we the jury find the defendant, william r brian guilty. count ford. so the merck, we the jury find the defendant, william our brian guilty. cow, 570 murder. we the jury find the defendant, william our brian guilty. cow 6, aggravated assault. we the jury find the defendant william our brian knock, don't count. 7 aggravated assault we the jury find the defendant, william our brian guilty, count 8 false imprisonment. we the jury find the defendant, william our brian guilty, count 9, criminal attempt to commit a felony. we the jury find the defendant, william our brian guilty, signed this 24th day of november for person. good of c. ford having read the verdicts and accepted the verdicts. anything from the state? nothing from the state. anything from such a jersey call it will all depend, derby bull. finally, gentlemen, i'm going to ask each of you individually, a set of 2 questions with respect to the verdicts that i have just read. if you can please respond. when you hear your juror number, your number one, you had heard the verdict read were these your v

william barr brian. in the superior court of glynn county, the state of georgia, state of georgia versus william barr brian, case number 00433, jury verdict. count 1 -- malice murder. we the jury find the defendant not guilty. count 2 -- felony murder. we the jury find the defendant not guilty. count 3 -- felony murder. we the jury find the defendant guilty. count 4 -- felony murder. we the jury find the defendant guilty. count 5 -- felony murder. we the jury find the defendant guilty. count 6 -- aggravated assault. we the jury find the defendant not guilty. count 7 -- aggravated assault. we the jury find the defendant guilty. count 8 -- false improvement. we the jury find the defendant guilty. count 9 -- criminal attempt to commit a felony. we the jury find the defendant guilty. the toy fourth day of november, by the foreperson. -- the 24th day of november, by the foreperson. have a seat. having read the verdicts and accepted the verdicts, is there anything from the state? >> nothing from the state. >> a

travis y greg mack maicol, padre e hijo y william brian podrÍan enfrentar una condena de cadena perpetuak maicol culpable, dijo el jurado. esta fue la pieza clave para que los miembros del jurado encontrarÁn culpables a los tres acusados. hoy pidieron al juez que le permitiera revisar las imÁgenes antes de dictar el veredicto, incluso para ese abogado hubiese sido casi imposible probar la inocencia de estos tres hombres. momentos despuÉs del veredicto, decenas de personas que se habÍan congregado en las afueras de la corte celebraron la decisiÓn. la madre del joven asesinado agradeciÓ emocionada a quienes acompaÑaron a su familia desde el momento que se produjo su muerte. quiero decirles gracias a todos y a cada uno de ustedes los que pelearon esta pelea con nosotros, ha sido una larga y dura pelea, ero dios es bueno. —— pero dios es bueno. patricia: quÉ momento para la familia de este joven. guillermo: 11 de los 12 miembros del jurado eran de raza blanca y sÓlo uno de ellos era de raza negra, lo cual despertÓ suspicacias durante el juicio, sin embargo, en opiniÓn de muchos analistas fin

brian was the man who took the video of the shooting. he was found not guilty of malice murder, one felony murder charge, and aggravated vaultd with a firearm. >> find the defendant william r. brian guilty. >> all three men left the courtroom today in handcuffs. arbery's mother sat in court when their guilty verdicts were read, visibly crying. outside the courthouse, she shared her gratitude. >> thank each and every one of you who fought this fight with us. it's been a long fight. it's been a hard fight but god is good. thank you forth those who march, those who prayed. most of all, the ones who prayed. >> reporter: the jury made up of nine white women, two white men, and one black man deliberated for more than 11 hours after eight days of testimony from 23 witnesses. earlier today before reaching the verdicts, the jury asked to see the two video clips-let one of them enhanced from the deadly february 2020 shooting. they also asked to hear the 9-1-1 call that gregory mcmichael made the day arbery was shot and killed. >> i am out here. there is a black male running down the street. >> reporter: during the trial, the three defendants had claimed they were trying too make a

we the jury find the defendant, william brian, guilty. count six, aggravated assault. we the jury find the defendant not guilty. count seven. aggravated assault. we the jury find the defendant , william bryan, guilty. count eight, false imprisonment. we the jury find the defendant guilty. count nine. criminal intent to commit a felony. we the jury find the defendant, william bryan, guilty. signed this 24th day of november, by the foreperson. go ahead and have a seat. the court having read the verdicts and accepted the verdicts, anything from the state? >> no your honor, nothing from the state. >> anything from the defense? >> we ask the jury to be polled, your honor. >> i'm going to ask it to view -- ask each of you two questions with respect to what i've just read. if you could respond when you hear your juror number. juror number one, you have heard the verdicts read. were those who are verdicts then, and are these your verdicts now? >> yes sir. >> juror number two, you have heard the verdicts read. were those who are verdicts then, and are these your verdicts now? ju

