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The right to do it? they could have just called police. but anyway, i digress. i think it's important to mention the judge ruling on two key motions in this trial today. ruling that the defense will not be allowed to discuss arbery's probation status and that the prosecution can show the photos of travis mcmichael's truck with that confederate flag vanity plate on it. how could this potentially impact this case, page? >> well, i think the probation issue is very important, especially the way it turned out this jury was selected and seated. i mean, as you know, we've got 11 white people on this...

Mcmichael put on the front of his truck. he wanted the world to know this. he put it out there for people to see him driving around with this particular plate on the front of his truck. a little disingenuous to be asked for it to be blurred out, that it is not relevant to this case. >> reporter: the defense argues there is no way of knowing arbery saw the plate. while the prosecution states they can't prove arbery saw the flag, they say the placement of the vanity plate is essential evidence. the judge will issue an order in opening statements. a white woman was replaced by alternate 1. anothe...

Minute thc. the judge said photographs of travis mcmichael's pickup truck featuring a vanity plate of the confederal battle flag will be allowed and shown during court and the judge ruled the defense could not mention arbery was on probation. do you think those things in any way will impact the case because it feels like the george zimmerman, trayvon martin case to me. >> it feels like the zimmerman case and there are countless examples if you look at the way self-defense laws play out. white people shooting black people claiming to attack them and plays out when you have one black person on t...

Number one should the jury be told that arbery was on probation at the time he was killed. the judge ruled nothing about his criminal past can be introduced. he is not on trial. if you tell the jury that he was on probation, well, the jury will kind of assume you don't get on probation unless you have done something wrong. that is one issue should they know that. the other has to do with an image on the pickup truck driven by travis mcmichael. on the front of the vanity plate is a confederate flag. should the jury know that? if they know that what might they infer about travis mcmichael. those...

What we anticipate of opening statements, there are two big issues that the judge has to finally rule on. should the jury be told that arbery was on bro barprobation time he was killed. the judge already ruled that nothing can be introduced, but, if you tell the jury that was on probation, the jury is going to assume, well, you don't get on probation unless you have done something wrong. that's one issue. the other has to do with the image that was on the pickup truck driven by travis mcmichael. he's the man who shot and killed aubrey and shooting him three times. on his pickup truck and the f...