. >> whitaker: michelle thomas is a single mom raising six kids in atlanta. she has felt the drip, drip, drip of all of racism's "stressors." >> thomas: you see the confederate flag being flown. you see people driving by are calling you the "n-word." and you're just walking down the street. i don't know any other race that actually say they have to have a talk with their kids about how to handle yourself when you're in the street, or how to handle yourself around a police officer, or how to handle yourself when you go shopping in a store. make sure your hands are not in your pocket. there's a group that... >> whitaker: she points to a particularly painful moment in 2019 when her teenage son, jerome, who is on the autism spectrum, was stopped and handcuffed by atlanta police who said he fit the profile of a robbery suspect. >> thomas: i'm like, "if you talked to him for a little while, you would know for a fact that my son had had autism. but you didn't get a chance to know my son. you just assumed that he was the criminal. and that broke my heart." >> whitake

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but first, abc's steve osunsami leads us off from the cdc in atlanta. >> reporter: it's the covid vaccine that promises good protection with a single dose. an important tool for public health officials around the world, but tonight, the fda is telling everyone to hold off using the johnson & johnson vaccine. a very small number of women have come down with an extremely rarely blood clot after getting the shot. >> this is a really rare event. if you look at what we know so far, there have been six out of the 6.85 million doses, which is less than one in a million. >> reporter: all six women were between 18 and 48 years old. they got sick about 6 to 13 days after getting vaccinated. the clots formed in veins of the sinus and prevented blood from draining out of the brain. one woman died, another in critical condition. there's no evidence showing the vaccine caused the condition, and to be super clear, your chances of getting struck by lightning are nearly twice as high. one in half a million. but the fda is warning anyone who got the johnson & johnson vaccine in the last three weeks to be o

steve osunsami leading us off tonight with late news from the cdc in atlanta. >> reporter: a cdc advisory panel tonight says it needs more time and information to respond to the new concerns about the johnson & johnson vaccine. which means for now, americans should continue holding off using this brand of the covid vaccine. >> we do not have to arrive at a vote today or a recommendation today. if we need more time to think about this, we can reconvene later this week or this weekend >> reporter: a very small number of women who suffered blood clots after getting the shot caused health officials to put a hold on using the drug. health officials here worry that this potential adverse reaction looks a little too similar to what happened in europe with the astrazeneca vaccine. the astrazeneca vaccine is made using similar technology as the johnson & johnson, and in europe 19 people died. >> there are some rather strong similarities about this with regard to the time frame following vaccination. particularly importantly, the clinical syndrome of these clots together with low platelets. so ther

some of the mass shootings in this country in just the past month, from the attacks in la atlanta to the massacre in boulder. we're covering indianapolis tonight. the flags lowered at the white house. some of the workers at fedex were not allowed to have their phones so they were unable to call loved ones to let them know they survived this, adding to the horror of it all. victor oquendo leads us off tonight from indianapolis. >> reporter: tonight, new details into that deadly shooting at an indianapolis fedex facility as we learn a former employee armed with a rifle allegedly opened fire. >> we have an active shooter currently at fedex. >> reporter: just half 11:00 p.m. thursday, officers responding to reports of shots fired at this operations center, fedex's second largest hub in the world, roughly 100 workers present at the time. >> we heard three more shots, and then my buddy levi saw someone running out of the building. >> reporter: police finding eight killed, four outside the building and four inside. at least five others rushed to the hospital with gunshot wounds. their ident

major league baseball moving the all-star game out of atlanta in protest. the governor calling it a cancel culture move. and there are some surprising reactions from georgia democrats. here's steve osunsami. >> reporter: it's a strong message tonight from major league baseball to republican lawmakers who just passed and signed new voting restrictions in georgia. baseball commissioner robert manfred jr. is siding with a good number of black americans and business leaders who lith "i have decided that the best rate our values as a sporisy locating this year's all-star ga a ra >> major league baseball just caved to the pressure. >> reporter: this week the president came out encouraging this. >> i would strongly support them doing that. people look to them, their leaders. >> reporter: but this is money and business we're talking about, and even many georgia democrats who fought the new rules are not happy with baseball's decisions. stacey abrams, who is credited with getting more georgians to vote, says she's "disappointed" and says, "i don't want to see georgi

