defense claimed that the 1 2 00 plus pastors gathered outside the courthouse influenced the jury. most as you see happened to be block. and in virginia, arguments have wrapped up in the federal civil trial over the 2017 unite the right rally in charlottesville after three week of the defendants spouts white sue supremacist and an anti-semitic hate speech. and joining me now, katie fang also eli. and he want to begin with you. take a listen to a prediction from the honorable prophet and we ll talk about it on the other side. take a look. people need to understand bo walk. he will walk away scot-free. the honorable prophet, you punctuate the point why none of us were not surprised but it doesn t make the decision any less outrageous. this happened because this is what the white justice system was design dodd. this is not a miscarriage of justice, this is justice as working as intended for white people. the reason why i could predict that is because of the judge. the judge
joining me are nbc reporter catie beck. we also have a policy adviser for joe biden on criminal justice. catie, this is the second day when travis mcmichael was on stand and he was cross-examined. bring us up to speed on what the prosecutor was able to get out of mcmichael. katy, this is the most explosive testimony we ve seen in the trial so far. under cross-examination, prosecutors clearly wanted to hammer some points to the jury. and they did that through a series of yes and no questions put before travis mcmichael. they asked him preempted if he felt like ahmaud arbery was a threat, what proof he had that he was a threat, did he pose any threat with a weapon, was there a knife or gun. mcmichael several times confronted arbery with questions and arbery said nothing and kept running. they were getting to the jury to this point of, could you have possibly walked away, could you have stayed in your vehicle? the answer to that was yes, i could have. so these were questions t
this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i m tony harris. we are learning the names of two of the marines killed by a gunmen in chattanooga, tennessee, one of them thomas sullivan was an iraq war veteran from massachusetts. he is one of four marines killed when mohammed aziz opened fire on two military facilities before he died. police are now pouring over the suspects home and computer to try to figure out his motive. jonathan, what are police telling you? reporter: right now police are certainly focusing on a motive. the big unknown and big question mark authorities have at this hour. i spoke with a police chief earlier today who said that is one of many questions that remain unanswered. what could have motivated this young man to open fire at two military sites within a few miles of ooefrp yesterday mid-morning. at one of the sites behind me which is where those marines were shot and killed there is a small memorial where people have been stopping by to offer
leadership matters. and having a leader who guides the community in the true teachings of islam is extremely important. but the other part of it is we have to really look at what is creating these islamic fanatics. many of these islamic fanatics happen because of political motives, and the actions they carry out has nothing to do with the actual teachings of islam. they re just using that as a venue or conduit of their political agenda. at the end of you re piece you have a message of encouragement for fellow american muslims. my message to fellow american muslims, many of us if not all that this individual does not represent islam. for them to go out talk to their neighbors have dialogue, and display the true teachings of islam in a true manner, in a manner in the spirit of sacrifice and in the spirit of the month of ramadan that focuses on self ref for reformation charity good will, creating peace rather than disorder. tayeb, a former united states marine
formula one mourns the death of jules bianchi, the 25-year-old driver who never recovered from a crash at last year s japanese grand prix. in his first speech since a historic nuclear deal was signed with world powers iran s supreme leader has accused washington of airrrogancearrogance. ayatollah khomeni was speaking before tennessee ofs of thousands of supporters who chanted death to america and death to israel. he said iran would not change its behavior and support honest fightners lebanon and palestine. of course we don t welcome a war. we won t begin or pre-empt a war but if a war does happen here the one who will ex i will the war is the atrocious america. i spoke with a political science professor at tehran university. again, my asking him who cam ane khameni s message was aimed at. i believe he was aiming at his hardline supporter because you must you must realize that the back boyn of the support comes from the hardliners and the historic agreement, nuclear