Excellent interview, thank you very much for doing that. Thats it for this special report, fair, balanced and unafraid. Here comes greta. This is a fox news alert. Is this a case of a prosecutor gone wild . Why did Baltimore City states attorney Marilyn Mosby indict officer edward nero and drag him to trial . Personal vendetta . Personal gain . Just hours ago officer found officer edward nero not guilty on every count in connection with with the death of freddie grey. Ted and katie are standing by. Griff jenkins on the ground and taking you inside court today, griff . Thats right. Judge Berry Williams finding officer not guilty on all four charges. Stating the state failed to meet the burden of proof on
each count. Reckless enendangerment and two counts of misconduct in office. In his finding, judge williams said that nero was legally justified his actions with regards to the assault charge and he was not criminally liable in the reckless enendangerment for failing to seat belt freddie gray. At the center of this child, greta, is whether or not a lawful stop evolved as the state alleged into an unlawful arrest. Key testimony came from officer Garrett Miller who testified that he alone detained and arrested freddie gray. So earlier today ted williams and i returned to the scene of the original arrest to walk through the facts. The testimony in court by officer miller is where this location is where officer miller stopped freddie gray, handcuffed freddie may and
arrested freddie gray. He walked freddie gray up the street where the van was awaiting him. So nero went to get the bicycle. Miller walked him up here to the van. And it was in this location, in this area that officer miller testified that he put freddie gray in the van on the right side of the van. The only thing that nero did in this case was to go and to get millers bulk kel because miller had left it in a location as he was chasing freddie gray. And once they are putting freddie in the van, thats the First Physical contact that officer nero has with gray; is that correct . When they are putting him in the van, there is some contact with him because they believe that freddie gray needed an inhaler. And so at that stage, nero had some physical contact with him to try to help him if he needed an inhaler. They did not find inhaler. They closed the vans door and they left and they went up the street. As for the scene outside the courtroom there have been no protesters or riots over by the courthouse or western baltimore where this all took place. We have the next trial coming up in just two weeks, greta, that will be that of caesar goodson, the van driver in early june. Greta . Griff, thank you. And joining me, the lawyer for the freddie gray family, Billie Murphy goes on the record. Good evening, sir. Hi, greta. How are you . Very well. So what do you think of the judges decision . He was the fact finder. He was the jury in this case. Well, judge williams is known far and wide contrary to some earlier opinions on your network as an extraordinarily fair jurist who spent the last five or six years of his career
cops. Im not surprised that is he a scrupulously fair jurist who called it the way he saw it those of us who didnt sit through the trial, however, have no further comment on the evidence because that is irresponsible you can miss a key piece of evidence. Hold on, greta. Lets talk one at a time, if you dont mind. Okay. If you miss any part of this trial, you can miss Critical Evidence that would make all the difference in the world about the outcome. So, nobody should be discussing opinions whether this was an fair outcome on either side. I dont disagree with you. Tell me this, is there any evidence that officer nero did anything other than retrieve the bicycle and help locate an inhaler . That you have heard of, that you have read about . Well, i heard the summation of the evidence by judge williams and i didnt hear the evidence at trial,
so im not prepared to answer that question. But, based on what the judge said in summation, did he say that the officer did anything but retrieve the bicycle and help with the inhaler . I think judge williams ruling will be available in total, i hope. He wrote it out before he gave it that will educate us much more than i could do on the entire basis for his ruling. I know, you were listening. Ask me a question. You are a lawyer in the courtroom. You are listening to the judge tell the decision. You represent the family. Im sure you are concentrating on the facts of the judges ruling. Did the judge say anything at all that said that the officer did anything but fetch the bicycle and get the inhaler or try to help with the inhaler . Did he say anything . I think he said he was at the scene where the van was emptied the first time one block away. And he also mentioned that he had some role in putting
freddie gray into the van. I believe he said something about that. All right. This is just one officer with one piece of this whole story. Im not talking about any of the other officers. Would you, if you were prosecutor, i know, bill, you are a smart lawyer, you have been around baltimore for a million years. Everybody here knows you. Even here in washington, d. C. We know about your work. Would you have indicted this man, this officer, im not talking about the others but this one. Greta, thats outrageous question because i wasnt sitting where she was sitting. I didnt get the information she was getting. Based on what you know. Have to make the judgment that she made. Im not going to speculate what i would have done. Bill, you speculate every single day. We lawyers talk about the evidence every single day. Speculation another word for stating the facts. Would you have indicted this guy . I dont know. I dont know what she had on her plate before she made the decision. Based on what the judge said today, would you have indicted him . Now, greta, you know you are not going to get any more of an answer than the
