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this deals with that. i should mention these details we're getting are from the republican side so it's a republican source. we're still working to find out exactly what the democrats are saying. it should be the same thing since this is a deal that both sides have been working on and have reached. we'll have more on that as we get it. >> athena jones, thanks so much. i appreciate the explanation. also this just into cnn, the reserve deputy who shot and killed a man in tulsa, oklahoma has just pleaded not guilty. robert bates showing up for an initial court arraignment after all this happened moments ago. he's currently free on $25,000 bond. that's obviously not him. that's the incident that took him to court. the judge also granted bates permission to go to the bahamas for a family vacation. let's get some reaction from cnn legal analyst sunny hostin. mr. bates didn't have to show up today but he did. >> it's not unexpected quite frankly that he pled not guilty. this is the very beginning of the process for him when you get arraigned. he has his attorney. this is not a clear cut case.
longer working with the sheriff's office. >> we can't find the records that she supposedly turned in. so we're going to talk to her to find out if for sure he did qualify with those. >> earlier this week, cnn obtained robert bates' assignment about the shooting that he gave to investigators. he writes that he last qualified at the gun range in the fall of 2014 and has been taser certified for at least three or four years. then bates writes that he received training by the mericopa county sheriff's department on response to active shooters. maricopa county is run by controversial sheriff joe arpaio in arizona. but cnn is told bates didn't come to arizona and he doesn't didn't train with us. >> a good old boy kickback system. >> some say bates received favorable treatment because the reserve deputy is a personal friend of the sheriff. >> there's a number of records that the sheriff's office, they simply haven't come forward with them. and if they don't come forward
a trickly phrase man slaughter statute at all. that jury instruction seems pretty simple. >> absolutely not. it's very simple. i do want to clarify. mr. bates didn't inadvertently pulled his resolver. he carried a .357 resolver from his patrol vehicle, which is unmarked. he had a bright yellow taser on his chest and he has a pistol in his right hand. according to mr. bates' fist statement, and his initial statement, he had a pepper ball gun in his left hand that he used his right hand to power the valve up with. i'm curious how that happened. if mr. bates inadvertently grabbed his pistol from his truck, not pulled it out right when this event is taking place, but literally carried it from his truck how that's not culpable. he walks up to the man with a .357 that he's not certified to use and i doubt any deputy whether they're reserve,
pretty simple. >> absolutely not. it's very simple. i do want to clarify. mr. bates didn't inadvertently pulled his resolver. he carried a .357 resolver from his patrol vehicle, which is unmarked. he had a bright yellow taser on his chest and he has a pistol in his right hand. according to mr. bates' fist statement, and his initial statement, he had a pepper ball gun in his left hand, that he used his right hand to power the valve up with. i'm curious how that happened. if mr. bates inadvertently grabbed his pistol from his truck, not pulled it out right when this event is taking place, but literally carried it from his truck how that's not culpable. he walks up to the man with a .357 that he's not certified to use and i doubt any deputy, whether they're reserve, advanced, special deputies are ever certified to use a stub