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Going on near the ukrainian border is also the subject of much analysis by open—source investigators. these are the online sleuths, often amateur, who are trauling through social media posts and satellite imagery to track the military hardware thats on the move in the region. such investigative techniques have now been co—opted by mainstream news outlets. and were going to hear about the huge impact some of them have achieved in the last few months. weve got some of the best in the business ...

These positions have the bully pulpit. the people who take a can use it for good, and to restore faith and trust in the system, and build and bring transparency to the electoral process. war, they can use that same bully pulpit to undermine democracy itself. joining us now is amanda lippman, cofounder and co-executive director of run for something. miss lippman, thank you for being here tonight, great to have you. >> thanks for having me. >> so, lets just talk first about how these election cons...

Of ahmaud arbery are back in court. prosecutors presented texts and social media posts with racist messages shared by the three men as they try to prove the defendants targeted arbery out of racial bias. travis mcmichael shared a story about two black restaurant customers who were upset about cold food and got into a confrontation with two white women. travis commented he would beat the black people to death if they did that to his mother, sister or an unnamed individual. all three men have plea...

Ahmaud arbery. past racist slurs were at the center of testimony today. prosecutors presenting text messages and social media posts from two of the three men. prosecutors say travis mcmichael frequently using the n-word and mentioning violence in reference to black americans. william roddey bryant exchanging racist messages on martin luther king jr. day. ahmaud arberys father outside the courtroom saying he wasnt shocked, because he already realized all the hate was in those three men. we turn...

Then i saw the facebook posts or the social media posts from the african-american teens mother asking is this really what this police department stands for, handcuffing and restraining a young african-american teenager? she says her son was there actually trying to break up a fight, and then to see that white kid sitting unrestrained, unhandcuffed, you know, on the side of this incident and the black kid on the ground being treated in such a rough manner by police, this is the kind of video -- t...

Ukrainians desperate to get the word out, desperate to get help to those two besieged cities. i was speaking to one woman who was telling me she hasnt been able to reach her parents for the last five days. the phones have been cut, the wi-fi has been cut, power also reportedly cut, and she said the only indication that she has right now that her parents -- of the condition of her parents was posted on a forum. ukrainians are so desperate, specifically about the situation in the town of mariupol ...

Medium security facility. and i should note the department of corrections say the conditions are fine. >> you could hear the pain in his voice when he was talking to you. a federal hate crimes trial for the man convicted of murdering ahmaud arbery. and we are now in open court for the first time seeing some of the text messages and social media posts from these convicted murderers. and i have to say theyre shocking. i want to read a couple of them carefully here. this is a text message. it say...

In response to a facebook video depicting a fight between some young black people and a white person he wrote quote, my tourist 38 hang guns as five of them would be taking a dirt nap. i say shoot all of them blank, those blank monkeys. in response to a video of a black woman hit by a car in a protest he wrote quote, nash on it and drive straight. there are several more messages and posts like that from travis mcmichael and similar writings from the other two defendants. travis mcmichaels father...

Expletive, those monkeys. there are several more posts like that from travis mcmichael and similar writings from the other two defendants. his father shared a meme saying white areurb slaves were treated worse than any other race in the u.s. when it comes to bryan, he made comments about his cars boyfriend who is black. many of those were written days before the death of arbery. the family objected to the terms of the deals so the judge threw them out. former prosecutors say federal hate crime p...

He jogged through their neighborhood. >> the prosecution called some 20 witnesses before resting its case and notably neither the mick michaels or bryan testified in their defense. in fact, the defense only called one witness. cnns nadia romero reports. >> reporter: boris and christi, throughout the trial we heard the prosecution lay out their case saying that this was all ably motivated. 20 witnesses took the stand to testify one after another who say they had personal conversations one-on-one ...