ahmaud arbery, that s never been an issue. the only issue is to why. having a defendant, one of these defendants stand up and say, yes, i did this, i was wrong, and i regret to the end of my life what happened. that s not going to hurt him in a federal civil rights trial and a federal hate crimes trial. if anything, that s going to help him. then perhaps the jury could see if they hear about it or know about it or the government wants to introduce it that he actually did care somewhat, and maybe the actions that he took that day were not motivated entirely by race because if they were, then they re getting convicted in federal court. so they could very well have made those statements, if they chose to do it. i think what this says is they didn t want to do it, and that s very different. areva martin is joining us now. your reaction to the sentence, tr travis and gregory mcmichael, life in prison without the possibility of parole. william roddie bryan, life in prison, with the possibi
go. we ve got the state of florida to cover for you. i want to begin with john zarrella live at a polling place not too far from where i am. john zarrella, you re talking to voters. what are they telling you? very good turnout here today, brooke. they expect maybe countwiywide, about 40% voters. a lot of them are telling me, we want the guy who will beat barack obama. but then when you get past that, we re hearing both sides, some people saying newt gingrich, others saying mitt romney. so it s going to be interesting to see how that shakes out here, and this is the largest republican precinct, precinct 701, in hillsborough county. about 3800 registered republicans here. brooke? we know that the republican party, it s penalizing florida for having its primary today, january 31st. tell me a little bit more about that as i hear you laugh, john zarrella. you know, four years ago, the state moved up the presidential primaries to january 31st, or the last tuesday in january