. >> reporter: kenosha judge bruce schroeder.>> reporter: -- as he's been throughout the high-profile murder trial of defendant kyle rittenhouse. wisconsin's longest-serving circuit judge, schroeder is a known history buff. connecting with the jurors in a game of "jeopardy." >> both the 100 and 200 meters in the 1988 olympics. who is florence griffith-joyner. >> trying to keep the mood light with jokes that sometimes fail. like this culturally insensitive remark. >> i hope the asian food isn't coming -- it isn't on one of those boats in long beach harbor. >> reporter: but doesn't hold back when crossed. >> the court left the door open. >> for me. not for you! >> my understanding -- >> you should have come and asked. don't get brazen with me. >> i've been yelled at. i mean, if you push the line, you will get him yelling at you. if judge schroeder's yelling at you, you know that you're still in the game. you're not going to get a mistrial. >> defense attorney john anthony ward says he's argued before judge schroeder hundreds if not

if you push the line, you will get judge schroeder yelling at you.you, you know you're still in the game. you're not going to get a mistrial. >> reporter: he said he's argued before the judge thousands of times. >> many a defendant have entered a plea bargain thinking they were going to get probation to end up in prison totally to their shock. >> reporter: schroeder's every word, decision, and behavior has come under intense scrutiny in this two-week trial. schroeder has not allowed to call the three men shot by rittenhouse victims, a long-standing rule of this judge, but could be described as rooters or rioters, but schroeder is no stranger to this spotlight from a prior 2008 high-profile murder of a woman still brought up in court today as it was brought out. >> one of the things i read over and over andover again is how i messed up the state against jensen case, which is now pending downstairs. actually i had it 100% correct in the first place. >> reporter: schroeder was a first judge in an unusual state of a woman convicted for shoplifting while

if judge schroeder's yelling at you, you know you're still in the game.ou're not going to get a mistrial. >> reporter: defense attorney john anthony ward says he's argued before judge schroeder hundreds if not thousands of times in nearly four decades of practice. >> many a defendant have entered a plea bargain thinking they were going to get probation to end up in prison, totally to their shock. >> reporter: schroeder's every word, decision, and behavior has come under intense scrutiny in this two-week trial. schroeder has not allowed attorneys to call the three men shot by rittenhouse victims, but could be described as looters or rio rioters. but schroeder is no stranger to the spotlight. >> one of the things that i've read over and over and over again is about how i messed up the state against jensen case, which is now pending downstairs. actually, i had it 100% correct in the first place. >> reporter: schroeder was the judge in an unusual condition of parole for a woman convicted of shoplifting at the pleasant prairie outlet law. schroeder ruled the w

so judge schroeder likes the optics of kyle rittenhouse doing his own selection.ing next to the defendant as the attorneys for both sides debate evident in the trial. i mean, i have to say, given the racial dynamics at play here, as enunciated at least in mr. schroeder's recollection, when you watch all this happen, if you have been in the courtrooms as white judges have ruled on the assembly line of black and latino defendants just rolling before them, it is very hard to imagine this judge in that same position if the defendant was a person of color in this case. joining me now, the aforementioned ally mistell, who he wrote i hope everyone is prepared for kyle rittenhouse to go free, and maya wiley, former assistant u.s. attorney. ellie, let me start with you because i have been reting your writing on this. i think everyone who has paid attention to the case has found the judge as the kids say, extra. what is your -- what is your impression of him? >> told you about that judge. told you about that judge before the trial started. and it's not because i have a crys

judge schroeder called it "frightening." the threats that he was receiving and how it altered public perception of the aisle. weighed against the right of the public to have that transparency. going back or hurt getting back to the o.j. simpson trial which was really the first time that criminal trial.d be there during these are real lives, john. to your point about amplifying the narrative it's untrue, it has the ability, the potential to destroy livelihoods forever. secondly it matters actually legally. when i talked about the provocation analysis, if that narrative have been accepted by the jury that this vigilante kid had crossed state lines illegally with a gun he obtained illegally for the purpose of engaging in nefarious felonious violent conduct, he was avenging -- protecting property and the like. those are things that play into legally that instruction that was given the jury for provocation. the jury could have bought it and said this guy came there looking for a fight. therefore extinguished his right to self-def

