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ethan, don't do it, but it was too late. baldwin, tate meyer, hyacinth juliana and justin schilling were dead. the couple now has separate trials. jennifer going first after she was overheard blaming her husband. >> do you swear or affirm -- >> a couple once united now pitted against each other in court. >> and those opening statements have just begun in pontiac, michigan. i think we do have live pictures and jennifer crumbley is in the courtroom. there are parents on that jury so you have parents judging parents and this is going to be a precedent-setting case that could go far exceedingly, the parents of a mass shooter, right? >> yeah. and we are watching pictures of jennifer crumbley being sat down in her chair and they've taken off her handcuffs and she's in regular clothes as all defendants usually are when they go to trial. thank you very much, jean, for that story to remind us of what happened and to remind us of the victims also in this case and why they are on trial. all right, john? >> with us now is defense attorn

last year, there were at least 377 unintentional shootings by ethan's law in connecticut, deaths.e songs helped pass ethan's law in connecticut, requiring all firearms to be safely stored in homes occupied by minors under 18. how confident are you that this will become a nationwide law? >> well, i'm 100% confident. >> supremely. >> yeah, because i will not stop until it is done. >> reporter: a growing number of parents turned advocates, fighting in memory of their children. jerickaduncan, cbs news, guilford, connecticut. >> norah: thre was a terrifying scene in a las vegas courtroom when a man attacked a judge just as she was about to sentence him. we've got the details next. got . o sentence him. we've got the details next. believes in continuous improvement... like rounded corners that resist peeling, with an array of active ingredients... and sizes to relieve your pain. salonpas. it's good medicine. you know that feeling of having to re-wash dishes that didn't get clean? i don't. platinum plus is cascade's best clean ever. with double the dawn and double the scrubbers, it remov

and the text read, ethan, don't do it. after we knew that there was a school shooting at the school. could this be a really key piece of evidence? it seems like that to me. >> absolutely, sara. such a tragic case, and we saw so much emotion in the courtroom, and that text message is very very central for a couple of reasons. jennifer crumbley's defense is essentially that ethan was manipulative, that he actually hid and she was unaware of his spiraling, downward spiral of mental health ultimately leading to the shooting. and it's all about what she knew or should have known which ultimately resulted in the death of these four kids, so tragic. that text, when that comes, news is breaking there's a shooting at the school, her immediate inclination is ethan, don't do it. that's going to show that she had some notice, that she was on notice of these issues and his propensity for violence before this. you know, there's parents on this jury, sara, and they're going to be thinking, my gosh, if there's a school shooting at my chil

the lawyers representing ethan say that's something they'll advise against. lester >> adrienne broaddus, thank you. >>> coming up, our exclusive interview with the ceo of alaska airlines we go on board one of those grounded boeing jets. plus, why he says he is angry at the company, next. i was like shaking you know, i was so scared. when i first reached out to jacoby and meyers. i didn't know if i had a case or not. as soon as i got a hold of my attorney, she was very, very nice, very kind. because of jacoby and meyers, i don't have that pressure to worry about a medical bill or things like that. if i know of any accident, i'm like, call jacoby and meyers, they'll help you. >>> back now with our nbc news exclusive the ceo of alaska airlines expressing his anger at boeing after a door plug blew off one of its brand-new 737 max-9 planes mid-flight. today, he took our tom costello aboard one of the grounded planes to show us the plug at the center of the investigation. >> reporter: in an alaska airlines hangar in seattle, ceo ben minicucci took us on board one o

, where his parents learned ethan had died. >> it feels like someone is physically ripping your heartut of your body while also shoving you off a cliff. and we were probably on the flor for five minutes just trying to cope with, you know, taking the next breath. and then it occurs to you that your other children are about to get this body blow that will forever harm them. >> reporter: an investigation found ethan was accidentally shot while he and his 14-year-old best friend were playing with a gun. that gun belonged to the best friend's father. but it was the 14-year-old who was charged with manslaughter and sentenced to probation, according to the songs. and because of state law at the time, the father could not be found negligent for failing to secure his firearm. >> ethan meant nothing in the eyes of the law. basically what the prosecutor said to us is you need to change the law. >> reporter: right now, 26 states have some form of gun safe storage or child access prevention laws. last year, there were at least 377 unintentional shootings by children resulting in 145 deaths. in 201

