prone or sort of slightly with his head to the side. and he has his arms handcuffed behind his back. so that s already a bit of a difficult position to be in, the prone and handcuffed. then with at times at least three officers on top of him, whether it s his neck or his back or his lower back or legs, it prevents him from moving his body into a position where he can adequately use the bellows function. his chest is sort of compressed in this position in such a way that he can t adequately expand and get enough oxygen in. over what period of time was this? nine minutes. what did you see in those nine minutes that led you to conclude that the mechanism of death was low oxygen or asphyxia? well, initially, mr. floyd is able to struggle pretty vigorously when he is in this position that he recognizes as it s going to be hard for him to breathe in this position. objection. sustained. the last part of the answer about mr. floyd s state of mind is stricken as speculat
first of all, he is prone. and he has his arms handcuffed behind his back. so that s already a bit of a difficult position to be in. in the prone and handcuffed. and then with, at times at least three officers on top of him, whether it s his neck or back or his lower back or legs, it prevents him from moving his body into a position where he can adequately use the bellows function. and his chest is sort of compressed in this position in such a way that he can t adequately expand and get enough oxygen in. over what period of time was this? nine minutes. so what did you see in those nine minutes that led you to conclude the mechanism of death was low oxygen or asphyxia? well, initially, he, mr. floyd, is able to struggle pretty vigorously in this position that he recognizes as it s going to be hard for him to breathe in this position. [ inaudible ] sustained. the last part of the answer about mr. floyd s state of mind is stricken as speculative. sorry. so initia
in a moment, the ceo of pfizer joins us to talk boosters, possible new versions of the vaccines, and a pill the company has been testing to treat covid. first, cnn s athena jones on why this variant has become so troubling so quickly. reporter: tonight, the president calling for calm. this variant is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic. reporter: as omicron, a new coronavirus variant, first detected in south africa, spreads around the world. this is a new wrench that s been thrown into the fight against covid. it s certainly not good news. reporter: raising new, urgent questions. we don t know everything we need to know about this new variant, yet. we don t know, yet, what the level of severity will be. reporter: omicron has at least 50 mutations, including some shared with the highly contagious delta variant. that drove a deadly-summer surge in the united states. the new variant has become the most dominant strain in south africa less than two weeks
potential threat. there is a lot we don t know. the cdc amped up its advice on vaccine boosters. the old world is that anyone 18 and older may get a booster. joins us to talk boosters, possible new versions of the vaccines, and a pill the company has been testing to treat covid. first, cnn s athena jones on why this variant has become so troubling so quickly. reporter: tonight, the president calling for calm. this variant is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic. reporter: as omicron, a new coronavirus variant, first detected in south africa, spreads around the world. this is a new wrench that s been thrown into the fight against covid. it s certainly not good news. reporter: raising new, urgent questions. we don t know everything we need to know about this new variant, yet. we don t know, yet, what the level of severity will be. reporter: omicron has at least 50 mutations, including some shared with the highly contagious delta variant. that drove a dea
negu.org. thank you all for joining us. thank you. steve: somebody watching right now might actually wind up with these joy jars. yeah. you never know. steve: thank you all. thank you, sir. thank you. steve: it s 7:00 in new york city. hour two of fox & friends starts right now. knot april. rachel: 7:00 a.m. here in new york city and outside on fox square we have our all-american concert series which continues with bret young. brian: soon we don t have to imagine him on the stage and hear his music play in the background. soon we will hear him on the stage hard to believe it s very tall. is he very good. rachel: dimple? steve: give hats off to all the people behind the scenes particularly a.j. hall who organizes all of this. and the crew. when the show end on thursdays. during the summer, the crew all goes out to our plaza, fox square and they spend 24 hours putting together the stage, so for everybody here and outside right now, whether it s r