crimes in iraq has been acquitted by a military jury in california special operations chief edward gallagher was found not guilty of madda gallagher is accused of fatally stabbing and i saw a prisoner who had been wounded by an abstract in iraq in 2017 castro reports. the allegations were deeply troubling and came from members of his own platoon subordinates of navy seal special ops chief edward gallagher turned in their own leader reporting he'd stabbed to death a 17 year old wounded prisoner who was an isolated fighter shot at unarmed civilians in iraq and threatened to kill those accusing him of committing war crimes but at gallagher's military court martial for 1st degree murder and other charges the prosecution had no forensic evidence to put forward no body no autopsy and thus no official cause of death was we got into trial they were prepared they didn't expect they didn't do what is needed in a case like this really this should this should never have gotten to trial the way that it did a dramatic blow to the case against gallagher was the bombshell claim of another navy seal who test

war crimes in iraq has been acquitted by military jury in california special operations chief edward gallagher was found not guilty of mad gallagher was accused of fatally stabbing and i saw a prisoner who'd been were injured by an airstrike in iraq in 2017 castro reports. the allegations were deeply troubling and came from members of his own platoon subordinates of navy seal special ops chief edward gallagher turned in their own leader reporting he'd stabbed to death a 17 year old wounded prisoner who was an. unarmed civilians in iraq and threatened to kill those accusing him of committing war crimes but at gallagher's military court martial for 1st degree murder and other charges the prosecution had no forensic evidence to put forward no body no autopsy and thus no official cause of death was we got into trial they were prepared they didn't expect they didn't do what is needed in a case like this really this should this should never have gotten to trial the way that it did a dramatic blow to the case against gallagher was the bombshell claim of another navy seal who testified under immunity

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abc's clayton sandell starts us off. >> reporter: edward gallagher's attorneys celebrating on the steps of the courthouse tonight, after a military jury found the decorated navy s.e.a.l. not guilty of premeditated murder. >> huge victory. huge weight off the gallaghers. huge victory for justice. >> reporter: the 19-year combat veteran was accused of war crimes during a 2017 tour in iraq, including murdering this teenage isis prisoner, seen wounded in this iraqi tv video. fellow s.e.a.l. corey scott, granted immunity, testified that he saw gallagher, a medic, stab that teen in the neck. but in a shocking twist, scott testified that he, not gallagher, killed the betweteeny plugging his airway to prevent him from being tortured by iraqi forces, saying, "i knew he was going to die anyway." gallagher's defense team argued during the two-week trial that the case was built on false accusations from disgruntled sailors. >> this is not a murder, this is a mutiny. this is a group of young disgruntled sailors that didn't like being told that they were cowards. and so they decided to conspire to ta

war crimes in iraq has been acquitted by military jury in california special operations chief edward gallagher was found not guilty of murder the soldier was accused of fatally stabbing and i saw a prisoner who had been wounded by an airstrike in iraq and 2017 castrate reports. the allegations were deeply troubling and came from members of his own platoon subordinates of navy seal special ops chief edward gallagher turned in their own leader reporting he'd stabbed to death a 17 year old wounded prisoner who was an. unarmed civilians in iraq and threatened to kill those accusing him of committing war crimes but at gallagher's military court martial for 1st degree murder and other charges the prosecution had no forensic evidence to put forward no body no autopsy and thus no official cause of death was we got into trial they were prepared they didn't expect they didn't do what is needed in a case like this really this should never have gotten to trial the way that it did a dramatic blow to the case against gallagher was the bombshell claim of another navy seal who testified under immunity that it

but one charge nbc's steve patterson is at the courthouse >> reporter: tonight, chief edward gallagher is a free man. >> the case of eddie gallagher is finally concluded. >> reporter: after being found not guilty of murder but guilty of posing for a photo with a dead body, the navy s.e.a.l. was sentenced to four months' confinement. but because of time served, gallagher will return home today. for that single code violation, he's being demoted in rank and will be forced to take two months in reduced pay. >> we were certainly hoping for a different sentence >> reporter: the trial began when the decorated navy chief was accused of killing an iraqi prisoner and shooting at unarmed civilians. prosecutors called members of gallagher's own s.e.a.l. team, who described him as unhinged, testified they saw him stab the young fighter. >> this group who decided to concoct this story in no way, ways, or form represent the community that i've, you know, loved and gave my soul to. >> reporter: president trump a vocal supporter, congratulated the s.e.a.l., tweeting, i'm glad i could hope. >> thank yo