. >> reporter: three white men, gregory mcmichael, his son travis and william brian, jr. are accused of chasing arbery, a 25-year-old black man in vehicles and killing him in their neighborhood last year. defense attorneys say they were trying to make a citizens arrest of arbery who they suspected of burglarizing a home. as he did on the witness stand english told cnn he never believed arbery had taken anything. >> do you believe that arbery stole anything from your house that day? >> none, 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 in sutilla shores. >> that's not what you told the police, is it? >> reporter: on february 23, 2020 ahmaud arbery was spotted inside the same hominid construction. he was 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 an

the motion before adjourning court for the day. >> reporter: anderson, we saw after court that william brianed that. we were so surprised by him being up there. one other thing, everyone in this city, everyone in the county is getting ready for all of these pastors who plan to come here, more than 100 plan to line the outside of this courthouse on thursday. it is the talk of the town at this point. seems like kevin gough's strategy might have back fired because the more he talks about it, the more pastors are talking about coming to town. >>> coming up next, if you made a new year's resolution to celebrate this year in times square, you'll have news on how to make that happen. we'll have more on that ahead. o your smile will always be brilliant. crest 3d white brilliance. 100% stain removal, 24 hour stain resistance to lock in your whitest smile. crest. the #1 toothpaste brand in america. with directv stream, i can get live tv and on demand... together. watch: serena williams... wonder woman. serena... wonder woman... serena... wonder woman... ♪ ♪ ace. advantage! you cannot be serious! ♪ ♪ g

. >>> plus, brian williams walking away from msnbc. what does his move reveal about the cable news network? >>> and later, big news from a small town newspaper in iowa. here why it could be a model for the world. >>> plus, another coupe memo has just been revealed. we'll have that coming up as well. >>> but first, steve bannon versus reality. bannon, former bright barr chief and trump aid is a nexus of political nonsense. he thinks he's waging a war on reelites when he's really waging a war on the truth. bannon's popular podcast is a dangerous family land of election lies. but that's not why bannon has been indicted by a grand jury. he's been indicted for ignoring a congressional subpoena, a subpoena in connection to the january 6th investigation. most americans want to get to the bottom of what happened that day but the trump base does not. ergo, bannon flawed the house's attempts to question him, kept on podcasting as the indictment news broke, and now he's well on his way to right wing martyr status. listen to the way fox framed the

so i don't think that you have room for brian williams at msnbc or people like him. think it's got to be opinion. howie: steve krakauer, thank you so much. up next, the press practically convicted kyle rittenhouse in the kenosha shootings. emotional testimony changed that. andy mccarthy is up next. they drove to safelite for a same-day repair. and with their insurance, it was no cost to them. >> woman: really? >> tech: that's service the way you need it. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ howie: the three cable news networks were alive when kyle rittenhouse took the stand in kenosha where he is charged with homicide in the fatal shooting of two people and wounded a third and the 18-year-old defendant widely revealed by the -- reviled by the media broke down. >> there were -- [ crying ] >> with regard to joseph rosenbaum, you fired four shots at him, correct. >> yes. >> you intended to kill him, correct? >> i didn't intend to kill him. howie: has prosecutors ran into problems, that prompted hasty reassessments in the press. >> the media were completely

their neighbor, william brian jr. who recorded the video of the killing was found guilty on six of the nine counts, including three counts of felony murder. all three face sentences of life in prison. they're also facing federal hate crime charges. that trial is set to begin in february. more coverage right now for you online at ktvu .com. the holiday travel rush is officially underway. a live look here. the east shore freeway, you can see things are beginning to heat up a little bit of slow going, but look better now than three o'clock this afternoon. in fact, roads are expected to be to stay busy until nine pm tonight. after that, you should be safe. millions of people are taking to the roads and the skies. in fact, so much so air travel is nearing pre pandemic levels this week. ktvu is access has a look at how the bay area is dealing with this rush. were you worried? terrified no, lister terrified. he'd face long lines at sfo this morning, so he arrived extra early at the airport at five a.m. first thanksgiving hol

