Now as the hours tick down to an important part of the trial of the exofficer charged with murdering floyd. Cnns omar jimenez is in minneapolis. Omar, that place we just showed in George Floyd Square is Hallowed Ground both demanding major changes in the Way Police Officers work in their communities. What are people there telling you on the ground . When you look at this week ahead, this is the week that people have been waiting for almost a year now here in the minneapolis area. And when you look at the preparations that were seeing, businesses are boarding up, Law Enforcement presence is. Even the School System is sending everyone to Remote Learning midway through the week because there has been so much anticipation around this week. And we have seen rallies as we saw over at George Floyd Square today, but also protests outside the Governors Mansion as well, wanting to keep the pressure on the officials outside of the legal system and whats played out over the course of this trial. O
Speaking to a room in maralago Last Night Trump called the results bs, slammed his own Vice President for certifying them and worked in less than flattering remarks about Mitch Mcconnell. One new york lobbyist said it best when he told the New York Post trump made grievances into the entree. Jane boehner is sounding the alarm about the future of the party, especially in the wake of the capitol suction. It was sad. Revolting. I couldnt watch it anymore. Did it make you angry . Oh, yes it made me angry. And was there anything you can do . No. In the book, you write about political terrorists leading to actual terrorism . Yeah. Is this the outgrowth of the mind you have been describing . Yes, in question. This is the most extreme example of political terrorism. Would you say donald trump is a political terrorist . Donald trump is a product of the political divisions that we have seen grown in our country over the last 20 years. Hes a product. But he also knew how to play the justice descr
And thats when you begin seeing some of the arrests begin. Thats been the arrests weve seen play out during the course of the week and the one we will likely see play out into tonight as well. Of course, all of this comes within the backdrop of the trial of Derek Chauvin in the killing of george floyd. Closing arguments in that trial are set for monday and in preparation, the city here in minneapolis just put up additional fortifications, Law Enforcement presence is up and even the Public School system has earn in Remote Learning midway through the week for the rest of the week all in anticipation of what was supposed to be last week but now they will run into each other. You will have the Derek Chauvin trial and then we can get a verdict in an hour, day, week, we dont know, but what we do know is from a Community Perspective or Law Enforcement perspective, theyre bracing for the worse and hoping for the best. r really all too much in one city in what appears to be a real consequential
Death. We have our forensic and legal experts of analysis but first, we want to go in the courtroom, omar jimenez tells you the day in court. Reporter in one of the most highly anticipated moments of the trial. You conducted the autopsy on mr. George floyd . I did. Reporter hennepin countys Chief Medical Examiner dr. Andrew baker took the stand. With respect to mr. Floyd, you didnt see any damage to the heart . Thats correct. Did you note anything resembling a pill or pill fragments in his stomach . I did not. Reporter it listed the death as homicide but specifically cardio pulmonary arrest complicating Law Enforcement constraint and next compression. No mention of asphyxia. In my opinion, the Law Enforcement subdue l restraint and next compression was more than mr. Floyd could take by virtue of the heart conditions. Reporter according to testimony friday, in june 2020 he told investigators of george floyd, if he were found dead at home alone and no other apparent causes this would be
Suggest he would have died that night, except for the interactions with Law Enforcement. The House Ethics Committee announced it has launched an investigation into congressman gaetz, for a laundry list of potential violations. Ill bet unless hes actually convicted and behind bars, this will be a badge of honor for him. They arent really coming for me. Theyre coming for you. Im just in the way. This is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. New york city, beautiful at 6 00 a. M. Good morning to you. Thanks so much for being with us. Listen, the Coronavirus Vaccination Race is in a critical stretch. Weve got the variant driven rises in cases, particularly in young people. And vaccine hesitancy. Those are among other hurdles that the u. S. Is still facing. Yeah, more than 80,000 new covid cases were added just yesterday. The third day in a row that the u. S. Has logged 75,000 cases or more. The model from Washington Institute for Health Metrics and evaluation forecasts, i