yesterday the jury did not convicted special operations chief edward gallagher guilty but did find him guilty for posing with photographs of a dead war casualty. nichelle medina has more on that. >> reporter: the jury found navy chief ed gallagher not guilty of murder. and his wife spoke from san diego. >> we're finally vindicated after being terrorized by the government that my husband fought for two decades on the war on terror. >> reporter: at gallagher's murder trial he was accused of murder by members of his own team. >> huge weight off the gallaghers, huge victory for justice. >> the 19-year veteran was accused of stabbing to death a captured teenaged isis fighter in 2017. though he was acquitted of that count, he was found guilty of posing with the corpse. this video shows the isis teen after he was injured by an air strike in iraq, struggling to breathe. a government witness dropped a bombshell testifying he was the one who killed the war prisoner by pressing on his tracheal tube. gallagher was also found not guilty of shooting at civilians in separate incidents. >> this vindic

steve patterson is at the courthouse. >> reporter: tonight chief edward gallagher is a free man. >> the cas of eddie gallagher is finally concluded. >> reporter: after being found not guilty of murder but guilty of posing with a photo with a dead body. because of time served, gallagher will return home today.fo r that single uniform code violation, he demoted in rank and will be forced to take two months of reduced pay. >> we were hoping for a different sentence. >> reporter: the trial began when the chief was accused of killing a wounded iraqi prisoner and shooting at unarmed civilians during his deployment. prosecutors called members of his own teem who described him as unhinged testifying they saw him stab the young isis fighter. >> the small group of seals that decided to concoct the story in eno way, shape, or form repres the community i love and gave my soul to. >> reporter: president trump, a vocal supporter, congratulated the seal tweeting glad i could help referencing a pre-trial record that gallagher b moved to less restrictive confinement. nk> i want to say t you to duncan hu

of joy. >> absolute joy. >> emotion absolute euphoria. >> reporter: the jury acquitting chief edward gallagher of six of the seven charges against him including premeditated murder. >> huge victory. huge weight off the gallaghers >> reporter: but finding him guilty for code of military justice ba humy the decorated s.e.a.l. was charged with an array of war crimes stemming from a 2017 tour of duty in iraq. the most serious, shooting an unarmed citizens and the murder of an unarmed isis detainee. over the two-week trial prosecutors called members of gallagher's own field team who described a man unhinged, testifying they saw him stab the young fighter. gallagher's defense team painted each witness as unreliable, scorned by disagreement. in a trial with no physical evidence the most jaw-dropping moment, shocking testimony from fellow s.e.a.l. team medic corey scott, admitting under immunity that it was he, not gallagher, who killed the wounded isis detainee >> we have a sentencing to do, but the maximum sentence on what they're about to sentence him on is much less than they've mee ae brig so he

absolute >>euphoria. eporter: the jury acquitting chief edward gallagher of six of the seven charges against him, includingdi premeted murder. >> huge victory. huge weight off the gallaghers. >> reporter: but finding him guilty for violang a uniform code of military justice by posing with a human. casualty the decorated seal was charged th an array of war crimes stemming from a 2017 tour of duty in iraq. the most serious, shooting at unarmed citurens and the mr of an isis detainee. over the trial, prosecutors called members of gallagher's own sea team calling him unhinged. testifying they saw him stab the young fighter.m the defense t painted them unreliable, scorned by disagreements. in a trial withhyo pcal evidence, the most jaw-dropping moment, shocking testimony from fellow seal team medic cory scott, admitting under immunity that it was he, not gallagher, who killed the wounded isis detainee. >> we have a sentencing to do, but the maximum sentence on what -- m ish less than they've already had him in the brig. so he is going home. >> reporter: a victory for gallagher and his fami

edward gallagher was accused of killing an isis prisoner in iraq. in a courtroom bombshell, a fellow s.e.a.l. admitted to the killing. gallagher says he feels vindicated, but overnight his wife spoke out fiercely condemning the government claiming it's been terrorizings her husband for months. >> i think this whole thing is disgusting. >> reporter: this morning the wife of a navy s.e.a.l. acquitted of murdering an isis prisoner is demanding someone be held responsible. >> his name has been slammed and slandered and dragged through the mud and i think this vindication i hope will be a lesson learned to everybody, and we need to afford the benefit of the doubt to our war heroes who we send over there to fight these evils. >> reporter: chief edward gallagher was accused of war crimes during a tour in iraq including murdering an isis fighter seen wounded in this iraqi tv video. fellow navy s.e.a.l. corey scott who was granted immunity in the case testified that he saw gallagher stab that teen, but in a shocking twist scott also testified that he, not ga

the family of edward gallagher is feeling relieved this morning. the navy s.e.a.l. has been aquit of multiple war crimes >> they look like -- yeah, freedom. >> gallagher was charged with the 2017 murder of a prisoner iraq a military jury found him not guilty on all but one count. nbc's steve patterson has this report >> reporter: vindication for a navy s.e.a.l >> tears of joy. >> absolute joy. >> emotion absolute euphoria. >> reporter: the jury acquitting chief edward gallagher of six of the seven arges againshim including premeditated murder. >> huge victory. huge weight off the hegallag >> reporter: but finding him guilty for violating a uniform code of military justice by posing with a human casualty the decorated s.e.a.l. was charged win aray of war crimes stemming from a 2017 tour of duty in iraq. use most serio, shooting an unarmed citizens and the murder of an unarmed isis detainee. over the two-week trial prosecutors called members of described a man unhinged, testifying they saw him stab the young fighter.ga agher's defense team painted each witness as unre

