you are on with geraldine brooks. >> good morning, miss brooks. ms. brooks: good morning, don. >> i was calling concerning a huge horse that raised in the 1970's and 1980's. he was like 17 hands high at the shoulder and he never lost. i was wondering if his genetic line could be drawn right to lexington? ms. brooks: i would have to look in the study books to find out, but i would not be surprised, because a lot of the really great racehorses can be traced back to lexington. that is the incredible thing. also one of the poignant things about writing this book is, we know a lot more about the horse and the horse's genealogy then we can know about the enslaved men who trained the horse. you know, who could generally trace their lineage is only back two generations. but they had memorized lineages that carried these horses all the way back to the original four-stud the rubber adds from which all resources are said to -- four-stud thoroughbreds from which racehorses are said to descend. when you look at the stud book you can see all the way back. >> what d

brooks: dick enberg had heard about it is right it.ologize we are having bit of audio trouble here. you were giving it to is on is to run thing is turned and led unexpectedly to a in public in the night tinted the lids dad and be up to the labs and the incredible treasure house a museum support center in bethesda. >> host: what's the benefit of writing historical fiction and what is the limitation? >> i likeat to think of myself s a gateway drug. to me it's about winding something that's true into his packardth where you learn something ends up unlike soboba line as persia can pick up you can't know everything you could story in the voice you take your method is empathy and when it becomes too hard to follow that's when i allow my think celtic. unlike this and so to hear the unheard to tell the story. >> host: my guess is you had trouble with the historical research on the horsemen. >> guest: that was a challenge because you know generally speaking they didn't leave an account of their own lives but you can find them. i mean you can fi

brooks, you are interrupting me. >> during the trial brooks representing ed himself. >> your life is not on the line, mine is. >> at times clashing with the judge, and even stripping off his prison gash. >> we have video graph evidence of his behavior all up an down that crime scene. >> today with victims families by her side, district attorney sue opper said they're satisfied the jury held brooks accountable after just three hours of deliberations. what do you think about the length of time that the jury took to deliberate. >> we think the verdict was fair, the timing was spot on. >> the medical stuff isn't over. >> ryan kohnke 12 year old niece jessalyn torres has undergone several surgeries since she was struck. >> what do you think the verdict will mean to families like yours. >> i think it is a huge step forward. i think this gives everybody an opportunity to have some sort of closure. >> kohnke says he and his family have had trouble sleeping. the kids were afraid of fast-moving cars, and have just started venturing back into crowds. a hearing to set darrell brooks sentencing d

>> brooke: brooke logan. please, hurry.

geraldine brooks, how long have you been working on "horse"?started working on it, well, i heard about it before i started working on it but it took me about seven years to write it. >> host: and i apologize and just having a little bit of audio trouble here. i'm getting -- >> guest: i'm getting it, too. >> host: you are much smoother than i am. [laughing] >> host: three spent about seven years working on -- >> guest: this is a book that has taken me the longest to write. some of was the difficulties of researching the lives ofhe the black horsemen. thatt was extensive but then te store took all kinds of crazy twists and turns that led to unexpectedly a connection with jackson pollock in new york in the 1950s. it led to the science at the smithsonian and learning about how bones are prepared. the labs and the incredible treasure house that is the museum support center in suburban maryland. >> host: what's the benefit of writing historical fiction and what is the limitation? >> guest: i like to a think of myself as the gateway drug to real histo

brooke i want to start with you. you were appointed. d a. in july , you have revived some of the tough on crime policies. have you made san francisco safer when i'm out talking to the residents and the merchants? i'm already hearing from people that they're starting to feel safer. of course, it's going to take time for these policies to play out. but i'm really proud of the work that we've done to implement. what is the need for accountability in san francisco ? we lost that and i feel as though the new policies that we've put into place are seeking to restore that and people are starting to express that they feel as though the police are more motivated to do their work and that they're starting to feel feel that the city is headed in the right direction. joe let's shift to you here. what would your approach be? if you're the top prosecutor in san francisco? what are some of the most significant ways that you would shift policy at the da's office to make san francisco a safer place? well first of all, i'd actually go out and do the work. dev

