roddie bryan keeps to himself. his neighbors don't really even know who he is even though he's lived in the neighborhood for three years. roddie is not boastful or a bragger. he is not loud or boisterous. he is not an attention seeker. roddie tries to avoid bad language. not always successfully. roddie is respectful. he's an ordinary guy. a regular guy. roddie bryan is no vigilante. there's no evidence of that. roddie isn't running around with guns openly carried in broad daylight. he didn't even bother to report the theft of his own trailer. after all, it's just stuff. that's what insurance is for. what you take into your hand, you take into your heart. roddie bryan grabbed his cell phone. that's not intended as a comment upon anyone else. but that's just who roddie is. what else does the evidence tell us about roddie bryan. is roddie bryan the smartest guy in the room? is he like some kind of rocket scientist? in these interviews that mr. bryan gives to the police, is there some clever word play like mr. bryan is

roddy bryan keeps to himself. his neighbors don't really even know who he is, even though he's lived in the neighborhood for three years. roddy is not boastful or a braggart. he is not loud or boisterous. he is not an attention seeker. roddy tries to avoid bad language, not always successfully. roddy is respectful. he's an ordinary guy, a regular guy. roddy bryan is no vigilante. there is no evidence of that. roddy isn't running around satilla shores with guns openly carried in broad daylight. he didn't even bother to report the theft of his own trailer. after all, it's just stuff. that's what insurance is for. the amish have a saying what you take into your hands, you take into your heart. roddy bryan grabbed his cell phone. that's not intended as a comment upon anyone else, but that's just who roddy is. what else does the evidence tell us about roddy bryan? is roddy bryan the smartest guy in the room? is he like some kind of rocket scientist? in these interviews mr. bryan gives to the police, is there some clever

now we know that roddie bryan did not shoot mr. arbery. the theory here is parties to a crime and how can mr. bryan intentionally help commit a crime that he has no reason to believe is about to take place. when did mr. bryan see the gun? when does he know they are armed? what can mr. bryan do about it? you've seen from the video nat by the time mr. bryan knows that the mcmichaels are armed, it's mere seconds before the shooting takes place. so the idea that mr. bryan will get out of his car or honk or yell stop, we know that's fantasy on the part of the state. what's going to happen is going to happen at that point. mr. bryan cannot be guilty as a part of the crime because he can't intentionally help commit a crime he doesn't have reason to believe is going to take place. and he doesn't help. the mcmichaels could have sphot mr. arbery. had that been their intention, they could have shot arbery before they got his driveway. they could have done it the whole time. that's got nothing to do with roddie bryan. they don't need roddie bryan's hel

when did roddie bryan know that they intended to shoot mr. arbery? and at that point what could mr. bryan have done about it? those were the three questions that i asked repeatedly. and we're still waiting for answers on that. >> how do you expect them to get around the georgia law that every person concerned in the commission of a crime is party thereto, meaning even if you don't have the gun, even if you don't pull the trigger, if you're part of what turns into a homicide you are just as responsible as everybody else? >> well, and that's exactly what a good prosecutor would say and what a good prosecutor would argue. and i think we can agree that the arbery family in this case is represented by some very capable attorneys from the cobb county district attorney's office. but at the same time, chris, given your legal background i'm sure you appreciate that the parties to the crime statute, particularly the one in georgia, in this situation would require that roddie intentionally helped them commit the crime. and he didn't do that. and that's what the evidence shows. at the time of th

when did roddie bryan know that they intended to shoot mr. arbery? and at that point what could mr. bryan have done about it? those were the three questions that i asked repeatedly. and we're still waiting for answers on that. >> how do you expect them to get around the georgia law that every person concerned in the commission of a crime is party thereto, meaning even if you don't have the gun, even if you don't pull the trigger, if you're part of what turns into a homicide you are just as responsible as everybody else? >> well, and that's exactly what a good prosecutor would say and what a good prosecutor would argue. and i think we can agree that the arbery family in this case is represented by some very capable attorneys from the cobb county district attorney's office. but at the same time, chris, given your legal background i'm sure you appreciate that the parties to the crime statute, particularly the one in georgia, in this situation would require that roddie intentionally helped them commit the crime. and he didn't do that. and that's what the evidence shows. at the time of th

william "roddie" bryan lived in satilla shores, nearby the mcmichael.. >> nobody got this on video, you just witnessed it correct? >> yeah, i got it. >> roddie bryan, i mean, he supplied, the next best thing for the prosecution than a confession. >> at what point did you start videoing? >> well, i thought he was going to get away, so that was the reason. i don't know what i got 'cause half the time i was trying to drive. >> how well did he know the mcmichaels? did he have a relationship with that family? >> he didn't have a relationship with that family. >> there was a perspective in that neighborhood that they were being menaced by somebody. >> it really was a neighborhood on edge on february 23rd of 2020. >> why on edge? >> because the volume of theft had become a real issue. >> in the months from about october 2019 up to february of 2020, there had been a real uptick in property crimes in the neighborhood. >> did travis ever report a crime? >> yes. on january 1, 2020 when his gun was stolen out of his car, he filed a report with the police. police re

