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and for a moment, i hope george floyd family has a little bit of relief. can you imagine what they have been through over the last couple weeks, day in and day out , watching videotapes and clips of the torture and murder of their family member? it is a relief. i want to congratulate our former colleague and member of the congressional black caucus, representative keith ellison, who is now attorney general of minnesota, and who led the prosecution team. so step one is the verdict. step two is the sentencing. and we have been through this too many times to know you can get a verdict, but the sentencing must match the crime he was convicted of, so now we have to focus on transforming policing in the united states. since george floyd's murder a year ago, over 100 people have died at the hands of police. since the trial started march 29, 63 people have died at the hands of police. in my opinion, this is the human rights issue in the united states of america. we need to pass the george floyd justice in policing act, put it on president biden's desk, because tha

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how did we get from george washington to george w. bush? how did we get from george washington to brock obama? how do we get from george washington to donald trump? one of the striking things is that if you go from george washington to most presidents before the current president, you see kind of linear progression. some people would think that it's a decline, the curve slopes down. in fact, this question, this comparison between the first president and current president goes all the way back to the second president. presidents always look better in the rearview mirror than they do when they are right front and center. part of this is we tend to forget the failures and remember the successes. that's part of it. the other thing is presidents are usually pretty talented people. they usually have a lot of positive things that can be said about them, but while they are president, typically, the other party, or factions within their own party, have an incentive to tell you all the bad things about them. once they leave office, the incentive is l

this bill is part of george floyd's legacy. the president and i will continue to urge the senate to pass this legislation, not as a panacea for every problem, but as a start. this work is long overdue. america has a long history of systemic racism. america -- black americans and black men in particular have been treated throughout our history as less than human. black men are fathers and sons and brothers and uncles and grandfathers and friends and neighbors. their lives must be valued, in our education system, and our health care system, and our housing system, and our economic system, in our criminal justice system, in our nation. full stop. because of smart phones, so many americans have now seen the racial injustice that black americans have known for generations. the racial injustice that we have fought for generations, that my parents protested in the 1960's, that millions of us, americans of every race, protested last summer. here is the truth about racial injustice. it is not just a black america problem or a people of

you see him in george floyd. who big fears black men have, either you become george floyd or your son becomes george floyd. we've been wrapping our arms around our sons. yesterday there was a young black girl gunned down, 15 years old. the facts are still coming out. but still, it's a life lost. so for kai, this may sound strange to you, kate, and i think i've said it before, i want kai to be able to be like baron trump, to go out and be a teenager and do crazy tiktok dances that i can't keep up be and love songs by lil baby. i sound old right now. >> you do, and you're, like, 12. >> but instead she has to wear a sign that says your life matters. instead she has to protest in the streets. understand when daddy is down it's because he sees himself in george floyd. we have a long way to go with our children. hopefully i'll leave a better world for them than the one i inherited. >> you are, you will. yeah, thank you, buddy. so good to have this conversation with you. it's the beginning, middle and definitely not the

lindsay chervinsky your research is on george washington's cabinet what influenced how this was set up. so the cabinet is actually not in the constitution and so when washington entered the presidency, he created the cabinet as he went through his governing process when he discovered that he needed that advice and he relied on a couple of things he relied on his military experience from the revolutionary war to and he brought some of those practices from the war into the presidency and then he also relied on the secretary's experiences at the state level and how they had interacted with the state governments to form their interactions in the cabinet. and how was the british cabinet set up? it's a great question. the american public was very much aware of the british cabinet. and so that was very much in their minds at the time. the british constitution is actually an unwritten constitution. so what it is, it's a number of parliamentary legislation acts. there's a number of decisions by the british courts, and then other scholarly works and when you bring those together that makes up th

officer brad smith talks about leadership during an event hosted by the brookings institution, and george washington's mount vernon. this runs 25 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us. joining us for this segment, of a more perfect union, the conference on american leadership in the 21st century sponsored by the brookings institution and george washington's mount vernon. today, we're going to talk about corporate leadership, the private sector leadership that will be so helpful to american leadership more broadly in the 21st century. and we couldn't be more fortunate than to have the president of microsoft joining us today, brad smith. brad leads 1,500 business, legal, corporate affairs professionals located in 54 countries operating in more than 120 nations. at microsoft, he plays a key role in spearheading the work on critical issues involving the intersection of technology and society. a native of wisconsin, brad is a graduate of princeton university and received his jd from columbia university law school. over the past decade, he spearheaded the company's work to