>> i have tried cases in front of judge schroeder. he is a no-nonsense judge.eps control over his courtroom and rightfully. when he has lawyers undermining his rulings, he reacts swiftly and is not shy about letting people know when he is upset with them. he has done that in this case. the public has reacted dramatically to those rulings, but the jury hasn't heard those things. i don't think a lot of the things we are focused on now will make a difference to the jury because they won't know about them. >> apparently it was so loud that reporters were near the jury room and said they could hear the interaction between the judge and jury. >> having tried multiple cases there, i can tell you it is a strange jury room. it is on another floor, one floor up from the courtroom. so it's unlikely they heard what the judge was saying. >> they were in the library. >> if they were in the library, that's closer. the jury room is further away. >> thank you both. we will see you tomorrow and next week as this continues on. >> next, call log, speech, memo and notes. looks like

schroeder today told the media to stay out of it. >> when they talked about problems with the media and trial started, there in part because of grossly irresponsible handling of what comes out of the trial. i will tell you, i'm going to think long and hard about live television on the trial next time. kennedy: all right, when can we expect this to wrap up and what clues can we gather from today's action in the courthouse? here to discuss, our attorney and author of how to become a federal criminal. get yours in time for the holidays, especially if you want to steal turkey. >> thanks, kennedy. kennedy: what you make of a jerk being out for two full days now? sixteen hours of full deliberation, is that beneficial to the defense or prosecution? >> you never really know because all juries are different, they are composed of a random selection of people so you don't know what they will do. the conventional wisdom is that margaret deliberation's favorite that defense, i don't know necessarily how true that is, i can tell you in my experience, quicker verdicts tend to be guilty verdicts so i m

amy: i went as one more question about judge bruce schroeder in the rittenhouse case.ressing the jury, he evoked the bible to explain that hearsay rule. >> this is referred to in the bible. st. paul when he was put on trial in -- i think it is -- well, it was in palestine, in israel. he was accused of some activity and he was a roman citizen, which was not common but he happened to have been a roman citizen. so he had rights that we share now as americans. a make of the judge also used his position on the bench to slam media coverage of the rittenhouse trial. here he is criticizing cnn for questioning his edict to attorneys not to refer to any of those shot by rittenhouse as "vtims." >> it s been on cnn, the comment was ma the ruling was inmprehensible. th obviously are not filiar with this rule. that is our law. amy: the significance of this, ben crump, invoking the bible and this whole issue of not being able to refer to the men who were killed as victims but possibly as looters or arsonists? >> it is very questionable. you think about the fact the defense should be

here is judge bruce schroeder directing. let's listen in. >> in any event, so anything i said about schedule is somewhat compromised. it would be ideal if we could finish on friday, but let's see what happens. anything else before we get started? >> your honor, one, my next witness is going to be dr. john black, and his testimony will involve a computer program and demonstrative evidence with all videos that have already been entered into evidence and how he establishes the times that he'll testify to. and what i'm asking the court to allow is to have him testify at this witness stand to my left so that he can be hooked into the cord and manipulate his computer. >> any objection to that? >> no. >> okay. >> and then there's the armstrong report, there's been new photographs and there's already been testimony about -- i shouldn't say photographs, enhancements of video evidence would be the correct statement. it's my understanding that mr. armstrong testified that the video program he uses is amped, and amped has an internal pr

not clear what judge schroeder was trying to imply there.we head toward closing arguments in the case of -- in the kyle rittenhouse trial, we're also now waiting on whether that same judge will grant the defense a request for a mistrial with prejudice, which would mean that kyle rittenhouse would be released without a second trial on the charges. meanwhile, we're also closely watching the very high-profile murder case in georgia, the case against three men who admittedly chased down and killed an unarmed african-american man, a black jogger named ahmaud arbery. today in that case, we saw some shocking comments, not from the judge, but from the lawyer for one of the defendants who decided that he objected to the victim's family having the reverend al sharpton accompany them to the trial of the man who killed their son. >> and the idea that we're going to serially be bringing these people in to sit with the victim's family one after another, obviously there's only so many pastors that they can have. if their pastor's al sharpton now, that's fi

today judge schroeder said arguments will likely wrap up tomorrow and at that point this case will then go to the jury for deliberations. >> john: getting close to the end of it, garrett tenney, thank you. >> jacqui: want to go to the court room, listening to testimony from drew hernandez, an investigative journalist he calls himself, a blogger who has taken much of the video that we have seen during this trial. >> if the firearm goes off and you can see it in the frame at the top of the car. >> can i stop you for a second, did you hear that in real time? >> hear it and saw it in real time. the first firearm goes off, rosenbaum is already charging kyle from behind. he attempts to throw a bag at him, not sure what's inside of it. and kyle is right at the corner right there, and it turns around and rosenbaum is lunging towards him very clearly and kyle fires. >> and you saw that with your eyes. your contact with kyle that evening was just in terms of what you observed. did you observe him acting in an aggressive manner to anyone? >> in no way, shape or form. the first time i saw kyle he a

