and support at caplyta.com. >> john: a crucial pretrial hearing for quadruple murder suspect bryan kohbergereir off-campus home in 2022 and on the loose for a month before his arrest in pennsylvania. prosecutors say they have a stockpile of evidence against kohberger and his defense team argues almost all should be tossed. we bring in criminal defense attorney generals, mercedes colwin and ma mark eiglarsh. on this, and they have investigative genology, and they discover evidence on a knife sheath, and they threw it out to the great wide world and got a hit back that kohberger might be a guy. does the defense have a case here, mark? >> no. next! >> john: in a word. >> it's meritless, but don't be upset with them. they're doing their job. they don't attack every single piece of critical evidence that will land him into a life sentence which i absolutely believe will take place. then they're not doing their job. they'd be setting up an ineffective assistance of counsel claim so if he is convicted and sitting there and doing his life sentence. he then or his lawyers can argue that his first law

bryan kohberger is charged with stabbing four university of idaho students in 2022. the father of kaylee goncalves joined us earlier. >> nobody wants to go to court with dna at the crime scene under one of the victims, they are trying to get that thrown out. amazing job keeping this on track and getting it ready to have court in the summer, definitely not for a plea. >> carley: bryan kohberger's trial is set to begin in august. president trump signing executive order to declassify assassination files of j.f.k. and other prominent figures. we spoke to an author about the news this morning. >> i think what the files could have is information the cia knew more about how unhinged oswosw oswald was six weeks before the assassination. american public has a right to know what the government knows about who killed the president. >> carley: president says government officials advised him not to release the material, he says it is long overdue. and kamala harris consulted hillary clinton about her future, they both lost a presidential election to donald trump. new york magazin

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bryan kohberger, charged with the gruesome slaying of four friends and housemates. prosecutors saying it's tied to his dna. >> we're not just talking about his dna. happened to be found in a dresser drawer or something. it was found on a knife sheath where four people were killed by a knife. >> his lawyers arguing that linchpin evidence be barred. >> you're being led down this path to say there's a real investigation when there wasn't. >> and questioning the credibility of a surviving roommate. she described the killer who she saw as being a tall, white male with bushy eyebrows. that fits the description of bryan kohberger. could all of it be thrown out? plus, funnyman roy wood jr. >> roy, one more right here, please. >> the hilarious comic and daily show alum and sometime host on his new stand up special. >> we get mad if the phone rings. the phone that was invented for talking. you get mad. oh hell no. >> what he has to say about living in america in 2025. >> you get on the elevator now, people turn their back and face the corner like the blair witch project. he's

in this case, bryan kohberger, it goes 1 or 2 off, relative, and sometimes quite distance. a second cousin twice removed. from that, a host of possibles, and sometimes as many as twenty or thirty, and now the gum shoe work, and you have to figure out which one of these people is potentially related to the dna found at the scene. in this case, they reportedly got back to the father, and the dna came back to the father, and said who is related to this particular person that could be in the area of where these crimes occurred. low and behold, default to the son, and say it could be our guy. here is the fly in the ointment for the defense. reportedly, that is not how they ultimately developed probable cause to arrest bryan kohberger. the time line is fuzzy, but they had other information that he was the perp, and the search warrants executed at his home in pennsylvania and the arrest all came independent of this. that's already been decided by the first judge in this case when it was when they had a change of venue, and they relegateed and ultimately i think it's a deadend, and

we know this method led the authorities to bryan kohberger's father.se now claiming everything that the authorities found after the igg analysis should be thrown out of court. including items found in kohberger's home and car. his defense also contends the search warrants in the case were tainted by police misconduct. meanwhile the prosecution team says there is nothing unconstitutional about the use. igg and kohberger's relatives voluntarily provided their own d.n.a. to the jeanette genealogy service. arguing defendants have no reasonable right to privacy for d.n.a. that is left at a crime scene. and the former criminal student faces the death penalty if is he convicted in the stabbing deaths of victims. speaking out ahead of today's hearing demanding justice in an nbc interview and asking for prayers on family facebook page. i have spoken to kayleigh's family many times telling me they are hopeful in the boise idaho judge now that the trial was moved from moscow, idaho where it took place. the trial is set to begin on august 11th. lawrence, over to y

