hearings on the issue. generations fresh from being discriminated against generating ideas about strengthening hate crime laws and assisting our asian-american communities. all americans must demand lawmakers follow up on these proposals and pass the best of them into law. and yet at these same proceedings, we saw republicans dig in on a position that is difficult to interpret as anything other than anti-social justice and pro-white grievance. republican congressman chip roy of texas made himself the face of this modern-day, know-nothing movement, trying to sully the hearing about rants about the chinese communist party and bizarre and offensive references to lynching. many experts trace the latest wave of anti-asian violence and harassment to former president trump s effort to blame the coronavirus on china and distract from his own disastrous handling of the pandemic. but as this week has made clear, trump isn t the only one stoking the hatred, and we have a lot more work t
and jubilation as the baylor bears win their first men s ncaa championship and, of course, dramatic fashion, upsetting a team that had been in pursuit of a perfect season. so the man who was with george floyd before he died and even before police were called on that fateful day last may is set to appear before a judge. maurice hall was a friend of floyd and was in the passenger seat of the car when confronted by police but the public may not hear hall s unique perspective in the trial of ex-minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. his lawyers say he will plead the fifth amendment to protect against self-incrimination if called to testify. now, it comes on the heels of monday s testimony from chauvin s former boss who says the former police officer s actions absolutely violated department policy. cnn s sara sidner breaks down what we ve learned so far. reporter: the prosecution s 21st witness and former officer in derek chauvin s murder trial was his ultimate boss, the
cuomo going on the defensive about his handling of the state s nursing homes at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic. and an earmark in the house version of the new stimulus bill that s raising some new objections. critics claiming an underground railroad project in the silicon valley has nothing to do with coronavirus. we re going to take a rook at those stories in a moment. live fox news team coverage for you, aishah hasnie is following governor cuomo in new york state, but let s begin with grady trimble live in dallas w-9 ongoing crisis among so many millions in the lone star state. reporter: eric, that major disaster declaration applies to 77 counties here in texas. the county where we are is one of them. they are in great need of food and water, and to illustrate that, well, we re at a mobile food pantry. it doesn t open for another hour, but all of these cars are here to get some sort of food that they can provide here. among them is rick berry who i talked to just
survivors had to flee for their lives and unsure of seeing their families again or friends again. we can save lives and increasing background checks and limit assault weapons and the size of magazines. we continue to say it years after years and day after day and shooting after shooting. the stories and the images are horrifically familiar in the united states. soto is the anger and grief. tonight we grieve again for pe people s lives lost. denney strong was age 20. neven stanisic age 59. suz suzanne fountain age 59. teri leiker age 51. officer eric talley, age 51. lynn murray 62, jodi waters, age 65. everyone of these names human beings with a full, full lived life and they re now dead. this mass shooting came within a week after the mass shooting in atlanta where eight people lost their lives. president biden ordered u.s. flags to be lowered half staff for the atlanta shooting. they were just raised to full staff yesterday. 17 hours after that, not even a full day, once aga
paramedics arrived and george floyd appeared unresponsive in may dwuz are coming into clear focus. an audio played in court, derek chauvin is heard on the phone describing what just happened. he was going crazy. go into the back of the squad. reporter: he was talking to the supervising police sergeant on duty at the time, david pleoger. do you have an opinion as to when the restraint of mr. floyd should have ended in this encounter? yes. reporter:. what is it? when mr. floyd was no longer offering up any resistance to the officers, they could have ended the restraint. that was after he was handcuffed and on the ground and no longer resisting. ? correct. the paramedics responded to the scene and arrived to an unresponsive floyd. smith seen here checking floyd for vitals. and what did his condition appear to be to you? in lay terms i thought he was dead. reporter: the checking began while now former officer derek chauvin still had his knee on floyd s ne