his home was about to be broken into and that's when he opened the door and shot through the screen door. jurors have asked for a few pieces of evidence to examine in their jury deliberation room right now, they have asked to see the shotgun, they have asked to see the screen door, tamron, they have also asked for a measuring tape, right now inside the courtroom, theodore wafer is waiting in case there will be any verdict here today as well as members of remisha mcbride's family as well. just 19 years old. investigators say she was high and drunk at the time. prosecutors say that she was simply disoriented from a car accident about a half mile away from wafer's home and effectively wandering aimlessly looking for help. >> thank you very much. and joining me now legal analyst lisa green. you've been glued to this case from the beginning following this. you've got seven men, five women, four african-americans. some have seen this through the prism of race and whether that is the case or not, that's how the initial story broke, this african-american woman on the doorstep of this white man. let's set those facts aside. let's talk about the law in michigan and what that means for this case, regarding swu ining o feels they are home and their life is in danger. peter just laid it out that the jury asked for the screen door and a tape measure, it's almost as if we're watching them in real time. when you think about this case, as i do, as a referendum on the scope of self-defense laws in states like michigan, we're really seeing now where the details match the law, is it fair the jury may be ask for waiver to have shot through that screen door, was he protecting his own home and is he entitled to that castle doctrine defense. >> what does that mean, lisa? >> if the jury finds that wafer had a reasonable fear of imminent harm within his own home, he is justified to shoot. that means he can be acquitted for the actions he took. but prosecutors are attacking him on which theodore wafer, was it the scared theodore wafer or an angry theodore wafer. >> to your point which theodore wafer, when police interviewed him, part of his statement he said it discharged. basically he says in the preinterview that the weapon discharged, it was an accident, is what he said. but let's play a little bit of his testimony when he took the stand, which many had anticipated, we didn't know if he would actually speak up in his own defense. but let's listen in. >> i thought they were going to come through. and i was not going to cower. i didn't want to be a victim in my own house. >> why did you pull it? >> i was total reflex reaction. defending myself. >> okay, so lisa, comparing what he said on the stand to what he told police, in that it discharged and he said unfortunately the person, that person was standing right there. >> that's right and i think wafer did himself a favor i think by testifying, it's unusual for defendants to testify. in this case he was able to re-enforce a sense of fear that his defense lawyer really skillfully brought up in closing argument. but the jury has to assess his credibility. he is after all the only living witness to the event ofsz that night and they need to decide which story is the right one. >> i want to show prosecutors grilling him on why he pulled the trigger on accident or on purpose. that's the most important note that's come out of his testimony and as part of the prosecution. let's play it. >> i didn't point it at anybody's face, it just came up. and i shot. with my other hand. >> you either shot on purpose because you were in fear or the gun went off accidentally. which one is it? >> i shot in fear. >> so that means you shot on purpose. >> yes. >> lisa? >> i wonder if some juror, and all it would take is one juror hears all of this evidence and all of the thinking we have been doing about accident or self-defense. and concludes that wafer misspoke, and that's certainly what the defense hopes that they have established through his testimony a more credible story, a beyond a reasonable doubt story of self-defense, that would allow this particular juror to disregard the evidence of what he misspoke. literally the screen door is the dividing line between what would be a very strong self-defense case and what seems to so many of an unfair self-defense play when he opened the door and took out the gun. >> we will continue to monitor developments and will bring you the verdict as soon as the jury reaches a conclusion. now to another developing story this hour, there's a state of emergency right now in hawaii as people there brace for the arrival of back to back hurricanes. hurricane of hurricane iselle which failed to weaken in the last 24 hours is and expected to make landfall as a category 1 hurricane. it could be the first direct hurricane hit to that state in 22 years and right behind iselle is hurricane julio which is now a cat 2 and gains strength in the pacific. jim cantore is in the hilo, hawaii with the very latest. >> reporter: when you think about coming to hawaii, you're not thinking about having to cover a tropical system. this is paradise out here. but they're taking this storm very hereseriously. this is the first hurricane strike in 22 years, plus never had a landfalling hurricane here on the big island. whether it's a strong thunderstotropical storm or a minimal hurricane, we're talking about the same thing, we're talking property damage, and flooding. we get some big, big wave action, in fact right now is waves are as high as 25 feet offshore and those are going to be rolling in later on today and through tonight. landfall about 8:00 p.m., which would be 2:00 in the morning eastern time. the fact that it's 8:00 p.m., means the fact that we're probably going to go all night here with a lot of adverse weather and a lot of people losing power. they took this very serious, they've been out since tuesday, getting water, in a -- water was gold and is gold here on the hawaiian islands as we speak. elevation is