in the coming hours the federal trial of three former minneapolis police officers who helped derek chauvin restrain george floyd in may of 2020 is set to resume. we ve learned one of them plans to testify in his own defense. cnn s omar jimenez has more from st. paul, minnesota. reporter: over a year and a half later the federal trial for the other former minneapolis police officers charged in the killing of george floyd is taking jurors right back to the day floyd was murdered by derek chauvin in may of 2020. monday was dominated by opening statements by both the prosecution and the defense. the prosecution largely stuck to the charges arguing that thomas lane, jay alexander king and tu tou were dlub beliberately
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medical aid and did not render that aid. when court gets back going on tuesday morning we are going to see the testimony resume from the fbi forensic examiner, which is where things left off on monday. the first witness called in this trial in what is expected to be a four week trial. omar jimenez, cnn, st. paul, minne minneapolis. more than 1.6 million kilometers away. unlike the hubble telescope, the james webb space telescope will be or bitting the sun. nasa says the telescope will peer into the atmosphere and bring us closer of uncovering the mystery of the universe. they have unveiled sun shields the size of a tennis court. from the center of the solar