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Criminal justice correspondent Tami Abdollah tells us some of what to expect in the trial of a former police officer charged in George Floyd's death. Plus, a trial also begins for Des Moines Register journalist Andrea Sahouri, Meghan Markle drops some bombshells in her interview with Oprah, variant cases of COVID-19 are spreading quickly through the country and it's International Women's Day.
(Audio: CBS, Des Moines Register)
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