floyd, he talked about george floyd as if he was an enemy. not a citizen. an enemy. not a civilian. an enemy. and talked about how derek chauvin kept responding in different ways and had to reassess and figure out what was going on and that angry crowd -- the job of police, said the prosecutor, is to protect with courage, to serve with compassion. and also, david, i just want to talk about that video and sunny hostin so beautifully talked about the history of this and seeing that rodney king video. this video of george floyd was so intimate. it made the difference in this case. and i can't help thinking how many cases are out there where there isn't video. that's the progress this nation needs. that's what we need to see. just a few weeks ago, an army veteran, who was in uniform, was pulled over for some minor violation, he had both hands out the window. you could tell he was terrified. african-american officer in the army and he was pepper sprayed. there is video of that, thankfully he wasn't injured beyond that, but those videos make such a

a probe into policing practices in minneapolis after george floyd's death. a reminder that coming up this morning at the u.s. capitol, there will be a memorial service for southeast florida congressman alcee h.s.a..ings who -- hastings who passed away earlier this month. we'll have that live for you starting at 10:30 eastern on c-span. also, the u.s. house gaveling at noon eastern today. they are expected to work on two immigration bills. live house coverage here on c-span. while we wait for the memorial service for congressman alcee hastings, a portion of "washington journal." twitter, k at facebook.com/c-span. good morning. you can call in now. throughout the trial of the video of the nine minutes and 20 nine seconds that derek chauvin kneeled on the neck of george floyd was considered to be the star witness in the case. in the end it took the minneapolis district court judge peter cahill one minute and 20 seconds to read the verdict of the jury. [video clip] members of the jury i will read the verdict as they will appear in the permanent record of the sta

close to racial and gender and all this return to discrimination my grandfather george times. is from. virginia. and he ended up in russia in the most peculiar way he was able to land an amazing contract with the ministry of agriculture in russia and he. got in a boat and then in the soviet union in 1930 s. it's important to remember that this was the period of the great depression and it was also a period in which the soviet government was during a massive recruitment people with turkey because. he graduated university as agriculturist there is no career moves there's no jobs and there's so much discrimination what he's supposed to do he went to a country where. key had no clue what was going on and you watch russia on the news soviet union communism why would you want to go there george times had a dream. and he found a solution and. history for some of the african-americans who went to the union in the 1930 s. . look at. cern james crabbers. james patterson became a national icon. famous circuits. at. the movies circus as an extraordinary story behind it i think it was said

officer derek chauvin has been found guilty in the death of george floyd. it took the jurors less than 11 hours to reach the unanimous decision on all three charges, including second- and third- degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. the charges could put him behind bars for up to 40 years. moments after the verdicts were read, chauvin's bail was revoked, and he was lead away from the courtroom in handcuffs. he will be sentenced later this year. chauvin pinned floyd to the ground with his knee on the 46- year-old's neck for nearly nine and a half minutes on memorial day last year, as floyd repeatedly said he couldn't breathe, and bystanders begged the veteran officer to get off of him. cell phone video of floyd's death horrified americans and galvanized a nationwide social justice movement, leading to protests in cities across the country and those calls for police reform. well, tonight, the crowds that have gathered outside of the courthouse and at the intersection where floyd died are celebrating. we've got our team of correspondents standing by wi

and the top homicide investigator for the us city of minneapolis gives evidence on day five of the george floyd murder trial. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world — and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. a car has driven through a barricade outside the heavily guarded us capitol building in washington, hitting two police officers. the suspected emerged from the car with a knife and was fatally shot. one of the two officers has died and the other is being treated in hospital. last month, the authorities began to dismantle some of the security fencing and other measures put up after the storming of the capital by trump supporters injanuary. the us capitol police gave this update. it is with a very, very heavy heart that i_ it is with a very, very heavy heart that i announce one of our officers had succumbed to his injuries. this is been _ had succumbed to his injuries. this is been an— had succumbed to his injuries. this is been an extremely difficult time for us— is been an extremely difficult time for us capita

