they were against it, and the judge allowed it, and that perhaps could have been what was the tipping point because for two days really, yesterday and today, we had not heard anything from the jurors. they ordered lunch around 11:00 or so. they ordered sandwiches. we were told by the court sandwiches were being delivered and within about an hour or so after that we started to get a sense that something was going on and then obviously we got word that there was a verdict, but the attorneys were sort of they were kind of on edge, but they were confident because they thought that their self-defense claims and that the case that they put on was very good, and they thought that they were going to be, you know, in the end, they thought they were going to certainly win this case. if not they would certainly start arguing the mistrial motions and then direct the judge to overturn the convictions. i can tell you from this morning hand my last conversations with them, they were pretty optimist
this fall light being shined all over the place. and i was, like what the heck is going on? and then i walked out, and as i m looking down, this car goes speeding away. chad hopped in his truck, drove to the end of the driveway. and that s when i noticed one of the lights have been taken, the solar lights. one of several attached to the poll marking the edge of the property. a cheap item, but still. why would somebody want one of those? i don t know. when morning came. chad inspected his friends campsite near the bottom of the property. those footprints look strangers around their trailer. they put us on edge. basically, tyler. the commotion, the still in light, the footprints of people who have no business being there, the children picked up the anxiety. i remember asking my dad, and mom, what are you going to do if they come back? and what would happen if
back now with washington on edge as police prepare for a rally tomorrow at the u.s. capitol by supporters of people arrested in the january 6 capitol riot garrett haake has late details. reporter: capitol hill on high alert tonight, barricaded behind a seven-foot-tall steel fence. every available police officer on duty. this in advance of a saturday rally expected to draw roughly 700 people to demonstrate on behalf of rioters arrested in the aftermath of january 6. organizer matt braynard calls them political prisoners. we believe the reason these people are being persecuted isn t because of what they did, but because of what they believe, and that s wrong. reporter: no elected officials are expected to speak at the rally, but two republican congressional candidates will. capitol police chief tom manger telling reporters tonight he expects the event to be peaceful. i m wondering then if the enhanced security posture, the fence, the full activation of these officers is based on