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
up. the republican presidential hopefuls are attending iowa senator joni ernst annual roast and ride events. former president trump is skipping today s gathering, but all the other candidates including ron desantis, tim scott and asa hutchinson are in des moines. mike pence is expected to formally announce his presidential run in the coming days. cnn s jeff zeleny joins me from des moines. what can we expect from today s speeches? reporter: not only is former vice president mike pence getting in the race next week, we are told he is also going to be riding a motorcycle here today, likely the only candidate to be doing that. we are here at senator joni ernst s roast and ride. the roast is a pig roast, the ride is a harley-davidson motorcycle ride. sh this year features a growing field of republican presidential candidates. florida governor ron desantis is going to be here in iowa today trying to make his case to iowa voters. we should point out as summer approaches, this fie
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