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To this, of course pleading guilty would mean that they would admit in open court that they were racially motivated when they chased down and ultimately killed arbery. and i asked would that have brought her any sort of comfort. he says that at this point, she is so adamant that they serve time in a state prison and not be transferred to federal custody. and that is what the plea deal would have allowed. and she says even hearing that had mission in open court would not bring her comfort. she want to see them going to trial. >> thank you. and keeping a close eye on the white house as preside...

Remember, the defendant's claim that he were trying to make a citizen's arrest, that they were trying to -- they were responding to a suspect, they thought, but there was no evidence that arbery, although he had been seen in the neighborhood, had ever committed any kind of crime in the neighborhood. so we are up to -- through count four, they are guilty. count four is a firearms charge. it means -- it is travis mcmichael being found guilty of using a firearm in relation to a crime of violence. again, another federal charge. travis mcmichael, of course, is the defendant, the man who had the sho...

Denied race was the reason for the killing. the jury heard testimony from more than 20 witnesses. several of whom spoke about racist language used by the defendants including the n word. the defense only called one witness who talked about the georgia neighborhood where the men lived and where arbery was killed. she had never met the mcmichaels or brian. >> and ryan young joins us now. you were in the courtroom this afternoon. at one point, the family got emotional when the prosecutor was talking about how the defendants treated their son. what happened? >> reporter: yeah, very emotional. we s...

Was motivated by his hatred of african americans and that's what the prosecution has attempted to show here. >> and clearly the defense is arguing the opposite. travis mcmichael claimed when mcmichael shot and killed arbery, he was defending himself. would travis mcmichael have grabbed a gun and done to it a white guy? the answer is yes, unquote. so do you think that was an argument that the jury might buy? >> i mean, it's the only argument he had. at the end of the day, the defense attorney has to throw everything against the wall that he possibly can. again, that is going to be the question ...

Charges were filed against the original district attorney in charge of ahmaud arbery's death on the charge of violating her oath of office. the charge was that she discouraged arrest of the three men who killed arbery. there is still so much work left to be done. let's talk about this verdict. what was your reaction to the guilty verdicts for arbery's killers? did the verdict surprise you and bring you a sense of release, as they did for me? >> it surprised me because we never see verdi like this.