companies that make money and profit off of the algorithms that promote violence. but it also means taking on these republicans at the ballot box, and that s where the voting rights piece is so essential. i can t imagine how these people are able to stay in congress. let me tell you. you go to an airport to get on a plane and you then to kill somebody even as a joke, you are going to be locked up right away, and yet we go to work in congress and we have people putting out anime videos of a congress member killing another member, and the republican leader says nothing and actually doubles down the other way and refuses to hold anybody accountable. it s just outrageous. well, thank you, congresswoman jayapal, for being with us. now to georgia where this week a defendant in the murder of ahmaud arbery trial, william
rody brian, sought a plea deal. according to the prosecution, brian s defense attorney put forth the deal, which was rejected. closing arguments for the face are slated for monday. joining me now, civil rights attorney lee merritt, and the mother of ahmaud arbery, wander cooper-jones. attorney merritt, wanda, thank you both for joining us tonight. i want to go to wanda first. it is worth mentioning that this is the same defense team that tried to bar any more black pastors, including myself, from entering the courtroom, the same defendant. i was there last wednesday, the next day he started this lambasting of my being there. in a show of force, attorney merritt and i as the ceo of national action network, along with tens of hundreds of other