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you're in the cnn newsroom, i'm fredericka whitfield. for murder defendant casey anthony it comes down to this holiday weekend in an orlando court today, attorneys for the state are making their final arguments to convict anthony of killing her 2-year-old girl, anthony's attorney meantime is asking jurors to judge the case on fact not emotion. david mattingly is at the courthouse in orlando. where do we stand right now? >> reporter: we're still listening to the defense. they are expected to resume after a lunch break. we've already heard this morning from the prosecution then laying out what they believed happened in this case and they say that casey anthony murdered her daughter, sacrificed her so that casey could live the care free life she wanted to live. listen. >> as hard as it is for anyone

to imagine she had to choose between two sacrificing two things, the first was her dreams and life she wanted. second, was her child. i would submit to you the evidence in this case shows that the choice she made was her child. >> reporter: remember the defense doesn't really have to prove anything in spite of the claim that's were made early on that casey was the victim of sexual abuse and that she kept quiet about an accident in which her daughter drowned in the family swimming pool. they don't have to prove that. instead they are pushing for reasonable doubt. and the defense attorneys now, they are looking right at the jury and warning them not to be swayed by emotion. not to listen to the prosecution as they try to paint casey anthony as a heartless woman who only wanted to party and get rid

of her daughter. listen. >> the way the case was presented, the first couple of weeks, you see the strategy behind that is if you hate her, if you think she's a lying no-good shut then you'll start to look at this evidence in a different light. you'll start to -- wait a minute, maybe i'm seeing something that's not there. and start to actually discriminate against her rather than give her the standard that is afforded to each and every citizen in our country. that is that the state -- the government come in here and prove their case beyond and to the exclusion of every reasonable doubt. but you can get away with that if you can get a jury to hate her. >> we're expected to get under way shortly after a long lunch break. expecting the defense to continue hammering away trying to establish that feeling of reasonable doubt in this case. experts watching this trial believe that that's the defense's best chance to keep

casey anthony off of death row. >> david, the kpocompose you're casey anthony, how would you describe it? >> reporter: she has been quite emotional at times during today, actually looking away when they were showing pieces of evidence on the monitor. this is when the prosecution was up there and some of the remarks that really seem to be hitting her very hard, shedding tears at certain times. remember, this is a long and tragic story and we're very close now to getting a finish, a conclusion, an answer to what really happened here. and emotions are high with everyone inside that courtroom. >> david mattingly, thanks so much from orlando. we'll talk further about this with our legal expert who's are with us. avery freedman and richard hermann on the phone also with us. avery, did the prosecution make a convincing argument as you heard from david there, prosecution said to the jury,

that this is a woman who wanted a care free life, drawing that inference. >> i think fredericka that jeff ashton did exactly what he was supposed to do. while there were bits of emotion, he laid it out in a very clear way. what's interesting is that we've only heard obviously that piece of it and the prosecution agis going to return after they are done with their argument. at this point the think the jury gets it. we need the prosecution fredericka to fill in more detail. we really need to know a little bit more about chloroform, about duct tape, but by and large, the prosecution ended its closing argument with exactly the way it should have done. the jury understands it, simple and clean and tight and i don't know that he could have done a better job.

>> richard, the judge also instructed the jurors they cannot consider the defense's initial allegation that the defendant was a victim of incest, molestation. how did this redirect the defense's closing arguments? did they do a good job of redirecting themselves? >> we've only heard a portion of the defense so far. they are coming back into the courtroom now and i think he's got a good three hours left if he wants all of that time. but that was devastating news to begin the morning right before summation. i mean the judge really gulted a huge portion of baez's summation. but with respect to the prosecution's summation, two points that were made, one, that the duct tape drp -- there were three strips of duct tape and only one was needed to close off the mouth and nose. that goes to the premeditation. and the second very strong point that was made was that you know, this child was two and a half to 3 years old and there are six