prosecutors say gregory mcmichael and his son in his truck when travis started chasing him and william brianned in and started recording allegedly showing travis shooting arbery three times after a brief altercation. they say they were trying to make a citizen's arrest. arbery's father says whatever the racial makeup, that cell phone video is all they need for a conviction. >> i don't care who they chose. that's why i'm leaving it in god's hands. >> reporter: all three men face multiple charges including felony murder and all have pleaded not guilty. opening statements are expected tomorrow. mona, andrew. >> andrea, thank you. >>> new overnight democrat phil murphy took a victory lap after barely squeaking out a win to hold on to his job as new jersey's governor. his race just one of the many wake-up calls for democrats tuesday night including that big win for republicans in virginia. so, what's the fallout, and how will democrats and president biden respond? abc's ike ejiochi is here now with more. ike, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, andrew. president biden says this defeat sends

bryan, in the superior court of glynn county, the state of georgia, state of georgia versus william r. brian, case number 00433, jury verdict. count one, malice murder. we, the jury, find the defendant not guilty. count two, felony murder. we, the jury, find the defendant not guilty. count three, felony murder. we, the jury, find the defendant guilty. count four, felony murder. we, the jury, find the defendant guilty. count five, felony murder. we, the jury, find the defendant guilty. count six, aggravated assault. we, the jury, find the defendant not guilty. count seven, aggravated assault. we, the jury, find the defendant guilty. count eight, false improvement. we, the jury, find the defendant guilty. count nine, criminal attempt to commit a felony. we, the jury, find the defendant guilty. signed this 24th day of november, by the foreperson. have a seat. the court, having read the verdicts and accepted the verdicts, is there anything from the state? >> your honor, nothing from the state. >> anything from the defense? >> we ask the jury be pulled, your honor. >> the jury will be pulled. >>

william brian was also found guilty of a felony. murder. they pursued the 25 year old black man who was out jogging it with their truck. or 3 men claimed that they acted in self defense. they all now face life in prison. she every fancy joins us live now from brunswick in a georgia chef. first of all, significant are the verdicts and how have they been received because, of course we, we got them quite quickly, didn't we? oh, yeah, and i think that's a really interesting sign, isn't it? no, 6 hours yesterday, by the same amount today. i think really, i mean that, that really was a long for 9 counts against 3 guys. 3 different people. maybe maybe things are changing merits of a jury of 11 white people and one black person. and so i think guess, i mean that that is, that is quite significant. although as always, we always have to remind ourselves that when aubrey was initially killed and the police arrived, they accepted the story of these 3 men that they saw a suspicious black man who was up to no good. they chased him, he struggled, they sho

the jury found travis mcmichael, his father, gregory mcmichael, other neighbor, william brian jr. guilty all three now face life in prison. joining us now is oakland based civil rights attorney dante pointer. thanks for being with us first on the night before a big holiday. we appreciate it. well thanks for having me. thanks for having well, let's start where you surprised by the verdict or was the evidence just overwhelming in the case to convict. you know, i was happy and elated to see the verdict come out the way it should. the evidence was overwhelming. it was clear cut. there really was no other way. in my opinion to see this. however history tells us that our justice system oftentimes provides injustice to those who deserve it. so i was very happy to see the verdict come out the right way, although when you're talking about our justice system, nothing is a slam dunk. well the video evidence was to the defense. how important is video now in general to get a conviction because initially, the prosecutors in this case declined to charge the three men until that video came about.

count three, felony murder, we the jury find the defendant william r. brian guilty. >> travis mcmichael, the man who shot ahmaud arbery was found guilty on all nine counts including malice murder and felony murder. his father, gregory mcmichael was found not guilty of malice murder but guilty of all other counts he faced including felony murder. while their neighbor william brian who filmed the fatal encounter was found guilty of three counts of felony murder and other charges. all of them now face up to life in prison and they still face federal hate crime charges, too. the excitement meant something for arbery's mom. a moment of peace. >> i never thought this day would come, but god a good. >> yes, he is. >> i just want to tell everybody, thank you, thank you for those who marched, those who prayed, most of all the ones who prayed. >> yes, lord. >> thank you, guys. thank you. now ahmaud, i know him as queez, he'll rest in peace. >> for many others, it was a rare moment of justice. this was a complete victory for the prosecution, full stop. in 2021 in the st