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ethan crumbley was sentenced to life five life sentences without parole last month. the attorneys want ethan's parents held accountable >> those parents sat in the room with administrators and didn't tell about the gun, all the problems the kid was having a home >> reporter: do your clients feel this is a form of justice >> they do, yes. >> reporter: and jennifer's stroer attorneys have asked the judge to compel ethan to testify in t the trial. >>> a school in iowa is arming some teachers to support school security the superintendent of a christian school says it's a matter of being prepared for the worst-case scenario. >> i simply couldn't live with myself if i knew there were options, things available to us and we didn't take use of them >> she said vetted staff members volunteered and went through rigorous training. the school will not disclose which faculty will be armed and says there are safety measures in place to ensure students won't gain access to the weapons. >>> san diego's drying out this morning after historic rain unleashed more than a month's worth of

at one point jennifer talked about ethan and it was not positive. take a listen. >> she spoke negatively about him, or was it just positive? >> there was nothing truly positive when she was talking about him. there were quite a few times that she voiced that he was a whoops baby. >> reporter: that would have been fall 2021, shortly before the mass shooting. several months before there were issues at the high school with ethan. i think we have a still of evidence. it is from a teacher reaching out to the counselor and she said, could you please touch base with ethan crumbley. in his autobiography poland he said he feels terrible and that his family is a mistake. unusual responses for sure. that counselor said he got more context and he did not talk to ethan at all. later on, the teacher a short time later said ethan is having a rough time, can you speak with him. the counselor said he met him in the hallway and said if you need someone to talk to, talk to me. the teachers were begging for someone to pay attention to ethan crumbley and the signs they

. >> well the mother of michigan school shooter ethan crumbly is on trial for manslaughter. will look at the case which is testing the limits of who could be responsible for a mass shooting. in order for small businesses to thrive, they need to be smart, efficient, savvy. making the most of every opportunity. that's why comcast business is introducing the small business bonus. for a limited time you can get up to $1000 prepaid card with qualifying internet. yup, $1000. so switch to business internet from the company with the largest fastest reliable network. give your business a head start in 2024 with this great offer. plus, ask how to get up to $1000 prepaid card with qualifying internet. crumbley. >> welcome back. ethan crumbley is serving life in prison for a 2021 school shooting that killed four students but his parents could serve time to. trial underway in michigan. prosecutors say she's responsible for her son's actions and the students' death. >> emotional testimony from victims and witnesses retelling the terrifying moments shoots other ethan crumbley opened fire a

we have these documents that came from ethan crumbley's defense team.ady knew that his defense attorneys were going to advise against him testifying. but now they have formally written and put this filing into in system saying that the, quote, defendant respectfully requests that the court deny the defense motion as to compel testimony for ethan crumbley and his doctors and deny admission of his confidential records entirely. this wasn't just about ethan crumbley testifying but about getting records from a psychiatrist who had evaluated him. that's the new information that just came out in a filing that we have obtained a short time ago. i'm just checking on what's going on in the courtroom right now. we have heard for hours from an expert witness, a former detective and a computer crimes expert, a witness put on the stand by the prosecution. that witness is now being cross examined by the defense. that's something we have been following along with. there have been a series of messages, as well as photos shown in court today, the prosecution trying to c

he interacted with ethan on the day of the shoeing as well as his mother jennifer.called his mother to that school today. there's been a lot of focus on these two drawings. there was a map work sheet which was disturbing to school leaders. here is how that guidance counselor assessed that drawing. listen in. >> when i looked at it and i saw one body, when i looked at it and saw words that were internalized, i started becoming concerned about the students' well-being and made the decision i needed to involve parents. i let her know i had the student in my office and i had some concerns and i was hoping she would be able to come into the school. >> he did testify that he spoke with ethan. he wanted to know more about those drawings. ethan told him it was a drawing for a video game, but he did not take what the shooter told him at face value. his assessment, he was fearful the shooter was going to hurt or harm himself. after talking with him more, he testified and said ethan shared with him he was sad, he was struggling with school. this was during the middle of the pa

