former government workers. cuomo s announcement comes as he was facing the prospect of impeachment and forced removal from office. but in a press conference this afternoon, he framed his resignation effective two weeks from today as anything but an admission of guilt. the times adding this, the governor framed his resignation as one of political necessity, given the firestorm of controversy surrounding his continued leadership, including an impeachment inquiry that he referred to as a distraction from pressing issues, pressing the state as it recovers from the pandemic. here was outgoing governor andrew cuomo in his resignation announcement to new york this afternoon. there is a difference between alleged improper conduct and concluding sexual harassment. now, don t get me wrong, this is not to say that there are not 11 women who i truly offended. there are. and for that i deeply, deeply apologize. in my mind, i have never crossed the line with anyone. but i didn t realiz
our goal byjuly 4th is to have 70% of adult americans with at least one shot. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in mexico city 2a people dead, a rail bridge collapsed, many more injured and a perilous rescue effort underway. that is the toll from one train plunging into a city street after the overpass simply gave way under the train s weight. the exact cause of the incident is still to be determined but officials said it appeared that a girder had given way on the bridge at the olivos station in the south of the capital. local residents say that the bridge had cracks in its structure, believed to have been caused by an earthquake four years ago. and the overpass itself was only built in the last ten years. you may find some of the images in will grant s report distressing. the scene of devastation at mexico city s subway was reminiscent of one of the city s many earthquakes, but this was not a natural disaster, rather it was a man made one, on the newer stretc
chauvin s knee. video of his death sparked a national outcry, an international outcry, against police brutality. chauvin is now facing multiple murder charges. he has pleaded not guilty. omar jiminez has covered this trial. preparations for reactions to events inside that courtroom. omar, you witnessed the 8:46 just a couple minutes ago. i was, of course, watching it here as many of our viewers were. intended to highlight just how long chauvin s knee was on george floyd. i wonder as you re there in that city now and there watching this moment unfold, tell us what you heard. what is the mood? what is the tension? well, jim, i mean, you didn t have to look hard over the course of those 8:46 when kneeling to show how long of a time that actually was. and, of course, it was meant to be representative of the amount of time that chauvin s knee was on george floyd s neck. and right before that, we heard from members of george floyd s family and their attorneys about what this mome
next to him when police pulled him out of his car in that video there, will be ordered to testify. that friend, however, is expected to take the fifth. his fifth amendment rights not to testify. next hour, testimony resumes after just a damning day for the defense. the police chief who fired chauvin telling the jury that chauvin s restraint, quote, absolutely violated policy. we begin with the president s big vaccine announcement. a white house correspondent jeremy diamond and cnn senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen standing by. this expands it, in less than two weeks, every american adult does the country have the supply to meet that goal? well, that s the thing, right? access and eligibility are two very different things in the world of getting vaccinated against the coronavirus. but what president biden is expected to announce today is that he is going to be moving up that target date for every american adult and that is actually americans 16 and older to be eli
is tough to watch. reporter: 61-year-old eyewitness charles mcmillan took the stand breaking down in sobs after prosecutors played this body cam video of george floyd interacting with police. i can t breathe. i can t breathe. i can t breathe. stop moving. helpless. i don t have a mama, either, but i just hear him reporter: mcmillan is the man you hear on the video begging floyd to give into police before floyd is taken to the ground. you ain t going to win. i understand once you get in the cuff, you can t win, you re done. reporter: mcelderry mill done told the jury reregularly walks his neighborhood and in fact, bumped into officer derek chauvin there five days before floyd s arrest. five days ago, i told him go home to your family safe and the next person go to their family safe but he look at you as a maggot. reporter: the jury saw george floyd alive watching not seen before surveillance video from inside the cup foot store. 19-year-old former cashier