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Good morning, atlanta. a live look at the downtown skyline. all around cnn world headquarters here. you can see the sun creeping up back there. we're looking at a high of 70 degrees today with a whole lot of sun. that's pretty nice here in atlanta. we hope, of course, that all of you are having a very happy mother's day. some of the events to keep an eye on in the week ahead-on monday, aurora, colorado, shooting suspect james holmes is expected to enter an insanity plea. he faces charges for killing 12 people in the shooting spree last july. then on wednesday in arizona the jodi arias murder...

His death was caused in a cruel manner. explain the next process here. >> this is what we all showed up to see was the aggravation phase. we're expecting prosecutor juan martinez, who's done a masterful job to present his case that this killing was cruel. seems like a slam dunk. he was stabbed 29 times, and his throat was slit ear to ear six inches across, but we didn't get a chance to have that happen because of all the hullabaloo and this cancellation, this mystery cancellation, which i believe is about the interview she gave and was put on suicide watch. there's got to be, i believe, some c...

Jodi arias is on suicide watch in the psychiatric ward with doctors and nurses watching over her 24/7. our legal guys are back, avery and richard. first degree murder case is on hold until next week. she was convicted wednesday and shortly after that she said she would rather die than be sentenced to life in prison. listen. >> i said years ago that i would rather get death than life and that is still true today. i believe death is the ultimate freedom, so i would rather just have my freedom as soon as i can get it. >> so, you're saying you actually prefer getting the death penalty to being in ...

Be happy and take profits off the table, keep the positions, keep the commitment. >> reporter: christine romans, cnn, las vegas. >> all right, christine. this week a jury in phoenix found jodi arias guilty of first-degree murder in the death of her ex-boyfriend. >> we the jury, duly empanelled and sworn in the above entitled action upon our oaths do find the defendant as to first-degree murder guilty. five jurors find premeditated. zero find felony murder. seven find both premeditated and felony. >> but the case is far from over. the next step known as the aggravation phase is now scheduled to...

Juan perez, it must be a huge shock to you and i appreciate your joining me, thank you very much. >> thank you. the other big story tonight is the arias verdict and the jury found her giuilty of the first-degree murder of her ex-boyfriend and now they will decide whether she will get the death penalty. casey wian is in phoenix for the latest. casey, no great surprise that she was found guilty, but the big question now, will she get the death penalty, and that may be decided tomorrow. >> it could be decided as early as tomorrow, but from what i am hearing, it may take a couple of day days. th...