Good evening a little less than a year since Americans watch George Floyd kill

before their eyes the country is now waiting. Uneasily to some extent on edge

for a jury to decide former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's fate.

Some aren't waiting. Black Lives Matter protest marches now underway not far

from the Hempen County Courthouse where jurors are deliberating tonight.

Cities across the country which saw millions take to this treat after Floyd's

death are preparing for the verdict especially in a quiddle or a hung jury.

The White House is monitoring the trial the Army just before airtime

approved the call up of 250 DC National Guard members. Lawmakers have weighed in

none of which is surprising. This trial has always been about more than just one

police officer's actions or one man's tragic death which means for many the

verdict will be two. So there's certainly a lot to get to tonight but first

let's go to CNN's Omar Hemenas in Minneapolis. So how's the community

reacting tonight as the jury is not deliberating? Yeah Anderson you just

showed some of those pictures were already seeing marches and protests calling

for the verdict in this trial to be guilty against Derek Chauvin but of

course the jury is deliberating over whether they even get to that point.

This process has been close to a year in the making right now those

protesters marching through the streets of parts of Minneapolis and when

you talk about the preparations in place prior to that law enforcement

presence has been stepped up added fortifications outside police precincts

the governor even calling for more law enforcement resources from other

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