jurors with children on this jury. that's when children begin to talk and that's when caylee would have exposed casey's f fantasy world and lies and casey couldn't go on with that. she had to make a decision. i thought that wasvy powerful. we have the summation that comes from baez and he put up different people that did not smell any kind of decomposition from the car, thought that was very powerful. and tells the jury, i'm worried about emotion, don't be swayed by emotion. if i tell you don't think of the color red, what are you going to think of. it is a very emotional case. >> they are back in the courtroom live pictures right now. and there is baez right there as you mentioned richard, he's going to continue with his summation. i'm wondering, even though it's early on with the defense in their closing arguments trying to look ahead to the rebuttal from the prosecution, avery, what do you suppose their focus will be? will they be filling in the

blanks that you talked about? >> oh, they absolutely have to. and let me predict this. and really was evident when ashton ended his argument. where this is going to end and i think we're not going to see three hours worth of rebuttal. i think even though the judge has said four hours. i think it's going to be about an hour. everyone wants to keep that -- the prosecution wants to keep their attention. here's where it ends up, fredericka, he has teed up the issue of casey anthony either being a stay at home single mother or living the beautiful life. and where this is going to end is it will crescendo at vita bella with the tattoo that casey had put on, presumably two days after the death of their daughter and that's where i think the drama will end the prosecution's case.

>> richard you get the last word. do you think the last world coming from the prosecution in the rebuttal is going to be the sentiment that just might cement of the thoughts for the jurors? >> yes, fred, the rebuttal of the prosecution in any criminal case is the most devastating feature of it. it's the last words that the jurors hear when they go back. they get instructed after that and deliberate and they get the last licks, the final word. it's very scary for a defendant to sit back and know you can do nothing else and i am sure that they've prepared over lunch and they are going to take shots at baez's summation and show how he lied in his opening to them how they cannot believe him because he didn't produce with respect to the promises he made in his opening. and then they are going to tie in as avery said, the chloroform and duct tape and murder weapon, ashton said was the duct tape. he hoped the chloroform put her

to sleep before so she wasn't in pain. very emotional, tie up on the emotions. one juror though, fred, one juror sitting there with arms folded not buying into ashton. this could be a very long jury deliberation. >> richard and avery, thanks so much. we appreciate that. i know you'll be watching the proceedings all day long. we'll check back with you again at the 5:00 eastern hour if not before. take a look at this. this is what happened when tempers and frustrations run high. >> all right, what in the world is going on here? and what has this city mayor so fighting mad? plus -- if you think accelerating to become a top race car driver is difficult, it's even tougher staying in the race. >> it's harder to be here than it is to get here in my eye -- >> to stay.

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the second seed. he almost liked surprised there. he lost just one match all year long. on to canada now, it's day four of prince william and his wife katherine's first official visit as a married couple. the royals attended a prayer service with the crew of a canadian ship, some anti- monarchy protesters showed up but supporters outnumbered them. later they attended a freedom of ceremony. lots of supporters there. another pair of royal newlyweds hosted a private brunch in monaco. looking quite happy. ♪ >> okay except for this was the scene last night as prince

albert of monaco sharp shared a dance with his wife. the wedding took place at the palace yesterday. they head to south africa, woodstock's home country on tuesday for their honeymoon. now to presidential politics here and a state getting a lot of attention this holiday weekend. iowa. michele bachmann is touring the early voting state speaking at the church service and chatting to voters at the pizza joint in the town of carol. dessert comes later with a stop at an ice cream parlor. also in the state today, rival republican her man cane. he heads to john wayne's home town of winterset to visit god father's pizza, a company that he once ran. a fierce competitive spirit is a job requirement in any professional sport and nascar

racing is no exception. but joey logbegan no says it should not be the focus especially with kids. >> i raced with kids pushed by their parents to race. i win all the time and i'd beat this kid and his father would yell and scream and i started to feel bad i beat him. this is supposed to be fun. we have plenty of time to make this serious when we get to this level. >> he was 6 when he started with goe carts, logano, they answer your questions next. [ woman ] we take it a day at a time.

