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Number. o.j. versus his former lawyer, simpson former attorney in court friday not to defend o.j. wait until you hear what he said about the disgraced superstar. >> good morning. it is saturday, may 18th. i'm victor blackwell. >> and i'm poppy harlow. thank you for starting your saturday with us. >> it is 8:00 on the east coast. we'll start with the collision between two commuter trains in connecticut. people were tossed over seats. one man says immediately the lights went out in his car as the two trains slammed into each other. now it's time for investigators to get a closer look. cnn nati...

>> go, o.j., go. >> hertz, the superstar in rent-a-car. >> we want to be like o.j., we did the o.j. run through the crowded airport like he did in the hertz commercials. >> reporter: he crossed seamlessly into hollywood with roles in "the towering inferno" and "the naked gun" trilogy. >> oh, no. >> reporter: on screens big and small as an actor, pitchman, network football analyst o.j. simpson observers say had a charm, that smile, that guy next door vibe that made whites and african-americans equally comfortable with him, but in june, 1994, a much more ominous and bizarre chant of "go, o.j., g...

Get a new trial. at a hearing that turned combative at times, simpson's current attorneys argued his former lawyers were so incompetent he blew simpson's defense in his 2008 trial and simpson is serving up to 33 years in prison for armed robbery and kidnapping. the challenge to his former lawyer and once close friend is just the latest strange chapter in o.j.'s tumultuous story. here's cnn's brian todd. >> reporter: victor and poppy, o.j. simpson has captivated america for better or worse for about four decades now. that's why this past wednesday afternoon and evening when we had breaking news...

Bed situation so there would be room for somebody else but she can't, she's essentially in solitary. she sleeps on the bottom bunk and turned the top bunk into some kind of desk where she's got a lot of documents and other food stuffs. i noticed that on the ground there was a magazine that said "the optimist." well i don't know if she's optimistic about her chances at this phase of her trial. they're getting into the mitigation phase. we heard from her attorney that jodi arias is going to take the stand and try to plead for her life and she's got to be wondering what on earth can i say, given ...

Wrongful death trial against aeg live. those e-mails were thought to be lost but were found after what the judge called a lot of red tape. aeg lawyers argue jackson was responsible for his own death and that an addiction to drugs led to his bad decisions. o.j. simpson's fate is in the hands of a las vegas judge right now. she will decide whether the former football star turned convicted felon gets a new trial. simpson says his former defense attorney botched his 2008 trial for armed robbery and kidnapping and ended up landing him in prison. at a court hearing yesterday simpson's ex-lawyer ya...