don lemon tonight begins right now with laura coates sitting in. today's news, all of these headlines, right in your wheel house. >> right in yours as well, and i was listening to you on siriusxm a couple of hours ago, and here you are again, my goodness, you work hard. nice seeing you. >> unfortunately that was the rewind. i hope the things that i said this morning stood up after the verdict came in. >> do you want them to have stood up, i'll tell you they did. of course they did. you're smerconish, of course they did. >> you're nice, thank you. >> take care, happy thanksgiving. >> you too. thanks, laura. >> this is "don lemon tonight," i'm laura coates in for don. >>> our breaking news tonight, three white men found guilty of killing ahmaud arbery, an unarmed 25-year-old black man, a man who was chased down and shot to death for running in a georgia neighborhood. the verdicts come in spite of the racist dog whistles. one defense attorney disparaging ahmaud arbery's appearance after another infamously said he wanted more bubba's on the jury. no bl

host of "the laura coates show" on sirius xm radio.e thompson to look at how the violence erupted and the preparation there. earlier in the week it was roger stone, alex jones, those subpoenas announced as well. the way that we're seeing the subpoenas issued, what can we take away from that if anything? >> i think you can take away that they know that this was not a spontaneous occurrence. this wasn't a coincidence, that everyone showed up, had some level of coordination and as we saw everything unfold. it was the idea this was premeditated in some way, there was a coordinated flurry of activity that took place long before january 6th and that was not just the beginning of the story, but perhaps the middle near the end of it. so trying to figure out who had a hand in the preparation and the planning, and this notion that somehow this is a res spontaneous event, to which nobody could have prevented, nobody could have undermind ed d no one could have stopped. >> there is not a lot of expectation that roger stone and alex jones are likely

let's talk everything with our legal expert, laura coates, former federal prosecutor and joey jackson, former criminal defense attorney. thank you so much for being here. so much has happened early this morning and then this afternoon. your reaction to the prosecution's argument so far and the lunch break coming in the middle of the closing argument. >> you know, i would never want a break because i don't want any of the steam that i'm building and momentum of trying to be per situative of the jury to be interrupted in any way or detailed, and the prosecution has come out of the great trying to simplify this in a way that the jury instructions, boring but important, cannot do, which is to simplify and to say this case is about a 17-year-old outside of the community who shot two unarmed and wounded a third men and did so with a gun that wasn't even his. the idea of him being somebody who was lying about his motivation for wanting to be there, a thrill-seeking teenager who was a danger to society. but issue here comes, of course, down to the jury instructions, ana, which is the jury has

let me go back to former federal prosecutor laura coates and get your reaction first to this verdict,his was absolutely the right call. and this is the essence of justice. however, when you're talking about the loss of life of a 25-year-old jogger whose mother has been inside that courtroom, whose father has been inside that courtroom where the final thing that the jury saw was who ahmaud arbery was before he encountered these three men, three strangers, who felt entitled for him to stop simply because they thought they had some authority to get somebody who was jogging to stop and talk to him. and when he didn't, they pulled out a shotgun and he was shot and killed. remember in that video that is so graphic and so horrible to look at, even then he tried to run and the adrenaline was kicking in and he fell again. remember, this is somebody who tried to run away for five minutes until he was cornered, could run no more, and it was the idea of having all three men accountable. roddie bryan said initially he was only a witness to the crime, but in reality the jurors were not persuaded by

laura coates tonight, the upgrade for don lemon. >> i'm with it still.d about it. >> the intelligence alone knocks me speechless. >> wow. >> must be this new piercing i have. [ laughter ] >> that's a midlife crisis coming for ya right there. >> i don't know what to say. is that happening now, chris, you know what, happy new year in advance because wow. >> that's the least of my problems. hey, i got to ask you something. >> yeah. >> i got to ask you something. >> not about a piecing, please. let's go. keep going. >> no, never. the idea of all these trials, you know, it's not a coincidence. this is society on trial right now. these are really important questions. we haven't even gotten to the reproductive rights stuff yet with the supreme court in the mississippi case but ahmaud arbery, rittenhouse, wisconsin isn't a good law the stand your ground vibe of self-defense laws make it easier to kill. this ahmaud arbery case, though, the one guy, the buddy whose lawyer calls him an idiot basically, they guy should have within a witness in this case turned by th

