but just nine hours later, he stood horrified, as the jury delivered its verdict. the two friends, were both found guilty, of first degree murder. i could not hear anything. i could see faces, in people were crying. but i did not hear anything. a judge sentence malcolm into marco, to life in prison, plus 170 years. everything just froze. it s like, time just suspended for a second. malcolm thought of his older brother cory. now, they were both serving life, for murders they said they did not commit. but, they were determined to stay strong, and to help each other. we basically had made a pact with each other. we said man, when we get out here first, let s help get the other one. the odds malcolm inquiry
witness and death row inmates, michael wilson. but, in time, back to the long road to freedom. by 2013, malcolm had been in prison for 19 years. his brother cory, for 22. are you ready to go? the days when their mom ruth ellen came to visit, help them hold, on the brothers drew strength from her. that lady right there, i had to wonder, if she still cared, or if she was still fighting for, me still believing in me, stay praying on me. and malcolm was hopeful his mom s prayers would be answered. two prosecution witnesses had told his investigative team, that their testimony, was a lie. that left michael wilson, the man who told police he had given demarco bullets, and he had the murder weapon for him. if he recanted to, malcolm
slavery. motions strong on both sides of the issue. good evening to both of you. john just showed up. he he s just in the building. let s have the conversation. it s serious and important. dr. west you heard the majority leader argument and many people make that same argument. it was 150 years ago. no one today is responsible. is that what reparations is about? no. reparations is about truth and it s about justice. condition of truth allows suffering to speak. justice what does fair bs look like in america. that s precisely what we heard this morning. i thought brother coats was wonderful. the sister was magnificent. danny glover was strong and cory booker was wonderful. i must say that brother biden ought to be shamed of what he
i have an important guest. cory booker. i have to get to him. see you soon. great guest. this is cnn tonight i m don lemon. joe biden just came out with a really strong defense to the controversy over comments he made at a fundraiser. while touting his campaign theme about his long record of bringing opposites sides to the to get things doeb. he talked about working in the senate in the 1970s with mississippi sooner james oh east land and georgia senator. avid seg gre gagsists and civil rights. saying this. i was in a caucus with james eastland. he never called me boy. always son. guess what? at least there was some civility. we got things done. we didn t agree on much. we got things done. we got it finished. today you look at the other side
said about brother cory. let me put that out right now. in this the spirit of this. talk about reparations. brother john and i for example we might disagree. we recognize we could be wrong. we are open to counter arguments and we learn and listen. and look like brother biden didn t want to learn or lesson. he tightened up and became dogmatic. let s look at the yulology. and the crime bill of 84. let s look at ways in which you could have been wrong and given a chance to say you could be wrong and you re sorry about that. no, he backs up and without this spirit we re not going to get too far about reparations or any other issue. dr. west says you may disagree on this issue. you say the great society is reparation enough here and how programs from the 1960s make