his father, gregory mcmichael and their neighbor william brian, we're also guilty of felony murder. they each face the sentence of life in prison. it will be up to the judge to decide if they will ever be eligible for parole, they all still faces federal hate crime charges as well. ahmaud arbery's parents think those who marched, prayed, and supported their families since their sons murder. >> we [inaudible] i never thought this day would come. but god is good. >> yes he has. >> and i want to tell everybody, thank you, thank you, thank you. in our prayers, i knew him as ahmaud, he will now rest in peace. >> a man. >> in a statement, vice president kamala harris praised the verdict, adding quote, we feel the weight of grief. ahmaud arbery should be alive. ahmaud arbery was a son. he was a brother. he was a friend. his life had meaning. we will not forget him. we honor him best by continuing the fight for justice. reverend al sharpton spoke about the historic nature of this verdict, that many felt was far from certain. >> and let the work go forth all over the world, that a jury of 11

never presented himself as a threat as he ran for five minutes away from mcmichael, his father and william brianer joined with his pickup truck. >> he's demonstrated a threat to you, he pulled out a gun, hasn't had one for to you. >> he had not. >> not threatened you in any way verbally to burp verbally or physically. >> no, ma'am. reporter: mcmichael testified he and his father spotted him running in the neighborhood and recognize him as the same individual seen on a neighbor's property days prior thinking he committed a crime and was possibly armed, mcmichael said he and his father grabbed their guns and pursued the 25-year-old in their pickup truck just to talk to him. at the end of the pursuit, he said marbury ran around his truck and attacked him and said that's why he was forced to shoot and kill. >> he grabbed the shotgun and i believe i was struck. i saw, it was obvious he was attacking me, if he would have got the shotgun from me, it was a life or death situation corporate friday defense attorney kevin pushed for mistrial equating the event and outside the courtroom to a public lynching

we, the jury, find the defendant william r brian not guilty. count two, felony murder, we, the jury, find the defendant william r bryan not guilty. count three, felony murder. we, the jury, find the defendant william r bryan guilty. count four, felony murder. we, the jury, find the defendant william r bryan guilty. count five, felony murder. we, the jury, find the defendant william barr brian guilty. count six, aggravated assault. we, the jury, find the defendant william barr brian -- william r bryan. count seven, we, the jury, find the defendant william r bryan guilty. count eight, false imprisonment. we find the defendant william r bryan guilty. criminal attempt to commit of felony, we, the jury, find the defendant william r. brian guilty. find this 24th of november. signed by the foreperson. the court having read the verdicts and accepted the vertex, anything from the state. anything from the defense? defendants asked that the jury be pulled? ladies and gentlemen, i'm going to ask each of you individually the set of two questions with respect

travis mcmichael, his father gregory mcmichael, and william brian back in february 2020.turbing x-ray images of arbery body were shown while dr. edmond donohue described the multiple injures he sustained. >> you see shotgun pellets in the lower portion of the chest. that's the right lateral chest or the right side of the chest. we also see shotgun pellets in the right chest -- left chest and shoulder injury. the shoulder area. >> did it break in 5 through 10? >> yes. >> all right. so all the ribs over here got broken 5 through 10? >> yes. >> what happens when you break all these ribs on the right lateral side? >> it becomes difficult and painful to breathe. and also there is -- the inter costal arteries run on the lower edge of those ribs, so you would bleed into the chest cavity. >> reporter: donohue said there was nothing to be done to save his life once the first shot was fired. >> was there anything ems or officers could have done on the scene to save his life from the torso shot? >> well, they could have put an occlusive dressing, but you would have the exit defects

. >> reporter: and william brian's attorney kevin golf arguing there wouldn't be a trial were it not for his client, his cell phone and the video he took. >> rodney bryant didn't shoot anyone. at the time of the shooting he was some distance back. he was armed only with his cell phone. isn't it time, isn't it time, ladies and gentlemen, that we send rodney brian home? >> reporter: the growing protests outside the court threatened the proceedings. the presence of demonstrators with guns had brian's attorney kevin goff again motioning for a mistrial. it was denied. the judge did say he decided to move the jury dell liiberations an interior room of the courthouse to keep jurors out of side. th the family of arbery appreciated the protesters but urged them to be peaceful. >> we cannot allow anything to disrupt justice in this case. >> reporter: the family of a ahmaud arbery and their attorneys were outraged. they could not believe the victim in this case was turned into the villain by the defense attorneys in their closing arguments. not only blaming ahmaud arbery for his own death but t

