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Hallway. its a stunning verdict in the kate steinle murder case. its a heart breaking verdict for the steinle family. the only charge he was found guilty of was felony possession of a weapon. mark, your reaction? >> its so ironic that someone who is not from here gets the benefit of reasonable doubt, the burden of proof. all of these wonderful cherished freedoms. thats what saved him. the prosecutors had the burden of proof. the defense put on experts that they probably thought would advance the...

And i suspect were going to see a very, very good defense put forward. >> so this didnt happen, mark, in a vacuum because theres so many allegations at fox news. roger ails, they sent him away after he built the fox channel because of so many accusations. and i think theres others. but does this not point to a culture possibility? >> mind you the prior incidents and the prior allegations if you believe whats printed about it, yes, obviously. and if youre going to make the point if theres current...

>> it wouldnt be a stretch to imagine that someone on the clinton side would have sent out private investigators or tried to discredit these people. >> paula jones filed a lawsuit. bill bennett represented clinton in that lawsuit. he hired private investigators to defend the case. i dont think there is any doubt about that. but when somebody is sued, they are certainly allowed to hire private investigators and hire lawyers to defend themselves. so there is no doubt that there was a defense put f...

Bill bennett represented clinton in that lawsuit. he hired private investigators to defend the case. i dont think there is any doubt about that. but when somebody is sued, they are certainly allowed to hire private investigators and hire lawyers to defend themselves. so there is no doubt that there was a defense put forward. and an investigation conducted by bill clintons lawyers in the paula jones case. again, as far as im aware there was nothing involving hillary clinton had anything do with t...

Became the biggest story in the world. >> lets get analysis. gloria borger, your reaction? this a good defense put forward by the former president? >> i thought it was really revealing, wolf. hillary clinton may have apologized for this and for the whole e-mail controversy and having the server in the basement, but bill clinton is not apologizing for anything, and what hes using is the same defense weve seen over the years because he says they have had the same problem, which is that it is our e...

So now the question is whether hell get the death penalty. i do think it will be a quick verdict and he will be found guilty on most of the charges, if not all of them. >> so as we look at the defense strategy in the closing arguments, is it only about the next phase of the trial that we have to concentrate to figure out whether or not he will get the death penalty? >> i think they will try to remove him from some type of cul pap ability. the the defense put on four witnesses and the prosecution...

Analyst for avo.com. and she is also author of "suspicion nation: the inside story of the trayvon martin injustice and why we continue to repeat it." thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> lisa, the focus is now on evidence. what might he be alluding to? >> i certainly hope its the admissions of racism that came from michael dunn himself both in his jailhouse letters where he called african americans thugs and gangsters, and said the more he gets to know them, the more prejudiced he is against ...

Trayvon martins voice but the defense put on seven. >> his brother and mother. >> seven from the defense and some from the states case so it was a compelling argument that they made. and the jurors got to hear the tape. they got to hear what these witnesses were offering their opinion on so its not surprising that the jurors believed it was, in fact, zimmermans voice on that 911 call. >> but the law was clear here. youre a prosecutor here. >> yes. >> theres pros ecutorial abuse in this case. wha...

Witnesses that said it was trayvon martins voice but the defense put on seven. >> his brother and mother. >> seven from the defense and some from the states case so it was a compelling argument that they made. and the jurors got to hear the tape. they got to hear what these witnesses were offering their opinion on so its not surprising that the jurors believed it was, in fact, zimmermans voice on that 911 call. >> but the law was clear here. youre a prosecutor here. >> yes. >> theres pros ecutor...

Frankly, a disconnect from an act that was hard to follow. but i knew, mr. omara knew and you all soon found out that it was indeed just an act. i couldnt follow that act with that kind of passion and glaring and staring and all of that. we needed facts. unlike what miss corey said they brought the facts they didnt. everybody that watched knew the defense put on the case. we proved george zimmerman was not guilty. so no, i wont talk about that. thank you. >> ben montgomery, tampa bay times. give...