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Appears to be getting the jurors thinking, getting the jurors to want to ask questions, have some doubt, turn that into reasonable doubt among one or two jurors it could be an acquittal on the first-degree murder count, a hung jury, a retrial. jon: these jurors have to be tired of this by now. this case started in early january. >> which is why the judge said we are starting closing arguments tomorrow no matter what. you have to wrap these witnesses up, we are starting closing arguments tomorrow, thursday, we're going on schedule. they have to wrap this case up today and begin closing argument...

where the judge basically told the defendant what constitutional rights he could expect to have in this case. you heard the judge say that there was a probable cause determination. in colorado, we do an initial probable cause determination to make sure that there's kind of an overview of the evidence so that the court knows that there's enough evidence to continue to hold the defendant. the defendant is being held without bond at this point in time. eventually, there will be a preliminary hearing and proof evident presumption great hearing and we will ask the court the continue holdi...

The u.s. soldier accused of gunning down afghan villagers, including women and children, is expected to be formally charged today. nbc's john yang is at ft. leavenworth, kansas where army staff sergeant robert bales is being held. and john, in addition to murder, what else is sergeant bales expected to be charged with? >> reporter: well, we've been told by military officials that in addition to 17 charges of murder, there will be six charges of attempted murder. so this is the first time we're learning that there were other people wounded but survived in this shooting rampage. and we're also b...

we are just getting the details of what caused whitney houston's death. as you know, she was found last month in the bathtub of her hotel room in beverly hills. let's go to kareen wynter who joins us live from los angeles. what can you tell us? >> hi, candy. what i can tell you, the final cause of death has been determined to be drowning from heart disease as well as cocaine. that's right. there was cocaine in whitney houston's system at the time she was found submerged in a bathtub at the beverly hilton hotel back in february the day before the grammy's. the toxicology report also s...

Those are damaging facts. but when you look at the facts that have been set forth thus far, that he operated rather instantaneously, once he looked at his computer, he elbowed her, he choked her for close to a minute, strangled her with his t-shirt, these are all facts that show that this is not a sane person. and i just want to stress here that whether or not this claim fails or succeeds is not based on a lawyer's pitch to the judge. there are experts involved here. he will be evaluated, clinical psychologists will take part in this evaluation. they will check his state of mind as the event o...