looking live at opening statements in the trial of the three white men accused of killing ahmaud arbery. there you see it. it s in brunswick, georgia. arbry, a 25-year-old black man was fatally shot while jogging through a south florida neighborhood last february. each of the defendants has pleaded not guilty. joining me now, nbc s ron allen, who is in brunswick for us, as well as msnbc legal analyst, maya wiley. thank you for being with me. ron, what are we hearing out of the opening arguments today? reporter: the prosecutor started off by telling the jury that this case is all about assumptions and what she called driveway decisions. and by assumptions, she meant people making the worst possible assumptions about things. and she meant the defendants making these terrible assumptions about ahmaud arbery. the assumptions is that he was driving through this case, they suspected him of being a criminal, a robber, pursued him, allegedly, and shot and killed