i want to go to you first, laura coates, because we're just getting response from the defense, from that attorney, laura hogue, who had made those comments about ahmaud arbery's appearance that struck so many as racist tropes. have you seen her response yet, laura? do you want to read it to us? >> i have not. >> let me read it to you. >> do you have it? >> i'm floored. floored with a capital f. laura hogue says, gregory mcmichael's lawyer, she said as she left the courtroom gallery her face was red with tears. >> well, frankly, i'm not sure why she'd be floored when she was in the gutter when it came to the comments about the hygiene of a victim. imagine, if you will, a lot of people didn't want to talk about this in terms of race. i've talked about it in terms of gender, as potentially more palatable. what if we were talking about the clothing of a rape victim. we don't allow that in the courtroom because we know there is a line that ought to be drawn in the denigration of people who have been harmed by criminals. for her to engage in that behavior was egregious. but more importantly an

let's discuss with cnn senior legal analyst and former federal prosecutor laura coates. , what do you make of this new argument? >> nice try. the idea of our democracy having oversight functions of a co-equal branch of government, not to elevate one over the other, but the mere attempt to try to get documents that go to the heart of the issue about our democracy, about the integrity of our elections and any role that a member of the executive branch might have played in contributing to, perpetuating and allowing to metastasize the big lie, that falls under the oversight and frankly the legislative function to be able to correct this behavior so this is an attempt real by the former president to suggest that if the privilege argument doesn't stick, if that's no longer one that would stick on the kitchen wall, let's try this instead of an all too powerful congress, but ana, if congress does not have the oversight function and cannot check and balance other co-equal branches of government, doesn't that mean the other branch remains unchecked. doesn't that mean it becomes all

let's bring in our cnn senior legal analyst, both former federal prosecutors laura coates and elie honig. laura, the prosecution had the final word today before deliberations began. what do you think sticks with the jury? >> reporter: well, first of all, the idea of having rebuttal fresh for the jury, no one else speaking on that day, going straight to deliberations is exactly what you want as a prosecutor where the instructions are in between, but you want to have that final say to essentially convey what they need to show. what they showed here there was no threat of violence. these people did not feel their lives were threatened acting in self-defense. they were angry that ahmaud arbery had the audacity not to stop when they felt entitled for him to do so and the idea being to try to use a pretextural reason of using a citizen's arrest, not telling the police officers that when they were in close contact and offering for the jury the common sense notion of tell me why you think this person was stopped. why did they believe they wren titled to an explanation of some kind and also reall

thanks, laura coats.ing the fourth time is the charm because the state is launching yet another probe into the 2020 election. up next i'll talk to a former election official who says that this is one big stunt, and he was just questioned by investigators with the ag's office. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ no matter what you bring to the table, there's no place like wayfair. >>> not once, not twice but three times vote tallies in maricopa county arizona confirmed president biden won will in 2020. despite all this, the big lie won't die. a former maricopa county elections official now says the state's attorney general's office is launching a new probe that seeks to discredit the republican-driven cyber ninja audit which found biden in fact gained more votes while trump lost votes. to shed more light on this latest move, former maricopa county recorder adrianne fontes joining us now and also a 2022 candidate for arizona's secretary of state. thank you so much for being here. i understand two special agents with state a.g. mark bu

i'm laura coates in for don lemon. another big night of headlines. the jury in the trial of three white men accused of murder in the killing of ahmaud arbery wrapping now the first day of deliberations and due back in court at 8:30 tomorrow morning. meanwhile in charlottesville it attorneys out there is a price for spreading hate in america and that price is $26 million. a jury awarded more than $26 million in damages after finding the white nationalists who organized and participated in a violent 2017 rally liable on a state conspiracy claim and other claims. the jury said it could not reach a verdict on two federal conspiracy claims however. that as for the second day in a row, the committee investigating the riot at the capitol on january 6th issued a new bach of subpoenas that, this time focussing on right wing extremist groups involved in the attack including the oath keepers and proud boys. i want to go to the trial in the three men accused in the murder of ahmaud arbery. martin sallve sahas that now. >> reporter: tonight, the men accused of ki

