the crout to check for a pulse, from even an off-duty firefighter. she was not shown on camera today because she is a minor, but listen to how seeing mr. floyd die has affected her life. there s been nights i stayed up apologizing and apologizing to george floyd for not doing more and not not interacting in, not saving his life but like it s not what i should have done. it s what he should have done. that witness young cousin just 9 years old also took the stand and said ambulance workers had to push officer chauvin off of george floyd when they arrived on the scene as cnn s omar jimenez reports. good morning, members of the jury. reporter: the story of what happened on may 25th, 2020 in minneapolis told today through the lens of eyewitnesses. i believe i witnessed a murder. reporter: donald williams was standing feet away from george floyd as he was pinned under the knee of derek chauvin. after floyd seemingly s unresponsive body was loaded into ambulance that
sandra: thursday. john: chicago public schools shut down for a second straight day as teachers stay home, like groundhog day, kids are left further behind. i m john roberts. sandra, good to spend thursday with you. sandra: friday eve you usually call it. billions to keep necessary resources to keep the schools open, improved ventilation and other safety measures. that does not seem to be stopping some school leaders from shutting their doors. john: hi, gillian. gillian: public schools taken $130 billion, to keep schools open during the pandemic but a lot of schools are shuttered. chicago, $1.8 billion in federal covid funding, milwaukee 504 million, atlanta, over 200 million and detroit, almost 800 million. all these school districts currently closed to students citing the omicron surge. on president biden s first day in office he said that $130 billion he would send schools via the american rescue plan would allow them to reopen. so, not only are those recipient sc
coronavirus cases spiking across the country as a new study out of the u.k. finds there is no evidence that the omicron strain is more contagious than the delta and biden stalled the social spending bill, voting rights and immigration won t make it through the senate this year. will democrats be able to turn things around? the mayor of san francisco declaring a state of emergency to crack down on crime. she is vowing to tackle what she calls the b.s. destroying the city. san francisco s chief of police is here to respond. i want to turn straight to cnn s kyung lah on the dramatic spike in covid cases across the country. reporter: america s covid time war, long testing and vaccination lines in miami and familiar fears of exposure. he doesn t live in my house but i m scared so i decided to make an appointment to get tested just in case. reporter: in new york city, the positivity rate has doubled in just four days. the city health advisor tweeted we ve never seen this befo
progressive leaders doubling down on the bail reform as crime spirals out of control. i am sandra smith in new york. mike: i am mike emanuel in washington for john roberts. mayors are holding news conference to deflect blame for smash and grab. 12 cities have a new record for homicides and progressive leaders are downplaying the crisis. most crime is down but for homicides. we don t have a crisis of lawlessness. we don t have a crisis of crime or violence. on michigan avenue, i am disappointed they are not doing more to take safety and make it a priority. sandra: fox team coverage. mike: we begin with jonathan hunt live in los angeles with the latest there. the sheriff s department reports murders are up 45% from 2020 in l.a. county. robberies were down earlier but they too are now surging. when the recent spate of home attacks where residents are assaulted on their doorsteps and the smash and grab on high end stores. the district attorney, the lead prosecutor f
tour, has been to london, has been to paris, and now he will appeal to eu leaders more widely for more help withjets and long range eu leaders more widely for more help with jets and long range weapons to bolster kyiv s defences against the expected spring offensive. almost a year to the day that russia invaded ukraine. let s listen the welcome given to president zelensky in brussels. applause we are here today on this historic occasion to welcome the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelensky, to the european parliament. this is an extraordinary moment, an extraordinary moment, an extraordinary time. it has been almost one year since the brutal, illegal invasion of sovereign ukraine by russia. in all that time, mr president, your leadership has inspired your people, inspired every corner of the globe. when the world thinks of ukraine, they think of heroes, fighting the odds. of david beating goliath, they think of the icons of snake island, the warriors of mariupol, the libera