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to a hospital when he found her unconscious in 2002. >> so many people came together to stop robert robertson'sexecution. >> the innocence project joining the legal fight for robertson who has autism, saying nikki was suffering from pneumonia and was prescribed medication that likely caused her death. >> if we had to take this same case to court today, there's no way in the world we would a conviction with a set of facts that we worked with the detective who helped jail robertson, testifying in front of the committee last week legislators issuing an unusual subpoena to hear from robertson, who was 90 minutes from execution. he's an innocent man and we were very close to killing him. >> something he did not do. >> the action caused a legal tug of war between a texas attorney general fighting to keep the execution in place, and legislators trying to prevent it, with the texas supreme court issuing a last minute stay, his impairment led to being misjudged, outdated science has landed him on death row for something that wasn't even a crime, and the legal maneuvers continue as ro rtson's life hangs

anything but a natural death or an accidental death. >> it's mind boggling, unconscionable that robert robertson is still on death row and days away from his scheduled execution. >> robertson has a lot of support for clemency. over 80 texas legislators have opposed the execution, and a bipartisan group of legislators recently visited with robertson at the prison in livingston. death penalty proponent republican rhonda tomek posted on social media that robertson's conviction was based on faulty science, adding, we want to see justice served and this is not it. >> the outpouring of support that he has had is reflective of a recognition that this is an innocent man who is at danger of being executed for a crime, that never even occurred. >> the texas court of appeals dismissed both a motion to halt the execution and a new application for relief filed by robertson's attorneys. the court appears unwilling to consider extensive medical and scientific evidence proving the child died for reasons other than abuse. unless robertson can win clemency from the state board of pardons and paroles, he will be e

borja: las horas estÁn contadas para robert robertson, es un preso que recibirÁ la inyecciÓn letal ene 24 por la muerte de su hija. lo acusan de haberla sacudido violentamente, pero Él lo sigue negando, solamente la misericordia del gobernador podrÍa salvarlo, tenemos los detalles de la nueva evidencia y asÍ comenzamos. ♪ [mÚsica] ♪ carolina: hola que tal como estÁn? con mucho gusto, borja voces, aaron sarasa, hoy es miÉrcoles 16 de octubre, esta es su "ediciÓn digital", su compaÑÍa al mediodÍa. llega elforo, televisa univisiÓn los latinos preguntan, donald trump responde. borja: les vamos a llevar directamente hasta el foro, pero antes, tan pronto como maÑana serÁ ejecutado robert robertson, el padre condenado a la pena capital por sacudir violentamente a su hija de 2 aÑos en el aÑo 2002. como te hemos contado aquÍ en la "ediciÓn digital", serÍa la primera ejecuciÓn del paÍspor el sÍndrome del bebÉ sacudido. carolina: el padre ha dicho una y otra vez que es inocente por la muerte de su hijita, de hecho, presentÓ dos peticiones de clemencia, pero ambas han sido rechazadas. nuestra col

sonia aparicio sÁnchez tiene este controversial caso la ejecuciÓn de robert robertson es inminente traspender su sentencia de muerte. >> ahora, robertson enfrenta de manera inminente su ejecuciÓn por inyecciÓn letal. este jueves. robertson, condenado hace mÁs de dos dÉcadas por el asesinato de su hija de dos aÑos, ha mantenido firmemente que es inocente. este miÉrcoles, ana vÁzquez y una coaliciÓn de defensores entregÓ mÁs de 100.000 peticiones firmadas en la oficina del gobernador abbott. instÁndolo a detener la ejecuciÓn y permitir que un tribunal escuche nuevas pruebas mÉdicas y cientÍficas que, segÚn expertos, demuestran que la hija de dos aÑos de robertson muriÓ por causas naturales y accidentales. >> i'm here today because like robert robertson i know what it means to be accused and convicted of a crime that never occurred. i know what it means to confront false allegations. >> en su momento, los fiscales argumentaron que la niÑa muriÓ debido a un episodio violento de sacudidas. basÁndose en sÍntomas que anteriormente se consideraban pruebas irrefutables de abuso conocidos como la

