lowest in 49 years, black unemployment down to 6% and hispanic unemployment dropping, the bottom line is this economy is still creating jobs and moving forward. shannon: thank you very much. the verdict is in. a jury found the chicago police officer guilty of second-degree murder in the shooting death of laquan mcdonald. reporter: jason and i get locked up, first time in 50 years chicago police officer has been convicted for an on-the-job murder. a jury found jason van dyck guilty of second-degree manslaughter, and 16 counts of aggravated battery, one for each shot he fired at the teen. jason van dyck faces 100 years in jail but the judge will decide his sentence. his bond was revoked and he was taken into custody perhaps never to be a free man again. his wife was in court with him every day.
day because she has to relive her son s death in the public spotlight all over again. attorneys for van dyck worry this verdict will cause chicago officers in the field and across the country not to engage with suspects. police officers will likely roll up their windows and wait until the individual gets tired or kill somebody before they get out of the car. that is troubling. reporter: chicago police enacted widespread plans to deal with riots but there have been celebrations for this verdict and they were charged with fraudulent testimony to cover up van dyck s shooting and most officers go to trial next month. shannon: tonight at midnight hero is a good samaritan the right place at the right time but we don t know his name. illinois police praising a 42-year-old concealed carry holder who came across an officer who was down, shot
they had little emotional reaction to the verdict. the shocking shooting was caught on police - can video it sparked years of racial tension and civil unrest in chicago, a scandal that plagued mayor rahm emanuel and considered a reason he decided not to seek reelection. the prosecution successfully argued van dyck abused his power in using deadly force. we know he was high on pcp and stabbed a police car tire and windshield. when jason and i testified in the final moments he acted in self-defense because the teen was closing in on him with a knife. you never lost i contact. he waved a knife from his lower right side upwards across the body towards my left shoulder. what did you do? i shot him. reporter: laquan s mother was in court, even with a guilty verdict today is a very painful
john: comes down to the other two. a lot of people in kavanaugh s s position would have taken themselves out a long time ago because of the destruction, the intention that is on them and their family, why do you think he is so doggedly determined to continue on with us? i think he feels that if he quit in the face of these allegations, which he believes vermont we have heard him say are utterly false, that that would tend to verify the allegations. i think he feels the only way he can be vindicated, although i think some of the damage to him and his family is permanent, he will have a stain on him because this has been so ugly, the only way he can get even partial vindication is by prevailing and being confirmed. john: brit, always great to see you. up next, treasury secretary steven mnuchin on today s other big story, new trade agreement with mexico and canada. first, here is what some of our fox affiliates are covering tonight s. box 32 and chicago where the murder trial of off
the wind of political change blowing through chicago, mayor rahm emanuel announced he will not seek a third term just months before february s election. he did not give a specific reason why. chicago has seen a surge in violence since he took over in 2011. his critics highlighting the out-of-control violence. he was a disgrace, a disaster and in 7 years he was mayor we are talking upwards of 4000 people murdered on the streets of chicago, 20,000 shot, catastrophic injuries in the last 7 years. rob: all this as jury selection begins in the murder trial of jason van dyck who is accused of shooting and killing look want mcdonald, and waiting more than a year to release the dash cam video of the incident. jillian: a group of republican attorneys led by texas s kim