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Its a very difficult case for the defense. i think this judge is saying -- this judge did not admonish the prosecutor. you can absolutely as an attorney making closing arguments break down the law, break down the elements unless youre grossly misstating the law, then that would be an issue with the court. but this judge would have told her she was wrong if she feels wrong. sorry for the intrusion. [ phone ringing ] this judge did not because she was correct. he was basically saying, look, ultima...

0 whats going on? i want to talk to you. whats going on? police are on the way. his dad says go back, i am not going back there. ill go from buford around the homes, and thats what he does, he drives around. now, his dad is back in the truck. his dad is old and infirm. hes sitting on this bench in the back of the truck. drives all the way around thinking im not going to go back into this mess down here. ill drive around, and when he drives around youve now learned about this dog leg, that black ...

Not find -- difficult to find rittenhouse guilty. isnt the problem the laws, the way theyre written, that make us vulnerable? when i say us, the american people, but certainly black people. >> okay, so, jonathan, here is the problem we start talking about the law as it relates to the rittenhouse case. it is not the law on the books, it is the law provided to the jury for them to use in deliberation. the law they had to use during deliberation was actually more forgiving than you would think, wit...

Concealed weapon in a commercial airport, possession of a firearm by a felon, discharging a firearm and reckless conduct. one thing that stood out to me from this press conference is one of the officials said that the passengers self-evacuated. it seems there wasnt good communication. there wasnt right away overhead instruction to evacuate the airport. that seems like something that should have happened, right? >> yes. it is clear that the communication strategy, ill say the atlanta airport was ...

Happening. but whats your take on her role cause you and i have seen her places. she just spoke of al sharptons anniversary. >> and i dont think shes been out there enough. joe biden is a master at retail politics, but the only problem is so many of the people who look like us arent buying what hes selling. and so what should happen is that there should be some instruction taken by the folks who showed up at the polls. there are a number of people who voted ford this ticket, yes, because it was ...

Instruction on citizens arrest, that would be devastated. press secretary jen psaki tweeting president biden is going to have his physical today. this is his routine physical and he will head to walter reed later this ustria is going intol lockdown as covid cases surge there. and j.d. vance, who is vying for an ohio senate seat, said he regrets being critical of trump. why he is trying to transform his image now.

And the attorneys, how they were feeling, what was going on prior to the verdict. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: i mean, just within about an hour before the verdict came down, i was with the defense attorneys, and we were just -- they were getting kind of antsy, and they were trying to figure out what was going on, obviously waiting for this verdict. they felt confident. they were worried though over the video, the video, the drone video that they wanted -- the reason they asked ...

So i just figured that the jury was taking their time and they were being careful about every single instruction. this is a major and huge and consequential case that they had to be right. they had to be right about. they were. >> you were in the courtroom. did you receive a heads up? how did you know they were getting closer to coming within the decision. we saw kyles mom enter a short time before the verdict was read. >> i was a couple walks away. i got a phone call that something is coming do...

Also a reasonable fear from an outsider looking in. the one count where they didnt apply was the reckless endangerment charge, and that was pointing and shooting a weapon with the jump kick man to people behind. whats remarkable about the jurys decision, the verdict, is that this means the defense met its burden and then some for four of those and prosecution failed to meet their burden in that remaining 50 out. remember as well but when theyre deliberating these specific charges, all that matte...

Violent conduct, he was avenging -- protecting property and the like. those are things that play into legally that instruction that was given the jury for provocation. the jury could have bought it and said this guy came there looking for a fight. therefore extinguished his right to self-defense. it has a very real potential for impact on as you slide the wheels of justice. here, judge schroeder singh i dont know if i ever want to have another live trial again because of the frightening aspect o...