one i gave. You all right. Let me talk just briefly and switch gears. I know this was a horrible death freddie gray and very i imagine the family is heart broken. How did they respond when they heard the news today . The family responded the same way they have always responded including to the hung jury and lead up to the trial and that is lets let the process work if its going to work fairly and lets stand by the results of a fair process withoutny making any prejudgment about who did to what, whom, and how. They recognize, unless you hear the evidence completely, you dont have the right to express an opinion unless you want to be unfair. Thats their they are calm about it they are not emotionally overwrought about the decision. They had faith that judge williams made the correct call. And were bless to do have
somebody who is not going to be influenced by public opinion. And your station was ripe with speculation whether judge williams was playing to the audience or following. I dont know where you get that billy. Billy, now stop that, i dont know where you get that. Now, come on. You talk about our show, im happy i have actually had people in the courtroom. Im talking about your station. I know. Lets talk about my show. If you have a gripe with me, tell me. If you have a gripe with my show, tell me. We had someone in the courtroom most of this trial if not the entire trial. If i think the whole networks approach to the black community is racist and irrelevant to this program i cant say it. We were in court every single day, billy. I know you very well. I know the way that you are trying to play this. I got the picture. I wasnt born yesterday. I got that. But, if you have a problem with my show, tell me. I will talk to but that. But. I havent stated a problem with your show. Okay, good. If you were listening carefully to me. Okay, good. Im just checking that. All right, billy, always nice to talk to you. Nice to talk to you, too. And so tonight, we are asking why did prosecutor Marilyn Mosby seek an indictment of officer edward nero, in a statement officer edward nero attorney said the states attorney rushed to charge him as well as the five other officers completely disregarding the facts of the case and applicable law. Former prosecutor katie phang and criminal defense attorney ted williams. Ted was inside the baltimore courthouse during the whole trial. Ted, were only talking about the one officer. I dont know what the evidence is against the other officers or what will be shown or not shown. We are talking about this officer. Should this officer edward nero have been indicted and brought to trial, in your opinion . This officer should not have been indicted at all, greta. I said set in that
courtroom, i listened to the evidence. And it was shameful that the prosecutors did not have any case whatsoever. And they put this man, nero, through hell. And he should not have been. They got so desperate that they brought another officer, in miller, and they offered him immunity. And miller came in and miller said i arrested. I handcuffed. I led freddie gray to the van. And he said nero had nothing to do with it and, guess what . An africanamerican judge, barry williams, weighed his credibility and believed everything that officer miller said concerning nero and the fact that nero had nothing to do with the arrest of freddie gray. Done about officer nero. As i have been listening to this unfold. In fact, lets play a sound bite of what i said the other night on this because,
loading someone into a van is not criminal conduct. He didnt handcuff him, make a criminal arrested. He didnt put him in the van and had no obligation to seat belt him according to the obligations. Katy, there was never any evidence, even, you know, there was nothing that this guy, retrieving a bicycle or doing whatever he was accused of doing, there was never any reason for this prosecutor to charge this officer. Do you agree or disagree . I absolutely agree. If you want to talk about Billie Murphys comment fair judgment. She didnt give officer nero fair process nor did she allow for judging on her part. He was properly acquitted by judge williams. Judge williams during oral pronouncement of the verdict today there was no credible fact that would support the four charges brought against officer nero. If i were nero, i would go after her office for malicious conduct. People dont realize how painful its been for this officer. Im sure he is a proud officer. And to be put through this process and to be accused of the most unthinkable things by the prosecutor. Gronel she is jv or what her problem is, if thats her best evidence its appalling that she subjected him to that. I dont know what the evidence will be for the other officers and i do know that someone died in custody im very interested in hearing the evidence. To too this to this officer, ted, make me crazy. Your thoughts . Absolutely. A prosecutor is there to seek justice this was injustice to charge this man when there was no evidence. If i was in that Prosecutors Office and they asked me to try this case against an officer without any evidence, i would resign before i would do such an act. This was an embarrassment and a sad day in the annals
of baltimore when you charge an officer. Im just happy that judge barry williams, no relationship to me, found this officer not guilty on all of the counts and charges. Ted and katy, stay with us. Well have more on the record. And, of course, we are closely watching baltimore. We are monitoring the city for any lawful protests or unlawful trouble. As the sun sets, if anything happens, we will take you back to baltimore live. Now to the 2016 election, donald trump is busy. Is he busy woulding top republicans. Today in trump tower he met with bob corker. Chairman of the Senate Foreign relations committee. His name has been thrown around as a possible Vice President ial pick. I have no reason to believe im being considered. Would you consider a role in the future Trump Administration . I think any, as i said before, look, im doing what i am doing because i care deeply about policy. I want to see our country succeed and solve the big
