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Yes. jon: that is how its been going. the testimony is back underway now. susan constantine is a jury consultant. esther spanish is a frred tecce, former criminal prosecutor. welcome to each of you. this is mostly male jury. how do you think this tile of mr. martinez is going to fly with those members of the jury? >> well, overall were looking at seven, or 11 male jurors and then the remaining are females. four of those are alternates. it is really more how those jurors except and take in inform...

That happened two years ago. fred is a very experienced former federal prosecutor. they know normally before they indictment someone they have their ducks in a row. not so in this case. the feds arrested her afterwards. we have sandy hook. columbine, rejuvenation of argument of second amendment. a pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood. they want to stop felons from having people directly or indirectly help them get weapons. >> that is not where the federal form says. that is not what the fed...

Went on a rampage killing 16 afghan civilians. lesson nine months later hes on track for a military trial and the army has announced it will seek the death penalty. still no trial in a case that seems to dragon forearm me psychiatrist abdel hakim al hasady, the army major accused of killing 13 of his fellow service members at fort hood, texas more than three years ago. why the disparity, and have the media even noticed. lets talk about it with our news watch panel. alan colmes is host of the ala...

Land. had too much fuel on board to land right away. so it had to circle in the air for about 30 minutes before touching back down. in its departure city of kansas city, missouri. everybody was a little shaken but okay. uma: theres new information the shooting that stunned the country on christmas eve. two volunteer firefighters were killed in an ambush and two others were uninjured when they responded to a house fire. that fire was set by the gunman luring the firefighters into a deadly trap. p...

You have concurrent jurisdiction. the government and state will both have difficulties with the prosecution. >> uma, what youre watching is why eric is criminal defense lawyer. he wants you to look at a lot of different things. this is very simple. i prosecuted these cases under 1001. i cant count how many felony and possession cases i prosecuted as prosecutor. his second point is right. you have to show that she knew he was a convicted felon. this guy beat his mother to death with a hammer and ...

A judgment go against you and you have to preserve it for appeal. here hes asking for the beard and the judge put on the record that he is waiving his right to appeal based on the beard. as a prosecutor or judge you have to choose your battles. in this cases specially in hind sight they probably should not have chosen this battle to stop him from growing the beard and focus on the merits of the criminal trial which is very important. >> if hes going to look worse to a jury because of a beard why...

During this trial and now comes the shocking news from sanduskys adopted son, matthew sandusky, whose lawyers are saying he was prepared to testify, claiming that he was also abused by his father. frred tecce is a former federal prosecutor. jennifer bonjean is a criminal defense attorney. jennifer, what do you make of this news about matthew coming forward offering his testimony? why wouldnt he have been called? >> i am not surprised he too was abused or allegedly abused by sandusky. in fact im ...

Away. armstrong fiercely denies those claims. so whats at stake for the man who won the tour de france seven times? talk about it with frred tecce, former federal prosecutor. jennifer bonjean is a criminal defense attorney. dr. marti mccrary, physician and professor of public health at john hopkins. welcome to each of you. >> thank you for having me. jon: fred, to you, first of all. the justice department investigated lance armstrong for a long time. couldnt find any evidence he had been involve...

Well keep an eye on that for you. the other big story of course is the dangerous fire weather were dealing with across portions of the southwest and that will not change heading into this weekend. very hot, very dry and very windy conditions. some areas getting too much rain, and some areas not getting enough, jon scott. jon: isnt that always the story. janice dean, thank you. >> thank you. jenna: were talking about florida there. we have information in t four key witnesses now drastically chang...

Talk about that consistently. jon: with mitt romney poised to get the republican nomination it appears this campaign is underway in earnest. well continue to watch it. thank you both for helping us do that. gretchen, jen, thank you both. jenna: from that battle to a bitter battle in rhode island over the separation of church and state. an atheist group, calling this cross, a world war i memorial unconstitutional. they say they want it moved. some of the community in woonsockket, rhode island dis...