you. in the 40 seconds, would you mind just telling me about your son? what do you miss about him the most? i miss his smile. i miss him calling my name. i miss his big hugs when i lay my head on his chest. my gentle giant, i miss him. my kids miss him. he was a wonderful, wonderful boy. his light is gone from my life and it s the darkness that i feel is so painful. he was a great kid. just trying to find himself. that was it. i am so sorry for your loss. my heart prayers for you and your family andrea irwin. thank you so much for coming on and sharing your thoughts. i really truly appreciate it. i m brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being with me here on this friday afternoon. you re watching cnn. stay right here. the lead with jake tapper starts now.
as we move forward. everybody wants answers and they want those quickly. we understand that. everybody has heard rumors including myself as to who may be behind this and why. we are going to hold off in coming to any conclusions until really the facts take us as to a definitive answer that we are all seeking. so in the meantime i can assure you that members of the fbi, u.s. department of justice, the civil rights section, the u.s. attorney s office for the southern district of mississippi and all our state and local partners are going to actively pursue this until we get a definitive answer. at this time i would like to turn it over to the sheriff. i would like to say good evening. first, i would like to say to the byrd family that life matters. our prayers go out to the family and this community. we heard from the fbi and mbi give this information. i ask this community allow the