remember, ethan and his mother they haven't seen each other in two years.hole situation. >> yeah, the personal dynamics in this family now shown in the courtroom. jean casarez, thank you so much for the update. breonna? >> wwe founder vince mcmahon is vehemently denying some very disturbing allegations from a former employee who claims that he sexually assaulted, physically abused, and trafficked her two men inside and outside the company. the woman has filed a lawsuit, and this is coming just over a year after mcmahon was the subject of another misconduct investigation. when he was wwe's chairman and ceo. cnn business and politics correspondent, vanessa yurkevich has reviewed the complaint here. vanessa, explosive allegations here. what more can you tell us about them? and how mcmahon is responding to them. >> disturbing, graphic detailed. 70 pages in this complaint by janelle grant. against vince mcmahon. she alleges that he sexually assaulted her. but there were physical abuse and she was trafficked to other men inside the company and outside the company

crumbley shot. >> prosecutors ashs khus ethan crumbley's parents of disregarding the risks when theyt a handgun for their son days before the shooting even though they knew he was struggling with mental health issues. >> despite her knowledge of his deteriorating mental crisis, and despite her knowledge of the growing social isolation, despite the fact that it is illegal for a 15-year-old to walk into a gun store and walk out with a handgun by himself, this gun was gifted. >> prosecutors say the parents, jennifer and james crumbley met with a school counselor on the day of the shooting after ethan crumbley made troublesome drawings on a worksheet. at that meeting the parents didn't mention they bought a gun for him, that they didn't take their son home and they didn't schedule an appointment with a medical professional as the counselor requested. >> jennifer crumbley was still given the opportunity to prevent the murders from ever happening. instead, she chose to do nothing. >> the defense argued that when she heard there was a shooter at the school, jennifer crumbley texted her son,

she's walking, and all of a su sudden, he sees him and says, "it can't be ethan. i know ethan. it can't be him." then she sees a victim, a student she had taught, cared about so much, and her testimony is so emotional. also very important because the defense can work with that because she never dreamed ethan could do anything like that. now, i want to tell you about the first witness on the stand. it was a living survivor, an educator who had been shot but survived. her name was molly -- is molly darnell. she showed the jury her bullet wounds on her arm, the entrance and exit wounds. here is some of her testimony. >> you just described you saw something in your peripheral vision. you looked up. you locked eyes. >> i locked eyes. he didn't hesitate. >> okay. about how long was that, from the time you saw the peripheral vision and then the gun was raised? >> a second. >> okay. >> if that. >> i kind of jump and turn my body this way at the same time. >> okay. for the record, you're motioning turning to the right? >> to the right. and i feel like my left shoulder moves back a bit,

a school counselor testified yesterday that he confronted ethan's parents on the day of the shooting about a disturbing drawing ethan had made, but they refused to take him home. >> i was a little caught off guard and a little confused, um, because it was something that i wasn't really expecting. that type of response. i was a little surprised at their willingness to come, but then not completely follow through. okay the prosecution expects to call dozens of people to testify, both parents are charged with involuntary manslaughter. >> we turn now to a decision overnight in olympic figure skating. it stems from a doping scandal during the beijing games back in 2022. the decision now benefiting the u.s. abc's lionel moise explains. >> overnight, a win for team usa. the international olympic committee announcing the u.s. will now be awarded gold for figure skating in the 2022 olympics after russian kamila valieva was officially disqualified for doping. valieva was allowed to compete in the 2022 games in beijing, although it was revealed she had tested positive for a banned heart medicat

they also showed video of jennifer crumbley sitting in a police car after learning that ethan had opened fire at oxford high school. >> so, like i just my son just ruined his life. i was i never see him again. i don't get it. i don't get what happened. prosecutors say ethan's parents ignored his mental health and bought the gun for him. >> they are charged with involuntary manslaughter, an experimental drug is being called a possible alternative to highly addictive opioids. >> vertex is preparing to ask the fda to approve a painkiller known as bb 548. the company says the drug could be used for moderate to severe acute pain. opioid overdoses kill more than 200 americans each day. new video overnight of a massive gas pipeline explosion in the oklahoma panhandle. flames were shooting 500ft in the air. emergency crews are on scene right now, but no injuries were reported overnight. the flames were seen towering over the power poles on a nearby road. >> new charges this morning in a sexual assault case in pro hockey, several nhl players have been implicated. abc's andrea fujii has the detail

