arbery was killed. and so we ll hear things, i m sure, we don t know all of this yet, because it s not in the public domain, but we know about some texts that are out there that are disgusting and comments that were made in the past and perhaps some things that are dealing with whether or not there was the confederate flag on the truck and we ll hear about that. and the prosecutor having to do now in the federal case show that this racial motivation was the motive behind the killing. and michael, obviously, race played a controversial role in jury selection in the state case. there was a back and forth between the prosecutors and the defense. one defense attorney making a very insensitive remarks. and there was pushback over questions about potential j jurors views on race. the judge allowing the trial to proceed with only one black juror, even vocally lamenting that. do you expect a similar trjury
actually plead guilty. that raises questions in terms of what that might mean in terms of tainting the jury pool. i m sure for arbery s mom, this only prolongs her grief having to deal with the loss of her son over and over again with these trials. thank you. we appreciate it. ice, snow and even tornadoes up next. we ll look at this massive, powerful storm and concerns about the texas power grid. powerful storm and concerns about the texas power grid a root cause of eczema, it helps heal your skin from within keeping you one step ahead of it. and for kids ages 6 and up that means clearer skin, and noticeably less itch. hide my skin? not me. by helping to control eczema with dupixent, you can change how their skin looks and feels. and that s the kind of change you notice. hide my skin? not me.
daily basis emerge on the big stage. democrats are seeing the same polling data, voters saying that s the number one issue and the president will address that head on before laying out the rest of his agenda. we ll be watching for that speech later on today coming from ohio. mike memoli, thank you. coming up, we re are following the hate crime trial for three men convicted of killing ahmaud arbery. we ll be right back. g ahmaud ar. we ll be right back.
attacked arbery because of his race. his father had a strong reaction to today s testimony. i sent directly behind arbery s father and the rest of his family present. they were noticeably upset. visibly disgusted by the evidence present bid the u.s. government that laid out the case that arbery was murdered because this was a hate crime. it was racially motivated. at one point marcus had to get out and leave the courtroom visibly upset as prosecutors presented this evidence. these text messages that travis mcmichael was exchanged with a friend. this language is offensive. it s an important part of the prosecution s case why they fwlooef was a hate crime. on a message sent, the friend says to travis, this cracker
filings, to get into her truck and drive him around. they ended up in wyoming. and authorities were able troac them through her ipad. thankfully, shef was okay. now, he is facing a number of charges, including a federal kidnapping charge. and we know his first court appearance is on tuesday, but the documents did not specify who his attorney is at the moment. we did hear, though, from michael bloomberg s spokesperson, who said that they re thankful to law enforcement for bringing back that employee or that victim to her family. boris, christie? thank you so much. listen, jury selection begins tomorrow in the federal trial for the three men involved in killing ahmaud arbery. travis and gregory mcmichael and roddy brian were all found guilty of murdering the jogger last year.