it approached. oh, you got to be kidding me! you got to be kidding me right now! right now it is still a category 3 storm, still a major hurricane with damaging winds spanning out 175 miles from the center. oh, my god. no less troubling than the winds tonight, potentially even worse hurricane ian is still pushing a massive storm surge onshore. forecasts as high as 18 feet in places where buildings living close to the water was why so many people moved there. take a look. this is fort meyers beach, and that is a community outreach center knocked off its foundation and floating down the street. making matters worse, the flood waters affecting residents who are doing the same to rescuers. a fire station here in naples is what first responders are up against along with anyone needing emergency help. and again, these conditions are not expected to improve throug ....