Ex-Officer Involved In George Floyd’s Death Takes The Stand

Laura Coates Live

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🗓️ 16 February 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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The first of three ex-officers involved in George Floyd’s death takes the stand, testifying that he assumed other officers would tend to Floyd’s medical needs as he helped with crowd control, and that using a knee to restrain a subject was common practice. The first gunmaker is held liable for U.S. mass shootings in a $73 million settlement with the families of Sandy Hook victims. Plus, President Biden pushes for diplomacy but pledges “Full force” to defend Americans & NATO allies if Russia invades Ukraine, the Trump Organization is ditched by it’s longtime accounting firm and a jury finds the New York Times did not defame Sarah Palin. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The news continues so let's hand it over to Laura Coates and CNN tonight, Laura.
0:05.8	John, thank you.
0:06.8	Nice seeing you again.
0:08.1	I'm Laura Coates and this is CNN tonight.
0:11.5	You know, I'm in all of the confusion, all of the uncertainty about whether Russia will
0:15.7	really invade Ukraine.
0:17.9	I guess perhaps it's fitting that President Biden had announced to America today that
0:22.5	we are prepared for anything, quote, no matter what.
0:27.0	So what exactly does that mean?
0:29.4	That mean prepared to be proactive, reactive?
0:34.1	And what would a Russian war with Ukraine actually cost the United States and what would
0:39.3	it cost Russia in the end as well?
0:42.2	Now the President of the United States, he tried to manage expectations, almost like a
0:46.0	lawyer talking to their clients about what to expect and laying the groundwork and
0:51.6	tickling to the American people that we would not be caught flat-footed.
0:56.2	But the President of the United States, well, he's well aware that there are televisions
1:00.2	also in Russia.
1:02.0	And it seems that he hopes that Vladimir Putin was one of those television viewers.
1:07.8	The United States is prepared no matter what happens.
1:11.5	We are ready with diplomacy.
1:13.4	We are ready to respond decisively to Russia and attack on Ukraine, which is still very
1:18.0	much a possibility.
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