and alleged idaho college killer bryan kohberger appearing in court this week. why questions over the investigation process could throw a major wrench in the prosecution's case. your pain shouldn't be minimized or forgotten. ♪ when medicine gets better, all of us can get better. i am obsessed with olay's retinol body wash. with olay retinol body wash, 95% of women had visibly renewed skin. makes my skin feel so smooth and moisturized. olay body wash & lotion. discover yours. check in time is 3:00 it's 2:55. i know. is this what he's doing now? as your host, i have some rules. first, no showers longer than 5 minutes. this isn't a spa. no games. no fun. yes, coach. (♪) meanwhile, at a vrbo... when other vacation rentals make you share your turf with a host, try one you have all to yourself. jackie: bryan kohberger, the suspect in those 2022 idaho college murders, appearing in court this week with his lawyers were pushing hard to toss out most of the evidence if his case. can c.b. cotton explains. >> reporter: hi, good morning, jackie. bryan kohberger's defense tea

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bryan kohberger is back in court trying to get the judge to throw out nearly all evidence against him dna evidence. bryan kohberger is pleading not guilty to four counts of murder in deadly stabings of four university of idaho students back in 2022. and the white house announcing it is dropping covid vaccine requirement for legal immigrants, protocol implemented in 2021 required those entering legally to show evidence of va x status, that did not pertain to those claiming asylum. riley gains is thanking trump saying, three years of being black maled my husband held for chance at a green card. he has removed unjust barriers that kept families like mine in limbo. i remember that, threw them for a loop. no longer a problem. stay in the country. >> brian: thanks. president trumps our country has a lot of problems, but they can be fixed. >> president trump: with time, effort, money, unfortunately, they are all solvable. we can get our country back. if we didn't win this race, i believe our country would have been lost forever. >> ainsley: lara trump on her father-in-law's white house retur

bryan kohberger is in court today. dan springer is in boise idaho with the latest.g, bret. critical pre-trial hearing is still going on. we will take you inside in a second. this is an effort by the defense to get nearly all the evidence thrown out and the first five hours of this hearing was sealed but in the last hour or so, we have learned some important details about how the police zeroed in on bryan kohberger as their main suspect. we now have full confirmation that police used d.n.a. left at the crime scene on a knife sheath who ultimately help a genealogy expert produce a family tree which led to kohberger being identified as their suspect. genetic genealogy other people's profiles which they voluntarily uploaded to a company so they could learn about their ancestry. but today we learned the fbi accessed four databases and in searching two of them they violated terms of service agreements. which went against department of justice interim guidelines on igg be. >> there's a warrant requirement to protect people from unreasonable searches. and that's what we're

mike: suspected murderer bryan kohberger charged with killing four idaho college students in 2022 theis highly anticipated trial. to break down why his defense team wants key evidence thrown out, i'm joined by attorney lexie rigden. >> thank you, mike. mike: no surprise, the defense team's trying to throw out dna evidence. let's play it. >> in this case, if society is not ready to support suppression of every bit of our dna when the government does not have a warrant and searches it, there is no privacy right left. mike: if lexie, is this a sign of desperation? >> you know, unfortunately, i don't think society is willing to support that. i think that they obtained this evidence at the crime scene, and that was one of the points at the prosecution made is that there's no expectation of privacy with dna that's left at a crime scene. and there's also no expectation of fives of your relative or your ancestors' dna in data base that is you had no part of. so i think it is less a move out of desperation and more so a move to preserve everything for appeal and for post-conviction appeal, obv

so for bryan kohberger to say that is an illegal search i guess you would have to say all that public is private or in some way needs a search warrant to access. that would be a hard argument to make i would think. >> that is why these other two cases one in ohio, and one in washington state were unsuccessful. the judge has ruled exactly as you said these were voluntarily given dna samples to make a profile by some of his relatives to build the family tree. it does get into the weeds a little bit because it is very complicated of these profiles are established. you have to have a good sample from the knife sheath. in this case the quality of the work being done by the labs is also important. we will have to see exactly with the judge rules. but on the surface you are right it seems like dna found to the crime scene voluntarily given by him and also voluntarily given dna samples by his relatives. >> will: that is another great point it is not his information they are using to this database it is his relatives. how does he assert a right to privacy when it is not even his? we will be wa

