former georgia state congressman vernon jones is dropping his bid for a congressional run now. he joined us earlier. listen. >> i want to do for this country what i've been able to do for georgia. let's go to washington and take back our country. i'm a conservative. i have traditional values. the left is taking this country too far to the left. that's why identify with the 10th congressional district. >> ainsley: he was leaving the house to challenge georgia secretary of state. those are some of your headlines. >> pete: coming up, the navy seal candidate who died after how to make training identified as a new jersey high school football star. a former coach joined us next to honor -- no-exit-in-sight, migraine medicine. it's ubrelvy. for anytime, anywhere, migraine strikes. without worrying if it's too late or where i am. one dose can quickly stop my migraine in its tracks within 2 hours. unlike older medicines,

georgia has been communicating with that committee. and that's where all of this evidence could ultimately wind up in the state of georgia because that ismp really has the number one vulnerability of being convicted and sent to prison. and that's why i think what the committee is doing is so important. because a prosecutor in georgia does not have the ability to get subpoenas and get across the country all of the evidence that this committee is gathering. >> it's no coincidence that on his saturday night rally he singled out the prosecutors innen atlanta that he described racist. it gives you a sense he's fully aware of what is taking place in georgia. nick, always a pleasure. thank you. good to see you. >>> ahead, ahmaud arbery's killers can't avoid trial. i'm going to talk to the family attorney. >>> but putin lashes out at u.s. as tv hosts now openly push for trump's return and say they will help him. i have a special guest. him him i have a special guest ♪♪ lunchables! built to be eaten. my name is douglas. i'm a writer/director and i'm still working. in the kind of work that i do, you are surrounded by people who are all younger th

laws were broken when the president pressured state officials in georgia to try to overturn, falsify the election results in that state. this is her asking the fbi for assistance, including federal agents to protect her and her staff, during their investigation of president trump. that's where we are. and that is a heck of a picture of where our democracy is at, and where the defacto leader of the republican party is leading the country. but here's a practical question. what can the fbi actually do here? are they the right agency to ask for help? and what are they likely to do in response? joining us now is my friend chuck rosenberg, a former senior justice department official and former senior fbi official, he knows these things. thanks for being here today. great to see you. >> my pleasure, rachel. >> is this letter addressed to the right entity? is the fbi the right agency to assess this kind of perceived threat from the d.a.'s office and potentially to provide help? >> partly no, and mostly yes. so let me explain that. the fbi isn't in the business of securing courthouses or othe

state capital d. do you agree with the justice clarence being honored because he's the 2nd black justice to sit on the highest court in the land, obviously in georgia is his home state. absolutely not. i think it is absolutely ridiculous and absurd to give. i clarence thomas, a mind me anywhere in the country. i think even people, my name is it should be for people who are bring the whole country together. many people may not have light done the model of the junior in the beginning where we know that, that go always to bring about peace and reconciliation in right for a certain demographic or people. clarence thomas has been very controversial from day one and we can not forget it. bad. he had charge of sexual harassment. while he, before he would even appointed to the higher court and not to miss him and his wife . how about unethical stuff going on as relates to supreme court and her being a major lobbyist committee. the groups brain came before the supreme court. so i have no idea why they would do that. as many african americans maybe maximally laughed in faith in georgia. you know, all across the country the way he wrote as it relates to how i

he needed certificates from the state. georgia is part of the convention on international trade of endangered species of wild flora and fauna, which regulates the trading of snow drop bulbs. they considered an endangered species. world wide. traders have to prove how many bulbs are being harvested on sheet rock. you gave them hopes these documents from the ministry are also on a cd is hail marys or the document show the exact gps coordinates of where we are and aren't allowed to harvest doria that are going to be affordable in georgia. any $15000000.00 while bulbs are allowed to be harvested per year as determined by george and scientists. they estimate that at least 230000000 snow drops grow in georgia, making trade sustainable. but environmental organizations, a skeptical wild harvesting, is not monitored everywhere. the georgia state simply doesn't have the means to enforce it. melissa monica, se since trucks full of snow drop bulbs on a full 1000 kilometer long journey from the black sea through turkey to the netherlands. ah,

see majority hice in georgia, both of them come from states that are key swing states, arizona and georgia, the trump lost last time. in the case of jody hice, he's running against probably the only secretary of state your viewers my nose by name, brad raffensperger, who's the one who told donald trump that he would not find those 11,000 votes that he lost by in that state. those two candidates seem to have a very good chance of winning their primaries, and potentially going on to win the secretary of state positions there. secretary of state roles are not something that i think people really focus on when they're going into the ballot box during the midterm elections, but it matters this year because we saw president trump just a few weeks ago put out that video to the pennsylvania republicans, when he said that people who are

