His rhetorical warfare and advance of his trial next week on charges brought by the new York District attorney. It should be noted, theres Policy Proposal for that, too. I will direct a completely overhaul doj to investigate every radical da and agn america for their illegal rate this in reverse enforcement of the law i think the point here is this, theres no question next week donald trump faces the highest stakes legal challenge of his career. But if he survives that first criminal trial and any other that occurs over the course of the coming eight months and wins reelection. He will enter the oval office, embolden personally and with for power than weve seen probably in decades from a president and a team. Were not hiding this, theyre making very clear what they wanna do, how they wanted to do it, and that their supporters want them to deliver eric okay i was i listened to what someone tells you. Thanks for joining us. The news continues right here on cnn happening now Breaking News oj simpson dead at the age of 76 since family says the nfl legend, whose career was eclipsed by his 1995 Double Murder Trial and is highly controversial acquittal died after a battle well with cancer. Well look back on his life and the Trial Of The Century here in washington, the fbi director delivers a very stark warning amid republican infighting over a key Surveillance Law ill ask the House Foreign AffairsCommittee Chairman michael mccaul, if speaker johnson can finally control his unruly conference and stunning new developments in the scandal rocking the world of baseball. The former interpreter for Shohei Ohtani now charged with stealing 16 from this superstars bank account welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer, a urine the Situation Room the skis cnn Breaking News, because lets get straight to the Breaking News tonight. Hi, oj simpson, the nfl star, whos 1995 Double Murder Trial. And contentious acquittal captivated the nation is dead at 76 after fighting cancer cnn Stephanie Elam has the latest tonight, oj simpson dead, leaving behind a controversial legacy. If it doesnt fit you must acquit some only know him for the socalled Trial Of The Century for Double Murder. After the infamous low speed chase others recall Sentence Heyday as one of the best Running Backs and football one, what a beautiful de, it is in las vegas. This is the last public Statements Simpson Made On Social Media in february wary about eight months after announcing he had cancer and good two moment to say thank you to all the people who reached out to me my health is good i mean, august yesterday, im dealing with submissions, but i think im just about all ill be back on a golf course hopefully in a couple of weeks simpson died two months later reaction from the Pro Football Hall Of Fame celebrating his onfield success as quote, the first player to reach a rushing marc many thought could not be he attained and, uh, 14 game season when he topped 2000 yards, id like to express my condolences to the children. Good. Oh, kaylen, Who Rose To Fame as a witness in the murder trial, put the focus on ojs exwife, nicole brown, and friend ron goldman, who were stabbed to Death Outside browns la home in june 1994 nicole was a beacon of light that burn bright may we never forget her . Others reflecting on the polarizing life simpson lead. Karen, everybody im not going to hurt anybody to foot star led police on a shocking low speed chase on live tv after he was charged in the murders with every freeway over crossing there began to gather more and more crowds of people. Absolutely 100 . But simpson thought the charges in a trial that divided america it happened as racial inequality in the Justice System was front and Center Following the 1992 acquittal of the lapd officers who Beat Rodney King and the riots that followed the nations stopped in its tracks to hear the simpson verdict read on live tv, orenthal, James Simpson, not guilty of the time of motor. Was he framed by the police or did he get away with murder . The debate raged at the water cooler and Simpson Capitalised on it, writing a book entitled, if i did it, which the publisher ultimately never released, Those Never Closure Ron is always gone. The family of ron goldman who won a wrongful death civil suit against simpson then in 1997 control of the book writes and release the book under the title i did It Confessions of the killer in 2007. I didnt know i was doing anything illegal. It wasnt until 2008. Thats simpson would go to jail serving nine years for kidnapping, armed robbery, and assault with a Deadly Weapon after he broke into a hotel room to retrieve his stolen belongings. What we have is satisfaction that that this monster is where he belongs the legal turmoil overshadowing what had been a trailblazing life we now have a statement from kim and fred goldman that would be ron goldman mens sister and father. And it says in part quote the news of rons killer passing away as a mixed bag of complicated emotions and reminds us that the journey three good grief is not linear for three decades, we tirelessly pursued justice for ron and nicole. And despite a civil judgment and his confession in if i did, it the hope for true accountability has ended and their message goes on to say that they will continue to advocate for the rights of all victims and survivors and saying that they think people for keeping them and especially ron goldman in their hearts. And so you can see, even though, oj simpsons life is over, the legacy of the pain from all the turmoil in his lifetime still persist, welfares payment dr. Stephanie elam in los angeles for us . Definitely. Thank you. Lets get some more from our experts, including some former for cnn journalists too extensively covered simpsons trial. And ill start with roger kasat, good old friend here at cnn now roger, you were here at cnn covering oj simpsons first criminal trial, almost what, 30 years ago, this case is often called the Trial Of The Century. Put it into perspective for us well, for me, it was someone who suddenly was thrust on television to describe this Trial Of The Century, it was, of course, lifechanging, but it was, it was a culture changing event for the country suddenly, oj simpson, who we all had thought of as his wonderful Football Player and pitch man no one could believe that he would have done Something Like this. And there he was the trial, the Robert Shapiro that i always thought with a brilliant thing, he would not rest and he made a preliminary hearing, gold, very, very quickly in that trial, went very, very quickly. Ive always thought that perhaps by doing that, the prosecution really wasnt ready for this case as well. As they should have been. Perhaps they just thought it was a slam dunk. But this changed certainly changed the reality tv, i think on the air and i think changed the way we viewed trials and events ever since very important dead jim morais, you also covered this trial for us at cnn at the time, talk a little bit about how towering and controversial figure oj simpson was no go jay was a beloved figure. He could not walk down the streets of los angeles without being met with