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corrupt and the paramilitary gang suppression unit was out to get him. >> one of his initial exhalations for weather raid happened was one of the local politicians had, and asked for a donation. he had refused and as a result, they sick the gsu on him. >> to worship belizean government responded, nonsense. >> they rated him because they did not know what was going on. he had this laboratory and it was heavily guarded. he had a private army essentially. he has a laboratory making god knows what because he will not tell anybody. >> davis went to carmelita, the town nearest his jungle compound where townspeople told him, he said, that mcafee had -- >> as he got more involved in this little village of carmelita, the way he talked , his dress devolved. i think the jungle and that environment started to infect
i asked a cop, what is going on? he said, i don't know, there were thousands of people here, they were all going to some farm, and it was, of course, woodstock. >> i think woodstock was an opportunity for people to realize they weren't alone. a lot of people when they are in their hometown, or within their family felt isolated realized they weren't. >> the townspeople, quite frankly, were terrified at the prospect of the hippie arrival. >> i was apprehensive. this little hamlet has a population of under 100 people. when i started hearing the figures were 200,000, 300-- finally 500,000, we had a sea of people. >> the word got out. everybody and their brother came from all over the country. >> first, the sudden rain,
byron. so, it was ridiculous, to us, for authorities calling him a cold-blooded killer. >> it would be an uphill battle in the court of public opinion, thought prosecutors. they knew they had the burden of proof. >> i have tried a lot of murder cases. and this one, in particular, seemed like a real challenge. >> why? >> because a lot of people thought we'd lose it. >> a lot of people saw this, as a referendum on whether it's okay to protect your property, and protect your life. you don't see it that way? >> not this case, not these facts. >> but to prove murder, in the first degree, the state would have to show that byron acted, not just with excessive, unreasonable force but, also, with premeditation. and while the defense may have had a lot of townspeople on its side, the prosecution had something else. a piece of evidence, they felt, would sway any juror to see byron smith, not as a fearful victim but, as a calculating
chinese owned company. and they are getting a lot of support in your area, right? initially the local townspeople came out and said wait a minute we don't know anything about this. they started to get a lot of pushback and starting to look like whitmer was going to lose this because the community was going to say we're not going to have this. so suddenly, in the last week they have sent out this group the students for a democratic society to go door to door and knock on people's doors and tell them this is a good idea. meanwhile, we have no environmental testing. we don't know what products will exactly be made there because they all signed nondisclosure agreements including the legislature. and we also don't know if these products will stay in the united states or be shipped overseas. >> ainsley: why does gretchen whitmer want this company in your state. >> she has had so few wins in michigan. she cannot get jobs to the state of michigan. jobs report michigan at the top for having the fewest jobs out there. it is such a bad situation in the state of michigan. and just before she announced
if someone came in and cut that man's chains and allowed him to see the world as it really is, a lot to see reality, what's the first thing to do and he'd kill the man that would reveal to him reality. many people like to live in their false reality with their false promises and with their false bribes. you know, biden is in essence those 43 million, they were the townspeople that watched a man coming in selling a magical elixir and making you ten years younger and skin clear. just drink the snake oil. they've woken up and somebody goes, whoa, you look awful, man. are they likely to take it out on the guy who sold them the snake oil or likely to take it out on joe biden and democrats, or more likely to turn on reality? that -- those who row veal reality. i'm a little afraid all this talk and all of this it's the republicans fault will be just yet another bottle of snake oil they'll sell to the people. lawrence: will, that was by design. that was by design to turn it on
reality and if someone came inte and cut that man's chains and allowed him to see the worlald as it really is, a lot of them to see reality, what would be the first thing that he would do? >>ouldto h he would kill the mat would reveal to him reality. many peopleir false like to liv. their false reality with their false promises and with their false bribesyo. you know, biden is in essence, those 43 million people that bought into this student loan debt forgiveness scam. lawrencetownspeoched a m they we the townspeople who watched a man come in selling a magic elixir. it's going to makeixir and you a years younger, and your skin will be clear. all you have to do is drinke.k this snake oil.ok now that they've woken up and somebody goes, whoa, ar, man.d wful are they likely to take itth out on the guy who sold the snake, oil? are they likely to take it out on joe biden democrats, or are they more likely to turn on reality and that those who revealed e who to them reality? a i'm a little bit afraid that all of this talkt' and all of this, it's the republicans fault will be just yet another bottle of snakt anote that theyl successfully sell to the people. >> but will that was by design.l ,right?th
it is what it is doing to people, now, and we did a roundtable of sorts with 15 or 20 local people, some from the local foundation, city council, sheriff commissioners, townspeople, we met a woman who owns a candle shop. three generations, i think her daughter runs it now. they are four miles away from their shop, they own 40 or 50 beef cattle and what does that mean for them and people buying that? so there are all kinds of down the line, the water is safe, the mayor says that the epa says that they are all saying the water is safe and in the east palestine water system, but a lot of people have wells. we do not know about beyond, there and we do not know, as you said, a generation after generation, what this means. so, the reason why i say i'm there for the long haul is to make norfolk southern, who by the way it just announced billions of dollars in more stock options for their
or water here shows that the environment is safe, and they are going to continue that testing indefinitely. listening to the report, i think residents here are going to want to understand what liability, what responsibility the rail company has and the crew aboard it, and was this something that could have been prevented by the crew aboard the train -- >> there's nothing about the chemicals per se, it's all about the cause of the accident. not about -- >> pete buttigieg is here, the secretary of transportation is here, yes, he was here this morning at the site of the train derailment. he is holding meetings with first responders, local officials and he's going to meet with some people from the community, and again, i believe he's going to get an earful from the townspeople here, not just for not coming, but also because of what they perceive as indifference to this rural red area by the biden administration and the federal government, even though, again, the epa chief has