suspected idaho killer bryan kohberger due back in court this morning for a second day of a criticalshing for nearly all of the evidence against him to be thrown out. potentially derailing the prosecution's case on trial in august. kaylee goncalves one of the lost lives in the 2022 attack. her father, steve goncalves joins us now. good morning, steve, it's been a while since we spoke. how are you holding up? >> one day at a time. but feeling good, you know. getting close to the trial is a nice change. >> steve, we have been waiting for justice for your daughter. what do you make of this procedural move bryan kohberger and his attorney to get the evidence thrown out. without that evidence it's like a slam dunk for his defense. >> that's exactly how we feel. you know, i have talked to my legal counsel. and this is their last hurrah. this is their last go for it. challenge everything, nobody wants to go to court with d.n.a. at the crime scene underneath one -- nobody wants to do it. so they are trying to get that thrown out. hippler has done an amazing job keeping this on track and gett

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>>> well, tonight, the high stakes hearing under way for accused idaho college murder suspect bryan kohbergerh the murders of four students. the defense asking the judge to throw out key dna evidence, arguing it was gathered illegally. the fbi taking dna from a knife sheath and uploaded it to a public data base. prosecutors are arguing genetic genealogy is now being used in hundreds of cases. >>> when we come back here, buffalo bills fans and what they're doing to support the player that dropped the ball. >>> also, the oscar nominations tonight, the first-time nominees including demi moore at 62, and that summer blockbuster, "inside out 2" getting a nomination, out 2" getting a nomination, too. two — i want to be able to my hand flat. three — i want a nonsurgical recovery. ♪ four — i want options — nonsurgical options. and five... and if nonsurgical treatment isn't offered? ♪ i'll get a second opinion. let's go! take charge of your treatment. if you can't lay your hand flat, visit findahandspecialist.com to get started. staying healthy can be hard, but this. this is a party. premier protein,

this morning bryan kohberger's defense team trying to get critical evidence thrown out as they raises investigative genetic genealogy, entering dna profiles into public databases to find relatives and narrow the list of potential suspects. prosecutors tying kohberger to the quadruple murders after they say his dna was found on a button snap of a knife sheath at the murder scene. >> the argument why it should thrown out is less about the result but more about the science. >> reporter: it was mid november, 2022 when prosecutors say kohberger entered an off campus apartment and fatally stabbed four students. a not guilty plea has been entered on his behalf. kohberger's attorneys now filing a petition to unseal evidence and make hearings public to combat what they say is an overwhelming public sentiment of his guilt. now, overnight we did learn that much of thursday and friday's hearings will, in fact, be private. parts of it will be live streamed, but we're told the courtroom will remain closed, even to family. kaylee goncalves family said he'll be forced to watch justice unfold from th

bryan kohberger back in court today as his attorneys try to convince a judge to throw out key evidencegainst him. phone records, surveillance footage, and perhaps, most importantly, dna evidence all now potentially on the chopping block. at the heart of the case, dna left on a knife sheath found at that crime scene, and investigators' use of ancestry websites to build a list of suspects. without that, kohberger's lawyers say there is no case, no request for his phone records, surveillance of his parents' home, and no dna taken from the garbage outside that home. >> how many hours of videotape do you think have been collected? >> a lot. >> thousands? >> yes, easily. >> reporter: the state firing back saying those search warrants were based on substantial probable cause. once kohberger was arrested in 2022, prosecutors say investigators swabbed his mouth, discovering a statistical match to the dna lifted off that knife sheath. key evidence the state plans to introduce at trial if the judge allows it. it's been over two years since prosecutors charged kohberger with the murder of four stu

as bryan kohberger's high stakes trial approaches, a warning from the judge during the latest motion hearings. >> don't feel like your job is done at this point. i would suggest to you it's not. >> reporter: kohberger has plead the not guilty to the charges of first-degree murder for the deaths of university of idaho students xana kernodle, ethan chapin, mad ison mogen and kay kay. >> our position is this work was not done lawfully. >> the state confident in law enforcement's tactics. >> we're not just talking about his dna happened to be found in a dresser drawer or something. it was found on a knife sheathe where four people were killed by a knife. this is as crime scene as it gets. >> reporter: the defense also arguing that dna was collected in a way that violated kohberger's rights. the judge was unpersuaded. >> when there's a dna match between the dna and sheathe and mr. oberger, isn't that probable cause every day and twice on sunday. >> the defense approaching this case appears to be throw everything you can up against the wall and see what sticks. >> reporter: meanwhile, the f

