The ground now check your seatbelt and get out of the car. Its front and center because tomorrow begins week three of the trool of former Police Officer Derek Chauvin in the killing of george floyd. This week, the defense is expected to start their case, based on what weve seen so far, apparently imagining floyd died without the officers knee on his neck. This is how you found mr. Floyd died in his residence, no police involve p, no drugs, the only thing you found would be these fact about his heart. What would you conclude would be the cause of death . In that very narrow set of circumstances, i would probably conclude the cause of death was heart disease. I could by laying by the pool in florida, right, on my stomach in the prone position, not inherently dangerous . Right. So were going to look ahead to the defense case in a moment over the key question mr. Derek chauvin, himself, is going to take the stand. I will show this heated interaction between police and army officer leiutena
The white house and congress to end the covid19 pandemic and rebuild our crumbling infrastructure, the other is licking its wounds and plotting its political future. Sounds like the normal functioning of a healthy democracy, except for one problem. The Republican Party seems to have decided they cannot win over black and brown voters they have regularly demonized and devalued. So, rather than try, they cheat. Its why the gop is using the power it still retains in the states and the courts to push an agenda of voter restriction. And its why republicans at the National Level are dead set on opposing any policies put forth by democrats, even if they improve the lives of all americans. And so a republican problem becomes a democratic problem. And heres why. The National Democratic party owes its wins over this past six months to minority voters in historically undervalued regions, wins that held Congress Gave them the senate and won them the white house. But they cant hold onto those major
as well. bret: thank you, sir. have a good night. gogood evening. i m bret baier eaking tonight, president biden says a possible deal for the release of some hostages held by hamas is very close. israeli officials are said to be discussing the agreement. it calls for a swap of around 50 hostages for 150 palestinians. israel says no terrorists will be released. correspondent jeff paul is in southern israel tonight with the latest. good evening, jeff. good evening, bret. despite this deal being close, we are still seeing a lot of fighting here along the israel-gaza border. however, if there is some sort of agreement between israel and hamas recommendation we might not only see a pause in the war but a lot of hostages going home. surrounded by the ruins of war. [explosion] israeli forces fire from window positions. [explosion] while tanks blast third way deeper into the gaza strip. as soldiers encircle jabalia one of the last strongholds in northern gaza, there are devel
right now, democrats are taking what lessons they can from last week s election. still riding high on big winds. that overperform. but the outlook in 2024 from the white house and now the senate is with the news that west virginia senator joe manchin, west virginia senator joe manchin is retiring, leaving a deep red state up for grabs. and polling continues to show president biden underperforming with democratic voting blocks. get reelected next year. meanwhile, the presidents presumed opponent in 2024, donald trump, is ratcheting up his rhetoric on the campaign trail, calling his rivals vermin, and touting an immigration policy amidst deportation, even more extreme than his first term. all this as his fraud trial is set to resume monday in new york. i last amok reddick jimmy harrison, how democrats should respond to all of this ahead of 2024. from the son charles five, to new york city council district nine joins me tonight. days after his resounding city counc
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