brooks, guilty -- >> reporter: darrell brooks sat silently with his head bowed as the judge read the jury's verdict. >> guilty -- >> reporter: guilty on all 76 criminal counts. >> guilty of first-degree intentional homicide -- >> reporter: six counts, one for each of the six men, women, and child he killed. [ screams ] after he drove his suv into a christmas parade in waukesha last november. more than 60 others were injured. >> mr. brooks, you're interrupting me. >> reporter: during the trial, brooks represented himself. >> your life is not on the line, mine is! >> reporter: at times clashing with the judge and even stripping off his prison garb. >> we had video evidence of his behavior all up and down that crime scene. >> reporter: with victims' families by her side, the district attorney said they're satisfied the jury held brooks accountable after just three hours of deliberations. what do you think about the length of time that the jury took to deliberate? >> we think the verdict was fair. the timing was spot on. >> the medical stuff isn't over. >> reporter: ryan cokie's 12-year-

brooks guilty. >> reporter: darrell brooks sat silently with his head bowed.ead the jury's verdict. >> guilty. >> reporter: guilty on all 76 criminal counts. >> guilty. of first degree intentional homicide. >> reporter: six counts, one for each of the six men, women, and child he killed after he drove his s.u.v. into a ch mowere d. >>eporteurine trial, himlf...ou. mine is. >> reporter: ...at times, clashing with the judge, and even stripping off his prison garb. >> we have videograph evidence of his behavior all up and down that crime scene. >> reporter: today, with victims' families by her side, district attorney sue opper said they're satisfied the jury held brooks accountable, after just three hours of deliberations. what do you think about the length of time that the jury took to deliberate? >> we think the verdict was fair, the timing was spot on. >> the medical stuff isn't over. >> reporter: ryan kohnke's 12- year-old niece jessalyn torres has undergone several surgeries since she was struck by brooks. what do you think the verdict will mean to families

. >> todd: brooke singman has major moments from the debate. >> brooke: john fetterman and mehmet oz's debate was not short on drama. john fetterman was using closed captioning after suffering a stroke earlier this year, at times he struggled to effectively communicate his position, pausing for seconds at a time. despite refusing to release his medical records, he says he's been traps /* tranz trans parent. >> i have speeches in front of big crowds, i believe if my doctor believes i'm fit to serve, that is what i believe is appropriate. >> brooke: the democrat was pressed on his opinion on fracking. >> i support fracking. >> you made two statements regarding fracking, in 2018 you said i don't support fracking at all, never have. earlier this months, you told an interviewer, i support fracking. >> i do support fracking and i don't -- i support fracking and i do support fracking. >> carley: the two candidates tackling the issue of abortion, dr. oz says the federal government shouldn't be involved and john fetterman doubled down on his pro-choice stance. >> as a physician, i've been in th

tragedy brooks rushes past the school ensemble.ost hits a child at the sidewalk and at full speed flies into the marchers in these shots, about 40 wounded lie on the pavement. passers-by try to give them first aid. we just watched the parade. and then it is clear how someone is honking, and then a car rushes past me to the right of me. one woman wanted to run away, but an suv. i just rode it, it soon turned out just a day before the christmas parade. suddenly, he was released from prison on bail. there he managed to sit for several years and at the same time write a couple of tracks in which he boasted of the gangster past on the account of the musician, possession of drugs, violence provocations in court at one of brooks' meetings, undressed and this is only an incomplete list now, apparently suspecting that after all themis would definitely turn his back on his trousers and suddenly burst into tears in front of the jury. i begged him to forgive insisted, they say everything happened spontaneously. and yes. i brought a lot of suff

brooks. >> i don't appreciate it. >> sit down.t going to sit down. >> you can push my buttons all day throughout this whole day throughout. >> you have been pushing my buttons. >> in court brooks built what appeared to be a fort trying to highland himself from the judge. brooks is accused of killing six people ages 8 to 81 by judging his suv through waukesha's christmas parade last november. jesse. >> jesse: unbelievable. thanks, matt. turn it over to attorney mark geragos, is this lunatic trying to get a mistrial, marc? >> well, there is six people who are dead here and that's why normally i would laugh at the idea -- i think i told one of your producers there has been many a time i wanted to build my own fort so that i couldn't be in range of the judge. but, you know, it's not really a laughing matter. is he either in the throws of a debilitating mental illness or just, you know, completely out of it to begin with. and. >> jesse: or is he a jerk. >> or he could just be a 14-carat as and that's another alternative. this judge has