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roddy bryan filmed the killing.are felony matthew stafforder. travis mcmichael was found guilty on all nine counts. his father was guilty eight of nine counts. the jury reached their verdict in 11 hours and 30 minutes. that does it for "the story" wednesday, november 24. the story goes on. we hope you have a wonderful thanksgiving tomorrow with your family. "your world" starts right now. >> i never saw this day back in 2020. i never thought this day would come. but god is good. >> the mother of ahmaud arbery reacting to today's verdict as three men, greg mcmichael, travis mcmichael and roddy bryan found guilty of murdering ahmaud arbery. all three are facing minimum

were you surprised when you saw "roddie" bryan. his defense was he broke off the chase and then he rejoined it and started videotaping but he never pulled a weapon. he never fired a gun. he was no part of this. were you surprised that he was also convicted of felony murder, the second count? >> not really. part of the reason why he was brought up on felony murder charges was because of the fact that the truck became aggravated assault. the fact that he was part of this chase was a crime in and of itself. the prosecution did an excellent job of linking those lesser included charges like the aggravated assault. and then saying once you have committed the felony of aggravated assault and as a result of an individual dies, mr. arbery died, then that is felony murder. it was a perfect prosecution, making what they did in terms of making sure those two were wed and therefore the result was the felony murder charge. not surprising. frankly, trace, the whole defense about its providence, i was brought there by providence to videotape. it f

again, it's not for roddy bryan.ice is here between the mcmichaels and mr. arbery and his family. that's not hour call. that's your call. but again, but for mr. brian, whether you call it luck, coincidence or the hand of god here, not once but twice had someone who keeps to themselves and that never gets involved in anybody else's businesses and almost a stranger in his own neighborhood has now gone out and gotten a video which is the best evidence for you to look at and try to figure out what happened here. now, it's going to come up in a difference context. the judge will instruct you on the principle of abandonment. it has more than one application here if someone abandoned a criminal enterprise, they cannot be held responsible for it. maybe you believe that mr. bryan was attempting to imprison, falsely imprison mr. arbery. that would depend on whether or not the mcmichaels were authorized to make a citizens arrest. we'll talk about that later. but this is a defense. it is the burden of the state to disprove that

but, you know, the question here is when did roddie bryan know that the mcmichaels were armed.hen did roddie bryan know that they intended to shoot mr. arbery? and at that point what could mr. bryan have done about it. those were the three questions that i asked repeatedly. and we're still waiting for answers on that. >> why are you trying to make this so intensely personal about ahmaud arbery? why bring up black pastors and their presence and what you know is a public accommodation being in this courtroom and you don't have a say of who comes and who doesn't come and observe? why make that point? why do you think about pastors in terms of black and white? >> i don't think of pastors in terms of black and white. and let's be clear, if you were in that courtroom sitting in my chair, representing roddie bryan, you would be doing exactly the same thing. . >> no, i wouldn't. . >> if it helps -- if it helps you to make that point, you can be. but if you were sitting there you would be doing exactly the same thing. >> no, i wouldn't. >> as would any lawyer in america. >> no i wouldn'

it's why william "roddie" bryan could be in so much trouble. he and the others have pleaded not guilty. in her final words today, the prosecutor told jurors that without bryan chasing the black victim with his pickup truck, ahmaud arbery would still be alive. >> once mr. bryan turns around, he went up and down this street at least four times. confined and detained on homes. that's false imprisonment. >> reporter: travis mcmichael is seen on bryan's cell phone recording shooting arbery dead in the street in february of last year. and prosecutors say arbery is dead because he's black. the three say the shooting was justified under a then citizen's arrest law. but arbery is never seen stealing anything at the neighborhood construction site where he first raised their suspicions. the thanksgiving holida is, of course, on thursday and the court here is not planning to be open, so if jurors haven't reached a unanimous verdict by tomorrow, the plan is that they will take a short break and return to deliberating on friday morning. david? >> all right,

