started stabbing him. how close do you think you were? one time, multiple times? it was probably two or three times. nbc news did not reach out to the individual seals. the new york times said they did reach out to every one of them and they all declined comment. eddy gallagher s defense lawyer said the video was rife with inconsistencies and falsehood and they created a clear road map to the acquittal. the new york times failed to give context to the videos and the supposed eyewitnesses actually had inconsistent stories. the ceil te one of the reasons eddy gallagher was acquitted of murder had to do with a remarkable moment during his trial, okay, where the prosecution s star witness, a medic who said he saw gallagher stab the isis cap itative multiple times changed his story on the stand. he said gallagher stabbed the
i break this code what are the ramifications? across the military as well. so i think now when people see misconduct that should be reported that they know that s their duty and obligation, thursday going to be a fear going forward on whether or not they should report it at all. one thing is for certain and to the s.e.a.l.s we met today on that video, they are heroes, and they can rest assured tonight the american public knows that and that the american public in ten or 20 or 30 years will look at them in even a better light then tha than they do today. up next the president once again moving the goal posts as hiimpeachment trial approaches. senator richard blumenthal joins me on in just two minutes. enthas me on in just two minutes. going new places. anytime. rewarded! learn more at the explorer card dot com. male anchor: .an update on the cat who captured our hearts. female anchor: how often should you clean your fridge? stay tuned to find out. male anchor: beats the odds at the bo
statement that he would essentially be working in coordination with the white house. i think, chris, what those comments reflect is that it is impossible to make sense of this position that they need more information and evidence, but they don t want it to be presented in the senate. that position is essentially untenable. what is striking and what lisa murkowski s comments reflect is that the message is really breaking through to the american people. that s why 70% of them think that witnesses and documents should be presented in this trial. the mcconnell strategy of in effect coordinating with the white house or working hand in glove is essentially a violation of the oath, and that s repugnant to the american people. so more and more i think we will
captive once and he cory scott killed the captive by suffocation. no one was prepared for that. it was a shock to everyone in the room at least for prosecutors. because that was witness was testifying under immunity he could not be charged for killing and eddy gallagher was acquitted and convicted of posing with the corpse of that dead captive. we still do not know the story of what led to this medic to change his tune on the stand and basically admit to killing the captive, but we do know after the trial the pentagon basically wanted to kick eddy gallagher out of the s.e.a.l.s and president trump intervened, and he ordered them to reinstate gallagher s rank, and that led to the very public resignation of the secretary of the navy who so disagreed with the president s handling of the case, he quit. trump clearly thinks his embrace of eddy gallagher is a way to ingratiate himself with active duty members of the family but
there are recent polling shows half of active duty troops view the president unfavorably. joining me now a deputy editor of the the new york times which has been covering this story and andrew dire who covers the military and he was actually in the courtroom for the full duration of gaggerllagher s tri. so much happens when the star witness comes in and changes his testimony on the stand. what was that like in the courtroom? it was really surreal. going into the trial we had a pretty good idea of what each witness was going to say. we kind of knew their stories. and when he said that he suffocated the fighter that was something new, something we hadn t heard before. and, you know, it kind of washed over the courtroom in a wave.