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The Lead with Jake Tapper

Eyewitness in tears rewatching video of Floyd incident; Pfizer: vaccine 100% effective in children aged 12-15; President Biden unveils $2T infrastructure proposal

The Lead with Jake Tapper

CNN

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3.51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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0:00.0

Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper and we start today with our nationally and the

0:06.0

murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. We saw some very

0:10.6

emotional moments in court this afternoon as never before seen videos were played for

0:16.6

the jury showing the last minutes of George Floyd's life. Just moments ago a 61 year old

0:22.3

witness essentially broke down on the stand after rewatching George Floyd on the ground

0:28.7

saying he could not breathe and crying out desperately for his mom.

0:33.0

I know that this is difficult. Can you just explain sort of what you're feeling in this

0:40.2

moment? I can feel helpless. I don't have a mom either. I just can't hear.

0:57.0

Another witness today described feelings of guilt and disbelief. A clear sign of the

1:02.6

weight of this trial as CNN Sarah Sidener reports. 61 year old eyewitness Charles McMillan

1:12.4

took the stand breaking down in sobs after prosecutors played this body camera video of

1:18.1

George Floyd interacting with police.

1:20.4

I said, I'm going to take you. I'm going to take you. I'm going to take you. I'm moving.

1:25.6

Mama. Mama. Mama. Mama. I feel helpless. I don't have a mom either. I just can't hear.

1:41.1

McMillan is the man you hear on the video begging Floyd to give in to police before Floyd

1:46.0

is taken to the ground. Because I have an inner action with officer myself and I understand

1:52.7

once you get in the cup, you can win. You're done.

1:57.3

Earlier in the day, the jury saw not seen before surveillance video from inside the cup food

2:02.4

store. 19 year old former cashier Christopher Martin took the stand to explain what was going

2:08.5

on leading up to police arriving. Do you recall what it was that you sold to a pack of cigarettes?

2:14.4

Sidener says Floyd seemed high when I had asked them if he played baseball, he went on

2:24.4

to respond to that, but it kind of took him a little long. So it would appear that he

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