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Argument about the toenails aside, the defense argument that this is a quiet neighborhood, these people were in fear of their lives, and based on the initial encounter of travis mcmichael when he thought ahmaud arbery had a gun in a previous incident they later -- the defense was trying to say that was all contextual about what was occurring on that day. you can't divorce what travis mcmichael knew when he confronted ahmaud arbery a second time and then came running at him. i think the jurors will want to look at that video to make the determination, who is the aggressor here? is ahmaud arbery...

Consequences. all mr. arbery was doing was jogging when three white guys in pickup trucks started chasing him. they never told mr. arbery why they were trying to stop him that day. they never told the police anything about a citizen's arrest. the prosecutors want the jurors to see the citizen's arrest defense as an after the fact justification by defendants who are trying to beat a murder case. >> and melissa, let's talk about the defense argument just now. how compelling was that in counterpoint? >> well, i think the defense is trying to counter the prosecution's statement that a citizen's ar...

It's a very difficult case for the defense. i think this judge is saying -- this judge did not admonish the prosecutor. you can absolutely as an attorney making closing arguments break down the law, break down the elements unless you're grossly misstating the law, then that would be an issue with the court. but this judge would have told her she was wrong if she feels wrong. sorry for the intrusion. [ phone ringing ] this judge did not because she was correct. he was basically saying, look, ultimately the instruction will come from me and you are to use those instructionings as the law that yo...

0 what's going on? i want to talk to you. what's going on? police are on the way. his dad says go back, i am not going back there. i'll go from buford around the homes, and that's what he does, he drives around. now, his dad is back in the truck. his dad is old and infirm. he's sitting on this bench in the back of the truck. drives all the way around thinking i'm not going to go back into this mess down here. i'll drive around, and when he drives around you've now learned about this dog leg, that black line essentially is the dog leg. you can't see past it. travis tells you the first thing he ...

Supporters, fans they've been here day in and day out playing very loud music, that's what you hear today they have a megaphone and they're voicing their support for r. kelly that's what you hear down the way here they believe that he is essentially being railroaded the defense argument is that these women were in real relationships with r. kelly, that the relationships went poorly, that they feel things didn't go well for them and that they're trying to make money off of r. kelly now. you may remember the documentary "surviving r. kelly. so many people are surviving off r. kelly is the way he...