and by the way can you confirm jessie jackson was not in the courtroom and he said that. >> no, he was not. not at all. >> marty, always a pleasure, sir. thank you. joining me now the former mayor of baltimore stephanie rowelings blake, also a former defense attorney. good to see you, mayor. thank you so much for doing this. >> good to be with you. >> yes. race was already a major factor in this case. what did you think when you heard that comment about not having anymore black pastors in the court? >> if there was ever a doubt of the feeling of this defense team, this notion that they get it, that their clients are being seen as racist, they're being seen as, you know, they are confederate sympathizers. and i think the defense attorney's statements today are consistent with that, which is really sad in today's time. >> testimony wrapped up in the kyle rittenhouse trial today in kenosha, wisconsin. we could see the jury's decision as soon as next week. did rittenhouse's lawyers in your estimation make the case he was acting in self-defense? >> the defense attorneys for kyle rittenhouse

prosecutor against s t ban is the same prosecutor who was successful in convicting represent jessie jackson, junior, all for legal campaigns, spending, which resulted in a 30 month in prison and delivered a guilty verdict against baseball pitcher roger clement for making false statements . but is this going to be as open and shut of a case considering the large ro, politics is having to play in the case and has been unfilled. courtroom will actually be more fair to him than a congressional hearing. this is the american civil liberties union is actually defending project very project barrett us under james. oh, key chain. oh, key should not have been subjected by the f b i to an invasive seizure and search the organizations are not the most friendly to each other in the past. but following the f b, i search of multiple locations tied to o'keefe with hopes of finding information connected to the diary of ashley bided. who is the president's daughter brian house of the staff attorney for the c o. u has issued a statement saying, unless there was good reason to believe the project veritax emplo

. >> jessie jackson, we all know he's an icon and a civil rights movement. >> i find that objection from the court standpoint, i have said it over and over and over in this trial that i am attempting to ensure that in this courtroom that the defendants receive a fair trial. and i will continue to do that. >> i mean, okay, charles, coleman, i will let you take it away. your thoughts. >> sure, mika, this case and these remarks really reminds me of one of the most important decisions in our country. >> i know many viewers may think of that why. it was held that the black man had no right upon which the white man was due to respect. when i thought about what it meant for the attorney for mr. bryant to say jessie jackson should not be able to be here in a trial when arbery is deceased because he didn't have in the eyes of the defendant the right to be able to go into a house and look at all of the fingerprints of dred scott are over this mindset. i think that the judge was right in what he had to say but the judge did not go far enough. we have to be close on wha

we don't want anymore black pastors coming in here or jessie jackson seeing what the victim. >> that would be good. >> um, yeah, you knee other people sitting at the table with their head in their hands. so jean, i think it's safe to say here for the defense that race plays more than just a little part of this. he says he within the want anymore black plast to here. he brings up kentucky fried chicken and colonel sanderss is absolutely bizarre racist spectacle. >> yeah, why don't you spell it out? >> put down the dog whistle and pick up the bull horn and announce your case is basically right, trying to scare the baur. the idea that there would be this black man there in their neighborhood potentially in their neighborhood. as a black man he would be dangerous and he could be armed and he was a threat. so forever it was okay to feed him to death. that's the case that's being put on. there is no bnus about it. >> it's not hidden. as you said, if every person, certain white person who wandered into a construction site to look at a house, how a house is being facility in the bushes. the