hear from charles mcmillan, who spoke with george floyd and courteney ross, george floyd's girlfriend peered the trial of derek chauvin sunday at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. the capitol is understood security following the failed attack on friday. i want to read to you about what happened from a story in rol lcall.com. " u.s. capitol officer was killed after a man ran a vehicle into him and another officer and a barricade. the suspect exited the cart wielding an from ignored commands, once towards officers at which time u.s. capitol police officers fired upon the suspect, activating -- acting chief told reporters. capitol police announced the suspect wasn't custody and died after being transferred to the hospital. the other officer was hospitalized according to an update from police wasn't stable and nonthreatening condition. the daily events but the complex into lockdown for two hours -- deadly events put the complex into lockdown for two hours." flags are at half mast across washington, d.c. and the capitol building following the death of police officer william evans. the suspect w

those were george floyd's last words. we can't let those words die with him we have to keep hearing those words. we must not turn away. we can't turn away we have a chance to begin to change the trajectory in this country. that's my hope and prayer that we live up to the legacy may god bless you and may god bless george floyd and his family thank you for taking the time to be here. this can be a moment of significant change thank you. >> a moment of significant change president biden, vice president harris speaking at the white house on the heels of the george floyd -- the conviction of derek chauvin in the case of george floyd. he mentioned peaceful protests remember, there were so many concerns about what a not guilty verdict might bring well, look what a guilty verdict has brought. this is downtown minneapolis where there are peaceful protests, hundreds gathered. in washington, d.c., a similar scene there. you can hear -- see the dancing in the streets and hear the celebrations this crowd was a bit larger a short time

he is the officer who was filmed leaning on george floyd's neck for nine minutes. we crossed to minneapolis shortly. the u.s. says direct talks in vienna aimed at reviving the iran nuclear deal has been constructed, but iran refuses to meet untilanctions are dropped. >> if seriousness and honesty are proven, it could be a good sign for the future of peace and security for the region and the world. ros: an oxford oster zeneca covid-19 vaccine trial on children and teenagers -- astrazeneca covid-19 vaccine trial on children and teenagers has been put on hold. russian -- ♪ ros: welcome to those of you watching. it is day seven and the trial a former police officer derek chauvin. he is accused of killing george floyd by kneeling on his neck in a case that trickled -- triggered worldwide protests. we have been hearing evidence from a number of former colleagues of derek chauvin. we will listen in shortly. let's recap some of what we have heard today. the first witness was sergeant yang, a crisis intervention officer in the minneapolis police department. both the defen

for george floyd, and the policing act. i think that is monumental. this would be just below the civil rights act of the great society. it was something significant. but let's not, as a ticket to the point where we have the impression that everything has been resolved. and things will be great. because we still have to get this approved in the senate andn the good news is that a friend of mine who is handling the and in south carolina. [inaudible]. [inaudible]. >> cory booker of new jersey predict and i think also karen bass has brought the bigger part of the california assembly and so people i think have incredible spills as it relates to negotiations. both are saying they believe that we can come up with a compromise that i think the nation is desperately need. but around the world, mainly in europe to prevent another war in one of the things that most american realize, we have a horrible reputation internationally. where people are already questioning our democracy. and of course they believe that the united states is maybe behind some of the backw

derek chauvinist still had his knee on george floyd's neck while he was not alive george floyd and that nobody was trying to administer any sort of help to george floyd that was a pretty key part of the testimony today i thought because it pretty much lays to rest any possible defense argument that maybe george floyd was still alive and he died later at the hospital or something to that effect that's clearly not the case and that was very clear today in the testimony so i think that was a major takeaway 2nd i think the testimony and you're seeing right now excuse me the family of george floyd coming out of the courtroom i don't know if he can scuse me barbara this is some warriors for the family and also george floyd's brother in the blue suit. how do you feel the trial went today. ok that was they didn't respond when i asked them how how they thought the trial went today they didn't respond but that was george floyd's brother he's one of 2 family members that are in the courtroom throughout all of this trial so far as i was saying barbara i think the 2nd big takeaway from today was the