. >> judge bruce schroeder has attracted a lot of scrutiny.chastised the prosecutor, and now he's receiving backlash for this comment he made yesterday just as court was breaking for lunch. >> let's hope for 1:00. i don't know, i hope the asian food isn't coming -- isn't on one of those boats in long beach harbor. >> let's discuss this with cnn legal analyst, joey jackson and dan adams, a former prosecutor in wisconsin who is now a defense attorney. gentlemen welcome, dan, let me start with you. this judge has a history of these unusual antics, and really sentences, ordered hiv, aids tests for sex workers, sentenced a shoplifter to tell store managers she was on supervision when she walked into a retail shop. you are there in milwaukee, is what we have watched over the last couple of days typical or even from your perspective, this is beyond? >> well, i think what we're seeing from bruce schroeder is a particular judge's particularities. every judge has their idiosyncrasies, and fortunately or unfortunately, we are seeing judge schroeder's in

judge schroeder just revealed he had been sent threatening emails during the trial one of which reads i didn't know under your black robes of justice you where the white robe of the clan. another message man enjoy your term, judge, it's going to be your last. if i ever meet you in person i will speech directly into your face. the most disturbing one threatened the lives of the judge's family. the jury is not being sequestered which is shocking for such a high profile case. hard to imagine the jurors haven't seen any of the media spin. >> what kind of idiot 17-year-old gets a giant gun and goes to a riot, he thinks he's going to scrub graffiti with his ar 15? the stupidity of this. >> his defense attorneys to disrupt this vigilante who went on a shooting rampage at a black lives matter protests. laura: easily hard to imagine jerry hasn't heard the threats from the blm agitators who are outside the courthouse. [crowd chanting] laura: it is clear what they want. they whatever it is that defies all of the facts, all of the evidence and plane logic. we hope the jury doesn't give in and jus

people were surprised at the way judge schroeder did things. he likes to give anecdotes and tell stories. he has a sharp legal mind. he has this tendency of thinking aloud as he's making decisions. but you can see that he's been giving both sides an opportunity to argue their points and his decisions have been thoughtful. and they've been legal. and a lot of people may have disagreed with the judge, the way that he's made some of the decisions. but they were all within his prerogative. i think this case was a good glimpse into the courts of not only wisconsin but across america. people can see that, you know, there are different judges. judges from a diverse background, people that are older, younger. and that's good that we have a diverse judiciary. but judge schroeder i think personally try to do his best here. i can't say i agreed with all the decisions he made in this case. whether the decisions he made were good for appeal, it doesn't make a difference anymore because mr. rittenhouse was acquitted. >> let us bring in university of alabama

judge schroeder's behavior has loomed large over the trial schroeder has been accused of favors the defense's harshly admonished prosecutors multiple times. >> don't get brazen with me. you know an attorney cannot go into these area when a judge has already ruled, without asking outside the presence of the jury, to do so, so don't give me that. >> he seems to be a narcissist, engages in these really outlandish outbursts, and a lot of attention has been focused on him, his demeanor and conduct when, in a trial of this nature, this is a serious murder trial. we shouldn't be talking after the fact about the judge. >> reporter: rittenhouse's defense attorneys have filed a motion for mistrial with prejudice. the judge has taken that under advisement. our legal analyst believes it is unlikely a the the judge would declare a mistrial at this point. >>> let's get some analysis. i want to bring in mark o'meara, and joey jackson. joey, what does it say about the prosecution's faith in their case that they have now asked for these lesser charges to be included? >> yeah, wolf, good to see with you. whe

the jury has asked five questions of judge schroeder with most of the increase focused on videos from that night. those pieces of evidence have taken on a great deal of significance throughout the trial and are now the center of the defense's request for a mistrial. they are alleging that prosecutors gave them a hard to see, lo-res version of what was in their mind potentially exculpatory evidence. and that they only supplied one-third of the information that was deserved and needed. the defense claims that when the prosecution finally did hand all that information over, testimony had already concluded. now, this is just the latest example that has us and should have you asking "how could the jury's deliberation be taking this long"? i want to first lay out why this case should just be open in shock. for starters, all of the video evidence that was handed over indicates that then-17-year-old rittenhouse was acting in self-defense, and to make matters worse for the prosecution, their case was directly refuted by their own witnesses. >> we said if we got either of you alone he would --

senior adviser for schroeder north america. you have to clear things up for us.ciate you joining us on this. inflation first. i had kevin o'leary on yesterday and i got a lot of pushback afterwards because he essentially said because of the huge inflation numbers build back better should be dead. it's not going to work. you think, though, however, that's a mistake. tying the two together is not what should be done, especially when you hear senator manchin doing the same. >> yeah. i think a whole host of individuals and some very prominent economists misperceive the situation. this is much more akin to a post-war economy. something i wrote about for cnbc.com. looking at the disruptions of world war i and ii and korea and the pandemic we did this and then demand comes back but the global economy is not producing what it did prior to the pandemic so you have demand normalizing and a massive shortage of goods and even some services. under the circumstances prices grow up. we saw it in 1919 and 1946. this is very little to do with the president's agendas and the massi