in the streets of atlanta, as well. in albuquerque, new mexico. to the images from brooklyn, right here in new york. and this evening, what we're now learning about this sweeping new federal investigation into the minneapolis department. abc's alex perez leading us off from minneapolis again tonight. >> reporter: tonight, former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin is inmate 261557 at minnesota's only maximum security prison. spending 23 hours a day in a stark cell like this one, isolated from his fellow prisoners for his own safety, in what's called "administrative segregation." chauvin, the rare police officer tried and convicted for killing someone while on duty. >> bail is revoked, bond is discharged, and the defendant is remanded to the custody of the hennepin county sheriff. >> reporter: chauvin handcuffed and led away. the justice department, now weighing whether to bring federal civil rights charges against him. and today, attorney general merrick garland putting the entire minneapolis police department under the microscope. >> the jus

so, here's our senior national correspondent steve osunsami from the cdc in atlanta. >> reporter: any future use of the johnson & johnson covid vaccine could be decided tomorrow by a cdc advisory panel. because it's a single shot, it's become an important tool in fighting the coronavirus. >> we need to make a decision quickly i'm and really hopeful that we'll be able to use the vaccine soon. >> reporter: u.s. health officials put use of the vaccine on hold after six women developed rare blood clots after getting the shot. tomorrow, they could continue with that hold or join health officials in europe, who just days ago decided that the benefits outweigh the risks and have cleared the vaccine to be used with a safety warning. across the country, it appears fewer people are rushing to get immunized, with thousands of appointments sitting empty and some vaccination places shutting down. >> when 16 and older opened, i did expect a rush and it just never materialized. >> reporter: for the first time in weeks, the daily average of shots put into arms has fallen below 3 million doses a day.

abc senior national correspondent steve osunsami is at the cdc in atlanta tonight leading us off. >> reporter: it's a decision tonight that health officials say is in the best interest of public health. >> the vote is ten in favor, four opposed. >> reporter: a cdc panel recommends that we should remove the hold on using the single shot johnson & johnson vaccine. anyone 18 years old or older should feel free to get the shot, and they will be warned about the low risk of blood clots. >> i'm a firm believer that the perfect should never be the enemy of the good. i think the risks and benefits of this vaccine clearly show that we're preventing tremendous disease. >> reporter: public health authorities put a pause on using the vaccine after six women came down with severe blood clots about two weeks after getting the shot. tonight, the cdc shares that there are now 15 of these cases, most of them with severe blood clots near the brain. all of them are women between 18 and 59 years old. three of them died, and seven are still hospitalized. but the experts underline these are out of 8 milli

abc's elwyn lopez leading us off from atlanta. >> reporter: tonight, after an 11 day pause, the johnson & johnson vaccine >> i think the benefits outweigh the risks. >> reporter: at least 22 states saying they'll resume the one-dose shots immediately. what would you say to people who are hesitant? >> i would just say look at the facts, trust science. >> reporter: the cdc and the fda recommending j&j's shot come with a warning label of the risk of rare blood clots. so far, 15 blood clot cases verified, but with 8 million shots given, that's about 1 clot per 500,000 vaccines given. experts say things like birth some americansse are exceedu a blood clot than the rare but potentially deadly type from the shot. >> the risk of you having this complication versus the potential risk of getting covid right now certainly is on the side of getting covid. >> reporter: over the past nine days, the average number of daily vaccines administered dropping nearly 16%. and with supply outpacing demand, some states like louisiana and mississippi now asking for fewer doses. adding to growing concerns that v