by the time of monroe's birth, george washington's family had moved to king george county. the washington family's westmoreland lands were extensive with farms on mills creek. it was a life of privilege and prosperity that george washington was born on february 22nd, 1732, to john and mary washington. george washington's youth is the stuff of legend, most notably in the folk tale about george's chopping down of a cherry tree and his statement, i cannot tell a lie, when confronted by his father. george's head apparently matured well before the rest of his body. as a youth he worked as a surveyor for the fairfax family and later was the official surveyor for the county. washington completed close to 200 surveys on numerous properties totaling 60,000 acres. during the french and indian war, he served as an emissary for the governor of virginia and later in combat during general gratis' ill-fated path. the only surrender that washington encountered in his entire career under arms, washington took an active leadership role in the growing conflict between the american colonies an

>> you got that from george washington? >> george washington. >> what year was that? >> 2009. >> what kinds of things do you have to do to get a master's in forensic science? >> the coursework included criminal justice coursework, law courses, a lot of hands-on application of forensic practices, and my concentration was in forensic molecular biology, so there's a lot of coursework dedicated to dna test i i ing. >> after you achieved your bachelor's degree, working on your master's, did you begin working in the field as well? >> yes. >> where? >> bodie technology in virginia, a private forensic laboratory. i did dna testle while there. >> did you have some experience with the vca? >> prior to that, i was an intern at the bca, between my first and second year of graduate school. >> and what kind of work did you do during your internship? >> i did projects with our latent print section, also with the mitochondrial dna section. they had to do with validateinga new instrument that they were using at the time. >> so then you went to work at bodie technology, which is b-o-d-

after george washington laid out the vision in the late 1700s, there is not too much action. the country was going through a lot of changes. we are setting in on a location for the capital for the white house. pierre love font, the city planner for washington d.c. was famously laying out his design for his city to be realized and that was the war of 1812, in several other occurrences that made the execution of washington, d.c., take a little bit more time than the founding fathers had intended. the united states botanic ardent after being endorsed by george washington, had a much-needed shot in the arm from another founding father james madison. james madison was a prominent member of an institution early on in the history of d.c. called the colombian institute. it was a gentleman, scholar society that was dedicated to the dissemination of natural history information, in many ways it was akin to the american philosophical society of philadelphia or the canopy of natural sciences which were also institutions in philadelphia that at that time was the center of american scientif

it was still part of king george county. the washington family's westmoreland lands were extensive distinct farms and a mill on pope's creek. it was using to a life a life of privilege and prosperity. that george washington was born on february 22nd 1732 to augustine and mary, washington. george washington's youth is the stuff of legends. most notably in the folktale popularized by parson mason weems about young george's chopping down of a cherry tree and his subsequent statement. i cannot tell a lie when confronted by his father. george's head apparently matured well before the rest of his body. as a youth he worked as a surveyor for the fairfax family and later was the official surveyor for culpeper county. from 1749 to 1752 washington completed close to 200 surveys on numerous properties totally more than 60,000 acres. during the french and indian war he served as an emissary for the governor of virginia and later in combat during british general edward braddocks ill-fated expedition. washington also ran afoul of the fort

>> george floyd! >> george floyd! >> george floyd! >> today in minneapolis this is another scene from that same site at that same time, the place where mr. george floyd died last year. this is the moment when the verdict was reached. you will see people here learning it in real time. >> verdict count one, we, the jury, in the above-entitled manner manner as to count one unintentional second-degree murder while committing a felony find the defendant guilty. [ cheers and applause ] >> after the verdict was read not just on that first count, but all three counts, guilty on all three counts, what transpired in the courtroom went quickly. the prosecution asked for former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin to be remanded into custody while he awaits sentencing. the judge instantly agreed to that. mr. chauvin then stood, put his hands behind his back. he was handcuffed and he was led away to custody. it is expected that he may appeal, but for now he is jailed awaiting his sentence. the sentencing guidelines suggest the

