In photos: Trump and Biden make final push for voters on the campaign trail
02 November 2020
President Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's contrasting styles and attitudes toward the coronavirus pandemic are evident as they make last-ditch attempts to win the support of American voters.
The big picture: Trump is holding packed rallies as he criss-crosses states, with events scheduled in Michigan, Iowa, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida on Sunday. Biden's campaign is focusing on Pennsylvania, seen as crucial to his election chances, having spent Saturday in Michigan, another swing state. His campaigning has been notable for precautions against COVID-19, such as holding drive-in rallies.
Trump greets supporters after walking off of Air Force One during a campaign rally at Richard B. Russell Airport in Rome, Georgia, on Nov. 1. Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Biden speaks at a get out the vote event at Sharon Baptist Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 1. His running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris, is campaigning in Georgia, as the Democrats appeal to Black voters to cast ballots in-person, per AP. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Campaigners and supporters for both sides have been out in force over the weekend. Here, Trump supporters stop their vehicles and block traffic on the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge in Tarrytown, New York, on Nov. 1. They also blocked the Garden State Parkway the same day, per the New York Times. Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images
Biden's supporters watch him speak during a drive-in rally in Philadelphia on Nov. 1. Photo: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
Little Sisters of the Poor nuns wait for Trump to speak during a rrally at Total Sports Park on in Washington, Michigan, on Nov. 1. Photo : Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
Gabri Kurtzer-Ellenbogen, 14, checks the temperature of a fellow Biden campaign volunteer as a coronavirus precaution before canvassing in Philadelphia. Photo: Mark Makela/Getty Images
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany (L), dances along with Trump as senior advisers Ivanka Trump (C), and Jared Kushner (R), look on following the Nov. 1 campaign rally in Washington. Photo: John Moore/Getty Images
Former President Obama and Biden greet each other with a socially distant "air" elbow bump at the end of a drive-in campaign rally at Northwestern High School in Flint, Michiga, on Oct. 31. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images
Supporters of Trump and Biden have been displaying signs across the U.S. This homemade pro-Trump sign is displayed along a road in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 30. Photo: by Spencer Platt/Getty Images
This Biden supporter in Philadelphia makes clear their concerns about the pandemic in a front yard placard outside their home. Photo: Mark Makela/Getty Images
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Transcripts show George Floyd told police "I can't breathe" over 20 times
Section2Newly released transcripts of bodycam footage from the Minneapolis Police Department show that George Floyd told officers he could not breathe more than 20 times in the moments leading up to his death.
Why it matters: Floyd's killing sparked a national wave of Black Lives Matter protests and an ongoing reckoning over systemic racism in the United States. The transcripts "offer one the most thorough and dramatic accounts" before Floyd's death, The New York Times writes.
The state of play: The transcripts were released as former officer Thomas Lane seeks to have the charges that he aided in Floyd's death thrown out in court, per the Times. He is one of four officers who have been charged.
- The filings also include a 60-page transcript of an interview with Lane. He said he "felt maybe that something was going on" when asked if he believed that Floyd was having a medical emergency at the time.
What the transcripts say:
- Floyd told the officers he was claustrophobic as they tried to get him into the squad car.
- The transcripts also show Floyd saying, "Momma, I love you. Tell my kids I love them. I'm dead."
- Former officer Derek Chauvin, who had his knee on Floyd's neck for over eight minutes, told Floyd, "Then stop talking, stop yelling, it takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk."
Read the transcripts via DocumentCloud.