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>> oh, my gosh! that is so -- -- >> that was fun. off the track more face to face with leffler and logano and we posted some of your questions about racing in their careers to them. i have a couple of questions coming from viewers, one is, what do the drivers today know of its heritage? >> i think a lot of them do. it's come up more recently since the hall of fame opened up and you pay more attention to it. it's easy to have tunnel vision and focus on what you're doing but it's -- i'm a fan of the sport before i was a driver. and you like to know the heritage and where it started and how it started and hear the stories. it's really cool to see. >> your thoughts on that jason?

>> same here. i'm a fan of auto racing so i like to think i know a lot about the history of all types of racing, he especially nascar. it's pretty cool and every fan should come here and look at where it all began. >> it is a beautiful place, so inspiring too. jason you first, how do you condition yourself to drive that many laps and how do you maintain and stay in the right lane when cars are turning? >> on the race track? >> yeah. >> you just react but condition -- i work out every day i'm home and got a trainer and work out hard. you know, there's really no conditioning for racing other than driving is the best conditioning. but as far as stave staying in

the lane, i didn't know there was a proper lane. some guys you got to watch out for. some guys you got to expect the unexpected. >> maybe they mean not wiping out, staying on the track. what would be your thought on physical training, do you have a routine? >> same as jason here. you work out every time you're home. being in the car, seat time is the most important thing. and you can't do that every day. there's no way it's possible. it cost so much money to go test with the cars these days, tires and finding your team on the race track and renting the track out. it's not possible to do that. so that's why you do all this other stuff to menially prepare yourself and prepare yourself as much as you can for when you get to the race track. you can't drive a race care every single day. something i do a lot. i have a simulator and you know, i'll go to the race track and i

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casey anthony could go to the jury this afternoon. they are presenting closing arguments rngts ashton said anthony killed her little girl because she wanted a life of her own. of the defense urged jurors to base on the evidence not the emotion. let's listen to to jose baez. >> dr. michael sigmond, another forensic scientist said that the main compound was gasoline. they want to say the liner is removed. the air is the air, especially if they test six weeks later. the person who collected the samples in this case was michael sigmond, who is a state expert.

he was hired by the state of florida, not by the defense. he was hired by the state. he was hired by the state. the only defense expert you heard from was dr. furton, but we had to call him off -- >> the summation now by the defense attorney for casey anthony still to come today the prosecution will have a rebuttal closing statement to make then instructions to the jury. we'll keep a close watch on the casey anthony case there in orlando. and now this independence day weekend, the center of a sexual assault case, dominique strauss-kahn is enjoying freedom after being released. the case may be on the verge of

collapse. cnn national correspondent susan candiotti joins us live from new york. susan, tell us more about what's happening. >> well, this could be the week when the charges are dropped. certainly that is what dominique strauss-kahn hopes and what his defense team is hoping for but it's unclear whether he will learn this week whether he'll be free of the charges that he allegedly sexual assaulted a hotel made. a source with knowledge of the investigation tells cnn no decision has been made yet. prosecutors for the manhattan da office still trying to determine exactly what happened in the hotel room. prosecutors have said there is strong forensic evidence of sexual contact. strauss-kahn has denied he assaulted the woman. of course we've all heard about the major credibility issues with the accuser. prosecutors also have yet to decide whether to pursue an interview with a boyfriend of the made who called her from jail less than two days after the alleged sex attack. after a search of the made's

phone records, a source tells cnn, that call was discovered from an arizona jail to the hotel maid in new york. during that recorded call from his jail, quote, she said she's fine and this person is rich and there's money to be made. the source tells cnn. however, investigators have no evidence that the sexual encounter in the hotel room was pre-planned. there is no indication of a set-up i'm told, none according to a source. on sunday authorities also discovered previously told us actually that there were several bank accounts in the woman's name in different states into which quote, several thousand dollars at a time had been deposited by people she knew potentially involved in drug dealing. now attempts to reach the maid's lawyer for comment have been unsuccessful, fred. >> all right. is dominique strauss-kahn still being watched his every move, he went to dinner and all of the

