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>> the state trial showed that we were able to pick jurors from our community that was willing to do the right thing. i do believe that in the federal trial that we will be able to select the same type jurors and we will be successful and have a victory in that trial as well. >> if you had a chance, wanda, to think about the months and years ahead and ahmaud's legacy and how, you know, how you're going to get through the days and what you're going to do with the years in light of the outcome of the trial? >> i have -- my family and i have started a foundation. the name is called the ahmaud arb...

When there is no longer a threat they then have to treat and care for the person that they are responsible for. there is no indication we learned in the state trial that george floyd warranted deadly force but that gets to the key issue. i'll read part of what the prosecutor said today in opening statement. she said each of the three officers made a conscious choice over and over again. they chose not to intervene and stop chauvin as he killed a man. they chose not to protect george floyd, the man they handcuffed. the charges here failing to render medical aid to george floyd as he lay on the ...

Cared for him. >> so, josh, i want to be clear. that was an entirely different trial. this is an entirely different trial and different jurors but will that fact be as critical in this trial? >> absolutely. that appears to be the case. that senior officer derek chauvin has already pleaded guilty to federal charges so we are looking at the three other officers who did not intervene prosecutors say. that is the crux of the issue. since the death of george floyd, since his murder, one key issue we've all learned about and throughout this trial that took place is that an officer has a duty to actu...

In an unusual ruling, a federal judge has rejected a plea agreement with one of the men convicted of killing ahmaud arbery in georgia. in a state trial, travis and gregory mcmichael were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility for parole. that was earlier this month. for murdering arbery while he was out jogging. well, this new plea deal was for a federal charge where they are facing hate crime charges. now, the deal would have allowed them to serve time in a federal prison, and after the judge ruled on the deal for travis mcmichael, both men asked for more time to decide exactly h...

Been framed by the communists. >> because a communist don't pick, only if you're in their way. right now, i'm in their way. i'm the one they're picking on. to get to me, they got my son. >> how could a klansman living on a rundown farm in a rural part of mobile country come up with the money to hire one of the best defense attorneys around? >> when these two klansmen were identified as killers, the old man, bennie jack hays, he hired a klansman to burn his house down so he could hire a prominent attorney to defend his son in the state trial. >> he did burn the house. he got an insurance settle...