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Watching because he's assigned to it. i have to say, it is odd, i remember covering the anthony case, people lining up through the night by the hundreds to get a seat. what sense are you getting from the people out there, why this one has caught their attention? >> reporter: yeah, i think as we get closer to closing arguments and certainly, verdict day, we're going to see some of that. but what it is, it is jodie arias, people have very strong opinions about they are. they've come in from canada today. there are people lined up. they come in specifically for this, they line up zero dark thirty...

Entertained. make this my broadway. it's a matter of having jurors that are perceptive and insig insightful. one of the things about this jury, they're allowed to ask questions and that's important because it keeps them focused. and that's important because it becomes a point of when is enough enough. you have a prosecutor who is very good at cross-examination, if you are sleeping at examination, when he gets up, certainly you get up. it prevents them from focusing as they should. >> and you would hope the judge's gavel would also wake up anybody in court who needs to be listening. sunny hosti...

And they're also not keen on the other side, across the courtroom, of prosecutors knowing either. defending someone for the death penalty is very, very expensive. as it should be. you need the best defense possible, right? the life is at stake. you can't get a do-over. at noon, the judge in the case is going to hear motions to keep the details of the costs from reaching public eye. maricopa county has forked over roughly $800,000 just for what's been billed so far. we're not even done yet. and, hey, if he's found guilty, that final amount could be so incredibly high. so much higher than just 8...

This week. it seems like the justices are a bit like trog la dites living in a cave. they think this is new. this is an issue that is timid getting in front of rights. roe v. wade and brown are some of the most famous decisions but they also tended to rock the institution because they were blamed at making the decision that american people hadn't arrived at yet. and that's what some of these justices are referring to. but i need to caution you, many of these justices making these comments also were against lawrence v. texas. the decriminalization. a lot of these justices that i heard doesn't j...

Case, mr. turley, going in and arguing for the government. but president obama said we're not going to defend doma. we're not agreeing with it. we're not going into court to do so. in essence, and correct me if i'm wrong, it's the house republicans who have taken up that banner. and they have brought in their own former solicitor general to argue this case. is that the issue that house republicans can't stand up for the rest of the country? >> that's right. this is a very strange case because the obama administration was defending doma for years. and then essentially switched sides. and that l...