one on one interview with doctor phil about his mission to reopen the case of death row inmate robert robertson. your daily source for true crime starts right now. thanks for joining us. it was a sunday night last september when police were dispatched to check on a suburban illinois family after they hadn't been heard from. what cops found was an unfathomable scene. the couple, along with their two suns, had been shot to death after a year long investigation. this twisted whodunit would reveal itself as one of the craziest catfish cases ever. it was supposed to be a routine well-being check for the romeoville police department in suburban chicago. the family of zoraida bartolome and alberto rolon were concerned they hadn't heard from the couple. after alberto didn't show up for work, and as they looked through the windows of the family home, the couple shared with their two young boys. >> hey, i got a tv knocked over and a coffee table knocked over. >> things are suddenly far from routine. >> oh, god. dogs are dead. two dead dogs. >> officers make their way inside. you got mail? >> you got. hel

eastern has suddenlyn >> the most important witness of course, is robert robertson.aken baby case, based on science, that at the time was very reasonable and made a lot snd in his defense, including famed tv psychologist doctor phil, who covered the story on his for the first two years of her life? the first 22 months? >> to be honest, yes. i >> i am 100% convinced that we're facing a miscarriage of justice here. >> novelist john grishkn if notd be in his grave today. t than two decades ago, in 2003. robert robertson was convicted of murdering hishe said he woke to find her who helped convict robertson.ecr >> he's a special man, and i amn fighting to stop the execution, pointing to new evidence that casts doubt on whether his daughter actually died from shaken babe 13 texas junk science law. it was meant to be a law that looked forward, that says, just in case we have a law today, or have a a better way of evaluating science, whether it be dna identification, shaken babyso why this baby died. >> abc affiliate ktla spoke to robertson inside prison in 2022. >> we went

reportera: se le agota el tiempo a robert robertson y que podrÍa ser ejecutado por una condena por elor muriÓ por neumonÍa y que se habÍa caÍdo de la cama. >> un niÑo impactado puede desarrollar problemas. no es comÚn ver que estos niÑos llegan con pulmonÍa, problemas en el corazÓn. reportera: roberson llevÓ a la pequeÑa al hospital y el personal mÉdico dijo que habÍa seÑales de abuso. los abogados de roberson dicen que su comportamiento era extraÑo por su autismo, y por el cual fue diagnosticado en 2018. la defensa sostiene que su cliente es inocente y que la condena se basÓ en pruebas cientÍficas errÓneas. un grupo de legisladores bipartidistas cuestionan si se cometiÓ un crimen. la junta de perdÓn y libertad condicional de texas negÓ clemencia a robertson. >> no creo que el gobernador tenga clemencia. jorge: segÚn datos publicados, se presentaron 509 muertes y desapariciones en la frontera entre mÉxico y estados unidos. y en 2023 la cifra disminuyÓ. este aÑo van 137 migrantes desaparecidos o fallecidos. eliÁn: esta es una situaciÓn que alarma a todos que tenemos una suscripciÓn. se

indultos y libertad condicional de texas rechazÓ la recomendaciÓn de anular la pena de muerte para robert robertson002. como resultado de sacudidas en violentas. el conocido sÍndrome del bebÉ sacudido, sin embargo, evidencia de Última hora presuntamente demuestra que la menor habrÍa muerto por neumonÍa y que habrÍan factores que no se habrÍan tomado en cuenta durante su juicio. borja: por otra parte, los hermanos menÉndez se estÁn aferrando a un milagro para salir de prisiÓn sin cumplir cadena perpetua. se espera que la fiscalÍa de los Ángeles se pronuncie en 10 dÍas sobre la revisiÓn de las nuevas evidencias que podrÍan cambiar dicha sentencia, y quizÁs permitirles a salir en libertad. precisamente, sus familiares llegaron hasta los angeles para implorar su liberaciÓn, asegurÁndole que los hermanos fueron vÍctimas de terribles abusos por parte de su padre josÉ menÉndez. escuchemos a la familia. >> [habla en inglÉs] [habla en inglÉs] >> [habla en inglÉs] [habla en inglÉs] >> [habla en inglÉs] [habla en inglÉs] >> [habla en inglÉs] [habla en inglÉs] [habla en inglÉs] [habla en inglÉs] [habla en ingl

the big news that we're learning is that robert robertson is no longer expected to testify today.recall, last week, his execution was halted, so that he could appear before this committee in person, to give testimony. but over the weekend, the texas attorney general actually filed a motion with the texas supreme court, asking them to reconsider that temporary restraining order. and also the texas department of criminal justice saying that they are not able to accommodate him appearing in person, because of safety concerns about bringing a death row inmate to the capitol, where there's no holding area, but that they would allow him to appear virtually. robertson's attorneys says because of his autism and because of his unfamiliarity with platforms like zoom, that would allow him to appear virtually, they did not think that that would be in the best interest of their client. so here we are today with this committee hearing moving forward without robertson testifying virtually or in person. but they are expected to hear from witnesses. and i will tell you that the attorney general is

