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>> they have yet to produce one threat of any kind that my client made. what you are going to see though is a spurned, young person that was very much in love. >> reporter: the defense says while wu may be a jilted lover her only crime was egging her exs car along with her new boyfriend, dennis lynn and all this was his idea. >> he got caught by the school for egging the ex-boyfriends car and he blamed everything on my client. >> reporter: according to court documents when wu asked lynn to commi...

Arrested a third man came forward with a similar story. he told police that when he dated wu, a few years ago she asked him to kill another former boyfriend. >> it was a terrifying scene at one of southern californias most popular tourist spots. one woman was killed and 11 others injured when a driver slammed into the packed boardwalk at venice beach, saturday, sending panicked pedestrians running for their lives. the woman who has died, identified as an italian tourist on her honeymoon. witness...

She is barbara wu. instead the boyfriend went to police and the case where public and then another ex came forward and said that barbara wu asked him to kill another ex-boyfriend. so what you make of this case? >> welcome i hate to sound cliché, but hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. clearly this woman needs help. she fell in love. she got dumped. she was heartbroken and didnt take it well. but ultimately the prosecution understand that she solicited these murders beyond a reasonable doubt...

And two of the men involved have testified against her. abcs clayton sandel has details. >> reporter: prosecutors say behind this smile, is a scorned ex-girlfriend out for revenge. 21-year-old uc-river side student, barbara wu is behind bars accused of pitting two former boyfriends against each other in a murder-for-hire plot. the alleged target, who has not been identified, testified in court friday that after he dumped wu via e-mail she began a quest for revenge. allegedly sending threatening ...

The police, they say that wu was was caught on tape plotting the death of her acts and the ex-testified on friday and he broke up with her and she went nuts, posted his information on a craigslist sex advertisement. confronted him with a knife. do you think they have enough evidence? >> they do. they do have enough evidence. these things happen all the time. in this case she was a little too chicken to do it herself. but her boyfriend went right to the police and that means he knows shes a littl...

Its a policy crime, because all of our other forms of murders are on a continuum. they go from i meant to kill him, down to oopsy daisy. felony murder is an accidental killing that occurs during a dangerous felony like burglary. the problem here is that the prosecution technically they gave them notice under the facts a child was killed. but no one ever talked about felony murder. the felony here would be child abuse. i think thats a stretch. i think everybody was shocked and i had so much sympa...

But still must face the judge. in the meantime, smith says the one relationship in her life she hopes to improve upon, the one with her 16-year-old daughter diana. >> diana doesnt judge me. diana loves me, and shell tell you in a minute thats my mother and the only mother i have. shes a cheerleader and playing soccer right now. she started dating boys and things and needs her mother. i cant relate to the stories but i listen. thats about it. as far as talking to her, im her best friend, and shes...

Then, how would you describe the defendants demeanor? >> like i was talking too long to say what i had to say. >> wolf, what was going on there was that the witness, george zimmerman, was handcuffed at that point and he asked could the witness, the man that night, call zimmermans wife, which he did for him. what the state i think is trying to point out, kind of an odd thing where he just blurts out, tell her i shot someone, wu the but the defense came back and said he said a number of other thin...

Our perfect spot is calling. our perfect spot is pure michigan. your trip begins at michigan.org. the 60 vote super majority has become the new normal. the senate gang of eight doesnt think 60 votes will be enough to entice republicans in the house to take action even if the legislation passes the senate and that super 60. so they are ditching the super majority for an overmajority, a n gang of eight member chuck schumer spoke about last week on "meet the press". >> were hoping to get up to 70...

Rating is largely going to follow improvements in the economy, so if republicans are going to holler about scandal all the time, yes, it can raise some doubts about this administration. it can raise a lot of doubts about washington, wu the president eets approval is not going to be affected by this sort of scandal hollering anymore than it was in the late 90s when republicans were doing this to bill clinton and his popularity. ratings continue to soar. >> good to see you, senator. good morning. ...