a little perspective on the state of gun violence in america, this is in the -- you know, since the atlanta spa shootings, this is the 20th mass shooting, 20th shooting where four or more innocent people have been killed, and that's just in two weeks, john. >> thank you so much. we'll be getting more information as that comes in. >>> meanwhile, the derek chauvin murder trial resumes in just a few hours after more emotional testimony. the jurors saw body camera footage. cnn's josh campbell live at the courthouse with more. >> reporter: good morning, john. jurors continue to see new evidence. it was an emotional day in court yesterday as witnesses to the final moments of george floyd's life recounted and relived that experience. one thing is clear, each new piece of evidence that's been introduced is taking its toll on those called to testify. more emotional testimony in the derek chauvin trial yesterday from witnesses feet away like 61-year-old charles mcmillian who took the stand and broke down in tears as the prosecution played this body cam video. >> mama, mama. >> i felt helpless. i don'

since the atlanta spa shootings, there have been 20 -- 20 shootings where four people have been casualties, even killed or wounded in the last weeks. john? >> thank you so much. >>> in just a few hours prosecutors will resume their case in the derek chauvin trial. for the first time jurors saw body camera footage and heard chauvin's reaction after floyd was taken away in the balance. josh has more. >> reporter: good morning, john. jurors continue to hear more evidence. it was an emotional day in court yesterday as witnesses to the final moments of george floyd's life recounted and relived that experience. one thing is clear. each new piece of evidence that's been admitted is taking its toll on those who have been called to testify. more emotional testimony in the derek chauvin testimony wednesday from eyewitnesss who were feet away from the final moments of george floyd's life like 61-year-old charles mcmillian who took the stand and broke down in tears as the prosecution played this body cam video. >> mama, mama. >> i feel helpless. i don't have a moment. >> reporter: mcmillian would walk

atlanta. >>> and the derek chauvin murder trial resumes this morning after a day of heart-wrenching testimony. new police body cameras captured george floyd's struggle with police trying to arrest him and chauvin's realtime reaction after floyd was taken away in an ambulance. floyd's dying moments brought one witness to tears. >> i can't breathe. i can't breathe. >> stop moving. >> mama. mama. mama. mama. >> oh, my god. helpless. i don't have a mama either. >> joining us now is justin miller, an attorney for george floyd's family. thanks so much for being here. it's been a very emotional week already in this trial. and i know that every day has been emotional, of course, for the floyd family. can you tell us what has struck them most, what has stuck with them through all of this testimony? >> yeah, well, i think that, like anyone else, you know, it's just jarring to see all of that footage and to see how it affected the people who are actually there on the scene. if you're not affected by that, you're not human. you have no empathy and it's just really sad to see. >> as an attorney, what jump

. >>> late hall of fame baseball legend hank aaron will soon have an atlanta school named after him. the school board approved renaming a school. it will be called the hank aaron new beginnings high school. aaron broke racial barriers and smashed babe ruth's home run career record. he died in january at the age of 86. >> that should have been all you, berman, but great to see. >>> hundreds of companies taking a stand against new laws that make it harder for people to vote. we'll talk about them, next. the world around you may seem like an immovable, implacable place. it is not. it can be bright. quiet. and safe. it's a change that will be felt from this street. to this street. to no street. and everywhere in between. all it takes is the slightest push in just the right place and that will be the tipping point that changes everything. ♪ ♪ ♪ birds flyin' high, you know how i feel. ♪ ♪ breeze drifting on by you know how i feel. ♪ ♪ it's a new dawn... ♪ if you've been taking copd sitting down, it's time to make a stand. start a new day with trelegy. no once-daily copd med

they tended not have the high profileness, the public nature of the ones we're seeing in atlanta, in boulder and now in indiana. those are newsworthy events for a variety of reasons but because the -- because they are public places. so let's -- so gun violence continued through the pandemic. and -- but we are coming out, there's a lot of mental health issues. we've always had guns and weaponry that is accessible. i've been on with you many times. i get tired of the motivation question only because, you know, sometimes we don't know why someone does something. the numbers i'm looking at as a homeland security person, i think about risk reduction. we're not going to eliminate gun violence in this country tomorrow but what we can bebegin to look at is why are there weapons accessible to so many people that kill so many people quickly? that's the issue. i mean, this is uniquely american in this sense that you can walk into a facility, have 90 seconds and eight, nine, ten, we don't know how many are dead. that, to me, is why gun violence is our sort of primary homeland security issue righ

i think it would be better to keep it in atlanta and use it as a platform. >>> finally, the women's final four tipping off tonight. and coach tara van der veer and stanford keeping the moves light with foosball. they go against south carolina tonight. and then the night cap, uconn in their newly crowned player of the year, paige beckers. they tip off against arizona at 9:30. >> i did not know that foosball was a final four pregame ritual. you got to work the wrist a different way. >> foosball is really hard. so are just sports in general. foosball is really hard. >> this is what you're copping to a sports deficiency in? >> the left hand, it's tough. that's all i can tell you. >>> all right, well, "new day" continues right now. >>> first responders who treated george floyd testifying floyd seemed to be gone before they were able to help him. >> he was, i guess, limp. >> i believe you told me that they had tried to put mr. floyd in the car. he'd become combative. struggling with him. he suffered a medical emergency. >> new details on the sex trafficking investigation into representative mat