accolades, people saying, hey, you jay, how are you . He was luck, he was beloved by the cops Who Beloved By expands, who was a pitch man who was an after he was an athlete, he was bigger than life and as roger said it was rd to ncile oj we knew this oj that was being presented by the prosecution as a associate douburder, or somebody who codo something so horrific and let me tell you something. Havi seen e autopsy photos, it wasnt horrific kilng have to think about the d you victs, famies today more reconcile these two s and to the ry eveually sided with guilty. A said,ot lete Brlaura Coates in this conversation. Laura, want you to take a looand our viewtoake a look at th. This is the audience reaction when there was le coverage of the jurys verdict during the Oprah Winfrey show. Listen to this one of the Information Peer Report if the state is ally gets to the deep Blur Racialivision surrounding this entire case. Its not your x. Remember watching that wed recorded youre dead in my high school actually, it was when the verdict came out and were taken out of classes to actually see this all play out. This really showed you not just that oj simpson was on trial, but through the lens in which people view the Justice System here we are on the verge of a major trial this coming monday, a highprofile case where the defendant says there are two systems of justice in this country, two tier one for them rich and one for the poor. Well, we also know theres one for black people. And those who are not. And i think one of the things that what this trial showed was how people viewed what was spared what the input of the cops would be. Remember the infamous part about mark fuhrman taking the stand and at first glance out of his casting the quintessential tentative and Police Officer only be running with his own racist statements and changing the tide of how the jurors potentially saw this. I remember thinking at the time among conversations and family and friends and community about how Falling Rodney King there were such distrust for the police. And of course, here were somebody with a lead to black Defense Attorney in one, Johnnie Cochran you had a defense team that was built of the most statured of Defense Council and you had a very wealthy black man who had for all the reasons we talked about, had all the accolades and praise. And so this was the land which peoples hard to view. The Justice System. Otherwise, it was fair or not. What i bring jane walesa mitchell into this conversation, jane, you also cover this trial for us. Back then, take us back to los angeles at the time of the trial, what was the atmosphere like as this trial was actually taking place . Well, it was so charge wolf, it was all anybody could talk about. And it was a divisive situation. You never knew who was going to say, what about this case, but i have to say the lessons of this tragic saga are still with us today. The prosecution head overwhelming evidence. It was well as marcia clark said, it was a trail of blood right from the crime scene to oj simpsons car to oj simpsons state. Right into his bedroom and to his socks the blood found on his socks. But the credibility of the Police Department was at stake because the key detective collecting all that evidence was a man who had used the n word Something Like 41 times, and that was caught on tape and he lied about it. So the lesson to Police Departments today still resonates. You can have all the greatest forensics you want. But if your credibility is shocked and the people dont trust you, then forget about it. It doesnt matter. And thats something that i think still is a lesson for Law Enforcement across the country today. The other thing is, there was tons of dna evidence, and i remember i was a local news anchor, are working out of Paramount Studios and anchoring as two hours and hours of this dna evidence came in. A lot of very complicated people were not that familiar with dna the way they are today. So the prosecution thought they had an overwhelming case because of the overwhelming nature of the dna evidence. But a lot of people really didnt get the dna evidence. And the final thing i will well say is that some of the best witnesses, like the woman who says she believes she saw oj simpson in his car leaving the crime scene and the guy who said he sold them the knife. Well they never got to testify because they sold their stories so the media madness played a huge role in all of this as well you know, its interesting jim murray, i want to get back to you, whether youve seen the trial, whether you saw it or not, youve all of us have heard the phrase, if the gloves dont fit, you must acquit how defining was that moment oh, is extremely defining. It gave the defense and opportunity to basically have oj simpson testify without the burden of crossexamination. Oj simpson was controlling that glove. He could make it appear as if it was too small. It was the worst moment for the prosecution and to allow that to happen, and it was a gift to the defense was interesting, jayne oj simpson clearly assembled a socalled dream team of lawyers for his defense team. Why did they get that moniker . Well, they were very very clever. There was even allegations that they redecorated oj simpsons home for the jury tour taking basically what he had their out and putting in some things that might appeal to the jury so they were playing Fast And Loose its been a lot of ways and i really feel that by accusing the los angeles Police Department of Planting Evidence they were taking a huge risk. A lot of people might not buy it, but it turns out that that argument that all that damning evidence that was found, the blood drops here they were and everywhere was planted that did resonate with the overwhelmingly African American jury. And as youve mentioned, this comes in the wake of a sense of mistrust of the lapd. Anybody who has seen that rodney king beating, which happened in 1991, leading to to the rights and 92 you could see why there was such mistrust important points in date, everyone. Thank you very much. Important note to our viewers, stay with cnn for lauras Program Later tonight, 11 00 p. M. Eastern. Shes devoting her entire show. The special coverage, the life and death of oj simpson will all be watching just ahead, deep divisions among House Republicans right now, putting a Key National Security bill at risk. The chairman of the house, florida Affairs Committee is here live. Well discuss plus how Jury Selection will play out monday and Donald Trumps criminal hush money trial. And what Defense Lawyers will be he looking for . Stay with us. Youre on the Situation Room welcome to lobsterfest. Is your your party ready . Fatty to tango with tails on tail on tails, try lobster, lovers dream while you can. Its one of the ten next level Lobster Creations Luck Defense is ending soon. So hurrian the ups stores, not just the ship in store, where the shipping store the the packing to watch store the we understand this is more than a Package Store where the packet shifted guaranteed store. The piece of months door the, white around the corner. 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