This is new day with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. We want to welcome our viewers in the United States and all around the world, its friday, april 2nd. John berman is off. John avlon is here. Good to see you. Happy friday. There was more gripping testimony and audio from witnesses in the Derek Chauvin murder trial. Jurors got to hear chauvin explain himself, his version, of what happened during the deadly encounter with george floyd. In a phone call to his thensupervisor, chauvin made no mention of pinning George Floyds neck under his knee. That supervisor taking the stand saying the Police Officers should have stopped restraining floyd when he stopped resisting. There was also tearful testimony from George Floyds girlfriend about their relationship, how they met and how they both struggled with opioid addiction. Also developing this morning, the growing scandal surrounding Florida Republican congressman matt gaetz. Federal investigators are examining whether his involvement with yo
Welcome to our viewers in the United States and Around The World, this is early start, im laura jarrett. And im christine romans. It is friday, april 2nd, it is good friday, the holiest day on the christian calendar. It is 5 00 a. M. In new york. We begin with a big blow to the defense teams case in the trial of former Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin. It came from an unexpected source. Chauvins former supervisor who told the jury thursday that chauvin should have stopped pressing down on George Floyds neck once he game unresponsive. Also testimony from two paramedics one said he could tell from a distance floyd was dead, he wasnt breathing, and prosecutors also called floyds girlfriend to the stand who spoke openly about their struggle with drug addiction. Cnns sara sidner starts us off this morning from minneapolis. Yeah, i was just going to call you and have you come out to our scene here. Reporter the jury heard newly released audio of officer Derek Chauvin talking on the p
counts for his alleged inaction to stop the shooter in parkland, florida, in 2018. we ve got our life back. it s been an emotional roller coaster for so long. there s no doubt that he s morally responsible. he stood there for 40 minutes doing nothing. if he diverted him for ten seconds, my son would have been able to close the door. it was just a mess. we literally got on the flight. we taxied for like six hours and they told us we couldn t take off. today is expected to be the busiest day for the fourth of july holiday weekend. fingers crossed that everything is on time. good morning, everyone. it s the top of the hour. 7:00 a.m. here on the east coast. we re glad you re with u we have a lot to get to, as you saw. focusing on just the consequential decision out of the high court that has really reshaped america for so many students. and how that decision paints a broader picture of what s happened with a 6-3 conservative majority. a great point was made sup
until you see that report. this hour of cnn this morning starts right now. another huge day for the country from the nation s high court. we are expecting more consequential decisions from the supreme court that could reshape america as we know it. after yesterday s ruling on affirmative action declaring race cannot be used an express factor in college admissions. it is another sweeping change from the supreme court s conservative super majority. it could have a lasting impact on the diversity of campuses across the nation for decades to come. two of the key decisions left for today are student loan relief for tens of millions of americans and there is the case of a web designer who refused to make websites for same-sex weddings. cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider is tracking all of it for us. a huge week for the court, for the country, and these opinions today also, either way they go, will have a huge impact. yeah, exactly. we are really zoning in on the stud
house. this as the georgia da investigating trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election says a decision on charges is imminent. tonight, we ll speak to a former georgia official who testified in the case and says there is enough evidence to charge trump. new video into our show, george santos making new questionable claims including being the victim of a violent mugging. and that he s giving his salary to charity. let s go outfront. good evening. america upping the anti-sending tanks to the ukraine. the united states is finalizing plans to send a significant number of tanks to the m-1 abrams tanks to kyiv. the abrams is the main tank that the united states uses on the battlefield. this could be a game changer in the war. and i want to emphasize this is extremely significant not just for the military importance but because it s a dramatic 180 turn around. last week the pentagon said they had no intention of handing the tank officials to ukraine. in fact, the undersecretary