deadly force in a situation where no force was needed at all. he also told the court that floyd did not pose a threat to police or to the bystanders. let s go to sara sidner. she s covering the trial for us in minneapolis. the prosecution one against turned to law enforcement officers to bolster their argument that chauvin used excessive force against george floyd. reporter: that s right. there have been nine minneapolis police officers, both current and former, including the police chief, who have testified for the prosecution in this trial, who was accused murdering george floyd. on day 8 of testimony, we saw more police officers taking the stand against former police officer derek chauvin. so far, nine minneapolis current or former police officers, including the chief, have testified for the prosecution. on wednesday, two other officers testified. the lead investigator on the case for the minnesota bureau of criminal apprehension, and a prosecution expert on the use of f
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
program, a ruling that will impact millions of people, one of the court s most influential cases this term with implications beyond the student loan issue. the plaintiffs which include six republican-led states, two borrowers who do not qualify for this program, are challenging the legality of the plan which would cancel up to $20,000 in debt for some borrowers. so just to give you an idea of the scope here, outstanding student loan debt in this country is more than $1.7 trillion. the vast majority of that, we re talking more than 90%, is from federal student loans and those are the ones that would be eligible for some forgiveness under biden s plan. so far 16 million borrowers had been approved for that relief. when the legal challenges put the plan on hold, officials estimate the program could cost some $400 billion. education secretary miguel cardona speaking with cnn this morning talked about why the administration is so focused on this and why the administration believ
welcome back to the weekend, everyone. donald trump s 2016 election interference trial resumes tomorrow morning with a very key witness. multiple sources have confirmed to nbc news that michael cohen will take the stand. his testimony over the hush money payment made to stormy daniels is expected to last several days. the prosecution plans to call one more witness before resting its case. who exactly that other witness is remains a mystery. joining us to discuss it all is a former member of the probe, andrew weisman, who hosts the podcast prosecuting donald trump. and lockland cart right is here, he doesn t have a webby but he has the ticket. so andrew, you have for the duration of this offered up a master class for anyone who has been following the numerous trials here. i sit at your knee for a lot of this stuff because you bring a lot of the elements of insight and understanding to make it clear for us what we are looking at. i want to play for you michael cohen. he is th
people behind including racine. on my watch we make promises and we keep promises and we leave no one behind. that was president joe biden in the battleground state of wisconsin yesterday announcing a major economic investment while highlighting his predecessor s failed deal in that exact same town. we ll have more of his comments straight ahead. meanwhile, the president is also drawing a hard line on military support for israel s impending invasion of rafah. that decision is now drawing some sharp criticism from lawmakers on capitol hill. and also ahead we ll get a preview of what to expect today in donald trump s hush money trial with stormy daniels set to take the witness stand yet again. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, may 9th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin with president biden s visit yesterday to wisconsin, a key swing state in november s election. the president was there to announce a $3.3