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The truth is that verdicts are rarely just about evidence or the law. they are about human judgment, and both of the attorneys have to sit there and say, here is my juror. ive got a nursing assistant with eight kids. ive got a safety officer. ive got a woman whose husband is a space attorney who used to carry a conceal and carry weapon but let it lapse. these are the people that we have to talk to. this is the judgement that has to be made. its what they think of it. its likely that their judgem...

What do you think their thinking will be over the next couple of days? >> well, the truth is that verdicts are rarely just about evidence or the law. theyre about human judgment. and both of the attorneys have to sit there and say here is my juror, ive got a nursing assistant with eight kids, ive got a safety officer, ive got a woman whose husband is a space attorney who used to carry a conceal and carry weapon but let it lapse. these are the people that we have to talk to, this is the judgment ...

Upon all of the life experiences and background of the six of the jurors that ultimately have been chosen. what is so fascinating to me is that you do have a woman on this panel who used to have a cwp, a concealed weapons permit but she let it lapse which indicates maybe she got involved because her husband wanted her to get involved but she didnt want to carry around a gun. we know there will be issues about guns, about self-defense and i think from the perspective of what both sides are lookin...

This is a very fair panel based upon all of the life experiences and background of the six of the jurors that ultimately have been chosen. what is so fascinating to me is that you do have a woman on this panel who used to have a cwp, a concealed weapons permit but she let it lapse which indicates maybe she got involved because her husband wanted her to get involved but she didnt want to carry around a gun. we know there will be issues about guns, about self-defense and i think from the perspecti...

And i dont think he wants to let it lapse. i cant wait to come to new york for women of the world, tina. >> thanks, andrea, for doing that. >> joey e-mails me. >> it was actually me! >> the one day i watch "morning joe" i get hammered twice in an hour. i am just going to turn on portlandy. i think that might be safe. by the way, we watched -- >> he is not mad. >> no, hes not mad. he just liked portlandy better than us. >> fine. >> tonight. >> 8:00 p.m., it starts. youre going to have blood, swea...

Saying this -- calling this a -- a tax increase if they let it lapse. you didnt hear many democrats talking about it. i think the main reason that they -- they dont want fica taxes to get so low that people get used to paying an amount that cant fund the social security trust fund. its odd because of all the things we discussed in the fiscal cliff. >> yeah. >> most of them wish use that might affect economic growth in the future. this was a tax that, according to most people rating it, was worth...

>> it is a great point. and you know one of the understated aspects of this whole negotiation process is how much unemployment insurance, the payroll tax cut, and infrastructure spending has kept the white house at the table. the administration wants those three things. now they have gone away from the payroll tax code a little bit. but they want the economic stimulus, they know there is an advantage to it. once theyre done, once you pass the cliff how much are they going to fight for them? obvi...

Reduction in the amount of taxes that come to social security is one thing. paying for it, we have so much waste in washington to take ten years to pay for it is ridiculous. >> chris: let me follow up for a second. a good policy or not, havent democrats turned the table on you? i mean here is a situation where you would be perceived if you let it lapse that they are proposing a tax cut for the middle class and republicans are opposing it. >> i dont think so. im all for changing the tax code. i h...

Reduction in the amount of taxes that come to social security is one thing. paying for it, we have so much waste in washington to take ten years to pay for it is ridiculous. >> chris: let me follow up for a second. a good policy or not, havent democrats turned the table on you? i mean here is a situation where you would be perceived if you let it lapse that they are proposing a tax cut for the middle class and republicans are opposing it. >> i dont think so. im all for changing the tax code. i h...

>> reporter: rob marciano, lets see if he can hear us. heres in long beach and theyre seeing intense wave action. rob, can you tell us? >> reporter: i cant hear the program, so just tell me when to go. >> reporter: anderson, long beach, the winds remain the same and if anything have picked up. irene continues to roll this way. irene is still a hurricane, although you would describe it as a minimal hurricane. i have been in a lot of minimal hurricanes, and its a still a hurricane. were ...