the painting a clear picture of george floyd's final hours. derek chauvin is on trial charged with killing floyd by. >> pressing his knee into floyd's neck for nearly 9 minutes. 5 people took the stand today to share what they saw and heard on the day of floyd's death. kron four's correspondent brian entin is in minneapolis tonight with the latest on this high-profile trial. >> witness charles mcmillan got emotional while testifying. you can on police body camera video with the red arrow pointing at it. he was walking by when the confrontation between george floyd an officer derek chauvin began and you hear him trying to calm george floyd we have >> as the video was played in court in broke down. >> i know this is the colts. can you just explain. what you're feeling that kid. >> i don't are just you. june 20 pm. >> seconds. let's take a 10 minute also on the stand wednesday was christopher martin, the cup foods store clerk. that's the store where floyd was accused of using a counterfeit $20 bill when you. >> did interact with mister floyd in t

but george, his wife ursula, and his son, george the younger, all three passed away in 1799. i referred to wormly hughes. he was the grandson of elizabeth hemmings. he was born just before the british came to catch me here at monticello. he grew up to mary a granddaughter of the grangers i just referred to. and it was -- it was the grangers as well, the hughes that provided not only my gardens here but the vegetable gardens below. and mr. hughes came up to washington city, along with his wife ursula. ursula, if you will, was a cook at the president's house. and it was there that wormly and his wife began their family. do you know they had 13 children. and the very first of their children, a young boy, was born in the president's house during my first administration. the first child born in the president's house was a hughes. wormly and ursula's child. oh, i depend on wormly hughes. he's the most trustful, i believe, of my servants. thank you for bringing them to mind. i do not know what i would do without them. your next question. >> president jefferson, we have a question fr

, justice where george floyd isn't the point. never ending ethnic conflict is the point. listen. chant atomic >> we don't want you here. the one and people with the wrong skin color now have to leave new york city and aren't allowed to own restaurants, that's what they just said. everyone pretended not to notice that they said it but they did say he had the point is, people didn't use to talk like this, and if they did they were scolded at the very least, you can't have a multiethnic nation altogether if people are going to scream like that on the street. so why are they doing it now? they are doing it for one simple reason, it gets results. radicalism works, violence works and that's the lesson. we've taught them, being the mob, that lesson. it is at least one blm activist who is willing to say it out loud. >> it was a mixture of violent and nonviolent protests that yielded this result. america doesn't listen to us when we marched peacefully. america must know if you continue to allow us to be murdered in the streets without jus

>> george. george henry floyd. i came up to get myself -- >> yep. >> all right. >> last name? >> floyd. october 14th, '73. man, this was -- >> george floyd. >> officer, does that represent that initial interaction that you had with officers kueng, lane, mr. floyd, and the passengers of the vehicle? >> yes. >> all right. and did you then, in fact, use your computer to enter in the name of george floyd? >> yes. >> all right. and after you did that, what happened next? >> again, i observed officer lane and kueng assist floyd to their squad car in front of cub foods. i moved my squad car around so i could be closer and got out of the car and observed officers lane and kueng pin floyd on the squad. i went to assist but once i approached officer lane said i could watch the car. >> okay. we'll take this down there, and in front of you, officer, again, showing you part of your body camera footage. >> yes. >> and it appears to be the same date, the same after you've run the information and looped the car around? >> yes. >> and does -- does this video accurately reflect what you saw tha

george floyd tried. he pushed his bare shoulder against the pavement to lift himself to give his chest, to give his lungs enough room in his chest to breathe. but the pavement tearing into his bare skin. as he desperately pushed with his knuckles to make space so he would have room to breathe, the pavement lacerateing -- lacerateing his knuckles. the defendant stayed on top of him for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. so desperate to breathe he pushed with his face, with his face to lift himself, to open his chest, to give his lungs room to breathe. the pavement tearing into his skin. george floyd losing strength, not super human strength. there was no super human strength that day. there is no super human strength because there is no such thing as a super human. those exist in comic books and 38th and chicago is a very real place. not super humans. only humans: just a human, just a man lying on the pavement being pressed upon desperately crying out, a grown man crying out for his mother. a human being. and in t

in the death of george floyd. at 3:00 p.m., the u.s. senate returns to continue work on the nomination of polly trenton to beat deputy transportation secretary cover the number two post under secretary pete buttigieg. >> on the same day the house ethics committee announced it was opening a probe into florida republican representative matt gaetz, allegations of sex trafficking and other misconduct , the congressman addressed the allegations at the save america summit in miami. >> can you hear me? are you for america first? freedom fighters, right, that is what we are, and they are very few of them in washington, d.c. we have learned that with president trump, and so when there is somebody that stands up and fights for the american people and who finally puts americans in the america first agenda, in front, above all else, it is really, really nice, so i am proud tonight to welcome to our barbecue boots and bluegrass, a congressman who has been a fearless freedom warrior for america first and the america first agenda. you know him, you kn