throughout the trial, judge schroeder has been accused of bias because of statements and burst of angersten. >> by the way, mr. richards, absolutely correctly points out that i heard nothing in the trial to change my rules. >> testimony, your honor. >> don't get brazen with me. is there something that draws the face you are making? go ahead. >> i have to say, your honor, yesterday, i was the target of your ire for disregarding your orders. today, the defense is disregarding your order. >> i was talking yesterday about the constitution of the united states. that's not what we're talking about here today. let's hope for 1:00. i don't know. hopefully the asian food is not coming -- isn't on one of the boats on long beach harbor. >> yes, that was the judge making off color jokes of asian food during a murder trial. joining us to help make sense of the trial is barbara mcquaid. thank you for joining us. i want to ask you how unusual is the judge's conduct currently? >> i think some of the things were way out of line. the comment of the asian food, for example. i do think that this has two in

i know as well as you do that judge schroeder has been on the bench for quite a while. do you think someone will now basically try to run against him, based on his verdict and the way he was conducting himself in the courtroom? >> i certainly think cynthia's absolutely right, and i don't see judge schroder running again, beyond 2026. he's an older judge and he's made his mark now with the rittenhouse case. i think it's important for the viewers to note that even though people like me are very much against the verdict that this is our legal system. i think the jur -- they made their decision. whether you like it or not is beside the point. but we all have responsibilities to speak up and we all have responsibility to, frankly, be better within this wonderful country of hours that i'm really beside myself at. it seems like it's going down. in ugly and dangerous ways and we're supposed to be better than that as americans. i hope people get out and vote and pay attention to the criminal justice system and speak out when you see things that you don't think are right. >> i th

like schroeder said, game over. if the judge switched it around, we have a quicker verdict.didn't. i think it's going to be several days of deliberation. >> shannon: there's a lot to dig through. i imagine this child would've been incredibly different without the video. so many angles, both sides say it makes their point. we will cover at wall-to-wall on fox. brian and jim, thank you both. >> thank you, shannon. >> shannon: secretary alejandro mayorkas will be back in the hot seat testifying in front of the senate judiciary committee where he assured to be grilled on several pressing homeland security issues including customs and border protection's latest migrant apprehension numbers showing more than 164,000 in quarters -- encounters along the border. except 120% from this time a year ago. the white house toting a win with president biden signing the infrastructure bill. even with inflation and consumer prices on the rise and the president's approval ratings continuing to fall. white house correspondent kevin corke takes a look at all about tonight. >> it took a true bipar

today judge bruce schroeder made it clear a mistrial is still very much on the table. is he deserving the right to declare one at any point including after the jury reaches a verdict. there was a lot of discussion today about videos of the shootings and media coverage, including from some on our network. the defense, once again, requested a mistrial arguing that prosecutors gave them a lower quality version of a key piece of video evidence than what was ultimately presented to the jury. >> we didn't have the quality of evidence that the state had until the case had been closed. and i think that is required in a case like this where he is looking at a life sentence potentially without parole if he is convicted. >> i do not believe an unknown technical incident should result in a mistrial. >> judge schroeder allowed the jury to rewatch that video. he warned prosecutors they are using a high risk strategy that could ultimately backfire. >> i persistently warned the state that you know, there is a day of reckoning with respect to these things. i forewarned you, i forewarne

while the trial technically concluded, the trial judge bruce schroeder is continuing to face criticism for his judicial conduct for some questionable comments he made to the jury after the verdict was read yesterday afternoon. >> liz mclaughlin has more. >> reporter: he said accept this process, the jury process works mchl were disappointed and concerned that vigilantism is getting a clean pass now. reverend jesse jackson reacted saying he's worried about human rights demonstrators for their safety. we heard from the family who's just broken. three men shot in this instance and two men killed. here's what the girlfriend of anthony huber, one of the men killed, had to say. >> i miss anthony every single day. every day i wish i could come home to him around unload some of this weight that's on my shoulders, but i can't because he's dead, and now the system is telling me that nobody needs to answer for that. and i have a problem with that. >>> and she went on to say that this verdict means that these victims' lives don't matter, that that's crushing. now, it's been relatively calm overnig

judge bruce schroeder banned msnbc from the court room the rest of the trial. this comes in response to kenosha police detaining a freelance producer working for msnbc who they believe was following the jury's bus last night to try to take pictures of them. according to the judge when officers pulled the producer over, he told them he had been instructed by his supervisor in new york to follow the bus. >> this is a very serious matter and i don't know what the ultimate truth of it is but absolutely, it would go without much thinking that somebody who was following a jury bus, that is a very -- an extremely serious matter. >> nbc news issued a statement saying while the traffic violation took place near the jury fan, the freelancer never contacted or intended to contact the jurors during deliberations or photograph or intended to photograph them. we regret the incident and will fully cooperate with the authorities on any investigation. it's important to note this jury has not been sequestered at any point during the trial and every day they have been brought to