crimes in iraq has been acquitted by a military jury in california special operations chief edward gallagher was found not guilty of murder in all of the counts except for unlawfully posing for photographs with a war casualty gallagher was accused of fatally stabbing and i saw a prisoner who had been wounded by an airstrike in iraq and 2017. joined us from washington d.c. how do you given the severity of the charges that were laid against him is there what's the reaction to the verdict are people surprised. well devean no one really knew what to expect out of this trial because there were so many twists and turns leading up to this point but it was knowledge by all that these allegations were extremely disturbing and it was members of gallagher's own platoon has supported it's who had turned in their leader claiming that he had stabbed to death a 17 year old combat i still fighter who had been wounded in combat and that he had also fired at unarmed civilians including an old man in a school aged girl while in iraq and they say that he threatened to kill them for turning him in however the pr

within the next hour, we expect chief edward gallagher to walk out from the military courtroom behindan after the jury deciding his fate deliberated for some six or so hours over yesterday afternoon and through today and then returned with a not guilty verdict on six of the seven charges chief gallagher faced. the most serious of those charges was the murder of a wounded isis prisoner in iraq in 2017. not guilty on that charge. the jury said. two other charges of attempted murder. firing at iraqi civilians and elderly man and a young iraqi woman from a sniper position. not guilty on both of those charges. in fact, the only charge on which chief edward gallagher was found guilty was the charge of posing for a picture with that wounded isis fighter. that was the least serious of the seven charges he faced. shortly after those verdicts were handed down, his attorneys came outside of the courtroom to celebrate what they said was a victory. listen here. >> huge victory, huge weight off the gallaghers. huge victory for justice. >> jury found them not guilty of the murder not guilty of the s

committing war crimes in iraq has been acquitted by a military jury special operations chief edward gallagher was accused of fatally stabbing an i saw prisoner who had been wounded by an airstrike in iraq in 2017 he was convicted however of posing with the 17 year old corpse probating politicians in hong kong say it could cost around $1300000.00 to repair the damage at the legislature building which protesters ransacked and vandalized on monday a special task force has been set up to look into the recent mass protests triggered by a bill which would allow extradition to mainland china. well those are the headlines and now it's back to marco polo a very modern jenny stay with us. professor joe is in venice on the trail of marco polo. why did marco polo travel east. was he a peace envoy to the pope. a spy. or simply much. he remains something of a mystery. marco polo has heard about the brutal force of the mongols and the terror they had inflicted on baghdad. so he navigates carefully away from the battlefields of the middle east. but as his journey takes him to modern day iran he enters a terr

committing war crimes in iraq has been acquitted by a military jury special operations chief edward gallagher was accused of fatally stabbing and i saw a prisoner who had been wounded by an airstrike in iraq in 2017 he was convicted however of posing with the 17 year old's corpse well there is other headlines the news continues here after marco polo and very modern johnny to stay with us here on out is there. let's take a look at china. to. give us some i was mustered up as the news. china overtaking us america had to live in atlanta than it did change anything. she found. let me into. you so you know the. least sure sure from the 2 of. these. other kosher joke i feel the men do you should you're the colorful. google taku photo of the. weight saying on the.

as we report from san diego, edward gallagher was demoted. >> edward gallagher is a free man.e was convicted of posting to a photo next to an isis prisoner in 2017 and given four months confinement. the decorated serviceman will not go to jail having already spent nine months behind bars while he was awaiting trial. gallagher was found not guilty on six other charges including the murder of that fighter and shooting at iraqi civilians. >> the jury delivered a massive huge sweeping victory to the gallagher's yesterday. eddie gallagher and his wife drove out of here in a convertible, happy as . >> reporter: his rank is been reduced affecting both his salary and pension. gallagher could have gotten life in prison had he been convicted of murdering the detainee. he talked about the ordeal wednesday morning on fox news. >> they tried to frame a as a criminal from the get go. but we knew the truth the whole time. we knew i was innocent of these charges the whole time . >> reporter: during the sentencing he made a plea to the jury telling them he accepts responsibility for his mistak

committing war crimes in iraq has been acquitted by a military jury special operations chief edward gallagher was accused of fatally stabbing and i saw a prisoner who had been wounded by an airstrike in iraq in 2017 european foreign ministers say they're extremely concerned after iran announced it had breached a limit for low enriched uranium set by the 2015 nuclear deal despite this britain france and germany say they won't seek to reimpose un sanctions for now but french president emanuel background has to immediately reduce its enriched uranium reserves well those are the headlines next stop that the cure revisited do stay with us. after 25 years of importing the world's ways china through the global recycling industry into chaos. more impressive agreements resulting in change we bring you the stories to the shaping the economic world we live in. the cost. scipio there's something the venom can now be sent to all of our 3 finances is an absolute you've got to be drawn. to. sometimes it's very painful. sometimes it can eat crap. you can't deal with a threat to human life unless you know it'

