WILLIAMS STARTS RIGHT NOW.
>> GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN.
WAS DAY 90 OF THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION, AND FORMER U.S.
SENATOR JOE BIDEN IS AMONG THOSE
IN AMERICAN LIVES AND POLITICS
REMEMBERS HIS FRIEND FROM THE
SENATE WHO WENT ON TO BE THE
42nd VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.
WALTER MONDALE WHO DIED THIS
EVENING AT THE AGE OF 93.
WE WILL HAVE MORE ON HIS LIFE
AND LEGACY LATER IN THIS HOUR.
>>> MEANWHILE, SO MUCH OF THE
NATIONS ATTENTION IS FOCUSED ON
WALTER MONDALES HOME STATE OF
MINNESOTA WHERE THERE IS GREAT
TENSION TONIGHT, NOW THAT THE
FATE OF FORMER MINNEAPOLIS
POLICE OFFICER DEREK CHAUVIN IS IN THE HANDS OF THE JUR Y.
IN THE HANDS OF THE JUR Y.
ALMOST A YEAR AGO, IT FORCED THE
COUNTRY TO -- AND PROTESTORED
STARTED GATHERING IN
MINNEAPOLIS.
THE 12 MAJORS SPENT ABOUT HOUR
HOURS DELIBERATING.
THEY SEQUESTERED.
THEY WILL RESUME IN THE MORNING.
CITY AND STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT
IN PLACE.
THEY ARE JOINED BY MEMBERS OF
THE NATIONAL GUARD WHICH TONIGHT
IS ALSO ACTIVATED IN D.C.
DEREK CHAUVIN IS CHARGED WITH
SECOND DEGREE UNTINGSAL MURDER,
THIRD DEGREE MURDER, SECOND
DEGREE MANSLAUGHTER.
AFTER 14 DAYS OF TESTIMONY, THE
PROSECUTION AND DEFENSE MADE
THEIR STATEMENT TO THE JURY.
>> THIS IS NOT A PROSECUTION OF
THE POLICE.
ITS A PROSECUTION OF THE
DEFENDANT.
WHAT THE DEFENDANT DID WAS NOT
POLICING.
WHAT THE DEFENDANT DID WAS AN
ASSAULT.
BELIEVE YOUR EYES, WHAT YOU SAW,
YOU SAW.
>> I SUBMIT TO YOU THAT THE
STATE HAS FAILED TO MEET ITS
BURDEN OF PROOF BEYOND A
REASONABLE DOUBT.
THE DEFENDANTS ACTIONS CAUSED
THE DEATH OF MR. FLOYD.
ACTIONS THAT HAPPENED BEFORE MR.
FLOYD WAS ARRESTED THAT HAVE
NOTHING TO DO WITH OFFICER CHAUF
VINS
INS ACTIVITIES ARE NOT TO DO
WITH IT.
THE DRUG INJECTION.
THE BAD HEART.
THE DISEASED HEART, THE HYPER
TENSION.
ALL OF THESE THINGS EXISTED
BEFORE MR. CHAUVIN ARRIVED.
>> YOU WERE TOLD EXAMPLE THAT
MR. FLOYD DIED -- THAT MR. FLOYD
DIED BECAUSE HIS HEART WAS TOO
BIG.
YOU HEARD THAT TESTIMONY.
AND NOW HAVING SEEN ALL THE
EVIDENCE DENSE, YOU KNOW THE
TRUTH, AND THE TRUTH OF THE
MATTER IS THE REASON GEORGE
FLOYD IS DEAD BECAUSE MR.
CHAUVINS HEART WAS TOO SMALL.
>> OF COURSE THIS IS AMERICA IN
2021, POLITICS HAS NEVER BEEN
FAR FROM THIS CLOSELY WATCHED
CASE, AND MOST ELECTED OFFICIALS
HAVE NOT HESITATED TO WEIGH IN.
TODAY AFTER THE JURORS WERE
ESCORTED OUT OF THE COURTROOM,
MAXINE WATERS OF CALIFORNIA, THE
SUGGESTION, HER INCENDIARY WORDS
COULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE
VERDICT.
WATERS MADE HER COMMENTS AT A
RALLY IN BROOKLYN CENTER,
MINNESOTA.
>> WERE LOOKING FOR A GUILTY
VERDICT.
I AM VERY HOPEFUL AND I HOPE
WERE GOING TO GET A VERDICT
THAT IS A GUILTY, GUILTY,
GUILTY.
IF WE DONT, WE CANNOT GO AWAY.
WE HAVE TO STAY ON THE STREET
AND WE HAVE TO GET MORE ACTIVE.
WE HAVE TO GET MORE
CONFRONTATIONAL.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW
WE MEAN BUSINESS.
>> SO CHAUVINS LAWYER ARGUED
THAT RIGHT THERE IS GROUNDS FOR
A MISTRIAL, AND THE JUDGE DIDNT
EXACTLY DISAGREE.
>> ELECTED OFFICIAL, UNITED
STATES CONGRESS PERSON, WAS
MAKING WHAT I INTERPRETED TO BE REASONABLY INTERPRETED TO BE
REASONABLY INTERPRETED TO BE
>> IT WILL RESULT IN THE WHOLE
TRIAL BEING OVERTURNED.
IM AWARE SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT
THE TRIAL, AND ANYTHING LESS
THAN A MURDER CONVICTION, AND
TALK ABOUT CONFRONTATIONAL.
THIS GOES BACK TO WHAT I HAVE
BEEN SAYING FROM THE BEGINNING.
I WISH ELECTED OFFICIALS WOULD
STOP TAKING IN A CASE IN A
MANNER THAT IS DISRESPECTFUL TO
THE RULE OF LAW.
THEIR FAILURE TO DO SO IS
ABHORRENT BUT I DONT THINK ITS
MATERIAL THAT WILL PERSUADE THE
JURY.
THEY WERE TOLD NOT TO LISTEN TO
THE NEWS.
BEYOND THE FACTS OF THE CASE.
A CONGRESSWOMANS OPINION
DOESNT REALLY MATTER A LOT.
>> THE USUALLY MEASURED JUDGE
CAHILL WAS ANGRY THERE, AS YOU
SAW.
BUT HE WENT ON TO DENY THE
DEFENSE MOTION FOR A MISTRIAL.
AS YOU IMAGINE, THE WHITE HOUSE
IS WATCHING THE DELIBERATIONS.
>> WE ARE IN TOUCH WITH MAYOR,
GOVERNORS, LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
WHEN THE JURY MAKES THEIR
DELIBERATIONS AND CONCLUDES AND
A VERDICT IS FUND, IM SURE THE
PRESIDENT WILL SPEAK TO THAT.
HE MET WITH THE FLOYD FAMILY
LAST YEAR, AND IS CLOSELY
FOLLOWING THE TRIALS.
HE SAYS THAT PROTESTS MUST BE
PEACEFUL.
>> TONIGHT, THERE IS NEW
DEVELOPMENT IN THE DEATH OF
CAPITOL POLICE OFFICER BRIAN
SICK
SICKNICK.
TODAY THE D.C. MEDICAL EXAMINER
HAS ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING
SICKNICK DIED FROM NATURAL
CAUSES AFTER SUFFERING TWO
STROKES AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY
THE RIOTS AND LOOTERS.
VIDEO SHOW HIM BEING ATTACKED.
TWO MEN ARE ACCUSED OF
ASSAULTING SAKE SICKNICK,
ACCUSED OF SPRAYING A POWERFUL