. >> and now an update on death row inmate robert robertson, convicted of killing his two year old daughter a case of shaken baby syndrome. it's a crime, his advocates say never happened. the texas board of pardons and paroles has denied his petition for clemency, unanimously voting to not recommend commutation of his death sentence or a 180 day reprieve. robertson is facing execution tomorrow. governor greg abbott can still issue a 30 day reprieve. for the latest breaking crime news, go to true crime news.com. watch more exclusive content on our youtube channel. listen to our podcast and follow us at my true crime news. that's it for today's true crime news. i'm anna garcia. see you next time (tense music) - what were your thoughts when you first arrived at the crime scene? - it was not a quick death. she'd lived for quite some time trying to fend off her attacker. (static crackles) (air whooshes) - it was a very, very violent act on this individual, and there's a lot of rage to do that to another human being. - was it possible that tiara's killer could have been a family member? - everybo

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. >>> death row inmate robert robertson may testify today at a texas legislative hearing on his case.obertson was set to be executed last thursday but obtained a temporary restraining order with hours to spare. now he is expected to testify, challenging his conviction in a controversial shaken baby death case. over the weekend, the texas a.g. asked the supreme court to dismiss robertson's subpoena, suggesting the state may not produce robertson for the hearing. >>> sean diddy combs is facing another slew of lawsuits accusing him of sexual assault and rape. nbc news has obtained five civil suits filed in the southern district of new york. one of the plaintiffs accuses combs of raping her when she was 13. representatives for the rap mogul did not return nbc news' request for comment. combs is currently being held without bail in brooklyn on federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges. he denies criminal wrongdoing. the trial is set to start may 5th. >>> hurricane oscar made landfall in cuba as the country continues to struggle with blackouts. the country's electrical grid collapsin

robert robertson was supposed to appear ag wanted robertson to appear via video. his attorney said he should appear in person, citing robertson's autism and communication challenges. ag wouldn't budge, so robertson dif his supporters appeared, including author john grisham people in texas, absent d are going down a really dangerous road from pneumonia complications. his execution wae rescheduled. >> an american civil liberties attorney will become the first openly transgender person to co. chase strangio will challenge tennessee's ban on gender affirming care for minors in december. he will speak as part of the biden administration's appeal.. >> famed san francisco artist ruth asawa was posthumously awardedon square, and aroundg. >> in paintings and films and songs and scenes, poetry and lo. >> the arts and availability of the arts in the united states. >> new at six. fight for higher y d flying free. >> an update on cal's youngest falcon after he had a broken

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if put to death as scheduled, 57-year-old robert robertson would be the first person executed in theial shaken baby diagnosis. tonight a judge denied a motion to toss the execution warrant against him. tomorrow a texas board is expected to make a recommendation to the governor as to whether he should spare robertson's life. i met robertson on death row three weeks ago. are you counting down the days? >> i would like to believe that the governor and the parole board would do the right thing. >> his plight has generated bipartisan support among politicians, medical experts and even the detective who arrested him all calling for his execution to be halted. >>> we'll take a break right here and in 60 seconds, the crushing cost of elder care. a burden for a growing number of american families and our in-depth look at one family going through it and how the presidential candidates would deal with it right after this. it's gonna get nasty later. yep. hey! perfect day for sailing, huh? (thunder rumbles) have fun on land. (thunder rumbles) i'll go tell the coast guard. yep. yeah, checking fir

row inmate's life is spared now what we're learning about the fight over robert rock, robert, robert robertson's faked, a man convicted in the death of his two-year-old daughter, we're following all of these major you're stories and many more all coming in here to cnn news central i'm brianna keeler with alex marquardt thanks for being in for boris today and we are beginning of course with breaking news nearly 2000 pages of documents that former president trump fought to keep secret have just been made public, which just 18 days until the election special counsel jack smith, releasing this huge trove of documents that are nearly entirely blacked out, almost entirely redacted. they're part of the prosecutors election subversion case, the january 6 case against former president donald trump. prosecutors have charged trump with four crimes stemming from his actions following his 2020 election loss. including conspiracy to defraud the united states, as well as obstruction trump, of course, has pled not guilty. cnn's evan perez is here with us now, so evan, you and your team are still going through t