>> william "roddie" bryan has a path to acquittal in this case because the evidence that came out at trial was essentially there was no cooperation, no discussion with the other defendants that bryan got in his car, he followed arbery, he videotaped. he did not possess a gun. the defendant's marshalled the evidence to show it's possible that he wasn't even aware that the defendants had firearms, let alone they would use them and confront arbery with them. so i think, in closing, bryan's attorney has given the jury enough to say, well, maybe these two defendants with the guns are responsible, but the guy who was essentially rubber necking, following this entire incident, there may not be enough evidence, at least not beyond a reason able doubt, that he was a coparty with these other defendants. >> danny, before we heard the jury instructions, it also seemed as if the prosecution was being very methodical in her approach to speaking to the jury, telling them precisely what she wanted them to do when they got in that jury room. what's the strategy there? >> yeah. i'm a fan of this approa

so i'm going to be watching very closely, ana, to see how the jury responds to roddie bryan.arate him from the mcmichaels? do they see him as being less culpable because he didn't pull out a weapon, because he didn't get out of his truck. we saw the prosecutor make this very powerful argument about him using his truck in a way that constituted an aggravated assault, that he falsely imprisoned ahmaud arbery, that it was his truck and the truck of travis mcmichael that trapped ahmaud arbery and led to the shooting death of ahmaud by travis mcmichael. the jurists could see him as being distinguishable between travis and greg mcmichael. then there's travis. travis is the shooter. greg didn't shoot anyone, even though the prosecutors made the case they're parties to a crime. we'll see how all these defendants are treated and if they're treated differently. >> again, for viewers just tuning in, we have a verdict on the ahmaud arbery murder trial. we have three men accused of murdering ahmaud arbery, and we anticipate the jury to deliver their verdict any moment now. i want to go li

gregory mcmichael, his son travis and their neighbor william "roddie" bryan, now awaiting their fate. facing life in prison in convicted. here's steve osunsami. >> reporter: there is so much concern about the demonstrations happening outside the glynn county courthouse that the judge moved jury deliberations to a quiet room that doesn't have any exterior windows. jurors are deciding if travis mcmichael, his father gregory mcmichael, and a neighbor, william "roddie" bryan, will each be found guilty or acquitted on nine charges, including murder, aggravated assault, and false imprisonment. in georgia, a murder conviction alone means a minimum of life in prison. >> doesn't matter who actually pulled the trigger. under the law, they're all guilty, even of malice murder. >> reporter: if a person is murdered in georgia, the law says that the convicted getaway driver, for example, can be punished in the same way as the person who is convicted of the actual homicide. it's why william "roddie" bryan, who wasn't carrying a gun, but prosecutors say was part of the chase, could be in so much trou

by now it should be clear, travis doesn't even know where roddie bryan is. to say that roddie bryan's turn up there and to follow him back, travis has no idea what's happening behind the blind side of that curve, and still doesn't know who this truck is and why this gentleman is interacting with him in the way he is. this is what's happening undeknownst to travis. travis mcmichael's truck, it isn't there, it's because it's all the way back down holmes near satilla. the state is going to play the recording that you heard of mr. bryan turning, driving and revving and doing all this stuff. this will be the third interaction that mr. arbery will have at this truck. and mr. bryan is freaked out to say the least, so freaked out he drops his phone, this is where the phone drops and goes pitch black for about a minute. and in this time, you'll hear sounds. you'll hear engine noise. you'll hear turning. you'll hear shifting. you'll hear seat belts clanking. you'll hear the three-point turn eventually where he says i'm going to head back that way. what you don't hear

travis doesn't even know where roddy bryan is. to say that roddy bryan's turn up there and to follow him back. travis has no idea what's happening behind the blindside of that curve and still doesn't know who that truck is and why this gentleman is interacting with it in the way it a he is, but this is what's happening unbeknownst to traps. mr. arbery turns around. you get a quick glimpse of what's up the street, and it isn't travis mcmichael's truck. it isn't there. it's because it's all the way back down holmeser in satilla. the state is going to heart record that you heard of mr. bryan turning and revving and doing all of this stuff. this will be the third interact that mr. arbery will have coming at this truck, and mr. boyan is freaked out to say the least, so freaked out he drops his phone. this is where the phone drops and goes pitch black for about a minute. and in this time you'll hear sounds, engine noise. you'll hear turning. you'll hear shifting and seat belts crank and the three-point turn and he says i'm going to head

roddy bryan may very well be the weak link in this case because roddy bryan sees the mcmichaels chasingwhat is going on. he then gets in his truck and he videotapes the situation where roddy bryan may have made his mistake and where he may be charged with aiding and abetting when he's been alleged to have try to block off ahmaud arbery while he was running. there are moving parts here, but i can tell you it's a far different case of what is going on in georgia versus what's going on in kenosha, wisconsin with kyle rittenhouse. neil: so a good idea for the defense to let kyle rittenhouse take the stand and testify on his own defense, maybe bad idea for the defense to do that in the kies of travis mcmichael? >> i think it was a horrible idea to put travis mcmichael on. he looked like an idiot up there trying to defend himself in an indefensible manner, but when it came to kyle rittenhouse the fact he took the stand and the fact he was able to cry whether those tears were real or false, i don't know, but the jury bought it they want today hear from kyle rittenhouse and they did in fact hea

