angeles tomorrow. for now, cnn news room continues with brooke baldwin. >> hey, randi. thank you very much. hello to all of you. i'm brooke baldwin. a brutal day in court at the appeal hearing for american college student amanda knox in italy. one lawyer held up pictures of murder vick tim meredith kercher's bloody body. another lawyer called her a she-devil with a split personality. angelic and compassionate one moment and satanic the very next. all of this as amanda knox's future is hanging in the balance. let's go straight to italy. kurt knox is amanda knox's father. he's live in perugia. good to see you back on here again with us. you're where the appeals hearing is being held. looking at some of the video at amanda in court, she appears more thin. how is she holding up?

is he eating? is she sleeping? >> well, you know, it's been very tough for her. you know, especially these last three hearings. it's been, you know, everything against her. so, you know, with literally her life hanging in the balance of what the decision is in the courtroom, it's very tough to sleep. she has been thinning down a bit too. >> were you, kurt, in court today when that lawyer called your daughter a sex-loving she-devil? >> yeah. you know, it was -- this particular lawyer, you know, even during the first trial essentially did the same thing. it was extraordinarily hard to listen to. it was even harder for amanda because, you know, she hears it all in italian and can understand it where i can only understand bits and pieces of it. i can see her wincing periodically. it was very tough for her. what i find very hard to believe is how this person can start calling her that when he's never

even talked to her, never met her, and never really knows who she really is. that's the part that bothers me the most. >> kurt, she is 24 years of age. you alluded to this before, but if you can speak more specifically to the pressure she's feeling. it could be life in prison for her. that's now what the prosecution is asking. or she could come home. >> you know, we're really hoping for the come home part, but it is truly that. you know, these two judges and six jurors really have her life in their hands. you negotiation liknow, like i t three hearings have been extraordinarily hard. the defense starting tomorrow, and i think we're going to see a very different picture of what this case is about and so will the world. >> can you give us a quick preview of that? kurt, can you hear me? did we lose his audio?

>> yes, i can -- >> my question was just simply tomorrow you enter the defense. what should we expect? what picture will they paint? >> well, you know, first of all tomorrow is going to be the defense. thursday will be amanda's defense. what i think we're going to see tomorrow is really a focus on the forensic evidence that independent court experts have really defined as being bad and unreliable. what we saw and what we've heard during the first three hearings is all circumstantial evidence. when it really comes down to the nuts and bolts of this case, you're going to hear in the next couple days that there really is no forensic case here, and i think that's going to paint a different picture to this whole situation. >> kurt, if your daughter does win this appeal, do you even know how quickly she can hop on a plane and come home?

>> well, the process is such that, you know, she is under control, actually, of the guards that bring her to the court and not actually under control of the court. she will actually have to go back to prison and actually go through a checkout process. at that stage of the game, we'll be ability to begin to bring her home. that's what we're really looking forward to and really hoping we get the right answer from the court on that. >> and just from your perspective, the whole family, you're there in perugia. you walk along the streets there. what kind of looks, what kind of comments do you get from italians? >> well, you know, it's really been very positive. i mean, even through all three and a half to four years we've been here, any perugia people we run into have been, you know, very positive towards amanda and very supportive to us as a family. you know, one of the big, i think, cultural things,

especially here in italy, is family. to see us continuely over here supporting her, i think they see that that's really the whole family thing, and they've been very supportive towards us. i mean, just today at lunch, i had two people from perugia come up and, you know, say hi and say they're very supportive of amanda and hope we get the outcome we're looking for. >> final question to you. we know amanda has one more opportunity to address the court. do you have any idea what she'll say? >> you know, she's actually been thinking about this and kind of giving us ideas of what she's going to talk about for probably the last three, three and a half months, knowing that this is really her final opportunity to express her heartfelt, you know, thoughts as it relates to how she's being judged and the fact that she had nothing to do with this horrific crime and that meredith was her friend.

it's probably going to take place just before the jury goes in for deliberations, which is probably going to be monday morning of next week. >> kurt knox, father of amanda knox, live from perugia. kurt, thank you. happening right now at united nations, a security council is about to consider the palestinian's bid for state hood. as we've mentioned, this is clearly a huge deal. abbas made his push last week before the u.n. general assembly. here's the thing. the u.s. has already said it will veto the move. president obama says the next step forward cannot come through a solution at u.n. he says the answer is diplomacy, specifically renewed talks on the tough issues that still divide the palestinians and israelis. many palestinians acknowledge this whole bid is largely symbolic. president abbas is still making and receiving praise for it as well. he got a hero's welcome when he

returned home to the west bank just yesterday. take a look at the crowd there waving the flags all in support of him and his move. we're going to keep watching this one for you and bring you any developments from the u.n. as soon as we get them. then the one gop candidate for president takes the lead in a new straw poll. >> i feel great. i feel even greater because the voice of the people is bigger than the voice of the media. >> herman cain. how he is shaking things up with the other candidates. then protesters rallying against bank bailouts, the mortgage crisis, and the excuse of troy davis. they get maced by police. how these peaceful protests turned violent. back in two minutes. (screams)