and he took that backpack back in to give it to ethan.e going to listen to his defense of not searching that backpack. >> did they request the search of that baggy. >> they did not. >> did you search that bag? >> i did not. i didn't think it rose to the owe occasion. i didn't have reasonable suspension. >> explain that. >> reasonable suspension means is you have to have something of reasonable suspicious activity include searching student bodies. >> so, he was researching bullets, violent writings on the math sheet, no search of the backpack. there's a civil suit. but the discussion with parents and the concern has been for two years. now, the jury has to look at a video, and this was the video in the jail right after ethan was charged with mass murder, jennifer and james went into that jail, and they went into the room where their son was. listen to their reaction, their demeanor and ethan's. >> why? why? >> i love you. i love you. i love you. >> i love you. i love you. i love you. i love you. [ bleep ]. >> well, that right there was the

but it's yet to be determined because ethan holds the privilege meaning ethan can make the decision whethers going to testify at his mother's trial. >> that's really interesting. a matter of what could be good for him is bad for her, and vice versa here. we will be watching this, obviously, pretty intently, thank you. >>> we want to get some perspective from someone who knows this case well. oakland county sheriff michael bechard joins us now. he was part of the investigation into the oxford school shooting. thanks for sharing part of your afternoon with us. prosecutors are accusing the parents of letting ethan at 15, have access to the gun that he used for ignoring warning signs , now they are facing those four counts of involuntary manslaughter. i'm wondering based on what you found during the investigation, do you think there is enough there to convict them? >> i certainly think there was a nexus that is connecting to the parents on a number of levels, so much so that while the shooting was actually in progress, one of the parents called our central dispatch center and said, that they th

ethan didn't talk at all when he was purchasing the gun.fense, they said with jennifer dare there at the gun shop? no? what's her name on any paperwork for that gun? no. but before that, it was all in motion. the assistant principle of oxford high school, christy gibson marshall took the stand, she knew ethan from before. she was one of his teachers in elementary school. so she knew him exactly who he was. listen to this emotional testimony of what she experienced. >> it seems so odd that it was him, so i said but are you okay, what's going on? when he didn't respond to me, and he looked away, that's when i knew it was him. that he was the shooter. >> did you point to gonna you? >> he did not. >> i've got on the waukee and i told my team that i had eyes on the shooter, and i have a victim. >> her life was saved, one of these many prosecution witnesses, and i do have to say, after this testimony the prosecutor outside of the presence of the jury's said to the judge, your honor, the defense attorney was sobbing in the testimony, we can have t

the defense arguing administrators could have done more, including searching ethan's backpack, which contained a gun. >> your conclusion was that the shooter was not a threat. >> there was no threat. >> reporter: maggie vespa, nbc news, chicago. >>> we are watching a powerful storm, a pineapple express heading toward the west coast tonight, with 11 million people under flood alerts parts of california could get 3 to 6 inches of rain and up to 3 feet of snow in the mountains. by the way, they're buried in snow in anchorage, alaska. the city has received more than 100 inches so far this season >>> now to our exclusive interview with the ceo of the world's most valuable publicly traded company. microsoft has boomed as satya nadella has gone all-in on artificial intelligence i asked him about its risks and the upcoming election, and what comes next a.i. feels new to most of us who really kind of discovered its potential within the last year or so. but we talk about the exciting things, detecting and perhaps treating cancer, and then we talk about the worrisome thing, fakes, fraud, disinf

he spoke of the meeting that he had with ethan crumbley's parents on the day of the shooting. that meeting was over concerns raised from this drawing that included a picture of a gun and the words, the thoughts won't stop. help me. the dean explained that he returned ethan crumbley's backpack to him without searching it because there was no reason to suspect any wrongdoing, according to the testimony. the bag contained the weapon used in the shooting. let's talk about it now with cnn legal analyst and x defense journey extraordinary, joey jackson. joey, i have been thinking about this trial, the testimony that came in today, i thought of you. the dean also had this to say today on the stand. listen. >> did jennifer crumbley effort tell you she had given her son a nine millimeter handgun just days before the strike was created? >> she did not, no. with >> that have been important to you? >> absolutely, yes. >> would that have completed the full picture? >> it would have, and it would have completely changed the process that we followed. >> how do you think the jury will see all

>> it's what i would recommend for my client if my client were ethan crumbley. should not testify, if there is an appellate issue and he hasn't exercised his appellate rights you, may compromise that by taking the stand and testifying, and certainly taking the stand and pointing your finger at yourself just to save your parents. that is the default advice i would give someone who was in the same position as ethan crumbley. if you're renting the parents, you want you want anyone and everyone who will come in and point the finger in another direction other than what you did or what you failed to do. >> danny cevallos, always good to have you here. thank you so much. we want to go back to that meeting of the uaw because it is official now, the president of the uaw, shawn fain saying the uaw is endorsing joe biden as president of the united states. you'll remember, he actually joined auto workers in a first ever for a president on the picket lines in wayne county, michigan. in addition to that, 380,000 members represented there at this meeting, powerful voting bloc

