others for his decision to travel from out of state to the scene of great civil unrest armed with an ar-15. cnn s omar jimenez joins us now from kenosha. what happened in court today? well, anderson, we moved into the final stages here before it gets in front of a jury. over the course of today, though, jurors didn t seem as engaged as yesterday. but that s not saying much because if yesterday was the most dramatic day we ve seen yet in regards to emotion and substance, today was the most technical day we ve seen yet and the most political. this is not a political trial. reporter: but politics and questions of bias emerged from the backdrop of this trial. from the defense s tenth witness drew hernandez. a self-described commentator on the streets of kenosha the night of the shooting. have you ever posted anything on social media? yes. in support of kyle rittenhouse. one could argue yes. reporter: it was a recurring theme brought out by the prosecution. your
on the streets of kenosha the night of the shooting. have you ever posted anything on social media? yes. in support of kyle rittenhouse? one could argue, yes. reporter: it was a recurring theme brought out by the prosecution. your videos that you have captured of these incidents that you call riots, they are very slanted against the people rioting. you characterized them as antifa, black lives matter rioters correct? because they are rioting in the footage yes. reporter: hernandez was called largely to draw contrast between joseph rosenbaum the first killed by rittenhouse in august 2020 in the aftermath of protests in kenosha. rosenbaum was challenging kyle rittenhouse from behind. you hear that real time? hear and saw it in real time. reporter: compared with kyle rittenhouse. did you observe him acting in an aggressive manner toward anyone? in no way, shape, or form. the first time i saw kyle he actually de-escalated a situation. reporter: notab
monday. rittenhouse is charged with killing two, wounding a third last summer in kenosha, wisconsin during unrest following the police shooting of jacob blake. in a moment you ll hear from one of the wounded survivors. first, though, the trial itself which has been marked by controversy surrounding the judge and the defendant, who s been praised by some, scorned by others for his decision to travel from out of state to the scene of great civil unrest armed with an ar-15. cnn s omar jimenez joins us now from kenosha. what happened in court today? well, anderson, we moved into the final stages here before it gets in front of a jury. over the course of today, though, jurors didn t seem as engaged as yesterday. but that s not saying much because if yesterday was the most dramatic day we ve seen yet in regards to emotion and substance, today was the most technical day we ve seen yet and the most political. this is not a political trial. reporter: but politics and questions o
the backdrop of this trial from the defense tenth witness drew hernandez on the streets of kenosha on the night of the shooting. have you ever posted anything on social media in support of kyle rittenhouse? one could argue, yes. reporter: it was a recurring theme brought about by the prosecution. your videos you ve captured of these incidents you call riots, they re very slanted against the people who are rioting. you characterize them as antifa, black lives matter rioters, correct? because they re rioting in the footage, yes. reporter: hernandez was called by the defense largely to draw contrast between joseph rosenbaum, the first killed by rittenhouse in august 2020 in the aftermath of protests in kenosha. rosenbaum was charging kyle rittenhouse from that. did you hear that realtime? hear it and saw it in realtime. reporter: compared with kyle rittenhouse. did you observe him acting in an aggressive manner to anyone you observed? in no way, shape or
tensions between the judge and the prosecutor as the case is now moving to closing arguments. and the death toll in the astroworld concert disaster is up to nine. an injured victims died a short while ago as dozens of lawsuits are moving forward. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. and we begin with the breaking news. the release of trump white house records now on hold. after an emergency ruling by a federal appeals court. this derails tomorrow s deadline for the january 6th committee to get the documents. let s bring in jessica schneider. she s working the story for us. this is a win, at least in the short-term, for the former president. this is a win and for trump s legal team in terms of running out the clock here because a portion of these documents were set to be turned over to the committee. that deadline now is pushed until at least early dec