brooks: no. that is how i came to hear about him.e waned to end the smithsonian's mission change from being ahanged cabinet as a scientific research organization but they are interested in the skeleton. and so that was kind of ignominious and in the attic for a while, the natural history museum. but the newly founded international museum in kentucky and lexington wanted him because he is more than any other the reason that lexington kentucky is the source today so now he's there with a room dedicated to his significance into beautiful expedition. >> your story centers. is this a fictional part of the story or accurate as well? >> as soon as i started to research the historical lexington, i quickly realized the absolutelyiz fundamental and integral role of the skilled horseman. many of the jockeys and the trainers were just extraordinarily to their expertise and it was based on them but much of the labor many of them were enslaved so i realized i couldn't tell the story and erase the contribution so there is aso missing painting of le

let's see brooke and jared.wave, boot. ♪ >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. jobina: good morning, let us check in for a look at traffic. sue: the bay bridge is stopped, we have an accident on the eastern side of the span. went to get past it, the western side of the bay bridge is good. but getting there is the big problem, about an hour for the corridor. headed north on 280 into san francisco, near cesar chavez, and accident blocking the middle lane. drew: we are climbing through the 40's and 50's right now, a lot of sunshine. it is helping to warm us up. the east bay hills camera, it is bright. keep the sunshine throughout the day, we go to the 60's and 70's. 69 in oakland, 71 in san jose. 65 in the city. jobina: time for live with kelly and ryan, we are back at 11:00 for midday live. for midday live. deja vu: it's live with kelly and ryan. today from season two of the white lotus, michael imperioli. plus, fast and easy last-minute costume ideas as we continue

. >> rebekah brooks first came to news international as a secretary.ly developed a reputation for her tenacity as a journalist. >> rebekah brooks is in some ways the sort of archetypal murdoch executive. she's climbed all the way up becoming editor of the news of the world, editor of the sun, and chief executive of new uk which is the holding company for the newspapers. >> all right, i think it works. it's all in the four-pager, it's highlighted. >> she was aware of the dark arts. >> she was a bully, just like all of us, except she was the editor. >> in the murdoch empire you had the executives and you had the family. however trusted you were as an executive or an editor, you always knew that the clock was ticking on your career, and at some point you would leave in either good or bad odor and that was it. but the family was forever. rebekah is an executive for whom that did not seem to apply. >> she was the daughter he never had because she never mouthed off to him or really disagreed with him. >> and for james, who's now running the global part of th

brooks jarocz ktvu fox two news brooks. we've heard these types of ideas before to use vacant land, but we haven't seen action from the city. what is keeping this from seeing it happen? well actually last week as city council person had proposed another lot but the problem was legal red tape and also they needed a waiver for residential use. so will that happen here? well it could. it really depends on caltrans and the city of oakland can come upon an agreement and then that area would be sanctioned as a homeless area. all right, a lot of steps to go through brooks jarocz live in the newsroom forest brooks. thank you. open. police officers are searching tonight for the people who started shooting during a weekend sideshow. police officers say gunfire was involved in yesterday morning's illegal sideshow activity near 42nd avenue and foothill boulevard. they have no reports of injuries. investigators say some people in the crowd started throwing bottles and rocks at officers as they attempted to disperse the crowd. the police

thank you, brooks. thank you. okay now that's something that many neighborhoods might take for granted. but san francisco's bayview district now has a new supermarket. christian captain tells us this store helps to address a food desert in the neighborhood. just minutes after opening its doors, customers flooded into the lucky bayview supermarket on third street in san francisco, showing the pent up demand for grocery store april. spears is a neighbor and restaurateur in the bayview restaurants and cafe in my lucky sandwich today, my first purchase here at lucky's, she says, this lucky supermarket is a welcome addition. i am an expecting mother and i have a two year old so fresh food, of course, is at the top of my list, and we're always shopping, so i'm that i can just come right down the hill from where i live and get fresh product available here. president of the board of supervisors, salmon, walton said. more than a year of planning has gone into turning this space that had once been a walgreen two years ago i

