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Shutdown. his name rimes with science, so that cant be that bad. the obama administration announcing that jeff zience is coming on to help with the obama care website. meantime, the administration says its got experts burning the midnight oil, running 24/7 here to try to repair the obama care website. casey winan has more on that. >> way more glitches than i think are acceptable. >> reporter: glitches? >> the website launch was rockier than we would have liked. >> reporter: rockier? >> were work...

Unprecedented. we remain confident in our ability to deliver continuous improvement and system performance and a more positive user experience. but thats not enough for some critics. >> send air force one out to silicon valley, load it up with some smart people, bring them back to washington, and fix this problem. >> reporter: matt is one of those smart people from silicon valley who founded word press, which hosts one in five websites. >> you can have fast, good, or cheap. pick two of three. so...

Together to even do 30 shows. thats what they wrote. but what happened? tickets went on sale. as youll see, a cultural phenomenon occurred. they sold out so many tickets so fast they were so excited about how much money was going to be made and that if michael couldnt perform, they had to give the money back and all these production costs, they didnt have appropriate insurance to cover it all. they were going to be out the money. they never lost $30 million before. >> so this trial has focused o...

Just kept -- >> those are issues -- that is certainly something you can bring up at your sentencing hearing. >> our gary tuchman there. that is the first time we have heard from him. he didnt speak in his other court appearance. >> he sounds he makes himself into a victim here. seems like the judge is getting annoyed with him because he keeps talking about the fact he is the victim in this situation. >> right. but hes not. its all about these girls and now he is going to be in prison for the res...

And sorry chapter behind us and he needs to do it immediately. >> reporter: a local affiliate is reporting a poll taken in san diego has 70% of the residents in the city saying the mayor should resign. he is not taking those steps. another statement came out, you interviewed morgan blrose who i alleging wrongdoing. >> she said this after the press conference. he is addicted to power and control and he is not about to give it up. >> i think one of the difficult things is, yes, he addressed in the...

Since 2006. last week, if you were watching, you know it was a very, very emotional week in the jodi arias trial. the jury found she was exceptionally cruel when she killed her ex-boyfriend, travis alexander. that opens the door for her for the death penalty. as jurors weigh that option, they heard from alexanders siblings. cnns casey winan was there. >> his killer, an emotional jodi arias sat and watch, he told jurors about the unanswered questions that haunt him to this day. >> how much did ...

What was his final thought in his head? >> next, sister, samantha alexander approached the podium crying even before she spoke. >> travis was our strength. our constant beacon of hope. our motivation. his presence has been ripped from our lives. >> defense witnesses are expected to speak about several mitigating factors that could spare arias life, including a lack of a criminal past and her talent is as an artist. >> this is a girl right here that you pledged when you were selected as jurors th...

Heard over the weekend. i imagine theyre waiting for what the governor has to say before theyll decide whether to come back. >> a lot of waiting. casey winan in the thick of it. thanks very much. we are also closely following the situation in libya today. its a fast-moving story so let me bring you the latest developments. the u.s. state department is telling nonessential personnel and families of embassy employees to leave libya now. for his part, u.n. secretary ban ki-moon is warning moammar...

Discretionary spending to its lowest level in 50 years. this isnt talked about a lot, so im going to repeat it. our budget would take nonsecurity, defense -- or a showdown in the legal nondefense spending to its fight over illegal immigration. it pits the united states lowest level since jfk. against the state of arizona. a judge hears arguments in the justice departments challenge to the arizona law scheduled to lowest levels in percentage of take effect a week from today. the economy since j...

600 million dollars. >> reporter: one of the reasons we expect there is not going to be a decision today is there are so many groups, you know, that have filed friend of the court briefs and lawsuits. weve mad groups of republican lawmakers who are filing friend of the court briefs in support of the state of arizona, nine other states have filed motions in support. we have individuals who are filing lawsuits. there is a lot of legal wrang wrangling to go through. >> hey, casey, how many people b...