>> we have in the state of georgia a prime example of why a secretary of state matters in multiple waystenders, we have someone who has vowed to essentially do the bidding of one person instead of the bidding of the people and when you multiply that across the country you have undermining of elections and that's what we chastise russia for and a autocraies for. it's when you take the right of the people to be heard, it's when you do it not with a gun but a pen. it's when administrators use it to steal the voices of the people and that should never be tolerated regardless of party. what is so important in georgia is we have an incredibly strong slate of folks running down ballot and joy, you know people tend to vote the top of the ticket and go home. it so important that we go all the way down the ballot, that we not only pick a great secretary of state but pick really strong attorneys general. the a.g. is the person that decides who gets sued. here in georgia every time president biden has done something good for the people, unfortunately, he's not spending the money, the governor sued

integrate school systems, national resistance campaigns and put the confederate flag onto the georgia state flag. then why this also brought down mountain to introduce to the state park. he said a rallying point to those people who want to uphold the idea of the confederacy. klansmen continued to burn crosses on top of storm mountain , when georgia finally prevented them from using the state park, they moved downhill to land later, the clan was reborn yet again in 1963. i really want us to wonder how these things are used to encourage ideologies. host: just a quick question, this is probably pre-pandemic, this is george's number one tourist destination. how is georgia dealing with this now? erin: there is some movement at stone mountain but it is complicated. it is not really the people are coming in to look at the monuments. they are coming in from the golf course, -- it is a recreational park. when you have monuments named after confederate generals, looking at john -- giant confederate monuments, in 2002, georgia removed the images of the confederate battle flag from the state flag. that

all 3 were convicted of murder in a georgia state court and sentence there to life in prison for theal shooting. so the jurors in this federal trial now have made a decision on whether greg and travis mcmichael and their neighbor william bryan targeted arbery because he was black that verdict is set to be read at 7.30 this morning. we'll try to bring that to you as it is announced. so stay tuned. meanwhile, the cdc is expected to release guidelines now that might loosen mask requirements soon. the move comes after several states including california dropped their mask mandates. cdc director doctor rochelle walensky is expected to discuss what those next steps are at the white house this week and then released plans publicly next week. the agency had previously said it wasn't ready to drop indoor mask requirements, but we'll see if there tune has changed. >> happening today in the lay of the city's going to side with keep its indoor mask mandate. they are recommending a resolution that would continue requiring people to wear the mask indoors. but city council members could also adopt

here, a judge in georgia rejecting a plea deal in the hate crime trial of one of the men already convicted in the killing of ahmaud arbery. they hoped to serve in federal prison, not in state prison, where many believe conditions could be worse. what the judge said today. steve osunsami in georgia. >> reporter: a federal judge tonight is dashing the hopes of travis and gregory mcmichael, who were trying to avoid a federal hate crimes trial for the murder of ahmaud arbery, and spend most of the time they've already been sentenced to in a federal prison, which is usually less dangerous than a state prison, especially for a former police officer. >> we the jury find the defendant greg mcmichael guilty. >> reporter: in november, the father and son, along with their neighbor william "roddie" bryan, were all convicted of murdering the black 25-year-old on this tree-lined street in south georgia. they were each sentenced to life in state prison, but only the neighbor, mr. bryan, was allowed the possibility of parole. in a deal that was agreed to by federal prosecutors, the mcmichaels were hoping this federal judge would allow them to plead guilty to one of the hate crimes charges

. >> the verdict came months after all three men were convicted of murder in a georgia state court and sentenced to life in prison. >>> new video captures the moment a car crashes had long into a police cruiser. the driver was on the wrong side of the road. this happened last week in wisconsin. and officer and dispatcher were taken to the hospital for minor injury. the driver of the other car was arrested for drunk driving. >>> we have helicopter video of an injured hiker being viz. rescued from a steep trail yesterday afternoon. a chp helicopter flew to annandale state park, and a hiker was strapped to a rescue harness, and was transported to a hospital for treatment. >>> we have new video of hail in san ramon. viewer rhonda shared this video with us. you can see it coding the backyard. it almost looks like snow on the ground. lots of people were bundled up in san francisco's inner sunset neighborhood ahead of a freeze warning hours away. we ask people what they are going to do and the temperatures drop. >> i will stay home, watch tv or something and cuddle with my animals. >> probabl

