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Bail amount inappropriately low. authorities say brooks also had an outstanding arrest warrant in an unrelated case in nevada where he is a registered sex offender. meanwhile, a community is trying to heal. mourning the six that were killed and processing loved ones that nearly added to the toll. >> and omar jimenez joins us now. omar, i understand you have some new information about one of the injured? >> reporter: yeah, john, as we understand, a firefighters son who was marching with his high ...

Saw him on the news and figured out that he was a professional racist. so, yeah, a lot of these guys are out of the movement but the old money white nationalists behind the scenes who funded them and nur thured them, they werent involved in this case and so they are sill out there. >> elle reeve as i said, you were there in 2017. you are there tonight. i imagine there will be more chapters in the future you will be covering as well. we appreciate the work you are doing on this. >> thank you. >> ...

Of the black man. and thats what this is. thats what this case is about. you -- you have a black man who is running down the street. there is an inherent fear that comes along with the color of his skin, and so that is why i believe she -- she did that. now, the question is -- i mean, when you look at the jury makeup, you look at the overwhelming number of white people who are on this jury. i mean, lets just be blunt about it. lets have an honest conversation about it and the question is will th...

That has nothing to do with his time as president and everything to do with his business practices. now, yes, donald trump will make the argument that he was investigated because he was president. i dont think he was investigated because he was president. but i do think things came to light that might not have otherwise because he was president. regardless, its not clear how any of this relates to party duties or activities. you know, his argument would be and his folks argument has always been ...

Um, to show that he is not a threat. right? he -- she said, you know, he had these baggy shorts and so the defendants could see the waistband and they could clearly see he didnt have a weapon, he didnt have a gun. he didnt even have a cell phone or a wallet, right? so that was -- that was really clever on her part. and last, but not least, she circled back to the most basic piece of evidence, which was that 9-1-1 call that you just played. which is, um, what is the emergency? a black man running...

Arbery. they will continue tomorrow morning. sara sidner has details on how the prosecution closed its case one day after the defense sparked outrage. >> when three people chase an unarmed man in two pickup trucks with guns in order to violate his personal liberty, who gets to claim im not really responsible for that. under the law in georgia, no one gets to say that. >> reporter: the prosecution getting the last word in the murder trial of three men for the killing of ahmaud arbery. arbery was ...

Socks to cover his long, dirty toe nails. >> reporter: her comments caused gasps in the court and aubreys mother wanda cooper jones rushed out of court in horror. the prosecution calling out the defenses move to disparage a victim. >> malign the victim. the victims fault. i know youre not going to buy into that. it is offensive. >> sara sidner joins us now. were always looking for a sign from the jury room here. any indication about whether they would reach a verdict before this week wraps up? >...

See how long they may stay or if they needed to go home. and initially, we heard for the first time from the foreperson in this case and what we heard was we are in the process of working to reach a verdict. and at first, the jurors did not indicate that they wanted to go home. and then, later on, about ten minutes later, the judge went ahead and dismissed them for the day. saying they will come back tomorrow morning at 8:30. but all indications are, at this point, that they are reach -- going t...

Investigated because he was president. but i do think things came to light that might not have otherwise because he was president. regardless, its not clear how any of this relates to party duties or activities. you know, his argument would be and his folks argument has always been hes raised a ton of money for them. but this is really unheard of that you would have something like this for a former president in general and somebody who is thinking of running again and somebody whos under investi...

Im john berman, in for anderson. we will get to the men charged for killing ahmaud arbery in a moment but we begin with breaking news on a pair of legal cases that involve a violent right wing extremism in this countrys recent history. first, in charlottesville, virginia, where a partial verdict was announced just hours ago in a civil case brought against some of those involved with that 2017 unite the right rally that left one woman, heather heyer, dead. in a moment, well hear reaction from her...