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president obama's taking part in a virtual town hall today in the middle of his three-day trip to the west coast. it's sponsored by social media giant linkedin. he shared the stage with linkedin ceo in mountain view, california. what asked what we can do as americans to help the economy, the president made another push for his jobs bill. >> independent economists have estimated that if we pass the entire package, the american jobs act, we would increase gdp by close to 2%. we would increase employment by 1.9 million persons. and that is the kind of big, significant move in the economy that can have ripple effects and help recovery take off.

>> president obama went on to field questions from the audience and online from linkedin members across the country. also, in florida, herman cain taking the top spot in the republican straw poll. take a look at numbers. drew 37% of the vote. that's twice as much as rick perry. mitt romney came in third with 14%. the victory didn't come as a surprise to cain, because he says voters are starting to recognize his 999 tax plan. he explained it this morning on "american morning." take a look. >> my plan is bold because it throws out the tax code and imposes a business flat tax of 9%, a personal flat tax of 9%, and a national sales tax of 9%. it replaces all of the taxes that people are now having to grapple with, and it provides certainty to the business community, which is what they're looking for in order to grow this economy. >> also speaking freely for the very first time, those american hikers in prison for 26 months in iran. they say their time there was, and i'm quoting, a world of lies

and false hope. josh fattal and shane bauer speaking at a press conference in new york yesterday. four days after iran released them. twot were held specifically for 781 days in prison and went through this espionage trial bauer says was based on ridiculous lies. >> from the very start, the only reason we have been held hostage is because we are american. >> every time we complained about our conditions, the guards would immediately remind us of comparable conditions at guantanamo bay. >> fattal, bauer, and bauer's fiance sarah shourd were arrested after straying across the unmarked border between iraq and iran back in 2009. and where in the world did nasa's research satellite fall in weekend? an i-reporter thinks he has the answer. he shot these pictures over the

weekend in maple grove, minnesota. huh. the 35-year-old art director says he first started looking for signs of falling debris from that satellite around 10:00 and describes it as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. now, nasa says the satellite passed over africa, north america, and likely landed somewhere off the west coast of the u.s. it is supposed to be one of the most secure places in the afghan capital, but the u.s. embassy in kabul came under attack last night. an afghan employee opened fire in a cia annex killing one american and wounding at least one other person. the gunman was killed by security personnel. nick paton-walsh is following the story. nick, tell us what you have been learning about this attack. >> reporter: the key thing about this is exactly where it happened. while the u.s. embassy itself is clearly a secure compound, this is a more security part of it, an annex not far away from the main compound.

great concerns, really, as to how this employee of the annex, the afghan, was able to get a firearm, go through the background checks he must have had to be able to be an employee at this sensitive part of the embassy, and carry out the attack itself. it's not clear what his motivation is. investigators are still saying he can't tell whether he had some disgruntled attitude towards his colleagues which may have caused this to happen or whether it was part of a more complicated plot by the insurgency. at this point, there's been no claim to responsibility by any part of the insurgency. still, the psychological part is going to be felt by the afghans after last week when there was an intense attack against the embassy and a key afghan peace negotiator killed in his own home. people are wondering how safe kabul is, the place america is supposed to hold a better control over. in an attack like this, even if

the insurgency has nothing to do with it, it's going to cause people to question it. >> right. the psychological impact in an attack like this, certainly reverberating throughout the city. thank you so much. also, diana nyad called off her swim from cuba to florida again. why the marathon swimmer tried again and gave up, next. our 4 new rich & hearty soups really have people talking... [ guy ] ring, ring. hold on a sec... progresso... i love your new loaded potato with bacon. that's what we like to hear. where was i? oh right... our rich & hearty soups..

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endurance swimmer diana nyad says she's tried for the last time to make that swim all the way from cuba to key west, florida. her quest ended sunday, nearly 2/3 of the way across. forced out of the water by incredibly painful jelly fish

stings. here's how she explained it today at a news conference. >> it was like a devil that had a speed that whisked across you that you just can't describe. and when it hit, the pain was paralyzing. i just went, and i thought, you know what? jelly fish. this is going to happen all the way across. you better suck it up. >> oh, diana nyad. she never lacked enthusiasm or drive. the swim was a lifelong quest. by the way, she tried this twice before. in fact, i talked to her a couple weeks ago after the second attempt. she refused to call it a failure. here's what she told me. >> i can look back, and it's a life lesson to me. i hope all the people who were around me, and i think it was, that if you spend two years --

let's take maybe an absurd example. you're married. you spend 15 years in a marriage and it doesn't work out. you both try your best. you do everything you can to make it work. it doesn't work. you walk away. you've got to be able to take something from all that precious time spent that's valuable. so i just spent two years of precious time of my life, and so did this entire expedition. if we didn't make it, is it an entire failure? was it all not worth doing? of course not. huge, huge ramifications of positive, you know, feedback of life force came out of it. >> nyad's swim would have spanned more than 100 miles. she made it all the way to mile 67. a woman who conquered so many challenges. in age, she's 62. she refuses to say this goal conquered her. >> there's so much boldness in living life this way.

