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Observers assessments. >> the prosecution goes first in closing arguments. if you could give them one piece of advice, what would it be? >> it would be to have taken a somewhat different approach than they have so far. in the outside world this case has been so much about racial animus and whether the defendants were racially motivated when they attacked and ultimately killed arbery. but the prosecution has made the defense here -- the decision here, excuse me, to put all of that aside. they did...

Not to flatter. you know me better than that. but you have a gift for thinking through things in a way that the group is missing. and more than anything else i would have done this off tv just for the benefit of analysis. trump, things are different. the animus is harnessed in a way that you havent seen before. trump you believe is a clear and present threat to the democracy. he will run again. he will be the nominee, and you believe he will give the democrats all they can handle. why trump, sti...

And of course, someone who echoed and greatly upped the ante of what you were saying about the united states military was donald trump. and it worked out just fine for him. remember him with bill oreilly, when oreilly was talking to him about putin and said, this guys a murderer. he goes, what about us, were so good? now, that was an order of magnitude different than what you had said. the question about can we change, i remember it as an appeal of you saying, weve done things in a way that has ...

On the captain. well, you portray the problem as his ego, but you, to be fair to him, have been sniping at him for many years. you have an extraordinary social media following and, even to this very day, you go after him. you were sniping at him even when shatner went up into space in the rocket the other day. you said, "hes boldly gone where loads of people have gone before." that is a fact. that is the truth. but why, whats this animus? its not animus, a statement of fact. he answered by sayin...

>> i didnt. >> -- i want to know why that decision was made. >> i did not approve of that. i threw them out of the room several times. they were -- and im not suggesting that fox or some other network -- i dont think a film crew is appropriate for something like this. but the people who were raising the money to pay for the experts and to pay for the attorneys were trying to raise money. and that was part of it. so, i think -- i dont want to say an evil, but a definite distraction was part of it...

This law saved rittenhouse as much or more as his weapon did. the jury is not the bad guy. race is not the bad guy. politics is not the bad guy. this statute is. and there are many like it, a growing number actually. its right akin to stand your ground. its absolutely too easy to kill. and, yes, it came too easily to kyle rittenhouse. he put himself in a bad situation for bad reason with bad people, and he made bad choices. and he killed people and hurt people. hes no hero. but beware the politi...

And to pay for the attorneys were trying to raise money. and that was part of it. so, i think -- i dont want to say an evil, but a definite distraction was part of it. and i didnt approve of it, but im not always the boss. >> who were the people who were paying? >> the people who were raising money. it was -- this defense was crowd funded through donations. >> but who were the people making the calls about who got to have access to the process? >> kyles family and his adviser. >> were you worrie...

The jury is not the bad guy. race is not the bad guy. politics is not the bad guy. this statute is. and there are many like it, a growing number actually. its right akin to stand your ground. its absolutely too easy to kill. and, yes, it came too easily to kyle rittenhouse. he put himself in a bad situation for bad reason with bad people, and he made bad choices. and he killed people and hurt people. hes no hero. but beware the politics here. depends on what team youre on these days, hes either ...

Avail yourself of other alternatives. what does that mean? according to her its going to mean youre guilty. and i think thats what were going to hear. >> joey jackson, thank you very much. >> always. >> i think i will be seeing you if youre available. but if not i am thankful for having you in my life. as a friend off tv and as just without equal in terms of making things understandable in the way that the audience benefits from it. so thank you. >> thank you, brother. appreciate you. >> one pla...

That the audience benefits from it. so thank you. >> thank you, brother. appreciate you. >> one place im not going to look for logic right now is congressman paul gosar office. of course he blew off his censure and went right back to his vile happy place. okay? now, look. two things can be true at the same time. all right? he is an agent of animus. but i dont think the democrats are playing this the right way. they have high ground, unless they push too far on a consequence. the one word they sh...