Surge in violent crime in americas biggest cities. Dana well talk to former Minneapolis Cop Steve Dykstra about his decision to leave the force. First we go to Garrett Tenney in minneapolis today. Good morning to you. A lot of City Leaders across the country who last year got behind the defund the Police Movement are struggling to respond to a wave of violent crime and minneapolis has become Ground Zero for this debate. The Citys Police Department is down more than 200 officers from a year ago and thats largely due to a wave of early retirements and extended medical leaves following the protests last summer. So far murders are up 130 compared to this point last year. Violent crime up 15 . Other major cities are seeing the same trends as well. Murders up by double digits and more than 800 in portland. In Minneapolis Police are so overwhelmed that this weekend the mayor asked state and federal agencies to send help. The spike in violent crime is why efforts to dismantle the minneapolis P
Look, weve had some flukes that over the past four, five years. Dont make me laugh. It makes my toupee move. Yeah, you got that toupee cut a little short. Listen, though. All seriousness. Yes, sir. You just had is it Pag Lee Otty on . Pagliery. Sorry. Daily beast. Yes. That is some bombshell. That is some scoop that he got. If this proves to be true, trouble, trouble, trouble. 17. Well, look, the age remember, that is a strict liability crime, certainly under florida law, and that is the Trigger Age for federal law. The problem there in being a defendant is even if you didnt know, even if you believed the age was different and in the age of majority, it doesnt always matter. So its a letter that exists, and they have it. Right. So this isnt about what they were told. Its about what they have. The question is, is what is in the letter true . And thats where the work of the investigators has to come in. But youve got to read this Daily Beast story because it is its damning. Again, as i s
Federal law. The problem there, in being a defendant, is even if you didnt know. Even if you believed the age was different, and in the age of majority, it doesnt always matter. So its a letter that exists and they have it. So this wasnt about what they were told. Its about what they have. The question is, is what is in the letter true . Th th thats where the work of the investigators has to come in. You have got to read this daily Beast Story because its damning. Again, if true. It is their reporting, not cnns reporting. But still, man, the stuff that they have alleged to uncover in here is certainly troubling and could spell something really bad for Matt Gaetz. I will say this. To add to the speculation. Yes, sir. What does it tell you about the State Of Mind of somebody, who would handwrite a letter that puts all kinds of damning and incriminating information about him and somebody that he knows matters to the administration. And then, sends it to people that he doesnt even really k
testimony resumes, tomorrow morning, in the trial of derek chauvin, the ex-minneapolis police officer charged in the death of george floyd. prosecutors telling jurors that chauvin used excessive force, when he knelt on floyd s neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. the defense, claiming chauvin did exactly what he was trained to do. and while president biden announces that 90% of adults will be eligible for the covid vaccine, within the next three weeks. the head of the cdc, warning of impe impending doom with a steady spike in cases from a variant strain, that s highly contagious and deadly. i want to get straight, now, to the opening statements and the witness testimony in the trial of derek chauvin. cnn s sara sidner, reports, now, from minneapolis. may 25th of 2020, mr. derek chauvin betrayed this badge. when he used excessive and unreasonable force upon the body of mr. george floyd. reporter: the prosecution s opening statement tells you everything you need to know about
dislodged. they are now working on pulling the front of the vessel out while keeping the freed stern away from the bank. let s bring in cnn international correspondent, ben wedeman, and he joins us live from cairo. looking more promising now, isn t it? what s the latest on the efforts to remove the cargo ship that has been stuck for nearly a week. reporter: this is a massive improvement of the situation than 24 hours ago. we heard from the chairman of the suez canal authority that says the stern of the ship which was just 4 meters away from the west bank of the suez canal has now been shifted 102 meters away, so the canal is still not functioning properly but certainly this is a massive step forward. now, they are waiting for the high tide which is in about 2 1/2 hours at which point they are hoping to completely free the ever given, and then they will float it north to the great bitter lake, and that s about 30 kilometers from its current location. that will allow the e