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The lead attorney. he wants a do-over in his trial. >> yeah. he says he got bad advice and all of that. we'll see how he goes. a lot of legal observers say he doesn't have much of a chance, but of course you never know in court proceedings. we're continuing to monitor. we'll let you know if there are any changes. meanwhile, we can tell you we're expecting more fireworks at today's white house briefing scheduled to start shortly. an empty podium at the moment. we're monitoring that and bring you the latest developments. >> and what we've been watching is the obama administration getting hammere...

First. the side representing the jacksons. this is a small packed and quite warm courtroom. and you can tell that these are two sides, aeg live and the jackson family that clearly do not like each other. you can hear from the jackson side of the table actual audible3aattorney the lead attorney as bickered over some of the slide shows that were going to be shown in the opening statements. the opening statements began, we certa into what the jackson family is going to be arguing. the family is katherine jackson, 82-year-old matriarch of the jackson clan and she is representing her three grandchi...

Accessible, and basically, that's what these decisions said this week, is that the courts are going to uphold our democracy, and they're going to uphold our fundamental right to vote in this country. >> and seeing it in texas, seeing it pending in south carolina, seeing it in florida, seeing it in ohio, and all of these things are appealed and all of these things are in still in the process of a certain extent, seeing democratic rights, in the most fundamental of all of our democratic rights supported in this way by the courts, it's getting close to the election to have this up in the air, but...

She's lead attorney in ohio for the advancement project. i should tell you, there's so much news out of ohio that she was the lead attorney on another case decided in ohio this week that says the state can no longer throw out your ballot if you accidentally vote in the wrong precinct. thank you for being here. you're involved in a lot of the intricacies of a lot of these matters. did i explain anything wrong? did it seem roughly correct? >> in ohio, in terms of the provisional ballots, the provisional ballots that are cast in the wrong precinct due to poll worker error. that's a huge distincti...

Fraud and it may exist if in fact you're munupulating elections, then there may be some issues and concerns there, but ultimately, elections have to be free, fair, and accessible, and basically, that's what these decisions said this week, is that the courts are going to uphold our democracy, and they're going to uphold our fundamental right to vote in this country. >> and seeing it in texas, seeing it pending in south carolina, seeing it in florida, seeing it in ohio, and all of these thing are appeals, all of these things are still in process to a certain extent. seeing democratic rights, in ...