on the senate it s going to be intense on them to rubber stamp to what joe manchin agreed to. that s not going to be what they want and that will be a challenge to message ahead of the mid terms. fascinating dynamic between now and christmas. thanks for joining us today. we will see you back here this time tomorrow. ana cabrera pings our coverage right now. hello. i m ana cabrera in new york, and the we re keeping a close eye on what s happening in brunswick, georgia. in just about 30 minutes from now closing arguments in the ahmaud arbery murder trial will resume. this is the case involving three white men, a father, his son and their neighbor all accused of tracking down and fatally shooting ahmaud arbery, a young black man who was jogging three days before his 26th birthday last year. let s get right out to cnn s
and how fast does mr. arbery come around the corner and boom! shoots him. that is one continuous aggravated assault, ending in the shotgun blast to his torso, right here. came out right here. all right? so how was he when the shotgun hit him? like this. right. got it across the wrist, right in the torso, came out right here. so he s turned like this. according to the medical examiner. felony murder. felony murder is when you commit a felony and someone dies because of the felony. classic felony murder scenario. guy goes into a convenience store to rob the convenience store. he s not there to murder anybody. he s not there to kill the clerk. but he s got a gun.
yeah. yes, they did. we know mr. brian did. he ran him into a ditch and then tried to go at him again and went at him another time, and then backed up toward him. now, oh, i just pulled up next to him. i didn t starlet him. no, he wasn t afraid of me. do you believe any of that stuff? just look at the night owl video. look at how mr. arbery tries to get away from him and look at him speed off after him. that s all you had to do and know that they put him in reasonable fear of receiving bodily harm, violent injury, aggravated assault with a pickup truck. aggravated assault, assault upon ahmaud arbery with a firearm, a deadly weapon, that 12 gauge pump shotgun with seven already in it. two steps, pull the trigger. that s all you ve got to do.
perry, live from the courthouse in brunswick, georgia, and maya wiley, an msnbc legal analyst. good morning. cal, what have we heard so far? and this was the prosecution wrapping up its case. what do we expect for the rest of the day? reporter: good morning to you, sir. so we expect to hear the prosecution sort of finish up those closing arguments. then the defense will take their turn. keep in mind, the prosecution will have a chance to rebuttal. now, prosecutor here, linda dunkinkowski has done a wonderful job with travis mcmichael testifying on thursday. and the prosecutor, as you ve been hearing this morning, as she continues to lay out the state s case was able to get him to admit that at no time was ahmaud arbery threatening the group, at no time was he seen carrying a weapon. and that seems to punch some holes in the self-defense aspect of the case. she s trying to define key
argument assumes that they had a right to stop ahmaud arbery and keep in mind there was never any testimony that they said they were trying to effectuate a citizen s arrest. the prosecutor i think did a brilliant job of saying this is all made up. this is a fantasy that was created by the lawyers after the fact some 18 months later. there was nothing happening at the time of this encounter with ahmaud arbery or when travis mcmichael gave his police statement to suggest that he was engaged in any kind of citizen s arrest so i think the saturday a stretch and if you use your common sense which is what the prosecutor keeps reminding the jurors to do, i don t think they are going to buy that argument. elie, there are three different defendants. right now we ve really only heard from travis mcmichael s defense lawyer. they are all represented by different lawyers. do you expect other defense attorneys to present something different in their closing arguments? i do, ana. so what happens