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Since 2006. last week, if you were watching, you know it was a very, very emotional week in the jodi arias trial. the jury found she was exceptionally cruel when she killed her ex-boyfriend, travis alexander. that opens the door for her for the death penalty. as jurors weigh that option, they heard from alexander's siblings. cnn's casey winan was there. >> his killer, an emotional jodi arias sat and watch, he told jurors about the unanswered questions that haunt him to this day. >> how much did he suffer? how much did he scream? what was he saying? what was the last thing he saw before his e...

What was his final thought in his head? >> next, sister, samantha alexander approached the podium crying even before she spoke. >> travis was our strength. our constant beacon of hope. our motivation. his presence has been ripped from our lives. >> defense witnesses are expected to speak about several mitigating factors that could spare arias' life, including a lack of a criminal past and her talent is as an artist. >> this is a girl right here that you pledged when you were selected as jurors that after hearing or after possibly convicting her first degree murder and finding aggravating facto...

Heard over the weekend. i imagine they're waiting for what the governor has to say before they'll decide whether to come back. >> a lot of waiting. casey winan in the thick of it. thanks very much. we are also closely following the situation in libya today. it's a fast-moving story so let me bring you the latest developments. the u.s. state department is telling nonessential personnel and families of embassy employees to leave libya now. for his part, u.n. secretary ban ki-moon is warning moammar ka gadhafi to stop attacking pro-democracy protesters. the two spoke by telephone amid reports t...

Discretionary spending to its lowest level in 50 years. this isn't talked about a lot, so i'm going to repeat it. our budget would take nonsecurity, defense -- or a showdown in the legal nondefense spending to its fight over illegal immigration. it pits the united states lowest level since jfk. against the state of arizona. a judge hears arguments in the justice department's challenge to the arizona law scheduled to lowest levels in percentage of take effect a week from today. the economy since jfk. we've gone after wasteful cnn's casey winan joining us government contracting with a today. t...

600 million dollars. >> reporter: one of the reasons we expect there is not going to be a decision today is there are so many groups, you know, that have filed friend of the court briefs and lawsuits. we've mad groups of republican lawmakers who are filing friend of the court briefs in support of the state of arizona, nine other states have filed motions in support. we have individuals who are filing lawsuits. there is a lot of legal wrang wrangling to go through. >> hey, casey, how many people behind you and have you had an opportunity to see what is on some of those signs? >> reporter: well,...