judge schroeder, i was appointed two years earlier than judge schroeder to the bench.ench. he is a tough, no-nonsense judge. that is his reputation. he was angry today. and i think rightfully so. the risk of mentioning or alluding to a defendant's right to remain silent as somehow inferring guilt is one of those basic rules, as he stated. >> why do you think the prosecutor did it? >> you know, i think the prosecutor was looking at it in a different light. he was trying to use what happened to say that kyle had adjusted his statements because he had heard all these witnesses. and so he had the opportunity, his first chance to talk about it was after having heard all the witnesses all day. and i think he was thinking along that line, and probably was not thinking about, you know, kyle's right to remain silent. i think the judge just saw -- the judge is very protective of his record. it's clear to me with his rulings, he does not want to give rittenhouse grounds for appeal if he gets convicted, so he's being very careful in his rulings. >> right on the law, okay. but righ

judge schroeder saying he got a note with questions about the drone shooter. he said it was in self-defense. the state says it was a homicide. kim wehle is with us. the judge in the proceeding is criticizing the social media in the case. not surprising the jurors in the second day of deliberations would want to go back and see the key pieces of the evidence, where the shootings began in this case. >> i think it's a good sign the jury is doing this. it means they're taking this very seriously, they want to be very precise. it's also, though, not necessarily a great sign for the defense, and you could see the defense lawyer sort of pushing back at unlimited access to that information. because, remember, there are two alleged murders or deaths here, there are two deaths. the first is mr. rosenbaum, and he was, as we understand, mentally ill. he had just been released from a hospital. he was running towards the defendant and threw a plastic bag at him, and then someone fired a gun. so the argument is, listen, he was worried, mr. rittenhouse was worried. he has a s

and as you can understand, judge schroeder was beyond -- absolutely.nine: i don't have a lot of time. but you sat with kyle's mother during the trial and you got to know kyle and his mother. tell us about that. >> i can tell you i did get to know both of them very well. certainly sitting next to his mother and his two sisters. the agony as a mother that i felt with her going through what kyle was going through, you could cut it with a knife. and clearly what kyle went through, we saw two situation whereas that came through. one was his testimony and yesterday with the announcement of the verdict in the final fifth charge. judge jeanine: can you tell me what were you look for in a juror? >> we were look for those individuals who hadn't preformed an opinion and were willing to listen to a self-defense case. that's the bottom line here. judge jeanine: a lot of women on that jury. >> there were. there were 7 women and five men. >> thank you so much for being with us tonight. the main real media is in panic mode over the acquittal of kyle rittenhouse. judge

the prosecution asking judge schroeder to consider lesser charges. the judge snapping over it.sts he acted in self-defense. >> the prosecution's decision to ask for the lesser charges lets me know they have not met their burden of proof. they realize this case is in trouble. >> reporter: the judge says he's inclined to allow some lesser charges, but not all. rittenhouse's mother spoke publicly for the first time since her son broke down on the stand. >> when i look at that video with that guy pointing a gun to my son's head, i thought he was going to die. >> reporter: she also praised judge schroeder. >> he doesn't allow no nonsense in his courtroom. >> reporter: the judge has repeatedly made headlines, first for prohibiting prosecutors the men rittenhouse shot victims while allowing the term rioters. >> don't get brazen with me. >> reporter: the governor has just authorized about 500 wisconsin national guard troops to help keep the peace here in kenosha ahead of a possible verdict next week. >> our thanks to gabe gutierrez in kenosha, wisconsin. a lot of developments. we want

i think it was highly inappropriate. >> and we anticipate that the judge schroeder will be explainingded to do that at some point. we'll watch and listen. thank you very much. >>> meanwhile, new developments in another closely watched trial. georgia state prosecutors have just rested their case in the trial of three white men accuse of killing ahmaud arbery. if convicted, each man could face life in prison without the possibility of parole. all three men have also indicated -- have been indicted on federal hate crime and attempted kidnapping charges. we're watching that trial as well. >>> up next -- president biden hits the road to sell his new infrastructure law. but the rest of his agenda is facing major hurdles amid new questions over how much it will add to the federal deficit. stay with us. you're in "the situation room." i've spent centuries evolving with the world. that's the nature of being the economy. observing investors choose assets to balance risk and reward. with one element securing portfolios, time after time. gold. agile and liquid. a proven protector. an ever-evolvin