brook? having been a prosecutor for 8 years san mateo does not mess around they have #er penalties for crim in their county then and there we do here. i watched as certain things here have been decriminalized boy the da's office selective enforcement of laws boy the da's office over the course of a number of years contributing to believing certain crimes are okay in san francisco. of course, we want to be our own person. we want to make sure we are being the most equal and fair we can. we want to rely on responsible alternatives to incars rigz we should not try to copy or emulate another county. but the same time again we need to restore account accountability to san francisco it can look different of the for some a requirement of drug treatment. in it is making sure they go through a training program. and for otherers it is mental health treatment. for some who commit heinous crime its might be prison we have to have consequence on the table for people who commit xriem in san francisco that

but we're hearing darrell brooks found guilty on these six counts of intentional homicide. and what played out? >> josh did a good job of describing kind of the strange experience of the trial with him representing himself and the judge's struggle to maintain a fair trial but stay within the parameters of what's allowed but the key question as he said, what it hinged on, was it intentional or could you buy his story this was an accident? you know, when you get to the videos of that day and interview the witnesses and police he broke through the barricades at 40 miles an hour and continued down the parade route weaving from side to side not to avoid pedestrians who were scattering but as it appears to actually target them. when this happened, i was in the new york police department. we assumed this was going to be one of those terrorist attacks, but when you peel back the layers of this defendant, what you don't see is an isis adheerpts, somebody with an extensive criminal record out on a thousand dollars bail after being charged battery, domestic violence, resisting arrests

and injuring dozens more brooks faces 76 charges. ing including homicide and if found guilty, could get life in prison david henderson is a civil rights attorney. how is the behavior playing a role >> shep. it is controlling the trial thus far. let's be clear there is no possibility he will ever see the light of day again. he is making it difficult for the prosecutors and judge to get through the trial and lay this to lrest for the families. if they have to get to appeal, you delay the closure. >> the charged man's mother said he struggled withi mental health issues his competency hasn't been tested why is that the claim? >> shep, some experts come forward when the judge said he dismissed lawyers that he is able to stabbednd trial his mom said he has mental health issues. she said clearly in the nbc issue that he is guilty. the problem is the bar is low with regard to people standing trial there is no danger here because of the mental defect >> can a judge force a lawyer on s him? >> he said he doesn't want a lawyer the judge should

brooks jarocz ktvu fox two news. yeah, brooks just a couple of things before we let you go. what is there any update on who police are looking for? they say they have three suspects. i reached out to opd today. they simply said that they have no new details on this investigation, but they are working on it, and they still have at least three suspects. we know of two shooters, one accomplice, but they did say last week in a press conference, there could be more and any word on how the people who were injured. six people injured, two are still hospitalized last night, any updates on them. i don't have any new information on that, other than to say all six people who were injured. we know that there were a couple of people in serious condition at last check. alright brooks jarocz outside the school there for us tonight in oakland. thanks, brooks. 74 year old man from fresno, has been charged with fatally shooting his daughter in law last week in south san jose settle saying assange was arrested and charged for shooting the woman in the parking lot of a walmart on almaden expres

brooks jarocz live here in studio brooks. thank you. governor newsom is continuing his war of words with oil companies. he's blaming them for the state's high gas prices , calling them greedy and accusing them of price gouging. now the governor is doubling down after valero released its latest earnings report. our political reporter greg lee, joins us now to explain greg. the governor has not minced words when speaking about oil companies. he has railed against them as many californians deal with gas prices more than $2 higher than the national average. this weekend, he told reporters he was waiting to see third quarter reports and now he's calling these companies out by name. they're screwing you. they're taking advantage of you. they're gouging you following sunday's gubernatorial debate, governor gavin newsom continued slamming oil companies, accusing them of ripping californians off at the pump quarter profits that comes out next week and the week after. and we'll see if they had your back during this stressful time. we'll see if th

