travis mcmichael and neighbor roddey bryan yesterday. saying in the eyes of the law, the motivation was race. that these men killed arbery because he was black. a judge rejected a plea deals from the mcmichaels on the hate crime charges after the trial after arbery's parents protested against it. saying it would be disrespect to let the men serve their sentences in a federal prison instead of a state prison. after chasing down arbery in their trucks and fatally and killing him in 2020. on the pandemic now, the number of new reported covid cases around the world has fallen 21% in the last week according to the world health organization. deaths fell about 8% around the world. listen, this is the first time we've seen the numbers, weekly deaths, fall since january. this announcement marks the third consecutive week, third week in a row that cases have dropped. the omicron is still the overall