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Amanda was painted as a she-devil, given the title of foxy knoxy, just a deluge of negative things that were out there. why is this website so important for the image that needed to be portrayed from the knox family. >> from the very beginning she was libelled and slandered both by the prosecutor and in the international press. it was an impossible situation to be incarcerated as a 20-year-old american woman who was an out standing student, an athlete, someone who was very well liked and popular...

Overseas that she was a she-devil. for more on the pr strategy were joined by the author of "the fatal gift of beauty, the italian trials of amanda knox" and john neffinger, a public relations specialist. nina, can pr convict her initially? in other words, was it the climate created by the tabloids and in italy that caused her to go down in the initial trial? >> no. i mean, there were a lot of things that caused her to go down in the initial trial, but it just -- i just want to point something o...

up of mostly 20-somethings, theyre angry about fat wall street paychecks, war, environment, you name it. the protests have been going on for three weeks now and now have spread to other cities. americans absolutely fed up with congress. new numbers leave no doubt that a washington post/abc news poll found just 14% of the public approves of the job that congress is doing. congresss lowest rating ever. amanda knox says right now, she just wants time with her family. knox is home in s...

supported us. and especially amanda. >> yeah. all i can say is, again, thank you. because of the letters and the calls and just amazing support that we received from people all over the world, especially here in seattle, that weve been able to endure and that weve been able to, you know, make sure amanda had the support she needed. there theres no way we can thank everybody. so here individually, so heres our way to just say thank you. >> id like to add in one more thing. we would also...

all i can say is, again, thank you. because of the letters and the calls and just amazing support that we received from people all over the world, especially here in seattle, that weve been able to endure and that weve been able to, you know, make sure amanda had the support she needed. there theres no way we can thank everybody. so here individually, so heres our way to just say thank you. >> id like to add in one more thing. we would also like to send our appreciation to our italian ...

Character. the description, which was first claimed by the british tabloids of her as foxy knoxy. then the italian prosecutor painting her as this she devil, she femme fatale. theyve all taken a second look at that location there are still some who question amanda knoxs character altogether, shep. one of the italian reporters in court today was talking to our own greg burke also there earlier, and this reporter described amanda knoxs plea today to the court as a performance, saying shes a very g...

Delivered a statement shes been working on for months and tearfully bedding for her freedom. >> i have not killed, i have not raped, i have not told them anything. i wasnt there. i was not present for the crime. >> shepard: crowds gathering outside the courthouse in italy where its just a little after 9:00 there in italy. team fox coverage now. our amy kellogg is live on scene, perugia, italy, but first insist and context and perspective. a lot of emotion in that courtroom today as we now, jonat...

This morning, very interesting. amanda looked like she was absolutely exhausted when she came in and you can understand that with so much riding on it. she was choking up as show spoke and wasnt the only one choking up. her family holding hands and crying as well. she made her case and a very convincing one to the jury before they retired and the original trial, she didnt do a very good job. i would have given her a c, perhaps. today, she definitely got an a. had short declare active sentence sa...

Was there. >> she didnt. megyn: well, according to them, first she said she was not there, she spent the night with her boyfriend, then she ultimately said she was at the murder house, where she stayed in the kitchen. >> no, she never said she was at the murder house and that was, again, out of context in conversations with her mom, totally unrepresented to the murder house itself. she always maintained she was with her boyfriend, that was her quote unquote alibi and she came the following morni...

there are several departments responding to the fire. still attempting to put it out. all of our employees and anybody who was visiting the plant at the time the fire began has been evacuated and accounted for. so that was obviously our first concern. everybody is out and safe. >> i want to ask about this wedgeworth elementary school which is in that area. so if everyone is safe, does that mean that the school has been closed or where are the students at this point? >> that i dont know...