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Two months later charged with membership in an armed terrorist organization for allegedly backing a coup attempt in turkey, faced 35 years in prison. july taken from prison, plagued under house arrest. in august, the u.s. put sanctions on a couple of turkish officials. today, again, he is leaving, time served, the sentence. releasing a statement, we are grateful for the presidents commitment and efforts in securing my release. my family thanks the president, the administration, and congress for ...

>> bret: karen? >> i actually mixed a house race, im going up there this weekend to look at it myself. congressman fosso, update new york, written off this summer. he has a very dynamic democratic challenger. this is a district in most of the contested directs, president trump is not popular, places that hillary clinton won. this is one where president trump is more popular than the inkim bent. >> bret: mark? >> ive been following tennessee. in this case it shows the kavanaugh effect. this is a ...

And he doesnt want any recession as he approaches re-election. >> bret: his guy, he put him in there. the fact is the president has also often used the stock market as a proxy for overall economic plans. criticizing the fed the way he did is not unprecedented. but it certainly, george h.w. bush used to criticize the fed quite a bit and blamed interest for his loss in 1992. it is unusual, among recent presidents, to hear somebody speak out this way. >> bret: mark? >> its also important to remembe...

The defendant as well. members of the kate steinle family attended the trial and her father testified about the horror of his daughter collapseing in his arms after she was shot and begging him for help. the family wont being here for this verdict. the family doesnt want to politicize this case. as soon as we have the verdict, we will bring it to you. >> martha: we expect that verdict in a matter of minutes. joining me now mark a crimmial defensive attorney and mark a scholar. huge political imp...

Whether or not children who were brought here should be able to stay. we have so much concern for these young people. but we want concern for kate steinle who should have the freedom to walk on the pier on a july afternoon. >> and not get murdered. i have listened to your guests. mark echoed the things i would say about the immigration debate. because you asked about president trump and his themes on the campaign trail on immigration, the reason it resonated with so many people, even people who ...

That should warrant a second degree murder conviction. the only question is whether they credit the testimony of him swivelling around in her direction and the photographs that show he looked in her direction. that equals intent. will it equal the most serious charge of first degree murder? >> martha: mark, for his defense. what did they argue with his state of mind and his ability to have intent in this case? >> well, they are arguing here is a guy who possessed a weapon because he found it. le...

This guy gets off from this. >> martha: mark, go ahead. >> i cant envision -- maybe one knucklehead on the jury who said the gun not off accidentally. i dont see a unanimous verdict where all of them in light of the victims fathers emotional testimony. i tried over 150 jury trials. the worst thing when i am defending someone is the emotional testimony. jurors through a not guilty verdict would say to the father i would push aside your tears. in a close call that emotion will carry the day. >> ma...

By waiting for the tense moments to pass. the jury has their verdict. they are ready to go. its a question of getting everything, all of the ducks in a row. as everybody sits down in there. the steinle family is not in the building. you wont see their reaction. we will wait to hear from them as this news sinks in as the moments pass by. mark, the criminal defense attorney, and mark a scholar and fox news contributor. mark, if you could give us the landscape as you see it. if this goes one of two...

Into the victim. it did ricochet which would suggest it went off accidentally or he was firing it recklessly which would lead to a second degree murder conviction? >> martha: mark? >> the only possibility, his only defense of getting off of this is saying it was accidental. it doesnt matter if he looked at kate steinle in the eye and said i will kill kate steinle. he didnt know who kate steinle was. he was trying to kill somebody and fire it into a crowd, thats second degree murder as mark said,...

Hallway. its a stunning verdict in the kate steinle murder case. its a heart breaking verdict for the steinle family. the only charge he was found guilty of was felony possession of a weapon. mark, your reaction? >> its so ironic that someone who is not from here gets the benefit of reasonable doubt, the burden of proof. all of these wonderful cherished freedoms. thats what saved him. the prosecutors had the burden of proof. the defense put on experts that they probably thought would advance the...