atlanta's democratic mayor telling cnn she understands baseball's decision, but she worries about the economic backlash from the law. >> it is going to impact millions of georgians' employment, small businesses, our corporations. and it's very unfortunate. >> reporter: the league's move could be seen as a warning to other states considering changes to their voting laws, like texas. american airlines and dell already opposing proposed bills there. here in georgia, governor kemp digging in. >> i will not be backing down from this fight. >> reporter: and whit, cobb county travel and tourism officials tell me they estimate the economic loss from the all-star game's relocation could top more than $100 million. whit? >> elwyn lopez, thank you. >>> we move onto the murder trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin, set to resume on monday after a week of gripping testimony. eyewitnesses reliving the moments leading up to the death of george floyd. so, what's next as the prosecution builds its case? abc's reena roy from minneapolis. >> reporter: tonight, jurors gearing up for an

and the manhunt is still on for a convict who escaped in clayton county near atlanta. he was on his way to prison to serve a sentence for burglary. >> reporter: americans' love of chicken is fueling a shortage. major fast food chains blame the pandemic for disruptions in the market and supply chain. there's also the increased demand for takeout or delivery of comfort food. and the storms in february halted work for some processors. >> reporter: and an update to a story that we have been following. major biden, the first dog, he's back at the white house after some additional training. first lady dr. jill biden says that included going to see cats at a shelter, and major did fine. the first cat is expected to arrive soon. >>> when we come back a top draft pick's inspiring story and how football success is changing their lives. with a hybrid, you don't have to choose. that's why insurers are going hybrid with ibm. with watson on a hybrid cloud they can use ai to help predict client needs and get the data they need to quickly design coverage for each one. businesses that

his executive authority even before today's news, amid growing pressure after the mass shootings in atlanta and boulder. biden taking steps today to limit so-called ghost guns, kits that allow people to legally build guns at home that cannot be traced. >> anyone from a criminal to a terrorist can buy this kit in as >> reporter: the president also putting restrictions on stabilizing braces that effectively turn pistols into short-barrel rifles, like the brace used in the boulder rampage that left ten dead. and he's directing the justice department to create a template that states can use to enact red flag laws, which allow authorities to remove firearms from people who are deemed a threat. but these actions are lipted and some gun contro advocates say the president should have taken bolder action even sooner, something he promised on the campaign trail. it is something he promised on day one. it is day 78. what's the holdup here? >> there's no holdup. legislation needs to be reintroduced. arer b are. >> reporter: the president promised to send his own plan. it's clear you're waiting, but why

the atlanta journal constitution described a scene that showed how personal things had gotten. quote, moments after gaveling the legislative session to an end early thursday, house speaker stood before a bank of tv cameras and admitted something that many lifelong georgians would never say publicly. he purposely cracked open a pepsi. it wnt be a surprise if either company doesn't have a seat at the table when it comes to policy decisions going forward. i mean, currently the two most famous companies in georgia, does the hypocrisy of these snowflake brigade know no bounds. they lecture us for being too thin skins, on the need for free speech, so why this ridiculously hostile response to the delta ceo's freedom of speech? they're probably not going to be happy that other corporate leaders are also exercising their right to free speak, like tim cook who said today american history is the story of expanding the right to vote to all citizens and black people in particular have had to march, struggle, and even give their lives for more than a century to defend that right. gosh, i won

i mean pick the city, buffalo, new york city, denver, colorado, portland, oregon, atlanta, georgia, wherever, they look like they're going to war. they have shields, big equipment, and they do that because they want to let people protesting know who is in charge, who holds the authority, who will bend the knee who whom. that's the point. explicitly, it's a psychological performance. that's what we saw in the streets of minneapolis and brooklyn center, show of force with curfews, tear gas and flash bangs. take all the footage before last summer, since and now. take all that and look for a moment at utter inversion of what happened on the steps of the capitol in january. there was hardly any police presence at all. i mean there were officers there, right? covered multiple protests in washington and tends to be a lot of cops around when people are protesting particularly on the mall and capitol. but january 6th, almost no one there. don't have the big wraps and huge bits of equipment, little stanchions in front of them look like bike racks. but not just fortifying, but notable in the interactio

