they censured paul gosar. this week we expect a giant fda decision on whether to okay covid boosters for all adults. we begin, though, on january 6 and the accountability question. just seconds ago, a judge sentencing jacob chansley to 41 months in prison. the judge called his actions, quote, terrible. you made yourself an epitome of the riot. chansley spoke directly to the judge for more than 30 minutes. he insisted he s a good man who broke the law, not a domestic terrorist, not an insurrectionist. this is a big sentencing. reporter: it s very significant, john. and the reason it s so significant is 41 months is the very same sentence that judge lamberth handed down to a capitol rioter just last week. that rioter punched a police officer, a violent crime. jacob chansley is not convicted of a violent crime, but the judge still believes that his acts are comparable with a violent act. so as we look at the grand scheme of all of these riot defendants, 660 defendants char
wounding another during protests in kenosha, wisconsin. the most serious charge carries a mandatory life sentence. the big question facing this jury, and there is a lot that has been said and a lot of evidence and a lot of witnesses, but the key question is whether they believe rittenhouse was scared and fired his gun in self-defense or was he armed, dangerous, and the one who provoked the deadly violence? let s begin with cnn s shimon prokupecz live outside the courthouse for us this hour. hi, there, shimon. reporter: hi, kate. so, right, that jury now selected. it s five men, seven women, one person of color on the jury. that is one of the men. as you said, they have now started their deliberation, probably about 25 minutes into it. and a series of charges, of counts they need to consider. the verdict sheet, 14 pages. they will go sheet by sheet, page by page in whatever order they want in trying to decide if kyle rittenhouse is guilty or not guilt. one of things as you s
protest august of last year. rittenhouse is on trial for five felonfelonies, if found gu of most serious, he will spend the rest of his life in prison. and shimon prokupecz is outside the courthouse. what have we heard from the jury so far? reporter: one night this morning they said that they needed copies of the jury instructions. of course there was a lot of confusion during the time that the judge was reading the instructions to the jury, but they are asking for specific information from the instructions. they are asking for pages one to six, some of which has to deal with the self-defense argument by the defendant and then the provocation instruction which the prosecutor asked for on friday, asking for this charge. there were arguments over it and then the judge agreeing to give this instruction to the jury. this was a big win for the prosecution to have this instruction given to the jury. so we can kind of see how the jury perhaps is working through the law, working
but if you go back 100 years to a hot-summer day on the shores of lake michigan, you might begin to understand. he and four of his friends decided to go to the beach along with everyone else. they were ordinary kids. black kids? black kids. yes, black kids. reporter: what happened to a 17-year-old named eugene williams started a chain of events that led from rocks to riots. they drove into bronzeville and they opened fire. reporter: to promises broken, again and again. every family that wants to stay in the community will stay in this community. i don t see the black people. where we at? reporter: do you think things have gotten a lot better in the last 100 years? where there s poverty, there s usually high rates of violence. reporter: tonight, i ll meet people who have lived that story. every day, risk our lives. reporter: and are trying to change the ending. we have a new brother. how long you been here? i have been here for three or four weeks
but if you go back 100 years to a hot summer day on the shores of lake michigan, you might begin to understand. he and four of his friends decided to go to the beach along with everyone else. they were ordinary kids. black kids? black kids. yes, black kids. what happened to a 17-year-old named eugene williams started a chain of events that led from rocks to riots. they drove into bronzeville and they opened fire. to promises broken again and again. every family that wanted to stay in the community will stay in this community. i don t see the black people. where we at? do you think things have gotten a lot better in the last 100 years? where there s poverty, there s usually high rates of violence. tonight, i ll meet people who have lived that story. it s like every day, we risk our lives by coming out the door. and are trying to change the ending. we have a new brother. how long have you been here? i ve been here for three, four weeks now. we ha