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Murdering an iraqi prisoner could soon learn his fate as closing arguments are set to begin on monday for special operations chief eddie gallagher. prosecutors say he stabbed a wound isis prisoner to death. his defense says that's not what happened. cnn's dan simon is following the story closely as closing arguments are set to begin. >> reporter: a decorated navy s.e.a.l., selfless war hero and family man. that's the image the defense would like the jury to have as it soon begins deliberating the fate of platoon chief eddie gallagher. closing arguments are slated to begin on monday in a case t...

He's accused of stabbing him to death but his defense attorney says that's not what happened. >> reporter: a decorated navy seal, selfless war hero, that's the image they would like the jury to have as they begin to hear the case in a case that pits a 40-year-old against several of his young subordinates. the most serious allegation, that he stabbed an iraqi soldier to death. at least two seals say they witnessed the attack, but of them testified under immunity that he asphyxiated the detainee and that gallagher was ultimately not responsible for the death. the prosecution says he's lying and ...

Credit. he didn't do well certainly. and maybe the facts were unnecessarily on her side. i think she was given too much credit for what she did. it wasn't that outstanding. i think probably he was hit harder than he should have been hit. >> that was president trump speaking overnight in japan. there was this more than an hour-long news conference at the g20 summit. we will have snippets of that and the headlines throughout the morning. the president made a lot of news. also, there's this -- a navy s.e.a.l. accused of murdering an iraqi prisoner could soon learn his fate as closing arguments ...