charles: investigators have also testified that both greg mcmichael and william brian said they used trucks to try to corner arberry, the defense maintains that mcmichael were trying to make citizens arrest. 12 days prior to the shooting officer robert testified that he responded to a call about travis mcmichael arberry trespassing on a neighbor's property and possibly being a danger, listen. >> the dispatch cold us that he was probably armed and that's why we went in with guns drawn. >> this is a different situation, you might encounter a man who has a gun? >> yes. >> charles: mike, a bit of tension outside of the courtroom. reverend al sharpton to meet him in front of courthouse on thursday. this, of course, defense attorney kevin golf's comments about not wanting any more black pastors in the courtroom, mike. >> mike: charles watson live in atlanta, thank you very much. new york city, molly line in new york city. >> the incoming mayor is vowing to address the ongoing violence. just this past thursday a young woman was jogging in central park was raped. shortly after 7:00 a.m. in t

. >> reporter: defendant william brian's attorney also bringing up again his concerns row lated to who is in the public gallery, specifically calling out reverend jesse jackson. >> i think he's back there in the dark shirt. putting that on the record. >> reporter: goff also noting today his client will not be taking the stand. ben crump for ahmaud arbery said the reaction is ridiculous. >> they killed their son and yet they're talking about self-defense. i mean, it is just asinine and an insult to our intelligence. >> reporter: all three defendants have pleaded not guilty. and the defense rested on thursday, but one of the things that happened outside of court thursday that caught everyone's attention is the fact they had a large protest, a lot of pastors from around the country. definitely listen to kevin goff as he called and said, he didn't want any more pastors here. more showed up. there was a march in the streets. and we could see people actually having their voices heard about this case. reporting in brunswick, georgia, ryan young, cnn. >>> brunswick and wisconsin, the kyle ritt

we, the jury, find the defendant william r. brianeone who followed this a little bit and watched the video. the video steamed match the verdict. i was not in the courtroom. the jury heard the facts and they rendered a vempleted the matter is now in the past. i do hope that we are as a nation try to heal from this and understand as much as there were two decisions this week, they were both jury verdicts, they both listened to the facts and americans rendered verdicts. i think we should accept them. >> jason, your thoughts? >> yes. we have heard two jury verdicts in recent days both bo with defendants claims self-defense in one characterization the rittenhouse case. the jury found legitimate defense. and in this case they found it to be ridiculous bogus defense. i think the jury made the right call both case as harold said we should accept those results. what always bothers me about this, particularly with the -- with regard to the arbery case, however, mike, is to the extent to which we focus on when whites kill blacks. when that is a

. >> reporter: and william brian's attorney kevin goff, arguing there would wouldn't be a trial if iten't for his cell phone or the video he took. >> he was armed with his cell phone. isn't it time, isn't it time, ladies and gentlemen, that we send roddy brian home? >> reporter: the growing protests outside the court threatened the proceedings, the presence of demonstrators with guns had attorney goff motioning for a mistrial. it was denied. the judge did say he 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 merrett said the arbery family appreciated support from protesters. but asked them not to go so far to interfere with the trial itself. >> the community's presence has been an encourage the to the family but we can't allow anything to disrupt justice in this case. >> reporter: the jury is expected to get this case later or sometime around midday tuesday. but here's the problem. you get wednesday, but then thursday in the united states is a maj

brunswick neighborhood with three white men, travis mcmichael, his father gregory mcmichael, and william brianebruary 2020. disturbing x-ray images of arbery's body were shown while dr. edmund donahue described the multiple injuries he sustained. >> you see shotgun pellets on the lower portion of the chest. that's the right lateral chest or the right side of the chest. you also see shotgun pellets in the right chest and left chest and shoulder injury -- shoulder area. >> did it break ribs 5 through 10? >> yes. >> all right. so all the ribs over here got broken, 5 through 10? >> yes. >> what happens when you break all of these ribs over on the right lateral side? >> well, it becomes difficult and painful to breathe, and also there is -- the intercostal arteries run on the lower edge of those ribs, so you would bleed into the chest cavity. >> reporter: donahue also testified there was nothing that could be done to save arbery's life once the first shot to his chest was fired. >> was there anything ems or the officers could have done on the scene to save his life from the torso shot? >> well, the

