AND
AND TWENTY NINE SECONDS. THAT'S HOW LONG JURORS WATCH THE BYSTANDER VIDEO OF GEORGE
FLOYRD FINAL MOMENTS THAT
EVENING. AND THANK YOU FOR
JOINING. I'M CARLO CHIQUITO.
I'M MARCELLA LEE IN FOR BARBARA
LEE EDWARDS. IT IS A CASE THAT
HAS DRAWN WORLDWIDE ATTENTION
AND LED TO MUCH CIVIL UNREST.
OPENING STATEMENTS BEGAN TODAY
IN THE MURDER TRIAL OF FORMER
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER
DERRICK SHOPIN. AS MICHAEL
GEORGE REPORTS, THE TRIAL IS
BEING TELEVISED AND LIVE
STREAMED FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO
WATCH THE CASE UNFOLD IN COURT.
MR. DERRICK SCHAVAN BETRAYED
THIS BAHDE PROSECUTOR JERRY
BLACKWELL BEGAN HIS CASE
AGAINST FORMER MINNEAPOLIS
POLICE OFFICER DERRICK SHERVIN
WITH THE MOST POWERFUL PIECE
OF EVIDENCE FOR NINE MINUTES
AND 29 SECONDS THE 14 JURORS
WATCHED AN ENTIRE BYSTANDER
VIDEO OF SHOWBAND PRESSING HIS
KNEE ON GEORGE FLOYRD NECK
GRINDING AND CRUSHING HIM UNTIL
THE VERY BREATH. NOW, LADIES
AND GENTLEMEN, UNTIL THE VERY
LIFE WAS SQUEEZED OUT
OF SHERVIN HAS PLEADED NOT
GUILTY TO THE CHARGES OF MURDER
AND MANSLAUGHTER. THE DEFENSE
ARGUES FLOYRD DEATH WAS CAUSED
BY A HEART CONDITION
METHAMPHETAMINE AND FENTANYL.
THERE IS NO POLITICAL OR SOCIAL
CAUSE IN THIS COURTROOM BUT THE
EVIDENCE IS FAR GREATER THAN
NINE MINUTES AND TWENTY NINE
SECONDS. ATTORNEYS FOR FLOYRD
FAMILY KNEELED BEFORE THE TRIAL
BEGAN. THEY SAY THIS TRIAL IS A
REFERENDUM ON RACIAL JUSTICE IN
AMERICA. THIS MURDER CASE IS
NOT HARD WHEN YOU WATCH THAT
TORTURE VIDEO OF GEORGE FLOYRD
.MINNEAPOLIS IS A CITY ON EDGE
.THE AREA AROUND THE
COURTHOUSE IS PROTECTED BY
FENCING AND THE NATIONAL GUARD
.THE PROTESTS HERE HAVE BEEN
PEACEFUL BUT THE FEAR IS IF
CHAUVIN IS ACQUITTED THAT COULD
CHANGE AMONG THE PROTESTERS.
MANY TOLD THIS SHOULD BE AN
OPEN AND SHUT CASE. I HAVE
CONFIDENCE IN THAT JUDGE. I
HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE JURORS
THAT THIS MAN WILL BE CONVICTED
AND THEY READY TO DO SOME THAT
THESE PEOPLE ARE ON EDGE SO SO
BAHDE THE FIRST WITNESSES HAVE
ALREADY BEGUN TESTIFYING THE
TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO TAKE UP TO
FOUR WEEKS. MICHAEL GEORGE, CBS
NEWS , MINNEAPOLIS. IF HE IS
CONVICTED ON THE MOST SERIOUS
CHARGE OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER
AND COULD FACE AS MANY AS 40
YEARS IN PRISON, BUT SENTENCING
GUIDELINES SUGGEST HE WOULD
FACE TWELVE AND A HALF YEARS.