cameras were there, has he been seen in the public very much since? >> well, certainly even yesterday they went out for a couple of hours and we still don't know exactly where they went. there's nothing to keep him in that town home because as we know, he's been released on his own re kog -constancconnaissanr going every he goes. he might want to be staying close to new york because he's hoping he might be hearing a decision soon about his fate. >> susan, thanks so much from new york. before his arrest, dominique strauss-kahn was widely expected to be the french socialist party's candidate for president. well now what? i spoke with french television journalist a short time ago about how the public is reacting to the latest news that the case against him might be crumbling. what is the reaction from the french? is this an i told you so moment?

>> today i have to give you two polls this morning in paris, in france. we get a poll asking the french, do you want dsk to be back as soon as possible to france? the answer, 49% said we favor his return as soon as possible and 45% are against. but if you go deeper into the analysis, into the poll, you have another poll about the socialist voters, socialist electora electorate. 55% say they would like him to be back and to participate to the primaries which date of registration normally is over on the 13th of july. >> does it mean there is wiggle room, that there's a possibility that the deadline could be extended so that dominique strauss-kahn could actually pursue still a run for presidency? >> what they say openly, quote, we wait to hear dominique

strauss-kahn. does he want or not to participate? >> now that he's been to move around with his wife in the united states, is there this feeling or have the french been watching him in terms of how he has displayed dignity or how he has composed himself throughout all of this? does he in any way kind of score points with the general public the way he has handled this? >> the french are mad at the u.s. justice right now. does he have more sympathy in the country in france? it's split again. a lot of people think he has been ill treated and deserves better treatment after what happens and seeing the latest development. stamts there are two things, the french are shocked by strauss-kahn's behavior and attitude. first, we know that he has a problem with women. the way he's been treating women, it's not new. some people say it's a path logic problem and we might be close to the truth when the

people say that. at the same time, the french and especially the socialist voters, the workers and all of that who work socialist have been shocked by the way the luxury has been displayed in new york, all of the money spent to rent this 600 square meters apartment downtown manhattan and all of this going around with the restaurants and new life and all of this money which has been spent. these people are shocked. >> christian malard. e book readers are booming in sales, at least the e books are. we'll tell you why they are so popular next. boring potato chip decoy bag. now no one will want to steal the deliciousness. with a variety of tastes and textures, only chex mix is a bag of interesting.

hello this is lieutenant colonel moerll. i want to say hi to everybody back home in the united states and happy fourth of july, seth, happy birthday, buddy, take care. bye-bye. >> all right, most people believe the ipad is the hottest gadget right now but according to pugh internet research, e readers sales have doubled in the first half of 2011. why is this? our own gaming and gadget

expert, mark saltsman, why are they so popular? >> there's a number of reasons why the percentage of americans adult americans who own an ebook reader has doubled from 6% as of november of last year to 12% as of may of this year. let's go through the five reasons why you might want to consider picking up an e-book reader. number one, it's lighter and thinner than most magazines yet can store literally thousands of electronic books. this model in particular is new, it's the cobalt e-reader touch edition. it's only 7 ounces or about 200 grams and it can store 1,000 books with the built-in memory or with the expandible memory slot on the side, up to 32,000 e-books. not that you would want to carry that much. >> just in case. then you can customize it, enlarge or shrink the text et

cetera, to your liking. >> that's right. you have your default font or text size. with most you can enlarge or shrink the text, instead of buying books or renting them from the library with the enlarged font if you need that. not only can you change the size but you can change the font type as well. you can really customize the way the e-books look to you which is something you can't do with paper. >> there are accessible, you can shop anywhere, any time, a built in dictionary, all kinds of interesting perks there. >> not only is it more environmentally friendly to download books electronically than buy paper and with the trucks bringing the books to the stores and all of that. you can shop 24/7 from anywhere. instead of waiting for your favorite book store to open, you can shop in the middle of the night and you're not limited to a certain geographic location. most have wi-fi activity.