brooks? guest: first to the plessy decision. they weren't in effect at the time. it wasn't yet a precedent. you and i agree on that. all of the challenges, and consistent with president of course thurgood marshall, naacp. [indiscernible] host: move onto to the race cases. guest: one of the things that concern me of course our constitution is meant to be colorblind but what he meant by that was that it wasn't meant to subordinate blacks in the country. one of the striking things about our jurisprudence, affirmative action, we have moved away from a rationale that says how do we have education systems that remedy past discrimination and assures like are not subordinated? that was an interesting turn created by a republican president in order to try and preserve what was there but thurgood marshall argued the burn case. they stated consistently that was the front decision but held onto it because it was the law of the land. sup the -- subsequently they proved to be workable. they were not necess

brooks jarocz ktvu, fox two news and brooks. do we know if the stepped up security will also be in place at those schools on that campus as well tomorrow when they reopen? that is the question. i have just asked moments ago. i have yet to hear back. we did see one opd cruiser on campus this morning that was also watching students and parents as they float in, but it seems brooks jarocz. this increased level of security. they do and you know what, really, there's no way for they don't want anyone coming out here on the street and being dropped off here to go inside the buildings. they want to go back behind this fence over here. you see the cones behind me, and they filter them in and out that way, and that is to make sure that they have everyone accounted for. they know who is coming in and who is leaving? definitely limiting access there. alright. brooks jarocz appreciate the update today. thank you. and once again oakland police continue to look for two shooters as well as an accomplice in connection with last week's shooting.

brooks arrived in court wearing this orange jail jumpsuit.o street clothes to shield the fact that he is in custody but brooks said no. >> at this point, your honor, who doesn't know that i'm in custody? >> he does have a point. bailiffs moved the guide to a separate court room to produce that on video, and look at this, he started taking his clothes off. turned his back to the camera, the judge said brooks had also removed his shoe and threatened to throw it. his bizarre behavior did not stop there. look here. during instructions, brooks toughest objections on, down to his dungarees. today, prosecutors say they believe brooks is fit to stand trial, claiming all the disruption and outbursts are just a distraction. >> i am thoroughly convinced, your honor, that mr. brooks is 100% competent to proceed with trial, that his mental capacity is not reduced in any fashion. anybody that thinks otherwise has no involvement with this case. >> prosecutors say brooks rammed his suv through a christmas parade in waukesha, wisconsin, last november, killing

later brooks claimed one of the jurors gave him the middle finger.unts of first degree intentional homicide. prosecutors say he deliberately drove through the back shaw christmas parade last november killing six people ranging from eight to 81 years old, and mowing down dozens more. brooks initially pleaded not guilty, arguing a mental defect, but then before this trial he fired his public defenders and chose to represent himself. jesse. >> jesse: unbelievable. thank you, matt. >> there's a lot on the ballot next month, economy, crime, your child's education. but something else is going on. the investigation into the biden crime family. republicans are ready to go full fledge with their investigations, they just need the majority, and the democrats will do anything, and i mean anything, to make sure that doesn't happen. there's a lot at steak. the fate of the investigations entirely depends on three senate races, georgia, pennsylvania, and wisconsin. now, that's why the democrats are rallying behind radicals, like rafael warnock, whose church evicted

i'm sure you're thrilled with thwags undermining you, brooke. but it is true, i am happy that my parents are back together. >> brooke: for the moment. >> steffy: for good. my father is filing for an annulment. so, if you

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brooks, you're interrupting me. >> reporter: during the trial, brooks represented himself. >> your life>> reporter: at times clashing with the judge and even stripping off his prison guard. >> we had videograph evidence of his behavior all up and down >> repter:odayith victims' families by her side, district attorney sue opper said they're satisfied the jury held brooks accountable after just three hours of deliberations. what do you think about the length of time that the jury took to deliberate? >> we think the verdict was fair. the timing was spot-on. >> the medical stuff isn't over. >> reporter: ryan kohnke's 12-year-old niece jessalyn torres has undergone several surgeries since she was struck what do you think this decision will mean for the healing of families like yours and other families? >> i think it's a huge step forward. i think this gives everybody an opportunity to have some sort of closure. >> reporter: kohnke says he and his family have had trouble sleeping. the kids were afraid of fast-moving cars and have just started venturing back into crowds. a hearing to set darre