i mean, pick the city, buffalo, new york city, denver, portland, atlanta -- wherever, they look like. that they look like they're going to war. they have shields. they have big equipment. and they do that because they want to let people protesting know who is in charge. who holds the authority. who will bend the need to whom. that's the point. explicitly. it's a psychological performance. >> that's what we saw in the streets of minneapolis and brooklyn center, a show of force with curfews and tear gas. flashbacks. and now just take all of that footage we've seen. before last summer, during last summer, and since, and now. take all of that. and just look for a moment at the utter in version of what happened on the steps of the capital in january. there was hardly any police presence at all. i mean, there are officers there, right? i've covered multiple protests in washington. there tends to be a lot of cops around. particularly on the mall, on the capital. but on january six, there was relatively speaking, no one there. they don't have the big man huge fits of equipment brought in. the

today the mlb announced it's moving the all star game from atlanta. where do you stand on this? do you welcome that move? >> listen, our actions have consequence. we've said for months now that voter suppression is bad for business. we said it directly to corporations and what you're seeing now is american voters who are voting with their dollars, that we've not seen a retraction, a retrenchment, we've seen republican legislatures across the country double down, that there are -- there's been a 43% increase in the number of anti-voting bills in legislatures across the country. i maintain that this is one of, if not the central organizing issue for the gop in this moment. the white lash that we are living through, that we are experiencing as a result of elevated voter participation has been severe, and it's been widespread, and that's why we're suing, and that's why we're calling on congress to pass hr 1 and hr 4 because fighting this piecemeal state by state by state is inefficient -- >> exactly. >> -- and we don't have time. there are municipal elections that are coming up this

right now, to your point, there is 4 million people across the country, approximately, from atlanta to orange county here in southern california that used some type of this technology. singapore relies largely on this technology. l.a., to give you an idea, would double the people in the united states that is drinking recycled wastewater, and that really is extraordinary in and of itself. >> jacob soboroff, a great, great report, and thank you for this delicious, mineral-free recycled water. thanks a lot, man. >> cheers, my friend. all right, that is "all in." the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. >> you're such a good man and you're a dad, chris, and every once in a while we have to remind ourselves there is an eight-year-old that lives inside you. >> you cannot imagine the number of jokes i've made about this segment in a run-up to today and throughout the day and on the commercial break before this aired, it's been essentially nonstop. >> i know, i know. because i know there is an eight-year-old that lives inside you. not the part that drives and parents and

mlb moving game from atlanta to denver in response to georgia republicans passing and signing into law new restrictive voter access law. republicans promptly responded with the extended performative whining that's become a central hallmark of modern conservative politics. >> do you believe major league baseball will live to regret this decision? >> yeah, i think they will. almost comical, people here and all over the country have figured this out, they're outraged and sick and tired of cancel cover. >> that's brian kemp, pushing the lie that georgia's law is to make it easier to vote and anybody who says otherwise is trying to cancel georgia, i guess. republican party as we said is radicalizing against democracy, lost an election with highest turnout in recent memories and set themselves to doing everything to make it harder to vote, in the hopes, possibly misguided, it will help them win. this isn't happening in back room. we've all watched it, watched them propagate the toxic big lie that the election was rigged, leading to violent insurrection that killed a police officer. that was

mlb announcing the game is moving from atlanta to denver due to georgia passing the new voter access law. republicans responded with the announcement for the extended line that has been a central hallmark of modern conservative politics. >> do you believe major league baseball will live to regret this decision? >> yeah. i think they will. the people here and all over the country have figured it out. they are outraged and sick and tired of the cancel culture. >> that is brian kemp who was pushing the lie that georgia's voter suppression law is designed to make it easier to vote and everyone is trying to cancel georgia i guess. the republican party as we said is radicalizing against democracy. they lost an election that had the highest turn out in recent memory and now they set themselves to make it harder to vote in the hopes, possibly misguided, that it will then help them win. this is not happening in a back room. we watched it. we watched them prop gate the big lie that the election was rigged leading to the violent insurrection that killed a police officer. now republicans are usi