you can download books in less than a minute or in some cases they have 3g or cellular conductivity. >> not only are you having the option of buying a book, you can rent them too? >> that's right. another tip is that a lot of e-book readers let you rent books digitally from the library. once you have an account, you can find that information easily online. instead of going to the library to take out books and bring them back by a certain date, it will just expire the day it's due and you can renew it on e-book reader. that's another advantage keeping it digital. >> i kind of naturally thought that people were gravitating towards the ipads and tablets and that meant they could con solid date and didn't need the e-book reader but people are

couple them together. >> if you want newspapers and books and magazine, you can guy for over $100 an ebook reader that does the one task with a screen called an ee ink technology and battery that lasts up to a month with the cobalt one. if you have more budget, a tablet serves as a great e-book reader but so much more. >> happy reading this holiday weekend in between fireworks and picnicking. >> thanks, appreciate it. although he's canadian, he's not until like we are but what can we say. go to cnn.com/tech and look for gaming an gadget tab. a watch for an announcement by the way from facebook this week. the social media giant is mum on what the announcement might be but facebook ceo mark zuckerberg

promises it will quote, be saw some. speculation centers on two possibilitieses, a facebook app for the ipad and mobile photo sharing tool, whatever it is, we will have to wait until it is unveiled wednesday. you can learn about it more later on in the week on cnn. we know facebook is doing well financially. when will americans feel as a whole confident about the nation's signs of recovery? our money team zeros in on a few of them right after this. she needs help from me. and her medication. the exelon patch -- it releases medication continuously for twenty-four hours. she uses one exelon patch daily for the treatment of mild to moderate alzheimer's symptoms. [ female announcer ] it cannot change the course of the disease. hospitalization and rarely death have been reported in patients who wore more than one patch at a time. the most common side effects of exelon patch are nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. the likelihood and severity of these side effects may increase as the dose increases.

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closing arguments are back under way in the murder trial of casey anthony. the defendant's attorney is urging jurors to focus on the evidence not emotion. let's listen in again to defense attorney jose baez. >> jury deliberation room, it is ir revokable. you can never take it back. you can never say my god, i made a mistake. you can never say, can i change my mind? can i take that back? no, it's done. it's done.

these types of decisions of reasonable doubt, that's why we have that standard. if this were a financial sheet and you had your entire life savings and you're about to retire and you say to yourself, i'm going to invest with that man because he's given me great numbers -- >> your honor objection to the argument. >> sustained. >> motion to strike granted. >> these types of decisions are life changing unchangeable decisions. and this type of evidence is reasonable doubt. that stain that never was is reasonable doubt. all of these aspects, the way this was presented to you -- >> defense attorney jose baez there, in his summation. and then later on this afternoon the prosecution will have a rebuttal closing statements to

make before instructions give to the jurors and deliberations begin. live pictures of the casey anthony murder trial under way in orlando on this sunday. other news now, a big bank payout and possible signs of recovery on the retail front. our money team zeros in on the highs and lows. first to allison kosic in new york. >> bank of america is paying $8.5 million to settle claims from investors hurt by fraudulent securities it sold. it marks the biggest payout of the financial crisis. the settlement funds go to the fed and goldman sachs among other. bank of america expects to post a loss up to $9 billion. but executives feel this is a major step forward for the bank in eliminating the risk associated with mortgage issues. investors, they are just happy to close this chapter. >> the latest sign of a economic

recovery, shoplifting is back. a cording to a national federation retail survey, a spike in stealing could mean the economy is on the upswing. retailers lost billions more in 2010 from theft than in 2009 during the heart of the recession. they believe during tough times retail employees are more afraid of being caught and fired so they are less likely to steal. when the economy i am proves and the chance of finding another job improves, workers take more risk and theft goes back up. poppy? ? >> thanks, felicia, investors win get the latest look how retails fared in june. wall street wants to know whether people were spending or not because consumer spending is a critical force in economic recovery. with gas prices slowly falling, investors are hoping the consumer spending has picked up. even with big discounts available, many shoppers remain