brooks? this is your final warning.ou will be removed. >> i request. >> all right. ladies and gentlemen of the jury, i must excuse you at this time. we will call you back in when appropriate. >> brooks was then moved to a different room but he continued to make a scene. he appears to yell at the monitor and then gesture wildly. >> i can tell from his demeanor right now he is doing a clapping type motion. is he doing it once again. it's a clear indication that he can hear this court. i have also confirmed with the bailiff and the court staff that he is able to see and hear. so, with that, unless there is anything the state wishes to put on the record at this time, i intend to bring the jury back. in. >> court resumes tomorrow but some fear these disruptions could cause major delays. jesse? >> jesse: unbelievable. thank you so much, jeff. >> is polygamy about to become legal in america? a big decision by a judge that could set that in motion. a pr p poa polyamorous throuplee to react. ♪ age comes with wisdom. and wisdom c

. >> todd: brooke singman has details, brooke. >> brooke: america first legal filing under freedom of information act yesterday. the lawsuit reads in part the fbi and big tech incfacebook, b falsely and maliciously labeling the laptop disinformation and discrediting all information about its content. american first made request for bureau to make correspondence between october 1 and november 2020 available and they called this overly broad. tony bobulinski, a former business associate of the president's son sits down. >> i can't find another story that has been so suppressed, suppressed, complete blackout. there has not been one credible interview, debate on refuting anything i've said or any piece of evidence. >> brooke: bobulinski reacting to the voicemail sent by president biden to hunter biden about "new york times" article detailing hunter biden's business dealings with china. listen. >> staggering, the sitting president of the united states, joe biden and his own voice telling the american people i was always well aware of the business ventures my family was involved in. imagine

police officers are outside the district attorney's office thursday demanding that brooke jenkins move forward with criminal prosecutions in each case. this is my nephew kia day. it o'neill. >> he was murdered by san francisco police officer, sammy or december. first of 2017. >> san francisco police body cam video shows the moment o'neill was shot according to district attorney jason who dean, he was unarmed at the time. the officer who fired his gun would be the first in the history of the san francisco police department to be charged in connection to a deadly shooting. >> in san francisco, there's been a long history. officer involved shootings. leading to no accountability whatsoever. >> however, now there is concern about police accountability among these families because they say interim district attorney brooke jenkins appears to be delaying each of the cases against the officers from going forward. >> jenkins took office. our a meeting that we had in august was castle when she took office. she fired every person apthat was on the case for my son. i'm really worried that if jenki

steps to protect themselves and how the community is reacting to san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins abruptly leaving a candidates forum last night after protesters started interrupting the event. plus, breaking news out of washington, d.c., regarding president biden's student loan forgiveness program. we'll have details on that coming up after the break. i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow. we are so close to the weekend now. big changes coming our way weather-wise. >> we'll talk about that. the winds are coming our way next. i see it in my office all the time. kids getting hooked on flavored tobacco, including e-cigarettes. big tobacco lures them in with flavors like lemon drop and bubble gum, candy flavors that get them addicted to tobacco products, and can lead to serious health consequences, even harming their brain development. that's why pediatricians urge you to vote yes on prop 31. it stops the sale of dangerous flavored tobacco and helps protect kids from nicotine addiction. please vote yes on 31. vote yes on prop 31. >> well, it's a breaking news. a federal appeals c

within 10 minutes, the sky, darrell brooks jr. the judge at least a dozen >>> court proceedings got underway for a man accused of killing people at a christmas parade in wisconsin. the get this. during the proceedings, he interrupted the judge several times. brooks erupted in court wearing this orange jail jumpsuit. the judge asked him to change industry clothes to shield the fact that he is in custody, but brooks said no. bayless moved the guy to another courtroom to participate by video. look at this! he started taking his clothes off. turned his back to the camera. judge said that brooks removed his shoe and threatened to throw it. his bizarre behavior didn't stop there. look here! he put his objections sign down into his dungarees. prosecutors say that they believe he is fit to stand trial and that all the outbursts are just a distraction. >> i believe that mr. brooks is fit to stand trial and that his mental capacity has not deteriorated in any faction. >> prosecutors say that brooks rammed his suv through a christmas parade