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the gunman, then 15-year-old ethan crumbley, received a life sentence last year. but now, his parents, james and jennifer crumbley, face their own charges of involuntary manslaughter. it is a first-of-its-kind effort to hold parents criminally responsible for a school shooting done by their child. >> this case is unprecedented in oakland county and perhaps the state. reporter: prosecutors say the crumbley's knew ethan was troubled, but acted negligently. james crumbley bought for his son the gun he used to kill his classmates. concerns flagged by the school went unheeded. the day before the shooting, on november 29th, oxford high informed jennifer crumbley that her son was looking up ammunition on his phone. she texted him: lol i'm not mad, you have to learn not to get caught, lol. hours before the shooting began, teachers discovered this worksheet on ethan's desk, covered with violent warning signs. below a drawing of a gun, he wrote: the thoughts won't stop, help me. and blood everywhere, and a drawing of a bullet. when a teacher saw the sheet, he scratched much

in ethan's two bedrooms, investigators found boarded up windows, a bb gun, and targets riddled with bullet holes. >> yeah, that's our hobby. >> reporter: in his parents' bedroom, an empty gun box. >> come home and he like opened the gun box and his gun was gone. >> reporter: prosecutors arguing crumbley and her husband, who will be tried simply, ignored warning signs their son could be violent. the defense arguing there is no way she could have prevented the shooting. >> my son was having mental issues. i don't get what happened. >> reporter: oxford's then dean of students also testifying today. the defense arguing administrators could have done more, including searching ethan's backpack which contained a gun. >> your conclusion was that the shooter was not a threat. >> there was no threat. >> reporter: maggie vespa, nbc news, chicago. >>> we are watching a powerful storm, a pineapple express heading toward the west coast tonight with 11 million people under flood alerts. parts of california could get 3 to 6 inches of rain and up to 3 feet of snow in the mountains. by the way, they're buri

ethan has been sentenced to life without parole.rosecutors accused james and jennifer crumbley of disregarding their son's mental health and buying him a gun. his mother even allegedly taking him to a shooting range. on the day of the attack, his parents allegedly refused a counselor's request he be taken home after a teacher found him with a violent drawing of a shooting. joining me now, jury consultant richard gabriel, president of decision analysis. i've been eager to talk to you today, richard, because whenever there is a big jury selection moment, my mind as a trial attorney and prosecutor goes to who am i arguing my case in front of? who is it that's going to decide ultimately? you got 12 jurors. there are five alternates that have been chosen for the jury today. i think it's ten women, seven men, several parents among them, gun owners. what are your thoughts on this makeup of this jury? >> what's interesting, lawyer, is that you have this division of men and women. you've got 11 parents, half the jury that are gun owners, rai

. >>> a case that could test the limits of responsibility in a mass shooting, the gun ethan crumbley killed four after he opened fire at a school in 2021 and now his mother is on trial. thursday the prosecution argued that while jennifer crumbley did not pull the trigger, she is responsible. they say she ignored her son's mental health struggles and brought him a gun just days before the shooting. but her defense attorney says the mother couldn't have reasonably foreseen the mass shooting and blames ethan's father for the purchase. the first witness also took to the stand, one of them a teacher who was shot. ethan's parents are standing trial separately and pleading not guilty to four charges of involuntary manslaughter. in 202022, ethan crumbley plead guilty to the shooting. >> when we return, lebron james sets another new record. that story next. >>> buckingham palace saying britain's king charles has been admitted to hospital for prostate treatment. we were expecting this of course. but we've had confirmation of the timing. he would like to thank all of those who have sent their g

her husband had already called police and turned in ethan.believed he was possibly the shooter and then it all culminated that day where they went to the sheriff's department. they were in that room with ethan for just a split second. she was angry, james was sobbing and it was a few days later that they were both arrested for involuntary manslaughter themselves, homicide. >> and we are seeing the moment here in the wall, this moment where they saw their son briefly . what did we hear from the schools former dean of students? >> this was reasonable suspicion is the test as to whether they could've looked in that backpack so here are the facts. on monday, he was researching bullets. he was then watching between monday and tuesday at school, he was watching a movie they said where someone was shooting and killing someone, murdering someone and then there is the math drawing, for he has the stick figure and bullets and blood everywhere along with my life is worthless, but the dean said that there was no discipline involved necessary for any of t

