lawyer fleisher found a mistake in a chart the state's expert had used.-- >> right. and -- >> reporter: how does this error creep in? >> and he said, "well, it was a mistake." >> reporter: the same went for the dna evidence, attack the credibility of the analysis. the defense said the dna results, returned within a few days, were rushed through the police lab because of rothstein's connections. attorney fleisher also suggested there could have been cross contamination to tilt the scale so the results pointed at tony. >> our goal was to educate the jury on the rothstein connections, and the rothstein influence. >> reporter: had meddled with the physical evidence? contaminated it maybe? >> we can only speculate. but when a man is as powerful a guy as -- as rothstein was, people would think that they could do things. they could conjure up dna. >> reporter: and use it to frame tony villegas. before the defense rested, the judge asked tony villegas if he wanted to testify. >> is it your wish to testify or remain silent? >> silent, sir. >> reporter: in closing

ari fleisher, all good to talk to you. thank you. >> john: acting defense secretary chris miller says there is, quote, no indication of an insider threat ahead of the inauguration for president-elect joe biden. here's what former acting secretary of homeland security chad wolfe told america's news room about preparing for tomorrow. >> you have to remember that national special security event nnsd which is in place going back to last wednesday through inauguration has been held here in d.c. for over 30 different times. so the structure, the training, the battle rhythm that they have here is in place. they're going to do well. >> john: miller says the defense department is leaving no stone unturned. he is urging service members to report any suspicious behavior they might come across. feds arresting a pennsylvania woman accused of stealing a lap top or hard drive from house speaker nancy pelosi's office during that capitol hill riot. brian llenas live in harrisburg, pennsylvania, for us. >> reporter: good afternoon. riley ju

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this is the former white house press secretary, ari fleisher, talking about this.t to get your thoughts on the other side. >> this is a slippery slope that leads all of us into a worse place. censorship never works. censorship doesn't get rid of the ideas. it creates a more dangerous under ground for the ideas to ferment in. it creates bitterness and anger. that's one problem with one-sided censorship. that's what we are seeing. this will not end well. >> martha: your thoughts, sir? >> i think he's exactly right. when you start supressing speech, first of all, it's dictatorial. second, it violates our constitutional right. the third thing i would say is it causes people to go under ground. as people go under ground, you see this ability to actually -- you get more conspiracy type theories involved. it gets injected with more hatred, more bitterness. that's one of the beautiful things about transparency and openness and letting people talk about it. as you begin to talk about it, you begin to understand other people. you can resolve issues. the way they're doing thi

ari fleisher will be here to talk to us.ing. bias in america growing. join sandra smith and me at the top of the hour for america reports. see you then. >> harris: a black lives matter demonstration turned violence in new york city. dozens of people were arrested. 11 officers were hurt. hundreds of demonstrators were blocking traffic, vandalizing property, throwing bottles. one of the bottles hit a police captain in the helmet. protests came after a new york times article described last year's black lives matter protest as, quote, the summer's isolated incidence of moving and property destruction. governor huckabee, your thoughts? >> i don't know how "the new york times" can say a police officer being hit in the head is property destruction unless they think the police officer is a piece of property. he's a human being. he's got family. he's got friends. he deserves to be treated with respect. he's enforcing the law for the rest of us. i find this offensive, but not that surprising that "the new york times" can't call violen