. >> and judge schroeder -- >> let's say 1:00. i apologize for taking time away from you. >> and with that, judge schroeder has taken a break for about an hour, a lunch break for this jury but with another blast in their presence at the prosecutor saying he was beginning to testify himself. believe gabe gutierrez is with us outside the courtroom. this has not gone well for the prosecution. >> yeah, that's exactly right, andrea. i have watched a lot of trials and i have never seen, i can't remember a judge ever admonishing a prosecutor quite like that and raising his voice, yes, out of the presence of the jury and admonishing all his line of questioning. andrea, a lot to unpack over this kyle rittenhouse's testimony that we've heard over the past several hours now. this is the critical moment of this trial, what we have been waiting to see. for those viewers who have just joined us recently, kyle rittenhouse broke down in tears as he was describing his interaction with joseph rosenbaum. the first person he shot and killed. the judg

judge schroeder said the last time he allowed a court clerk to pick the names was about 2 decades agoendant. >> when clerk. through the name of the tumbler. it was a the only there was nothing wrong with that. it was all ok, but when talk about optics known the word for things. that was a bad optic. i saw. i think people feel better when they have control. >> this is not the first time judge schroder mentioned race during the trial last week. his joke about asian food during proceedings brought criticism of his behavior. >> in another high-profile murder trial. this one in georgia, the man who shot him on arbery share details about their first encounter when he testified today. >> you want to testify. i want to do. give my son the story all to explain what happened in 2 a. what happened from. the way acid. okay. let's do that. >> 35 year-old travis mcmichael said the first incident happened at a house that was under construction in february 2020, he claims that one point arbery pulled up his shirt and went to reach for his pocket or waistband area. he says he went home and called 911.

one legal expert called schroeder's decision "an interesting piece of theater." meanwhile, it has been revealed trial consulted joellen demetrius, known for shaping jury selection in the o.j. simpson trial, worked with rittenhouse attorneys in their selection process and closing arguments. in a closely watched trial, the state of georgia has rested its case in the trial of three white men accused of killing ahmaud arbery, the black jogger. on tuesday, the medical examiner who performed the autopsy testified that he died after being shot three times at close range, two of the bullets hit him occluding one that tore a hole in his chest. the video of his wounds were shown to the jury. the defense begins its case today. in oklahoma, advocates have been rallying outside the barricaded governor's mansion ahead of the planned thursday execution of prisoner julius jones. jones was convicted of a 1999 murder but has maintained his innocence. oklahoma's pardon and parole board recommend this month that his death sentence be commuted to life in prison with the possibility o

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but kenosha county circuit court judge bruce schroeder talking to attorneys earlier in the day hopefull be able to seat a jury before the day is over. >> is there anybody. >> who hasn't read or heard anything about this case kenosha county circuit court judge bruce schroeder addressing the enormous pretrial publicity surrounding the case, a case that has drawn national even international attention. judge schroder reminding potential jurors of their constitutional duty to be impartial whatever you've read or heard about the case before. >> you've been thinking about the case. you have to be in line with what these people who risk their lives for our freedom. >> asked of the violent actions of defendant kyle rittenhouse captured on video from multiple angles. those disturbing images aired countless times on local national and international. >> media outlets. an important part of this case. the enormous challenge for kenosha. prosecutors and defense lawyers alike. the seating, an impartial unbiased jury. this is what you're looking for, to work. you have to say. >> the pathetic. your posi

judge bruce schroeder praising the jury for its work and deciding a case under intense national scrutinym both the public and the media. >> all of you, i couldn't have asked for a better jury to work with. and it has truly been my pleasure just in terms of your -- the attentiveness and cooperation that you gave to us. justifies the confidence that the founders of our country placed. so, i dismiss you at this time. >> a spokesman for rittenhouse said the young man always planned to take the stand to tell his side of the story. >> everybody wanted to pretend like they knew, so that was his opportunity to tell everybody, to tell everybody what was in his head and what was in his heart. >> rittenhouse's attorneys said while they are pleased with this verdict, no one in this case walks away a winner, including their client. >> i think eventually some anonymity will come back to it. i don't think he will continue to live in this area. i think it's too dangerous. he has had 24-hour security since this happened. >> outside the courthouse, there was an outpouring of opposing emotions in the crowd

amy: meanwhile, the trial judge bruce schroeder continue to make headlines after repeatedly siding withfense while excoriating prosecutors. at one point while the prosecutor question rittenhouse, the judge chastised binger crafting -- asking about testimony he said was out of bounds. >> your honor, mr. binger is either forgetting the courts rulings or attempting to provoke a mistrial in this manner. he knows and he's asking the questions. i asked the court to strongly admonish him and the next time it happens, i will be asking for mistrial with which it is. he is an experienced attorney and he knows better. >> mr. binger, first of all, this was the subject of emotion. i am well aware of that most of the court left the door open. >> for me, not for you. amy: in the prosecution tried to show video evidence of rittenhouse fatally shooting his first victim, the judge appeared to support the defense's attempt to stop him using a "pinch and zoom" function, claiming it could insert additional pixels. >> this is high risk, to me, if you insert more data into an area of space -- you are wagging

