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Any shot these guys can try to use that? how could they possibly say self-defense, they were the only ones armed, three of them, and in a vehicle? >> big difference. in the rittenhouse case there was not much evidence that kyle rittenhouse initiated the contact with any of the victims, but meanwhile, in this case, there is plenty of evidence that they got into a truck, these defendants, and chased ahmaud arbery, even by the defendants' own admissions on the stand, when the prosecutor very effectively in a fashion asked you could have turned here, you could have stopped at this point, yet you k...

Foreign-inspired attack like an isis attack, when they've called for ramming attacks in the past. there's no indication this has some sort of racial or ethnic component. so far, according to the people that have been briefed on this investigation, there's no indication that this is some sort of retaliation for the kyle rittenhouse verdict, which happened last week, as you know, and as you reported on. that's what we know so far. >> this doesn't look like an accident. >> no, and we're not saying it's an accident. but we wanted to say what it does not appear to be, which is to rule out the idea ...

When it's clearly part of this? >> i think, stephanie, it's powerfully telling that the prosecution does not believe that it can win this case with a nearly all white jury if race becomes a part of the conversation. and, you know, stephanie, it's interesting, if only there were, i don't know, some kind of critical theory that helped us understand how race played a role in legal decisions and courtrooms across the country throughout generations. it is absolutely a shame that critical race theory has become such a pariah and we cannot fully use the lens it provides us for trials like the rittenh...

Deliberate, to talk about this case. now, sometimes it's helpful to think about what's inside the circle and what's outside the circle. because there's some things outside the circle that you're not or shouldn't really talk about. and what are those? well, that mostly concerns penalty and punishment. ladies and gentlemen, you're going to be given a verdict firm, and you're going to write not guilty or guilty. that's all you're going to do. okay? so it's not about passion or prejudice or you disagree with the law, you don't like the law, conjecture. it's about the evidence and so what do you co...

Legal analyst danny cevallos. let's start with that case, the arbery case. tensions have been really high. this is a trial that's been watched around the nation, especially coming on the heels of the rittenhouse case. what do you expect from developments today? >> closing arguments, the defense is the underdog in that they have to make the case somehow that even after they got in their cars, their trucks, they chased ahmaud arbery. they had plenty of chances to turn off their pursuit. they still have to make the argument somehow to convince this jury they were acting in self-defense. it's a to...