vision service. i agree with mrs. smith on one thing. the court hasn t heard all the facts neither has the public because i have a duty not to release those facts because she is correct, her client and mr. crumbley have an absolute we have a burden and these are merely allegations. so i agree. i just want to point out, nobody needs permission these defendants did not need my permission and they didn t need law enforcement permission to go to the court and turn themselves in, go to the police department, the sheriff s department and turn themselves in. i agree mrs. smith was perhaps in trial, she had a break from 11:45 to 2:45, and i can t imagine why they were surprised the whole country knew these charges were coming. lastly, to suggest that anyone is somehow using this incident to create press. there s a lot of attention here because four children were
smith on one thing. the court hasn t heard all the facts. i have an ethical duty not to release those facts. she and mr. crumbley have an absolute, we have a burden and these are merely allegations. so i agree. and i just want to point out, nobody needs permission. these defendants did not need my permission and didn t need law enforcement permission to go to the court and turn themselves in and go to the police department, sheriff s department, turn themselves in. i agree mrs. smith was perhaps in trial, had a break from 11:45 to 2:45. i can t imagine why they were surprised. the whole country knew the charges were coming. and lastly, to suggest that anyone is somehow using this incident to create press, there s a lot of attention here. four children were murdered and seven others injured. and that is on the mind of every
debate that was happening between the defense attorneys and the prosecution. listen here. last night and throughout the day, we were in contact with our clients. they were scared. they were terrified. they were not at home. they were figuring out what to do getting finances in order. there is absolutely no doubt, but our clients were absolutely going to turn themselves in. it was just a matter of logistics. nobody needs permission. these defendants did not need my permission, and they didn t need law enforcement permission to go to the court and turn themselves in, go to the police department, the sheriff s department and turn themselves in. to suggest that this anyone is somehow using this incident to create press, there s a lot of attention here because four children were murdered. reporter: and their response to the death of those four children, the prosecutor charged them with four counts of that intentional or four counts of
of texas. walk us through this. texas state democrats are now in d.c. what happens. does this change anything or delay the process? right. this is the texas democrats first full day back on the ground in washington, d.c. we know at the top of the next hour they re kicking things off with a press conference where they re going to again call for federal legislation and action on voting. as for what happens here in texas, the texas house is going to convene the next few hours. we expect the speaker of the house will set wheels in motion, begin the process for giving law enforcement permission to track down texas lawmakers who have fled, but texas law enforcement will have no jurisdiction in washington, d.c. unless officials choose to give them permission to go in and get the lawmakers. texas governor greg abbott is thinking through what his next