cnn's ed lavendera has all the latest robert robertson's lawyer as she left a courtroom in palestine, texas giving up. next as the latest legal attempt to spare his life failed again, i'm enraged i'm heartbroken, but we are not giving up this fight in 2003, robert roberson was sentenced to die for abusing and killing his daughter, nikki. >> at trial, medical experts testified nikki suffered multiple head traumas and brain bleeding, indicative of shaken baby syndrome robertson's legal team, which includes the innocence project, says the 2-year-old had a history of medical issues and that she died of double pneumonia. that progress too sepsis, which can mimic symptoms of abusive head trauma. they also said she had fallen off the bed that night, but some have called robertson's new medical claims preposterous, even if the child did have pneumonia, there was no way any of those were consistent with the multiple trauma impact areas to the head, the doubt over robertson since case has intensified in a highly unusual letter, a bipartisan group of 86 texas lawmakers are fighting to stop rober

to talk to us and we look forward to that update coming as to when we will in fact hear from robert robertson. thank you will probably find out together. >> thanks for having me this morning. >> thanks so much. >> i still to come here this hour. just where did the nikki haley voters go? kamala harris is hoping to find them in three key wing states this week. and she's bringing in a pretty powerful republican to help you're live in the cnn newsroom for you are pretty yeah. >> what are the kinds we could run on the news before then would never happen if i got news for you saturday at nine on cnn and stream next day on max i still can't believe he's gone his past few days has been a whirlwind. there's so much to arrange. i just wasn't prepared. >> know, but your mother was yeah. >> good thing. you and mom got those policies. i had no idea how expensive all this would be. >> i know i didn't want to talk about it, but i'm glad she made us do it and the payment is on the way already it really was as fast as they said. your mother always made sure we were prepared. >> they can't believe you both wer

what robertson's lawyers want is more time for courts to be able to re-examine that medical evidence, but this point time is running our out. there are just hours before a roberterson is scheduled to be executed. jim all right. ed. thank you. and robertson's lawyers aren't the only ones pushing for clemency. a bipartisan group of more than 80 texas lawmakers have also voiced their support for his case. thank you very much for joining me. i'm jim acosta. stay with us inside politics with dana bash starts after a short break more on the breaking news out of israel, just a few months coming to medicare and your coverage could be affected even if you've had your plan for a while, you may need to rethink your options all plan enroll for your free medicare coverage review with access to plans from many leading insurance companies are licensed. >> insurance agents can help make sure you don't go to your doctor uncovered they take time to learn about your needs personally. then when you're ready, they can help you enroll in the plan that fits you best take control of your coverage choices by calling plan enroll to they meet the squad, the radical anti-israel members o

lawmakers subpoenaed robert robertson to appear before them today as a last-ditch effort to block hisuld appear. he was scheduled to be the first person in the country to be executed in a case involving shaken baby syndrome. for decades roberson has maintained he did not kill his 2-year-old daughter nikki, and now medical experts have called nikki's shaken baby diagnosis into question, and the lead detectivive in this case says he is convinced roberson is innocent. nbc's priscilla thompson joins us from austin, texas, with more. what can we expect when his testimony gets under way this afternoon? >> reporter: ana, right mao it is an ob question of how exactly that testimony is going to take place, but the texas department of criminal justice now saying that they will -- to bring a death row inmate to the texas state capital, that there's nowhere to hold them, and now you have his attorney's responding saying that because of his autism and because he's not familiar with remotely appearing before a body like this that this is going to do a disservice to him. in fact, selling us this mor

like it like that ♪ the country's first execution tied to shaken baby syndrome. 57 year old robert robertsonction after being convicted for the 2000 death of his two year old daughter. more than 100 medical experts and state legislators are calling for his execution to be called off due to questions surrounding the shaken baby syndrome diagnosis. the decision to delay would have to come from the governor or the u.s. supreme court. >> a close friend of bob lee will be cross-examined further today in the trial of nima momeni. that friend testified about the hours leading up to the stabbing. he told the jury that an angry momeni called lee that night, accusing him of acting inappropriately with his sister. well, the defense tried to show that lee and his friends used drugs as well as nitrous oxide or laughing gas. ktvu legal analyst michael cardoza says the trial could depend on the expected upcoming testimony of his sister. >> certainly, the prosecution thinks it's going to help them prove beyond a reasonable doubt their case. on the other side, you never know what a witness will do on the sta