races it does change their mind and it ends up being the difference and that's why a state like new hampshire or georgia or nevada that voted for joe biden in 2020 and to the united states senate, those like north carolina which elected and voted for donaldvo trump in 2020 pretty easily elect a democrat. so, voters to change their mind. politicians do move on the issues, but we can't determine and project quite a bit of the voter behavior and politician behavior from how they have acted over the span of the voting or politic careers. >> host: republican lion, thomas. go ahead with your question or comments please. >> i am. 28-years-old and i plan on running for president in 2032. we need a new face for the party and we need to be a party of the future. i am so sick of going on cnn and fox into every single day they talk about january 6th or hunter biden's e-mails or trump or hillary clinton. all we do is talk about the past. and i would like to see a republican party looking towards the future, looking at clean energy, looking at stem, new ttechnologies, looking at new economic ideas, things to move for

in 2002 georgia removed the confederate battle flag from the state flag. but stone mountain stayed. it has been kept into place legislatively. there are limitations as to what anybody can do about the monument unless they convince the legislature to change the law. there are encouraging signs. the stone mountain memorial association in charge of the park and monument elected their first black leader last year. when the first leaders were klansmen, this is quite a change. but what he can do is still tied. i think what will change is economic pressure. the park is already having difficulty finding vendors who are willing to run concessions on a park that celebrates the history without acknowledging the complications of that history. so i think there is a possibility of change. whether it is dramatic or just adding signage and encouraging people to think about the wider history. susan: you have mentioned the minnesota state capital columbus statue. here is a story about the 2020 toppling of that story. >> in virginia, christopher columbus statue was thrown in the water. native american

they are residents of the georgia state pen. a guilty verdict they will receive a sentence that's secondary to the state sentence. >> the rejection was only for travis mcmichael. not for gregory mcmichael. we don't know if there's going to be a deal for william bryan. are you fighting a deal for them as well? >> the rejection was for both because the court made that clear. they will have to either decide to move forward with their guilty verdict and be sentenced either way or it will proceed to trial. >> thank you for your time. >> thank you. >>> an update now to the story we have been following. after a feud with family of teenager who died in 2013. a georgia sheriff is now offering a half million dollar reward in the case. listen to this. kendrick johnson was found dead in a rolled up gym mat, that was 2013. last week the sheriff asked to close the second investigation into his death without filing charges. he said the 17-year-old's death was a weird accident. johnson's family criticized the report and yesterday the sheriff re

i think leaving an unfettered market in georgia state regulation bruises that the government put into place the why do they see it? imitate a market with regulation, which is not a market to talk. what they need to be doing is putting people 1st to not profit 1st, unfortunately. and they haven't put in proven specified number of years that i'm not investing in renewable energy around the part of stolen. what i am at the moment that could be on steam at the moment, provided about 5 percent of the keys, not just scotland, which was already self sufficient. energy provided 5 percent of your energy needs. it just simply wasn't built because of one bureaucratic blockage. and to another that you can, but government ministers never get to dealing with as a result of buying energy from. if you look in the, on the up at the moment, you can get a cabin up. you'll see that it's coming in from france. the netherlands normally, and another couple of companies as well. this is because light and other people investing and not the u. k. investing because you're always afraid to spend that hip and the

william roddie bryan have already been sentenced to life in prison after their convictions in georgia state court last year. arbery was killed in february of 2020. the federal trial involving a helicopter crash. pictures of nba legend kobe bryant was pushed back to july. the trial was initially set to get underway this month. vanessa bryant is suing los angeles county over pictures taken at the scene of that 2020 crash that killed bryant, their daughter and 7 others, according to the lawsuit, the pictures were shared by fire and sheriff's department employees in settings not connected to the investigation. that's what the lawsuit says. bryant's lawyers say the cell phone recording show the pictures were sent to media outlets. the judge ordered all parties to take part in a settlement conference set for april. 11th. see what comes out of that. it is 4.41. coming up next on the kron. 4 morning news. the niners. >> are losing their offensive coach. we're going to tell you what's next for mike mcdaniel. coming up after the break. and now most admired alum. get up there. this is so embarrassing.

