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>> reporter: that's right. brianna, this verdict sheet awaits the jury once the final 12 are chosen. it's 14 pages for the serven counts they must decide on whether kyle rittenhouse is guilty or not guilty. in just hours, the jury will begin deliberations in the homicide trial of kyle rittenhouse. >> now you've heard the evidence, and it's time to search for the truth. >> reporter: the prosecution giving their closing arguments monday, saying rittenhouse was in kenosha, wisconsin, to start trouble instead of what he claimed that night. >> part of my job is also to help people. if there is somebody hurt, i'm running into harm's way. that's why i have my rifle. i need to protect myself, obviously. >> reporter: according to prosecutors, rittenhouse did the opposite. >> we know that mr. rittenhouse is going around that night trying to be a paramedic, a policeman, and a fiesreman, without receiving real training in any of them. tough job to do all three at once. he is a chaos tourist. he was there to see what was going on, act important, be a big deal. then the moment a little bit of that chaos comes back at him, he cowardly shoots a man instead of fighting back. >> reporter: they focused on the ar-15 style rifle he carried, used to ultimately kill joseph rosenbaum and anthony huber and injure gaige krgrosskreutz. >> no serious medic wears an ar-15 slung across the body. that's because the defendant was a fraud. he was not an emt. he lied. >> he showed no remorse for his victims. never tried to help anybody he hurt. even on the witness stand when he testified on wednesday, he broke down crying about himself. not about anybody that he hurt that night. no remorse. no concern for anyone else. >> reporter: the prosecution also showing this slowed down drone video, portraying the final altercation before rittenhouse shot and killed rosenbaum. >> you can see from this video that mr. rosenbaum is not even within arm's reach of the defendant when the first shot goes off. the defendant fires four shots in quick succession. >> reporter: for over two hours, prosecutors working to prove rittenhouse should be held responsible for the shootings. >> there is no doubt in this case that the defendant committed these crimes. the question is whether or not you believe that his actions were legally justified. and i submit to you that no reasonable person would have done what this defendant did. and that makes your decision easy. he's guilty of all counts. >> reporter: but for the defense, they say rittenhouse was only trying to protect himself. from people like rosenbaum, who they say was a threat to others at the protest. >> he was a bad man. he was there. he was causing trouble. he was a rioter. my client had to deal with him that night alone. mr. rosenbaum was shot because he was chasing my client and going to kill him, take his gun, and carry out the threats he made. >> reporter: defense attorney mark richards arguing that rittenhouse killing rosenbaum was justified. >> kyle shot joseph rosenbaum to stop a threat to his person, and i'm glad he shot him. because if joseph rosenbaum had got that gun. >> i don't for a minute believe he wouldn't have used it against someone else. he was irrational and crazy. my client didn't shoot at anyone until he was chased and cornered. >> reporter: richards arguing the same for rittenhouse's attack of the two other victims. >> every person who was shot was attacking kyle. one with a skateboard. one with his hands. one with his feet. one with a gun. hands and feet can cause great bodily harm. >> reporter: in closing, the defense also claiming the prosecution's presentation of rittenhouse as a dangerous active shooter was unfair. >> ladies and gentlemen, kyle was not an active shooter. that is a buzzword that the state wants to latch onto because it excuses the actions of that mob. >> reporter: the judge dropping a misdemeanor charge for possession of a dangerous weapon under the age of 18, ruling the barrel of the firearm in question was too long. >> it is not a short barreled rifle, yes. >> either by barrel or by overall length? >> correct. >> all right. then count six is dismissed. >> reporter: now, rittenhouse faces five felony charges. first degree intentional homicide, first degree reckless homicide, attempt at first degree intentional homicide, and two counts of first degree recklessly endangering safety. he has pleaded not guilty to all. the judge telling jurors they are allowed to consider convicting rittenhouse for lesser offenses for two of the five counts. the trial could be nearing its end after 31 witnesses and eight days of testimony. including rittenhouse who testified in his own defense last week. >> i didn't do anything wrong. i defended myself. >> reporter: now, rittenhouse's fate is in the hands of the jury, who will decide what happens to the man who shot three, killing two. >> members of the jury, the time has come when the burden of reaching a just, fair, and consci consciousness -- scidecision wi be made. >> reporter: the judge sending jurors home with this unusual note too. >> you will pay no heed to the opinions of anyone, even the president of the united states or the president before him. the founders of our country gave you and you alone the power and the duty to decide this case based solely on the evidence presented in this court. >> reporter: brianna, you know, those comments from the judge obviously paying attention to some of the attention that this case has gotten, as this community prepares for this verdict. we expect the jury to come to court 9:00 a.m. local time here, and then within the hour or so after that, the final 12 will be selected. then they will be sent off into the deliberation room. then we wait, which this could take some time perhaps. certainly, the court is bracing for a long day. this judge, you know, i was talking to some of the local reporters here who say that this judge is known to keep jurors here late. we could be in for a long night here. >> shimon, we'll be watching. thank you for that report. >> joining me now, legal analyst and criminal defense attorney joey jackson, as well as assistant professor of law at brooklyn college, alexis