Cast ballots, deciding whether their democratic Governor Gavin Newsom should stay or go. If he is voted out, theres a chance a republican could take over. Last night, newsom called him the biggest political gun he could, President Biden, to make sure he doesnt lose his seat. Watch this. Im not sure you know it, but if you didnt know it, you should. The eyes of the nation, this is not hyperbole, the eyes of the nation are on california. The decision youre going to make doesnt just have huge impact on california, it will reverberate around the nation and quite frankly, not a joke, around the world. Nbcs Jacob Soboroff from california. Tell us where things stand. Reporter steph, stakes couldnt be higher. The president of the United States was on long beach. I was there with him and Governor Newsom as they made the case not only for vaccine mandates, mask mandates that have been pretty popular here in california but also talking about different crises that face california, whether wildfire
Sam stein, Thank You so much. And Thank You to sean patrick maloney, a good friend of this show. Hes a great guy. We love having him on. Just trying to push him to make sure democrats are ready for all of the lies that come their way. That does it for us this morning. Stephanie ruhle is coming. Thank you for your patience. Have a good weekend. See you monday. Hi, there, im stephanie ruhle. Its friday, April 16th and this morning we are waking up to news of another Mass Shooting. This one in indianapolis, where a Gunman Opened Fire at a Federal Express facility overnight, killing eight people and injuring multiple others before he killed himself. This morning as some families are waiting to hear whether their own Loved Ones are safe, an investigation is under way. Police trying to determine if the shooter worked at the facility. They will be holding a Press Conference in the next hour. Nbcs Antonia Hylton is in indianapolis with the latest. Antonia, what do we know at this point . Good
Testimony of the Prosecutions Rebuttal witnesses, dr. Martin tobin. The judge went as far as to threat and a mistrial if they discuss topics not approved. We have chuck rosenberg, a former u. S. Attorney and senior Fbi Official and eddie glaud, both msnbc contributors. Chuck, we will start with you. We know Derek Chauvin has decided to invoke his Fifth Amendment privilege. He will not testify. Here is part of how that transpired this morning. We will talk about it on the other side. Is this your decision not to testify . It is, your honor. All right. Do you have any questions about your right to remain silent or to testify on your own behalf . Not at this time i dont. Did anyone promise anything or threatened you to keep you from testified . No promises or threats, your honor. Do you feel your decision not to testify is a voluntary one on your behalf . Yes, it is. What do you make of the choice . Clearly, he doesnt want to open himself up to the prosecution. The jury undoubtedly wants
david fowler testified that heart problems and drugs and possible carbon monoxide poisoning from being held down next to the suv s exhaust contributed to what he called george floyd s sudden cardiac death. that is something we haven t seen before. dr. fowler also said he would rule out asphyxia and derek chauvin s knee as the cause of death. is it your opinion that mr. chauvin s knee in any way impacted the structures of mr. floyd s neck? no, it did not. none of the vital structures. nor in the area where the knee appeared to be from the videos. in terms of the placement of the knee on the neck, could you determine based on your review whether it appeared his air way was obstructed? yes. the placement of the knee is towards the back and the back right side of his of mr. floyd s neck. the airway is around the front. it is nowhere close to his airway. the bottom line is moving air in and out, and speaking and making noise is very good evidence that the airway was not
officers who were there the day george floyd died including chauvin s, which has not been made public before, showing before chauvin arrived the first officers approached floyd s parked car with guns out floyd immediately seems upset, begging officers not to shoot him. face away. okay, officer please don t shoot me. please, man, please. i m not going to shoot you. step out, face away. please don t shoot me, man. throughout the arrest floyd appears to be terrified, telling officers repeatedly he is claustrophobic one of the bystanders, charles mcmillian, is seen asking floyd to calm down as this whole encounter with police escalated. mcmillian, yet another witness to break down on the stand oh, my god. i feel helpless. chauvin s own body cam footage shows him arriving on the scene before his camera eventually falls off under the police car later after floyd was taken away in an ambulance, chauvin is heard for the first and only time explaining why he held floyd d