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Lets check on the latest from the casey anthony murder trial. jurors just got back from lunch after hearing from kaynys father. the defense argues george anthony sexually abused his granddaughter and say caylee drown in a swimming pool but prosecutors are arguing he knew nothing about caylees death. >> on june 24th of 2008 did you you believe that your granddaughter was alive and well and being cared for by your daughter? >> yes. >> did you have any reason on june 24th to suspect that your grand...

Do. the gas cans, there was a piece of duct tape found on the gas can and one of the prosecutions theories is that duct tape was placed by casey anthony around the face of little caylee anthony, thus suffocating her. so for various reasons these gas cans are very important and crucial to the prosecutions case. >> certainly sounds that way. prosecutors and defense have offered different portraits of casey. her ex-boyfriend, anthony lazzaro described her as an anext nate mom to caylee. there was a...

They were dating each other, and the defense and the prosecution discussed this picture pretrial because theres a little bruise on her face. we know casey anthony has been charged with aggravated child abuse. the defense doesnt want these jurors to think that somehow casey anthony struck her daughter, the judge is supposed to give the jury an instruction about that bruise. that hasnt happened yet, but it really is a very damaging picture without explanation to this jury because, again, theres a ...

Terror suspect, it could have dire consequences on our national security. >> i am somehow to be told that, because i believe a judge should sign a warrant that im in favor of terrorists having weapons? the absurdity of it. the insult of it. if one argues that judges should sign warrants before they go into the house of an alleged murderer? are you in favor of murder? >> now paul wants a series of amendments, one of which would exempt gun records from patriot act investigations. now heres where t...

That sarah palin once owned. michele bachmann is a very conservative, shes very good in social conservative issues, and that could be potentially a problem for sarah palin, should she run for the republican nomination. >> mark preston, interesting stuff. look forward to your analysis piece on this. next update from the best political team on television is an hour away. we want to start this hour with the high-profile murder trial of casey anthony out of florida. new details are riveting, and t...

They certainly kept pressing george anthony about the gas can and the smell of casey anthonys trunk. lets listen to what he said and i want to ask you a question about it. >> you actually were close enough to smell the trunk of that car, were you not? >> the only smell i had of smelled gas cans and they were placed on the ground in front of me. >> you did not smell any smell of human decomposition june 24th of 2008 in the trunk of your daughters car? >> i did not. >> now, tying these gas cans, s...

When jurors see this play out, this family drama, how does this go observe with them? >> you know, we know from statistics and from studies that jurors watch defendants very carefully to try to read emotion as to whats going on in the courtroom. i think it can be read a couple of ways. it can be read in favor of the defense that shes afraid of her father and that he sexually abused her. hes still in control of her. for the prosecution, however perhaps it can be red in the prosecutions favor, may...

Caylee anthonys body. so thats a very good way to tie whoever had that duct tape and those gas cans to the murder. but then on top of it all, these gas cans were supposedly stolen from george anthonys shed during the time that caylee would have been dead and if she were in her mothers car, there would be a xhel of decomposition coming from the trunk. >> right. i know he told police at least that she was not real excited about him going near her trunk to get those gas cans. so the whole thing is ...

Happen. >> all right, steve helling from "people" magazine. steve, appreciate you calling in. thank you. >> thank you. we want to remind you of course that you can watch special coverage of casey anthonys trial all day on our sister network, hln. you can also count on naycy grace to bring you up to speed on all of todays developments tonight at 8:00 eastern on hln. it is back to the hospital for jared lee loughner now that a judge has ruled him mentally unfit to stand trial. he hes charged i...

As the defense questioned a key witness. casey anthonys father. the 25-year-old florida mom is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter caylee nearly three years ago. lets get straight to whats happening right now in court. "people" magazine staff writer steve helling joins me by phone for orlando where he has been watching every moment of this case very closely. steve, caseys anthony, took the stand. he is a key witness, we know. the defense earlier this week accused him of sexually assaultin...