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
calling for him to resign. we begin, though, with the crisis on the ground in texas. yesterday the ceo of ercot, the operator of the state s power grid, independent from the rest of the country s, admitted they were just moments away from a catastrophe that would have plunged texas into a total blackout which could have lasted months. and it was seconds and minutes, given the amount of generation coming off the system at the same time the demand was still going up significantly. and joining us now is bill magness, the president and ceo of ercot. thank you very much for being with us. i know you have had a very, very busy and intense week. how did this happen? how did a catastrophe of this level happen? what we saw with the storm that came into texas, which as you ve been reporting, is unprecedented and causing tragic outcomes all over the state, was a terrible event for the grid, for the electric grid. the reason is, on the electric grid, at every moment of the day, we
without power since monday has been rationing oxygen tanks for their 5-month-old baby boy born premature just home from the hospital. they built a make shift heater from a pot on bricks. the family is boiling bottled water because there s no water pressure. this is no longer just an emergency. it s clear that it is a disaster. we ve seen a cascade of effects that have turned what is already a dire situation into something much worse. residents are frustrated. they re angry. they are cold. what they re enduring and continue to endure is heartbreaking. in the town of del rio, the wastewater plant is offline. officials are begging residents, do not flush your toilets. panic buying across the state leaving supermarket shelves bare. the state agriculture commissioner says they re, quote, looking at a food supply chain problem like we have never seen before. nearly 12 million texans facing water service disruptions this morning. look at that. nearly 1/4 of the state is under or
hospital will see staff shortage when vaccine mandates take effect. people waiting for weeks if not months for routine appointment. it s terrifying. try to win it and kick is good to win the game. [cheers] this is the place that we all call home steve: good morning, dallas. it s 5:01 central time. and you are watching fox & friends monday, september 27th, 20021. we re up here on the mezzanine level and good morning, everybody. brian is off today. and in his spot on the curvey couch we have got will cain. saints. ainsley: that song perfect for out showing the state of texas. state fair there. playing home. will: state of texas hopefully my family is still asleep. glad to be up with you on fox & friends. ainsley: they are a little bit behind us. steve: my daughter sally lives in dallas. yesterday she said hey, dad, i m going to make that lasagna soup out of your cookbook, mom s cookbook. she called back later we re going to taste it now. she said it tastes oka
and a criminal investigation is still ongoing of the slow response by law enforcement. our north america correspondent will grant first reported from the scenes of the massacre last year, and has gone back to revisit the parents of ten year old alithia ramirez. just a warning, some viewers may find this report distressing. we wanted to make this room alithia s room. alithia ramirez s parents are recreating her old bedroom in their new home. such was the pain of living in uvalde, the city where she was murdered in her classroom a year ago with 18 classmates and two teachers, they decided to move away. this is our reality, and we re going to be carrying this for the rest of our lives. the memories of their vivacious daughter are everywhere, and anything can transport them to that awful, heartbreaking day. just hearing an ambulance, anything with sirens is just. school buses kind ofjust triggers us sometimes where it brings us back to that day where we re trying to figure out wh