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Altercation. there wasn't enough reason to kill him but enough to respond in the way she did that it would be manslaughter instead of murder. she could argue it was reckless killing. overwhelming evidence it was premeditated. it was planned. the murder weapon was same caliber gun stolen from her grandparents home. she took a car and cover up other steps. very unlikely she will get the manslaughter charge as a conviction but worth a shot from her side. jon: carey, from the prosecution's side, sort of a safety valve too as well, potentially. which side does it benefit more? >> well, you know, i ...

0 which it came which would be good in the middle. fire but on the sides of the fire the lateral problem would be structures on either side that could be threatened once again. arthel: with that said, captain mike, what areas are facing the most danger today? >> well in the east side of this fire towards the los angeles area, just as a reference, that would be an area called deer creek. we have a lot of homes up in that area. it is very expensive homes and also, you know, some very moderate homes but this area has had a history and burned in 1993 in our green meadow fire and we saw several str...

Jon: carey hackett, with us, a criminal defense attorney. tad nelson, former prosecutor and criminal defense attorney these days. it is a fascinating look what these jurors have on their minds. they heard her testify for more than three weeks now. they're asking the questions that we just heard. what do you make of the tone? >> well, i think that two important things that these jurors are trying to get at are, to try to get more information from her about the killing itself and about her memory problems. i think that the other main issue that the jury is looking at is her credibility and wheth...

Ridiculous. so only imagine how bad if she really said what was going on would sound. she has no credibility with this jury. they don't like her. every question they asked to paint her into a corner. she did it to herself. the defense lawyer did it to her. jon: carey, she admits that she did it. the attempt here by her attorney is to keep her from getting the death penalty. is it possible that after all of these weeks of testimony and all of this questioning, answering, that she has in some way ingratiated herself to at least enough members of the jury that they would vote not to send her to t...

We'll keep an eye on that for you. the other big story of course is the dangerous fire weather we're dealing with across portions of the southwest and that will not change heading into this weekend. very hot, very dry and very windy conditions. some areas getting too much rain, and some areas not getting enough, jon scott. jon: isn't that always the story. janice dean, thank you. >> thank you. jenna: we're talking about florida there. we have information in t four key witnesses now drastically changing their accounts of the night george zimmerman fatally shot the unarmed teenager. frred tecce,...