said investigators followed the evidence and did a thorough job. it was now up to a harris county jury to decide sandra s fate. the first day of deliberations ended with no decision. reporter: when the jury s out, do you go back to your office and pretend to work or what? you can t work. no, you try and do other stuff, but you really can t. reporter: finally, on day two there was a verdict. we were all, everything s gonna be fine. this is a joke. no worries. reporter: surely the jury will see it the way we the family see it. exactly. reporter: sandra melgar stood to learn her fate. we the jury find the defendant sandra jean melgar guilty of murder as charged in the indictment. reporter: sandra collapsed into her chair, sobbing. lizz, beyond devastated, grasped for her mother as she was led away. it sucked the life out of me. i just felt the room spin. and i just felt like my world was collapsing.
the defense. that s a theory, folks. there s no evidence of that. reporter: a theory that the defense said investigators didn t even try to corroborate with the eyewitnesses who d found sandra. daughter lizz said after that yeah they never reached out to anybody. they could have asked them about you know the theory of the chair her wrists so tightly bound. i have a big problem with them not following through and talkin to witnesses who had personal knowledge. reporter: the prosecution said investigators followed the evidence and did a thorough job. it was now up to a harris county jury to decide sandra s fate. the first day of deliberations ended with no decision. reporter: when the jury s out, do you go back to your office and pretend to work or what? you can t work. no, you try and do other stuff, but you really can t. reporter: finally, on day two there was a verdict. family and friends filed into the courtroom. we were all, everything s gonna be fine. this is a
of true anti-gun voters yet. it could be happening right now. i think the jury s out. we just have to wait until the elections to see what happens. david, last word to you on this. the nra has aligned itself with the so-called alt-right. they ve made it a cultural issue and sent signals that it is the scary brown people you need to arm yourself against. it s crazy messaging. that next generation, very multi-racial, very multi-cultural. they re not interested in that message. does your party understand that this utter alignment with the nra is actually long-term dangerous? dick s sporting goods doing pretty well having walked away from them and walmart doing pretty well. no, they don t understand. the nra has indoctrinated the next generation in congress. what we don t know, joy, is what side deals were struck. when i say about that is we know going into november the nra and rick scott will still be buddy-buddy. the nra yesterday did not hit
question? i think the jury s out. i think there s serious concerns that the wolff book points out and it kind of frankly reinforces what had already been spec layed about him. mack mclarty who has seen it all over the years. until now. now we re seeing something unprecedented. yeah. thank you so much. coming up, the oprah effect. i m especially proud and inspired by all the women who have felt strong enough and empowered enough to speak up and share their personal stories. each of us in this room are celebrated because of the stories that we tell. and this year, we became the story. but notes just a story. was oprah winfrey s riveting golden globes speech a prelude to something more? you re watching andrea mitchell reports on msnbc.
in the road. and so far, the jury s out. senator, we have to take a break, but right before we do, quickly, can you just tell me if you think that your progressive colleagues and friends, like bernie sanders, who called the trump tax plan, morally repugnant and bad economic policy are making a mistake and just knee-jerk opposing the president on tax reform? well, i think people are now conflating the you know, the mcconnell tax bill is now, by some, called the trump tax plan. and, again, it s a fork in the road. it s you follow what, we don t even see a bill yet, that s the first thing. but what s leaked eed out is th mcconnell plan, and it s become the trump plan too. but it s a fork in the road the president decides he had to take. and most of my progressive plans think that trump will throw in with mcconnell, because he has more often than not on these big economic issues. i m still hopeful from that conversation and i ll keep pushing for it. senator, stick around.