In new york nypd officers have been instructed not to take days often until further notice. In washington the d. C. National guard activated approximately 250 troops. Metro pd is at full activation posture with leave and vacation canceled for officers this week. And at the white house, president biden just told reporters he spoke to the floyd family and here s some of what he said about that call and the case. I can only imagine the pressure and anxiety they re feeling and so i waited until the jury was sequestered and i called. They re a good family. They call for peace and tranquility, no matter what the verdict is. I pray the verdict is the right verdict. It s overwhelming in my view. I wouldn t say that unless the jury was sequestered now, you would not hear me say that. So we just talked and i wanted to know how they were doing personally. We talked about personal things. For nation on edge, local and national officials were preparing for demonstrations for a verdict in the chauvi
Russia s opposition leader alexei navalny is moved to a prison hospital as his health deteriorates, piling on the pressure for president putin. And mission accomplished, if only for a few moments. Nasa flies a drone over the surface of mars, in yet another first for humankind s efforts in space. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. Security is being tightened in minneapolis asjurors begin considering their verdict in the trial of the former us police officer charged with murdering the black man george floyd last year. Derek chauvin denies causing mr floyd s death by kneeling on his neck. The defence says mr chauvin correctly followed police training, but the prosecution say his actions were disproportionate and deliberate. Footage from the incident was again shown in closing arguments today, and some of it is included in our correspondent nick brya nt s report. It s a measure of the passions aroused by this trial that the courthouse looks more like a pris
Super league. Russia s opposition leader alexei navalny is moved to a prison hospital as his health deteriorates, piling on the pressure for president putin. And mission accomplished, if only for a few moments. Nasa flies a drone over the surface of mars, in yet anotherfirst for human kind s efforts in space. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. Security is being tightened in minneapolis asjurors begin considering their verdict in the trial of the former us police officer charged with murdering the black man george floyd last year. Derek chauvin denies causing mr floyd s death by kneeling on his neck. The defence says mr chauvin correctly followed police training, but the prosecution say his actions were disproportionate and deliberate. Footage from the incident was again shown in closing arguments today, and some of it is included in nick bryant s report. It s a measure of the passions aroused by this trial that the courthouse looks more like a prison. A
Video of the officer shooting the 13yearold child days after brooklyn center police in minnesota showed the final moments of daunte wright s death. That was outside of minneapolis. And that happened mere miles from the trial of the former officer accused of killing george floyd. Now, in indianapolis, police say the massacre was over by the time first responders actually got to the scene at this fedex facility and that the suspect the phuketed gunman killed himself. And it has been exactly one month since the shooting spree in the atlanta area where a shooter murdered eight people, six of them asian women. And that was followed by the attack in boulder, colorado, claiming the lives of ten more people. In the last month alone, the last month alone, the u. S. Has suffered through at least 45 mass shootings. And in each of the incidents at least four or more people have been shot, wounded or killed. And now in a hotel near this fedex facility more families are forced through the worst unce
And razor wire. Republicans tearing into democratic congresswoman maxine waters accusing her of inflaming the situation after joining a protest in minnesota and saying this. I would like to see the bill in congress passed. But i know that the right wing, the racists are opposed to it, and i don t know what is going to happen? i don t know whether it is firstdegree. You have to stay on the street. We need to get more active, more confrontational. We need to make sure that they know that we mean business. Dana: you will get our commentary on all of this in a minute, we will go to the courtroom, there is some additional activity after the judge gave the jury deliberation instructions. There are lots of laws in this coming your honor, and these comments from repeated comments go for a prosecutor told misconduct. I said when blackwell used story it did not seem to be belittling, however that continued use of it i did sustain the ultimate objection that counsel made to the use of the word st