Edition. He showed his victims no mercy, but late today, james holmes life was spared. The jury that convicted him of murdering 12 people and wounding 70 in a colorado Movie Theater massacre sentenced him to life in prison. Mark strassmann is at the courthouse. Would the defendant please stand . Reporter 15 weeks of trial brought james holmes to the jurys judgment. The court will impose a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Reporter no one denied that holmes was responsible for the killing spree inside theater nine. A jury had already decided the 27yearold diagnosed schizophrenic knew the difference between right and wrong. Defense lawyers argued holmes murdered in the dprips of a sicotts. Lawr ratamara brady. The Death Penalty does note bring anyone back. It doesnt make anyone feel better. It just adds to the death count. Reporter the prosecutor argued holmes deserved to die. He came in to murder everyone and was successful in killing 12. Reporter all 12 h
That is less on compromise. A senator offers this blunt take on the president. We have a hater in the white house. The birther in chief, the grand witness of 1600 pennsylvania avenue. One thing weve learned is while jim crow may be dead, hes still got some nieces and nephews that are alive and well. Back to that provocative statement a little later, but we begin with a new majority on the Supreme Court delivering a verdict on the president. These are issues critical to the Trump Administration. The high court in a federal ruling says the Trump Administration bars a ban that bars transgenders to serve in the military. They said the process should be in place while the low courts discuss constitutionality. Consider that a win. This, too. The Supreme Court will hear a gun debate, the first time theyve put it on the docket in more than a decade. But the morning also made a setback for the president , the issue central, of course, to the ongoing daca case fight. They again negatively said t
require and allow and encourag debate and discussion. and yes, dissension! but this so-called leaders tried to shut it down instead. but we are not having that vice president, kamal harris there on her meetin with the so-called tennessee three in nashville president biden also spoke t three lawmakers on the phone inviting him to the white hous in the near future meanwhile, state representatives, jones and pearson, look to regain thei seats as representative after surviving by one vote. adrian shropshire is the executive director of blac pack, thank you for joining us on this. we appreciated we got lawmakers intern assist in tennessee, it is just the latest in a pattern of by stat republicans targeting the blac community. what has this pattern been
any moment now, the president is set to deliver remarks at the foot of the bridge in selma. you re looking at live pictures now at that podium, we ll keep our eyes trained on that. that s exactly where we are going to see the president in a moment from now, marking 58 years since bloody sunday. he is expected to address the continued fight for voting rights in this country, for black americans, along with police brutality, as well. we want to bring in who is back with me from selma. adrian shropshire, executive director of the black pack, and renee graham, as well. antonio, let me start with you on this. when you are there, you re at the foot of the bridge. you ve been talking to folks there all day. take us there, would ve been seeing, what have you been hearing? what do folks want to hear? yasmin, it s really