ted williams, former d.c. homicide investigator is still with us. in, you have covered an awful lot of crimes in your career. and, you know, sometimes the easy explanation for something that happened turns out to be the wrong explanation. what are police officers asking? what are they doing right now to try to put together what happened here? >> well, the first thing, jon, that they are doing is to try to take care of any individuals who very well may very well be injured on that scene. at the same time, they -- we're not sure as to whether they have actually got the driver of that red suv in custody. if they certainly do have that person in custody, they are trying to determine what was the motive. was this something that happened that was accidentally? or was this something that was purposely planned? it just to me as you just reported, it's so sad, jon, because we're talking about individuals' lives, people who just wanted to watch the christmas parade. >> jon: yeah, it's obviously a shocking situation. terrorism comes to mind, whether domestic or

jon: ted williams, former dc homicide investigator is still with us. and ted, there are some question marks here that we're not getting the answers to until we hear from police chief, it could happen in about 15 minutes, but would not surprise me in that news conference is pushed back. mike tobin of noting there seems to be a blackout on the streets right around the area where it happened, a simple reason for that? maybe could have or you know someone trying to get a friend to the hospital or something hit a power pole who knows. but would to be police po poe seedure if -- procedure if they were involved in a search? >> that can happen. where you are still looking for persons of interest. the reason it is viable for the city officials to come out and let the public know what they are doing. one thing you showed before was a red suv that was parked in a driveway. we don't know whether the suv that the chief has reported has been recovered, was recovered there on the scene or recovered at a resident. all those things are significant and important in this

jon: ted williams former dc homicide detective. thank you.enson a native of wisconsin also served in special forces. joining us now by phone this is one of those events is change everything it is an annual event they did not get to have the christmas parade lasted because of covid. they were looking forward to it this year and now you have the carnage that will impact just about every family in the community how do they process what has happened and how do they adjust. >> those things that you just have to accept and health of people who have been affected from the community is much as possible. the horrifying thing is there was almost that expectation there could be some kind of violence in the state of wisconsin because of their in-house trial obviously kenosha has been in the news over the past month month and with rittenhouse being acquitted there was expectation of antifa and blm and the mobs of may start to riot that that did not pan out so the possibility it was a retaliation for that and then could not find the right back off of the p

bring in ted williams, former dc homicide detective and fox news contributor. d, why is this happening. >> i can tell you these are crimes opportunity. we're in the christmas holiday season right now. and merchants are really going to have to do more not only to protect their goods but also customers. some of the things that i suggest, arthel, they hire off-duty police officers, i think off-duty police officers in uniform can act as deterrent. they should put merchandise tracking equipment on their merchandise. the rational about that, if they get the merchandise out of the store, at high-end stores, or at some stage or another they may very well be able to track the individuals down. and finally, what i think lawmakers will have to do, be more harder on the criminals, if these individuals steal say in california less than $1,000 in goods, than charged with a misdemeanor. arthel: let me put some information up on the screen to that point, looking at threshold for felony theft charge in california. this before prop 47, 450 dollars worth of stolen goods was consid

homicide detective and fox news contributor ted williams.mentioned earlier when people hear a gun going off at an airport. this could cause serious panic and what are your thoughts initially with very limited information that we do at, what are your thoughts and how this might've happened? >> there is so much that we don't know at this immediate time we don't know if it's officer involved discharged or some passenger. the eric was right about what he represented. if you bring a gun to an airport there is protocol were you have to register the gun and the gun goes on the plane but it goes separate from you the individual. like i said it's very confusing but were living unfortunately it in a time in our public forum and thus to include airports. when we hear something that goes off or an airport does sound like a gun or individuals immediately rush for whatever cover they can find. airports have developed a protocol that are in place because they anticipate and expect these activities could occur. arthel: these guns not only do they had to be