outwardly chief edward gallagher seems as calm as ever. >> how nervous are you as we get close? 'm not nervous at all. >> now, in the closing argument today, navy prosecutors again brought up the paragraph gallagher took posing with the body of the dead isis fighter. the testimony of two seals that said that they saw chief gallagher stab the fighter and the series of texts that he sent. prosecutors putting them on a large screen for the jury, including one text that read, "cool story behind this. got him with my hunting knife" and putting the photos on the big screen, too. prosecutors summed up their case saying "the government evidence is chief gallagher's words, chief gallagher's pictures, chief gallagher's seals." the defense getting underway with their closing argument right now, trace. >> trace: what is their argument, jonathan? >> the defense argument from the very beginning has been that this was a case concocted by a small group of seals in seal team 7 who were driven by personal animosity. that theory was bolster by lieutenant commandser robert briesch saying that some g

crimes in iraq has been acquitted by a military jury in california special operations chief edward gallagher was found not guilty of murder and all other counts except for on lawfully posing for photographs with the dead war casualty gallagher was accused of fatally stabbing and i saw a prisoner who had been wounded by an airstrike in iraq in 27. i was feeling like we're finally been betrayed after being terrorized by the government my husband bob barr for 3 decades the war on terror he's fought every major enemy of the united states here's a right just said noble individual and his name has been smeared and slandered interact with the mud and i think that this is vindication i hope will be a lesson learned to everybody that we need to hold in this until proven guilty due process and we need to open for the benefit of the doubt to our war heroes who we sent over there to fight these evil. people. in a rare move 3 lanka's police chief has been arrested for failing to stop the easter sunday bombings which killed 250 people. in there and the former defense secretary ham assyria fernando have be

committing war crimes in iraq has been acquitted by a military jury in special operations chief edward gallagher was accused of fatally stabbing an eyesore prisoner who had been wounded by an airstrike in iraq in 2017. germany's defense minister underlayer has become the 1st woman to be nominated as head of the european commission that's the body that oversees the affairs of the european union. well those are the headlines to join me for more news here after the stream. there are. problems and besides the instability is corruption we listen. are pushing the united states and president trump into conflict we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter. there are 2 men remaining in the race to be both the leader of the u.k. conservative party and prime minister but with only a tiny fraction of the public gets enough vote what impact will the outcome have on an already divided country i for me ok so just. try to get more into the state. an estimated 160000 conservative party members will choose between bush and germany how to succeed theresa may as party leader but because a

. >> julie: navy seal edward gallagher sentenced on one charge after being acquitted in the murder ofhter. jonathan hunt is outside the courthouse in san diego. you've been watching this story, jonathan. what's the latest on this breaking story? >> reporter: well, julie, the jurors have just handed down the sentence, and while chief edward gallagher was convicted of one of seven charges, the least serious, posing for a picture with the body of a dead isis fighter, he has been given, in effect, the maximum sentence on that charge. he will not serve any more time in jail, although they sentenced him to four months confinement. he has already served around nine months pretrial. so he will not go back to jail. perhaps more concerning for chief gallagher, he is having his rank reduced from an e-7 to an e-6, so reduced by one rank. that will affect his pay and his pension to the tune of a very large sum. i have not calculated it precisely, but chief gallagher is going to lose a lot of money over a lifetime. so this is far more than a slap on the wrist that the jurors have given him here. re

with committing war crimes in iraq has been acquitted by military jury special operations chief edward gallagher was accused of fatally stabbing an eyesore prisoner who'd been wounded in an airstrike in iraq in 2017. germany's defense minister live on delay and has become the 1st woman to be nominated as the head of the european commission that's the body that oversees the affairs of the european union now probation politicians in hong kong say it could cost around $1300000.00 to repair the damage at the legislature building which protesters ransacked and vandalized on monday special task force has been set up to look into recent mass protests that were triggered by a controversial bill which would allow extradition to mainland china all those are the headlines i'll be back here with more news after the listening post stay with us. malaysia plans to abolish the death penalty dividing. it with more than 1200 prisoners on death row one on one in this city. on how does the. chance of his ready 1st cut off just published. the prime minister of this country i think that's why. i'm sorry yes you do ha