also key, because a lot of these beautiful communities go up 2,000, 3,000 feet. and the higher you go, the higher the winds are going to be. if we get an 80-mile-per-hour wind here, it could be 105-mile-per-hour in the mountains. the storm will weaken somewhat and make its way to the west. a state of emergency has been declared and for good reason and that's just iselle. we have got julio to go over the weekend. now to another developing y story, the ebola outbreak, which major health organizations are signaling has become a global health crisis. just this morning, the world health organization held an emergency meeting in geneva to discuss if the outbreak qualifies as an international public health emergency. at least 932 people have died now, this as the centers for disease control ravrps up its response to level one. that is the level reserved for the most serious of public health emergencies. and in washington where many lawmakers are supposed to be on vacation, the foreign affairs committee is holding a hearing on the outbreak this afternoon. doctor, thank you so much for your time. give us perspective here. we're looking at the possibility of this level one response from the centers for disease control. what are we at home obviously people not in the hot zone of this, but those of us who are watching who may be traveling, how are we to process this? >> what i see is what they're doing is they're trying to get ahead of a potential problem. because you certainly don't want to play catch up when you have a disease that has the potential to move across borders, which it has done mainly in the continue innoce continent of africa. what we're seeing now is that there's new cases arriving in nigeria, it's actually very well developed country that has a lot of people moving in and moving out. their concern is that if it does get established within nigeria, then you could see a real springboard into the rest of the world. so they're really focused, this increased level of awareness, they're just focusing to make sure that they have a good monitoring of the situation as well as a rapid response should say see new cases arise elsewhere. >> speaking of other cases, 75-year-old spanish priest who contracted ebola was flown back to spain why the spanish air force. if this does qualify as an international public health emergency, what would that mean? >> certainly what we do see is a lot of countries during one of these crises, they have their own capabilities and certain countries have more capabilities than others. so certainly what we can do here in the united states in order to isolate, in order to treat, in order to contain is very different than what they have some of the west african nations like nigeria or guinea. by making it an international problem is to try to ensure that there is at least a common theme, a common response, a good understanding for each country of what they should do and what they can do in order to prevent the spread within their own country as well as to surrounding countries. >> you say what they can and cannot do, some have seen these recent comments by the world health organization and officials today, an eyebrow raising comments, he says that the health workers are overstretched and because they are overstretched, they do forget to go through the normal routines. when you hear an epidemic happening, over 900 deaths, many more perhaps can'ted. the world health organization is concerned that health workers may be overstretched and may be missing key steps. >> this comes from the fatigue, this outbreak has been going on for several weeks, several months, these individuals are working their hardest in order to support the stricken individuals to give them the help and the care that they need. but in doing that, they're working very long hours and this is a region of the world that they don't have a lot of resources and a lot of people who have the training as well as the equipment needed in order to ensure their even safety and yet here they are, they're still helping their fellow countrymen. and we're sending individuals from over there and people from all over the world are sending aid as well as supplies. but it comes down to do we need something a little more robust from the international community, to make sure that the people are well rested enough so they can protect themselves and protect others around them by protecting further spread, but also having the equipment and the protective devices that they need. >> and developing now, secretary of state john kerry has arrived in after stang just a couple of hours ago on an unannounced visit, kerry is there to push a deal between the two candidates in afghan's disputed election. the body of major general harold green is returned to the united states. general green was killed in afghanistan tuesday when an afghan soldier opened fire at a military academy just outside of kabul. 15 others were wounded in that attack, about half of them americans. general green is the highest ranking u.s. officer to be killed in combat since vietnam. the general will be buried next week at arlington national cemetery. also developing right now, these are live pictures from virginia where the president will sign into law a bill that will reform the troubled veteran's affairs administration, the biggest change we have seen with the va since it's inception. a medal of honor recipient, colonel jack jacobs. also ahead the white house plans to crack down on american companies that move headquarters oversees to avoid paying taxes. the president says it's not right because it means americans will have to pay higher taxes or have the government services slashed. it is today's first read. >> plus this? >> i'm should colleges allow students to carry guns on campus. we have had this discussion before, but this particular case presents new details. one young woman says she's living 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most significant changes to the va in decades. congress