good morning. it s saturday, the 26th ofjune. our top story: the former us police officer who murdered george floyd in minneapolis last year has been sentenced to 22.5 years in prison. some of mr floyd s family and supporters said the sentence handed to derek chauvin wasn t long enough. the prosecution had demanded 30 years in prison, but president biden said the term seemed appropriate. here s our north america correspondent peter bowes. a final day in court for george floyd s family and the man guilty of his murder, derek chauvin, to be sentenced for a crime that sparked protests across the country. this was the family s opportunity to express their thoughts as they search for closure. george floyd s daughter, seven year old gianna, appeared first on video, too young to fully understand the tragic events of the past year, she talked about the father she no longer had. i miss you and i love you. when it came to the sentencing, the judge his decision was not based on emotion or public
laura: it s exploding all around the world. coming on that big family a meeting in ireland, which was not well attended. here is the pope reacting to the news on a plane returning fromts that family conference in ireland. translator: i read it and i will say sincerely that i must say this to you and all of you who are interested. read the documents carefully and judge it for yourselves. i will not say one word on thisa i think this statement speaks for itself. many catholics are saying ite speaks for itself and they feel the pope should have done some disclaimer, said something, it looks like an evasive answer. it makes the public bad. in the meantime, bishops around the united states and the world texas, arizona, the entire catholic, they save these are charges that need full investigation. they are demanding that from pope francis. laura: could this lead to the ouster of a pope that s never happened before? we ll see.
president george w bush, monica crowley from the london center for policy research, andea juan williams, cohost of the five. juan, what do you see happening here? there s been a nonstop series of complaints about how president trump first tweeted about it, the statement wasn t long enough, the way the flag was lowered, it should have stayed lowered, then it was lowered again, to me it seems like a lot of this is getting away from john mccain the man and back to criticizing trump the president.hi your reaction? i agree. i think you have to honor john mccain, that man especially now as we go into the season of grieving and paying respects to him and his family he certainly was an american patriot. i think almost the definition and our generation, laura. i disagree with you about the media. i don t think the media is the one that refused to release i don t think it was the press that lowered the flag temporarily and put it up back and then changing course. i don t think it is the pr
dealing with the mueller investigation. you mentioned the poll and voters being split on this issue. i think the most important poll at least heading into 2018, as well as 20020, are what are the top issues that americans care about. this is not among that list. it s the economy. and that s where republicans and president trump are doing strong. so i would be a little bit less concerned about voters here and more concerned about top issues. harris: the last time i looked at it in a list of 8 it wasn t even in the top 8. the list wasn t long enough. lisa: i don t think it s in the top 10. maria: he keeps saying politically. harris: you keep saying that but everybody lawyers up when somebody wants to talk to them. i think you are app. assuming that. maria: if he pleads the fifth under subpoena it will be a political nightmare for him, i think. sandra: you could say that about anybody. a trap for him. maria: because he doesn t tell the truth. harris: okay, maria. y all h
but ainsley as a republican, i m just telling you we need more hillary clinton. we need a hillary clinton cable channel. hillary clinton on xm. get them xfl football helmets with a camera in it to tune in to see what she is doing out in the woods. more time. more hillary. look, she only had a half a century to make people believe in her. she just hasn t had enough time. a half a century wasn t long enough. she needs a little more time. please keep putting her out there for our benefit. ainsley: brad, who should would he be watching? who do you think would step up to the plate? i think there are a lot of really talented democrats. remember, there are two versions of this. there are new generation of democrats. and then there are potentially just new faces. i mean donald trump was not a new generation of republican. but he was a new face. but i look at people like camala harris new senator from california.