as a clinician did you observe the results of lox agend in the video showing the last minutes of george ford's life yes what did you observe. i mean in terms of what we're seeing is that the changes in his facial appearance this becomes crucially important again in seeing the effects of the low oxygen. and have you seen this effect and other patients as a clinician yes you know because i work in an i.c.u. where 40 percent of our patients die so i'm extremely familiar with seeing people who die unfortunately so when when you see these changes you see the changes in the face it is the key way of noticing something happening because by looking at effects on the face dr i want to show you exhibit 15 already been admitted into evidence. at 44 and. i want to play a clip. and have you tell us what it shows. at the beginning you can see he's conscious you can see slight freakery and then it disappears. and so 11 second he's alive and one second he's no longer. could we just once more. see. this one's like. it is. 202453 in the composite. yet and the this the speed is slowed down by 30 or so c.

george floyd, that is what you did? >> that was certainly vital. >> at this time, i'm going to ask doctor baker to identify the photographs from the autopsy. >> say i approached doctor baker? [background noises] >> doctor baker, i handed you a number of photographs that should have exhibit numbers 186, 235, 185, 236, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191 and 192. if you could look through and confirm for the record that those are photographs you took during the autopsy and mr. george floyd. >> reserve autopsies of mr. floyd and they were taken by me. >> thanks, i'd like to redistribute them to the jury. [background noises] [background noises] [background noises] >> let me ask you generally first about documented injuries you saw, i'll ask you about pacific. did you know injuries to mr. floyd's shack? >> i did not. >> didn't see any bruises horse race? >> correct. >> what aboutut injuries to mr. floyd's face? >> yes, mr. floyd had several injuries. >> if you could, doctor baker, look at exhibit 186 and exhibit 235. [background noises]

capturing the last minutes of george floyd's life. we go through what we've learned. >> reporter: the theme of a shortened day five of testimony was training. >> have you ever in all the years you've been working for the minneapolis police department been trained to kneel on the neck of someone who is handcuffed behind their back in the prone position? >> no, i haven't. that would be the top tier. the deadly force. >> why? >> because of the fact that if your knee is on a person's neck, that can kill them. >> reporter: 35-year veteran richard zimmerman who said he served longer than any other officer in the police department testified to the risks of restraining a suspect the way george floyd was held. >> what is your -- in your view of that use of force during that time period? >> totally unnecessary. once a person is cuffed, you need to turn them on their side or have them sit up. you need to get them off their chest. your muscles are pulling back when you're handcuffed and with the leg on your chest, that's constricting your breathi

[applause] >> next we're going to have a man who, hear me, george, him and george used to text each other all the time. congresswoman sheila jackson lee, talked about cutie holmes, in houston, texas, y'all called him with. ho. brandon williams, like a son to george. [applause] >> very emotional day for me. not out of words i'm overwhelmed with joy. i want to say thank you, first off thank you for all you guys advocating, protesting in the middle of a pandemic, putting your lives, safety of your lives, appreciate that. especially the legal team, ben, tony, justin, chris, justin is back here. definitely, definitely, thank you to keith ellison and his team. [applause] i think they did an amazing job from start to finish. all of the evidence, all of the witnesses, everything, proved exactly what we saw on that video but yet we still questioning the decision of the jury. all the time system fails us as black men and women in america. with all the evidence, everything pointing to a guilty verdict, we somehow still don't get the guilty verdict or in some cases got my good friend kenny walker bac