it all came in very early in the early morning hours, just after 6 am this morning in georgia at fort valley stateversity in georgia, when students at that school all simultaneously got this message from the college. it said in all caps, quote, emergency alert, do not report to campus. ford valley state university has received notice of a bomb threat, law enforcement is investigating. campuses currently on lockdown, residential student from dorms. that was in georgia. at howard university and in washington, d.c., it came in just before 3:30 this morning. shelter in place, a bomb threat against universities is being investigated. all persons on campus are advised to shelter in place until more information is available. in new orleans, it's xavier university, this was a warner to students. all caps, emergency alert, bomb threat on campus. we are coordinating with law enforcement. residential students should stay in the rooms until further notice. at philander smith college, in arkansas, we received a bomb threat this morning, presidential soon should stay in the rooms until further notice. just befo

sure that these people are brought to justice, because otherwise communities within here in the state of georgia and the rest of the nation may ignore the problems that are still happening with racial bias in the state of georgia. >> to that end, we know after those text messages were presented in the courtroom today, marcus arbery, ahmad's father, said i am glad the world can see this. what is the realization that you think the country should be taking away from all of this as they hear these text messages and see the hatred in the heart of these three men? >> well, let's remind the country that this is not where it started, racial strife. i can remember february 26th of 2012 when trayvon martin was murdered and then you go forward eight more years on february 3rd of 2020 when ahmaud arbery was murdered. we have the dates when black men are literally murdered in our minds. that is not right. it shouldn't be right now and it should not have been right back then. the question is when is it going to stop? that question needs to be answered by the american people, knowing that these continuous acti

they wanted him -- both of them to stay in a georgia state penitentiary, which is viewed by people in most terrible places to spend your sentence. john: margaret coker, editor in chief of the current, thank you very much. margaret: you're welcome. ♪ judy: amid all the rising tensions with moscow, the u.s. department of homeland security has been warning that russia could carry out cyber attacks against the united states. picking up the story from here. correspondent: with president biden's announcement of new sanctions, there are fears russia could retaliate. to discuss this and other issues, i am joined by alejandra mae arcus, secretary of homeland security. welcome back to the newshour. thank you for joining us. your agency has warned as tensions in ukraine at rose, so could the likelihood of russian cyber attacks on the u.s.. with the russian invasion beginning earlier today, how likely is that kind of cyberattack? sec. mayorkas: we have no information to suggest a specific, credible cyber threat against the u.s. homeland, but it is our responsibility to be prepared. that is what w

segment of voters that does change their mind and that being different and that's why states like new hampshire or georgiada the voted for joe biden in 2020 and voted a republican into the united states senate. they could easily elect a democrat so voters to change their minds and politicians do move on the issues. we can't determine and project voter behavior and political behavior on the span of their voting or in their careers. >> host:g let's hear from thomas in florida on the republican line. thomas we are just about out of time so go ahead quickly with your question or comment. >> caller: i will make it quick. i'm 20 years old and i plan for running for president in 2032. i think we need a new face for the republican party and we see the party of the future. i'm so sick of going on "cnn" and fox in every single day they talk about the january 6 for hunter biden's e-mails or trump or hillary clinton or at all they do is talk about the past and i would like to see a republican party looking towards the future looking at green energy and looking at stem a new technology looking at new economic ideas lo

>> well let's look at what's happening in the state of georgia. . we were one of eight states that does not have hate crime protections or to be prosecuted, so even while the racists that would happened was racist, there was actually no recourse for that district attorney to charge them with a hate crime which is why it's so important for the federal government to look into this under the hate crime act. to make sure these people are brought to justice, because otherwise communities in the state of georgia and the rest of the nation may ignore the problems that are still happening with racial bias in the state of georgia. >> to that end we know that after those text messages were presented in the courtroom today, marcus arbery, harman's father said quote, i'm just glad the world can see this. there's the case itself and then there's a broader cultural implication of the case. which is the realization that you think the country should be taking away from all of this as they hear these text and see the hatred in the heart of these three men? >> let's

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not only for the state of j georgia but for the united states of america.nviction for a federal hate crime and you all did that. you all did that . this is because of wanda and marcus, we'll take your questions but this moment really belongs to wan da cooper jones and marcus. >> i want to first say thank you to everyone who stood by us for this fight for justice for ahmaud. it's been a very long, stressful fight for the members of the community, for the city of brunswick, the state of georgia, for the people who stood with us through the nation of the united states of america. we couldn't