. >>> also with us, former federal prosecutor laura coates. based on what we know, as jessica said, the defiance of steve bannon looms. even just what we heard in that statement there from bernie kerik, any expectation that any of that's six will comply. >> the chest thumping continues, doesn't it? the idea is why it puts more pressure on the attorney general merrick garland who as of right now they have yet to indict steve bannon on acting on the idea of thumbing his nose at a congressional subpoena. as long as that happens, as long as there is no consequence to the idea you can just say, no, i don't feel like showing up, i'm not going to show up, you have to prove to me you have some basis to be able to subpoena me, they hav is really incumbent up the justice department to figure out if they're going to fish or cut bait. >> where does the justice department stand? do you have any sense of whether they have a leaning here, and how long it will take to make a decision. as you know well, dragging the process out is part of the strategy here. an

cnn senior legal analyst laura coates, a former federal prosecutor, and senior political analyst ron brownstein. laura, you have earned your keep this week. i have seen you on television all day for the trials, for this. there's a lot going on. good evening to both of you. laura, let me start with you. the january 6th committee needed this win. i mean the big picture, is today an affirmation of congressional oversight that, you know, their subpoenas should not be ignored? >> yes. and actually it was a win for the rule of law. this is really an open and shut case in the sense that if somebody is issued a congressional subpoena, it ought to and should mean something and should carry some weight. to say there was some contemplation by the department of justice, it was likely around the notion of what the other 34 witnesses would try to assert. was there some colorable claim for them as to privilege? preparing for a case-by-case assertion of that privilege with the idea of it was very simple. was there a congressional subpoena issued? yes. did you comply with it? no. that's open and shut

i'm laura coates in for don lemon. another big night of headlines. the jury in the trial of three white men accused of murder in the killing of ahmaud arbery wrapping now the first day of deliberations and due back in court at 8:30 tomorrow morning. meanwhile in charlottesville it attorneys out there is a price for spreading hate in america and that price is $26 million. a jury awarded more than $26 million in damages after finding the white nationalists who organized and participated in a violent 2017 rally liable on a state conspiracy claim and other claims. the jury said it could not reach a verdict on two federal conspiracy claims however. that as for the second day in a row, the committee investigating the riot at the capitol on january 6th issued a new batch of subpoenas that, this time focussing on right wing extremist groups involved in the attack including the oath keepers and proud boys. i want to go to the trial in the three men accused in the murder of ahmaud arbery. martin salve has that now. >> reporter: tonight, the men accused of kill

the prosecution is having a very difficult time. >> laura coates, appreciate you. couldn't get mark o'meara's computer back up. we'll have him back obviously. thank you for carrying the burden for me. appreciate it. >> please. thank you. >> we're going to move. from what happened in the courtroom to those conversations that are going on around this country tonight. now, take laura's point the way it's intended. of course the jury doesn't make this decision on the basis of how they feel about whether rittenhouse was there or whether he's white or whether he's that. but the point is they're human beings. and it's hard to look at a situation with the facts and not put any feel into it. now, let's take a look at those conversations around it and what this case means. we have two views for you. we have left and right in search of being reasonable. we're going to start with one of our most important voices on civil rights. why does he believe this case is about white supremacy and takes it to a new level? next. bill, mary? hey... it's our former broker carl. carl, say hi

laura coates, grateful for the insights.bring in a lot of questions, will the committee gather evidence or will the trump defiance run out the clock? mark meadows is now cooperating is a breakthrough. >> absolutely. it is a big deal. that's been the big question this entire time. would they be able to dangle the threat, you know, holding someone in contempt, and now they can, the fact that they did threaten that, it does appear that especially now this a grand jury did indict steve bannon after congress voted to find him in contempt. that shows to anyone that they may call forward that's something that can happen if you don't comply with the committee. >> is meadowses isolated and for those who covered the trump white house the thing that i'm waiting to his word that his former chief of staff is cooperating. >>> coming up to us lauren boebert on camera spewing racism again. some brand new reporting from cnn's kfile nextxt. deposit, plan and pay with easy tools from chase. simplicity feels good. chase. make more of what's you