problems we have as a nation. I think those kinds of questions, obviously, you want to know what the circumstances were, what the relationship is. Two brand new National Polls show donald trump is inching up overtaking Hillary Clinton. One poll nbc wall street journal poll has secretary clinton narrowly beating donald trump 4643. Abc news, the Washington Post poll has trump on top 46 to 44. The on the record Political Panel is here. Nbc political director rick klein and the Washington Post aaron brake. Rick, one of those polls is your news organizations. What do these polls mean tia at this stage. Its not going to be a blowout. Donald trump has the capacity to win this election. Whether or not this lasts and i think there is ample reason to question how donald trump can win an election given the way is he view sod negatively and issues. He is in this right now. This is not going to be a wiretowire Hillary Clinton romp. Hillary Clinton Campaign has to question its assumptions if they think they are going to beat donald trump just because the country is going to reject him. The one thing he has going for him that she can never lay claim to is a desire for outsider. Thats been a theme on the republican side and democratic side this year. Both of our poll, very good poll. Very strong poll. I think that the headtohead numbers are really interesting. They are very close across all of the polls, not just our poll i think the thing in our poll is if you look at the images of the can it as the. A poll a couple months ago 66 of people had strongly unfavorable view of trump versus 41 for clinton. Half the country feel favorably unfavorably strongably both candidates. We have a close race now. Its not going to be a blowout. Its going to be a double digit race for the next six
months. I think Bernie Sanders is trying to get donald trump elected. He is not doing anything to help his party its not his party. He is like. He is borrowing it. Yeah, is he borrowing it. One in five supporters in our poll say they would support donald trump instead of Hillary Clinton. Thats the heat of the primary. Anything in those numbers alarm bell for democrats. The fact they are going all the way to the end. Bernie sanders is running against the Democratic Party as much as anything else. Thats a bad thing for Hillary Clinton right now. Senator bob corker going up to the trump tower today. Should we read anything in that one. Corker check as lot of the boxes. He is establishment, good with moderate and conservative wings of the party. Not unconceivable. Im not sure the Republican Party is in love with the idea that donald trump picking another white man as his Vice President ial pick at this point. The parlor game . I think this would do a lot to solve Donald Trumps problems inside the Republican Party with eaching other groups thats
different. This would be mainstream trump. Looking for trump 2. 0. Its not him saying different things. Choose someone fairly conventional choice. establishment would feel comfortable with him in number two spot. Thank you both. Thank you, greta. Not just Republican Leaders who donald trump is wooing, also Hispanic Evangelical Community and he is not the only one, who so is secretary Hillary Clinton. Over the weekend both secretary clinton and donald trump sent videos to the National Hispanic christian Leadership Conference. National hispanic christian, three great words. Were going to take care of you, were going to work with you, you are going to be very happy. You are going to like president trump. You can always count on me to fight for you, your congregants and your communities but i cant do it alone. I respectfully need your support so please lets Work Together to win the
election. Lets never grow weary to do good for as many people as possible. Spanish Leadership Conference reverend Samuel Rodriguez goes on the record. Good evening, sir. Good evening. Thank you for having me. Thank you for coming here. So i went to the two videotapes, i listened to them. Secretary clinton talked about immigration, Affordable Housing and made remark about dismissive and dangerous rhetoric no doubt talking about donald trump and she talked about her faith. Donald trump, on the other hand did, not talk about faith but talked about minority unemployment, jobs, trade deals and stopping. He said three words National Hispanic christian. Those are his word. Who is more impressive, do you think, to the audience . The common denominators here they both covered education which is arguably the priority for the Latino Community. Educational equality raising the standards, stopping this idea of dumbing down education for latino or kids in the you urban centers. Education stood highlighted by donald trump and Hillary Clinton. And the economy. The difference was hillary addressed her faith, donald did not. They both addressed immigration by the buy, Hillary Clinton about immigration and the valley of the immigrant community and donald trump aboutmenting people to coming in the country illegally. He at the end of the day we prayed for the president ial election and boy does it ever need prayer. So we parade. And there was a chuckle in the audience, our ceo after both videos i believe its time to pray. Entire audience chuckled and then we prayed together. Was there any straw vote or did you get a sense whether people were swayed in the audienc