ted williams. i mentioned about some including present mayor of new york city, the former governor, cuomo, not showing any sign of respect for the jury process. from the president of the united states, a signal just like that. take a look. >> i didn't watch the trial. so i -- >> do you stand by your past comment relating him to white supremacy? >> look, i stand by what the jury has concluded. the jury system works. we have to abide by it. >> neil: end of story. the most efficient way to look at it here, whether you like the outcome or didn't. not stirring the pot. jeff paul in kenosha, wisconsin. what can you tell us? >> no, certainly does not. a couple hours ago, you couldn't stand up here. probably close to 300 people, mostly media, mind you, on these courthouse steps. now a handful of people standing around. there's not been any dust-ups, a couple of shouting matches between two different sides of folks standing out here. people out here with a sign. the most dramatic thing, someone ripped a sig

ted williams, we will keep up with you on this investigation. one videos may be key to it. ted, thank you very much. molly? >> my pleasure. ♪ molly: with political pressure building to show they can get something done, democrats took a historic procedural vote before finally passing the $1.2 trillion infrastructure spending bill. we have lucas tomlinson who's joining us live from delaware where president biden is spending the weekend with more on how things are shaping up. >> reporter: good afternoon, molly. president biden is calling this a once in a generational opportunity to fix the country's aging infrastructure. the bill wouldn't have passed without republican support. >> for all of you at home who feel left behind and forgotten this an economy that's changing so rapidly, this bill is for you. the vast majority of the thousands of jobs that will be created don't require a college degree. this is a blue collar blueprint to rebuild america, and it's long overdue. >> reporter: here's what's in the will. $110 billion for roads, bridges and tran

police detective defense attorney and fox news contributor, ted williams is back. kennedy: is this a new normal and people should expect when they go to malls? i was at an open air mall in california this weekend and there was a lot of security in a few lapd cruisers scrubbing the place out and everyone looking around like smash and grab? is that our new normal? >> it could be the new normal. when you get back to your office, i went on the street and saw jojo and about a louis vuitton purse in your office waiting for you. kennedy: thank you. [laughter] kennedy: >> it is such a serious situation, smash and grab scenario taking place all over this country and as you just reported that they on saturday, a security guard, a former police officer in the bay area guarding a tv crew, there was a smash and grab the other cameras and he wound up trying to protect them and he wound up being shot and he died, unfortunately but this is going on all over the country right now. what i believe is the cure is you're going to have to enact laws them. right now if you steal under $9

let's bring in ted williams now. a former d.c. orney and luckily for us a fox news contributor. ted, what is happening? is this a response to the decriminalization of theft and other crimes in this country? break down the bigger picture for us. >> well, i think what is happening, jillian, is that we in america have gone overboard in trying to -- in this defunding the police effort. as you know, this began with the death of george floyd in minneapolis, minnesota at the hands of a law enforcement officer. and then all of a sudden, all of these major metropolitan cities, chicago, new york city, portland, oregon, l.a., all of them moving towards this defunding the police method. as a result of that, what has been borne out of that is citizens speaking up saying no, no, you shouldn't be defunding the police. you should be giving more money to the police. and if you public officials continue along the road of defunding, we're going to get rid of you. i think that that is the right and proper message to send to city officials in these maj

ted williams has been following this trial. he joins me now. ted, lots of ups and downs and anxiety. just your thoughts now that the verdict is in. >> well, my thoughts are that justice prevailed. for many years in the south, black people have been murdered and killed and hung. as a result of a video tape and as a result of a predominantly white jury in this case, a case where race was front and center, we have seen that things have changed and transitioned there in the south where justice has prevailed in a case. >> we just heard one of the lawyers say just about the same thing. it's unfortunate that in this day and age, this is still the prevailing narrative. anything like this happens, that's the first thing that we look at rather than the case itself, the family itself, the individuals themselves. i mean, you've seen it all, been a police detective and also a lawyer. is this the beginning of something or is this part of something that's been ongoing perhaps? it's not worth -- it's not newsworthy because maybe it's not controversial? >> you k

