>> they defended, jason carter, batter shirley carter, causing damages to plaintiffs? death of his mother. the jury cleared bill. >> it had to come sooner or later. it had to come. >> since this was a civil case, jason wasn't getting any present time. >> what amount of punitive damages, if any, do you award the estate of shirley carter? >> answer, 10 million. dollars >> 10 million. bill and his lawyers never expected to see a dime. >> the more important thing for bill was simply to have eight people from that county hearing all the evidence and saying, just handed it. >> meanwhile, the county district attorney ed bull, sitting in the back of the courtroom, had been watching closely. what would he do now? >> coming up -- the fates we're not quite through with the carter family. >> i got right into his face. and i said, why did you kill your mother? >> there would soon be an ax to. >> what is the biggest thing you have going in your favor this time? >> there really was no significant evidence against jason carter. >> when dateline continues. teline continues tter bedtime

with me now, lee carter, gop strategist, amanda macci and jason nichols. good to see all three of you. first, what do these things have to do with border security? what do you think? >> i think they're trying to say we're trying to create a pathway for citizenship for more people and create more legal citizenship. the bottom line is this. people are concerned about the process today. they want to see the vice president or even the president visit the border. they want this issued a dressed. it's not the most pressing issue to the american people right now. we just wept through a pandemic. immigration is no longer in the top three. it's about the fifth issue. so the reason that they probably would be prioritized is because of public sentiment and all the things going on. this is something that the american people care about. it's something that people don't approve of right now and how the biden administration is handling it. >> jason, when you see children left by human smuggles in the middle of nowhere barely alive and you see increases in one case in apr

jason thompson . ashley hunter and marcus carter. i don't understand why all these years have passed by and no one has been put in jail. when these people are still on the streets to commit crimes again andagain and again . it's just a slap in the face to me. and to mothers like myself. i'm just i mean, like i said, august 14 is coming up and i want to do another media coverage to raise awareness for my son that's been murdered and do all the other children and african-american and people of color have been murdered to bring awareness to unsolved homicides and their name from being mixed up with gang members. i'm pleading again, the closer it gets, the harder it gets. when it gets to his birthday, the day of the homicide, i'm reliving this all the time and i'm tired . i am really tired. i want something done. what do i have to do? i will bend over backwardsto get my son's case salt so i ca have some closure .i haven't anything . i'm fighting to keep his name from being scandalizedwhen i should be adding some closure . so i'm just ask

jason thompson . ashley hunter and marcus carter.'t understand why all these years have passed by and no one has been put in jail. when these people are still on the streets to commit crimes again andagain and again . it's just a slap in the face to me. and to mothers like myself. i'm just i mean, like i said, august 14 is coming up and i want to do another media coverage to raise awareness for my son that's been murdered and do all the other children and african-american and people of color have been murdered to bring awareness to unsolved homicides and their name from being mixed up with gang members. i'm pleading again, the closer it gets, the harder it gets. when it gets to his birthday, the day of the homicide, i'm reliving this all the time and i'm tired . i am really tired. i want something done. what do i have to do? i will bend over backwardsto get my son's case salt so i ca have some closure .i haven't anything . i'm fighting to keep his name from being scandalizedwhen i should be adding some closure . so i'm just asking th