16-year-old boy. do you believe that race is a factor in this confrontation of course, of course. i mean, i ve lived too long, right? we have all lived in this america for too long i think that had it be reversed, right, had mr. lester ended up on ralph s door, you would never have such a thing, everyone if you had firearms present in the home it is obvious this man has apprehension of black people, of someone he perceived to be larger, though none of the pictures show he s a particularly menacing fellow that s why we re all hear right now. you heard his aunt mention, he continues to ask why it is inexplicable, but i think he went to the doorstep of someone who fears black people, someone who has been conditioned to fear us, and more than anything, someone with firearms who acted completely irresponsibly. i think you ll agree with me
rallying around ralph today, wearing blue and willing his recovery along. we support you, ralph. we want to be there for you. we want to let you know that we stand with you. maggie vespa joined me now. maggie, what do we know about ralph s condition, his recovery, and the next steps in this case? yeah, lester, the next step is basically this homeowner s arraignment. it s scheduled for tomorrow at 1:30 local time. many the meantime, ralph yarl is recovering at home from his injuries. he is suffering from a cracked skull and a traumatic brain injury. we re told his speech is impaired, and his family is hopeful for a full recovery, but they add nothing is certain. lester? maggie, thank you. as that case plays out, there is shock in upstate new york. police say a man shot and killed a 20-year-old woman who was in car that accidentally pulled into his driveway. tonight he is charged with murder. miguel almaguer now with t that story. reporter: lost in rural upstate new york, 20-
substantiate you being. under attack that there s a threat is that threat reasonable and so clearly, the prosecutor believed that on the facts as he knew them to be based on an investigation that that was not applicable justification was not applicable and this would these would be the charges and areva martin what stands out to you and everything we just learned from the prosecutor. i think one of the things that stands out to me is that there is a racial component to this case. we ve been hearing that from a ralph s family. we ve been hearing that from the attorneys representing that family that they believe that this is racially motivated that this 85 year old white man purposely shot at ralph yarborough without any justification simply because he was a young african american boy who was knocking on his door and i think that s what s so tragic about this case. we ve seen these little amazing pictures of ralph just looks like an innocent kid. who whose only mistake was knocking on th
release them, and authorities here are saying they want more in terms of the investigation. they want to talk to ralph. they want more evidence, and that s why this homeowner was released. but that s not enough for a lot of these protesters, of course for the attorneys who are representing the family now who say they want swift action. they say this is unjustifiable, john alright camilo bernal with the facts and the details of this case, camilla thank you so much for your reporting. here now we are joined by attorney ben crump, who was representing the family of ralph. y all counselor . thank you so much for being with us before we get to the case itself. let me just ask you for any new information you might have on ralph s condition and how his family s doing. well uh, my omega brother, attorney lee merritt and representing the family, and we re trying to push to make sure that it s not swept under the rug, but the family is number one priority. john is the