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Good morning, atlanta. a live look at the downtown skyline. all around cnn world headquarters here. you can see the sun creeping up back there. were looking at a high of 70 degrees today with a whole lot of sun. thats pretty nice here in atlanta. we hope, of course, that all of you are having a very happy mothers day. some of the events to keep an eye on in the week ahead-on monday, aurora, colorado, shooting suspect james holmes is expected to enter an insanity plea. he faces charges for killin...

His death was caused in a cruel manner. explain the next process here. >> this is what we all showed up to see was the aggravation phase. were expecting prosecutor juan martinez, whos done a masterful job to present his case that this killing was cruel. seems like a slam dunk. he was stabbed 29 times, and his throat was slit ear to ear six inches across, but we didnt get a chance to have that happen because of all the hullabaloo and this cancellation, this mystery cancellation, which i believe i...

Jodi arias is on suicide watch in the psychiatric ward with doctors and nurses watching over her 24/7. our legal guys are back, avery and richard. first degree murder case is on hold until next week. she was convicted wednesday and shortly after that she said she would rather die than be sentenced to life in prison. listen. >> i said years ago that i would rather get death than life and that is still true today. i believe death is the ultimate freedom, so i would rather just have my freedom as s...

Be happy and take profits off the table, keep the positions, keep the commitment. >> reporter: christine romans, cnn, las vegas. >> all right, christine. this week a jury in phoenix found jodi arias guilty of first-degree murder in the death of her ex-boyfriend. >> we the jury, duly empanelled and sworn in the above entitled action upon our oaths do find the defendant as to first-degree murder guilty. five jurors find premeditated. zero find felony murder. seven find both premeditated and felony...

Juan perez, it must be a huge shock to you and i appreciate your joining me, thank you very much. >> thank you. the other big story tonight is the arias verdict and the jury found her giuilty of the first-degree murder of her ex-boyfriend and now they will decide whether she will get the death penalty. casey wian is in phoenix for the latest. casey, no great surprise that she was found guilty, but the big question now, will she get the death penalty, and that may be decided tomorrow. >> it cou...

As this aggravation phase begins. theyre going to have to determine whether jodi arias killed alexander in an extremely cruel way. were going to hear a medical examiner testify tomorrow about that, we may see some of those graphic photos again that have been displayed earlier of the dozens of stab wounds of the bullet hole through his head, and the most graphic of all, his throat slashed wide open. we could go through all of that again. >> i know this starts tomorrow afternoon, do you have any s...

One juror who does not want to give her the death penalty? >> well, at the very least, that, anderson. now theyre moving into the aggravation phase where theyre going to show proof of cruelty, and thats what will justify a death penalty verdict. whether or not they can persuade 12 people, this will be their crucible now. of course, it does have to be unanimous. if they dont have a unanimous verdict, a unanimous jury saying that it was cruel, then theyre not going to even wind up in the penalty p...

Commit suicide, was that she went on to trash travis alexander. travis alexander, her murder victim who is dead and buried, slashed from ear-to-ear, she went on to say that travis alexander is a big hypocrite. i dont understand that. she made a snide comment about his family, she trashed him. and this is all just moments after being convicted of murder one and slashing, stabbing, shooting death. she walks through one door, gets away from the jury, plops down in front of the cameras, sucking up t...

Of a hyperbolic example of the death penalty machinery being broken. >> marcia, this next phase starts tomorrow for the defense. is it all about trying to find one juror who does not want to give her the death penalty? >> at the very least, that. now theyre moving into the aggravation phase where theyre going to show proof of cruelty, thats what will justify a death penalty verdict. whether or not they can persuade 12 people, this will be their crucible now. of course, it does have to be unanimo...

To hearing jurors coming out and talking to the media about their deliberations after a verdict like this. but whats going to happen is theyve got to come back into court tomorrow afternoon at 1:00 local time, 4:00 eastern, to begin the aggravation phase of this case. and what the prosecution is going to try to prove is that this was an extremely cruel killing, and that would make jodi arias eligible for the death penalty. if the jury finds that, in fact, this was an extremely cruel killing, the...