arbery's family, benjamin crump, said that no one had been convicted of a hate crime in the state of georgia team ever. >> this is the first time in the state of georgia's history where there has been a conviction for a federal hate crime. and you all did that. you all did that! win >> that's right! >> ben crump is the attorney for the family of emory arbery. he joins me now. ben, let's just talk about your reaction to this verdict. on one hand, it shouldn't be surprising at all that they secured a conviction, on the other hand, as you point out, it was incredibly surprising to get this outcome, especially in the state of georgia. how have you process what happened today? >> it was historic, alex, in every sense of the word because we have to remember we are in the deep south. you think about how many times people have been killed, in the state of georgia, and they have been racial -- but there was no federal hate crime verdict ever until, as wanda cooper jones said, 22, to 2022. she called it super tuesday because it was so significant, you finally have a hate crime conviction that we pray

i want to thank the members of the civil rights division, the united states attorneys office for the southern district of georgia, and the fbi for their work on this case. i also want to thank the state authorities including the georgia bureau of investigation that assisted in this prosecution. although we welcome the jury's verdict, the only acceptable outcome in this matter would have been mr. arbery returning safely to his loved ones two years ago. his family and his friends should be preparing to celebrate his 28th birthday later this spring, not morning the second anniversary of his death tomorrow. ahmaud arbery should be alive today. thank you. i will take a few questions. >> if i may switch years to ukraine, what can the department of justice do to help the biden administration with the situation in ukraine and i have a follow-up. attorney general garland: the justice department has law enforcement and intelligence responsibilities and we are members of the national security council. that's all i can say about it. >> there are reports that there are videos coming from that part of the world that are fake,

control to do things that were unlawful and unpatriotic and un-american but also making calls to georgia stateng to get other law enforcement agencies within states, local agencies, local institutions, to do his bidding. so he had a long list, maybe we don't know the whole list at this point, and hopefully we will and the 1-6 committee will get to the bottom of it. but he had a long list of levers that he was pulling in his position as president of the united states to in his words -- by the way, these are his words now. to overturn the election. through mike pence or other means if necessary. >> you know, he is -- trump is now openly admitting that he wanted pence to overturn the election. he's saying that he is considering pardoning january 6th rioters if he is re-elected. is he gaslighting the country by admitting to the coup attempt, like this was somehow normal? >> it's a little bit of his m.o. during various junctures during the campaign, during his presidency, you you know, people asked the question how does this compare to what nixon did? and some people say it's worse, some people say

william roddie bryan have already been sentenced to life in prison after their convictions in georgia state court last year. arbery was killed in february of 2020 attorneys general from 13 states, including california, now backing a lawsuit filed by the mexican government. >> against a group of us gun makers. the lawsuit claims that gun manufacturers, including smith and wesson, colt and glock of being responsible for crimes committed with their weapons in mexico. the suit also claims that gun makers market and distribute guns that mexican drug cartels. the lawsuit says the companies are aware but have done nothing about it. and response clock says it plans to vigorously defend itself in the lawsuit. former president trump was known during his time in the white house for destroying documents which violates the presidential records act. >> the former president's practice of ripping up documents has come under additional scrutiny as the house committee investigating the january 6th attack on the capitol sorts through white house communications from that day. now the washington post is reporti

. ♪ ♪ 's >> emily: a former georgia state worker with just indicted on fraud charges for faking a pregnancyaternity leave. she apparently even made a fake baby daddy, who emailed her bosses that her doctors recommend that she be on bed rest for several weeks after the supposed birth. but her scheme started to come apart even before that, when a coworker noticed her bogus baby bump separating from her body. when i was little, i city some child molino whatever. we would do these runway shows. i would be with him maternity lined pit i'll never forget, being backstage with these pregnant models and watching them take off the pregnant stomach and being like what. it blew my mind. it wasn't real. that's what i'm picturing tom is the coworker being like what. >> kayleigh: what i'm picturing is young little emily, toddler emily running around and seen these fake baby bumps. that's hilarious. what to this woman say when they asked to touch the baby? people would always come up to be in touch my belly. did it feel real? was it like jelly. i don't know, maybe you know the answer. >> emily: i cannot im

also joining us tonight historian at georgia state university professor john mcmillan, john is the authora number of books including americanmi epidemic reporting fm the front lines of the opioid crisis, smoking typewriters, the 60s underground alternative media. needle sandstones and cofounder of foundinghe editor of the 60s history, politics and culture. we will have a conversation between the two of them but all of us in the audience will get a chance to ask questions at the bottom of the screen, there is a place you can type in your question and i'll monitor that and we'll get to those in a little bit so now it is time to sit back and learn about johnny cash. gentlemen, michael and john, we'll turn it over to you. >> thank you. thank you for the great introduction. >> absolutely. i think i've done a couple of events in the carter center in our patella books, thank you for hosting both of us. i wish we could be together in person. there's a lot to do. one reason, mike and i are really good friends from what we've known each other for about 20 years andat it's been a wonderful friendshi