. >>> kevin gough, the attorney for william "roddie" bryan, was pressed last night about his multiple requests to bar black faith leaders from the courtroom. let's listen. >> why do you think about pastors in terms of black and white? >> i don't think of pastors in terms of black and white. and let's be clear. if you were in that courtroom, sitting in my chair, representing roddie bryan, you would be doing exactly the same thing. >> no, i wouldn't. >> we have no problem with black people being in the gallery. never did. never will. chris, you can call -- you can call me ignorant. you can call me anything you want. but i'm here representing roddie bryan, and i'm going to defend my client to the best of my ability, and i don't really care whether the people in the cheap seats like it or not. >> joining us now to discuss is benjamin crump, the civil rights attorney who is representing the father of ahmaud arbery. ben, just to be clear, that attorney equated black pastors with the klan. what do you say to that, gough claiming that his opposition to black pastors being in the courtroom was

one of the things they may be discussing that third defendant, william roddie bryan, his attorney going out of the way on monday in defense closings to separate his client out saying he was in the backup pickup truck, only had a cell phone. never got out of the truck, making a plea for the jury to treat him differently than the other two defendants. >> i want to bring in msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos and civil rights attorney charles coleman. danny let's start with you, if closing arguments are any indication, the jury is likely focusing on the whole idea of whether or not this was a citizens arrest, a legitimate citizens arrest. it's complicated in georgia law, explain what they had to face in going into that jury room, what they might be talking about now. >> georgia citizens arrest law, which has since been repealed since this incident dates back to the 1860s through a time when there were no police close by and often the citizens were the police. so it essentially allowed a citizen who believed they had probable cause of a felony to chase someone down, lay hands on him, and det

the only exception to that analysis is william roddie bryan. the judge div good this jury the option of finding him guilty on lesser charges, misdemeanor charges. so his case say bit different, but for the other two, i think it is all or nothing. >> we'll be watching, page pate, stay with us as we are all still on verdict watch here. meantime, do also want to get you caught up on the other headlines we're following on this wednesday morning. an 8-year-old boy, we learned, has died in waukesha, wisconsin. he's the latest fatality in that christmas parade tragedy from sunday. jackson sparks, you see his sweet face right there, died from injuries which he suffered after that suv plowed through crowds of people. ultimately now six lives taken, more than 60 injured. >> that poor little boy and his poor parents. the man responsible, the man police say is responsible, darrell brooks, is being held on a $5 million bail. he faces at least five counts of intentional homicide. that number likely to rise with the death toll. one officer says that brooks di

his father gregory, and neighbor roddie bryan were connected of other charge. take a look at the reaction outside the courthouse following the verdict. demonstrators chanting arbery's name. natalie has more on those verdicts for us. >> reporter: good evening, allen. the jury deliberated for more than 11 hours before reaching their decision. ahmaud arbery's mother speaking following the verdict said thinking back to last year, she never thought this day would come, but she said now our son can rest in peace. there was a brief outburst in the courtroom as the judge read the verdict. >> guilty. >> and cheering as word reached the crowd outside. travis mcmichael found guilty of malice murder. he, his father gregory, and a third defendant, william roddie bryan were all convicted of felony murder. to the verdict today was a verdict based on the facts, on the evidence, and that was our goal, was to bring that to that jury, they could do the right thing. >> reporter: this is the scene outside of the county courthouse shortly after the verdict was read. demonstrators wh

in other words, you say it out loud, i doubt william roddy bryan was committing aggravated assault with his pickup truck because it was just reckless conduct. if you can honestly look each other in the eye and say that about mr. bryan with a straight face, ladies and gentlemen, you're the jury, you decide, this is your search for the truth, if you honestly can look at each other and say that out loud, then find him not guilty of aggravated assault. find him guilty of a lesser. because you decide. you are glynn county. i mean, today you are glynn county. remember, this isn't about having personal baggage back in the jury room. it's not about a point of view or an agenda or anything like that. that's not what's going on. y'all are really really smart and you've paid really close attention to this case. you're going to determine what really happened based on the evidence, and then you're going to apply the law that the judge gives you to that evidence. it's not about being an advocate for anybody. it's your search for the truth. i suggest, witness again that you work from the bottom of the

the third man, roddie bryan, saw this happening and jumped into his trucks well and also followed hims an altercation after ahmaud arbery was chased for five minutes, which led to ahmaud arbery being shot dead. now, bause othe racial makeup of the jury, which with comprised of 11 white people and just one black person even though this is a city that is majority black, there was a lot of speculation about how they might interpret the facts. so, there was a huge amount of relief, i think. supporters of the arbery family cheered when the verdicts were read out. travis mcmichael, the son in the three men who chased ahmaud arbery, was found guilty on all counts. his father greg and roddie bryan were not found guilty on all counts, but at least one felony murder account, so the minimum sentence for each of them is life in prison. ros: stay with us if you would. i want to play one clip from in the court earlier because when the judge began reading the verdict for travis mcmichael, he had to stop because there was a reaction in the gallery. >> the verdict is as follows. in the superior court

