Range was expected, now were waiting to hear the reaction from various parties including from the floyd family themselves because Derek Chauvin did speak today. Well give you the details of that. First to Matt Finn In Minneapolis that has been chronicling the case from the beginning and how things are going now. Matt . Hi, neil. Right now peaceful in the streets. Theres a semi large crowd outside the courthouse. People were chanting black lives matter no protests or any riots in minneapolis that weve seen. Moments before, judge cahill handed Derek Chauvin a 22 1 2 year sentence. The judge said that he did not make his ruling on emotions or on public demand. He said instead he based it on the rule of law. Hes releasing a 22page memo that will explain how he arrived at his sentencing. The big question is whether Derek Chauvin was doing to speak. In fact, he did for the firstime since George Floyds death. He never gave an interview and did not speak during the time and he did not testify.
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Steve from Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. Tonight join jimmy and his guests Michael Strahan, brene brown, musical guest patty smyth, and featuring the legendary roots crew and now here he is, jimmy fallon [ cheers and applause jimmy oh hi, everybody. Hello. Thank you, thank you, thank you so much. Welcome to the tonight show, everybody. We are here from studio 6a in new york city. [ cheers and applause thank you so much for watching thanks for being here. Lets get to the news and jokes. Well, guys, its been five days since the election was called, and President Trump still has no plans to concede. Pretty soon were going to need Vladimir Putin to stage an intervention [ laughter ] look, it actually isnt my birthday we were worried about you. [ light laughter ] yeah, we could be working on the pandemic or the economy, but instead we had to lure trump out of the white house like a cat burrowed under the couch. [ laughter ] tru
The president to step down. Down,power plant shuts leaving 2 Million People with only four hours of electricity a day. What appears to be a coup is unfolding in one of west africas largest countries. Soldiers have staged a mutiny at isilitary base near mal capital and have detained the president and Prime Minister. The head of the United Nations has demanded their release. Mali has been in crisis with demonstrators demanding that president Ibrahim Boubacar keita step down. Hundreds of antigovernment protesters poured onto the streets of the capital , some co. Bamako ransacking and burning government offices, responding to reports of army intervention. They arrested president Ibrahim Boubacar keita and the Prime Minister. Armed troops were seen escorting a vehicle believed to be carrying the president. Couldhave come out today today to call for the resignation of the president because we heard there were shots fired by the military and have, to help the military get rid of the president