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0 >> senator padilla. >> i think i had a female agent in the room at the olympic training center as well, but i'm not entirely sure. >> i feel like we all had the same people. >> if i recall, my direct communication was with a male fbi agent. >> right, in the room. >> okay. senator padilla? >> i want to start by thanking chairman durbin and all those who have made this hearing possible. to the panelists, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. i admire and respect each one of you for choosing to participate today, for sharing your testimony with us. today is not easy. i recognize that you ...

Prosecutor where he stated that there is no way we would be willing to settle for an 8-year plea deal on this case. your son was murdered. so, as time went on and something within me stated that i needed to check and to make sure about flight arrangements with the pandemic still going on. and what i needed to do in order to get back to st. louis to make a victim statement. once i tried to call kim gardner's office, having first tried to go through other assistant to no avail, no returned calls. kim gardner no returned call. until i decided i'm not going down that easily. i had about a week and...

Criminal justice system, other black men have been killed under suspicious circumstances since george floyd. >> alfie, let me get your reaction. >> it's hard because for every -- there's this saying among a lot of black folks. you take two steps forward and 15 steps back. i think the struggle is i don't know how you call it a victory. i mean, george floyd is still gone. i watched the victim statement of his daughter, and it is still ripping me apart. and so the struggle is really, i do want to listen to jacob blake's family member who talked about we should be not rejoicing but we should be, i...

0 for them. >> all right. our coverage also will continue. the breaking news, derek chauvin, former minneapolis police officer has now been sentenced to 22 and a half years for the murder of george floyd. our coverage continues now with jake tapper. this is cnn breaking news. >> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper, and we start with the breaking news in our national lead. just moments ago we heard former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin's sentence to 22 and a half years in prison for the second-degree murder of george floyd in may 2020. and announcing his sentence, the judge ackno...

Daughters have not been able to visit him there. then el chapo admonished the judge for not giving him a fair trial and for deny his request to have a hearing about getting a new trial. el chapo said the united states is "no better than any other corrupt country." his lawyers point to a vice news article reporting that five jurors broke the rules by consuming news coverage of the case during the trial. they will now appeal the case. >> this was an inquisition, a show. we needed to show the world that we do things better here in america in terms of the justice system. it's not always better. we...