backing you. >> mike: will take you out to san diego, california, where a jury has found edward gallagher prisoner. reporters gather out there waiting to see if gallagher has anything to say about the news. breaking news earlier this hour. i should note that gallagher will be a guest tomorrow morning on fox & friends. be sure to check it out. finally tonight come you never know what you're going to get. >> if you take the time to rise -- >> mike: vicki hoover's third grade class in texas enjoyed reading a book. if they thought the book would make a great movie so they wrote letters to one of hollywood's elite, actor tom hanks. they did not know if you would respond, but a postcard from him came in the mail, he said he would read the book over the summer and thanked the class berating him. that's first class. thanks for watching space 27. i mike emanuel in washington. "the story" hosted by martha maccallum starts right now. >> martha: hello there mike. good evening to you. thank you much we are getting ready here in new york and president trump's campaign has raised over a hundred. that is

edward gallagher is a freeman this morning. the veteran was acquitted after being accused of killing an iraqi citizen. gallagher was sentenced to four months confinement because of time served, though, he has now returned home the navy s.e.a.l. chief is also being demoted in rank, but his lawyers vowed to fight the demotion in a statement the gallagher family says, in part, that edward will spen 4th of july with his family, celebrating not only our nation's freedom, but also his own.e bued out of an mexican prison but his attempt to bust out of u.s. conviction has failed. a new york judge rejected his request forte new trial. his lawyers filed a motion saying the jury was tainted. the judge denied that request based on the overwhelming evidence leading to his conviction his sentencing is set for later this month he was found guilty of charges that include murder, conspiracy and drug trafficking >>> one of the most unique quarterbacks to ever play the game of football, jared lorenzen died wednesday at the age of 38. he had been

i spoke briefly to the chief edward gallagher as he arrived at court today and he sounded as calm as ever. listen. >> not nervous at all. >> the defense attorneys also sounded confident ahead of jury deliberations. listen again. >> we prepared for our witnesses in a lot of ways the other side did not. no matter how much preparation the government had put into this case, the one thing they can't get over is the fact that eddie gallagher is not guilty. >> one of the final witnesses, gallagher's boss, gave powerful voice to the long-held defense theory that the allegations were simply the result of personal animosity, saying if seal team 7, a fair number of the guys just like eddie gallagher. dismissing their complaints against him as petty and personal. lieutenant commander bryce said he spoke on several occasions over a five-month period beginning in late 2017 to gallagher's chief accuser, craig miller and that miller complained about gallagher's tactics and personality but never mentioned the murder of a isis prisoner until april 2018 after being told there was no basis for an invest

>> juan, the breaking news here right now chief edward gallagher is not guilty of murdering that isisin iraq in 2017. he is not guilty of shooting at civilians in a crowd in iraq. is he not guilty of firing from a sniper position at an elderly man. he is not guilty of firing at a young iraqi woman from a sniper position, too. we understand at this point the only charge on which he has been found guilty is posing for a photograph with the body of that isis prisoner. he is guilty. the jury has decided on that charge. but, that is the least serious of the seven charges he was facing. it carries a maximum prison sentence of four months, given the chief gallagher has already served that time. we understand he will walk out of this courtroom behind me shortly a free man and will be free to celebrate the fourth of july with his family the breaking news. chief h edward gallagher again not guilty of all the charges against him guilty only of posing for a picture with the body of a dead isis fighter. he will, tonight, be free. juan? >> juan: jonathan, please stand with us. dana perino has a que

they had thought they might be going home with edward gallagher, a free man last night.ning i asked him for his thoughts on how long it was taking as he arrived here at court. listen here. >> are you concerned it's taking longer than you might have hoped? >> nope, not at all. >> still confident? >> yes. >> i also asked his lead defense attorney a similar question. listen again. >> longer than you might have hoped? >> civilian juries that will go for a movie go more, i'm used to it. they've only been up for two and a half, three hours. >> still confident? >> absolutely. >> today the jury asked to hear testimony from the first witness in this case, thomas mcneil. the portion that they wanted to hear was when he talked about seeing the isis fighter brought into the calm band. he was himself a number of seal team seven. he then testified he left the scene for some time. when he returned, the isis fighter was dead and he testified that he saw chief gallagher with a knife in his hand. but he also testified that he did not see any actual stabbing. that's what they've had read b

crimes in iraq has been acquitted by a military jury and california all special operations chief edward gallagher was found not guilty of murder and all other counts except for unlawfully posing for photographs with dead war casualty gallagher was accused of fatally stabbing and i saw a prisoner who had been wounded by an airstrike in iraq in 27. i was feeling like her finally been betrayed after being terrorized by the government my husband for for 2 decades and the war on terror he's fought every major enemy of the united states he is a right just and noble individual and his name has been smeared and slandered and tracked through the mud and i think that this is vindication i hope will be a lot from learning everybody that we need to hold in this until proven guilty due process and we need to hope for the benefit of the doubt to our war heroes who we sent over there to fight these evil. castro has more details from washington d.c. . the trial of this navy seal was full of so many twists and turns that really no one knew what to expect as a result but what we do know is that the allegations aga