WE ARE LEARNING THAT SEVERAL
OF THE TEENAGE GIRLS WHO ARE
SEEKING ASYLUM AT THE DOWNTOWN
CONVENTION CENTER HAVE TESTED
POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 NEWS8
STEVE PRICE SPOKE TO COUNTY
LEADERS ABOUT THEIR CONDITION
AND STEPS BEING TAKEN TO KEEP
THE VIRUS FROM SPREADING TO
OTHERS LIVING IN THE TEMPORARY
SHELTER. AROUND 500 TEENAGE
GIRLS SEEKING ASYLUM HAVE
ALREADY ARRIVED HERE AT THE
CONVENTION CENTER AND THE MAYOR
PLANS TO HAVE FULL CAPACITY
AROUND FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND
FIFTY HERE BY THE END OF THE
WEEK. BUT TODAY NEW HEALTH
CONCERNS SOURCES CONFIRMED A
NEWS8 THAT SEVERAL OF THE TEENS
HAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR
COVID-19 NEW VIDEO MONDAY AND
SOME OF THE TEENS AGES 13 TO 17
HEAD OUT FOR SHOWERS. THEY
ARRIVED IN SAN DIEGO SATURDAY
AND ORGANIZERS SAY THE CHILDREN
ARE THANKFUL TO BE HERE. THESE
YOUNG GIRLS AND THAT'S WHAT
THEY ARE THEY THEY ARE LITTLE
GIRLS FROM THE FIRST NIGHT WAS
SO GRACIOUS AND SO POLITE.
KATHY LEMBO WITH SBCS SAYS NONE
OF THE GIRLS WHO TESTED
POSITIVE FOR COVID HAVE NEEDED
HOSPITALIZATION AND COUNTY
LEADERS CONFIRMED STEPS HAVE
BEEN TAKEN TO PREVENT A
CONVENTION CENTER WIDE OUTBREAK
.A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL HAS
DONE AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB IN
ENSURING THAT WE HAVE SPECIFIC
PLANS FOR THOSE YOUNG WOMEN WHO
NOT ONLY TESTED POSITIVE FOR
COVID BUT ALSO ENSURING THAT
ANYONE WHO WAS AROUND THEM THAT
MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED ALSO IS
IN A SEPARATE LOCATION.
SUPERVISOR NORA VARGAS WAS
THERE WHEN THE TEENS ARRIVED
AND CALLED THEM SCARED AND
WONDERFUL. THESE YOUNG GIRLS
ARE COMING AMONG US WHAT THE
MALA AND SALVADOR THEIR
EXPERIENCES ARE VERY DIFFERENT
.SHE SAYS 90 PERCENT OF THEM
HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS CURRENTLY
IN THE US THAT ARE WAITING FOR
THEM AT THE CONVENTION CENTER.
THEY'LL HAVE ACCESS TO
CASEWORKERS WHO CAN HELP SPEED
THEIR PAPERWORK ALONG UNITING
THEM QUICKER WITH THEIR LOVED
ONES. WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT
A WAY TO HELP YOU GET TO YOUR
FINAL DESTINATION IN THIS
JOURNEY AND WE'RE GOING TO DO
IT RIGHT TO FEEL SAFE
COMFORTABLE. I THINK THAT'S
WHAT 10 YEARS AGO IS ALL ABOUT
THE TEENS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
HERE FOR AROUND 30 DAYS AND
HELPING TO FILL THEIR TIME
SCHOOLING THAT STARTS WEDNESDAY
ORGANIZED BY THE SAN DIEGO
COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION. I
MET WITH THEM THIS MORNING. YOU
THEY'RE GOING TO DO ENGLISH.
THEY'RE GOING TO DO AMERICAN
LIFE. THEY'RE DOING ART.
THEY'RE UDPATE. SO IT'S JUST SO
WONDERFUL TO HAVE THEM AND
THEY'RE JUST REALLY
ENTHUSIASTIC TO LOCAL LEADERS
STRESSED THAT THE CONVENTION
CENTER IS ONLY BEING USED AS A
TEMPORARY SHELTER WITH AN
AGREEMENT THAT IT WILL SHUT
DOWN NO LATER THAN THE MIDDLE
OF JULY IN DOWNTOWN STEVE PRICE
NEWS8 NEW CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS
JUST CAME IN FROM THE COUNTY
TONIGHT. OFFICIALS ARE
REPORTING TWO HUNDRED AND
NINETY NEW CASES OF COVID-19
OUT OF MORE THAN 6000 TESTS.
