officer on trial for the death of george floyd. two police officers taking the stand this morning, including the minneapolis police department s senior most officer, its chief homicide detective richard zimmerman testifying about department policy, repeatedly saying that what happened on the scene in his view was inconsistent with the training police officers routinely receive about how to treat suspects in their custody. if somebody who is handcuffed becomes less combative, does that change the amount of force that an officer is to use under policy? yes. if they are not a threat to you at that point you try to you know, to help them so that they re not as upset. zimmerman also testifying that officers are trained not to kneel on someone s neck unless it is absolutely necessary because he testified the officers are trained they are told kneeling on someone s neck can kill them. more on that dramatic testimony ahead and again we ll take you back to the trial when it
our soc center. it s like a huge wrestling mat. are you familiar with the use of force continuum? yes. is that part of the minneapolis police department use of force policy? yes, it is. have you ever in all of the years you have been working for the minneapolis police department, been trained to kneel on the neck of someone who is handcuffed behind their back in a prone position. no i haven t. if that were done, would that be considered force? absolutely. level of force would that be? the top tier, the deadly force. why? because of the fact if your knee is on a person s neck, that can kill them. and two other breaking stories. president biden adding great news, the economy adding more than 900,000 jobs last month as the president continues to push his infrastructure and jobs plan. and the cdc releasing new travel guidance for vaccinated americans. the cdc saying you can travel safely once you are fully vaccinated against covid-19. when traveling in
good evening, i am erin burnett. outfront, breaking news, tiger woods taken to the hospital in serious condition. the golf champion suffering multiple fractures to his legs in a one car crash. we know he has undergone surgery, officials are not revealing how many surgeries he had in the past hours or whether he is still undergoing surgery as we speak. officials say woods was traveling at a high rate of speed when he lost control of his car. it rolled multiple times, the air bags tdeployed. extensive damage to the front end of the car. emergency crews had to arrive within moments. we used a tool used for prying, and used an axe to pry him from the vehicle. he was conscious and that s the extent of that. what about evidence of impairment? there was no evidence of impairment. officials telling reporters that woods was not able to stand on his own when emergency crews arrived. from what you re hearing, it is pretty clear tiger woods is really lucky to be alive. report
touchdowns and he ran for two more. can you believe it? no quarterback in alabama history has ever done that. roll tide. 56-7 over middle tennessee. but the best performance of the day has to go to oregon s mascot. every time they score, he does pushups. for puddles, it was 546 pushups for puddles. the mascot was barely able to waddle. definitely going to be sore today. being a mascot is not all it s quacked up to be. cory, thank you. it s a very strong duck there apparently. welcome back. i m in today for frederica whitfield. and at the burning man festival, 70,000 were left stranded. organizers also say they do still plan the hold the festival s culminating event, the burning of the man as it s called, tonight weather permitting. and cell phone service has been very spotty, even nonexistent for some. but dawn loony is among those trapped at the festival. glad to see that you re smiling. can you tell us what you re experiencing there? reporter: we are great. it is a gr
we want to begin tonight with more than 95 million americans in the path of severe storms from texas to pennsylvania with the danger said to last well into tomorrow. 19 states are under the threat of wild weather, tornado watch is already up in five states. with more expected as the night goes on. hail the size of grapefruits could damage cars and homes from san antonio to st. louis. this massive storm system brought to flooding to the west coast this weekend, and now charges east bringing flooding and even snow to the northeast. cbs s omar villafranca will start us off tracking this powerful storm. reporter: tonight to the country s midsection is bracing for severe spring weather. a storm system with heavy rain flooding roads in oklahoma city this afternoon. but that s not the biggest threat to. the tornado threat is deftly there today. we are concerned about some large potentially very large destructive type of hail. reporter: kansas also on alert as ominous dark clou