we will speak with scientist kevin anderson and writer george monbiot. defense lawyers called kyle rittenhouse to the witness stand wednesday as the teenage them and faces homicide and weapons charges for bailey shooting two people and wounding a third during protests over the police shooting of jacob blake in 2020. rittenhouse broke down in tears while on the stand. he admitted to using deadly force by claimed self-defense and denied intending to kill his victims during cross-examination. meanwhile, the trial judge continued to make headlines after he repeatedly sided with the defense while excoriating prosecutors for asking questions he said were out of bounds. at another point, the trial was interrupted when judge schroeder's cell phone began ringing. >> the actions i talked about -- [phone rings] >> were done in bad faith. >> the judges ringtone was "god bless the usa" by lee greenwood which was the song played at opening of tom's rallies. -- trump's rallies. much more on the trial after headlines. the number of daily u.s. coronavirus cases is once a

>> reporter: anderson, when you think about this, kevin goff was using those strong words.his is the south. the idea that he would compare this to lynching really struck people in a weird way. and he was at the center of almost everything that was involved in court. of course he moved for a mistrial. the judge denied that. but there was also this story that came out because attorney lee merritt says he approached the prosecution of getting a plea deal and was denied. that really set him off today. but take a listen to this exchange in court that was quite explosive. >> just because they haven't put a gallery up -- what -- they haven't put up a podium outside with a hang man's noose doesn't mean this isn't a trial despite the best efforts of this court, this isn't a trial that's been affected by mob violence of a woke left mob. >> when you think about this, anderson, you're talking about maybe 400 to 500 preachers that showed up and they were just talking about the lord and praying outside. and there was a march here. there was never any talk of any violence. so, a lot of pe

>> kevin mccarthy would have to answer for that, anderson, and be responsible for it. and -- and would -- if i were, you know, the minority leader, maybe i would have selected different folks. but he is the minority leader. and he's supposed to be able to do that. and all this conversation, though, that you and i are having now -- while interesting and important from an historical perspective -- to me, this is what drags our party down and why i am trying to say, look. joe biden and kamala harris right now are putting forward their agenda and trying to get it through. which they have every right to do because they won the election. if we want to be an appropriate counterweight to that, we can't be talking about what you and i are talking about right now. >> you guys need a healthcare policy. you need actual policies other than the -- whatever donald trump wakes up wanting to do that day. >> well, and that's why the last-third of the book, as you know, is about issues like education, crime, taxes. and all the things that we should be concerned about. north korea and ira