THAT IS A FOUR PERCENT POSITIVE
RATE. THERE ARE FORTY FOUR MORE
HOSPITALIZATIONS AND TWO MORE
ICU PATIENTS. NO DEATHS WERE
REPORTED WHICH IS TYPICAL FOR A
MONDAY AND HOW WEEKEND DATA IS
PROCESSED. MORE THAN 20 PERCENT
OF SAN DIEGO, AGE 16 AND OLDER
ARE NOW FULLY VACCINATED. BUT
THERE IS ANOTHER DELAY AT THE
DEL MAR VACCINATION
SUPERSTATION. IT WILL BE CLOSED
THIS UPCOMING WEDNESDAY,
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY DUE TO A
VACCINE DELIVERY SHORTFALL FOR
THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN A
YEAR. SOME MIDDLE AND HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE CARLSBAD
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL BE
SPENDING A FULL WEEK BACK IN
THE CLASSROOM. THE DISTRICT'S
BOARD VOTED LAST WEEK THAT
STUDENTS COULD GO BACK FULL
TIME STARTING TODAY THE
PREVIOUS HYBRID MODEL ALLOWED
FOR TWO DAYS ON CAMPUS AND
THREE DAYS REMOTE FULL TIME
DISTANCE LEARNING IS STILL
AVAILABLE TO THE STUDENTS WHO
CHOOSE THAT PATH. PRESIDENT
BIDEN IS URGING AMERICANS TO
REMAIN VIGILANT HAS
COVERED CASES AND
HOSPITALIZATIONS START TO RISE
AGAIN NATIONWIDE. BUT THERE IS
ENCOURAGING NEWS AS WELL. THE
PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT
STEPS TAKEN BY THE
ADMINISTRATION WILL ALLOW 90
PERCENT OF AMERICAN ADULTS TO
BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE VACCINE BY
APRIL 19. THAT'S JUST THREE
WEEKS FROM TODAY. MADELEINE
BRAND HAS MORE ON WHAT'S BEING
DONE TO HELP REACH THAT GOAL IN
THE NEXT THREE WEEKS. PRESIDENT
BIDEN UPDATED HIS
ADMINISTRATION'S VACCINATION
EFFORTS WITH COVID 19 CASES AND
HOSPITALIZATIONS ON THE RISE IN
THE US WAR AGAINST COVID-19 IS
FAR FROM ONE. THIS IS DEADLY
SERIOUS. CDC DIRECTOR DR.
ROCHELLE WALENSKY ISSSUED AN
EMOTIONAL WARNING BASED ON THE
LATEST DATA WE HAVE SO MUCH TO
LOOK FORWARD TO, SO MUCH
PROMISE POTENTIALLY OF WHERE WE
ARE AND SO MUCH REASON FOR HOPE
RIGHT NOW. STHEIR THE INCREASE
IN CASES IS PUTTING PRESSURE ON
THE ADMINISTRATION AND NATION'S
GOVERNORS TO ACCELARATE
VACCINATIONS. THE AMOUNT
OF VACCINES THAT ARE GOING TO
BE AVAILABLE FOR VACCINATED
VACCINATION SITES WILL BE A NEW
RECORD 33 MILLION DOSES
OF VACCINE THIS WEEK.
MEANWHILE, THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT'S
REVIEWING A WORLD HEALTH
ORGANIZATION REPORT EXPECTED TO
BE RELEASED TUESDAY ABOUT THE
ORIGINS OF THE VIRUS. THERE ARE
ALREADY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
STUDY WHICH THE H0 JOINTLY
PRODUCED WITH CHINA. IT'S
EXPECTED TO FIND THE VIRUS WAS
LIKELY TRANSMITTED FROM ANIMALS
TO HUMANS THROUGH WET MARKETS
IN WUHAN AND NOT LEAKED FROM A
CHINESE LAB. I'D LIKE TO SEE
THAT REPORT FIRST AND I ALSO
WOULD LIKE TO INQUIRE AS TO THE
EXTENT IN WHICH THE PEOPLE WHO
WERE ON THAT GROUP HAD ACCESS
DIRECTLY TO THE DATA THAT THEY
WOULD NEED TO MAKE A
DETERMINATION AS THE WORLD
CONTINUES TO BATTLE THE
PANDEMIC, A NEW CDC STUDY
INVOLVING HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL
AND ESSENTIAL WORKERS SHOWS THE
RISK OF INFECTION DROPPED BY 90
PERCENT TWO OR MORE WEEKS AFTER
PEOPLE RECEIVED THEIR SECOND
DOSE. NATALIE BRANDT, CBS
NEWS , THE WHITE HOUSE ARE GOV.
ANDREW CUOMO ANNOUNCED ALL NEW
YORKERS OVER THE AGE OF 30 WILL
BE ELIGIBLE TO GET A VACCINE
STARTING TOMORROW. A MAN
ACCUSED OF KILLING A CATHEDRAL
CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER IS
BACK IN COURT TODAY, JULY 13TH.
PRELIMINARY HEARING DATE WAS
SET FOR JESSE ALVAREZ. THAT'S
EXPECTED TO DETERMINE WHETHER
THERE IS ENOUGH EVIDENCE FOR
TRIAL. PROSECUTORS SAY THE 30
YEAR OLD ALVAREZ SHOT AND
KILLED HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND
FIANCEE MARIO FIERRO IN