joining is now ted williams former washington d.c.icide detective, defense attorney and fox news contributor. so ted, clearly voters are speaking, what are they saying? >> well, what the voters said here is the defunded matter should never actually been on the ballot in the first place. with the voters showed here is that they are smarter than the politicians they elected to hold office. the one tenant of our society or civilized society as they protect the citizens. was to have police officers taken away from these various cities. take them to minneapolis, minnesota when george floyd was killed at the hands of a police officer. i think they went overboard. they will disband the police department. that is ridiculous. the citizens of spoke out and clear. not only their but throughout the country what are some of the way cities can reform and rebuild police departments, ted? >> what they do is bring in police officers, educate them, make sure they meet certain standards. and that they themselves, meaning the police officers are subservi

ted williams, a former d.c.ombines that is a mystery to me, but he does that very, very well. there was a big news development besides the trial going on. what's going on with spending in washington? it's still going on to put it mildly. the house approving by the narrowest of margins a measure that calls for at least $2 trillion in spending depending how you want to count it and the congressional budget office says it's going to be pricier than billed. and among those who did not vote for that measure, joins us now, congressman, great to have you. where do you think this is going? were you surprised by some of your moderate democratic colleagues, all, but one that went along with this and the higher spending tabitah the cbo cited for this? >> there are two points to this. yes, i was surprised. i was very surprised, there supposedly still are some moderates, some blue dogs left although i noticed when i was on that side of the aisle, the tolerance for moderation and the tolerance for somebody more conservative w

here is former homicide detective ted williams.sten to his reaction. >> what was the motive behind this? if it was an act of terrorism that was outside of this city, we want to know that also. because that is certainly something that we need to be on the alert for in other cities around our country. carley: yeah, and tom, the waukesha police chief specifically said during that press conference last night that he does not yet know if terrorism is a motive, tom. >> yeah, you know, i just want to take some time to get to the facts here if terrorism is a motive. we don't know what this man was thinking. but i think the biden administration, the fbi ought to help local law enforcement to come to that -- to get the facts straight and come to a conclusion. what was the motive, we don't know at this time. todd: what wheels are set in motion when something like this happens? >> the bureau is going to -- if the bureau gets involved, the federal government gets involved, even local law enforcement, they're going to check out the person who co

. >> ted williams former homicide detective.re looking at the same them i'm looking at, difference in speed of the vehicles is stark. what else are you looking for? as this is a homicide scene. >> it being processed, first thing we want to try to find out is the safety and security of individuals who may or may not have been injured in regards to this matter. but we also are trying to find out as much as we can about the person of interest. i can tell you in the last hour, the chief of police is come on and said that they have the vehicle they are looking at a person of interest. he did not say as to whether they have the person in custody. but they do have somebody at this stage in mind they are either talking to or they are looking for. but this is clearly a tragedy. you talk about innocent people in wisconsin and waukesha. going to a christmas festival parade and for this to happen in the middle of that parade, we don't know whether this was intentional or an accidental situation? but if it was accidental, you would think tha

homicide detective ted williams. >> the criminals are winning. they are taking over our major metropolitan cities. please, i implore these city officials to wake up, get this defunding the police crap off of your plate. start helping and looking and feeling that you want to help the law-abiding citizens in these communities to remain safe. >> alexandria hoff is live in washington with more on this. >> molly, it's an awkward conversation between the far left and democrats because the biden administration and federal government is already on board with increasing funding. this month the department of justice allocated $139 million to police departments across the country to assist in hiring and crime reduction. in portland, home of the anti-police sentiment in many ways, city council unanimously passed their fall budget to include a $5 million increase to the police department's budget setting a record number of homicides. responding to all that violence and crime in l.a. county, the los angeles mayor is seeking to increase the city's police budget

