What is next for the fight for justice . Good morning. Welcome to way too early on this wednesday, april 21st. Im kasie hunt. We start with the news. The jury in the above entitled manner as to count one, unintentional seconddegree murder while committing murder, guilty. Count two, find the defendant guilty. We the jury in the above entitled matter as to count three, secondary manslaughter finds the defendant guilty. Derek chauvin killed a black man named george floyd by kneeling on his neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. Chauvins bond was revoked and demanded for custody where he will spend next eight weeks waiting for sentencing. Many outside the courthouse celebrated with tears of relief and crowds erupted into cheers for a guilty on all counts verdict that many were unsure would come. At a News Conference with the prosecutors who tried the case, Minnesota Attorney general Keith Ellison said just has not yet been achieved. Prosecutor jerry blackwell, once again, got the last word. I
Others on this set today may be concerned. But i think most americans, despite what tim scott said in the response about joe biden tearing america apart with his policies, they dont agree with that assessment. They havent agreed with that assessment over the first 99 days of this administration. And if you look at the flash polls last night out by several organizations, they didnt agree with that assessment last night. This address getting great initial reaction from once again the overwhelming majority of americans. As so much of his legislation both passed and proposed has overwhelming support from so Many Americans. These are initial polls, President Bidens address to congress, in the latest cbs u. Gov poll, 85 of viewers approved of the president s speech, 15 disapproved. The cnn ssrs poll, 71 said that the president s speech made them feel optimistic. In that cbs poll, 78 felt optimistic about america after listening to the president s speech. 13 felt pessimistic when it came to b
A consequential president , but today first thing youll see, all i can say is count me out. Enough is enough. Im doing a Golf Tournament where President Trump this sunday, may 2nd, in my campaign is going to auction a slot off to play in this tournament. You have lunch, you have breakfast with President Trump. You get a photo. You play at his golf course in florida. Its going to be a lot of fun. A tale, willie of two characters. That is so painful. They had the strongest of convictions. They had the weakest of convictions. Unfortunately there are a lot more Lindsey Grahams than there are liz cheneys. In fact two or three liz cheneys in this case. Adam kinzinger others said what they said on january 6th, yeah, this was a bad day. You cant incite a riot, you cant bring people to the capitol in an insurrection and stayed to that which wouldnt seem that hard of a position to hold. Yet we see Lindsey Graham and Kevin Mccarthy headed right back on. Kevin mccarthy went to maralago shortly aft
Sending all of those wedding invitations. Pardon everyone from himself to his Administration Officials to joe exotic if he has to because you see from the radical left a blood lust that will only be quenched if they come after the people who worked so hard to animate the Trump Administration with the policies and the vigor and the effectiveness that delivered for the American People. Yeah. So i think the president ought to wield that pardon power effectively and robustly. Yeah. Snl just got more material for this weekends show. That was republican congressman matt gaetz in november of last year, saying then President Trump should pardon just about everyone. Well, this morning theres new reporting that gaetz wanted one of those pardons for himself. You know, well get to that in a second. Willie, you know, im not prone to overstatement when it comes to sports, but we had another great Night In Sports Last night. And again, not im not saying that i hear things went off the rails yesterday
Testimony in the trial of Derek Chauvin. Former Police Officer charged with the murder of george floyd. The Defense Team Arguing that the drug use killed him. The question is what do the jurors think . And Senate Minority leader says President Bidens package wont get support from republicans. And following in the footsteps of georgia. Texas lawmakers advance a sweeping elections bill that place restrictions on the vote are process. Major corporations forcing opposition to the measure. Will we see it signed into law . Its Way Too Early for this. Good morning. Welcome to Way Too Early. The show that is happy to see the word friday written in the teleprompter. Im kasie hunt. We will start with the news. Day four of the Derek Chauvin trial had a wide range of testimony from medical to personal to the procedures for restraint. Paramedic derek smith and Seth Bravinder did not see signs of life as they arrived. Courteney ross, George Floyds girlfriend of three years, told the jury about this