listen as he recounted what william brian junior, the man that recorded the video of arbery being chased many times did mr. brian say that he either blocked ahmad or cornered him during this chase? >> after going back and reviewing the transcribed body camera, it appeared to be approximately five times. >> did brian ever say he saw ahmad commit any crime at the point where brian decided to leave his house? >> no, ma'am. he did not report any crime to me. >> okay. did brian ever say he was trying to make a citizen's arrest of ahmad? >> no, ma'am. >> now, when citizens arrest fails or is found like it's going to be an unsatisfying way to go because remember, the defense doesn't have to make a case but if they make an affirmative case in a law to plead self-defense and make that articulated argument. they will have to fall back on traditional self-defense, which would be that ahmaud arbery came at them and precemesented a ser threat of injury. let's take a break and when we come back we'll talk to ahmaud arbery's mother and counsel, next. and strengthens it against dryness for softer, smoot

their neighborhood william brian showing the pursuit, recording the incident on this cell phone. the shooting when the video was made public that the men were arrested. all three men have entered pleas of not guilty. but there are late breaking news for you, wolf, and it concerns that jury. just as court was going to into recess, the judge announced one of the jurors have been struck. the reason that the juror -- or the judge said that the juror was removed was due to health reasons and tated that now alternate number one has joined the 12-member panel. many were considered, well who is this juror that was struck. the judge would only identify that person as a white female and that she has been replaced with a white female. but what this means now even before testimony begins, the number of alternates that were before with down to three in a time of covid. wolf. >> martin savidge let's dig deeper right now. senior analyst joey jackson is joining us. joey, what's your reaction to the racial makeup of this jury? >> i think it's problematic. i think certainly there are issues with r

. >> meantime, the defense argued their clients, gregory mcmichael, travis micmichael an william brianacting in self-defense. they suspected arbery burglarized a home in their neighborhood. >> it's tragic that ahmed arbery lost his life but at that point travis mcmichael is acting in self-defense. he did not want to encounter ahmed arbery physically. he was only trying to stop him for the police. >> the why it happened is what this case is about. this case turns on intent, belief, knowledge, reasons for those believes. whether they were true or not. were there good reasons to believe them? >> and deciding their fate, a nearly all white jury. 11 white jurors and one black juror. prosecutors have accused defense attorneys of disproportionately striking black jurors and the judge actually agreed. well, china's ruling communist party is kicking off a four day plenary session. president xi jinping is set to tighten his power. the party is expected to adopt a document that will likely place him on the same level. steven jung joins us now. tell us how significant that is in china. >> reporter

their neighbor william brian, authorities say, joining the pursuit, recording the incident on his cell phone. it wasn't until two months after the shooting when the video was made public that the men were arrested. all three of the defendants have entered pleas of not guilty. and there was a surprise at the end of the motions hearing on thursday. the judge announced that one of the jurors from this already controversial jury was leaving. the reason he said was due to a medical issue. the judge pointed out it was not the african-american juror, but instead a white female, and that that white female would be replaced by another white female who happened to be alternate number one. but what this means is that just as we go into the most difficult part of this trial, there are now only three alternates instead of four. they can't afford to lose too many more. martin savage, cnn, brunswick, georgia. >>> commitments to phase out fossil fuels could prevent a global catastrophe, but only if countries stick to their promises. we'll have the latest from glasgow just ahead. >>> plus scenes like t

gregory mcmichael who you mention is a former police officer, his son travis mcmichael, and neighbor william briangia's open carry law, that they could chase and pursue ahmaud arbery under the citizens arrest law and that travis mcmichael was acting in self-defense when he shot ahmaud arbery, that this unarmed black man was actually the aggressor in this case. it's a tough argument but one we've seen in the george zimmerman case in 2013. the prosecution is saying no, this was cold-blooded murder and that that none of those a/cs was justified. the prosecution wasted no time in showing that video that has been widely circulating online of those final moments of the struggle and ahmaud arbery's mother, wanda cooper jones, was in that courtroom, an emotional day for her. you could see her really overcome with emotion seeing the video for the first time of her son's final moments in life when there was a struggle and travis mcmichael shot him three times in close range with a bump action shotgun. certainly tough to see. tough to imagine, for any mother, and she spoke after that court proceeding saying

we've only heard from one of them and the man who filmed the encounter, william brian, in another vehicle, another truck, his attorney says that at this point mr. brian has no plan to testify in this case, but jennifer, has a precedent now been set? should the other two defendant take the stand because what message would it send to the jurors if they don't? >> the jury always wants to hear from the defendant, but very few defendants actually testify it, and the judge will admonish them strongly telling them a they can't take any inference in he does. apparently mr. bryan will not of it back his lawyer's track is going say they were -- he have the information but don't lump him him with the other two. we'll see what mcmichael senior decide to do. >> i do want to play some sound from the attorney general beck mincrump who basically boils it down to in. >> now if the -- if that was a flack who chased a young player and killed him, his ruling was murder and the ruling supports that. >> eric, do you agree with that? >> when you look at how this case took place it took them a compile especially

