this tuesday i m ana cabrera. it is 10:00 eastern. we re here in new york and right now we re tracking calls for justice in kansas city after a 16-year-old was shot in the head after ringing the wrong doorbell 84-year-old andrew lester is the white homeowner now facing two felony charges for shooting ralph yarl police say there was a racial component to the shooting, but haven t provided details and an arrest warrant has been issued but lester is still not in custody. this morning, the 16-year-old s mother described his injuries. he had the bullet in the up here for about, let s say, up to 12 hours before it was taken out. also this morning, a rejected appeal a moscow court has ruled against evan gerstovitz. he will be detained in prison until he goes on trial next month on espionage charges the u.s. government calling the entire process a sham. the charges against evan are baseless and we call on the russian federation to immediately release him. and one of the mos
month on espionage charges the u.s. government calling the entire process a sham. the charges against evan are baseless and we call on the russian federation to immediately release him. and one of the most closely watched trials in recent memory is getting under way this morning. dominion voting systems taking on fox news in a $1.6 billion defamation trial in just the last few hours, an army of lawyers, both sides, descended on the courthouse there for this hotly anticipated trial. we ll have updates coming up let s begin in missouri and this arrest warrant issued for the home owner who shot a teenager who mistakenly rang the wrong doorbell he was looking for his younger brother. antonia hylton is covering this for us why isn t this homeowner, andrew lester, in custody yet and what
do we know about the charges he s facing? reporter: the community right now is outraged over this. while it has come as a relief to some folks in kansas city he s facing these two felony charges, there are a whole host of questions surrounding this we know most notably over the last several days why he wasn t immediately taken into custody after the april sympat13th shoo. people want to know more information about this there is still so much about this case we don t understand. the prosecutor acknowledged there is a racial component to the case that s about the extent of what we understand about the dynamic from the prosecutor s point of view here. people really want not only to see andrew lester in custody now, but they want to understand more about the interaction we have been getting, though, day after day additional heart breaking and gruesome details about what happened to the 16-year-old when he rang on the wrong doorbell after he was shot, allegedly through the glass door by a
mind which, of course, you know, gives us a great deal of worry that this case here, what is happening in the moscow courtroom, you know, might be in for the long haul because, again, the russians want something in return and we re going to find out in the days and weeks to come. it is obviously such a delicate dance, so to speak, very complicated situation when you re talking about an american in custody and how can you get them freed, right? i wonder do you think russia was imb emboldened in some way after the prisoner swap involving griner. i do. there is something really important to note. it was wonderful brittney griner came home for the holidays with her family, but the biden administration made that trade, which was, you know, many of us, you know, noted was frankly an uneven trade because viktor bout was a notorious arnolds dealer, russian military intelligence officer, but the biden administration made that trade knowing that in some sense it
black child, seeing that child as a man, as a threat, and shooting him twice but more importantly, what we saw or more in addition what we saw is a corruption of the heart. this baby went to three neighbors, and none of them did anything that s a corruption of the soul that we have to address. i mean, can you imagine? three neighbors. and they did nothing eventually somebody did, fortunately. that homeowner, derrick, who pulled the gun is now facing two charges. again, he hasn t turned himself into place police yet. but the charges are first degree assault and armed criminal action police note the suspect could try to use missouri stand your ground defense it was late at night, he reportedly told police he thought yarl was trying to break in, what is your reaction to that why isn t he in custody i can t imagine an african