ways, two police officers were shot and wounded early this morning during a high-speed chase west of atlanta. all of this is happening with the twin cities on edge as the prosecution makes its case against a minneapolis police officer in the killing of george floyd. president biden spoke to the moment and mood this afternoon. >> are you concerned things could be on a razor's edge, sir? >> i'm not intergoing to specul now. i'm hopeful there will be a verdict and out come that will be supported by the vast ma majority of people in the region and that's 345expectation. >> shortly before air time the president tweeted today i'm thinking about donte wright and his family and the pain, anger and drama black america experiences every day. while we await a full investigation, we know what we need to do to move forward, rebuilt trust and ensure accountability so nobody is above the law. adrian is in central minnesota for us tonight. donte's death was ruled a homicide in the last hour. i'm curious what reaction people there on the ground had and what's the latest you're seeing there? >> reporter: you

, two police officers were shot and wounded earlier this morning, during a high-speed chase west of atlanta. all of this, of course, is happening with the twin cities, already, on edge, as the prosecution continues to make its case against a former-minneapolis police officer, in the killing of george floyd. president biden spoke to the moment, and the mood, this afternoon. >> are you concerned things could be on a razor's edge, sir? >> i'm not going to speculate, now. i'm -- i'm hopeful that there'll be a -- a verdict and an outcome, that will be supported by the vast majority of the people in the region. and that's my expectation. >> shortly before airtime, the president tweeted this message. quote, today i am thinking about daunte wright and his family. and the pain, anger, and trauma that black-america experiences every day. while we await a full investigation, we know what we need to do to move forward. rebuild trust to ensure accountability, so no one is above the law. cnn's adrienne broaddus is in brooklyn center, minnesota, for us tonight. so, adrienne, daunte wright's death was rule

police departments in atlanta, chicago, and washington, also, taking precautions. testimony ended today in court. closing arguments will be heard, on monday. tension, as you can see from those images and as you might imagine, is running high. i have more now, from sara sidner. >> i will invoke my fifth-amendment privilege today. >> reporter: for the first time since the start of the trial, former-minneapolis police officer, derek chauvin. he chose not to take the stand as a witness in his own defense, leading the defense to rest its case. >> your honor, at this time, the defense rests. >> reporter: the prosecution then brought back its star-medical witness to refute the idea, brought up by yesterday's defense expert. >> it is an extremely toxic gas. >> reporter: that exhaust from the squad car's tailpipe, possibly, led to carbon-monoxide poisoning of george floyd. >> do you agree with that proposition, that's highlighted there? >> no, i do not. it's simply wrong. >> reporter: just before that, the prosecution attempted to introduce new-lab result evidence about car

a month ago we watched the horrible images from two mass shootings in and around atlanta. seems along time ago, doesn't it? mass shootings are so common it may be soon hard for one not to fall on the anniversary of another. this is a map of mass shootings in just the last month, which were defining as four or more people shot, wounded or killed excludeing the gunman. one other thing to note, there is only room on the map to show a little less than half. the full count, again, over just a single month since the atlanta shootings is 45 and the map is profound as it might be doesn't do justice to the story. doesn't capture the horror. doesn't capture the wounds and the deaths of so many americans. the map doesn't tell the story of the five people who were shot and wounded on march 17th in stockton, california, or the four shot in gresham oregon a day later. in houston on the 20th five shot at a nightclub in dallas, eight shot and one killed in philadelphia that night someone opened fire at a party killing one and wounding five, at least 150 others fled for their lives and on

since atlanta spa killings on march 15, there have been 50 mass shootings in the united states according to analysis according to the gun violence, a kif, local media and police reports. you've long pushed for gun control legislation. we spoke in mid-march. you said because you've failed in the past, that doesn't mean one should not continue and try to if it for change. do you still have optimism tonight? >> i do. listen, the voters did their part. they put in charge of congress majorities that support universal background checks. they put a president in the white house who wants to sign that bill. now it's up to us to deliver. 2013 now, eight years ago, we lost a vote on background checks. and since then, we've been building up political power in the anti-gun violence movement. today we are stronger than the gun lobby. and i think that's part of the reason why i am having, i think, real substantive discussions with several republicans about how we can bring a bill to the senate floor in the next month or two that will dramatically expand the number of gun sales that have to be submitted

