Murder conviction in august, ordered dassey released from prison this week. Dassey had been convicted of the rape and murder of Teresa Halbach in 2005 , along with his uncle steven avery. The judge ruled investigators coerced the mentally challenged dassey into confessing to the crime when he was 16 years old. State attorney general brad schimel argued setting dassey free would jeopardise the states case as it moves forward to try to show dassey is guilty, and jeopardizes the public safety. The reaction was facebook and twitter. Dasseys cousin tweeted this is just bs and words cant express what we are feeling. Dasseys brother went to facebook, writing, hes not getting out. The seventh circuit jduge denied the request. Then tweeting, thanks for ruining our holidays brad. Hope you feel might and proud of yourself. Good buddy. Earlier this week the family and their legal team were preparing to bring Brendan Dassey home for thanksgiving. That now will not happen. When there are significant
Protesters take to the streets. Hundreds were arrested after clashing with police. A major bridge in memphis was blocked after a group veered off a designated group. A march sprung across the pond in Downtown London and dozens of officers were injured including one seriously in st. Paul, minnesota. That officer is recovering from a broken vertebrae. Reporter despite more than a dozen warnings to leave they remained defiant protesters marching on to i94 the main freeway connecting minneapolis to st. Paul. Police say protesters hurled rocks, glass bottles, fireworks, a molotov cocktail injuring officers. None seriously. Police respond with tear gas to disperse the crowd making hundreds of arrests. The hours long showdown is the most tense weve seen so far in minnesota with a of Philando Castille last week and video streamed live showing the aftermath has sparked outcry. In baton rouge, louisiana protesters taunted police for a second night. One officer had teeth knocked out when he was h
Clinton has the leads, she has 268 electoral votes. Clinton is closing her campaign, act companied by big names, beyonce, and jayz, also boosted by her big name surrogates. Trump has been much more on his own. And trumps close ally, chris christie, canceling plan events in New Hampshire after two of his aides were convicted by a jury in the bridgegate scandal. I think you guys feel pretty confident. Minnesota, places that, i think you wouldnt expect. Do you guys have internal data suggesting that those two states have more Republican Data showing . In neighborhoods across the country, regardless of whether its a blue state, have been affected by the trade deals clintons been involved in. In addition to his anti war message, to his antiillegal immigration message, all of that resonates even in blue states. You know Hillary Clinton is a warmonger. I dont think you can deny this. I think thats a strong point, but he literally, thats a quote of his, were going to bomb the s out of them. We
Im Michael Smerconish in philadelphia. We welcome our viewers. Today big day, the antigun march for our lives on organized by the survivors of the recent shooting at the Marjory Stoneman high school, protests in d. C. , here in philadelphia, and more than 800 other cities in america and abroad. But will it change anything . And facebook losing both users and stock value in the wakescan. Data used to target voters during the election. Here is one lesson. Be careful what you like on line. Ill explain. Plus, i just sat down with governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, he told me it is time for john kasich to run for president starting right now. And no first lady has ever had to deal with this, dueling tv interviews with an explayboy play mate and adult film star about their alleged affairs with the president. How is melania weathering the storm. But first as tens of thousands prepare to protest in the march for our lives, i want to ask if their efforts will be in vein. Said differently, will ame
New york. Day 876 of the trump administration. This happened to be the president s 73rd birthday. While the cleanup effort continued stemming from the damage done when the president said of course hed accept dirt on political opponents from a foreign power, todays news was more dominated by an attack by the president on a very high value target. Don mcgahn, who has returned to private practice after serving as Trumps White House counsel. He knows a thing or two because he saw a thing or two in that job. His testimony to mueller was so valuable he was quoted in the Mueller Report more than any other witness and emerged really as one of the reports defacto narrators after testifying for over 30 hours about what he witnessed inside the trump white house. Mcgahn described how trump urged him to pressure doj to get rid of mueller by insisting that he raise the what trump insisted were muellers socalled conflicts of interest. Today he heard him denying mcgahns account. He essentially accused