and william rotty bryan have already been sentenced to life in prison after their convictions in georgia statehis death, miami honored the memory of trayvon martin on what would have been his 27th birthday. the tenth annual remembrance weekend started with a basic and a peace talk yesterday. george zimmerman shot and killed zimmerman back in 2012. zimmerman claimed that martin looked suspicious walking from a convenience store with an iced tea and a bag of skittles in his hand. in the years following martin's death, his family have become vocal leaders in the anti-violence movement. >>> some noisy protests against covid-19 restriction are moving across canada and police in vancouver say they arrested five people there yesterday. >> in the capitol, demonstrators have shut down neighborhoods, residents are frustrated with that. cnn's paula newton reports from ottawa. [ horns honking ] >> reporter: the sound is deafening and yet protesters are demanding to be heard. all day long and at all hours of the night, those with the so-called freedom convoy say that they're staying put until vaccine manda

reporter: last month, travis mcmichael, greg mcmichael and william roddie bryan were sentenced in a georgia state court to life in prison for chasing down and murdering arbery. the federal trial will look at whether the killing was racially motivated, which wasn't addressed in the state case. the justice department has charged the three men with hate crimes and attempting kidnapping. deval patrick used to prosecute these types of cases as former assistant attorney general for civil rights under bill clinton. he is also the former governor of massachusetts and now cochairs american bridge 21st century, a democratic party organization. very good to have you back on the newshour. the doj is prosecuting this as a hate crime. is it my understanding of the prosecutors have to prove that these defendants had racist beliefs in their heart when they committed this murder? >> that motivated the murder. there is evidence of this in this case and that in itself has been deemed a federal interest deserving of punishment. reporter: if the state prosecutors had introduced potential racist motivation for this ki

bryan have already been sentenced to life in prison after their convictions in a georgia state court last year. arbery was killed in february of 2020. >> the threat of gun violence on campuses across our country has one local lawmaker pushing for change. a state senators now pushing for a new bill that would give school administrators better tools to combat violence. lynette romero has the story. it was this shooting at oxford high school in michigan where 4 people were killed and 7 injured. that push california senator anthony portantino to do something. i'm tired reading about a kid in a classroom shot or teacher shot. >> let's make sure that if a credible threat is known, we do what we're supposed to do. the suspected shooter had raised suspicions at school, his parents and even been called in to discuss concerns on the morning of the shooting. but he was allowed to go back to class and later carried out the deadly violence. >> if there's a credible threat, if you're aware of a credible threat, you must investigate it. you know, in michigan, they did. and so if you're notified, if

after their convictions in a georgia state court. >>> arguments begin next week in d.c.d. he was was 17 when he and john allen muhammad went on a killing spree to terrorize the district of columbia. malvo was convicted and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. but a supreme court ruling bars mandatory life sentences without parole for juvenile offenders, and malvo's attorneys believe he should benefit from a new law in maryland enabling criminals to seek release once they've served at least 20 years. joining us now is the first victim shot by the d.c. sniper. paul, we appreciate you being here with us. you've been add advocate for juvenile criminals to get parole, i'm wondering what's motivating that, especially being a victim of this heinous crime. >> well, most people think that victims automatically think, well, throw away the key, put the person in prison and don't let them out. and actually, at the time, i was shot and shortly thereafter, when they were caught, when malvo and muhammad were caught, i felt that way, too. now, my mind changed a

following their convictions in georgia state court last year. arbery was killed back in february of 2020 kron on and kron 4 are honoring black history month with a special series of stories today. we're looking inside america's classrooms where many students go all the way through elementary school. >>without having a black teacher, donovan long looked into the black teacher shortage and has this report. >>in a place where books are paramount, that makes me feel a lot stronger. children don't always find characters. they relate to molokai. have you ever had a black teacher before? >>well, >>no, not personally. malakai heady is 12 years old. he says he's only seen one black woman lead a classroom and it wasn't his would be in your opinion, beneficial to have a black teacher. yes, definitely. what do you say that i would be able to relate to the teacher a lot more. and they may even teach me stuff that might be more helpful as you choose talking stuff. and now the research shows black students who have at least one black teacher by 3rd grade are 1