Good to have you with us. We begin with good news for americans who have been dreaming of a European Vacation after more than a year of covid restrictions. The European Commission resident tells the New York Times that fully vaccinated americans will be able to visit Eu Countries this summer. Thats good news for European Economies that have felt the financial sting of travel bans. According to the centers for Disease Control and prevengs, nearly 95 Million people in the u. S. Are now fully vaccinated. Thats more than a quarter of the population, and nearly 140 Million people have had at least one dose. White house senior advisor Andy Slavin explained to Pam Brown how vaccinated americans will be able to enjoy more freedom, such as traveling abroad. The key to getting back to life that we used to know is vaccination. So far, we have more than half of Adult Americans that have done their vaccine shots. Thats great that also means that we have near half of americans that still havent done
a professor at georgetown law. let me start with you, this will be the first full day of testimony. talk about what we re expecting and what we have seen in the last few minutes. i understand there is a chance that we will hear, but not see, from some people under the age of 8 that witnessed what happened to george floyd. yeah, there was two of them at the time of floyd s death. two of them that are now 18. in the past few minutes in the motions section of this trial judge cahill denied the state s request to keep their audio from being broadcast. so at this point the audio of those minor witnesses will be broadcast. video will not be allowed. however, we don t know company exactly they will be testifying but keep that in mind as we move forward. we re looking forward to testimony starting starting in just a few moments. donald witness has a mixed martial arts background. and i spoke with him last year sortly after the incident and he was haunted by what he saw and he descr
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
him the device was doing compressions at the time. you saw at some point the possibility of pulsice electrical activity, right? yes, we would pause to do a pulse check and it looked like a rhythm change and i was able to de defib that. just to be clear, i mean, when somebody is in the state that you are describing, are you looking for any opportunity to, you know, administer a shock or provide additional treatment that you might be able to? yes, he s a human being and i was trying to give him a second chance at life. ultimately were you able to generate a pulse or any positive change from that shock that was administered? sorry, could you repeat that, please. did anything change after that shock? did anything get better with mr. floyd? no. ultimately, when you arrived at the hospital, what did you do at that point? when we got to the hospital we provided a report to the staff with the information i had and the treatments rendered. what was mr. floyd