she always wanted her smile to shine. now, she uses a capful of therabreath healthy smile oral rinse to give her the healthy, sparkly smile she always wanted. (crowd cheering) therabreath, it s a better mouthwash. at walmart, target and other fine stores. just moments ago, jury selection began in the federal hate crimes trial for the three men who murdered ahmaud arbery. the black jogger was shot in a white neighborhood in georgia in 2020. the new case will ask a jury to decide whether the crime was motivated by race. they were convicted of murder in a georgia state trial last year and sentenced to life in prison. two of the men, gregory and travel mcmichael, nearly avoided the trial by entering a plea deal. but a judge rejected it due to a fixed sentence requirement. i want to bring in msnbc s blayne alexander outside the courthouse in georgia. what can we expect to see once
the trial is under way? reporter: good morning to you. the biggest thing we are going to see, the biggest difference from the state trial is that race is going to play a much larger role in these proceedings. remember, the prosecution here has the burden of essentially trying to prove that these three men, william roddy brian, and gregory and travel mcmichael, chased down and ultimately killed ahmaud arbery because of the color of his skin. of course they ve been convicted of murder in the state trial. this is going to speak more to the motive. right now we re in jury selection. we know that s going to last a week, possibly two, but once the trial gets under way, the prosecution and pretrial hearings have alewded to the fact they want to bring in a number of text messages, they want to bring in facebook posts, social media posts that they say essentially prove that they had a racial bias against african american people. so, those are some of the things we re going to expect to see in
mcmichael s testimony happened during the struggle immediately before the shooting is false, because travel mcmichael tried to tell this jury that ahmaud arbery had his hand on the gun. however, mcmichael told the cops when this happened that he did not know if arbery had his hand on the gun. that s a huge problem for the defense, and i look for the prosecution to try to really slam home those two themes. great to see you both. thank you very much. thanks, kate. coming up for us, a group of state a.g.s are looking into the potential harm of instagram on kids. we ll talk to the attorney general of california on the bipartisan investigation he is now helping to lead into the social media giant. the one desire you are, you are, don t wanna hear you say.