edward gallagher walked out of court jubilant.y after he was acquitted on six of the seven war crimes charges against him, including the murder of a wounded isis detainee, and the attpted murder of several unarmed civilians. this is a case full of twists and turns. at one point, a fellows.e.a.l. team medic who took the stand and testified it was he who killed the detainee, not gallagher. there was a lot of emotion in court as the verdictas read. gallagher embracing his wife. tears of joy streaming down her face. they're not out of the woods yet though. gallagher, as you mentioned, was found guilty of one count of posing for a photo with a body, which could affect his rank, could affect his pay, and could affect his pension. there's so much at stake for the family as sentencing gets under way this morning, craig. >> steve patterson in san diego, thank you. >>> a new government report on the southern border crisis warns that the situation is, quote, a ticking time bomb. inve department of homeland security toured border patrol stati

the jury found edward gallagher not guilty of murder and all other counts except for unlawfully posinghotographs with a dead were casually. -- casualty. -- war casualty. castro joins us from washington, d.c. did the verdict come as a surprise? >> lauren, there were so many twists and turns in this trial, that really, no one knew what to we do as a result, but know that the allegations were extremely troubling. it was members of gallagher's to platoon who came forward turn in their chief, accusing him of stabbing a 17-year-old fighter andl killing that man as well as shooting at unarmed civilians in iraq. and that is what multiple witnesses for the prosecution testified to during this trial, but early on during the trial, the state -- prosecutors did suffer quite a blow when one of their own witnesses dropped a center on the courtroom by claiming that he himself had been the killer of this isil fighter and it was not gallagher who ultimately took the man's life. that witness was a navy medic who says that he told the young man out of mercy after gallagher stabbed him in the neck. now, b

absolute euphoria. >> reporter: the jury acquitting chief edward gallagher of six of the seven charges against him including premeditated murder. >> huge victory, huge weight off the gallaghers. >> reporter: but finding him guilty for violating a uniform code of military justice by posing with a human casualty. the decorated seal was charged with an array of war crimes, stemming from a 2017 tour of duty in iraq. the most serious, shooting an unarmed citizens in the murder of a wounded isis detainee. over the two-week trial, prosecutors called members of the team who described a man unhinged, testifying he stabbed the young fighter. gallagher's defense team painted each witness unreliable, scorned with disagreement. in a trial with no physical evidence, the most jaw-dropping moment, testimony from scott under immunity that it was he not gallagher who killed the wounded isis detainee. >> he has done more than two and a halftimes the maximum. i've said my number one goal is to get him home to his family. >> a victory for gallagher and his family who look forward to having this ordeal behi

edward gallagher to a demotion and reduction in pay for taking a photo with the body of an isis fighterree man after he was acquitted of murder charges. after the verdict gallagher apologized to the navy and marines but slammed the s.e.a.l.s who testified against him. >> this small group of s.e.a.l.s that decided to concoct this story in no way, shape or form represent the community that i've loved. they tried to frame me as a criminal from the get-go. but, you know, we knew the truth the whole time. >> gallagher is set to retire in two weeks. even after all the allegations he said he would happily serve his country again without a second thought. >>> connecticut police searching for a missing mother of five targeted a reservoir near the home of her estranged husband. police dogs and investigators searched the reservoir in west hartford. no word yet if anything was discovered. jennifer dulos has been missing since may 24th. fotis dulos has denied having anything to do with his wife's disappearance. >>> a federal judge rejected drug kingpin joaquin el chapo guzman's bid for a new trial.

a jury will decide if navy special operations chief edward gallagher will face jail time for the singles heart he was convicted of, posing with the corpse of the 17-year-old militant.>> we are finally vindicated after being terrorized by the government that my husband fought for for two decades.>> gallagher was found not guilty of shooting at civilians in separate incidents. strike a man in custody in connection with the shooting death of an oakland city councilwoman son back in march, the oakland city council member let gibson maka laney says she never really expected justice for her son, victor who was gunned down across from usc were he attended college. yesterday police arrested 23- year-old ivan hernandez in connection with the shooting. the councilwoman says even in her grief, she has compassion for her son's alleged killer.>> they tell me he is 23. he should have been a college. he should've been believed in and invested in. feeling that young man and that's community. bayfield my young man.>> a motive for the shooting is still under investigation this morning. >>> a federal jury

pay reduced veteran and author captain launching hail who we heard from earlier believes that edward gallagher deserves admiration. i think it a gallery hero not just to the united states and united states military but to the world because he's over there fighting isis which is an enemy that very few countries are willing to put forth troops and resources to can to fight themselves so he basically is being charged with premeditated murder for an isis fighter in my mind and i'm i'm just a simple man here but that sounds like an oxymoron that you would send a navy seal to go fight isis which is a cancer upon humanity yes or humans but they've made themselves to be monsters and so they should be treated as such and so when you say that you're going to charge someone with premeditated murder of isis in a combat zone little own a navy seal i just think that's completely contradictory it doesn't make any sense . violence has flared up in tel aviv joining a rally in honor of an ethiopian israeli teenager who was shot dead by an off duty police officer. you. know. that. was. thousands took to the stre

