Hello everyone. The politically and racially charged Rittenhouse Trial has been dominating headlines and sparking debate on issues like gun rights and the right to peacefully protest. With a verdict now looming, wisconsin governor evers has dispatched 500 National Guard to the kenosha area. We have live fox team coverage. We are standing by with legal analysis. We begin with alexis mcadams. She is outside the courthouse in kenosha. Alexis . Arthel, good afternoon. The judge here will have to make up his mind at some point today to decide if hes going to let the jury hear in the Rittenhouse Trials consider lesser charges for the illinois teen accused of shooting three people and killing two during the unrest. Wisconsin law does allow the prosecution and the defense to ask that jurors be told they can consider lesser charges before they start deliberations. Now the judge will allow jurors to consider some lesser charges he says in this case but also denied one of those requests. Experts
meanwhile, president vladimir zelenskyy announcing ukraine s long anticipated spring counteroffensive is underway to be back vladimir putin s illegal invasion. welcome to fox news live. arthel: hello, president zelenskyy hosted canadian prime minister justin trudeau whose on an unannounced trip to kiev saying canada is giving ukraine $500 million in military aid. president zelenskyy conferences force are taking action against the russian invasion and says his top commanders are in, quote, positive mindset as their soldiers intensify the fight on the front lines. eric: our correspondent greg palcott is live in kiev. reporter: there was support from abroad today. we heard from ukrainian president zelenskyy confirmation that the counteroffensive is on, happening on a 600 mile front line, trying to clawback losses after months of bloodshed and breakthrough russian defenses south of here to split enemy hill grounded. in action now, american fighting vehicles, german leopard tank
about his life in the mafia. also joining the conversation in studio is dan pearson. dan is the executive producer of i married a mobster on the discovery channel. he s also the coauthor of the new book last don standing, which profiles the life of ralph natale. dan, thank you for being with us. dan pearson: well, thank you for having me. rosemary: and ralph, you re with us by phone? ralph: yes, i am. rosemary: so, ralph, you were a government witness. you keep your whereabouts secret, but you are not in the witness protection program? ralph: i ve never been in the witness protection program, never. rosemary: as i mentioned, you keep your whereabouts close to the vest. what can you tell us about your life now? ralph: well, i m living pleasantly with my wife. and i m at an ease with everything, and i m happy to answer any questions because everything i ve put down in the book and i told dan and larry is true. rosemary: ralph, in the book and especially towards the end, dan
wanted to give a final call to the room for questions and also, the panelists if you have questions for one another. i know that delaware worked with insurance companies as part of this process and i was wondering if california and nevada did similar work and you know, was that important. well, for nevada, we did reach out to the insurance industry and they were part of the hearing process during the legislation was being heard. and they didn t have a position on it one way or another. although part of our angel cyst included the fact there was a potential for insurance premiums to be sold to these rids. however, it is not a requirement in nevada to have insurance to have a license. it s only a requirement if you register a vehicle. so, again, depending on what the individual wants to use the driver s authorization card for, it doesn t necessarily equate them directly into the selling of an insurance policy, but they were part of the discussions. specifically, my boss w
significant numbers actually. so, all of you, thank you. senator cornyn, i do think and i believe you mentioned it miss mcdonald that the ability to have people in prison begin to work before they re released has real potential. maybe mr. tollman you mentioned it. i do think that can work. my observation over the years of attempts to have education and other kind of character-building programs in prison before they re released doesn t seem to have much benefit. do you agree with that, miss mcdonald? it s very hard to find a excuse me. it s hard to find a current or a released prisoner who has not been offered programs galore. they do exist in prisons, but i think work gives a sense of self-esteem and is the best training for re-entry that we ve got. the risk assessment, the cognitive therapy, that s already being done. and i m afraid that the judgment that was reached in the 1970s, which is that it s very hard to find a therapeutic program that reduces recidivism