Welcome to the lead-up, Jake Tapper.

We have been watching discussions in the courtroom during the cross examination of Kyle

Rittenhouse, who has perhaps surprisingly taken to testifying in his own defense in

that Kenosha Wisconsin courtroom today.

Rittenhouse killed two people and injured another.

You might recall during protests in Kenosha last August, Rittenhouse says he did it in self-defense,

because he believed he was being attacked with lethal force at the time.

It's good to see him outside the courtroom in Kenosha, and Sarah Rittenhouse's testimony

has lasted several hours.

It's had a few key moments.

Very key moments.

What we heard is unusual, as you pointed out, it is unusual for a defendant to take the

stand in any trial, certainly any criminal trial.

In this case, we heard Kyle Rittenhouse's version of events from the time that he came

into town to remove graffiti from a high school, to the moments in which he ended up

shooting three people.

He details that very, very explicitly, and then the cross examination, the prosecutor,

tries to catch him in consistencies.

Is your mind clear today?

Yes, sir.

Kyle Rittenhouse took the stand in his own defense for the killing of two men and wounding

of another last summer during the unrest that exploded in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

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