mark, we just heard defendant william brian's lawyer invoking lynching in a case where the defendant'swn, ambushed and fatally shot an unarmed young black man who was jogging down the street. his father called his death lynching. these comments sound ridiculous. >> it sounds like a dog whistle put through a bullhorn. the people that he is reaching out to, and now calling this a lynching against his client. it's frustrating. look, we as defense attorneys get the rights that we have for our clients through the constitution, the right to remain silent, the right to have witnesses come for you, the right to be proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. now, i understand his concern, i've been in his shoes when there seems to be outside influences. but to add fuel to that fire by suggesting, without question, racial overtones to what he's suggesting is really damaging not only to the constitutional rights his own client has and the rest of us have to believe in. but there is going to be a verdict, whatever that verdict must be. and now it seems as though that fuel to the fire may add quite a

his father, gregory mcmichael and their neighbor william brian, we're also guilty of felony murder.life in prison. it will be up to the judge to decide if they will ever be eligible for parole, they all still faces federal hate crime charges as well. ahmaud arbery's parents think those who marched, prayed, and supported their families since their

we find william barr brian guilty. >> after six hours of liberation, a jury reached a verdict in the of three men accused of killing ahmaud arbery, unarmed black man adam georgia. many have watched the trial. liz kreutz has reaction from today's verdicts. >> the guilty verdict in the murder of ahmaud arbery, who was shot and killed by three white men while on a run through a georgia neighborhood has led many to bigger that -- breathe a big sigh of relief. >> i exhaled for a minute. >> the cofounder of the oakland-based anti-police terror project have watched the trial closely, while knowing how so often the black unity has felt veiled by the u.s. justice system. >> they say the jurors jurors it objectively, that's why it is so significant, even though the evidence is pretty clear. >> those who welcome this out, not celebrating. president joe biden tweeted nothing can bring mr. arbery back to his family and community, but their verdict ensures that those who committed this crime will be punished. vice president harris said are buried should be our right, and criticized the defense cou

the 11th hour with brian williams starts now. r with brian williams starts now. >> good evening once again day 304 of the biden administration and tonight kyle rittenhouse, the kid who brought an ar-15 to a protest as one does, apparently, is no longer a defendant in a case that became a flash point over gun rights and fatal land heel-ism and self-defense in our country. after three and a half days of deliberation, a jury in kenosha, wisconsin found 18 year old rittenhouse not guilty of fatally shooting two men, injuring another during a protest with police conduct back in august of 2020. that unrest erupted after the police shooting of black kenosha resident jacob blake, during the trial, rittenhouse took the stand testifying that he was targeted and attacked in the midst of those protests, and fired his ar-15 insults defense. late today the family of anthony huber, one of the two men killed by rittenhouse issued this reaction to today's verdict quote, it sends the unacceptable message that armed civilians can show up in any town

jogging in february of 2020 when he was chased down by gregory mcmichael, travis mcmichael, and william briannse, they thought arbery committed burglary and they were planning to make a citizen's arrest. but travis mcmichael ended up shooting arbery to death. >> where is the empathy? how about don't bring a shotd gun with you? this is really easy. >> the prosecutor said the men didn't bother to wait for police. only making this 9-1-1 call, after they were chasing arbery for an alleged crime they never witnessed. >> i am out here. there is a black male running down the street. >> what's your emergency? there's a black man running down the street. >> reporter: it turned out, arbery had not committed a burglary. >> that he committed that burglary, they can chase him down. >> reporter: the burden is on the prosecution to prove the nine charges against each defendant beyond a reasonable doubt, including aggravated assault and murder. the defense interrupted the prosecution's argument several times. each time, calling for a mistrial over the prosecutor's interpretation of the law for the jury. >> a

he along with his father, greg, and another man, william brian, following ahmaud arbery, because theyt he was responsible for at least one burglary in their neighborhood. but upon, when they came upon him, mcmichael claimed that he ended up opening fire in self-defense. well, during some pretty intense cross-examination, the prosecutor was able to poke holes in that assertion. we also saw some testimony regarding the citizen's arrest, because as you may know, these defendants claim that they were trying to make a citizen's arrest on arbery, but according to testimony that we saw in open court, they never told ahmaud that they were doing that. and take a look at some of how that exchange between the prosecutor and travis mcmichael went down. >> you never told the police that you said to mr. arbery, you're under arrest, correct? >> i did not. >> okay. in fact, you never did tell mr. arbery, "you're under arrest for the crime of fill in the blank." >> i didn't have time. i was still trying to get him to stop. >> reporter: now, the mood here in georgia does appear to be quite different th