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peter: for the murder of george floyd. now that the trial is over -- >> systemic racism is a stain on our nation's soul. peter: what can washington do to reform policing? and, president biden follows through on his campaign promise to battle climate change. >> no nation can solve this crisis on our own. peter: next. >> this is "washington week." corporate fuing is provided by -- >> consumer cellular. kaiser permanente. additional funding provided by the estate of arnold adams and coo and patricia yuen through the yuen found -- and koo and patricia yue through the yuen foundation. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. peter: good evening. welcome to "washington week," i'm peter baker. guilty on all counts. that was the verdict handed down to former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin for the murder of george floyd. there was a sense of relief across the country. in minneapolis, george floyd's brother said this -- >> the world sees his life being extinguished, i could do nothing but

group of people because they are protesting, marching for justice in the george floyd case. cries for police reform are reaching the state legislature. coming up, a look at the closely watched proposals on the table here in california. >>> and ken bastida. one of the biggest school districts in the east bay, on the road to recovery now. oakland unified just reached a tentative deal for full in- person instruction for the fall. this comes as thousands of oakland students return to the classroom today. we stopped by montero middle school to see the first day back. >> i will not have kids with me, it's been a year and a half. >> in oakland, 3rd to 6th graders are allowed back on campus and it is a big day for these first time middle schoolers at montero middle school. >> i'm like, they will be changing classes, they will have a gym locker, they will have a locker. oh, my god, are they going to be able to keep up? >> reporter: it is those challenges that she anticipated, so the lesson plan begins with a reintroduction to in person learning itself. >> a lot of tours of the school

and that is, george floyd. who, really, is -- george floyd is -- is -- is every one of us. that's right. i just said it, and i will say it again. george floyd is everyone. he is all of us. he is you. he's me. he was no different, than any of us. we, who live our lives and, go about our days, right? he had highs, he had lows. he had joys, he had pains. did you know that george floyd was a mama's boy? that's right. i know you probably didn't know that, until today. a mama's boy, who was devastated when his mom died. we know that, now, because his girlfriend, courtney beta ross, i should say, told us that. when she took the stand, today, in the murder trial of ex-police officer derek chauvin, accused of killing floyd by kneeling on his neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. 9 minutes and 29 seconds. showing no empathy, at all. showing no mercy for a man, begging for his life, gasping for air. gasping for breath. i am still trying to process the sheer horror of it all. this is what this case is all about. >> relax. >> i can't breathe. >> what do you want? >> i can't breathe! >> it

shouts of surprise but also relief in george floyd square, outside cup foods where george floyd died last memorial day. and these images of george floyd's family receiving a call from president biden after the verdict, telling the family, quote, nothing is going to make it all better, but at least now, there is some justice. and this image tonight from black lives matter plaza in washington, d.c., across from the white house. a young black man falling to his knees in tears after the verdict. within moments, derek chauvin was placed in hand cups and led away, potentially facing up to four decades behind bars. at this hour tonight, the reaction now coming in from across this country. and the question, what comes next in this nation's reckoning on ration, justice and policing? abc's alex perez leads us off tonight from minneapolis. >> members of the jury, i will now lead the verdict. >> reporter: the jury deliberating just 10 1/2 hours, and with the nation watching, judge peter cahill reading their unanimous verdict. >> we, the jury in the above entitled matter, as to count one, uninten

hate and division the judge in the george lloyd death trial warns intimidation could prejudice the case a pig's head is also thrown to the former home of a witness. to . a very warm welcome to you watching r.t. international broadcasting to you live from moscow. and our french union has sounded the alarm at shocking suicide rates among hospital trainees the head of the union is pointing to a catastrophic toll. we're in a terrible situation known since the start of john europe has been one suicides among men to go into every 18 days after a year of brutally longer hours on the covert front line hospital in turns and france are at breaking point trainee doctors are feeling the toll as thousands of covert patients remain in intensive care so dubinsky reports. just to give you a sense most interns are supposed to be working a 48 hour week that's more than most people would generally in a week but we know they work more than that sometimes around 60 hours in a normal week but that union told r.t. that during the cold 900 pandemic things are so bad that some interns are working up to 100 hour

george floyd's neck. that's going to be a really tough fact when it comes to intent. >> right, so, the key piece of this is was this -- was this use of force warranted, and cedric, i was listening to you earlier just talking about dignity and, you know, as we talk about this testimony from this paramedic, you know, he was talking about while his partner, his paramedic partner, was examining george floyd for a pulse, checking his pupils, that again, that police officer, derek chauvin, was still on top of him, and just from a law enforcement perspective, is that normal? >> no, it's not normal. and what it's -- and what clearly was absent there was a regard for human life. >> because even in the moments that you're wrestling with someone, and they become still, regardless of what position they may be in, that fight has ended. that struggle has ended. there was just absolutely no reason for his knee to remain on his neck as he became lifeless, and even to the clearly to the other two officers, where was it, o