. >> atlanta's mayor keisha lance bottoms has spoken out against the boycott. the issue of the all-star game is being raised to the fore. are you being persuaded by any of those local voices or do you think this still needs to go forward, the boycott, in your eyes? >> well, as far as faith leaders concerned, our focus is on corporate responsibility and boycotting these corporate companies. as relates to the all-star game and entertainment, all of that, those who want to pursue that, that's fine. that's on their side. we're focusing on the corporate boycott. >> sure. >> well, look, what you're asking for is to help reverse a law that's been passed. and georgia's passed their law but you know this is something that's going on nationwide right now. and to get these legislators, you're going to have to find a way to reach across the aisle. i want to show you statistics from a new pew poll that came out earlier this month. it speaks to the division you have to deal with. 85% of democrats say everything possible should be done to make it easier to vote. but just 28%

out of atlanta. there were a lot of people disappointed. and i commend rob manford for reaching out to different individuals, different entities, different groups, including the players alliance to disengage and all that went into him making that decision, which he ultimately did. >> he got your pulse, you spoke to him before the decision was made. what did you say to him? >> i told him we had a chance to talk to some of our members of the players alliance, we comprise about 150 current and former black ball players. we have non-black brothers that have played alongside us, both on and off the field and in between. we got a chance and you can imagine guys on both sides of this thing, voicing their opinions him we were able to provide that insight to rob. i appreciate him reaching out to us. as he is trying to understand what's going on, you definitely can't predict the players that will be ultimately playing in this game. all eyes will be on them, whether they decide to take the field or they're disa

it was originally set to take place in atlanta, but the league decided to move the game in response to georgia's recently passed law that critics say make it harder to vote. major league baseball has not responded for cnn's request for comment. now that march madness is over, alisyn, you got third. not going to talk about where bermen and i finished in the standings. jim sciutto was the only one that picked baylor to win, the lesson learned here, pays to be different. >> congratulations to jim sciutto there. again, he's a mets fan. it's nice for him to win something, some day he finally gets some kind of victory. >> sweet. it was fun while it lasted. it was fun to be dominant in the bracket while it lasted. >> thanks very much, andy. >>> "new day" continues right now. ♪ >>> 19 states have seen increases in cases over the last week, including parts of the northeast and midwest. >> pockets of infection around the country. particularly in younger people who haven't been vaccinated and school age children. >> the bottom line message is the virus will do what it's going to do and we have

texas rangers home opener because of major league baseball's decision to move the all-star game out of atlanta over georgia's controversial voting law. meanwhile, the texas state senate just passed a bill with new voter restrictions so follow the bouncing ball or ballot here. joining me is democratic congresswoman sheila jackson lee of texas, a member of the house judiciary committee. thank you for being with us. what's your take on that gesture from the texas governor last night, refusing to throw out the first pitch over what happened in georgia? >> well, unfortunately, our governor acted without facts, without substance and obviously in a biased manner. i guess he does not understand all of the pain that the foot soldiers went through crossing the edmund pettus bridge to fight for voting rights for everyone. clearly of the bill that is proposed here in texas, is voter suppression. clearly the bill that was passed in georgia is voter suppression, and all he's doing is trying to agitate as opposed to collaborate and to see how we can move forward, not as republicans and democrats but as ameri

we saw major league baseball move their all-star game out of atlanta into denver and now we're hearing from some of the best golfers in the world speaking out on the issue. >> it really targets certain black communities, makes it harder for them to vote, which it's everybody's right to vote. to me it was very shocking. and with mll moving the all-star game, that was a big statement. >> this voter stuff for american citizens is very important. that's what we should be talking about. we shouldn't be talking about whether we're here or not. the masters, the pga tour, we do such a good job in trying to help communities out. i think that's our main focus for the week. >>> an expensive "my bad," a player. he shattered the lens of the home plate camera. play was delayed for 15 minutes while the $15,000 mistake was cleaned up. >> and the red sox have unveiled their new uniform for the patriots game later this month. a nod to the boston strong theme commemorating the boston bombing in 2019. the red sox will be donning theirs on april 17th and 18th against the white sox. >>> john, if i may wish

pastime, which some republicans are doing after major league baseball moved the all-star game from atlanta to colorado. that's all small ball compared to mitch mcconnell asking companies to stay out of politics after a career of trying to do the opposite. on the flip side, many big businesses are condemning gop efforts to restrict voting rights while jeff bezos are backing president biden's call for a higher corporate tax rate. you got all that? let's start with the most surreal case of situational ethics. >> i found it completely discouraging to find a bunch of corporate ceos getting in the middle of politics. my advice to the corporate ceos of america is to stay out of politics. don't pick sides in these big fights. >> don't pick sides? stay out of politics? seriously? from the guy who sued over federal laws that limited corporations' ability to influence elections? whose superpac raised $475 million for business leaders and companies during the 2020 election cycle? yeah, same guy. but now he's concerned that corporations are responding to employees, customers and shareholders by standin