republican lawmakers declare war on major league baseball after it moves to atlanta over georgia's voting restrictions. we begin with important testimony in the testimony of fired minneapolis police officer derek chauvin taking the stand today, the doctor who tried but could not save george floyd's lifer and the police chief who told jurors what chauvin did to floyd went against department policy, training, ethics and values. omar jimenez joins us for coverage. >> reporter: the start of week two of testimony and the current minneapolis police chief takes the stand in the trial of derek chauvin, his former officer. >> do you have a belief as to when this restraint, restraint on the ground that you viewed should have stopped? >> once mr. floyd had stopped resisting and certainly, once he was in distress and trying to verbalize that to continue to apply that level of force to a person proned out, handcuffed behind their back, that in no way, shape or form is anything that is by policy and is not part of our training and it is certainly not part of our ethics or values. >> reporter: in late m

he again assailed major league baseball for removing the all-star game out of atlanta in protest to the law who he said was quote irritating the he recollects -- hell out republican fans and made a reference to delta and coca-cola. >> republicans buy stock and fly on planes and drink coca-cola, too. so what i'm saying here is i think this is quite stupid to jump in the middle of a highly controversial issue particularly when they have their facts wrong. >> keeping them honest, mcconnell hasn't always felt that way. in 2012 he said all corporations quote should be free to express themselves on the issues of the day. again, quoting i mean who is afraid here? let's all have a conversation he said about the future of the country. meanwhile, the former president has weighed in, as well, in a statement over the weekend he called for a boycott of delta and coke among others but in a phone interview with a conservative cable news network he dissected some fire at mcconnell who harshly criticized him for his role in the january 6th riots. >> frankly, republican conservatives ever got their act t

in atlanta and colorado. with the attorney general by his side, he's going to go through the executive actions that they believe will help with some of the gun violence we've seen. one is a rule to stop the proliferation of the so-called ghost guns. kits that people can order and assemble in as little as 30 minutes. they don't have serial numbers, that's part of the concern. white house officials have with the ghost gun. and they want to increase the regulation of the braces that people can put on pistols. this is similar to the one that the shooter in colorado used. you can put it on a pistol and it makes it more accurate and stable, so you're able to hit your target more easily. so the thing is with these and with a few other things that they're going to be introducing tomorrow, they fall pretty short of the sweeping measures that president biden promised on the campaign trail. but when the white house was asked about that, what exactly these measures will look like, how they'll stop what president biden sa

i remember actually going to the presidential library, carter's library in atlanta and walking around like a mondale geek, i'm looking for joan's dress and those kinds of things from the inauguration. on the wall, i see these words that were actually the words that mondale uttered shortly after they lost, summarizing their four years. and he said, "we told the truth. we obeyed the law. we kept the peace." and that was a lot of my touchtone during the trump years. i had written that down in a piece of paper and put it in my purse. we told the truth, obeyed the law and kept the peace. jimmy carter and walter modale were men of integrity. they bonded on that. what was school having worked for mondale at the law firm afterwards and back on side of my races, including the presidential race, i got to see how the two of them kept talking through time. they would work on things together. carter came out from a funeral just a few years ago and he traveled to minnesota and spoke at her funeral. their friendship strengthened after they left office. >> michael beschloss, it was my privilege at my

i don't care if that's detroit, atlanta, chicago, jacksonville, anywhere in between. not only if you're not black, but a black person that's sympathetic and empathetic to the community. i introduced the world to tommy no norman. you dealt with his community. you got a chance to see him marry a black woman, see him be a person who was sympathetic and empathetic to the people he's policing. no way an officer of the state who is brown should be harassing and spraying in the eyes pepper spray of another brown person. so, that brown person shouldn't be a police officer. i need him replaced with a brown person that understands and will walk and talk that other brown person through in the same way i've seen a 61-year-old white man hit a policeman with a hammer, drive off with a cop in the car and get taken in without being shot. the state is empowering people who look like me and don't look like me to be less empathetic, more sympathetic and more brutal. this must end. if you cannot empathize with the community you're in, you should not be policing that community. >> just go

