knee into george floyd s neck for almost 9 minutes. he faces three charges but the biggest one carrying a penalty of 40 years in prison. our own martha maccallum on a steady buy with analysis but we begin with matt finn live near the courthouse in minneapolis. the first witnesses testifying about the 911 phone call. she is a 911 operator and an opening arguments a short while ago the prosecution did not waste a lot of time getting to that now viral video of former officer derek chauvin kneeling on george floyd s neck. the prosecution told the jury that former officer derek chauvin was on his neck for about 9 minutes without letting up. he was pleading for air, calling out for his mother and his own life. people were demanding that police check his pulse and get off his neck. prosecution showed that chauvin defied his oath to serve and protect and take care of people in his custody. mr. derek derek chauvin defied his badge by using excessive and unreasonable force upon the
good afternoon, i m katy tur. it is 11:00 a.m. out west and 2:00 p.m. in the east and there is a whole lot going on right now. the state department has just declassified a report asserting that saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman approved the murder of washington post journalist and american resident jamal khashoggi. right now also the fda vaccine advisory board is meeting to discuss the approval of the one dose johnson & johnson vaccine. their recommendation could come at any moment. and right now, president biden is about to tour an emergency operations center in texas, where more than a million are still without drinking water. while democrats back in washington make a major move on the president s first major piece of legislation. the house is expected to pass the massive covid-19 relief bill today and it is significant. a $2 trillion plan that includes $1,400 for direct payments, billions in aid to government and businesses and they had hoped a $15 minimum wage. but
harris: cuomo says new york is always reported deaths inside nursing homes, which is true. the problem is, the state attorney general found new york undercounted total nursing home resident deaths by up to 50%. that would include those who were transported to hospitals. now state democrats are going after cuomo s explanations and demanding an investigation. he is lying right now in a press conference about sending notices to the assembly and senate that we knew about the department of justice investigation. i do believe we need a thorough investigation. harris: for the families of seniors who died from covid-19 in nursing homes, the search for answers is even tougher. he didn t have time to give them numbers which now he s saying that it was his void but i think he is void of compassion, he is void of common sense, the reality is that he had time to write a book. but i did not have time to be transparent. harris: there were more than 13,000 nursing home deaths from
afraid of donald trump s base to be more concerned for our democracy, our constitution, the american government and the body of the senate. we were never going to reach 67 votes in the senate without mitch mcconnell voting guilty, so he went up on the floor afterwards, he basically gave the speech that jamie would have given to the senate and tried to justify his vote for acquittal. i think mitch mcconnell s speech got a load off his chest obviously, and you put a load on the back of the republicans, that speech you will see in 2022 campaigns, so i like him, senator mcconnell, he worked well with president trump and i think his speech is an outlier regarding how republicans feel about all this. what does all of this mean? we are nearly a month into the biden administration, and his predecessor just got acquitted for the second time. donald trump has won, at least for now. there s a growing push from some former members of the gop to retake the party, and others are cons
prosecuted him and convicted him in the court of public opinion, and in the court of history. he s obviously a major political problem for the republican party and as long as he s out there attempting to wage war on american constitutional denl kra democracy, it s a problem for all of us. at the end of the day it wasn t more witnesses we needed, it was more senators with spines. that s what we saw. they lacked the fortitude. they were more concerned with their seat in power, afraid of donald trump s base, to be more concerned for our democracy, our constitution, the american government, and even the body of the senate. we were never going to reach 67 votes in the senate without mitch mcconnell voting guilty. so he went a bit on the floor afterwards. he basically gave the speech that jamie raskin would have given to the senate, and then tried to justify his vote for acquittal. i think senator mcconnell s speech, he got a load off his chest obviously. unfortunately, he pu