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Country like germany, which by far is the largest economy in europe, they're supposed to spend 2% of their annual budget on defense. right now they're at 1.2%, and they keep saying they can't really boost defense spending that much that quickly, but it's one of the things that has led to frustrations not just with the u.s. but with other countries as well. so, certainly from a defense perspective, there is some merit to some of this, what the "wall street journal" calls candid talk, but at the same time, if you look at trade, for instance, where the germans are saying, look, we're creating so ...

Arabia. so, how is president trump sort of walking that line between business and politics? >> well the business is the politics, the politics is the business, i think. as much as these relationships are personal, it does impact the way that deals are getting done. i think that the administration will point to yesterday's arms deal which was combined with a lot of other -- from u.s. economies into the saudi economy as an sample of relationships paying off for the benefit of, for example the american worker. i know rex tillerson, secretary of state was here last night telling reporters that not...

Statement is consciousness of guilt. that is you knew you were doing something wrong which is why you made the story with the car coming to you. let's talk quickly before i speak about how i would defend him, what he has to overcome. the prosecution is going to look at three things. number one, where was the immediatesy of the danger. that's first off. number two, the proportionality of the force. while a consider can be a deadly weapon, if it's moving away it presents no threat. and number three, what was the reasonableness as to your conduct. i think what we'll see from a defense perspective...

D.a. in texas, durst does discuss killing and dismembering his neighbor in texas, a case of which he was acquitted of murder. >> cutti inting up that body i doing was the hard way. cutting through a bone is not easy with anything >> reporter: and then before the interrogation ends, durst asks the prosecutor, what's in it for him. >> what's going through my mind is, if i tell you what i know, that answers your questions, what can you possibly do for me? >> reporter: durst's attorney is out outraged over the release of the interrogation. >> this could very easily affect the jury pool. >> reporte...

Information, it's not a question of did he do it. the question is is he going to die for it. that will be a question presented at the mipenalty phas and presumably at the guilt phase but it wasn't. >> so looking to your point as to whether he will die for what he did piece, from a defense perspective, how would you argue to save his life? map that out. >> it's very difficult. very few percent of death penalty eligible cases are pre-med pre-meditated. this is premeditated murder. that is the exception to the rule and the presumption in most jurors' minds is you kill somebody with full intent an...