01 July 2021
Meghan McCain is leaving ABC's "The View" in July after four seasons, sources confirm to Axios.
Why it matters: McCain, the daughter of late Arizona Sen. John McCain, is the only conservative host on the show, which has experienced some of its best ratings with her on the panel.
- She has sometimes feuded with her liberal co-hosts, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar and Sunny Hostin on air.
- Prior to joining "The View," McCain worked as a columnist for The Daily Beast, a host for Fox News and a regular MSNBC contributor.
- News of McCain's departure from the view was first reported by the Daily Mail.
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.