the prosecution did agree to reduce the aggravated assault charge for william "roddie" bryan jr. down to simple assault. each of the men, though, still face those murder charges, and if convicted, they could spend the rest of their lives in prison. mona, andrew. >>> breaking overnight nasa launched a spacecraft that's ultimately scheduled to crash into an asteroid. the overnight launch was a success for the dark mission. the goal is to crash a vending machine size object into a far away space rock to alter its course. learning how to save earth from a future asteroid that could be on a collision course with the planet. it won't happen in deep space for nearly a year. >>> let's turn to the weather and your thanksgiving travel forecast. the snow that fell in eastern washington state moves into the rockies and northern plains today but no significant accumulation is expected. meanwhile, showers are expected today in the southern rockies but elsewhere clear skies for the rest of the country today. no major storms to impact your holiday travel. checking today's high temperatures, 40s

the mcmichaels and roddy bryan are also facing federal hate crime charges in a case that will head to court early next year. norah. >> o'donnell: omar villafranca, thank you. tonight, promising news about a vaccine aimed at preventing curving cal cancer which kills more than 4,000 women in the u.s. every year. research rps from britain say the surgery was 87% lower in vaccinated women than those who were not vaccinated. let's bring in dr. jon lapook. h.p.v., the most commonly sexually transmitted infection. how important is it to get this vaccine? >> it's very important. as you point out, norah, it's extremely a prevalent type of infection. about 90% of the time the infection resolves on its own but in the other 10% the virus can stay inside you and end up causing cancer. the hypothesis was if you could prevent the virus in the first place you could prevent serving cal cancer from developing and they're showing today in fact it does. >> o'donnell: wow, a vaccine that prevents cancer, it's risk. the h.p.v. vaccine recommended for children ages 11, 12, even as young as 9. what's the ide

but i'm here representing roddie bryan and i'm going to defend my client to the best of my ability.nd i don't care whether the people in the cheap seats like it or not. >> joining us now, former prosecutor and defense attorney for george zimmerman, mark o'mara. the jury will return to deliberations in a few hours. we will watch that closely. that was an interesting interview, where he was pressed on one of the most glaring parts of this trial where he repeatedly tried to get these pastors removed from the courtroom because of their race. talk to me about that over the course of the trial >> roddy didn't know about the gun, that's all great. that's good defense lawyering. but he cannot act -- it's the presentation. he cannot act in ignorance of the reality of what's going on around him. one of the first things he said when he first sort of made these presentations and these motions for mistrial. when he talked about reverend sharpton being in the courtroom, my ears perked up because it was so unusual. and then he doubled down the next day. i would like to think it is just an inexperi

william "roddie" bryan was convicted of all but three of his charges. their lawyers tonight say that they're sorry. >> these men are sorry for what happened to ahmaud arbery. they are sorry that he is dead. >> reporter: the minimum sentence for murder in georgia is life in prison. they're looking at life in prison for all three of these guys. >> well, that's not my concern. they created -- like my grandmama said, "you made your bed, you sleep in it." >> reporter: the prosecutor convinced jurors that the three white men made what she kept calling "driveway assumptions" about arbery, because he was black, and was seen walking around an unsecured construction site in the neighborhood. she came out tonight to a hero's welcome. >> the jury system works in this country and when you present the truth to people and they see it, they will do the right thing. >> reporter: it's exactly what the streets were demanding in the summer of protest that surrounded the killings of ahmaud arbery and another black man, george floyd, who was murdered in minnesota. arbery's m

the triggerman, travis mcmichael; his father, gregory mcmichael; and their neighbor, william "roddie" bryanm that they suspected arbery of burglaries in their neighborhood and were attempting to make a citizen's arrest. but prosecutors argued, the men had no evidence of arbery committing any crimes, and no right to pursue him. the killing prompted georgia officials to repeal the state's citizen's arrest law, the case garnered national attention, and drew civil rights leaders to brunswick, georgia. today, president biden said, in part, "the verdict ensures that those who committed this horrible crime will be punished." cbs' omar villafranca leads off our coverage at the courthouse. good evening, omar. >> reporter: good evening. when we first talked to ahmaud arbery's mother, wanda cooper-jones, 17 months ago, there was not a lot of attention on this case. but she was pushing investigators to dig deeper. she wanted the men arrested, tried, and convicted. today, a year and a half later, because of her pressure, her prayers were answered. >> count one, malice murder, we the jury find the defend