passed the bill last week after veterans affairs internal investigators concluded at least 35 vets died while waiting for care at the va hospital in phoenix. it was also determined that covering up long wait times for health care across this country. the $16 billion bill includes 105 zlrz for private care. and $1.3 billion for 27 new va facilities across the country. it also makes it easier for the va secretary to fire senior officials for mismanagement. msnbc military analyst and medal of honor recipient retired army colonel jack jacobs. obviously when we look at the to-do list for congress, most of the things did not get done, but at least we saw some bipartisan comp mission on this bill. >> reporter: it's hard to believe against this bill for getting people care that fought to keep us safe. there was a huge push from the white house and we saw the veterans affairs committees in both the house and the senate to work toward the compromise. it's called the veteran's -- we learned just how dpiflt it was and at times even deadly these long waits that happened. we saw a resignation of the head of the va, and there are other things that happened in the interim. the senate has just named the new veterans -- new head of the veterans affairs, robert mcdonnell, he's a west point grad, he used to be the head of proctor and gamble, so a lot of people hope that that management experience will help him with this sprawling bureaucracy. since the time that all of these allegations were proved true, they have reached out to more than 200,000 veterans from the va to get them off wait lists, they have added more clink hours, they have gotten more staff, but they needed this sweeping bill to happen and it was that rare show of bipartisanship. having said that, even the people who support it, acknowledge that nothing was going to be a panacea, this one bill isn't going to solve all the problems overnight, but it is an important step forward. >> part of this bill as well deals with some of the these bonuses that were also quite controversial, chris, that you well know and reported on. some of these va employees were receiving. >> that's right, so one of the things that happened, they were tying bonuses in to keeping those wait times short, getting people moved through, so obviously what happened was there was an incentive to cook the books, to change the records, and the other thing we are to point out, is that even though this bill goes into place, it doesn't stop the investigation t investigation is ongoing, and if it is found that people deliberately made these changes, they conceal eed backlogs, they are still subject to potential charges. so that investigation is ongoing. >> more staff, doctors, nurses, and other health care workers, $1.3 billion for new va facil y facilities across the country. you have strong opinions to what you believe what is the right thing to do with restructuring the health care system. do you believe these are effective changes. >> it's hard to -- committing resources and numbers in order to help out veterans. the problem would be aid stations in place where is veterans are located but can't get to major va hospitals. the important thing is not the money, there's no such thing as too much money, as they say, but the important thing is changing the culture. >> the structure of the va? >> yes. and bob mcdonnell, when he gets on the job is committed to changing the attitudes about the bureaucracy, so that they'll be serving soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines, but we'll be making the va even bigger and even more unwieldly and i'm not convinced that's going to do it. >> if the money is not spent wisely, if the structure is not effect tiff, yes, you may rem city the awful issue of hiding wait times, but we have been very candid with each other, my father's va experience left a very bitter taste in my family's mouth and the things that we saw play out, but if the 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>> we went to the first ever cannabis summit that was in denver and we were looking around and saw a lot of women in this. we asked people, why so many women? and they said as the industry becomes more regulated, it's still new, but it's becoming regulated. and it's becoming safer, women feel more comfortable entering it. and we talked to people who came from the healing industry. someone who came from the spa industry and went into this as another healing industry. >> you talk about the safety aspect. as if women can't handle ourselves, we knowa, but this is an all cash business, i have seen a couple of pieces on all these private security businesses that have emerged in colorado mainly, to protect these businesses that are dealing strictly in cash. >> it's legal in colorado. but federally it's still illegal and banks don't want to risk their insurance relationships with the fdic by allowing these companies to bank with them. so yes, it is all cash. think about a room with a million dollars, think about paying your electricity bill, every bill you have in cash. >> you talk about how crazy the industry is right now, let's play it. >> the cannabis industry is the most challenging industry that i have ever been involved in. i describe it as crisis mblgt by hour. >> entrepreneurs from across the country are coming here, it is the green rush 2.0. this is pikes peak or bust 21 century style. >> you've got some characters there. i love that. but it isn't as simple as setting up a shop as if you're opening a little convenience store and there you have it. they have unique challenges and issues. >> well, what's happening is that they're making up the rules as they're going along. there are zoning rules and packaging rules and all kinds of rules that are changes every single day. in order to be in this industry, you have to be on top of all of those. >> outside of the notation of the number of women, what else caught your eye that is intriguing? 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