ho. the prosecution had more work to do in the closing arguments. as the jury heads to the deliberation room in a few hours, what's the most important thing they're taking with them from the prosecution? >> thank you for the opening question. the prosecution really delivered. i think they used the weekend well to bring their narrative together. what they did was deliver a compelling story arc. that's what jurors want to hear. they want the evidence. they want the witnesses to make some sort of sense. their overarching narrative was you had this person coming in from outside, not defending their own property, not defending their own family, nor their home, bringing a gun, looking for a fight. then they peppered it with the highlights of evidence jurors saw, reinforcing repeatedly their story line and the story arc. we saw the drone footage. we saw it when rittenhouse shot, initially, mr. rosenbaum. he was on the ground. he wasn't lunging or attacking. of course, that was the defense's characterization. so the prosecution actually really delivered. >> in 11 seconds, they summed up what they had a struggle making clear over the last several weeks. i want to play one sound bite from the prosecution. listen. >> you cannot hide behind self-defense if you provoked the incident. if you created the danger, you forfeit the right to self-defense. >> chances that the jury heard that? >> i think they heard it loudly and clearly. i think to alexis' point, i was quite impressed with what the prosecution did. they brought it together. they explained a narrative, and that narrative was compelling as to guilt. prior to going into closings, i was saying, "wow, it looks like defense will run away." now, they really tightened it up. two things would very much concern me as a defense attorney and have me not sleeping well tonight. one of those issues relates to provocation, right? in the event the jury buys the argument that rittenhouse provoked this, thereby, he loses the privilege of self-defense. you were a guy who came in frommfrom out of town. you brought your gun. you had no business of being here. you thought you were a police officer. you weren't. thought you were a medical person. you weren't. you were using the rifle, pointing it at people, disturbing the peace yourself, bringing this, causing the chain of events for yourself, the provocation is troubling. next point, last point. that is the proportionality of the conduct. what do i mean? in a self-defense case, yes, you have to show you're in immediate fear of death or serious injury. second thing, the force you used was proportionate to the threat posed. prosecution did a very good job saying, you ripped apart rosenbaum's pelvis, right? he was going down. you continued to shoot, again and again. now, the reality is the shot was under one second, three quarters of a second, but the manner in which the prosecution described it was such that you mowed him down. it was disproportionate. if the disproportionality element is present, guess what? you lose. so those are the two big things that concern me as a defense attorney. >> but, but i know the jury goes into the room with a whole bunch of different counts that they're supposed to consider individually, each on their own. however, that's not always how the mind works, right? so this jury, very likely, could go in there thinking, if this was self-defense, kyle rittenhouse is not guilty. and the defense put on a case that said, and with video evidence, and often what the prosecution introduced, in the case of rosenbaum, huber, gross grosskreutz, in each example, rittenhouse was acting in self-defense. he was being chased, a skateboard was being swung, or a gun was pointed. >> those are things the jury has to reconcile. juries will often go back and they'll want to split the baby, so to speak, so give the prosecution a little something, give the defense a little something. here, the jurors have to reconcile the fact you have this person who is standing trial, came away from that evening basically unscathed. you have two deceased people and one person whose arm was nearly severed. when they showed that footage, that was striking. it is very difficult for a jury to go back and deliberate and not come up with something. they have five counts that they can deliver on. the top being first degree, intentional homicide. they were instructed that they can consider the lesser included offenses there. you have second degree intentional homicide and then you have reckless homicide. that's all vis-a-vis. so the jury actually has a lot of options here, and i don't see that they necessarily would convict on that top charge, but they have a lot to work with. >> yeah. >> joey, if they buy self-defense -- >> yeah, so i've been saying that all along. two things. two more things that concern me. i said only two. the other thing that concerns me are the lesser included offenses, right? pa because, to your point, oftentimes jurors will say, you're not guilty of that. however, we'll compromise and make you guilty of something less. so they have more of a smorgasbord to decide what the issue is. next issue, obviously, self-defense, i talked about that already. to your point, and i've been saying all along, in this narrati narrative, if you can pull off from a defense perspective this was self-defense, john, you said it earlier, as to every single person, as to the person who whacked you with a skateboard that was coming for your head, it was self-defense. i was in immediate fear of death. it hit me in the neck. oh, my goodness, i fell down. the person pointed a gun at me, right? same person that you mentioned in terms of the arm footage, graphic, bad, right? what is his name? >> grosskreutz. >> grosskreutz, exactly. he pointed a gun. what can i do? i've demonstrated the imminence of the fear. i demonstrated that my force was propor proportionate. i've got that. then with respect to the last person who grabs the rifle, so i'm one that views this, if the jury buys the notion that this was self-defense, nothing else to consider. don't give me lesser includeds. don't give me anything. he was under attack. the atmosphere was volatile. fires, riot, mob, boom. if they buy that narrative, i think