that is despite the fact that we know that at least two calls trump had during that time period, one with alabama senator tommy tuberville, and the other with house gop leader kevin mccarthy. and that is where we begin today, we are joined by new york times washington correspondent michael schmidt who broke the story about the missing call logs, also with us former acting solicitor general, now a georgetown law professor, and betsy woowoodruff swan. what is missing in those call logs? so the call logs ared to show basically who was calling into the white house switch board, into the oval office and the calls that were going out from there. this is a long standing system
speaking out. and then the cops come over and they tackle me and put me in handcuffs and just leave him by hisself on the couch. i was confused. did they see me as a bad person, the one who started everything. they automatically assumed. and the white teen was also along, telling a tv station, quote, i knew it was wrong, and i knew there was going to be problems when they did that. they didn t go for me. she said, stay put. that s all she said. i didn t understand why. i even offered to get handcuffed as well. cnn has not been able to speak to either of the teenagers or their parents. new jersey governor phil murthy tweeted he is deeply disturbed by what appears to be racially disparate treatment in this video. my next guest joins us now, georgetown law professor,
emmett till was mentioned that his killers were never convicted. the fact that the majority like rural georgia convicted three white men of killing an african american means that prosecutors may be more willing to bring these cases in the future. because they know that juries are more willing to commit than they might have been five years ago. there was one black man on the jury. and ali, in the sign of progress, the jurors made him the foreperson. when he delivered the verdict, he s said to be in tears. paul, thank you for joining us, paul butler, georgetown professor, former legal prosecutor and msnbc analyst. we appreciate your time. coming up next, the story that rachel was the first to cover that today had a very positive outcome. stay with us. y positive outcome stay with us
kristen henning, author of the great new book the rage of innocence: how america criminalizes black youth. i can t think of a more appropriate person to talk about this with, professor. what s your reaction when you see that? this is a video for anyone who does not believe that implicit racial bias exists. you ve got two officers called to the scene less than 20 seconds into a fight. they go straight to the black boy, right? and the assumption is he s the one who s out of place, he s the one who s a threat. so, my first reaction is indeed concern about racial bias. i m also concerned about the ways in which we respond to adolescent behaviors with traditional law enforcement responses. why are we taking this young boy down to the ground, putting a knee in his back, and handcuffing him, as opposed to
georgetown law professor, msnbc analyst, mr. butler, it s good to see you tonight. ahmaud arbery s mother makes an interesting case that the department of justice, the federal government, doesn t often pursue these cases. in fact, it s the first time one of these has been successfully prosecuted according to ben crump in the state of georgia ever. why is that? so, ali, this prosecution was symbolic in part because the three defendants had already been sentence to life in prison in the state murder case. the federal convictions are insurance in the unlikely event that the state convictions are overturned. more importantly, the jury verdict represents an official an official recognition that mr. arbery was killed because he was black. race didn t come up in the state file, because the prosecutors didn t have to prove racial animus, in order to lend their