ethan is already severing life serving life in prison.ing statements the defense for the mother said that she will take the stand. also blamed the gun purchase on her husband. >> gun store employee said it was james who bought the weapon in front of ethan. and prosecutors say both parents ignored warning signs and made a gun accessible to him. jean casarez is joining us. the prosecution's case, how strong is it? >> we've just gotten through opening statements first few witnesses, but they really have a basic case that this was gross negligence of a parent's violation of a legal duty to their child, that they saw things, they didn't act, they didn't help them. we learned yesterday they had three guns in the home and it appears as though the cases weren't locked, that some of the guns were just out and about. but the prosecutor yesterday, assistant oakland county attorney, gave prosecutor's opening statement. listen to him in his own words. >> despite her knowledge of his deteriorating mental crisis despite her knowledge of his growing soci

it was four days after their son, ethan, had shot and killed four students at oxford high school.tors also showed text messages found on the shooter's phone, including one from jennifer crumbley saying "ethan, don't do it." >> she is in charged with being a moral. >> reporter: on wednesday, crumbley allowed a new information to be disclosed: her affair with a witness who took the stand. >> i was worried he was going to do something dumb. >> who was worried? >> jennifer. >> reporter: crumbley's defense attorney should messages between the two in the wake of the shooting. at one point is to be 21 saying okay. i lost my son and he's a murderer and i will forever have to live with the guilt of that." criminal defense attorney joe tamburino says this trial could have wider legal implications. >> because it could usher into a new era where prosecutors are scrutinizing their behavior of parents, how they parented, what information they received about their children. >> reporter: crumbley has pleaded not guilty. prosecutors could wrap up their case this week. it's not clear if crumbley he

one, -- let's talk about the ethan crumbley mother's trial, jennifer crumbley.is again the first time this country has grappled with a parent of being charged for the actions of their child, a minor at the time, who committed this horrific act. we've got some new footage, it's never before seen footage, joey, of jennifer and james crumbley, the parents of ethan crumbley, seeing their son at the police station right after the shooting. look at this. >> [inaudible] >> why? i >> [inaudible] >> why? >> i love you, i love you, i love you. i love you, i love you, i love you. [inaudible] >> [crying] -- [inaudible] [bleep] >> now you look at this, and she is crying, someone is saying i love you, and she's asking the question why. how does this play into her defense? >> so, one piece of evidence, which would suggest that she's, what do you mean, why, why, why, very surprised. remember, three things are really important here, laura. number one, foreseeability. is it foreseeable that your son would behave in this way under circumstances where he has mental health maladies

let's talk about ethan's mother's trial. first time this country has grappled with a parent being charged for the actions of their child, a minor at the time who committed this horrific act. we got new footage of jennifer and james, seeing their son at the police station right after the shooting. look at this. >> why? >> i love you. >> you look at this and she is crying. she is asking the question why. how does this play into her defense? >> one piece of evidence that would suggest she is very surprised. one is foreseeability, is it foreseeable that your son would behave in this way under circumstances where he has mental health maladies and you are not paying attention? the second is the notice question, with a on notice of the maladies of the child and if did they act reasonably. how can you suggest they would have gone in and say something he would have done but the goal is to show they did not know the extent and severity of the child's mental health condition. >> the most important thing, when she hits the stand that wi

her son ethan crumbley pleaded guilty to killing four students and injuring seven others.ay the prosecution alleges she didn't pull the trigger but she is responsible. we will break down the arguments next. >>> the trial of the mother of michigan school shooter ethan crumbley getting underway today. jennifer crumbley, along with her husband james faces four charges of involuntary manslaughter for the alleged role they played in their son's shooting rampage. they are standing trial separately. both have pled not guilty to their respective charges. and if they are convicted, they face 15 years in prison. to break down the argument that were in court today, i have my own prosecutor and defense attorney here with me tonight. cnn legal analyst joey jackson. along with civil rights attorney and legal commenter ariva martin. ariva will be prosecutor and joey, the defense. i want to ask how you really feel once the masks come off. ariva, begin be the prosecution. so what is the opening statement you would make for us in this case as to why jennifer crumbley ought to be prosecuted

