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Casting a jury in a case like this, i would want a bunch of women on the jury, because i would think they would understand that sometimes, you know, women can fall under the spell of venn galley-like, manilative men, heather? >> it really doesnt seem to be the case, jon. women tend to look for the ulterior motives in one another, they tend to think that they see that and trust their intuition. i think having nine women on this jury is going to be difficult for the defense to overcome. jon: all r...

His caucus doesnt agree on much of what he and the gop want to do. heather: and then theres a fine line between ruthless and a bully. >> sometimes, you know, they have spines of steel, and if its what you dont want, theyre a bully, bad actors. heather: all right. thank you so much, howard kurtz, for joining us. we appreciate it, as always. jon: well, california is hoping for federal relief as the record-setting drought drags on. their extremely dry conditions impacting farmers, ranchers and soon...

>> reporter: some are going into survival mode, just hoping to get through another year. >> were slowly dying. its not something thats happened overnight, but its just the cumulative effect as these water cutbacks continue year after year. >> reporter: and the ripple effect could be devastating. the local economy and to food prices across the country. >> the consumers going to get a shock in the next few months when they find, go to the grocery store and see that cost of something has doubled or...

Happened off the cameras, and the cameras saw me go forward, and thats the reason why i got suspended. martha: fellow students are upset, and they lit up social media to voice their frustration about this. christian has no regrets, he says sometimes you have to decide whether or not you want to make a change in the world. now, the schools side of this, they dont release anything when it comes to us pension, so we dont know exactly what they based the suspension on. ll: more to come on this. 24 m...

Fiery crash killed five people including four fraternity brothers. will carr is live in los angeles with more on this. will? >> reporter: good morning, jenna. we just got our hands on some chilling video that shows the wrong-way driver in florida literally moments before he crashed and killed five people including himself. i want you to take a look. this is cell phone video. in it you can see an ex-pa decision, that is video after the crash did, expedition. this driver is driving on the wrong si...

Crashes, will? >> reporter: well, unfortunately theyre just all too common in the case here in california, authorities say that that crash was 100% preventable. there is an ntsb sudden did i that came out last year that said every year about 360 lives are lost due to wrongaway crashes. unfortunately more than half are linked to alcohol. they have recommendations how to prevent the crashes in future and illuminating wrong way signs and putting more signs out there. martha, im not sure more signs ...

Karnage on sunday morning as well. authorities say a suspected drunk driver crashed head on into a the womans chevy camaro cut the familys ford explorer in half on highway 60 in l.a. county. six people died in that crash. the driver somehow survived. she is in critical condition. she has been charged with felony driving under the influence and manslaughter. authorities say there is evidence of alcohol consumption found at the scene of the accident, unfortunately it seeps this happens too often. ...

The weeds in sunday night, and its expected to be weeks before they can get them out of there. like atlanta, tumbleweeds. bill: theyve put their lives on the line for our country, but if something is not done soon, veterans may be faying for their own -- paying for their own final resting place. national cemeteries are running out of room. will carrs on that story live at los angeles national cemetery. will, good morning. >> reporter: well, right now if youre a veteran in nevada or utah, you may...

That will include a rep flick can of the great wall of china. sin city looks like you never seen it before. will carr live in las vegas with more. >> reporter: hi, jon of the it is no secret vegas took a hit during the recession but things are turning around. take a look behind me, were seeing one construction project after another just like this. right now $2 billion is being spent on construction projects either on or around the strip. unfinished construction, a familiar site on the strip, aft...

Fire. it feasted on very dry brush in the foothills near los angeles. it is now reduced to smoke and scattered ashes. will carr is live in los angeles. will, just how bad is the drought? >> well, greg, there hasnt been much rain and hasnt been much snow. the conditions are so bad that instead of hibernating a bear walked out on to a ski slope last week. th is an area desperate for water and it has had a major impact on formers and the crops. crops are sold across the country and yesterday califo...