it's a promise he made, and in the wake of back-to-back mass shootings in boulder and the atlanta area, what is he going to do? >> the white house isn't really are revealing the extent of what we're going to see tomorrow, but we do know we are expecting executive orders to come from president biden on guns tomorrow. the white house has only said we'll hear more from him on this. this is something that's imminent, the white house has been talking about ever since the shootings in georgia and in colorado. so, the question really is not just whether or not he's going to actually put an executive order forward, but how permanent can it be. the fear there and threat there is they can be undone by the next president and a different party should they so chose. that's going to be the scope we're looking at here. how far do these executive orders go, what do they do when it comes to strengthening background checks, things of that nature we know president biden has been interested in, and does he still try to pursue that legislative route he said is important to him but not as important as infra

is likely to strike a plea deal as part of the investigation, and cnn correspondent paula reed is in atlanta outside the courthouse. what have you learned since last time we spoke, paula? >> reporter: it's bad news for congressman matt gaetz as one of his closest allies and friends has signaled he will likely enter a plea deal in his own case. he's facing over 33 criminal counts, so he has an incentive here to provide any evidence of any sort of criminal conduct -- >> paula, forgive me, you know i have to cut you off because we are going back to minneapolis. here we go. next witness. >> let's begin by having you state your full name. >> my name is daniel, d-a-n-i-e-l -- >> good afternoon, sir. where do you work? >> i work at msn labs. >> how long you have been with msn labs? >> since 2011. >> what do you do there? >> i am a forensic taoxicologis? >> did you have any lab experience before joining mns? >> yes, i did, from 1994 to 2011 i was the chief toxicologist for the wayne county medical examiners office, and from 1982 to 1991 i was at maryland medical labs in baltimore, maryland, and i th

i am from atlanta and once upon a time, we were up 28-3 in new england patriots so the world saw how that ended. being black american is like being a falcon fan. the outcome is not what you think is going to be. >> the defense began its case today by playing body cam footage from what we have all seen, right? floyd's arrests in may 2018, a year before his death. floyd told her he had been taken multiple pills every 20 minutes and he took one right before officers walked up the car. they're playing the drug use. what's your reaction of the defense today? >> it is character assassination and it happens every single time in a case like this. everybody who seen this case from the people who were there that day to the other cops in the minneapolis police department and all the paramedics responded. everybody sees this and they know derek chauvin is guilty. only thing they have is characterization. >> the jury was attentive today. she said floyd was happy and normal when she saw him inside the cup foods store and he suddenly fell asleep when they got into his car. let me play part of the e

razor wire is around all five police precinct new york atlanta chicago also preparing. what is the floyd family's message to anybody who wants to go to the street and protest. and i say, no matter what the verdict is. >> well, first of all, i mean, the floyd family is not stopping anybody from protesting. they do want peaceful protesting. they've said once, they've said it forever, justice for george is justice for all. and so now we have to worry about justice for dante wright and adam toledo. i'm in chicago, we have to brace for that tonight. hopefully it will be peaceful here too. this nation is only talking about policing. we need to look at this concept, this issue, and really get serious about reform. but in the meantime, it is totally permissible to be out in those streets exercising your first amendment rights and freedom of speech. >> appreciate your time. thank you. >> and next, congressman jim jordan rips into dr. anthony fauci and maxine waters would have none of it. >> you need to respect the chair and shut your mouth. >> and biden lowering the boom on russ

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republican lawmakers declare war on major league baseball after it moves to atlanta over georgia's voting restrictions. we begin with important testimony in the testimony of fired minneapolis police officer derek chauvin taking the stand today, the doctor who tried but could not save george floyd's lifer and the police chief who told jurors what chauvin did to floyd went against department policy, training, ethics and values. omar jimenez joins us for coverage. >> reporter: the start of week two of testimony and the current