Sixth day of testimony in Derek Chauvin trial; U.S. vaccinating nearly five times faster than global average; Tensions between GOP & GA-based businesses over voting law;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 5 April 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Chief: Chauvin did not use reasonable force with George Floyd; Chief: Chauvin “absolutely” violated neck restraint policy; MN Rep. Omar: Chauvin trial has “been really traumatizing”; Expert: U.S. at beginning of forth wave of infections; U.S. administers 4M+ shots in one day for first time; Nearly 40,000 children have lost a parent to COVID-19; One-on-one with GA Secy of State on new voting law; GA GOP tries to strip Delta of tax credit after CEO blasted voting law; 500+ dead, thousands detained after violent Myanmar military coup; CNN live in Myanmar as military crackdown intensifies; Trump donor’s brother: “it was some sort of scam”; Trump campaign used shady tactics to get donors to making recurring donations; Trump campaign refunded $64M in donations, compared to $5.6M for the Biden campaign; Officer shortage in capitol police after latest attack; 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	To the lead, I'm Jake Tapper, and the courtroom just broke there you saw.
0:05.4	We are starting with our breaking news internationally today, and the very closely watched trial
0:10.4	in Minnesota just moments ago you heard the Minneapolis police chief testify against
0:15.2	his own former officer, Derek Chauvin, who is, of course, charged with murdering George
0:20.3	Floyd last May.
0:22.5	Police chief Madera Aradondo said Chauvin did not use a reasonable amount of force when
0:28.2	with straining Mr. Floyd, and that his actions went against police training.
0:33.7	The chief also testified that officer Chauvin violated department policy multiple times,
0:39.0	including by not de-escalating the situation, and by failing to render medical aid to Mr.
0:44.7	Floyd.
0:45.7	This is the same chief who fired Chauvin last year calling what happened to George Floyd
0:50.9	murder.
0:51.9	Let's get right to see him in his Omar Homenes, he's in Minneapolis covering the trial
0:55.6	for us in Omar, explain what we just saw and heard from the police chief.
1:01.7	Yeah, Jake, so this is really the start of week two of testimony here in this trial, and
1:06.8	this was a highly anticipated witness here.
1:09.0	The current Minneapolis police chief, Madera Aradondo, testifying in the trial of Derek Chauvin,
1:14.7	his former officer, and the most critical part of the testimony was when he was asked if
1:19.5	he had a belief or an opinion on when the action Chauvin took on May 25th, 2020 should
1:25.6	have stopped.
1:26.6	And critically, he said, once there was no longer any resistance, and clearly when Floyd
1:31.5	was no longer responsive to apply that level of force to a person, prone, handcuffed behind
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