legal analyst and former federal prosecutor laura coates with us as well as cnn legal analyst and civil rights attorney reeva martin. thank you for being with me. is rittenhouse helping or hurting his case? >> well, it was a risky move by the defense team to put him on the stand, it always is to put a defend on. but i think in this case given how the evidence has been presented by the prosecution that it is working for the defense. they presented a very different picture of a kyle rittenhouse than what we had seen in the media reports. this is kyle rittenhouse that went there to do good, to take graffiti off of a school, to render aid to help save a business. this was a very, you know, humanized kyle rittenhouse, and that's what the defense wanted to do. they wanted to paint him as a good guy that was there to do good and then was attacked by these men who used a great deal of force, and that he was simply doing what anyone would have done in that situation which was to defend himself. and as we heard shimon say jurors appeared to be sympathetic to kyle as he testified. so remains to be

cnn local analyst, laura coates, van jones, cnn legal analyst and criminal defense attorney, paul callan. and cnn chief legal analyst, jeffrey toobin. jeffrey, you surprised at the verdict at all given how this case unfolded? >> not really. this was always a tough case for the prosecution. i thought the reckless endangerment case was the strongest one that the -- the least serious count. um, the -- the -- the unfortunate message that -- of vindication that making a hero of -- of kyle rittenhouse is appalling. but the actual verdict in this courtroom, based on this evidence, is a defensible one i think. >> sara sidner's -- i mean, you heard sara sidner's report. the jury returned a full verdict today. i mean, the whole argument of his -- which seems to be the prosecution' argument, which was by his very being there, he was provoking things. and therefore, the -- the self-defense doesn't apply. but clearly, the jury said they didn't buy that. >> and -- and there were problems with the prosecution theory. think of the three people that he shot. um, rosenbaum chased him. >> right. attacking

and joining us now to discuss is laura coates, our cnn senior legal analyst and also a former federal>> first of all, that was a very quick jury selection. they had to whittle down from a lot of people. it tells you this judge did not use a jury questionnaire, wanted everyone to be questioned. that is a little odd to have those cases. we know the jury is ready to go for opening statements. this is going to come down to self-defense. that's the reason the judge would not allow the statements or the word victim to be used to describe the three people that were shot, two of them lost their lives, because it is going to come down to the argument of whether rittenhouse was entitled to use deadly force because he thought that lethal force would be used g d against him. we have seen this case, this being a little bit incredulous, the notion of why he may have been there, but that's why this case will come down to the ar-15 discussions, who also armed themselves, and also why the judge allowed those three men to be described as arsonists, looters, rioters, he's setting up the possibility of h

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. >> thanks, joining us now, cnn legal analyst and former federal prosecutor, laura coates.cy gertner. judge gertner, what do you make of the jury asking for extra copies of the instructions? is that common in deliberations? >> well, they are very complicated instructions. the judge acknowledged that. there were multiple charges per person who was shot. and lesser-included offenses. so, i -- if -- the -- the asking for multiple copies only suggests that sometimes -- sometimes, i would see jurors' notes after deliberations and they will have written on the -- on the jury instructions that i had distributed so that partly it's just a way of recording what they are thinking. i don't think you take any significance from it, except they are doing their job. or trying to at least. >> and, laura, kyle rittenhouse chose the final jurors by lot rry today. basically, in a tumbler kind of die vice kind of like you would see in a raffle drawing. is that something you had seen done before? i have never seen that. >> no it's very odd to have that done. normally, you pick before hand so th

all 12 members of the jury agreed kyle rittenhouse was not guilty on all five counts, and laura coates, former federal prosecutor, is with us now as well. laura, you and i have talked about this trial throughout the past couple of weeks as we watched and the developments took place. there were lots of twists and turns along the way. your reaction to its ending, the way this all came to a close. >> reporter: you know, i'm actually not surprised that this resulted in a not guilty verdict because of the jury instructions, ana, and you spent a lot of time talking to me about the jury instructions figuring out why they were so consequential, and i want to direct everyone to a particular moment when defense counsel and the prosecution were fighting with the judge over a particular portion of the instructions, that being whether the jury would have to go beyond the idea of self-defense to reach the lesser included oechsz. there was an argument that ensued, look, if -- if the jury in this case -- the trial jury in this case finds self-defense was used in some way or entitled to be used then th

