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Mother of ahmaud arbery. she came out here on the courthouse steps. she spoke to the crowd and she said that she feels confident there will be a conviction in this case. so, perhaps that is helping to quell some of the uncertainty that people may be feeling about how they think this case is going to play out. let's break down some of that dramatic testimony and some of those dramatic moments we saw last week when travis mcmichael -- he is one of three defendants of course, in this case. took the stand in his own defense. he told the court how he and his father, gregory, along with another man,...

He fired in self-defense. but during some pretty intense cross-examination, we saw the prosecutor poke holes in that assertion and essentially laying out a case that showed mcmichael as the aggressor. after that testimony here outside, on the courthouse steps, we saw wanda cooper jones, speak to the crowd. she said among other things that she believes there will be a conviction in this case. take a listen. >> i think his testimony was -- first of all, i want to say i appreciate his testimony because it gave my family and i some insight on what he was actually thinking. mr. travis mcmichael kil...

Constitutional right. >> laura: they are looking for a federal follow-up to this acquittal. any justification for that? >> zero. no chance at all. the fbi already investigated and there was no basis to bring a federal charge. >> laura: you agree? >> absolutely. thank god that kyle rittenhouse got acquitted. the only thing that could have made today better if prosecutor binger was compelled to hand kyle his rifle back with the magazine on the courthouse steps. they didn't make that happen. the real problem here is the message moving forward is we need to do something about this unlimited discre...

Went on a march and got out of here. it might have to do with the weather here, it is fairly cold in the 30s so maybe that's part of why last night we didn't see too many issues here in kenosha. the only thing was a clash between one particular protester, she was out here with chalk writing a message on the courthouse steps and they put her in cuffs and took her away. the only other thing we really saw was bickering and yelling between protest groups but when you're around the crowd and talk to some of the folks and ask for their reaction, it couldn't be different in terms of how they are reac...

Pushing for some type of federal follow-up to this acquittal. would there be any justification for that under the circumstances? >> 0. no chance at all. the fbi already investigated and decided there was no basis to bring federal charges. laura: you agree, andrew? >> absolutely. the lesson we need to take away from this, thank god kyle got acquitted, great day for america. the only thing that could have made a better is if prosecutor anger been compelled to hand kyle his rifle back with the magazine with 22 round left on the courthouse steps. that would have been fantastic. they didn't make th...