not take her purse. we realized something was wrong. they could not possibly have guessed how wrong. there is another level of evil here, the person who did this was trying to create a vanishing. good do such a thing? first thing you look is who is closest to her, romantic lee or geographically. the list was long. they boyfriend, an ex and fellow students. had somebody been studying more than textbooks? but he would ask people, how would you commit the perfect murder? his roommates said he thought he was smarter than everybody else. smart, maybe. but had he slipped up? what they had found told us everything we needed to know. a confounding case that would come down into a damning piece of video that no one was supposed to see. sick, twisted. what was it like to see that? i knew that we had him. hello, and welcome to dateline. lorraine getting spooked south to law school, and immediately felt right at home. smart and vibrant, she turned heads
eenl waters called on protesters to get her word, confrontational. the judge denying the motion but twarng comments could be grounds for an appeal down the line. so joining me now, a former democratic senator from alabama, doug jones is here. both cnn political commentators. i ll start with you. the entire nation is waiting on this chauvin trial verdict. one senior white house official telling cnn, i quote here, this was already a tinder box. it becomes more volatile by the day. what is at stake here? you know, that is a good question. this reminds me, the time we re in reminds me of 1968. tom brokaw who is one of my heroes, actually, had a documentary entitled boom. in 1968, in february, the massacre, in april, you had the assassination of king, in june, you had the assassination of kennedy. you had many soldiers coming home from war still being treated like second class citizens and it felt like the country was becoming untethered along the lines of race. this seems eeril
line. so joining me now, bakari sel sellers, form democratic senator from alabama doug jones is here. they re both cnn political commentators. good evening to both of you. bakari, i m going to start with you. the entire nation is waiting on this chauvin trial verdict. one cnn white house official telling cnn the thinking inside the west wing is, and i quote here, this was already a tinderbox. it becomes more volatile by the day. what s at stake here, you think, sir? you know, that s a good question. this reminds me the time we re in reminds me of 1968. tom brokaw, who is one of my heroes actually, had a documentary entitled boom. and in 1968, in february, you had the original wood massacre. in april you had assassination of king. in june you had the assassination of kennedy. you had many soldiers coming home from war still being treated like second-class citizens, and it felt as if the country was becoming untethered along the lines of race. this seems eerily like that
hour that congressman clyburn will have the last word at this hour. we have the lead prosecutors from the derek chauvin s murder trial joining us starting off tonight and this is when i get nervous because i am in awe of these lawyers and the masterful jobs they did in court. i have been looking forward to this since everyday i have been watching in court. my news meeting with my staff and talking to everybody in the building, everybody is excited that you got these lawyers. i have not heard these prosecutors speaking outside other than the immediate after math of that historic case. i am in awe that you got them. we are lucky to have them. thank you, rachel. thank you, lawrence, good luck. well, i grew up in courtrooms, courtrooms and baseball fields i guess. i have been to more trials than i can remember. my father became a lawyer when i was a baby. he went to night school for college while he was working full-time as a boston police officer, it was after years of
news meeting with my staff and talking people in the building today, everyone is very excited you ve got these lawyers. i haven t heard these prosecutors speak outside the courtroom, other than the immediate aftermath of that historic case. i m in awe that you ve got them and i m not going to help you believe any less nervous about it. we are lucky to have them. thank you rachel. thanks lawrence good. look i grew up in courtrooms. courtrooms and baseball fields i guess. i have been to more trials than i can remember. my final other became a lawyer when i was a baby. he went to night school, for college and law school while he was working full-time as a boston police officer. it was after years of sitting on the witness stand as a police officer, and thinking that he could do a better job than the lawyers who were questioning him. that he decided to become a lawyer. lawyer-ing would not have look so easy for him, from that witness stand, if he had been questioned by our