. >>> also with us, cnn senior legal analyst, former federal prosecutor laura coates. this, we saw two days of witnesses from the defense which largely focused on travis mcmichael. and then this sort of 11th hour request. what do you make of that? >> well, first of all, prosecutors don't give favorable plea offers or really any real plea offers after the case has been indicted. and certainly not after the trial has been empanelled. you have like a graduated plea offer in the sense of before you indict the case, there is one favorable plea offer to resolve it, once the case is indicted, it is a lesser favorable plea offer to you. when the trial is called, forget it. by the time you have a trial, where, remember, just yesterday the prosecution was able to have one of the defendants admit that ahmaud arbery was just running, he was not armed, he did not threaten them in any way, he was just running, and he tried to suggest that somehow his training as a member of the coast guard gave him a working knowledge of probable cause, that led him to conclude that somehow he was e

joey jackson, laura coats. laura, what do you think? did the prosecutor meet his burden?> you know, i don't think they met their burden on all of the counts and here's why. in wisconsin it's a very low threshold for a defendant to demonstrate some aspect of self defense. the prosecution always has the burden of proof as you well know but once the self defense claim is asserted then the prosecution has to disprove that the person was entitled to use that and frankly the two people to give you the frank and forthright explanation as to whether they themselves were acting in self defense against kyle rittenhouse died and the third person survivoring member of the victim unit is somebody that had a gun in the hand, a testimony that a -- more than anything else so at the end in the closing argument they made the strongest case about the notion of kyle rittenhouse being an active shooter and if anybody had an access to self defense it was everyone there trying to subdue an active shooter that did kill again and then rebutting fully this idea of self defense, entitled to kyle ri

. >> i want to bring in our senior analyst laura coates and eliot williams. he was a former deputy attorney general under president barack obama. wow. i mean good evening. okay, so, laura, this is -- you do this forever. you know what's up. what do they tell us about where we are in the legal system and with race in this country? >> well, we look at both of these trials, you have jurors being dismissed because the punch line of somebody shot in the back seven times is more important than somebody getting access to a fair trial and somebody being able to understand of humanity and another is you got a concerning effort according to the judge to try to have a jury that's comprised to people who are all white. there is not a guarantee that you get to have the specific racial composition of your jurors. the supreme court and prosecutors and defense attorneys across the country know that when you are trying to engage any behavior to try to curate a jury in a way. typically what you have here this does not sound like justice truly or the pursuit of justice. it feels

our chief legal analyst joins us, jeffrey toobin and laura coates. laura, this jury found kyle rittenhouse not guilty on all charges. what is your reaction? >> you know, honestly not surprised by the ultimate verdict in this kachlcase. the prosecution had a very hard road ahead of them. the threshold in wisconsin for establishing self-defense made it such that prosecution had to disprove that kyle rittenhouse's belief he was in fear of his life or grave bodily harm was somehow unreasonable. and he gave very compelling testimony when he testified on the stand. he said the prosecution had to try to disprove that. remember, the jury instructions here are so key, wolf. not only did they talk about having the jury have to view through kyle rittenhouse's eyes, not monday morning quarterback, or hindsight of the jury, but also the idea of notion of did he do everything he could to try to escape even if his presence with the ar-15 was somehow provication? i think the prosecution had a very uphill battle trying to overcome not only the burden of proof but also

let's dig in deeper with our laura coates. >> we are also joined by david. >> what does all this meanshow rittenhouse as a deeper aggressor, he has the duty to retreat. when it comes to rosenbaum, that's the one victim that's most likely to be convicted as far as the defendant because hubert had a gun and rosenbaum had -- >> i thought only defense wanted the jurors to see each video one time of the judge rejected that argument. what does it tell you if anything about what's going on that the defense wanted to limit access to that video? >>. >> well, it's absurd to think about. the idea of limiting the ability of a jury to fully deliberate. the jury when they have deliberations are able to view whatever they like, we don't know what's happening fully behind those close dd doors. they want to see the evidence. it's the issue of provocation or i want to see with more clarity would actually happen. if you are the prosecution or the defense, you are wondering what you did not explain or convey to witness testimony to your closing arguments to summarize it in some degree. you are wondering