a direct response to roddie bryan's attorney's attempts to limit black pastors in the courtroom. among the crowd, hometown hero and mlb star adam wainwright. as this community awaits deliberations, he, like many others, are thinking about how this town will accept a verdict. have you started to give thought to that process? >> i don't know how to react until what we see happens, happens, but i know that i'll be here to uplift, to love and support those in the community that need help. >> alex presha joins us now and, alex, we've learned that before the defense rested their case, a lawyer for one of the defendants tried to strike a deal with prosecutors. tell us more about that. >> reporter: that's right. abc news learned that a last-minute plea deal offer from the attorney for william bryan was rejected by the state before each side rested. monday, closing arguments are expected to take all day, meaning that jury deliberations could begin as early as tuesday. linsey? >> alex, thank you. >>> now to another high-profile trial, that of kyle rittenhouse. a wisconsin jury acquitted hi

the mcmichaels and roddie bryan are also facing federal hate crime charges in a case that will head to early next year. norah. >> o'donnell: omar villafranca, thank you. well, tonight, there's promising news about a vaccine aimed at preventing cervical cancer, which kills more than 4,000 women in the u.s. every year. researchers in britain say the rate of cervical cancer in women who were vaccinated between the ages of 12 and 13 was 87% lower than it was among women who were not vaccinated. let's bring in cbs news' chief medical correspondent, dr. jon lapook. and, jon, h.p.v., i mean, it is the most commonly sexually transmitted infection. so, how important is it to get this vaccine? >> it's very important. and as you point out, norah, it's extremely prevalent type of infection. fortunately, about 90% of the time, the infection resolves on its own, but in that other 10%, the virus can stay inside you and end up causing cancer. so the hypothesis was, well, if you could prevent that virus in the first place, you could prevent cervical cancer from developing, and in fact, they're showing

he, his father gregory mcmichael, and their neighbor william roddie bryan jr. are accused of chasing down and killing arbery when he was out jogging. but it took months for them to be arrested, which happened only after a video of the shooting surfaced. and there's outrage all across the country over one of the defense attorneys who said, "we don't want any more black pastors coming here." hundreds of pastors expected tomorrow in that town for a prayer vigil in support of the family. that as the defense teams for the three defendants started their presentation to the jury today. here's cnn's ryan young with the very latest. >> what did you do? >> i shot him. >> reporter: travis mcmichael fired his shotgun three times, killing ahmaud arbery. he took the stand in his own defense today. >> he had my gun. he struck me. it was obvious that he was -- it was obvious that he was attacking me, that if he would have got the shotgun from me then it was -- this was a life or death situation. and i'm going to have to stop him from doing this. >> reporter: mcmichael the firs

you. >> thank you so much, take care. >>> moments ago, travis and gregory mcmichael, and william roddie bryanthe courthouse in handcuffs. they were wearing handcuffs and leg shackles, all convicted murderers. there were walked to them. all three men say they will appeal the conviction. we are watching what else happened today. of course it is known as a busy travel day. millions of people traveling by plane, by train, by car. this today is the busiest travel time, in fact, of the entire holiday. we're covering the roads and the skies coming up. next. a plan with tax-smart investing strategies designed to help you keep more of what you earn. this is the planning effect. ♪ ♪ don't be fooled by the bike. or judge him by his jacket. while ted's eyes are on the road, his heart stays home. he's got gloria, and 10 grand-babies, to prove it. but his back made weekend rides tough, so ted called on the card that's even tougher. and the medicare coverage trusted by more doctors. medicare from blue cross blue shield. by your side, no matter what. that's the benefit of blue. find your local blue cross and

isn't it time -- isn't it time, ladies and gentlemen, that we send roddy bryan home?urt threatened the proceedings. the presence of demonstrators with guns had bryan's attorney, kevin goff, again motioning for a mistrial. it was denied. the judge did say he'd decided to move the jury deliberations to an interior room in the courthouse to keep jurors out of sight and earshot of the demonstrations. after court recessed for the day, attorney lee merritt said the arbery family appreciated the support from protestors. but urged them not to go so far as to possibly interfere with the trial, itself. >> the community's presence here has been a great encouragement to the family but we cannot allow anything to disrupt justice in this case. >> reporter: prosecutors will have two hours for their rebuttal-closing arguments tomorrow morning. then, there will be the charging of the jury. and then, the case will be delivered into the jury's hands for them to begin to make some kind of judgment. that's about midday tuesday. then, there's wednesday and of course thursday's thanksgiving

the defense attorney, kevin goff, who is representing william roddy bryan jr. has been in the spotlight for his comments about the black pastors being in the room. he didn't let up today, did he? >> no, don, and you actually have to wonder what he is thinking here because let's not forget the jury is not actually hearing him make these arguments over and over again but the community is. the world is. america is. and it seems like the pastors are responding to call. i mean, they have been showing up. we've been told that hundreds will be here tomorrow. you can kind of feel the town sort of changing because they are preparing for a large gathering. let's not forget there will be a prayer vigil in front of the courthouse. then, there'll be a march. for the most part, every single day. i'd say, don, there is a handful of people here. but all the sudden when kevin goff started talking in court and spotlighting some people like jesse jackson, like ben crump, you knew that more people were going to show up and that is going to be en masse tomorrow outside this courtho