we'll recap the big vtory and fi >>> special operations chief edward gallagher was accused of stabbing and killing an injured isis fighter in iraq. several s.e.a.l.s testified that in 2017 he stabbed the teen prisoner just after he and other medics treated the boy. but in testimony that may have turned this case a medic testified that he was the one who killed the boy when he plugged the boy's breathng tube with his thumb.i this even gallagher expressed his relief about the rdict. >> i'm happy. i'm thankful. thank god. >> gallagher waso accused of attempted murder for shooting two civilians. ng was found guilty of a charge related to tak a picture with the corpse. he'll be sentenced for that charge tomorrow. >>> new at 1 tonight, an emotional tribute to l.a. angels pitcher tyler caggs. the angels held a moment of silence tonight before their game to remember their late teammate. it's the first time the team has played since skaggs was discovered dead in his hotel room. and tonight this is just one of so many tributes. as we learn more about his mysterious death. leon harris back in the

edward gallagher was accused of stabbing and killing an isis fighter in iraq.several navy s.e.a.l.s. testified in 2017 he stabbed a prisoner after he and medics treated the boy. a medic testifieds that he wa the one who killed the boy when he plugged the boy's breathing tube with his thumb. on tuesday evening, gallagher expressed his relief about the verdict. >> i'm happy and thankful. and thank god and my legal team and myfe. >> gallagher was also accuse of attempted murder for shooting two civilians. he was found guilty of taking a picture with the corpse. he will be sentenced for hat charge today. >>> today back at home there will be an outdoor concert to honor those who served our country. the concert of hope and healing will take place at all hallows i amphitheatet next to the washington national cathedral. several artists are expected to perform and the event is free. it will start this evening at 6:30. >>> a d.c. woman says an act of vandalism won't stop her from showing support for the lgbtq community. >> surveillance video shows a man walkinup to a hom

edward gallagher is now a free man after he was acquitted of murder in the death of an isis fighter inraq. but gallagher was convicted and demoted for posing with the prisoner's body. gallagher acknowledged making mistakes, but he slammed the s.e.a.l.s who testified against him saying they tried to frame him from the beginning. >>> back now to the weather and the record heat for parts of the country this july 4th. let's take a look at your holiday forecast. >>> happy fourth of july. we are looking at a pretty quiet setup if you're anywhere along the rockies or off towards the west, but towards the east showers, thunderstorms will be likely through the afternoon and evening hours as the heat and humidity build along the east coast. in fact, we'll find 90s from denver into dallas, even places like new york city will at least be in the mid-80s with, of course, some humidity out there. chicago, a couple of thunderstorms likely through the afternoon. that could linger into the evening and impact some of those viewinconditions for the fireworks, so things to watch out for, we could also see

multiple war crimes of all key charges as well as the controversial nature of his acquittal edward gallagher once again raises questions over pentagon conduct overseas we go live now to our to scale up and for more about philip is gallagher now a free man and what's been the reaction. well the 40 year old special operations chief was acquitted in a military court in san diego california on 6 out of the 7 charges he faced and he was acquitted for all charges of killing civilians and such he was only convicted of posing for a photograph with a corpse which is a violation of military rules for that the maximum sentence would be 4 months in prison however and he's already served 9 months of pretrial detention so essentially at this point he seems to be basically a free man his legal team and his wife were delighted with the verdict and slammed the entire process this is what they said after the verdict. huge victory huge we have to gallagher's huge victory for justice i was feeling like we're finally been betrayed after being terrorized by the government that my husband bought for for 2 decades

crimes in iraq has been acquitted by a military jury in california special operations chief edward gallagher was found not guilty of murder and all other counts except for unlawfully posing for photographs with the dead war casualty gallagher was accused of fatally stabbing an iso prisoner who had been wounded by an airstrike in iraq and 17 and the european foreign ministers say they're extremely concerned after iran announced it had breached a limit for low enriched uranium which is set by the 2050 nuclear deal despite this britain france and germany say they won't seek to reimpose u.n. sanctions for now. those are the headlines up next inside story. the hunt for whales japan has resumed commercial whaling in its waters despite global outbreak but is the practice commercially sustainable and course of the cultural roots of boiling in japan and is culture a justification this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program i'm peter dolby whales were hunted to the brink of extinction until 1986 when a group of countries agreed to temporarily stop whaling for profits which turned into a sem