san francisco police officers were outside the district attorney's office thursday demanding that brooke jenkins move forward with criminal prosecutions in each case. this is my nephew kia day. it key o'neill. >> he was murdered by san francisco police officer, sammy or december. first of 2017. >> san francisco police body cam video shows the moment o'neill was shot according to district attorney jason he was unarmed at the time. the officer who fired his gun would be the first in the history of the san francisco police department to be charged in connection to a deadly shooting. >> in san francisco, there's been a long history. officer involved shootings. leading to no accountability whatsoever. >> however, now there is concern about police accountability among these families because they say interim district attorney brooke jenkins appears to be delaying each of the cases against the officers from going forward. >> jenkins took office. our a meeting that we had in august was canceled when she took office. she fired every person that was on the case for my son. i'm really worried that i

brooke jenkins facing criticism for some for how she's handling. >> police shooting say she's playing politics. how her office is responding tonight. also, a major new problem tonight for president biden's student loan forgiveness. point. >> another big story we're following tonight. a federal appeals court has temporarily halted president biden's student loan forgiveness program. now, this comes just hours after the president was reading about the program's success during a visit to delaware state university kron four's anna wiernicki is in washington with more. >> good president biden told students today that they could be receiving some relief as early as sunday. but late friday, the 8th circuit court of appeals issued an order basically holding the administration from canceling any student debt until it was on an emergency request by republican led states to block the policy. the biden administration officially watched the program on monday. and by tuesday, the white house said 12 million people have already applied. but republicans sharply criticized the program for being too exp

brook? having been a prosecutor for 8 years san mateo does not mess around they have #er penalties for crim in their county then and there we do here. i watched as certain things here have been decriminalized boy the da's office selective enforcement of laws boy the da's office over the course of a number of years contributing to believing certain crimes are okay in san francisco. of course, we want to be our own person. we want to make sure we are being the most equal and fair we can. we want to rely on responsible alternatives to incars rigz we should not try to copy or emulate another county. but the same time again we need to restore account accountability to san francisco it can look different of the for some a requirement of drug treatment. in it is making sure they go through a training program. and for otherers it is mental health treatment. for some who commit heinous crime its might be prison we have to have consequence on the table for people who commit xriem in san francisco that

brooks is not a lawyer, but a thug. a thug with nothing to lose. to the victims reliving the nightmare to those who lost loved one to those berated in court do, not lose hope. brooks will be convicted. he will be lead away from the courtroom in handcuffs and leg irons. joining us now criminal defense attorney former homicide detective, fox news contributor ted williams. it is so nice to have you. understand that his conduct frustrates our viewers. i have gotten a lot of text and e-mails from people very frustrated. he represents himself, if the judge were to kick him out of courtroom there is no lawyer presents. is that know is an issue on appeal, the judge is in a tough spot. >> you are right. the judge is in a tough spot, she is fr trying to maintain order in her courtroom and yet give this man a fair trial. the thing about it, you know it, i have been here long before, that and i have gone against pro se litigants they are some worse to advocate against. what is happening here, that not only should this man be on trial. but the system in waukesh

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ just happened and who you're looking at is darryl brooks, he's been representing hims in thea, wisconsin, christmas parade massacre basically. he drove his car through a group of 68 people. look i said, he was representing himself and pretty much has been a dramatic and emotional character throughout this entire thing but right now he's been found guilty of first degree homicide on counts one, two, three, and four, intentional homicide. guilty. live f from the waukesha, wisconsin, courtroom is his reaction to that and of course outside people waiting to here. six people died that day and dozens more injured. what they were trying to say or what he's been trying to say representing himself, crying in front of the jurors during his 50 minute closing argument was to consider whether the car could have malfunctioned during the incident last november. he wanted them to consider the impact that the negative press has had on his family. meanwhile you've got the families of the victims and what they've gone through too. he didn't talk about that. this case, of course, happening at a

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