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Succeed only in the jury returned a verdict of first-degree murder. that meant the killing was premeditated, premeditated by a man driven by a sense of shame and dishonor. even if the jury convicted al-malecki on the less serious charge of second-degree murder or even manslaughter it would be a devastating loss for record and a victo victory for al-malecki and his public defenders. >> lane, one of the founding fathers of this country thomas jefferson has been quoted assaying nobody can acquire h...

Calls. if you look at what his son said. >> and record intended to make the jury confront that issue. in her mind, record would succeed only in the jury returned a verdict of first-degree murder. that meant the killing was premeditated, premeditated by a man driven by a sense of shame and dishonor. even if the jury convicted al-malecki on the less serious charge of second-degree murder or even manslaughter it would be a devastating loss for record and a victo victory for al-malecki and his publi...

to why they suspended that search? >> reporter: theyve been very tight-lipped about it, fred. it is a very curious development, however, because after working here all day long, i would say early in the afternoon, all of a sudden we noticed some movement. and one of the crime scene units from the new york police department pulled up in an apparent attempt to block our view from down the street. but weve been able to look down there. we noticed the fbi was taking down a blue tent that h...

Circuit tv from jail cell to courtroom, the pharmaceutical researcher and entrepreneur sketched out his line of defense. >> all i will say is that i have no history of physical violence ever against any person. i have never, ever had ill intent toward my wife at any point. and this is what happened was a pure accident. >> everybody knew it was going to be a very, very dramatic trial. jonathan had been out on bail for quite some months. so he would arrive every morning in a suit, looking more lik...

If you took a snapshot, look at the presidential race right now, iowa, first contest appears to have been won by rick santorum. new hampshire won by the massachusetts guy. whatever, paul songas, mitt romney. heading in south carolina, the massachusetts guy has the big campaign, last time south carolina had the chance to vote on him they game him a buck 50. he only got 15%. he lost to who? he lost to fred thompson. its true that mitt romney is the default nominee. that everybody assumes he has it...

June in the early days of the full-time seven days a week campaign. you may remember the romney campaign making its opening argument, unveiling what they wanted to be the defining message of the romney campaign. they put mr. romney in front of shuttered factories and depressed economic locations, had him talk about how awful the economy was. >> when he took office the economy was in recession, he made it worse. he made it last longer. >> president obama did not cause the recession, but he made i...

Child learned how to open the door, the grandmother took the child off the ladder because she loved swimming, so, i think to that extent it corroborates his opening argument and the hope, the defense theory, that this was not a murder but an accidental death. >>arthur: your question, though, is fascinating. the criminal justice system is not transparent. we keep all kinds of stuff away from the jury. for whatever the reason. , there is lots of stuff and we dont let them know anything so why we l...

>> trace: the defendant once again raising eyebrows with his behavior in court today. >> yeah, he had one odd bit of behavior in the courtroom today. he pointed up at the ceiling when al-qaida was mentioned, possibly he was pointing at the sky. its not clear what he meant and its not clear why he would do that in front of the jury. >> why he did that, i dont know. is he trying to get some sympathy somewhere? its not very good and hes losing credibility. if im on the jury, im seeing that and gove...

but "cnn newsroom" continues right now with brooke baldwin. >> speak of washington, we have a busy two hours ahead. randi, thank you very much. hello, everyone. are you ready for this? the debt deal is done, right? not exactly. we still need to see votes happening both in the senate and the house. on the house side, it looks like some democrats could be holding things up. well speak with one of them. we expect to hear from speaker of the house, john boehner this hour. well carry that...

Behavior, and how much fun shes having, and now you have mom on the stand, and the jury says to themselves, this is how somebody behaves in the face of this kind of tragedy, so again, youre setting up the contrast where ultimately i think the defenses version will get blown up. >> that said, all the defense has to do is have one person, correct, on that jury who says, you know, the child could have drowned? the mom could have just gone ballistic out of fear, as they are alleging, of her mother a...