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Fulton, tracy martin and attorney benjamin crump. >> how are you olding up? >> its very difficult. >> tracy, for you? >> its tough. were trying to stay strong. we understand we have to stay strong for each other, our families and we continue to take it one day at a time. >> you were there in the trial every day, and at times you had to leave because some of the testimony was too hard to hear. but were there days where you just thought, i cant go there today? or i cant do this? >> no, i never tho...

Just -- just the trial process, so i made myself go. it was no doubt in my mind that i needed to be there. there were times not necessarily the testimony but a lot more the pictures for me, the 911 call where it just seemed so final. the pictures that the medical examiners, the pictures at the site, those things were more hurtful to me and sometimes i could sit through it, and at times i just needed to just go by myself and just say a prayer and ask god to strengthen me because it -- it was very...

Happens all the time. i get the argument. so why, if you believe -- and wouldnt you agree with me that a prosecutors duty is to only seek convict shups on charges that you ethically can prove beyond a reasonable doubt? >> totally agree. >> if that is the case, and you thought you could prove the second degree, why should you be allowed, absent the defendant agreeing to it, why should you be allowed at the last minute to ask for something less? >> because the law provides for it. >> theres no sil...

Minutes later he texts three letters "nfl." his final text, "just so you know." i want to bring back in "boston globe" nfl reporter ben valin whos been all over this. ben, you cover boston sports. you covered him down when you were working in palm beach as he was at florida. but the big news today, the fact he was denied bail, no real surprise? >> no. really not a surprise. when you factor in the seriousness of the charges, murder 1 is as serious as it gets and factor in hernandez is a millionai...

The election i want to close guantanamo, it would be closed now because a whole lot of republicans are using this as a political issue, something to stuff the president with. they could go to the super max in colorado. theres one waiting in illinois. it can be done. and we should expedite the trial process. >> joe, but theres something between closing it, shutting it down tomorrow and beginning to repatriate some of these -- i know their countries dont want them. what the state department has ju...

The loss of life and his life being up rooted the way it has been just from having to be here obviously. >> i dont have an opinion as to whether or not he is guilty or innocent because i dont like to make those opinions based off what ive heard and hearsay. >> why wouldnt that be a good juror? he says i dont have an opinion. i have not fully formed one. >> i dont think that is a juror you could disqualify for cause. at the end of the day, you have to rely on what they are saying. one of the huge...

Drivers safe? wolf blitzers going to have a look at that on "cnn newsroom" next hour. apparently something like 8,000 bridges in the u.s. need work. >> yeah. and president obamas saying it was part of the program to get everything going, part of the stimulus package, didnt end up happening. >> exactly. >> and of course it could be weeks, even months now before we know about jodi arias fate. it was just yesterday in a jury in phoenix announcing it could not reach an agreement on whether or not to...

Wednesday night. congratulations. >> steve: sorry, "american idol." meanwhile, the sixth and 7th amendments to the constitution guarantee you the right to a fair and speedy trial. also a jury trial by your peers. but you wont believe how many people just decided they heard that, they just gave up those constitutional rights. >> the 6 and 7th amendments have just become a nuisance in the war on terror. were trying to repeal the 7th amendment and the 6th, too. that will help speed up the trial pro...

>> it was a laughing matter. >> he said youre the third girl to report rape this week. are you guys all in cahoots? do you think this is a game? >> so lay out the bigger problem as you see it. how much is hagels move going to get at the root of that problem? >> secretary hagels proposal really scratches the surface. he is dealing with what we would call the back end of the trial process. as you heard from a lot of the survivors in that film, the invisible war, were not dealing with the front end...

They wont carry that out. it will be life in prison if hes found guilty. >> the battlefield of today is very asymmetrical. you have enemies who are members of al qaeda, enemies who are affiliates of al qaeda and enemies who have nothing to do with them, shiite militias in iraq, for example. i think the big thing or one of the big things is the release of names of people who were allies and who are now put in danger. that is aiding and abetting. that is providing a target list of people to target...