today, edward gallagher was demoted, but walked out of court a free man.e accused some s.e.a.l.s of framing him from the beginning. here's abc's will car. >> reporter: navy s.e.a.l. eddie gallagher lost his rank but still walked out of court a free man today. the decorated special operator officer faced a murder charge in a case that pitted navy s.e.a.l.s against each other. >> this small group of s.e.a.l.s that decided to concoct this story and no way, shape or form respect the community that, you know, i've loved. >> reporter: the jury acquitted gallagher on the most serious char charges, but convicted him for posing in a picture next to the body of a teen isis fighter. before sentencing today, gallagher apologized for bringing a black eye to the marines and the navy. prosecutors alleged that gallagher, a medic, killed the teen. at trial, a fellow s.e.a.l. testified that he stabbed him. >> they tried crinalrothgego. but -- you know, we knew the truth the whole time. >> reporter: the explosive twist in the trial came when corey scott, a s.e.a.l. with immu

special operations chief edward gallagher was acquitted today by a jury of combat veterans.y did convict him of one minor charge, posing for photographs with a dead war casualty. jonathan vigliotti leads us off tonight from san diego. >> he is going home. >> reporter: the 19-year military veteran, medic, and navy seal learned his fate after more than six hours of deliberation by a seven-person military jury. >> we are finally vindicated after being terrorized by the government that my husband fought for two decades of the war on terror. >> reporter: the trial revealed a seal team divided with a dozen witnesses testifying. seven seals, including two who said they saw the act, accused gallagher of repeatedly stabbing an injured teenage isis fighter in the neck and body while other members of the team were treating his wounds in may 2017. he then allegedly posed in front of the corpse as part of a reenlistment ceremony. gallagher's attorney described the trial as a mutiny led by junior seals that didn't like his client's demanding leadership style. the two-week trial was rocked

iraq has been acquitted by a military jury in san diego the jury found special operations chief edward gallagher not guilty of murder and all other counts except for unlawfully posing for photographs with a dead war casualty geico was accused of fatally stabbing an arsenal prisoner who'd been wounded by an airstrike in iraq in 2017. what is your castro joins us live from washington d.c. why did the verdict come as a surprise. well or and there were so many twists and turns in this trial that really no one knew what to wrists what to expect as a result but we do know that the allegations were extremely troubling it was members of gallagher's own platoon who came forward to turn in their chief accusing him of stabbing a 17 year old capture eisel fighter and killing that man as well as the shooting at unarmed civilians in iraq and that is what multiple witnesses for the prosecution testified to during this trial but early on during the trial the state the prosecutors did suffer quite a blow when one of their own witnesses dropped a stunner on the courtroom by claiming that he himself had been the k

multiple war crimes of all key charges as well as the controversial nature of his acquittal edward gallagher's trial once again raises questions over pentagon conduct overseas help more pain has more details. the military court in san diego has acquitted gallagher on 6 out of the 7 charges that he faced involving the killing of civilians he was convicted on a charge of posing for a photograph with a corpse which is a violation of the rules however of the maximum sentence for such a violation is only 4 months in prison and he served 9 months in pretrial detention so at this point he is indeed a free man now it appears that his acquittal was essentially hinged on the testimony of a of a navy seal medic who testified that he himself was responsible for the killing of the the i still fighter who was captured the teenager that he himself was responsible for this this fighters death and that it wasn't any gallagher now it's interesting to note that this navy seal key had been given immunity so he cannot be charged for this killing now when the verdict came in the family and legal team of eddie galla

heather: navy seal edward gallagher has been found not guilty for the murder of an isis fighter, gallagheruitted of all charges for taking a photo with a corpse. he will be sentenced for that today. 9/11 first responders lewis alvarez will be laid to rest, he passed away from cancer linked to his month at ground 0. hundreds of mourners lining up to pay their respects to retired nypd detective. alvarez was just 53 years old. a shift in the democratic race for 2020, new polls show kamala harris surging to second-place nationally, 20% supported the quinnipiac university poll right behind joe biden with 22%. elizabeth warren in third place at 14%. big day coming up for a lot of folks headed outside to see some fireworks, picnics happening outside as we celebrate the fourth of july and independence day. great weather for everybody. >> a lot of things happening across the country. a lot of traveling beginning over the next couple days. one thing that isn't going to change is the heat we have been dealing with, in the middle of the country to the east coast, upper 80s, lower 90s, a similar foreca

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special operation chief edward gallagher was accused of stabbing and killing and injured isis fighter in iraq. several seals testified that in 2017 he stabbed the prisoner after paramedics treated th boy. am a medic says he was the one who killed the boy when plugged the boy's breathing tube with his thumb. elllagher found guilty of a charge red taking with the corpse. >>> right now u.s. border patrol agents are frantically searching for a missing two-year-old girl from brazil. a woman told them she lost her daughter while crossing the rio grande river. this hppens near del rio, texas. this comes after a week after a man and his daughter drowned in the river while trying to cross the border to the u.s. >> 11:10 this morning. well, your most treasured item, we all treasure these thing, it may be most at >> my whole life is in this thing. >> we are talking about your cell phone, how to protect it when we return. >> plus. >> we are taking you inside the phant phantom, the latest u.s. >>> nlcome back everyo the u.s. women's national soccer team is preparing for the world cup finals. >> wh