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Way Too Early with Ali Vitali

Way Too Early 4/2/21

Way Too Early with Ali Vitali

MS NOW, Ali Vitali

Washington, Congress, Msnbc, Elections, Government, News, President, Politics, Versant, Ms Now, 2018, Issues, Versant Media, Analysis, Senate, Sunday

4.5538 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

A former supervisor of the fired Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death testified Thursday that the officer violated police use-of-force policies in his restraint of Floyd last May.

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0:00.0

For it has this great, deep, southern voice, raspy.

0:07.0

And he's like, sis, you okay, sis?

0:10.0

And I wasn't okay.

0:13.0

I said, no, I'm just waiting for my son's father.

0:17.0

You? You? Yes. father. He said, what can I pray with you. Another day of dramatic testimony in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer

0:40.5

charged with the murder of George Floyd.

0:43.0

Chauvin's defense team has argued that Floyd's underlying health conditions and drug use

0:46.9

are what killed him.

0:48.2

The question is, what do the jurors think?

0:51.1

Plus, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says President Biden's infrastructure package

0:55.0

won't get any support from Republicans. The question is, will Democrats have to pass it using

1:01.3

reconciliation? I'll answer that for you. Yes. Also this morning, following in the footsteps of Georgia,

1:07.2

Texas lawmakers advance a sweeping elections bill that places new restrictions on the voting process,

1:12.6

major corporations voicing opposition to the measure. The question is, will we see it signed into law?

1:18.6

It's way too early, the show that is very happy to see the word Friday written in the teleprompter.

1:36.7

I am Casey Hunt on this April 2nd.

1:39.2

We will start with the news.

1:41.5

Day four of the Derek Chauvin trial had a wide range of testimony, from medical to

1:46.8

personal to the procedures for restraint. Paramedics Derek Smith and Seth Bravinder said they didn't

1:54.5

see any signs of life in George Floyd when they arrived, but that they tried to revive him

1:59.8

after driving three blocks away from

2:02.1

angry onlookers at the scene. Courtney Ross, Floyd's girlfriend of almost three years, told the

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