we did it all, and no one can ever take it away from us. so i stand here proud. i really am. [ applause ] >> her face a little swollen from all those stings. she had tears in her eyes. she thanked her entire team for sport. go, diana. then this, chaos in new york city. >> i look back at this officer and n a white shirt. just came around and sprayed me and three other girls in the face. >> demonstrators rallying against the bank bailouts, the mortgage crisis, the excuse of troy davis. they got maced by police. we'll explain how these peaceful protests turned violent. then this. >> my wife, they came up and start hitting her. mostly on her face. >> this elderly couple beaten

after their son's song about creating peace in syria takes off. the syrian government is suspected of being involved in this beating. the government worried its people will rise up against it and the music that's inspiring syrians. the postal service is critical to our economy-- delivering mail, medicine and packages.

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you know, music has amazing properties. it can inspire. it can unite. it can make people dream. it can also strike fear. consider the story we're about to share here about this musician who simply wants peace in his home country of syria. when his song about the political violence there started to resonate, his elderly mother and father thousands of miles away were hunted down and beaten to a pulp. the family believes the thugs who did this were part of the syrian government, a government that fears this uprising by its own people and the music that inspires them. >> reporter: 38-year-old musician says the message of his song is simple.

>> it is a song from my heart to the heart of the syrian people and every people. what does it say? i am my homeland. my homeland is me. my love is fire in my heart for you. when am i going to see you free? >> reporter: lyrics the syrian-american says are universal. but just days after he played the song at this july 23rd an - anti-assad protest, he says the reaction in his hometown was swift and brutal. >> here, you can see the blood of my wife on the floor, on the carpet. my wife. >> reporter: his father, a 72-year-old surgeon, says these images taken just moments after he and his wife were beaten in syria shows how far that government is willing do go to

silence. >> as i came back from a walk in the evening from my hospital, a moment later came two men inside and close the door and start hitting me. handcuffed me back, put tape on my mouth and nose, pushed me upstairs where my wife -- they came up and start hitting her. po mostly on her face, in front of me.

and they said to us, this is a lesson to you to know how to behave your son who is demonstrating and making fun of us. >> what was going through your mind during this attack? >> i was very, very, very shocked. the most what hurts was to wa h watch -- to watch my wife being h hit. i can't do nothing. >> reporter: cnn was unable to independently confirm the attack in homes, and the government would not respond to our questions. but in the past, it has blamed armed gangs for attacks on civilians. when he learned of what happened to his parents, he says he was saddened but not surprised. >> it's the regime that's

possible of doing any crime, any atrocity to terrorize people and to stay in power. ♪ i mean, a five-minute song has threatened this regime. what is music? you can't even touch music. you can't even see music. >> reporter: as he sits in his son's home in the united states nearly two months after the attack, his wounds may have healed, but not the pain. >> it hurts. it is the government of this regime, you know. >> reporter: far from silencing a song of protest, the attack against the composer's parents may have instead made it a rallying cry for the syrian opposition. gina, somra, cnn, atlanta.

>> one question after i watched gina's piece was where is the doctor's wife? she wasn't interviewed there. we found out she went to michigan to be with the couple's other son, who happens to be a dentist. he's going to fix her teeth, which were so badly damaged from that beating. once the pictures of her beaten face were circulated online, their home in syria was ransacked. they installed security cameras before they left the states and saw the home being ripped apart. they believed it was a retaliation for going public with their beating story. now to this. a peaceful protest turned violent. you need to see what's going on in new york city right now. demonstrators have been out on the street for over a week now. over this past weekend, the situation did get intense. take a look. you see police officers taking down one of these protesters. the demonstrators have been trying to call attention to what they say is greed and corruption in our financial system. some people were also protesting

out there the execution of georgia death row inmate troy davis. organizers had hoped to get 20,000 people involved, but thus far, that has not happened. i do want to show you something else. again, over the weekend -- this video is in slow mo. it's on youtube with on-screen descriptions of what's going on you see a new york police officer -- obviously, not that one. there's another one in a white shirt here at some point pepper straying some women demonstrators. listen to this. >> i look back at this officer in a white shirt. just came around and sprayed me and three other girls in the face. >> police officers used the spray, quote, appropriately. nypd saying about 80 people were arrested over the weekend. mainly for disorderly conduct and blocking traffic. and it's your future on the line. jobs, jobs, jobs.

