this sunday derek chauvin is in a prison cell awaiting sentencing and will likely spend years behind bars. but as the ap reports in this striking new headline, within 24 hours of the chauvin verdict, at least six people across the country died at the hands of law enforcement. that includes 16-year-old ma khia bryant killed by columbus police who were responding to a 911 call about an attempted stabbing. and 42-year-old andrew brown jr., shot and killed in elizabeth city, north carolina, by sheriffs deputies serving an arrest warrant. on saturday, the county sheriff said he wants to release the bodycam footage of brown s death but says he can t without a court order. amid the ever-multiplying tragedies, the senate has yet to pass the george floyd justice in policing act but negotiations between the two parties seem to be making progress. i think we are on the verge of wrapping this up in the next week or two depending on how quickly they respond to our suggestions. joining
republicans will counter with the g.o.p. s only black senator, south carolina s tim scott who is expected to call for pragmatic infrastructure plans that are paid for and incentives that don t hurt businesses. we have fox team coverage tonight. jennifer griffin at the pentagon looks at what the president is dealing with on the foreign policy front and may talk about tonight. jackie heinrich at the capitol previews what senator scott is likely to say but we begin with peter doocy and what we are learning about the president s live from the north lawn. tonight s speech is going to take a different tone than the inaugural where the president warned of a dark winter ahead because those excerpts tell us is he going to say after 100 days i can report to the nation america is on the move again turning peril into possibility. crisis into opportunity, setback into strength. now we know that he plans to try to back that big talk up by making the government a lot bigger. now is the
to fear, and lies from liberal activists. georgians and all americans should know what this decision means. it means, cancel culture and partisan activists are coming for your business. the battle over voting rights heating up. georgia governor brian kemp ripping into major league baseball fwor moving its all-star game out of the state in protest of its new restrictive voting law. and new overnight, state republicans go on a cancel-culture tare of their own. this, as more republican-led states are considering similar measures, and pressure is mounting on corporate america to take a stand. day six of testimony in the derek chauvin murder trial kicks off tomorrow, with arguably, the most critical witness taking the stand. the minneapolis-police chief. how far will he go, over the blue line, in his testimony against one of his own? and the race to vaccinate children. we will speak to a 13-year-old about why he decided to be a part of pfizer s trial on kids. good morning. i
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
well-known hymn as a jazz song. when the saints go marching in, oh when the saints go marching in another addition to the registry is a 1941 recording of franklin dell nor roosevelt s lighting of the community christmas tree. winston churchill joined him just weeks after the attack on pearl harbor. their sign of unity was broadcast, around the world. it is a strange christmas eve. almost the whole world is locked in deadly struggle. american culture is not, all, serious. and neither is the registry. other inductees include lady marmalade by la belle. celebration by cool and the gang. and a song that always gets me misty-eyed. the rainbow connection by kermit the frog from the muppet movie. it s the top of the hour and it s so good to with with you tonight. right now, some folks in georgia are protesting new voting laws. covid cases on the rise nationwide and asylum seekers continue to push toward the border. but the president has his focus on infrastructure. why? we