if you can start off -- well, described the scene in the courtroom than outside as marilyn mosby madeannouncement and adnan syed, your client for more than 20 years ago, walked out -- kind of -- a free man. >> thank you for having me. all i can say is that when we saw adnan walking out of the courthouse, it was a feeling of being overwhelmed with joy. it was a site that we could never be sure whatever happened. it only took place because he had the perfect and ideal combination of the dedicated lawyer erica sutor and before her, he had another just brilliant lawyer. and then we had the prosecuting attorney marilyn mosby, who really embraced the meaning of a minister of justice. and finally, the judge understood that she was required to act in the interest of justice, and she did so stop and she released him. the chains came off of him in the courtroom. there was a gasp. people realized that he was going to be freed. we waited outside and waited and when he finally came out with his family, it was just so moving and so emotional an experience. juan: i wanted to ask you about this issue

days ago, after years of appeals and motions proved unsuccessful, baltimore's state's attorney marilyn mosbyidence of two other possible suspect, asking the judge to toss out the verdict and release adnan syed from prison before a new trial. >> it is imperative that we start the process of securing a new trial with adequate reputation for mr. syed to ensure that the family of ms. hae min lee knows with full confidence that the person responsible for her death and the death of their loved one will be held accountable. >> prosecutors will now have 30 days to decide whether to schedule a new trial. >> how do you feel, man? >> or drop the case. >>> up next, fletcher. ♪ >> the chart topper making no apologies for being her authentic self. announcer: type 2 diabetes? discover the power of 3 in the ozempic® tri-zone. in my ozempic® tri-zone, i lowered my a1c, cv risk, and lost some weight. announcer: ozempic® provides powerful a1c reduction. in studies, the majority of people reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events such as stroke, heart atta

joining me now is marilyn mosby, baltimore city state attorney, marilyn, welcome back to the broadcastso your involvement and all that. we want to get you your reaction to the new legislation. these bills include additional funding for nonprofit community and faith-based organizations. local police departments with less than 125 officers. and they have mental health resources, grants to help solve gun crimes. does it sound like these two you will help reduce crimes in places like baltimore if the senate passes them? >> thank you for having me. i saw the congress's collective efforts and to -- police accountability in this country is still not been addressed or resolved. whatever happened to the george floyd justice and policing act? brown and black people are still dying in the hands of police in this country every day. as a country, we cannot afford to throwing $60 million a year for five years for local the -- police departments will solve an inherent to systemic violent issue in this country. i caution democrats, we really need to stop believing that we need to placate or negate the

marilyn mosby is the state's attorney for baltimore. >> i'm not at this point, at this stage, declaringt adnan syed is innocent. but we are declaring that in the interests of fairness and justice, that he's entitled to a new trial. >> reporter: mosby saying a year-long investigating revealed new evidence about two other suspects, one of whom had threatened to kill haeman, later, one suspect suspected of engaging in rape and public assault. >> one of he suspects had faulty polygraphs. there was faulty cell phone call evidence used against adnan syed that would not stand up in court today. >> reporter: announcing that some evidence that could have helped adnan's defense team was not shared with them at the time. a practice known as a brady violation. are you suggesting that the prosecutors hid evidence from the defense? >> what i'm saying is, i can't go so far as to say they intentionally hid the evidence. i can say that the information was not revealed and was not disclosed to the defendant. >> reporter: the investigation also identified significant reliability issues regarding the most

something that is really curious to me that was stated by marilyn mosby, they are waiting to hit the dna to make the decision on whether to move forward with another trial. and i'm thinking it has been 20 years. how is it that you are still waiting on and an analysis of dna evidence? i think there are just so many mistakes made in this case and as sarah said, this is not much to celebrate and we should also note that feels like that they were blindsided, that the prosecution did not give them any notice that they were moving forward with this motion to vacate the conviction. >> and we actually heard from an attorney for lee's family and let's listen. >> the family has described it best i think, young lee and her brother described it best when he said that he feels both blindsided and betrayed, blindsided by what happened in the court yesterday and the way that the family was treattreated betrayed by the state's attorney's office that for 20 years had told them this is the guy who murdered your daughter and sister. what happened yesterday, they were completely excluded from the proces

syed could still face a new trial, but state's attorney for baltimore marilyn mosby spoke on monday.>> we are not yet declaring syed is innocent, but we are declaring an interest of fairness and justice, he is entitled to a new trial. amy: she said she will look into whether two alternative suspects may have murderedhae min lee, including one who threatened to make her disappear and kill her. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman in new york, joined by democracy now! co-host juan gonzÁlez in new brunswick, new jersey. hi, juan. juan: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: i want to ask you first about the crisis in puerto rico where most of the island remains without power for another day after being hit by hurricane fiona. in fact, the electricity went out before fiona hit. you were born in puerto rico. to say the least, your closely tied, still have family i puerto rico. what are you hearing? >> i am hearing pretty much what the news ac