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job market going nowhere. the federal government could shut down at the end of the week because politicians are fighting over this tiny fraction of the budget regarding natural disaster funding. so do you ever wonder what it's going to take to get our country moving again? let's talk to this guy. tom freeman has written a book

about this. it's called "that used to be us." how america fell behind in the world it invented and how we can come back. so says the frustrated optimist, apparently. wonderful meeting you. >> great to be here. >> you start -- the name of the book is past tense. what do you mean by that? >> it is interesting. this is a forward-looking book with a backward-looking title. we believe we had a formula for success in this country. it goes back to hamilton and lincoln and every successful president. it was nurture education so people have the skills to master whatever technology whether it's the cotton, gin, or super computer. have the best immigration policy that welcomes in those energetic and most talented entrepreneurial immigrants who will start a quarter of the companies every year. fourth, have the best rules for investing, to insent vise

investment. lastly, have the government research to push the boundaries. >> these are the five pillars of success. >> exactly. that's how we got here. we didn't get here by accident. we had a formula. it was a great public-private partnership. you didn't do anything on your own. this was a great partnership. what's happened over the last decade, the first decade of the 21st century, which we call the terrible twos, if you look at all five of those -- education, infrastructure, immigration, rules, and government funded research, the arrow points down on all five. that's the problem. >> one issue, so says the man who wrote the world is flat before even facebook, skype, twitter. i want to read part of this passage because that's sort of one of the challenges. with the world getting more hyper connected all the time, maintaining the american dream will require learning, works, producing, relearning, and innovating twice as fast, twice

as hard, and twooice as much. how do we compete in that hyper connected world, and what do you mean by that? >> this is really a book for entrepreneurs, teachers, and students. what we mean, basically, is this. when i wrote the world is flat in 2004, facebook didn't exist. twitter didn't exist. the cloud basically didn't exist. linkedin didn't exist. applications were what you sent to college, basically. for a lot of people, skype was a typo. all that happened in just the last six years. we went from connected to hyper connected. what does that mean for a boss? i'm sitting here in the studio and see robotic cameras everywhere. if the whole globe were a classroom, the curve rose. there's more access to connectivity and not just cheap labor, but cheap genius like

never before. we have a chapter in the book called average is over. if you show up with average now, it's not going to produce. >> you have to bring that something extra. there's an entire chapter called, and i think this is helpful for people, help wanted. i don't know if it's you and michael, but you approach these four potential employers. it was white class -- >> we did white collar, blue collar, and green collar, the u.s. army. >> so what did you find? you asked them the same questions, what did you look for in and employee? >> they said, we're looking for people who can do critical thinking and reasoning in order to get an interview. now what we're looking for is people who can inventd, reinvent, and engineer their job. >> what does that mean? >> it means when changes are happening this fast, your cameraman, director, they have to be able to see the change and come to your or your bosses at a cnn and say you know what's going on? is your bosses can't see it.

it's happening too fast. i got to find a job when i graduated from college. our kids are going to have to invent a job. you're going to have to basically invent, reinvent, and re-engineer your job. by the way, in this hype connected world, it's incredibly exciting because you can be a company of one now. you can connect. you can partner with people like never before. >> then, i love the part where you talk about talking to americans in general or even just to parents. you have the parents out there who are not involved with their kids, or they're so involved that everyone gets trophies. >> there is no legacy spot waiting for me in atlanta. i better figure out what world i'm in here, where the opportunities are, and work twice as hard. we're all immigrants here in the

hyper connected world. the artisan was the person who before mass manufacturing did everything. made that purse one at a time, those shoes one at a time. what did artisans do? they were so proud of their work, they carved their initials in their work. make sure you do your job every day, do something extra so that you'd want to sign your initials into it. those are really how you have to approach your job today. you have to bring that something extra that justifies your unique value creation. people can say very easy for you to say, mr. foreign policy columnist. you don't understand. i inherited a great columnist's office. when i come to the office, i say i wonder what any 60 million competitors are doing. >> there's a way though. you take it to the next level toward the end of the book and

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we are back with tom friedman. "new york times" columnist, author of multiple books. let's pick up where we left off. we were talking about politics. in the book you talk about how it's polarized. i want to quote something you write here.

you say, liberals blame all of america's problems on big business and wall street while advocating a more equal distribution of an ever-shrinking economic tie. close your eyes, click your heels three times, and say tax cuts and the pie will miraculously grow. how do we fix this? >> we need a high-bred politics. we need to cut spending. we've made promises to future generations we can't possibly keep. secondly, though, we need to raise revenue. if we take all that spending cut out of social security and medicare, you can't support capitalism. capitalism is wild, lots of swings, lots of brutality. people will live with it if they know there's a safety net under it. last part, we need to invest in that five-part formula for success. it takes a high-bred politics that does not correspond right now to the agenda of either party. >> a third-party candidate, as you term, shock therapy. we need a shock to the system.