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supreme court just moments ago, also denied robert robertson's appeals to halt this execution as well. >> jake, and cnn's ed lavendera. thank you so much for that update. the news continues on cnn with wolf blitzer in the situation room. i will see you tomorrow. >> happening now, breaking news, israel confirms its forces have killed the hamas leader accused of masterminding the october 7 terror attack. prime minister benjamin netanyahu, declaring a victory over evil while warning that the war against hamas will continue until all hostages are released. also breaking kamala harris is campaigning in the blue wall battleground, state of wisconsin, and she just blasted donald trump for calling january 6, a day of love cnn is on the trail with the election only 19 days away was early in port in-person voting is now underway. the crucial swing state of north carolina where the turnout is being described as terrific officials scrambling to ensure all residents are able to cast their ballots in the aftermath of hurricane helene welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the w

his accuser one execution was halted at the 11th hour, a state house committee has subpoenaed robert robertson is they reconsider his murder conviction? >> it is still unclear whether he will testify in person virtually today. roberson was found guilty for the death of his 2-year-old daughter, more than 20 years ago. his attorneys say the shaken baby syndrome diagnosis, though at the time was wrong, and that new evidence proves that joining me now, texas state representative bryan harrison, who is on the committee holding today's hearing and also help to get that subpoena to get roberson to testify hi, it's good to have you with me this hour, so i know there's been talk of security concerns. do you know at this hour whether robert roberson will be testifying in person today so that is my hope. >> it's my expectation when he made the motion to issue this subpoena that we hadn't done a quite frankly, robert would almost certainly be dead right now. i got to say i'm very proud of every member of my committee, the republicans and the democrats, who voted to issue that subpoena. i'm appreciative th

but attorneys for robert robertson and his advocates say that he was wrong i'm fully convicted of killingear-old daughter more than 20 years ago he brought his daughter, nikki to the hospital in 2002 because she wasn't breathing. well, hospital staff believed that she had shaken baby syndrome because of bruises and injuries to her head roberson's attorneys call that a misdiagnosis and claims that she died from double pneumonia sepsis. roberson was charged with murder and later convicted. >> cnn's ed lavendera spoke to robertson just days before his planned execution i. was falsely wrongly convicted of a crime. >> they said it was crammed, but it wasn't no crime and stuff because i had a sick little girl, you know because. i didn't you know, we can't make a personal believers, you know, stuff, you know but i care to the hospital and stuff, you know i didn't have nothing to hide. >> why do you think you were convicted? >> just because i couldn't explain what happened to her lasted. you're guilty. and why has acted funny? because of my autism. it you know, head out to them too. i was here us

we're trying to convince of the courts that this medical testimony that was used to convict robert robertson was faulty. we spoke with barry scheck, one of the co-founders of the innocence project. and he talked about why that testimony is so important. he hopes judges are listening no one who saw that hearing would walk away believing that there is a substantial risk, if not a definite reality, that texas could kill an innocent man at 6:00 tonight so the texas court of criminal appeals must reconsider this. >> they must reconsider this for their own reputation getting no indication so far that any of this is happening, as we mentioned, the execution scheduled for 6:00 central time, 7:00 p.m. eastern all right the clock is ticking, will be watching ed lavendera. thank you for the report. and next back to our breaking news, the death of hamas leader yahya sinwar families of american hostages still held by hamas tell us they are terrified about what may happen next. we'll have more on the latest from the middle east the glory good thing, gertrude found delsam how, what's going around is 12-hou

so at what is going to happen now impasse right now, essentially, as you mentioned robertson, robert roberson is expected to testify at noon central time here today at the texas cattle capitol in front of this house committee that issued the subpoena that essentially saved his life last week, but it's not clear that is going to happen. >> we've spoken with roberson's attorney and over the last 24 hours. and what they're describing is a situation where what we have seen in the last few days is the texas attorney general has sent a letter to that house committee saying that they would only provide robert roberson to testify virtually those lawmakers have made it clear since last week, as well as roberson's lawyers that they will the death row inmate to testify in person and essentially roberson's lawyers saying their hands are tied right now, that the attorney general has interjected and it's not a respecting the subpoena that has been issued for robertson and that is the situation that we find ourselves, right in some real clear questions asked about whether or not this is actually go