william roddie bryan, who followed and filmed the confrontation, was found not guilty of malice murder, but found guilty on many other charges including felony murder. let's bring in all of our guests. cal perry, danny safal os, ck ho ffler, chuck rosenberg, have we seen any appearance from any of the family members of ahmaud arbery? >> not yet. i have some details from the pool note, as the verdict was read. first, understand, outside, as the verdict was read, there was a jubilation that spread through the crowd, an audible cheering when we heard the first guilty verdict on travis mcmichael. inside the court, ahmaud arbery's mother appeared to be in silent prayer as the judge reached and read the verdict. at the first guilty verdict she sobbed "oh," her head sunk to her chest. that's when we had that break. that was when we had that pause before we had the rest of the verdict. clearly the family is relieved. this is also a community that has been relieved. when you look at the facts of the case, they were never in doubt. you had three white men, two of them armed, chasing after an una

one of those charges -- travis' father, and for william requ"roddy" bryan. they are facing a lot of time in prison. people have been waiting here for two full weeks during this trial and coming back and forth as this has gone on for many weeks. as ryan has talked about, this has taken a long time to get to this point where people feel like justice was served. ryan. >> reporter: and you think about this, especially, alisyn, especially the racial undertones that played out and shocked the law community. when you think about what was said in court a lot of times with the jury not in the room, but the idea black pastors would not be allowed in touched out a lot of feelings. we received information from reverend jackson who texted justice was served. he's very angry about what happened in terms of being called into court. we saw pastors show up and march in the streets. you can see the amount of people who have shown up here. then the business leaders who live in this community, ones who aren't black, some who are white who was upset about how their community was

and neighbor william "roddie" bryan, who recorded the fatal encounter on a cell phone, was found guilty on six counts including felony murder. >> we would expect the judge to give the most severe sentence to obviously travis mcmichael. and that would probably be a life sentence. the judge could go up to a life sentence for the felony murder on the other two. but they are all facing similar arry was a burglar and were ect conducting a citizen's arrest. and that travis mcmichael shot arbery in self-defense. >> you are allowed to use force that is likely to cause death or serious bodily injury if you believe it's necessary. >> reporter: jurors also heard from more than two dozen witnesses during the trial including travis mcmichael, who said during cross-examination arbery did not threaten him. >> he hasn't pulled out a gun. >> that's correct. >> he hasn't said one word to you. >> he has not. >> he's not threatened you in any way. verbally or physically. >> no, ma'am. >> no knives. >> no knives. >> reporter: the jury of nine women and three men, all white except for one black man, came to

the mcmichaels and roddie bryan are also facing federal hate crime charges in a case that will head tort early next year. norah? >> omar villafranca, thank you. >>> a warning from the faa. get unruly on a plane and you could face not just a fine, but criminal prosecution. that's right. 37 cases were submitted to the fbi for criminal review. that's out of more than 5,000 incidents of bad behavior reported this year. many cases involved face mask regulations, and this week prosecutors charged a california man with punching a flight attendant in the face during an american airlines flight just last month. >>> well, tonight there is promising news about a vaccine aimed at preventing cervical cancer, which kills more than 4,000 women this the u.s. every year. researchers in britain say the rate of cervical cancer in women who were vaccinated between the ages of 12 and 13 was 87% lower than it was among women who were not vaccinated. let's bring in cbs news chief medical correspondent dr. jon lapook. and john, hpv, it is the most commonly sexually transmitted infection. how important is it t

. >> reporter: three white men gregory mcmichael, his son travis, and william "roddie" bryan jr. are accused of chasing arbery in vehicles and killing him in their neighborhood last year. defense attorneys say they were attempting a citizens arrest of arbery who they suspected of burglarizing english's home after word began to spread of intrusions on his property. english told cnn he never believed arbery had taken anything, as he did on the witness stand. do you believe arbery stole anything from your house that day? >> not whatsoever. >> reporter: but on cross examination the defense argued english has changed his story after receiving death threats and that he originally did see the black male on the property as a threat and suggested the same to police and neighbors. >> it is not what you told the police, is it? >> reporter: on february 23, 2020 ahmaud arbery was spotted inside the same home under construction not seen just by surveillance cameras but also a neighbor who called 911. it would be that sighting moments later which would trigger a deadly confrontation. >> this is