has and he's done this before, and we're getting to know a lot of judge schroeder's policies. in all honesty, the fact that kyle rittenhouse chose his own alternates randomly, i'm not sure it's a big deal. i'm not sure it's the smartest move given the optics of it and the criticisms this judge has already faced. >> let's talk about the jury makeup. what do you think about it? >> well, i do think that the presence of that many women on a jury sometimes can be a good sign for a defense attorney. what we know and what we have seen statistically is that oftentimes women are a little bit more hesitant to convict and in a situation like this when you're dealing with kyle rittenhouse who at the time was 17 years of age, that may be something that the defense looks very, very positively on because they're hoping that what we've seen of kyle rittenhouse will trigger something in some of those jurors. maybe it will make them think about their children. maybe it will prompt some of the ma material instincts that they believe some of the women on that jury may have. and while that may be

. >> reporter: judge bruce schroeder also addressing questions about why he allowed the defendant to pick the six alternate jurors instead of a court clerk, an uncommon practice, but one the judge says has been his policy for 20 years. >> i think people feel better when they have control. >> reporter: the judge also taking on public criticism of the attorneys in this case. >> i am going to think long and hard about live television in trial again next time. >> gabe, folks tend to read a lot into what the jury is asking for. how many questions do they have today? >> reporter: lester, they asked three questions today and spent about 45 minutes looking at various videos just a short time ago, the judge dismissed the jury for the night and they are expected back here to resume deliberations tomorrow morning. lester >> all right gabe, thank you. >>> with covid cases increasing again today, moderna today asked the fda to authorize booster shots of its vaccine for all adults pfizer has asked for similar emergency authorization, which is expected to come as early as this week separately, dr.

awaiting closing arguments after an ongoing lengthy meeting of jury instructions by judge bruce schroeder in the kyle rittenhouse murder trial in kenosha, wisconsin. rittenhouse is facing charges including reckless homicide and intentional homicide for his actions during an august 2020 protest that left two people dead. a random selection of 12 jurors from the 18 chosen to sit for the trial should get the case this afternoon after a closing argument from the rittenhouse defense attempt and rebuttal from the prosecution. it's a day of celebration for president biden with the white house hoping today's signing ceremony for the bipartisan infrastructure bill will halt the slide in his polls. and in advance of his virtual summit with china's president xi jinping, some republicans who voted for the bill and have been invited to see it be signed into law are expected to be no-shows today. donald trump has slammed the legislation and congress members who supported it are being hit with a torrent of violent threats. >>> and former trump white house adviser steve bannon surrendered to the fbi toda

. >> reporter: she also praised judge schroeder. >> he doesn't allow no nonsense in his courtroom. >> reporter: the judge has repeatedly made headlines. first for prohibited prosecutors from calling the men rittenhouse shot victims while allowing the defense to use the term "rioters" and "arsonists" if they provided evidence. then - >> don't get brazen with me. >> reporter: then for admonishing the prosecutor over lines of questions the governor has just authorized 500 wisconsin national guard troops to help keep the peace here in kenosha ahead of a possible verdict here. >> gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: there are new developments into the investigation into the concert chaos in houston that left nine people dead. newly obtained firefighter records giving us a minute-by-minute account of the tragedy. morgan chesky with what they reveal. >> reporter: tonight new evidence suggesting serious issues at travis scott's astroworld festival before his performance even began. fire department logs obtained by nbc news noting at 9:20 the morning of the event fans were already breaching barriers t

have i been in trial in judge schroeder's court before.es an order that nobody shall be referred toes a a victim until that is proven, meaning a crime is proven. that is what the jury is there. the judge is deferring to that premise. on the second part, the judge did make that ruling, said until it is supported by the evidence. so nobody is going to use terms rioters or looters until the attorneys introduce evidence that that actual three occurred by the people they want to apply those terms to. so i think we'll see that play out as the trial goes on. >> in questioning potential jurors today the assistant district attorney asked this question. can we all agree that human life is more valuable than property? does that give us incite into the prosecution's strategy? >> sure, i think that say defense claim is going to be that mr. riten-- rittenhouse was there to protect property in kenosha, that is the reason he came up from illinois. the district attorney is gaging people's feelings about that. and he got into that a little bit. there wasn't

