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And we do know remington will allow the families to release documents as part of this lawsuit and settlement. thank you so much. right now we're also in the first day of testimony in the federal hate crimes trial for the three men convicted of murdering ahmaud arbery in 2020. this morning two men who lived in the georgia neighborhood where arbery was killed and a crime investigator are on the stand, and the central issue for the prosecution proving that the three white defendants targeted arbery because he was black. the jury began hearing the case yesterday. there are eight white jurors, th...

That jury. eight white jurors, three black jurors, one hispanic juror. why is that important? of course, when you talk about cases like this, especially ones so closely watched the racial breakdown is always looked at when you talk about the fact that race is at the forefront this jury is going to be under even more scrutiny than you would normally see. certainly, one thing that's going to be watched. i think another thing to point out, hallie, these aren't just jurors from just that one community in southern georgia. we're talking about the entire southern district of the state of georgia. we...

They will offer one. >> well, clearly, this prosecutor, this team has been in contact with the family and based on what we're hearing from the family attorney, there were some expectations set. expectations by the family this plea deal would not be entered into it. it's clear he's very upset that this deal was entered into without the family's -- without the family being on board with it. i think there's a missed opportunity here for the department of justice. they made a commitment under this department of justice they would pursue crimes based on hate where people take -- use violence solely...

Right now jury selection is under way in a federal hate crimes trial against the three men convicted of killing ahmaud arbery. this second trial will focus on whether the actions by father and son, travis and gregory mcmichael and william brian were racially motivated leading up to arbery's killing. the trial is moving forward after they withdrew their pleas last week when a judge rejected them. so they have already been under a state trial. they were sentenced to life in prison. explain how this federal trial fits in. >> well, chris, good morning. this is going to look different because issue...

Victory out of this. i think it's going to be a long, long, hard trial, a whole lot of hard evidence is going to come into play, so i got to prepare for that each and every day. but i'm grateful that we're here, that we made it this far, and we'll get a good victory as well. >> these moms in these cases are always so strong. joining me is joey jackson, good evening to you. good to see you. >> always, don. >> let's start with the arbery trial. gregory mcmichael, his son, travis, and neighbor all on trial again after having just been found guilty of murder in the state trial. the prosecution act...