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preserved ever since the gunman killed 14 students and 3 adults on valentines day 2018. and in texas, were on verdict watch. jurors are now deliberating in the defamation trial against conspiracy theorist alex jones. theyre deciding how much money he should pay to the parents of a 6-year-old sandy hook victim for repeatedly pushing derange conspiracies that the murder of 20 first graders and six adults did not happen. the judge in the case denied joness request for a mistrial after i...

Believe, that led to them finding him sgt.. >> you know, katie, i was out there i think for his first court appearance about 20 feet away from him, you know it, really is unbelievable that anyone could be that cruel. just to walk into that theater with a gun gun down everybody inside n. sight. its just -- you know, its just stunning what that guy did to that community. im glad they used the adjective cruel. thats one of the words they will hone in on as they go into the death phase. the defense ...

Its thick. its 32 pages including a cover sheet and signature page. but 32 pages of yes or no questions. i was surprised it took this long. im expecting well get meat and potatoes. thats common parlance for a death phase of why this man does not deserve the ultimate punishment as afforded in the united states justice system. >> were you surprised that the defense in this particular case really didnt put much of a defense up? they acknowledged he was there. they acknowledged that he was part of t...

Searches were of his brothers computer. what are they attempting to do? the defense is attempting to spare his life. not finding him innocent but allowing the jury to evaluate this in the context of him being controlled. >> she wants three cracks at ul of that information. during the guilt phase, the wrap up and the death phase we call it. what i want to do right now, if youll just indulge me for a moment, is put up the charges. were talking about 30 charges. dont do it yet because i want to giv...

One of his lawyers in her opening statement just went ahead and said it, folks. she looked at her client and said, yeah, it was him, plain and simple. but the defense even with just four witnesses in their case in chief is managing at least to do something. and that is, plant seeds of doubt when it comes to the question of why. and the "why" in their estimation is really a "who." its his brother, tamerlan tsarnaev. thats what their case pretty much rests on. and closing arguments are monday. so ...

>> this is similar to the cases that the fbi has mounted against terrorism in the past. hopefully theyre getting good at this and theyve had successful prosecution. i suspect that as you said, these young women are in a lot of trouble. >> one of dzhokhar tsarnaevs biggest defenses in the death phase will be that he was inspired and literally pupted by his big brother tamerlan. because theyre women, is that something that they will be able to do to say, we were only acting on the orders of our fr...

Time on the guilt/innocence phase to lay out foundations for everything else youll bring in later or do you get through the guilt/innocent phase and beg and plead and mitigate once you get to the life/death phase? >> with that opening statement this morning, the jurys going to be looking saying, what are we wasting our time on, isnt it time for sentencing? youll see the prosecutor wanting to spell out in great detail the horror of this crime because its really a factor in the death penalty porti...

Bit. thank you. it is the trial that will not end! the jury in the jodi arias trial is deadlocked, as in, they cannot agree as to whether arias should live or die. the judge has now ordered them to try again to work it out and ask any questions they need to. ashleigh banfield is outside the courthouse in phoenix. i just cant believe this latest development. its crazy. >> reporter: youre laughing. you know, i got to say, ive covered a lot of cases in my day. i have never covered anything like t...

Aggravated murder charge. >> i agree, except that he might try to plead insanity or some kind of diminished capacity, but other than that, if hes confessed and if he was mirandized and they got an appropriate confession, theres not much left to litigate. >> right. very quickly, alan, turn to jodi arias. the trial was postponed today until next wednesday, when we may learn whether she gets the death penalty or not. why would it be delayed that long, do you think? >> well, you know, preparing for ...

Normally you would give the defense the opportunity to digest a very, very unpalatable verdict for them and to prepare to shift gears because in the death phase, you essentially have to admit the crime. you have to acknowledge responsibility for it and you need time to be able to shift. so im not surprised that theres been a delay. its a good thing. >> okay. well find out next wednesday. >> we dont know, however, if the delay was one the defense wanted. >> we have to leave it there. sorry. thank...