burnett. outfront tonight the defense rests. lawyers for kyle rittenhouse and the prosecution now preparing to go before the jury to make their closing arguments. for eight days, witnesses described the night that rittenhouse shot three people, killing two of them during protests on the streets of kenosha, wisconsin. the now 18-year-old testified he was acting in self-defense during emotionally charged testimony yesterday. the defense wrapped up their case today with a use of force expert and a right-wing commentator who had captured one of the shootings on video. that witness describing in detail what he saw in the moments before rittenhouse shot joseph rosenbaum four times. kyle rittenhouse came out of car source 2 and attempted to de-escalate the situation. did you see mr. rosenbaum do anything that kind of drew your attention after what we saw? absolutely. he led the charge into the gas station. he was getting physically aggressive. rittenhouse faces homicide char
others for his decision to travel from out of state to the scene of great civil unrest armed with an ar-15. cnn s omar jimenez joins us now from kenosha. what happened in court today? well, anderson, we moved into the final stages here before it gets in front of a jury. over the course of today, though, jurors didn t seem as engaged as yesterday. but that s not saying much because if yesterday was the most dramatic day we ve seen yet in regards to emotion and substance, today was the most technical day we ve seen yet and the most political. this is not a political trial. reporter: but politics and questions of bias emerged from the backdrop of this trial. from the defense s tenth witness drew hernandez. a self-described commentator on the streets of kenosha the night of the shooting. have you ever posted anything on social media? yes. in support of kyle rittenhouse. one could argue yes. reporter: it was a recurring theme brought out by the prosecution. your