on monday morning closing arguments are set to begin in the trial of the three men charged with killing ahmaud arbery in what lawyers, civil rights leaders and arbery s family called a modern-day lynching. travis mcmichael, the man who fired the shot that killed arbery testified this week about the events that led up to that moment. he claims to have being recognized arbery from a confrontation days earlier and maintains the fatal shooting was done in self-defense, but watch what happened when mcmichael faced questions from the prosecution. here s just a sampling of how his story held up. so at this point you re ordering him to stop, is that correct? i wouldn t say ordering. i was asking him. like nicely and politely, please, sir, stop? as first it was not hey, can you stop. please, stop for a second.