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Didn't happen in terms of evidence, that didn't come out in the state case. so we might get more information what surrounded this shooting. outside of that, talking to community leaders in the brunswick area, they believe that first case went very well in terms of the trial, and they want to make sure the community stays calm. they're talking to all the stakeholders, especially the church leaders in this community to make them understand how this progress will go forward, especially with this being federal court, so there'll be no video cameras inside the courtroom like there was last time. bo...

Cnn's ryan young has more from brunswick, georgia. >> boris, christie, good morning. there are a lot of questions surrounding this case. of course, the three men who were accused in this crime have already been convicted in state court. now, in federal court, two of the men, the mcmichaels, had decided to plead guilty because they had received a plea deal. that thplea deal was rejected, they pulled back their guilty plea. now you're going to have opening -- in terms of them trying to find a jury to seat, but they're going to know that there was a plea deal that was almost enacted. that will be...

And so if they're going to spend their time in the state system and then have to serve their federal time, which would typically be the requirements, since they were convicted first in the state court, then they decide to move ahead and sort of roll the dice with this trial. >> tra >> in the state trial, you'll recall that prosecutors meticulously pieced together a timeline of events that led to ahmaud arbery's murder, but there's additional information that will be presented to the jury in the federal case. walk us through what the federal jury might see that's dicfferen from what the state c...

To be the main sticking point was where they would spend their time in jail. as you know, they've been convicted and sentenced to life without parole. they would serve that in a state prison. but here, it's saying that the deal was struck that they would spend at least 30 years in a federal system. and that didn't seem to be to the judge's satisfaction, which is, of course, her right, as the sentencing judge, so she said, i'm not going to accept that nor am i going to be bound by this. you can keep your plea in place, but you're letting me now as a judge make the ultimate decision on the terms...

This federal trial. >> it's going to be tough to find somebody who has not heard about the case, and that's not the standard, but whether or not they form some opinion about the case. and i think that -- that's part of the question here. and were those problems, those racial elements and things of jury selection and how the jury was made up, is that going to be an issue that may cause some problems for the state case on appeal? i don't know. but it's certainly something to think about here. i don't know if we'll necessarily have that. you'll have a jury selected throughout the district and i s...