robert roberson. his life spared at least for the time being. now, robertson was convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter and 2002 and he would have become the first-person in the united states to be put to death for a conviction related to shaken baby syndrome but a chorus of people have come forward to fight for him, saying he is innocent, including the lead investigator on his case who now says he got it wrong. cnn's ed lavendera is following all this for us. he's got much more. so, ed, what are you hearing about? what happens now to figure out, kate, but it is impossible to overstate the drama. >> have how all of this unfolded last night as robert roberson was in a cell just feet away from the death chamber where he was supposed to have been executed at 6:00 p.m. yesterday and then almost four hours later as he sat there waiting, unaware of all of the legal fighting that was going on outside. the texas supreme court stepped in and issued a stay. and essentially, what is going on is that texas lawmakers had subpoenaed robertson to appear before a commit

now says he thinks robertson is likely innocent cnn's ed lavendera is live for us in dallas and ed, you spoke you spoke with this man on death row. tell us what he told you well, robert roberson insist that he did not kill his two-year-old daughter back in 2002, he's asking the texas governor greg abbott to spare his life. >> and at the heart of this is the testimony that the prosecutors put on from medical experts who testified that two-year-old nikki had signed it's of abuse that the symptoms that she showed up with at the hospital when she was brought, there were consistent with abuse brain bleeding and head injuries but advocates for robert roberson say that since then, medical research has proven that there can be situations where other medical explanations can be attributed for causing those kinds of symptoms. and essentially what they say is that nikki had pneumonia that had progressed into a sepsis and if those conditions mimic of something very similar to what appears as abuse in these cases. he says, now robertson has garnered the support of the innocence project bipartisan group of texas lawmakers at in all as well as the former detective who sent him to d

robert roberson, the texas supreme court has just halted his execution. they issued a partial stay. texas state representative lacey hall told cnn, he's not being executed today robertson claims that he was wrongfully convicted of killing his two-year-old daughter, where than two decades ago? >> ahead. >> quote, we created a monster unquote. that's a direct quote from a top nbc executive who now says, he regrets selling the illusion of donald trump on the apprentice that executive breaking his silence it is with me next. and ahead. a dueling billionaire is yep, with a b mark cuban and elon musk taking sides in this election, could they be making a big difference? >> to help us tally up the votes for a new class pet, we have a special guest, cnn's harry enten the ages here with nibbles, the hamster jumping out to attend point advantage over jaws, the goldfish, big brand recognition but it isn't translating in a boat. >> so what the heck is going on in here when can pilk and so sorry, it's a decent assessment >> oh no bob, i call later chest congestion. >> hello, 12 hours of relief. >> wow antiquing, not coughing coughing at the movies, past acts del not coughing was a r

the life of texas death row inmate robert roberson is in limbo this morning after he was a no-show at monday's hearing on the lawfulness of his conviction, robertson was scheduled to testify before a group of bipartisan lawmakers after an 11th hour subpoenas saved him from execution last week, the house committee did hear from another prominent witness, though tv host dr. phil, is one of many advocates calling for robertson to get a retrial i am 100% convinced that we're facing a miscarriage of justice here roberson was convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter more than 20 years ago. >> but his lawyers say the shaken baby syndrome diagnosis at the time was wrong and that new evidence proves at roberson's attorney, gretchen sween joins us now and gretchen, let's let's jump into this. there's this legal battle over how your client will testify before the house committee why is it so important that it'd be done in person? and not virtually clarify this important point, because i think the suggestion that robert was a no-show makes it sound like there was some change of heart and there are definitely wasn't the problem was that the understanding i

robertson started marketing his book's cover proposed running done washington, d.c. a heritage spokesman says robertsdcast was made to warn of left-wing violence. let's hear from dennis, new york, republican line. caller: i don't understand why the election is so close. under donald trump prior to covid we had no world wars, a secure border. we had no high inflation, and the country seem to be more united. that is not the whole boat. that is one good thing. my question is to the democrats. today on the news from buffalo, new york they had a task force to find these missing children, 325,000 missing children in this country under this administration. channel 2 knows said the buffalo task force found 47 children and that the parents and guardians of those children should be happy. they never said who had the children and where they came from. there was a lot of this going on under this administration. we have the world's number one sex traffickers. why ain't there doing something for these children? i want answers for these 47 children. the never said where they were and who had them. host: perry, phil