we re following breaking news. a judge in brunswick, georgia, has handed down life sentences to each of the three men convicted of murdering ahmaud arbery. two of the men will not have the possibility of parole. cnn national correspondent ryan young has details. today the defendants are being held accountable for their actions. reporter: two of the three men convicted of killing auk mudd arbery sentenced to spend the rest of their lives in prison. travis and gregmy mcmichael received life without the possibility of parole. after ahmaud arbery fell, the mcmichaels turned their backs. it s a disturbing image. and they walked away. this was a killing. it was callous. reporter: william brian jr. sentenced to serve life with the possibility of parole at 30 years. he had grave concerns that what had occurred should not have occurred.
cnn s omar jiminez is joining us. omar, will the kids in chicago going back to school on monday? reporter: well, wolf, we re waiting on that final announcement. that should be coming soon, at this point. but if the trend continues, it would be a fourth straight day of canceled class here in chicago. this, of course, comes after the teachers union earlier this week voted to go virtual. the school district said they couldn t support that. and then class was canceled. one of the major sticking points in these ongoing negotiations has been access to testing. we learned today, governor j.b. pritzker here in illinois has been in contact with the white house to try to get more tests to apply to this situation. these were conversations the white house confirmed, saying that they ve been in touch with pritzker and chicago mayor lori lightfoot, trying to assess their needs in this. but of course, if they can t come to a solution, the teacher s union says they re prepared to refuse in-person w
to their crimes. they should be fully committed to the consequence as well. the judge really put that out there thematically, to talk about the lack of remorse, to talk about wishing or thinking the worst in your neighbors and having pregnant pauses throughout to really emphasize and underscore the point that the life sentence without parole for at least two was more than appropriate and with parole as an option for the third based on cooperation. but still really having very poignant moments where the judge laid down the law and threw the book at them, justifiably so. michael, the mcmichaels both got life without parole. william brian jr. got life and won t be eligible for parole until he has served 30 years in prison. the judge made a point of showing that the mcmichaels showed no remorse. why didn t any of them say they made a terrible mistake or apologize to the family for killing ahmaud arbery? i m glad to be with you both, and i do think it was a day where justice was served.
this just into cnn. the chairman of the january 6th select committee appears to be steering clear of any subpoena for the former vice president, mike pence. npr is reporting that chairman bennie thompson says the panel expects to ask pence to appear voluntarily. cnn justice department correspondent, jessica schneider, has more on the investigation. after a day of remembrance on capitol hill, the january 6th select committee is back to work, and they say learning more about individuals conspiring to overturn the 2020 election res results. individuals including people in the inner circle of the trump white house? no question about it. reporter: committee vice chair liz cheney says they are not ruling out the possibility of concluding the former president and his associates committed a crime. for a president through, either his action or his
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