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Important because -- obviously jolie is one of our owl our best friends and we dont want people to go through what she went through and want to help them. >> its important because we watched jolie go through it and it was that to happen to other people. >> jen when you see these young girls and theyre having this kind of impact. youre 12 years old right? its amazing and obviously for you as a survivor. >> well gretchen, my daughters are the same age as these girls and they were six and eight yea...

They have that they didnt reveal yesterday. and then as the investigation unfolds, what else is going to be revealed. that would concern me as a defense attorney. now im thinking this could es late to a cap traditional murder case in which they elevate the charges. the other thing from a defense perspective is the mother being embroiled in this by vir chie of some conspiracy. so will we see charges elevate as to him and will we see charges against the wife, the mother of the child. so id be very...

You to a lesser sentence is ridiculous. there is -- ample precedent for society through our lawmakers stepping in and eliminating ridiculous sentences. in the eight niece response to the proliferation of the not guilty by reason of insanity, that defense was limited. >> i cannot imagine you are getting a lot of people opposed to this idea but i will have to ask it. what kind of support are you getting? >> you would be surprised. nothing is easy in sacramento, california. you know, even something...

Law, larry maldonado. how is your mom holding up? >> you know, i dont know. i think -- i dont know -- i know shes scared. i know she has really wants to be let free. i know she -- shes scared. >> i know are you scared too. i can just tell. you must be terrified about what will happen if this goes forward toward a trial. four months just to get to the trial phase of all of this, you dont want her sitting there for any longer. you want -- you want her to be released. are authorities giving you any...

Thats the third and final stage of this trial. that will be determined in the coming bays, once the prosecution and defense wrap up the arguments. those arguments have been going on for close to two hours with minor interruptions here and there. on other news, jodi arias has been lifted off of suicide watch. hes been back to her cell. hes no longer on suicide watch. after that conviction last week, there was an interview that said she would rather die and had officials worried. right now, were e...

its the top of the hour. im gary tuchman in for suzanne malveaux. lets get you up to speed. george zimmerman has a status hearing just a few minutes from now. hes not expected to appear in court for it. he also has a bond hearing set for next week. zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of trayvon martin. zimmerman says it was self-defense. the affidavit says he quote profiled the teenager and disregarded a police dispatchers order not to pursue him. t...

>> reporter: the california institute for regenerative medicine or cirm is about to enter a crucial stage in stem cell research. going to clinical trials. the most promising experiments could cure diabetes, hiv, sickle cell an neem ya, and blindness in the elderly. >> you dont really get to find out whether the potential of the treatment is really going to be effective until you start to treat the patients. >> reporter: cirms board is discussing how much to allocate for that trial phase. through...

tonight, we have breaking news. cnn confirms the identity of the man accused of murdering 16 afghan civilians in a house to house shooting spree last weekend. 38-year-old staff sergeant robert bails, an 11-year veteran. lets get to chris lawrence at the pentagon. what can you tell us? >> well, i can tell you hes originally from the midwest and he was living in ohio until about 2001. after 9/11, thats when he joined the army. hes been based out at joint based lewis mcchord for the major...

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The description of the defendant as being an al-qaeda operative. the judge, again, overruled that particular objection by the defense. the judge said that there was conclusive proof that ahmed ghailani consciously avoided knowing that, in fact, there were plans to blow up the two u.s. embassies. he is facing right now between 20 years and life in prison, and before the day is out, jenna, before the judge announces the sentence it is very possible, in fact very likely, im led to believe, that we ...