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He did. those are her words. he told her quote, no one deserved to suffer like they did. hes never said that publicly and did not take the witness stand in his own defense. joining us now, garrett quinn, a reporter whos been in the courtroom throughout the trial. garrett, what was it like in there today when the sister was testifying? >> there was a lot of buildup to whether or not she was actually going to take the stand. i think for a lot of people, given all the talk and discussion over the l...

Jury you have looked those lawyers in the eye and looked that judge in the eye and said in the event that i find evidence that is compelling enough to move me to the death penalty, i promise you that i will impose it. im not saying before i hear evidence that i will but if that evidence convinces me that the death penalty is appropriate here guess what? thats what this defendant is getting and thats what the polls dont account for. most people who are against the death penalty under all circumst...

Upon the compelling facts and circumstances hes guilty. the issue for the defense, could they spare his life? if its an argument and its compelling they have a chance i think its a slim chance. this affected so many people ana. >> richard, what would the defense be looking for and how might that differ from the prosecution in terms of the jury selection process? >> well, the prosecutions looking for very black and white jurors. theres a lot of jurors who come to death penalty cases who say once ...

Boston and particularly in massachusetts. this is almost bostons world trade center case the way it resinates throughout boston and new england. however, a case determination can be made during the jury selection process that a jury cant be picked in boston. its not over yet. if all these hundreds of jurors are questioned and many of them indicate they cant be fair we still could see a change of venue in this case. im not saying its going to happen. from a legal standpoint it has happened in oth...

Went directly to the clerks office after talking with officials for a couple hours she was dismissed. they say her presence would have caused a distraction in the jury selection process. >> which is probably true. >> the time is 38 after the top of the hour. coming up it has happened again. >> not out of the bedroom but now she is in my living room i cant get out. she has us trapped into hur bedroom. >> another panicked family making a desperate call to 911 when a family cat attacks. >> you migh...

And then you can get to the convention sooner. so really doesnt change the nomination process other than shorten the time period by which some of this bruising takes place. jenna: love to have you back to talk a little bit about the debates. well have to leave it there. >> i will be happy to. jenna: thank you for the news. cleveland, ohio, i guess folks can start booking their hotel and their plane travel and everything else, doing a lot of research. reince, great to see you. thank you so much. ...

Culture? what do you think about what shes saying? >> i dont think its limited to florida, i have to defend my state a little bit. its throughout the nation that we have a concern the way young black males are treated throughout the system i know the way the system is biassed against them, as mark said, it shows up in a jury selection process with, who you have on your jury panel. it shows up when you have a black defendant compared to a white defendant. its definitely there, my frustration is, ...

Ground. well see also the latest out of the judges decisions regarding access, the media wants to this jury selection process as well as, of course, things trial. well keep you up to date. thank you very much. still ahead, developing news from capitol hill. a live picture of the senate where congress is on the verge of passing a bill that would cut $8 million from food stamps. well have more on the compromise three years in the making. machine versus message. key players in the obama campaign ...

City business. he is charged with bribery, wire fraud, conspiracy, 21 federal counts in all. robert mcclendon of the new orleans times joins me now to break it all down. robert, thanks for taking the time to be with us. youve just come from the courthouse where you will have to correct me if im wrong here. i understand it is a closed jury selection process. this seems to be pretty gagged. whats the big secret? it remains to be seen if all of jury selection remains closed. they are supposed to br...

The age of 18. at one point during the jury selection process, judge nelson and bernie de la rionda, they were talking to this juror and one of them asked her do you belong to any organizations? and the womans response was, when you have eight kids, your house itself is an organization. that elicited a great deal of laughter from the courtroom. so we know a little bit about the make-up. we also know that juror e-6 is probably the juror that we have paid the most attention to because she has sort...