. >> hoy comenzo el juicio contra la madre de ethan cromley, el atacante que abrio fuego contra sus companerosichigan en 2021, matando a cuatro de ellos. >> se trata de un hecho sin precedentes en el pais en donde la justicia responsabiliza a los padres por las acciones de sus hijos en relacion a un tiroteo masivo. >> jennifer crumbly enfrenta cargos de homicidio involuntario, al igual que su esposo, cuyo juicio va a iniciar en marzo. >> ethan tenia 15 anos al momento del tiroteo y uso un arma regalada por su papa. >> ahora enfrenta vida en prision. >> el director ejecutivo de alaska airlines dijo que esta muy enojado por el hallazgo de numerosas piezas sueltas en sus aviones 737 max 9. >> esto tras las revisiones tecnicas ordenadas por el desprendimiento de un panel en una aeronave que volaba a 16 mil pies de altura el pasado 5 de enero y que obligo a un aterrizaje de emergencia. >> aqui se lo contamos en exclusiva con nbc news. >> ben minucci aseguro que quiere saber que hara boeing para mejorar sus programas de calidad internos. >> por otra parte, la administracion de aviacion investiga una

she shared her concern about ethan with members of the jury and also testified the day of the shooting with her what school officials told her. listen in. >> she came in, she kind of physically slumped and said i feel like a failure as a parent. she said there was a meeting at the school and that there was a drawing. they were worried about him and they needed to get into counseling within 48 hours. >> and instead of putting her son in counseling on t day, jennifer took the option to leave her son at school. we learned during testimony today the recommendation was that if ethan did not receive counseling that day, he receive it within 48 hours and the disturbing images she was referencing including a math work sheet. that's where ethan drew images of a gun, which looks a lot like the shooting weapon and the words, the thoughts won't stop. help me. chris? >> adrian, thank you for that. harry, you have a lot of they thinks that fit together. jennifer's boss saying it wouldn't have mattered to him if she had to go home to deal with her son. you see what i found to be a chilling visual fro

we want ethan to take the stand during the defense case. defense is saying that they are understanding that their son, jennifer crumbley's son, will plead the fifth, that he will not testify. but the prosecution is going to bring in all these texts, that he texted his friends saying i told my friend i wanted mental health treatment and they laughed and wouldn't help me, but he admitted to see you could i sigh die terroristpsychiatris a law. here is the judge. >> i think that it is disingenuous for the defense to say that they are surprised that the shooter would be taking the fifth. you are a very smart, very experienced attorney. and, you know, all this stuff is sitting on my desk. you can't put someone on the stand knowing that they will take the fifth and aside from shooter what is your favorite color, what question could you ask him that would not implicate his fifth amendment rights? >> i'm sorry, this has to be a clear record. >> it won't an clear record now because the jury is sitting there.an clear record now because the jury is sit

her son ethan opened fire at oxford high school in 2021.arents were grossly negligent by making a gun accessible and ignoring his mental health needs. ethan crumbley is serving a life sentence. it's the first time in the u.s. that parents have been charged in a mass school shooting. >>> still to come, trader joe's customers get spicy. the grocery store chain unveils its customer favorites. we're going to tell you the snack that topped the list. the. -- the list. in the morning. i'm so glad i can still come here. you see, i was diagnosed with obstructive hcm. and there were some days i was so short of breath. i thought i'd have to settle for never stepping foot on this trail again. i became great at making excuses. but i have people who count on me so i talked to my cardiologist. i said there must be more we can do for my symptoms. he told me about a medication called camzyos. he said camzyos works by targeting what's causing my obstructive hcm. so he prescribed it and i'm really glad he did. camzyos is used to treat adults with symptomatic

this as video played in court yesterday showing the mothers of shooter ethan crumbley in the back ofas detectives searched her house. >> my son has ruined his life -- i'll probably never see him again. >> the former dean of students testified yesterday ethan's parents said it was okay for their son to return to class after he was pulled for a violent picture he drew, and said he didn't search his backpack because he didn't have suspicion to. later that day the teenager shot and killed four students. authorities testified they northbound an open gun box and gun range targets with bullet holes taped to the shooter's bedroom wall. jennifer crumbley has pleaded not guilty for her alleged role in the 2021 shooting. >>> "the wichita eagle" reports a stolen jackie robinson statue was found burned and in pieces. first responders reported to a trash can fire at garvey park shortly after 8:30 yesterday morning and found pieces of the bronze statue. it belonged to a youth baseball league. it had gone missing last thursday and prompted a citywide search. no suspects have been arrested, and the m

