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His arrest and conviction on the kidnapping and robbery charges. he's hoping to get a new trial claiming his lawyers were so incompetent that it was unfair. he will claim that his lead attorney never told him about a plea deal that he would have accepted. he also will say he knew ahead of time about his plan to go and retrieve items that he thought were his from that hotel room. the nevada supreme court has already denied his appeal in 2010. his request for one, so this could be his last chance to get out of prison. he's served close to five years already of a nine to 33-year sentence and he's...

>> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now" with john muller and diana perez. good tuesday morning. our top story this half hour, o.j. simpson back in court and due on the stand as early as today. he's hoping to persuade the judge to give him a new trial. >> simpson has been locked up for more than four years on kidnapping and robbery charges. brandi hitt is covering the story. >> reporter: with gray hair and bloodshot eyes, simpson walked into a las vegas courtroom and was handcuffed to his chair. the 65-year-old former football great is expected to testify in his bid to convince ...

Context of an election where they were claiming that al-qaida had been decimated, where they were claiming that of course the death of osama bin laden, which we were all happy and supported the president with, meant that al-qaida was on the run, yet they took the references to al-qaida out of the talking points. was that done because of the context of an election for the convenience of making it a better political narrative for them? i think that's an important question to answer for the american people. jon: there are many such questions left to answer. senator kelly ayotte of new hampshire, ...

Dangerous criminals. rikers island has ten different facilities. we have 10,000 inmates, a little bit more than that. we transfer 1,500 inmates every day to 20 different courthouses in new york city. >> this morning, we have approximately 147 courts going out throughout the five boroughs. >> i've been here for two days. two days in this pen, but i posted bail. it's taken that long for my bailout, you know what i mean? i'll be out in a minute, you know what i'm saying? >> reporter: he calls himself 7-up. but his real name is jay keene, and he's awaiting trial for driving with a revoked license....

Being booked on robbery charges. >> you know, i know the procedures. back again. i done been here about 20 times. and the majority of the time is because i got hooked on drugs, and by me being hooked on drugs it caused me to do petty crimes. hey, officer, you think you're about ready to fingerprint me? >> yes, that's what you go to next. >> inmates are fingerprinted, then allowed to make one phone call. >> i spent the night with a friend. it's a female though. i have to lie to my mom because i'm so tired of depressing her. because everybody else in my own family is ambitious, got it going on. ...