the shooter, travis mcmichael, claiming self-defense. i shot him. why he had my gun. it s a life or death situation. reporter: the prosecution quickly countering. then they shot and killed him not because he s a threat to them, but because he wouldn t stop and talk to them. reporter: the defense says the pursuit came in the midst of a neighborhood-wide crime spree and allege travis mcmichael tried multiple times to communicate with him peacefully. take the gun out, shoot him in the back. the defense claiming travis mcmichael charged arbery multiple times. now, outside this georgia courthouse, members of the new black panther party chant for accountability, and a grieving mom listening to arguments also heard this turning ahmaud arbery into a victim after the choices that he made does not reflect the reality of what brought ahmaud arbery to scintilla shores in his khaki
the fbi and other federal law enforcement agencies are assisting in the vegas shooting and an extraordinary assault on a georgia courthouse last friday by a man allegedly affiliated with the sovereign citizen movement which refuses to recognize the u.s. government. the fact that two violent assaults involving suspects with extreme anti-government philosophies both happened within 72 hours of each other has the attention of federal authorities. jon, reena. oh, pierre, thank you so much. topping our health headlines, a medical bombshell from the cdc. it says 29 million americans have diabetes. that s up 3 million from just four years ago. and one in four americans may be diabetic and not even know it. another study just out shows diabetics who have had obesity surgery can remain in remission for 15 years or longer. topping our health headlines this morning, another piece of advice for women of childbearing age. eat more fish. the fda and epa advising pregnant women and those nursin
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syria today. it is supposed to observe, and therefore, discourage the government s brutal crackdown on its own people. a crackdown that seems to be in full force despite a promise to the arab league just last week. this is amateur video reportedly from the flash point city of homs. the opposition says 22 people have been killed here today alone. the global intelligence website stratfor is still down after hackers stole thousands of client names. a group called anonymous says it has no brief with stratfor who it considers an unbiased source for information. stratfor is in the business of providing geopolitical information the way the sort of state department does about political climate, on a very granular realtime basis. both to the general public in a more broadway an more specifically in their e-mails that people pay for. so in a sense they are in the security business, so that makes them kind of a ripe target for headline purposes, i guess. stratfor says it is dilige