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Chorus of concern over a missing chinese tennis star. the mystery e-mail raising more questions. this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. the three georgia men accused of confronting and murdering ahmaud arbery as he ran through their neighborhood last year rested their cases tonight, but not before the defendant who fired the fatal shot, travis mcmichael, admitted on the witness stand arbery did not verbally threaten him or display a weapon. the prosecution working to chi...

Weapons? >> no, maam. >> didnt pull out any guns >> no, maam >> reporter: the final day of testimony, prosecutors spent hours challenging travis mcmichaels claim that ahmaud arbery attacked him and that he shot and killed arbery in self-defense back in february of last year. >> didnt pull out any knife? >> no, maam. >> never reached for anything, did he >> no. >> he just ran >> yes, he was just running. >> reporter: mcmichael insisting he and his codefendants had been trying to detain arbery unt...