let me bring in cnn legal analyst laura coates, cnn analyst -- laura, your take as we watch kyle rittenhouse break down on the seat? >> if i'm the defense team, i wonder if this is the opportune time to break because you want the sympathy of these jurors. their entire case is premised on the fact that he was in fear of his life and acting in self-defense. what they described so far is a kid that is overwhelmed. that's what they're trying to convey. he's furloughed from the ymca. he is somebody who has medical training in the form of cpr and the like. they're trying to establish that he was there and present to be helpful and shoulding friendly, friendly, friendly when confronted. what you also see is the benefit that the judge has given by virtue of allowing the defense teams to refer to the victims as rioters or looters and paint them in the lens, the perspective of somebody acting violently. you see the benefit, as he was able to say i was ambushed by, or before ifls attacked by or the person was acting aggressively. at the end of the day the prosecution will have an opportunity to look at

right now, joining us cnn's senior analyst, laura coates. the prosecution has rested its case.y verdict? >> it's a great question because at times, you had some of the prosecution's witness that was helping the burden of proof to be established. that this was something who was engaged in criminal behavior, not acting in self-defense. then you had some of those same government witnesses who were providing information that could lead a juror to potentially say that this person, the defendant, was acting with the perception that he would kill or be killed. so you've got this sort of conflict happening overall, but overall, the prosecution through all of their witnesses established that there was evidence that kyle rittenhouse acted in a manner by virtue of being there. trying to protect property that is not a threat to you in some way, you don't just get to protect property and kill people. you can't engage in that sort of behavior. the idea it was reasonable for him to proceed, kill or be killed. they made a strong case about that very issue, but there's still the notion they had

i want to bring in senior legal analyst laura coats and defense attorney shan wu. the defense took a risk putting rittenhouse on the stand today as you know. which side do you think benefited most from his testimony? >> it was a tough day for the prosecution. it's a challenging case. very challenging judge. and a challenging defendant to cross-examine. he is young. he looks young. you have to make sure the jury didn't think that you're bullying him. at the end of the day, i don't know that they scored the kind of points they needed to do in a case like this. >> he's 18. was 17 at the time of the shooting. laura, key moment today was when rittenhouse broke down on the stand earlier. watch this. >> there were -- there were people right there -- >> laura, what did you make of that moment and what impact do you think it will have on the jury? >> well, tears certainly garner sympathy of already sympathetic jurors. it can also persuade others to look at the defendant in a more sympathetic light. you know, if i was the defense team, i would question the judge's decision t

so i want to hear from our senior legal analyst laura coates about this. good evening to you.t do you think of what justin kagan said, her warning? >> justice caning is absolutely right. this would be the definitive slippery slope. we hear about this could be a slippery slope, might have a domino effect. if you allow states to be able to an end run around judicial review, you give them cart blanch to do whatever they want as long as they figure out a way not to have a state actor enforce the law. remember, fundamentally what's wrong with this case is normally if you want to try to prevent a law from going into effect, you have to be able to sue the state actor who is charged under the statute to actually enforce the law. in texas they decided, huh, we will avoid that by allowing anyone in the country, not a state actor in texas, to be able to sue anyone who aids in an abortion. thereby allowing them to just avoid judicial review. now, if that's allowed, she is right. it's not just hot-button issues like abortion or gun rights or anything else. it could be everything that could

there is so much to discuss with cnn's senior legal analyst laura coates, and the former district attorneyunty, wisconsin, who has argued in front of this judge. we'll talk all about this. good evening. the defense took a risk putting kyle rittenhouse on the stand today. who do you think benefited the most from his testimony? >> so far the defense. the risk seems to be paying off in the sense of having the appeal of the jury, the sympathy card was played. obviously crying on the stand is going to evoke a level of sympathy from the jurors. remember, it is the tears in itself is not the most compelling aspect. when he asserted self-defense he has to demonstrate he was entitled to use self-defense and specifically lethal force to repel whatever force he perceived was used against himself. while there may have been that dent in terms of the sympathy card and figuring out this young man is speaking for himself, what would he sound like, what would he act like, would he be defiant, resolved, sympathetic? he answered those questions but hasn't answered the question whether he was entitled fully t

don lemon tonight begins right now with laura coates sitting in. as well, and i was listening to you on siriusxm a couple of hours ago, and here you are again, my goodness, you work hard. nice seeing you. >> unfortunately that was the rewind. i hope the things that i said this morning stood up after the verdict came in. >> do you want them to have stood up, i'll tell you they did. of course they did. you're smerconish, of course they did. >> you're nice, thank you. >> take care, happy thanksgiving. >> you too. thanks,