you're not proposing a third candidate who would ultimately win the 2012 election. >> we think there's a huge body of voters who want that high-bred politics and would support it. but they're unrepresented now. we think the only way you break the deadlock between the two parties is to change the incentives. show them that there's a different body of voters. we believe in incentives. move the cheese, move the mouse. don't move the cheese, the mouse doesn't move. the cheese is that huge, unrepresented middle. if there's a third party or independent party candidate who comes along and identifies that middle, i think you could start to reform the politics. >> you're talking more perot. >> not the left of the left or the right of the right. we're talking a michael bloomberg type. someone from the center. a ross perot type. >> will this have a happy ending? >> brooke, everyone asks this. does the book have a happy ending? we say it does, we just don't know if it's fiction or

nonfiction. >> to be continued, dot, dot, dot. i can't have you hear without asking the big news. you in the general assembly and the security council taking up this idea of the proposition of the palestinian state hood. what do you make of this peace process? might the beginning stages of the next step happen under obama's watch? >> things have never been more broken, quite honestly. you know, those were three speeches abbas mentioned obama. those were about three worst speeches i've ever heard in order at the united nations. abbas spoke to his base. obama just tried to not offend anyone so he doesn't alienate jewish voters here. it got us nowhere, frankly. first fundamental rule about the middle east, they only put a smile on your face if it starts with them. the only thing that's going to change this is when this israeli

government, okay, assures palestinians that we'll get into negotiations. what we're talking about is all of the west bank, except for minor border adjustments. right now, the palestinians don't believe that's the case. it's only going to move forward when israelis are assured that what the palestinians are after is a state there and not return of refugees that will somewhat change the character of the jewish state. it's the big question of the two sides. are we talking about four states or two? is it your state and my state? i hear a lot of people say the west bank is your state too. israelis say, wait a minute, you want the west bank state. >> some hearing we don't know. >> this is not going in a good direction. watch out. >> okay. tom friedman, thank you. the book "that used to be us." thank you so much. pleasure meeting you. >> appreciate it. coming up, an incredible show of power and influence. america's top cops says its officers can take out a terror

plane. also, this. >> got to give a shoutout to cnn music monday. yeah, couldn't spit a verse too soon. you could catch me. who you calling? never falling. shout to brooke baldwin. >> nice. chid chiddy bang. a look at how the alternative group got their start. music monday is next.

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love. chiddy bang isn't a rap group. their upcoming album called breakfast is "mind your manners". you think they might have something to do with the fact they are both 21 years of age? my producer friend, julian cummings, sat down with the duo to hear how they crafted their unique sound. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i'm chiddy. >> i'm jones. >> we were in college together. this is 2 1/2, 3 years ago. >> i was dj'ing, c hawaii ddy

was -- >> yeah, i just grew up rapping. in jersey, i was around this rap. my parents were like, no, don't do that. read a book or something. ♪ ♪ >> probably one of the biggest influences on me, joe from the clash. i grew up, i add uncle who was like making me listen to be you know -- i had an uncle making me listen to minor thread and -- >> me coming from new jersey, i don't listen to hot 97 and just whatever i would hear on the radio, so my favorite artist was jay-z. >> kanye. >> it was like him approaching me saying, yo. listen to this style of instrumental. here is the beat i was cooking up. it blends this was that. i was like, this kind of dope. i never heard this before. i love it. i want to hop on it tp. that's how i felt. >> our biggest song, i want to

play on our eventual singer. like he never heard of tnt. >> he played it to me. it wasn't even instrumental. it was a dj match-up. notorious b.i.g. on that. i thought, i should rap that. let me get on that. let me hop on it. >> i didn't think either of us too it too seriously snl we did a show. it was a club basement in the middle of the woods with like 160 kids. they looked at us literally after we posted like three songs on the internet. you guys are like -- you guys are on it. there are people who figuring out our music now. it gets to the show, one, two, three and everyone knows the lyrics. i think that's the first time we were like, maybe this could be a possibility. ♪ ♪

>> chiddy bang. thanks, you guys. you can watch our interviews here on music monday. just go to my blog. tell me what you love. tell me what you're listening to and who you think should appear each and every monday. now this. >> i'm governor. >> he is a giving a big time speech and meeting with big time donors. have things changed? >> wolf blitzer has the latest results in your political ticker. well be right back. starting my progresso soup for lunch plan, huh. nope,

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time now for your cnn politics update. let's go to wolf blitzer in washington with the latest news fresh on the ticker. wolf, shall we start with pulse? >> why not. we have new poll numbers. among republicans right w,28%. roey, 21%. grinning rich, 10%. everybody else in single ding its. remember, these are nationals polls. romney still second behind rick perry, even though rick perry hasn't done that great in these debates. look at this hypothetical match-up. these are registered voters. match-up between president obama and mitt romney, almost dead even, 49-48. the president does bet wher when it comes to rick perry.

