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Emotionally overwhelmed. >> i decided to remain in so i could get familiar with what happened to ahmaud the last minutes of his life. >> reporter: at no time during the five-minute chase, the prosecutor says, the defendants told arbery they were performing a citizens arrest. instead, they say gregory mcmichael shouted threats. >> how do you know mr. ahmaud arbery was under attack by strangers with intent to kill him? because greg mcmichael told the police this, stop or i'll blow your [ bleep ] head off. >> reporter: in the defense's opening statements, travis mcmichael's attorney portrays a ve...

Arbery while he was jogging before he was fatally shot. prosecutors are arguing that arbery was killed because he wasogging while black. and in wisconsin 18-year-old kyle rittenhouse is on trial for shooting and killing during a shooting of a black man jacob blake. joey jackson joins me now. he is also a criminal defense attorney. great to see you as always. let's start with the arbery case. what is your big takeaway for the opening day at the trial? >> pamela, good evening to you. the big takeaway is that you have two battling narratives. i think the prosecution did a lot in their opening sta...

Has to do is establish enough basis for self-defense. i think we'll hear them argue one or two of these two things. one, that rosenbaum reached for his gun and he had to shoot in order to stop that. a witness said something along those lines. number two is that rittenhouse essentially heard a shot fired elsewhere and believed it was rosenbaum. the prosecution's response is going to be neither of those things were a reasonable belief, his conduct was not reasonable, and he started this situation. he -- rittenhouse created the dangerous situation by getting a gun illegally, by traveling 30 miles...

About that. >> at least eight people are dead after a chaotic scene at a music festival late last night. what we're learning about how it all happened. plus, a big win for president biden. congress passing that nearly $2 trillion infrastructure bill. we'll get you reaction from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. a high-stakes trial under way in georgia as prosecutors layer out their case in the killing of ahmaud arbery. our legal team weighs in on the argument and the makeup of the jury . good morning and welcome to your "new day." we're so happy to have you. it's saturday, november 6...

There will be many questions whether this was a receptive jury. i think something more could have been done. >> with that said, elie, what does your experience tell you about where this might go? i mean, prognosticate what you can for us here. >> yeah, so joe is correct. the jury selection process is highly imperfect, even in a case like this where a judge suspects there may have been racial discrimination in the selection of the jurors. the judge then has to do something about it. take away some of the jury strikes from one side, declare a mistrial and start all over. here the judge said, loo...