he walks. >> professor, counselor, thank you very much. we'll watch. the jury goes in very shortly. thank you very much. violence erupting moments ago on a key european border. water cannons being used on migrants. cnn is live on the ground. and the lawyer for the man accused of killing ahmaud arbery requesting a mistrial because of who was sitting in the back of the courtroom. why the judge called the request reprehensible. plus, liz cheney, a victim of cancel culture, as republicans in her home state kick her out of the party. no annual fee on any discover card. the new sensodyne repair and protect with deep repair has the science to show that the toothpaste goes deep inside the exposed dentin to help repair sensitive teeth. my patients are able to have that quality of life back. i recommend sensodyne repair and protect with deep repair. it's my woke-up-like-this migraine medicine. it's ubrelvy. one dose can quickly stop my migraine in its tracks within 2 hours. don't take with strong cyp3a4 inhibitors. most common side effects were nausea and tiredness. ask about ubrelvy, the anytime, anywhere migraine medicine. your mission: stand up to moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. and take. it. on... with rinvoq. rinvoq a once-daily pill can dramatically improve symptoms... rinvoq helps tame pain, stiffness, swelling. and for some, rinvoq can even significantly reduce ra fatigue. that's rinvoq relief. with ra, your overactive immune system attacks your joints. rinvoq regulates it to help stop the attack. rinvoq can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious infections and blood clots, sometimes fatal, have occurred as have certain cancers, including lymphoma, and tears in the stomach or intestines, and changes in lab results. your doctor should monitor your bloodwork. tell your doctor about any infections... and if you are or may become pregnant while taking rinvoq. take on ra. talk to your rheumatologist about rinvoq relief. rinvoq. make it your mission. learn how abbvie could help you save on rinvoq. find your rhythm. your happy place. find your breaking point. then break it. every emergen-c gives you a potent blend of nutrients so you can emerge your best with emergen-c. 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>> reporter: olymlisten, a seni administration official describing this as a healthy debate between the leaders and an opportunity to talk about the areas of agreement, areas of disagreement, most importantly, and also for president biden, as you just heard there, to make very clear how he sees the u.s.-china relationship. one of competition but not one that will devolve into outright conflict. that was a key part here. president biden talking about the need to establish guardrails in the u.s.-china relationship. although, this meeting didn't produce those guardrails or any breakthroughs, nor, frankly, were any expected based on how senior officials were describing the plans for this meeting ahead of time. but a range of issues, as you see there on the screen, being discussed. everything from the tensions over taiwan to human rights issues that president biden made clear he was going to raise with president xi, as well as also potential areas of cooperation on climate change, for example. the taiwan issue was, of course, especially important after president biden, during a cnn town hall earlier this fall, said that the u.s. would come to taiwan's defense if it were attacked by china. the white house then had to walk that back, and president biden making clear in this meeting that the u.s. one china policy applies. meaning the u.s. officially recognizes china, mainland china, not the republic in taiwan. >> you know, the one thing this meeting did produce was this meeting, which, david, is seen largely as a win for china. what issaying about this? >> reporter: right. out of all of this, john, you have dialogue, so that's something. it's interesting to look at the timing of all this because it was about 3 1/2 hours all together. you're talking about very in-depth topics that they had to go into. you're averaging about 25, 30 minutes for each of the seven or eight topics that were dcovered. obviously, it wasn't split equally, but it is heavy ground to cover. the biggest issue for china, that red line, as jeremy mentioned, that's taiwan. that is something that they just will not allow, any suggestion that taiwan will breakaway in its independence, though it is a self-governing democracy. it doesn't go over well in beijing. beijing has an idea it'll be reunified, though it was never controlled by the chinese communist party. nevertheless, they have plans for that reunification, and that's what drew that strong line that you mentioned off the top there, john. it came from president xi and chinese foreign ministry is putting this out, getting a lot of headlines in state media. i'll read part of it. it says, such moves regarding taiwan are extremely dangerous, just like playing with fire. whoever plays with fire will get burned. that is something that really, really stands out. i will say one thing though, john. in more than two years, i have never seen so many positive headlines overall from state media here, which is not necessarily an exact barometer on the greater population, but it does reflect what the government here wants to echo. they seem very positive about the relationship between u.s. and china. perhaps some of that is the timing of us leading into the beijing olympics early next year, where they're facing a lot of resentment for things like covid, john. >> that is interesting, especially because the rhetoric being reported there over the last few months has not always been positive. some cases, more negative than it had been in some time. if it is all positive today, interesting. worth watching. david culver, jeremy diamond, thank you both very much. the united states space command livid with russia over a move that created 1,500 pieces of space debris. plus, the lawyer for the man accused of killing ahmaud arbery requesting a mistrial because of who was sitting in the back of the courtroom. why the judge called the request rep reh reprehensible. 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