51-46%. just a smach snop. it is still very early. but it gives us a flavor of what is going on. the president of the united states is taking no chances. he is doing a lot, a lot of fund-raising, including out in california. guess who attended his fund-raiser in palo alto yesterday? >> your favorite singer. >> that with would be correct. lady gaga. guess how much she today pay in order to speak to the president about a very serious subject, bullying in schools, right now? guess what it cost lady ga gag a to attend? she had to pay $35,800 per person. the president didn't pay to get her there. she today make a contribution to the president. apparently she did have a clans to speak with the president about a subject very close to her, which is bullying and what we can all do about it. it is a very serious subject.

one other political note, brooke before i let you go, or before you let me go, whatever. donald trump is continuing to meet with republican candidates. he met at trump towers on 5th avenue in new york, with mitt romney. i will be speaking in "the situation room" in the next hour and i will try to get a sense of what he thinks about not only mitt romney but rick perry. he met with him earth other candidates. we will see what wr the donald thinks this republican contest is going. as i keep saying, it is still wide, wide open. fz? it is indeed, isn't? ? wolf blitzer thank you very much. we look forward with your chat with the donald. meantime, another political update for you in a half an hour. they are on twitter. now watch this. nrs frs. is new jersey governor chris christie reconsidering his decision ton run for president? i'm brooke baldwin. the news is now.

>> i'm governor of new jersey. i'm not going to run for national office. >> a blunt, thanks but no thanks. but he is giving a big time speech and meeting with big time donors. has something changed? plus be a she-devil who loves wild sex. that is how prosecutors are describing amanda knox. >> what i find very hard to believe is how this person can start calling her that when he's never even talked to her, never met her. >> what is it going to be for the american college student accused of killing her roommate in italy. life behind bars or will she walk? we're on the case. saudi arabia's king says women can vote in a few years. what life is really like for women in the kingdom. then, the price you pay depends on your race. a statement about a affirmative action that's not going over so well. >> the fact this they humorized

and mocked the struggles of people of color on this campus is very disgusting to me. snrs. >> i will explain the trouble with this bake sale. >> here we go. welcome back. i'm brooke baldwin. it is interesting and happening right now. you are about to see it. rapid fire. we will begin with amanda knox. she is labelled as a sex-loving shee devil that happened during the appeal of her murder conviction. within the last hour i spoke with her father from pe rusha. >> we know amanda has one more opportunity it to address the court. do you have any idea what she will say? >> you know, she has actually been thinking about this and actually giving us ideas of what she is going to talk about for probably the last three, three and half months knowing this is really her final opportunity to express her heart felt, you

know, thoughts, as it relates to how she's being judged and the fact that she had nothing to do with this horrific crime, and that meredith was her friend. it is probably going to take place just before the jury goes in for deliberations, which is probably going to be monday morning of next week. >> curt knox from italy wp now this t.o. this. the new york police department's counterterrorism squad says it is ready for any kind of possible attack, be it by land, sea or air. ray kelly told cbs's "60 minutes" we has about a thousand highly trained antiterrorism officers on the squad. the department set up the counterterrorism unit in 2002. spending $3 billion. commissioner kelly told "60 minutes" that if needed the special unit can take down an airplane. >> something on our radar screen. meaning, extreme situation, he would have some means to take down a plane.

>> do you mean to say that nypd has the means to take down an aircraft? >> yes. i preper not to get into the details. but obviously this would be an extreme situation. >> kelly went on to say that other counterterrorism measures include thousands of cameras, random searches and officers carrying radiation detectors. boeing hand-delivering its first dream liner. the jet manufacturer handed over the key to the 787 to all nepal air waves outside the production plant there in washington state. boeing plans to produce ten of these 787 dream liners by the end of 2013. average price of gas in is u.s. dropping significantly over the past couple of week. now at $3.54 a balance guardian ad litemon. the lowest is st. louis at 3.08. it is significantly lower than

this time last year. oil prices dropping as well. that is thus driving gas prices even lower. here is something new, a woman in greensboro north carolina is using balloons to deliver her resumes after more than a year, looking for jobs, special says she is willing to try just about anything. she decided to place her resume inside helium-filled balloons in hopes of calling them back. she is sending out a hundred resumes a week. traditional way, e-mail and stale mail to the job she is qualified, perhaps she will have luck with a balloon or two. time to talk politics here. a lot of people are still wondering if new jersey governor chris christie will get into the republican race for president. time, time again you've heard the sound bites pf chris christie said he will not run. the field is already crowded. and it is getting a little late to start any presidential campaign. but after texas governor rick perry got into the race, he shot into the lead over mitt romney. but his poor performance in the last debate has some urging

