this is just the opening statements. it is the beginning. mr. jerry blackwell, the lead prosecutor i thought making an effective methodical presentation about the final nine minutes and 29 seconds of mr. floyd s life. essentially saying that whatever you think happened here what you see with your own eyes is indefensible. eric nelson the defense attorney saying this is a lot more than that, there floyd was there for a long period of time. he lied to police officers, he was high. he struggled with police officers and you have to take into account the officers were dealing with a crowd that they at least perceived to be a threat. just as a veteran attorney your sense so far of the opening statements. i give no weight to the defense s opening statement whatsoever because the bulk of their statements have to do with that very notion of a crowd, of information that they would have known perhaps about whether george floyd actually had illegal substances in his body. these are thi
response. he does not let up and even when mr. floyd doesn t have a pulse, it continues on and it continues on, ladies and gentlemen, even after the ambulance arrives on the scene. jerry blackwell for the prosecution, but we also heard from defense lawyer eric nelson asking the jury to consider all of the evidence in the case not just the widely circulated video. common sense tells you that there are always two sides to a story. common sense tells us that we need to examine the totality of the circumstances to determine the meaning of evidence and how it can be applied to the questions of reasonableness, of actions and reactions. there is no political or social cause in this courtroom, but the evidence is far greater than nine minutes and 29 seconds. nbc s jack brewster is in minneapolis. let s talk first of all, about what we heard from the prosecution and the defense today and what you are seeing around you. i know there was a news conference earlier with the today
morning. brian, with your permission, i would like to tell people not to get dressed this morning in their real people clothes. brian: right. carley: stay in christmas pajamas all morning long. brian: you got my permission. go ahead, carley, for this one day. carley: we would like to share some pictures of our christmas traditions, hopefully you can send us pictures of yours as well. steve, would you like to share a picture of yours? first of all that is me and husband pete. we are in chicago in picture. [cheers] carley: every year go to the chris king gel market in chicago and i m drinking a glass of soto. ho ho ho. steve: that sounds fantastic. word to toe bow audio guy i cannot hear brian. anyway, i m going to describe that picture right there. one of our christmas morning traditions is kathy makes kathy has written cookbooks and we always have a big casserole but on christmas morning, kathy makes gingerbread cookies and the kids eat them. there is mary actually doing
his sweeping social spending bill over the finish line. kaitlan collins is reporting that biden discussed a 1.75 to $1.9 trillion price tag. that s much lower than the $3.5 trillion that had been pushed by progressives. and that he is willing to remove free two-year community college and make major reductions to climate provisions, to paid family leave, and the child tax credit and funding for home care. let s talk about this now with california democratic congressman ami bherra. he met with the president yesterday. how close are you to a deal? thanks for having me on, brianna. i sense the president s optimism that we need to get a deal. we didn t get everything we wanted in there. you touched on some of the things that we got to compromise on. i think it is now time for us to get something done. we ll have a caucus meeting in about an hour. i hope everyone comes together in that caucus. and we put a bill together and vote on this and the infrastructure bill in the next wee
when the officers arrived on scene, they encountered an adult male and mr. pelosi s husband, paul. our officers observed mr. pelosi and the suspect both holding a hammer. the suspect pulled a hammer away from mr. pelosi and violently assaulted him with it. our officers immediately tackled the suspect, disarmed him, took him into custody, requested emergency backup and rendered medical aid. the speaker s office said the 82-year-old is in recovery currently at the hospital. the police chief identified that 4 2-year-old suspect in custody. the speaker was in washington when this assault happened. sources say this is why her security detail was not at her home in san francisco. let s bring in cnn senior justice correspondent evan perez and jamie gangel and manu raju. evan, we got about 45 seconds to a minute of new information from the chief there, but combining what we learned from the chief and from your sources, what do we know about this suspect? well, that s right, v