bryan kohberger expected back in court today. trial. >> i'm trying to understand the legal argument. >> bryan kohberger's legal team under scrutiny with the judge throwing cold water to get the >> i can't find any case law that would support that idea, that somehow a warrant would be needed for dna left at a crime scene. >> reporter: the defense challenging how investigators zeroed in on kohberger, using the dna left on a leather knife sheathe and running it through public ancestry websites to build a list of subjects. >> there was no warrant for several phases of the search. >> reporter: but the judge appearing unpersuaded that the use of that investigative technique itself violated kohberger's rights. >> when there is a dna match between the dna on the sheathe and mr. kohberger, isn't that probable cause every day and twice on sunday? >> reporter: part of the high stakes hearing now stretching into a second day ahead of the trial. kohberger's lawyers also accusing investigators of misleading the court, offering new details on a

it took more than six weeks for the police to make an arrest and today bryan kohberger's attorneys willestigation was built on an illegal search using his dna and a relatively new tool called investigative genetic genealogy. if successful kohberger walks. >> i do not think that there is any way that the prosecution could proceed in this case. everything else is, you know, circumstantial and they lose the dna evidence and then they lose all of those other things. what evidence do they have left? there is nothing left to proceed on. >> here is what the defense wrote in one of the 12 motions to be suppress that will be argued today. quote, all the information in the affidavit was gathered because of law enforcement's unconstitutional use of investigative genetic genealogy and thus nothing in the warrant should remain. we don't know how much exactly the police used igd to focus in on kohberger. everything connected to that part of the investigation has been under seal. but we know how it works. we know police got dna off a snap on a knife sheath found next to the bodies of two of the victim

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. >> george: right now the bryan kohberger case as the defense team fights to throw out dna evidenceory. >> reporter: there's still so many questions in this case. we heard for the first time in years more of what a surviving roommate said she saw and heard the night her friends were murdered. kohberger's lawyers are using her account to help paint this investigation as unjustified and mishandled. this morning stunning revelations in a boise courtroom as bryan kohberger's defense team tries to paint the investigation as flawed and shrouded in secrecy in an effort to get key evidence thrown out. >> this is a situation where this identification was done in complete secret behind closed doors. >> reporter: the former ph.d. student accused of stabbing four university of idaho students to death in an off campus home while his attorney, anne taylor, says details of a surviving roommate in an interview. >> there are two references to not remembering. a couple days later there's a third interview. there's references to not remembering, being drunk, a statement i don't know any of it, like ha

. >> that sounds great to bryan kohberger who lost his home off the coast highway.as and a wife. he wants to rebuild that the building codes probably make it economically difficult to. >> even if i get $2.5 million from the insurance company, that is enough to rebuild the way it was but certainly not enough to upgrade the water line, the driveway, the foundation, se septic. >> that is a big deal and building codes are not optional, right i smirk sea level, required to build higher houses. deep cement caissons and no wood piling and the 50s and 60s but the biggest issue will be triple change chamber's epic ansi wells and ultraviolet treatment. all of that according to the ex-mayor of malibu to add hundreds of thousands if not millions to the cost of rebuilding. >> everybody will be in for sticker shock. there are a lot of people out there met at will not be able to rebuild because they cannot afford it. >> so for context, john the wolseley fire, 20% under construction and a lot of reasons for that. some people leaving and so far not permitting but it gives you some i

. >> bryan kohberger's lawyers are asking a judge to dismiss key evident in the case.t issue is how his dna was obtained. they used public ancestry sites to build a list of suspects which led them to kohberger. the defense says that process violates his constitutional rights. he's scheduled to go on trial this summer. >> legal analyst danny cevallos joins us now on set with more. you are a defense attorney. not bryan kohbger's defense attorney, but help us understand what his attorneys are seeing here and why they think this argument could work. >> this is an attempt to try anything you can, put it on the record, and hope for the best, knowing that this motion is likely to fail. while investigative genetic genealogy is a relatively new science, an effort to try to suppress it as violating your constitutional rights is likely to fail for a couple reasons. number one, crime scenes are not your personal space you can say the police shouldn't have gone there without a warrant. in addition, when your relatives provide their dna to these websites, that's not violating your f

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