stepping up their search for the so-called affluenza teenager, now offering a $5,000 reward. ethan couch killed four people while driving drunk two years ago outside of ft. worth, texas. his lawyers argued that he was too rich and spoiled to know right from wrong. a judge gave him ten years probation and he s now missing. here to talk about it all, criminal defense attorney and david wool, defense attorney and senior associate attorney, good to see both of you. same here. hi, arthel. how are you? i m well, richard. let s start with you. if they are caught or even spotted in another country, richard, can authorities arrest him on the spot or does that country need legal documents from the u.s. requesting their arrest? a whole lot to cover. there is a whole lot to
questions about immigration. he got into a battle with marco rubio that s lasted days over whether marco rubio supports amnesty and whether ted cruz at one point supported legalization for undocumented immigrants in the united states. you can bet this will be a key card of the discussion going forward. if you missed any part of this week s republican debate you can watch it tonight starting at 10:00 p.m. eastern on cnn. still ahead, as the president travels to san bernardino to meet with families of the victims from this month s shooting, we re learning more about the friend of one of the terrorists, including how he planned two other attacks. plus, new developments in the hunt for ethan couch. authorities are offering a reward if you can help track him down, the track so-called affluenza teenager. they believe he s on the run with his mother. tonight we look at this unique relationship the boy has had with his parents.
difficult for the prosecutors to bring it in on the other hand only because of character evidence that is too damning where the jurors will focus on that rather than the merits of the case. so i don t know, i think that the defendants have a chance, but i think if the prosecutors push it, the evidence will come this. it s very relevant. well, we will see. moving on to another loathed individual, ethan couch once known as the affluenza teenager, he was the guy who killed four people while he was drunk and high on valium and then managed to get off because he said he didn t understand right from wrong you because he was too rich. now there is video of him playing beer pong, and there is an arrest warrant issued for him because his parole officer feels like he violated parole. now that he is playing beer pong and has jumped parole, does the justice system get a second bite
notion that where imdwrags is an important issue to them and anybody that supported a path to citizenship or amnesty is probably not going the do as well out here as a person who hasn t. so i think that if you take a look at that, i think that senator cruz has been very strong on immigration and senator rubio probably not so much. sam, it s always great to speak to you. thank you so much. thanks, john. happy holidays. the fbi and u.s. marshals joining the search for the affluenza teenager who said he was too spoiled to know right from wrong. he is missing. an arrest warrant is out. details ahead.
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