nervous about spending, especially with unemployment so high. we'll keep an eye on all numbers. >> can you get your financial fix every day on cnn money.com. what's more important than weather on a holiday weekend? a hot dry weather is putting a damper on a lot of fourth of july celebrations. we'll check in with cakara straight ahead. yeah but now i have nothing to eat sure you do. hey! you can have the pop tart! pillsbury toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat but sometimes i wonder... what's left behind? [ female announcer ] new purifying facial cleanser from neutrogena naturals. removes 99% of dirt and toxins without dyes, parabens, or harsh sulfates. so skin feels pure and healthy. [ female announcer ] new from neutrogena naturals.

hello, i'm ned dra burkehalter i would like to say happy fourth of july to my parents and my sons in seattle washington, i miss you and love you and i'll be home soon. bye-bye. >> star spangled celebrations across america as we celebrate the 235th birthday. ♪ all right a spectacular display over madison, wisconsin last night. the fireworks show in wisconsin's capital city is the biggest in the midwest, from big fireworks shows to the small neighborhood kind, we're going to take a moment to remind everyone to approach all fireworks with caution. the u.s. government put out a video again this year as they do every year to make that point clear.

you're looking at what the government says -- could sadly happen if people are not carefully. the consumer products safety commission says fireworks killed three people in the u.s. last year and injured thousands more. a few recommendations to keep fireworks as safe as possible. keep a bucket of water handy, never shoot off fireworks in metal or glass containers and douse spent fireworks with water before throwing in trash. make sure fireworks are legal in your area. guess what, a whole lot of places across america are not going to have fireworks displays because it is simply too hot and dry, too dangerous. let's check in with kara, we know many parts of the deep south all the way to the desert southwest are canceling a lot of big fireworks celebrations. >> they are because some folks

have only seen about a fifth of their normal rainfall totals but what we're looking at across the southern portion of the u.s., all the way from sections of florida into georgia where we're seeing a big swamp farm here, extending through shreveport but around san antonio and austin, the austin symphony or chess stra, it's not going to happen this year. a lot of folks could be disappointed as a result of that. take a look at this hot temperatures, you know it's hot when the southwest is basking in the heat with triple digits, 118 degrees in phoenix yesterday. in yuma, 117, even in new orleans, they were baking with 100 degrees. some folks will pick up a little bit of rainfall but it's not going to be enough or in time. look at the temperatures we're already seeing, san angelo, 97, lubbock at 93 and dallas 97 degrees right now. it does look like the rain

chances will increase substantially especially across the lone star state of texas, we're already 3 million plus acres have burned so far this fire season. look from shreveport to dallas to mid land, slight chance of showers for the next 48 hours. thanks, carekaren. >> proceedings are under way today that it's defense attorney jose baez doing closing arguments. we'll keep a close watch on the developments out of orlando. mine was earned over the south pacific in 1943. vietnam, 1967. i got mine in iraq, 2003. u.s.a.a. auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation, because it offers a superior level of protection and because u.s.a.a.'s commitment to serve the military, veterans, and their families

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a look at our top stories right now, the attorney for casey anthony is summing up his case before the jury right now in orlando. closing arguments have been taking up most of thf day. prosecutors say the evidence points to only one conclusion, that anthony killed her 2-year-old daughter. the defense calls some of the state's evidence irrelevant and cautions the jury against basing the verdict on emotion. let's listen in. >> he was the first medical examiner, board certified, fully capable of handling this case, yet, she's the big shot and she comes back in and takes over. and because of her relationship with the media and law enforcement, that's it. the politics that the medical examiner's office played out in this case and you got to see it

with these two. we presented to you and we were fortunate enough to have -- >> another high profile case we continue to watch. we can learn this week whether prosecutors will drop charges against dominique strauss-kahn, the former monetary fund chief, released on his own recognizance on friday. the prosecution says there are credibility problems with the accuser. we'll continue to watch both of those cases throughout the day. on to tennis, wimbledon has two new tennis champs, jok co-vick's run. then on the women's side, the czech republic star right there