in the end, he did not get off. if given the maximum sentence under the law, he will spend the rest of his life in prison quick. is that if their punishment? is the office are guilty of the specific crimes he was just convicted? we can debate that come in over this hour, we will, but here s what we can t debate: no mob has the right to destroy our cities, not under any circumstances, not for any reason. no politician or media figure has the right to intimidate a jury. and no political party has the right to impose a different standard of justice on its own supporters. those things are unacceptable in america. all of them are happening now. if they continue to happen, decent, productive people will leave. the country as we knew it will be over. so we must stop this current insanity. it is an attack on civilization. at stake is far more than the future of derek chauvin for the memory of george floyd. at stake is america. before we consider the details of today s verdict, a bigg
and if he didn t get off, he would get the maximum sentence spending the rest of his life in prison. is that a fair punishment? was he guilty for the specific crimes he was convicted? we can debate all that, and over this next hour we will. c but this is what we can debate. no politician or media has the right to impose a different standard of justice on its own supporters. those things are unacceptable in america. all of them are happening now. if they continue to happen, decent productive people willil leave. the country as we know it will be over. we must stop this current insanity. it s an attack on civilization. at stake is far more than the future of derek chauvin. where the memory of george floyd. at stake is america. so before we consider the details of today its verdict, one bigger question, one should we should all think about, what is the promise of our justice situation that it is impartial and fair as human beings can make it. as the cop who was just convicted
the time everything started to come closer into focus about the coordinated effort orchestrated by many republicans to overturn the results of the 2020 election and derail our democracy. and we re going to get to everything that happened this week in just a second. but first, i actually want to rewind a bit further to one of the weirdest moments of the trump administration. take a look. this was june of 2018, the start of hurricane season. donald trump and vice president mike pence visited fema headquarters to be briefed on hurricane preparedness. the first lady, who you see there, was also there seated at the head of the table like she s the co-president or something like that. but believe it or not, that wasn t even the weird part. i want you to watch this. at one point, donald trump takes the water bottle that is in front of him and puts it on the floor, at which point mike pence does literally the exact same thing. it almost looked pavlovian for a moment, a weird, innate
you re live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta. a devastating fire that killed 19 people, including nine children, in a massive fire in the bronx. fire officials do know how it started. they were describing the scene unprecedented with victims on every floor of the building. we re talking 19 stories. in addition to those killed, more than a dozen others remain hospitalized and life-threatening conditions. last hour we got an update from the new york city fire commissioner and the mayor of new york. they told reporters the cause of this fire appears to be a malfunctioning space heater. our message is clear today. during a tragedy, we are going to be here for each other. there is more to be discovered. the fdny is doing an investigation. christopher nydall will update us on the latest, but this appears this stemmed from a space heater. the martials are here. they will give us a thorough investigation to determine exactly what took place and what we can do better not to have
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