of ahmaud arbery reacting to today's verdict as three men, greg mcmichael, travis mcmichael and roddy bryan found guilty of murdering ahmaud arbery. all three are facing minimum sentences of life in prison. outside the courtroom, there were cheers. i'm charles payne in for neil cavuto. jeff paul is in brunswick with more. jeff? >> very emotional time here in brunswick, georgia on multiple levels. some people in celebratory mood saying the jury got it right. you have other folks that have been out here on days on end that have been exhausted by the case that have a sense of relief. they said looking back at past trials, they thought there was a chance that it wouldn't go in their favor and nobody would be held accountable. that's not the case. according to the jury's decision this afternoon, took them 12 hours to come to that decision over a span of two days. all three men found guilty on multiple charges. you have travis mcmichael, the man that physically shot ahmaud arbery, his father greg found guilty on eight of the nine counts and the man that filmed it, roddy bryan found guilty of six

when ahmaud arbery was killed, the mcmichaels and roddie bryan gave their story to police. greg mcmichael called the local prosecutor, who allegedly advised him on what to do. police took their statements. they admitted they hadn't seen ahmaud arbery commit any crime and allowed them to go home. the video had to be leaked.cadlt the video of the killing had to be leaked for there to become a system that looked like it ended in justice today. >> you know, it speaks to the need to take a deep look at reforming the system of elected or selected d.a.s. any time you have one who is elected who then works with individuals who committed a crime, to cover up the crime, we have a problem. and across the country, d.a.s have so much discretion. you know, it leads one to wonder whether or notne they are too cy with law enforcement or a certain perspective in the communities that they represent and not cozy enough with representing the law and justice. i commend the prosecutors in this case. they did an excellent job with helping the jury understand the facts.as and the facts is what the

frankly, that was roddie bryan's point. one who was kind enough to take the video of this man being slaughtered. that could have gone the other way looking at the video evidence. and at our great risk did we try to define what jurors were thinking. because so many of the evidence was about the things that led up to the video, where they were there, why they got their guns, the 911 call there is a black man running in the neighborhood, all of those things were compelling evidence that sort of poked holes in the defense's case that they had a reason to make this stop and this arrest. the video itself in isolation, a juror could have looked at that and said that this is a scuffle, you know, in the heat of the moment, hard to know what happened. so you just don't know what they were thinking. again, as he said a little bit earlier, the fact that they cut up the three different verdicts as jennifer noted, the fact that they cut up the convictions in the ways that they did show that they paid close attention to the jury instructi

arbery's mother says the district attorney told her that an attorney for one of the defendants roddy bryan, asked for a plea deal which was turned down. when reporters asked bryan's lawyer about it he denied that request ever happened. notably bryan did not testify in this defense. what do you think is going on with his lawyer? >> we've seen this lawyer involved, kevin goff, in making these outrageous offensive, and racist comments throughout the trial. he's the lawyer that stood up and said he didn't want black pastor, didn't want pastors, black pastors in that courtroom. he's the lawyer that compared the prayer vigil to a public lynching. he's been making these comments throughout the trial and the judge repeatedly strikes him down, denies his motion, so i think in some ways, this lawyer, boris, has been trying to signal in a clandestine way to this jury, he's brought up issues of settlement and issues of other money that have been raised by the arbery family. i think he's trying to send a message to this jury that, you know, this is a black community lining up against his clients and so

>> former glynn county police investigators stefan lowry took the stand to focus on william roddie bryanhe chase and ultimately the killing of arbery. >> mr. bryan says front potch on the house, i looked up, see a black guy running down the road. >> according to the transcription of the interview, bryan sees a from you can in pursuit and yells. >> y'all got him? like a question >> did he ever ask the black guy if he was okay? >> not that he told me. >> did he ever ask the black guy if he needed help? >> no, ma'am. >> according to the transcript, bryan told lowry he had not seen arbery prior to the incident. >> he said i've just been hearing stuff happening around the neighborhood. >> outside the courthouse, family and supporters discussed the toll the last 20 months have taken. >> as we stand before this courthouse, i thought this day would never come. from the very beginning, after we laid ahmaud to rest, it was very hard because we couldn't find any help. the local authorities wouldn't give us any answers. >> come on. >> and we went for weeks trying to find out what happened to ahmaud.

. >> roddy bryan's presence is absolutely superfluous and irrelevant to the tragic death of ahmaud arberyd the video showing the fatal shooting. his lawyer says there would be no case without the footage. >> the inconvenient truth is that roddy bryan did not know and could not know that these men were armed until moments before mr. arbery's tragic death. at the time of the shooting, he was some distance back. he was armed only with his cell phone. >> reporter: greg mcmichael's lawyer focused on depicting arbery as an intruder. >> turning ahmaud arbery into a victim after the choices that he made does not reflect the reality of what brought ahmaud arbery in his khaki shorts, with no socks, to cover his long, dirty toenails. >> reporter: arbery's mother, wanda cooper-jones, left the courtroom after this comment. >> that was just beyond rude. regardless of what kind of toenails he had, what size legs he had, that was still my son. and my son actually was running for his life in that description. >> reporter: i can tell you, a lot of people were upset by those comments, especially since ahmau