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Jay, i want to start with you. we just heard the brother saying his brother, trayvon, was not a violent person. how does this fit in at all? >> if it gets to trial, if the defense tries to suggest that trayvon was violent, the prosecution will be able to bring defense witnesses in to prove that he was prone to nonviolence. it could become an issue with the trial. >> who was the likely aggressor from what you see? thats the question also being posed at the moment. could it be trayvon and not geor...

>> weve included all of kansas, especially central kansas in the risk of -- high risk of tornadoes. this isnt your typical garden variety tornado outbreak. strong tornadoes that will be on the ground for miles as we go throughout the afternoon and evening. hopefully theyll hit rural areas. but some big cities could potentially be in the away including oklahoma city, omaha, lincoln. these are the areas of concern going throughout the late afternoon, early evening. if you live in those a...

throughout the afternoon and evening. hopefully theyll hit rural areas. but some big cities could potentially be in the away including oklahoma city, omaha, lincoln. these are the areas of concern going throughout the late afternoon, early evening. if you live in those areas, have your safety plan in place with your family in case one of those tornadoes heads your way. if you have friends or family that live there, make sure they know about the threat towards tonight. right now, its th...

Whether you can prove it irrefutably. people are incredibly passionate about it and i understand that. take that into a court of law, jay, i mean, how do you work with that? its been more than a month since the shooting takes place. youve got people almost on a daily basis becoming more and more certain of their positions here. >> i think its going to be difficult, but the answer to that question is when president reagan was shot, when john lennon was shot, at a point in time youre going to find...

>> reporter: someone said were at a church meeting. were talking about a specific case that happened two years ago in which a man walking down the street was attacked by a dog and shot it and they threw that man in jail the next day. they said if you kill a dog in this town youll be locked up the next day. >> that was ben jealous calling for justice in the death of 17-year-old trayvon martin. today lawyers for the teens family want the government to investigate this report that state prosecutors...

orlando jail just after midnight eer eastern time about 11 hours ago. protesters and a few supporters were waiting for the 25-year-old as she made her way from the jail to a waiting suv outside. >> im here for the baby. im here to protest her getting out. she should have spent the rest of her life in jail. >> shes had her trial. shes been found not guilty of any violent crimes against her daughter. shes done her time for the crimes she did commit. and thats just the way it is. and peop...

>> im here for the baby. im here to protest her getting out. she should have spent the rest of her life in jail. >> shes had her trial. shes been found not guilty of any violent crimes against her daughter. shes done her time for the crimes she did commit. and thats just the way it is. and people need to accept that. >> reporter: nbcs lilia luciano is live in orlando. and perhaps now here lilia, orlando will quiet down a bit. >> reporter: hopefully, for all of the residents around. wev...

take a listen. >> she was just tunnel vision to the door. and thats when i think i saw that, you know, that smile or relief, if you will, because she saw freedom and she saw the exit door and she saw the srt team and shes like, me, exit, good-bye. >> all right. and now to nbcs lilia luciana with the latest. hi, lilia. >> reporter: how are you, richard? we were all surprised to see casey anthony walk out that door. there are serious security threats against her online. her attorneys hav...

gathering carrying signs and protests of support -- or support, rather, of anthony. inside, one nbc news photojournalist was in the processing room when casey was released. he describes what happened. take a listen. >> she was just tunnel vision to the door. and thats when i think i saw that, you know, that smile or relief, if you will, because she saw freedom and she saw the exit door and she saw the srt team and shes like, me, exit, good-bye. >> all right. and now to nbcs lilia lucia...

the day that the u.s. would actually hit the debt ceiling and start going into default and shutting down is august 2. but this does not mean that we have until august 2 before we lose our national credit rating. that could just happen right now. because of the uncertainty and because of how long it is taking to get this done. right now, politicians in washington are trying to avoid default by striking a grand bargain on big spending issues and big taxing issues. but the fact remains th...