also ted williams, fox news contributor news contributor, d.c. homicide detective. e on three days, i don't know what to make of it but what does your get tell you? >> well, you know, we're left really, neil, to only speculate about what is going on. as a lawyer having dealt with many, many jurors, i can tell you sometimes and most of the times the speculation is wrong. as we look at this case, the first thing that this jury had to make a decision on was did kyle rittenhouse act with self-defense. if they found in all all five counts that he acted in self-defense, they weren't to proceed any further. the fact that we're in day three, it tells me there's a deep analytical analysis going on with this jury. may very well be a mistrial in the makings. because i would have expected by now that we would have had a verdict. so they're now past the defense. i can tell you, you can see the desperation that may be setting in with the defense here. they're asking the judge to dismiss this case with or without prejudice. if the defense believes that they were winning, they would

to ted williams, the former d.c. homicide detective. ted, i'll ask you the same question i asked tom. the wisdom of putting kyle rittenhouse on the stand for the defense, worth the risk? >> under the circumstances, yeah, neil, from what we've seen today, i think is worth it. you don't ever if you're a defense attorney want to put your client on the stand unless it's necessary. these circumstances of a self-defense case where you're going to claim self-defense, you normally would want your client on the stand to explain to the injury just what was going on. i can tell you, neil, i listened to kyle rittenhouse this morning when on direct his lawyers cross examined him or examined him, shall i say. they did a superb job. i thought rittenhouse did a very good job in his testimony. and when i say he did a good job, the thing about it -- we need to understand what is the definition of self-defense. it is you, the individual, being in fear of great bodily harm. and rittenhouse went through step 1, step 2 and step 3 with the individuals that he

district for the southern district of new york andrew mccarthy and ted williams. gentlemen, welcome. >> thanks, mike. >> mike: andy, 23 of 27 charges convicting these three men that's a whole lot of charges for a jury that doesn't do this for a living. how do the prosecutors stack those charges, arrange them in order to get those serious results? it's interesting, the last thing that the prosecutor said, and i think this turns out to have been a brilliant strategy on her part, was that the jury should work from the bottom. that is at the bottom of the indictment you had the felonies that were the predicates for the felony murder charges. there were four of those. so there were four underlying felonies. there were two aggravated assaults and two false imprisonment charges. from there you work -- if you convict on those, it's very seizey to convict on the felony murder. and then by the time you get to the big count, which was the malice murder, that they convicted the actual shooter, on travis mcmichael, number one, you already have convicted people of murder. and y

. >> ted williams from williamsburg. would you consider his life chivalrous or ultimately doomed?a byproduct of a lost cause during the civil war? >> that is a good question, when i am addressing long term in my writings. i don't think, doomed from the start. i think what happened that kelly's forward, if he could have said something, you know, from the grave, which of course does not happen -- i think he would've been surprised that he died at kelly's forward! [laughs] it's not the place we would have thought he would have died. was he doomed by the mentality of his era? i don't believe so. and i will explain that further in writing. thank you. [laughs] [applause] >> sarah kay bierle everyone. program guide for c-span.org/history.

let's go to ted williams who has been following this closely, the d.c. detective, lawyer, what is happening at a trial like this while we're waiting word on the kyle rittenhouse matter. those deliberations are continuing. in this case of travis mcmichael who sees and responding to suspicious activity on the part of arbery at the time that this was a justified action taken to respond to a guy he said appeared to have a we on. i'm just wondering how this is coming together and the defense line of questioning here in your eyes. >> well, it's very interesting at this stage. because all we have at this stage are travis mcmichael, the actual shooter giving his rendition of what took place. i can tell our viewers -- what we heard is our young man was shot just for running. a young man was shot because he refused to answer any questions of travis mcmichaels. this is a young man running through a neighborhood, had looked in to a vacant house on several occasions, at no time had they been able to show that this young man stole or took anything. he's running throug