christie still get under there, run, here he is, craig crawford political analyst writing for cq politics.com, join meg live from orlando. craig, nice to have you on. chris christie sb is it possible? we have seen the match-up of the sound where he said, no, no thanks, i'm not running. but might he cave now to pressure and run? >> i don't think so, brooke. i could be wrong. but there's a lot of desperation among the conservative establishment. they just don't trust romney. i think this shows that romney is starting to scare them. that he actually go colorado get the nomination so they are getting desperate that romney won't do the job. but christie is not all this popular in his home state of new jersey. he is up for reelection. that could be a dicey project for him. it is getting late. money is tough. i don't see it happening. >> when we say, it is getting late, how late is too late? when is the last possible moment

to throw your name in for a prior payry file willing deadline, let's say. >> the drop dead deadline is end of next month, end of october. filing deadlines for getting on the ballots start hitting the calendar end of next month and come pretty rapidly. we only have until then. that doesn't leave christie a lot of time it make a decision. you have to get in within the next few weeks. another thing about christie, we got to say, brooke, his weight. this is a period -- i mean oob i'm not saying i'm thin, but i'm not running for president. i just wonder what factor that would be. he would be probably not as heavy as william howard taft who is 330 pounds and got stuck in his bathtub in the white house. i don't think he is that heavy. i think we have to accept that that could be a factor in today's media age. >> what about other factors though with regard to let's say the other front runners for now. rick perry and mitt romney.

what is it about them? why can't rubs settle on someone already? >> well, perry has disappointed, i was here at this conference of republicans about, i guess 3,000 or moreover the last few days, starting last thursday with the debate. in talking to lots of them over those few days, i found that at first there was a lot of excitement for perry. then they saw him up close and personal in the debate and some of the speeches. the people here, the republicans here, are really taking it back by what they say is his liberal stand on the immigration issues pb particularly college tuition for the children of illegals. that worried them. then they say romney ease tech no craft type. they are looking for ronald reagan. one of the running gags at this pint in orlando over the weekend, i heard two or three times, is we are looking for ronald reagan and we can't even

find fred thompson, he was the reagan wannabe of the last cycle. >> yes. but then there you are in florida, how about the straw poll win for herman cain. that's what so many people are talking about today. i think he got like seven standing ovations just before the vote. what is it? is it his 9-9-9 tax plane? is that what is resonating with people? >> i heard 9-9-9 over and over again. it started like a yermian chant. people really like it. sounds simple. sounds easy. 9% individual inkuks tax. 9% corporate tax. 9% sales tax and we are said and done. i think there are details to get into it as to whether that is workable. also he is very charismatic speaker, as you said. he got seven standing ovations. so much resistance to getting haled to the choice between romney and perry. another thing that i heard resistance to romney and perry is, they are tired of the

bickering between the two of them. they are looking for an alternative. i also heard a lot of talk about cain as running mates. >> oh, okay. >> they vote had for him, many voted for him in the straw ballot knowing he probably wouldn't win the nomination but tle wanted to send a signal that they like this guy. they want the party to take him seriously. a lot of people talk about him as potential running mate which would be a very interesting prospect. >> craig crawford, thank you sir. >> good to talk to you. the price you pay, depends on your race? statement on affirmative action on a campus that is not going over very well. >> the fact that they humorized and mocked the struggles of people of color on this campus is very disgusting to me. >> a pay by race bake sale. stirring controversy. what might this bill mean for the state of california? pulling the veil back on politics. saying women will have a greater

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i tell you what i can spend. i do my best to make it work. i'm back on the road safely. and i saved you money on brakes. that's personal pricing. a controversial bake sale university of california berkeley is still going to happen tomorrow. people are upset with b it. what's the big deal? take a look the at price list. this is the bake sale. they are trying to make a political point. we will get more on that in a

second. you see the prices here. from top to bottom. now the president of college republicans says the event is inherently racist and that it is supposed to be. this group is trying to draw attention to this bill sitting on the governor's desk right now that would allow universities to consider race, consider ethnicity, gender, in looking at student admissions. now that bill would reverse proposition 209 in the state of california. that was a ballot measure approved some 15 years ago. it told public universities they could not consider race, ethnicity and gender. but here's the important point. this current bill doesn't say schools must consider those things. they just say that they can consider those things and we just so happen to have the man who wrote the bill to help us explain exactly what this is?

