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Number. o.j. versus his former lawyer, simpson former attorney in court friday not to defend o.j. wait until you hear what he said about the disgraced superstar. >> good morning. it is saturday, may 18th. im victor blackwell. >> and im poppy harlow. thank you for starting your saturday with us. >> it is 8:00 on the east coast. well start with the collision between two commuter trains in connecticut. people were tossed over seats. one man says immediately the lights went out in his car as the t...

>> go, o.j., go. >> hertz, the superstar in rent-a-car. >> we want to be like o.j., we did the o.j. run through the crowded airport like he did in the hertz commercials. >> reporter: he crossed seamlessly into hollywood with roles in "the towering inferno" and "the naked gun" trilogy. >> oh, no. >> reporter: on screens big and small as an actor, pitchman, network football analyst o.j. simpson observers say had a charm, that smile, that guy next door vibe that made whites and african-americans eq...

Get a new trial. at a hearing that turned combative at times, simpsons current attorneys argued his former lawyers were so incompetent he blew simpsons defense in his 2008 trial and simpson is serving up to 33 years in prison for armed robbery and kidnapping. the challenge to his former lawyer and once close friend is just the latest strange chapter in o.j.s tumultuous story. heres cnns brian todd. >> reporter: victor and poppy, o.j. simpson has captivated america for better or worse for about f...

Bed situation so there would be room for somebody else but she cant, shes essentially in solitary. she sleeps on the bottom bunk and turned the top bunk into some kind of desk where shes got a lot of documents and other food stuffs. i noticed that on the ground there was a magazine that said "the optimist." well i dont know if shes optimistic about her chances at this phase of her trial. theyre getting into the mitigation phase. we heard from her attorney that jodi arias is going to take the sta...

Wrongful death trial against aeg live. those e-mails were thought to be lost but were found after what the judge called a lot of red tape. aeg lawyers argue jackson was responsible for his own death and that an addiction to drugs led to his bad decisions. o.j. simpsons fate is in the hands of a las vegas judge right now. she will decide whether the former football star turned convicted felon gets a new trial. simpson says his former defense attorney botched his 2008 trial for armed robbery and...

Wrongful death suit that followed o.j.s acquittal in the murder trial. full disclosure youve been following o.j. and the cases for quite some time. simpson is asking the judge to basically toss out his conviction, grant him a new trial. what is the likelihood of that? >> i dont think theres much of a chance here and ill tell you why, poppy. simpson got convicted of this robbery/kidnapping charge in vegas and he took an appeal that went all the way to the nevada supreme court. they upheld the con...

But other than that, i dont know where o.j. gets the money and im sure the goldmans, who lost a son and the brown family, who lost a daughter, would like to know an answer to that question. >> paul callan joining us this morning thank you. actress and u.n. goodwill ambassador mira sorvino is partners with cnn freedom project to shine light on the horrors of modern day slavery around the world. its still happening. she is our spotlight today for "impact your world." >> a lot of what ive learned...

Everybody about that if they dont give it to me im going to get the police in there. >> reporter: why would we take such an interest in a puffy, shackled 65-year-old o.j. simpson? michael okeefe of "the new york daily news" says its the o.j. simpson story that pulls us in. >> were drawn to o.j. because hes been in the public eye for going on 40 years now and weve really seen a spectacular rise and a spectacular fall in his life. >> reporter: america first took widespread notice of simpson when h...

The company myriad tells us it does about 250,000 of these tests every year. it also told me that for those that are uninsured or cannot afford the test, if they qualify for it, the company will either cover the entire cost of the test or greatly reduce it. o.j. simpson says his ex-lawyer blew his defense. hes asking a las vegas judge to give him a new trial, throw out his convictions for armed robbery and kidnapping. will it work? well tack a closer look, next. we used to live with a bear. [g...

Battle. >> theres an interesting backer toy with galanter. hes his personal attorney, he met him in florida, theyre friends, sort of involved in some business ventures together, apparently this is what o.j. says and galanter gives very emotional testimony. he says as you quoted him, he said "i poured my blood and my sweat and my soul into the defense of o.j." but it just wasnt there. he also said o.j. told him that he, o.j., knew that these guys were going in with guns to take back the property,...