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The u.s. government, u.s. officials in moscow have expressed frustration that they haven't always had the opportunity to have the type of access they want to ms. griner. so, it is a difficult situation. not all journalists were allowed into the courtroom today, for example. there were lots of journalists who turned up at the court, but they were mainly russian journalists who were allowed in, and the reason given is that it's a very small courtroom, as a courthouse on the outskirts of moscow. >> tom, while ann was talking, we flashed a headline that says this, in the associated press. "fewer t...

A Louisiana judge has acquitted four city police officers in the death of a Black man arrested in April 2020

We can all see it. but you know who can really see it? prosecutors are you work for the u.s. doj. they really know. acutely. how hard it is to get a prosecution in a sedition case. they know it even more acutely than we do, because they acquittals in those big, high profile, failed sedition cases, those loom very large in the history of high stakes, highly charged failed prosecutions by the u.s. department of justice. federal prosecutors know this history very well. they therefore no, not to bring sedition charges lightly. and yet, here we are. in january of this year, u.s. justice department ...

U.s. justice department has had a heck of a time actually securing convictions when they charge people with that crime. and all of us who can observe that modern history, know that, you can just see that in the history of modern prosecutions, there are all of these incredibly dangerous people charged with incredibly terrible things, with incredibly damning evidence brought against them, who are nevertheless acquitted, because the crime is so hard to prove in court. we can all observe that, just as citizens, seeing when these high profile sort of hair curling prosecutions arrive. we can all see...

Between where the january 6 committee is headed and the indictments with the serious charges? >> joyce, i think the conspirators -- alleged conspirators, in michigan, were acquitted. is that the same case? >> yes. >> they got off. the question is going to be how good the evidence is. the oath keepers have been charged earlier, who were participants in january 6. this is the justice department going after these groups. >> it is. it's important to remember that when you have a couple of acquittals in your background at doj, you question whether a statute is a good statute for you to indict under...