how did you think judge schroeder did here? he was been a topic of conversation. >> i thought judge schroeder was -- look, he wanted this community to come to a verdict on this. there was so much impropriety done by the prosecution that hasn't been brought up. didn't need to. the jury was thoughtful in their consideration. they came back with the proper verdict, not guilty, but the judge let the jury take the evidence at hand hand consider it and render a verdict, period. >> thanks very much for joining us. now back to you as we heard from the kyle rittenhouse family here saying the teen is ready to move on and continue his life outside of kenosha. back to you. >> martha: what a day for them, alexis. alexis mcadams in kenosha. another statement just coming in. this from the kenosha county district attorney saying we respect the jury verdict, certainly issues regarding the privilege of self-defense are contentious in our current times. we ask that the members of the public accept the verdicts peacefully. so let's bring in jonath

schroeder explaining to the court.ohibit a 17 year old from caring a rifle with a long barrel. that charge was punishable by up to nine months in prison and a fine of $10,000. following that dismissal, schroeder allowed jurors to consider to lesser charges. second degree, intentional homicide and first degree reckless homicide, examine the evidence and search for the truth, giving the defendant the benefit. of every reasonable doubt and his instructions. stroeder also told jurors to disregard the lesser charges if they decide rittenhouse acted in self defense. returning that guilty verdict without considering the lesser offenses. any question about that that wisconsin national guard is currently on standby ahead of a verdict. rent house faces life in prison if convicted of the most serious charge against him in kenosha, wisconsin. mala rivera fox news. the reverend jesse jackson attended the trial of the three men charged with killing ahmad are very in georgia today, despite objections from the defendant's lawyers, jac

he was cross-examining rittenhouse and that's when the judge, judge schroeder, went off on him.the judge ruled that was off-limits. the jury is taken out of the courtroom and the judge gave him an earful. it got a lot of headlines yesterday and drew a lot of people into this proceeding with rittenhouse on. >> dana: what they're doing is housekeeping. making sure that everything is in order for the day because they know that the eyes of the nation are watching this trial and it is a very high-stakes truck. there's a huge amount of publicity for it and understandably so. two witnesses are going to be called today. a former police officer and a self-defense expert. they will be on the stand today. >> bill: rittenhouse, you heard this, he broke down into tears when i asked about the killing of joseph rosenbaum. two dead and one injured. charged with that. defense attorneys over the past 14-16 hours, it's interesting how they have characterized the strategy on behalf of the defense. he did not have to take the stand. many people thought that the trial was not going well for the state

schroeder explaining to the court.prohibit a 17 year old from caring a rifle with a long barrel. that charge was punishable by up to nine months in prison and a fine of $10,000. following that dismissal, schroeder allowed jurors to consider to lesser charges. second degree, intentional homicide and first degree reckless homicide, examine the evidence and search for the truth, giving the defendant the benefit. of every reasonable doubt and his instructions. stroeder also told jurors to disregard the lesser charges if they decide rittenhouse acted in self defense. returning that guilty verdict without considering the lesser offenses. any question about that. the wisconsin national guard is currently on standby ahead of a verdict. ranch house faces life in prison if convicted of the most serious charge against him and kenosha, wisconsin. mala rivera fox news. cab driver is being credited with saving lives in what police are calling a terror attack outside a hospital in liverpool, england, as foxes, greg palkot reports, th

judge schroeder has also repeatedly clashed with the lead prosecutor. >> is there something that i'm face that you're making? >> i -- >> go ahead, say what you want to say. >> i have to say, your honor, yesterday, i was the target of your ire for disregarding your orders. today the defense is disregarding your order. >> reporter: all of it capping off a week of explosive testimony. >> we're going to just take -- >> reporter: and each side will have two and a half hours to make their closing arguments on monday. alex. >> ellison barber, thank you so much for that update. let's bring in civil rights attorney charles coleman, a former prosecutor. he's also a diversity consultant, activists and curator of the black superhero project. welcome to you. let's get to the situation of the prosecutor asking for lesser charges, how unusual is that, particularly at this stage of a trial? does it feel like a hail mary for the prosecution? >> well, alex, one of the things that you learn as a prosecutor is sometimes it's better to get some of a conviction than none of a conviction, and you have to b

. >> reporter: some focusing their anger on judge bruce schroeder, who threw out a misdemeanor gun chargebasis of his interpretation of wisconsin law before jurors could deliberate on it. >> we saw incredible judicial bias by this judge, giving liberties that the average black and brown defendant that's here in kenosha county never receives. >> you have to understand, from day one the judge had his hand on the scale. he was doing everything he could to allow this young man to leave this courtroom clear and free. >> so you guys are full on ready to defend the property? >> yes, we are. >> reporter: rittenhouse's acquittal comes more than a year after protests spilled into the streets in the aftermath of the police shooting of jacob blake, a 29-year-old black man who was shot in the back seven times by white police officer in kenosha, wisconsin. [ gunshots ] >> all my grandson asked repeatedly is why did the police shoot my daddy in the back? >> reporter: the shooting sparking outrage. protesters demanding justice. but turning deadly when armed men who authorities called vigilantes clashed w