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Florida goes on to say that he or she has exhausted every reasonable means to escape such danger other than the use of force, which is likely to cause death or great bodily harm to the assailant. how important is that? >> absolutely important. can you not be subjective and set up your on standard. it has to be objectively reasonable and to the extent you have other options. when the jurors looked at this, i think the demonstration they had about the accessibility or non-accessibility of the gun ...

About what constitutes reasonable. >> sometimes i joke if you have dont know the answer to a legal question, the answer is the reasonable standard. but whats reasonable to you may not be reasonable to me. whats reasonable to somebody if they are down, if they are being physically assaulted may not be reasonable to someone else. its definitely a every broad and somewhat vague standard and subject to interpretation. >> i was going to say isnt the problem, though, in this case for the defense that ...

Were introduced and theyve got to disstill all of that and come to a decision. im going to bring in craig melvin in sanford, florida, lisa bloom, former prosecutor paul henderson joins me from san francisco. paul, let me start with you. if youre the prosecutor, how are you feeling about that question? >> i would actually be really excited about that question because it means they are focusing on one of the charges that means theres some accountability. i would be very concerned and whenever a ju...

They want to resolve this, theyre working hard at it, and i wouldnt be surprised if you dont have a verdict late this evening or first thing in the morning given how hard theyre working and where they are in the jury instructions. i think that well know more with the next question about how far along they are. because the issue here is have they ruled out self-defense yet. and if they have, then its a question of does all the elem t elements of manslaughter adhere. if they have not ruled out sel...

Responsibility. we have been incredibly blessed. but, the simple point i make and i say this everywhere i go is with rights come responsibilities. and burdens, and its not always comfortable and you cant always make everybody happy. its like being president of a country. [ laughter ] thank you. >> thank you very much. effectively the question of africa and its history and the development globally, i think they should be taken what they are without assumptions. today we are talking about the glob...

Regions as to why this particular country must be a member? those are matters i think those were in the national -- u.n. security council or u.n. security council, rather. they must begin to discuss those matters. what is it that you are going to say are important criteria to say this country can come so that we help the process? if the countries are not talking about it, you then allow the process to stay there and people saying also some things. if in the smallest country right to say somethin...

>> one question to both presidents. maybe starting with president obama. you have come to africa, to south africa of course to boost and strengthen trade. so, perhaps, someone saying well, the united states is somehow threatened because there are other players who are coming to africa, especially china. china is not only coming here in waves but also indeed. so perhaps president obama threatened -- is in danger and the other quick question president obama, south africa -- come will the united st...

And i suspect i will be to kenya multiple times in the future and will continue to be deeply concerned with the progress thats made in that country. i think it has enormous potential. kenya is like south africa. there is a country blessed with incredible resources incredible beauty. brilliant people there have been times in the past where government held back progress and sometimes ethnic conflict held back progress. and obviously prior to that, colonialism and racism sometimes held back progres...

News tomorrow. we will have coverage with megan kelly and brett braer. >> this leads us to the brew on question of the day. what would you ask joe biden and paul ryan? >> you can tweet them to us@fox friends first. or e-mail us at foxfriendsfirst@foxnews.com. 17 minutes after the hour. the death tole is continuing to rise this morning and the frightening meningitis outbreak. 13,000 americans could be at risk. we are going to tell you what you need to know about this. dr. seigel who specializes...

The other thing is that it strains credibility for you to think you hit something and you dont stop. you dont question. you dont call 911. you take no affirmative steps to address what you have done. in that instance the judge was right in rejecting the defense request for a downward departure that would have provided her with probation. megyn: 57 months in prison. for a man dying. if you want to send a message as a judge why not throw the book at her. to this moment you have failed to take resp...