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Court, each side is giving up the right to obtain certain information in consideration of reaching a plea agreement? are you aware of that? >> yes, your honor. >> all right. there may be other things that the state could have pursued, but i believe that they have, in consideration of the agreement, seized some of those opportunities and your counsel has been aggressively and actively preparing for trial, but in light of the negotiation process, they have ceased doing some of those things because they feel that an agreement is what you wanted to do. are you aware of all of that? >> yes i am, yo...

Castro at that time pleaded not guilty to a 977 count indictment for allegedly holding michele knight, amanda berry and gina de jesus captive for nearly a decade. out front a clinical psychologist and patty wood. i want to start with you. we have heard from these three women. we have heard their voices. we have seen them. they say they are making progress in their recovery. i want to play again from all of you a little bit of each of what they have had to say. >> first and foremost i want everyone to know how happy i am to be home with my family and my friends. it has been unbelievable. i am g...

The ---ed fed, i should say, could wrap up the bond buying program by the middle of next year. jenna: the man accused of running a house of horrors in cleveland is back in court today. ariel castro is his name and you see him on the screen. he's arraigned on nearly 1,000 charges, including the rape and kidnapping of three women who say he held them captive in his home for decades. subjecting them to unspeakable torture and abuse. here is the latest for us now. >> jenna, 9,000 years is what ariel castro is facing if he's convicted. earlier today, just this past hour, the former school bus drive...

Him. aerial castro now faces even more charges. he was indicted on 648 new charges bringing the total number of counts to a staggering 977. epa headquarters will be renamed the william jefferson clinton headquarters in a ceremony later today to honor the former president's environmental legacy. at number five, nelson mandela turns 95 years old tomorrow. getting there has been quite a battle for him. the south african icon is on life support and getting kidney dialys dialysis. always updating our five things to know. kate? >> thanks so much. we are learning much more about what really w...

Now so some of the biggest stories in a flash. rapid fire. roll it. a whopping 648 new charges against ariel castro. now do the math with me. grand total. 977 counts in the accused cleveland kidnapper and rapest pleaded not guilty to every single one of them. the george ordered bail to remain at $8 million. one of castro's attorneys believes a plea deal could be reached if the prosecutor does not seek the death penalty. >> we are pleased that the recent result in the grand jury did not have an inclusion of the death penalty specification. that means that ultimately any presentation that we mad...