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Helen murren played the defense attorney and she was raising those questions which werent answered in the film. one thing was answered in the film. spector himself says the woman put the gun in her mouth in anker rot it particular way. kind of teasing spector when he yelled at her she shot herself. thats what spector. >> i lived with this case day and night for four years. lead prosecutor on the case. i knew every bit of evidence, the defense evidence as well as the prosecution evidence. when i ...

>> robert champion died last november after suffering a gauntlet of kicks and punches from fellow band members. the lead prosecutor says his death is nothing short of an american tragedy. more now from abcs scott goldberg. morning, scott. >> reporter: good morning, rob and sunny. some people, including robert champion jr.s parents, were hoping for more serious charges like murder or manslaughter. but prosecutors said the evidence for pinning that kind of charge on somebody just wasnt there. its ...

187 of these jets at $500 million each. do that math. $49,000 an hour to operate. and statistics show they are in maintenance one day out of every five. >> its bizarre. >> that seems an extraordinary waste of money. its gone on too long and for our military and were in war. dont get it. >> remarkable. now we turn to a deadly shooting rampage in suburban phoenix. a man shot and killed four people, including a toddler, before apparently then turning the gun on himself. some reports have identifi...

This morning. what can you tell us about his prior run-in with the police? >> reporter: right, good morning, alex. zimmerman had an earlier brush-in with the law leading to his arrest and a court order hes required to take classes in anger management. when george zimmerman was questioned by police after the trayvon martin shooting, it wasnt the first time he was in custody. in july 2005 george zimmerman was arrested in orlando for resisting a florida law enforcement officer and obstructing justi...

report, zimmerman claims that he was attacked and beaten by martin before the shooting. and witness accounts corroborate that account too. >> happening right now, a deadly wildfire in colorado. take a look at these pictures. strong winds are fueling all of those flames. at least a handful of homes burned to the ground. thats jefferson county. evacuations have been ordered for nearly 1,000 homes. researchers report that deepwater horizon oil spill caused a lot of damage to coral forma...

Out last night. the attorney says he has not talked to his client at the night of the shooting and where the evidence points. >> well, the ultimate issue is that there was some kind of scuffle that took place and there was a gun that was discharged and now theres a gunman dead. so the issue is whether the ultimate issue is, was it self-defense in this case? thats what all the evidence will pull, hopefully it will lead a jury to discover. >> the newly-appointed lead prosecutor says his team is st...

>> that is the nice stuff he said about jose. even there though is the casey anthony lead defense attorney said he had to know his client was guilty of killing his 2-year-old girl but he tried to persuade his 25-year-old client to accept a plea deal to avoid the death penalty. welcome to the program. did you desperately seek a plea deal? >> thats not true at all. the way it has come out recently is that we try to start and initiate plea negotiations in the middle of a trial. thats not a bad poli...

>> that is the nice stuff he said about jose. even there though is the casey anthony lead defense attorney said he had to know his client was guilty of killing his 2-year-old girl but he tried to persuade his 25-year-old client to accept a plea deal to avoid the death penalty. welcome to the program. did you desperately seek a plea deal? >> thats not true at all. the way it has come out recently is that we try to start and initiate plea negotiations in the middle of a trial. thats not a bad poli...

>> that is the nice stuff he said about jose. even there though is the casey anthony lead defense attorney said he had to know his client was guilty of killing his 2-year-old girl but he tried to persuade his 25-year-old client to accept a plea deal to avoid the death penalty. welcome to the program. did you desperately seek a plea deal? >> thats not true at all. the way it has come out recently is that we try to start and initiate plea negotiations in the middle of a trial. thats not a bad poli...

offense is four years in state prison. >> daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine. >> i am a innocent. i definitely plead not guilty. >> in just minute, well find out the verdict in the manslaughter trial of michael jacksons doctor. more breaking news, a fourth woman is now making allegations of sexual harassment against republican presidential candidate herman cain. she is speaking out about them in explicit detail. lots of news happening today. we want to welcome our vi...