and 18-year-old christopher martin walked out up to george floyd's car, but couldn't convince george floyd to come back into the store. christopher martin went back into the store and his boss sent him out to do that again, and christopher martin walked out there once again with absolutely no fear of george floyd. christopher martin testified that he and george floyd had a pleasant exchange about baseball and football at the store. he testified that it seemed george floyd was high when he was buying cigarettes in the store. the defense is going to want the jury to believe that george floyd was a menacing, dangerous man. george floyd towered over christopher martin and was probably -- and probably weighed twice as much as christopher martin, but christopher martin was never afraid of george floyd. the courtroom filled with anguish again today from witnesses who knew this could have been avoided and like christopher martin wish they had done something different yesterday we heard darnella frazier, who was 17 years old at the time, say that she lies awake at night now wishing she had do

>> this was all about george. this was all about the world. people who had been out during a pandemic when covid was out protesting and marching and everybody here that they can't breathe for a reason because they wanted these police officers to be held accountable. so when i seen that tweet, i stood behind it because he used his platform to help elevate why we couldn't breathe. so he's saying they can breathe now. best believe i will stand behind him because we need to stick with each other and stand by in solidarity with each other because we have to stay united to fight for what's right in this world. >> i know, philonise, this has been an incredible journey for you and your family to be thrust in the national spotlight. you obviously didn't choose this. now you're at the forefront of this activism, so tell our viewers what comes next for you? >> i'm going to continue to fight for other victims, because it's like a neverending cycle. so i started an institution for social change and i'm turning my pain into purpose. we're going to get out a

the in paris -- the demonstrating by the eiffel tower and george floyd, george floyd offers liberals innocence. i can say that i'm torn to pieces about what happened to george floyd because i am, again, innocent of the america's racist past. and so it is an easy thing. but the real problem that blacks feel or suffer from is underdevelopment. you go through four centuries of oppression, you're not going to come out completely developed. it is going take a long time take a great effort to overcome that. that's what nobody in america wants to face. i began with conservatives because it seem to me conservatism gave the, made the room for that. for what was the problems that were real rather than the problem you know today racism and so forth and systemic racism. these are fictional problems that again give all of the innocence to the democrats and give the evil to the republicans. that's what conservatism has to be relentless and fighting that. what we -- and first thing conservatives have to do is to not pick up language of the left. you know not to talk about systemic racism and do not

of gratitude for the george floyd family, thank you for being here. and reverend al, if i could introduce keith's family who has had his back right there, if you could stand up. his wife, monica, they had his back through everything. and to ben crump, reverend al, reverend jesse jackson, all those in my state who have been warriors for justice. while this was a historic moment for our country, we cannot confuse accountability for justice. because true justice is not done as long as having expired tags means losing your life during a traffic stop. true justice is not done as long as a choke hold and knee on the neck or a no-knock warrant is considered legitimate policing. true justice is not done as long as black americans are killed by law enforcement at more than twice the rate of white americans. and to use your words, katy, true justice is not done as long as your son is not coming home for dinner. our hearts ache for daunte in part because so many people in the room and throughout our state can imagine being 20 years old and driving around their n

that is where george floyd was killed. after the verdict was read, there were smiles and there were tears. you can see all of the flowers and signs that have been left to remember george floyd as well. the president and vice president spoke after the verdict came down. >> today, we feel a sigh relief. a measure of justice is not the same as in justice. this verdict brings us a step closer. >> it was a murder in for lighted day and it ripped the blinders off for the whole world to see. i also spoke spoke floyd's family again. a remarkable family of extraordinary courage. nothing can ever bring their brother, their father back. this can be a giant step forward in the march toward justice in america.in america.i. >> so many today talking not only about the rolling but what comes next. even the vice president referencing a bill that would hold law enforcement more accountable.>>> we heardwe heard earlier today from the president and vice president and about the change that may come out of this and the bill you referenced. give