messages on the math sheet, and he received an email also the previous day about ethan looking up bullets. the dean of students testified he didn't see it as a discipline issue but a counseling issue. also, as you mentioned, josÉ, yesterday we saw surveillance video of jennifer and james crumbley coming face-to-face with their son hours after the shooting. watch and listen. >> why? why? >> i love you. i love you. i love you. >> he's just sitting there like he doesn't care. >> as she exits that interview room, jennifer crumbley turns and looks at her son and asked why, and that's the voice of ethan's father that continues to say, i love you. >>> donald trump could be booted from another state's primary ballot. we will explain, next. you're watching "josÉ diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. treat and prevent, all in one. don't take if allergic to nurtec. allergic reactions can occur, even days after using. most common side effects were nausea, indigestion, and stomach pain. relief is possible. talk to a doctor about nurtec odt. (bobby) my store and my design business? we're exploding. relief is

ethan crumbley's mother on trial in michigan. tonight her messages about the day they bought the gun for their son and her post when her son went to the range. later called to the school amid concerns over their son. what prosecutors say they never told the school. their son opened fire hours later. tonight democrats and republicans working to address a crisis the president has signals he can working to tonight has donald trump told them to stop working on any solution signaling the race for president should come first. here in new york city, meanwhile, trump taking the stand in the civil defamation trial against him. already found liable by a jury. what trump declared today in that courtroom. erin is there. >>> peter navorro sentenced to four months in prison. >>> in philadelphia, the urgent hunt and police pleading for help. what they've revealed about the teenager charged with murder who broke free and the new surveillance they put out. difficult images tonight, frightening moments during a traffic stop on the highway. trooper

her son ethan opened fire at his high school in oxford, michigan, in 2021, killing four students.s rare case is attempting to hold the parent of a school shooter criminally accountable. >> there's a lot of questions that need answers still, we're over two years without those answers. >> both jennifer and her husband, james are charged with involuntary manslaughter for buying the semi-automatic handgun used in the attack and for allegedly ignoring their son's pleas for help related to mental health concerns. if convicted, they could face up to 60 years in prison. >> the second layer of accountability is absent 100. the parents. >> ethan has already pleaded guilty to the murders and was sentenced to life without parole. his lawyers are now appealing that sentence. his mother's trial, although rare, follows two recent high profile cases of parents being held accountable. >> you're entering pleas of guilty, robert crimo jr was sentenced to 60 days in prison for helping his son get the gun used in the deadly highland park, illinois, july 4th parade shooting. >> and in virginia for the

former boss yesterday testify that she could have taken time off the morning of the shooting to get ethan home this morning because she said she had to work the defense continuing to fight back as they prepare to take over this unprecedented case. >> caught on camera and now entered into evidence, this morning the trial of michigan mom jennifer crumbley marked by video from the back of a squad car in 2021, hours after her then 15-year-old son ethan opened fire at oxford high school, killing four classmates. crumbley crying. >> we're not bad people. he had mental issues i don't get what happened. >> meanwhile, investigators searched the family home, finding prosecutors say a whisky bottle and bb gun in his room. on his wall, bullet riddled shooting targets prosecutors want to wrap up the case this week arguing crumbley ignored warning signs her son could be violent her former boss testifying she could have taken time off to get ethan help this after testimony from two former school administrators who say on the morning of the shooting they tried to warn crumbley and her husband james, who

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that's when ethan crumbley, two was then 15, walked into his high school x oxford high school here inn, he shot and killed four of his classmates, he injured several others, ethan crumbley was sentenced last month, he's serving life without the possibility of parole right now, he's now 17, he was 15 at the time of the shooting, his parents jennifer and james crumbley are facing four counts of involuntary manslaughter, ethan's mother jennifer will be tried first, her trial, jury selection for it is you should way in this courthouse behind me right now and we're getting information from our court reporter who's inside, just to paint a picture for you, our judge has asked potential jurors if anyone has an oxford sign in their front yard and reminded the potential jurors they're not here about the shooting and not here to debate gun laws. >> adrienne, thank you. >> adrienne, thank you. >>> coming up, the oscars before my doctor and i chose breztri for my copd, i had bad days, (cough, cough) flare-ups that could permanently damage my lungs. with breztri, things changed for me. breztri gave