michael and their name william brian allegedly chased arbery down and in pickup trucks because they thought he stole something from a nearby construction site travis was charged with pulling the trigger. today jurors heard from a forensic pathologist who performed arbery's autopsy he testified that two of the three shotgun rounds that travis fired hit arbery, causing such severe bleeding that either alone would have killed him. prosecutors called 23 witnesses during eight days of testimony the defense expected to begin arguing its case early tomorrow morning. >>> america is now one step closer to having an easy to use pill to treat covid-19 pfizer just today asked the fda to authorize its experimental drug if u.s. regulators sign off, that pill could be available for people to take at home before the new year pfizer reports the pill cuts the risk of hospitalization and death by 89% in people with symptomatic infections company officials also announced today they'll allow other manufacturers to make this drug. that is a huge decision, because that could give more than half the world's popula

he along with his father, gregory, and another man, william brian, of course, shot and killed ahmaudery, who was an unarmed black man. and here you have race again coming into this case, because you have three white men who essentially shot and killed an unarmed black man. as for the jury makeup, you talked about that. there is only one black person on this entire jury. that to some creates a big problem. earlier this morning on msnbc, human rights expert henderson talked about the makeup of the jury and why that could be problematic going forward. take a listen. >> the prosecutors should have done more about that. i know that historically, all you have to do is give a race-neutral reason, but in 2019, in mississippi, the supreme court said you can do more than that and you need to challenge some of these old existing laws in jury in light of that decision. but that jury makeup is an indication that you might end up with a hung jury in that case. >> reporter: again, the defendants in this case, specifically travis mcmichael who took the stand in his own defense, claiming self-defense

gregory mcmichael, his sons travel his son, travis and william brian jr are all charged with felony murderck, georgia. they claimed they were trying to make a citizen's arrest because they believe that are very was a burglar. today the prosecution argued that the michaels and ryan were the ones who pursued the 25 year old as he was out running in their neighborhood and that there was no evidence of a theft. and they made their decision to attack ahmad armory in their driveways. because he was a black man. running down the street if you are the initial unjustified aggressor. you don't get claim self defense. the jury will resume deliberations in the morning. after three years in court families of the victims from the parkland shooting reached a settlement against the justice department. the lawsuit was brought after the fbi said the agency had received tips about the gunman, nicholas cruz, but had not investigated those tips in accordance with their protocols. last month, cruise pleaded guilty to 17 counts of murder. and 17 counts of attempted murder. the documents filed by the families and

. >> well, remember, william brian is the resident who filmed the encounter. other defendants and ahmaud arbery. and his lawyer has throughout the trial been trying to separate his case from the others saying he was essentially just a witness who saw all this and didn't participate in much of what was going on, they say. he is still charged with murder, because under georgia law they are essentially saying that all these three men worked together and cooperated together to cause the death of ahmaud arbery. we heard from bryan as he was trying to convince the judge that he was not getting a fair trial because of the conditions of his confinement for the past 18 months at the detention center. we have some of what he said and how ahmaud arbery's mother reacted to that. take a listen. >> you're telling the court you've basically been in lockdown or solitary confinement for the entire time you've been incarcerated? >> for the most part, yes, sir. >> by that you're telling the court you spend 23 hours a day in an individual cell? >> that's correct. >> mr. bryant is

the defendants include travis mcmichael, his fath greg, and william william brian.y're charged with shooting and killing an unarmed arbery. they claim it was self-defense and they were trying to make a citizen's arrest. >> 5:44. voters are reacting to the latest move by the white house to try to lower the gas prices. >> scott mcgrew joins us. reaction on social media buzzing on both sides. >> much of it misleading, surprise, surprise. as you know, president biden yesterday announced the u.s. in coordination with allied countries would release 50 million barrels of oil from our strategic petroleum reserve. his critics were quick to call it a thanksgiving stunt, and that's totally fair. the timing is obvious. we talked about lots of presidents, including trump and obama and bush, release oil from the spr in an attempt to lower prices. and it is kind of a stunt. it happens all the time, presidentially speaking. no, it probably won't make that much of a difference, because as we have said, leaders of countries don't have that much influence on energy prices. if they did