the man who referred to the lovely and talented and very smart laura coates as the upgrade. what are you trying to say about me, buddy? >> better than you. [ laughter ] >> well, that part is true but still, i mean, you could at least fake it. you're supported to be my good friend. >> i am. i love you to death. [ laughter ] >> yeah. how are you doing? hey, listen -- >> one of the reasons i call her the upgrade is because i've been calling her that for over a year now. >> i know that. i know that. good to see you. >> good to see you, brother. >> i know you had a great thanksgiving. i know you did. i miss you and i'm grateful for your friendship and love. i think you're fantastic, one of the kindest people i know on this planet and there you go. i meant every word. >> i'm thankful for you in my life. it was great to see you having a good time. i like the friends-giving tradition. for us it was great to be in the house for the first time and was all good, man. one memory at a time. it's always better with you but good to know you were having fun. >> i'm glad you got to be with y

. >> laura coates, what'd you think?the use of the phrase active shooter really ruled the day. we thought that victims or the idea of not being able to use that word would be very impactful but the idea of threading a very important needle here. not alienating gun owners in wisconsin but also asking the question did you forfeit your life if you try to be heroic and stop an active shooter? that was the most compelling today of the closing aurmtds. >> paul callan, what did you think? >> i think it's the difference between the prosecutor saying this is like a walk through disney world and, um, the defense saying it was dante's inferno. and i think, when you look at the whole picture, it looked like dante's inferno and there were plenty of reasons for rittenhouse to think he might be killed. >> the deliberations begin tomorrow. we'll watch. see what happens to our viewers, thanks very much for watching. i am wolf blitzer in the situation room. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> outfront. the breaking news. the jur

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. >> earlier cnn asked criminal defense attorney patrick and laura coates federal prosecutor to weighon the trial. here is what they told us. >> rittenhouse very easily could have put his weapon down at that point, put his hands in the air and said, take me to the police. he didn't do that. he kept jogging down the street with the rifle. it almost looked at me at one point in time he pointed the rifle at someone who was verbally confronting him which would have been consistent with what the prosecutor was arguing he had done earlier in the parking lot. so i think a jury that looks at that, particularly somebody who came to the box with a strong belief that resorting to lethal force should be the absolute last thing that somebody does, is going to look at that and say, yeah, this guy had other options. he didn't need to resort to lethal force in every one of these situations. >> the idea, was it reasonable in this jury's mind that at the time he felt that the chaotic situation that he perceived enabled him to act this way. and that's why it is such an odd thing to use the use of force

laura coates, thank you so much for that. >> thanks. >> cnn's coverage continues right now. >>> good tuesday morning. i'm erica hill. >> i'm jim sciutto. we are watching as any moment president biden is expected to announce his administration's most aggressive rules yet when it comes to slashing planet warming methane emissions. he is on his final day at the united nations climate summit in glasgow. this announcement comes as the white house is looking for ways to achieve the president's goal of cutting u.s. greenhouse emissions by half, by the end of this decade. it is ambitious. as it looks for ways to combat growing skepticism abroad on the u.s. commitment to climate change. >> that proposed new rule coming a day after moderate senator joe manchin raised doubts about his support of president biden's social safety net package which contains historic investments in combatting climate change. the west virginia senator says he wants greater clarity about the impact the plan will have on the country's economy and the national debt, while also warning house progressives that holding the

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joining us now, to deal with all of the breaking news, we have our cnn senior legal analyst laura coates anz elie honig and allen turk heimer and eric gust is a trial attorney. to bring everybody up to speed again. kyle rittenhouse found not guilty on all five counts including the lesser included ones that were added. so, eli, surprise? >> it is not a surprise. because in our criminal justice system it is designed to be difficult to convict any person. that is why we have the standard beyond a reasonable doubt. it is even more difficult when there is a self-defense claim and it is even more difficult on top of that in the state of wisconsin which has a self-defense law. that is particularly favorable to a defendant. i think ultimately there were two key pieces of evidence in this case. one, this was a videotaped case. virtually all of the relevant conduct happened on videotape. and this was a split-second freeze-frame type of case. how close was rosenbaum to kyle rittenhouse when he fired and when you're in that close of a case it is hard to prove reasonable doubt. and when kyle rittenho