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republican backers. don't worry. you run. we'll take care of the money. >> he has rather moderate views on social issues conservatives may not be hip to. >> we'll talk a lot about that this morning. something else we're talking a lot about. amanda knox's first hope for freedom. the american student is waiting to see if her murder conviction will be overturned. she made her case to the jury earlier this morning. now an agonizing waiting game for her. part of what a tearful knox told the court, "the accusations are completely unjust and without any foundation. i am paying for my life w...

faults? >> and a new book tainting the legacy of walter payton. we talk to the author, right here, right now on cnn. hello, i'm don lemon. you know near the cnn newsroom. we'll start with a word that you may find uncomfortable. it is a controversy that's putting a hopeful into an uncomfortable position. governor rick perry has to respond to his association with the most poisonous word in the english language. perry and his family it is reported that they leased a hunting camp that went by the head nigerhead. it was painted on a huge rock by the entrance. the name has been changed a...

i wasn't there. i wasn't present in that crime. >> prosecutors painted knox as a demonic figure who killed for the thrill. they described the murder as part satanic ritual and part orgy. the trial of conrad murray enters a second week in about 45 minutes. that's the michael jackson trial. the emergency room doctor who pronounced michael jackson dead is expected on the witness stand first. dr. rachelle cooper says that murray never told her that he'd given jackson the anesthesia that allegedly killed him. murray's three girlfriends are expected to testify as well. phone records show...

and have a right to kill or capture enemy combatants trumps the fact that one or another of those combatants might have u.s. personhood wrapped around them. >> reporter: and the former ranking democrat on the house intelligence committee is in too, but she wants the administration to be transparent about its legal justification for killing an american without due process. >> i believe there is a good case. imminent threat beyond our ability to arrest him, the authorization to use military force against al qaeda. he was explicit with al qaeda. but i think the justice department should...