defense attorney ted williams, a former d.c. homicide detebtive and fox news contributor.ion now. previously set at $1,000 and allowed him to get out and kill the people. what needs to be done about bail reform? >> you know, ben, let me just say this, benjamin, i would like to first offer my deepest, deepest condolences to all of the victims out there in waukesha, wisconsin. and i would like to just have one person -- we need to say the name of jeff jackson sparks, jackson sparks was a sixth victim killed out there. his brother, tucker sparks, is hanging on for his life right now. and all as a result of a bottom feeder getting out of jail on a $1,000 bond. a person who had a 50-page rap sheet, sex offenses, assault and battery, drug charges, and they allowed and permitted this person to walk the face of the earth. i am deeply troubled. i am deeply concerned and what we need to do is reflect and take another look at this so-called bail reform in this country and who is permitted to get bail, benjamin. >> dana: i wanted to read to you from the house oversight committee lette

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police detective defense attorney and fox news contributor ted williams. we heard from the family attorney ben crump, al sharpton spoke as well and arbery's mother. very emotional response on a very big day for her son and her family. >> yeah. i've got to tell you i was moved by the words "all lives matter." we are such a divided country. we are divided along racial lines. what we observed here in this verdict and what could be taken away from this verdict is that justice prevailed and that when we see things in a white and black manner, then everything is not always the way we see it. here we had 11 of the jurors who were white. we had one black on the jury. the jury came to a decision, a consensus. that in and of itself can be considered justice. and i've got to tell you. it is very, very sad in america when a young kid could just be jogging through a neighborhood and to be shot down. the one thing that saved this case i believe was the videotape. the videotape spoke volumes as to what had taken place under the circumstances. it's the one you make a very

. >> benjamin: for more on this let's bring in ted williams, former d.c.utor. good to see you again today. georgia jury finding all three men guilty. remember the protests that broke out when the video was released of arbery's death. do you think with this verdict that justice has been served? >> hi, benjamin. happy thanksgiving to our audience and you and julie. yes, i do believe that justice has been served. you had a young black kid, all he was doing was running through a neighborhood, or as my brother would say jogging through a neighborhood, and here he was shot and killed. and what took place right after he was shot and killed was shocking because it was like no one wanted to listen to the arbery family who always felt that something was smelly in the death of their child. and they kept pushing the envelope until they were able to get a d.a. and a justice system to listen to them. and when you think about it for a second, and this kid jogging through a neighborhood, the defense in this case tried to make this kid a burglar. if you look at the kid and

ted cruz. juan williams, tom bennett and new challenge to gun restrictions being heard by the supreme court, andother who disappeared he disappeared two weeks ago? we will have all the afternoons breaking news for you. i'm john roberts, join us at th top of the hour for "america reports". >> minneapolis rejecting defund the police. voters deciding to keep their police department in tact and not replace it with a woke department of public safety. it comes as a major blow to progressives and the defund police movement. the citizens essentially are saying we believe public safety necessarily includes law enforcement, that reform is separate from dismantling that community protection includes police encourage your thoughts? >> i thought you're exactly right in the way you laid it out . i think clearly people in minnesota state they still want at the police department, but i think people all over america, black, white, asian, everybody, the question is about police reform and people who want to g too far left on the defund staff , clearly they are being rejected, but yesterday you saw democrats do ve

weeks after making history, a blue origin crew member who flew to space with actor william shatner has passed away. tedder glen de vries and thomas fischer were killed when their cessna went down just after takeoff in sussex county, new jersey. the cause of the crash remains under investigation. >>> former raiders coach jon gruden suing the nfl and commissioner roger goodell. gruden accuses the league of trying to destroy his career and reputation claiming officials selectively released emails he sent that contained racist, homophobic and sexist comments. the league denies the allegations. the emails all part of an nfl investigation into workplace culture that led to gruden's gnion st month. >>> we're going to begin this half hour with a new development surrounding meghan markle's lawsuit against a british newspaper that published parts dad. letter she wrote to her as "the mail on sunday" appeals that, a erin court -- london co released correspondence. lama hasan has the latest on that drama. good morning, lama. >> reporter: good morning. it was just a few months ago the duchess was victorious winning

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