state senator ed hernandez is with me. mr. hernandez, nice to have you on here. from what i understand, you say there has been a significant drop in minority students since prop 209 took effect. so this is really just about making sure student bodies across the state of california are more diverse. is that correct? >> yes, that is correct. the bill is introduced so that the state, ucs and well as csus may consider, as you mentioned earlier, it does not violate prop 209. >> we have pulled some of the language from the bill. we can just read this together. i'm going quote here. university of california may and california state university, may consider race, gender, ethnicity, stagsal origin, gee grafk orjij and household income along with other relevant factors and graduated as long as no preference is given.

so the important word there is may. school may do this. but it's not an em perative. >> correct. that's why we spent hours working with legislative council to craft this to be constitutional. all we are saying is race, gender, geographic location, can be considered as part of the comprehensive review where many factors are also considered. >> but just to push back, others could say, why not just look at test scores. why not just look the grades. why is it about race, ethnicity, gender? >> well we should look at all those factors. but if you look at communities of color, let's take for squam many the latino population which comprised of 45% of california's k-12 student population, but yet only compromised 13% of the uca undergraduate studies or students, the other thing that you keep in mind that these students that come from these

particular communities, i am one of them who came from a low income community, don't have the same opportunities and don't have, we're talking about facilities teacher quality, they don't even have access to the same kind of classes. i will give you an example. did you know that more than 600 schools in california don't even offer ap courses and how does the student compete? and most of these schools where they don't offer ap courses, come from these exact same communities. how do they compete to even get a gpa over 4.0, for example, to apply for the ucs? they can use ap courses as part of their prerequisite and bring them above 4.0 to be able to attend. >> shouldn't the issue of the onus land on the school for not offering aps to begin with? >> yes. i introduce a bill this year, unfortunately amended and not able to get out of the senate education committee, but we will continue to bring that bill to

require that every school offers a minimum number of ap courses. because all of the ucs require a minimum of four or -- you can use up to a minimum of four towards your admittance. >> i do want to get your reaction though on the micro level, being this bake sale at uc burkely wp we look back and know this isn't the first time have you a conservative college group doing a bake sale like this. we track down similar sales starting some nine years ago. but it seems this time it is different. they say they are doing it because governor brown is considering this bill right now. but have you seen the list of the prices for this bake sale that will be happening tomorrow and just quickly senator, your reaction? >> no, actually i haven't seen the list. i was able to just briefly hear you before i got on because when you were priming about what had happened, and i think unfortunately that this stunt by the uc berkeley republicans is

innocence tifs and is an example of why this was introduce in the first place. i think we should be more tolerant to issues like this. >> sir, thank you very much for ca calling in. next, girl power in the kingdom. saudi arabia's king says women will have a greater political voice. but for some reason they still aren't allowed to drive there. that's next in globe trekking. [ mom ] scooter? your father loves

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explain what the kwing said over the weekend and the exception of the changes. >> the understanding is that women will be allowed to vote brooke, even though it wasn't expressed explicitly. it is interesting you say this comes within the context of the arab spring. more than nine months ago this would have been considered a very sort 6 reform-minded announcement. right now within the context, it is seen by critics as not going far enough because women will be able to nominate election candidates, might even be allowed, brooke and this th is what's important to be members of the committee that advises the king. however, they can't drive. they are going to have to be chauffeured to whatever polling station they wanted to to cast their ballot. these fundamental rights that some people say they really don't think they can live without, going forward, aren't being granted. and what's important also is that beyond the municipal

electiones this year, we don't know when the next municipal elections will be held. >> this is something that could potentially happen monthes from now. you didn't use the word vote though that infer if they run for or be a candidate then -- >> i'm not sure how significant it is. they didn't use that particular word. i think it was inferred in what he said or that would mean that women would be allowed to vote. i think what is important to note regarding saudi arabia is that municipal representatives don't hold much power. look, the political power inside saudi arabia is in the hand of king. have you cynics and critics who said, great, women are going to have to be chauffeured to cast ballots for completely meaningless local elections. then you have others and it is important to talk about the other side. others who say, look, saudi arabia is an extremely conservative slow-moving kingdom. socially conservative, religiously conservative. the fact that the king feels the need right now to make these announcements is in itself significant almost regardless of

the impact on the ground. that eventually and slowly will translate into meaningful reform. >> then perhaps eventually they can drive. >> eventually, perhaps, yes. >> well keep you over the break. i want to continue with regard it syria and what is happening at the u.n. today. so we will be right back.

in syria, a horrible story. an opposition leader was kidnapped to force him into the open, he was then killed now they found the sister's dismembered body as well. their president is saying more is getting brutal as his regime is building. what your reaction to the story today? >> amnesty international said

this would be the first female death in detention in syria. this is potentially turning a new page in the historical account of this uprising once it's written. the question for us is, did this woman truly die in detense, and if she did, is the victim of the horrific torture her body showed. honestly, brooke, we have seen video after video of dead bodies, of tortured bodies. nothing comes close to the body of this young woman, dedecapita dedecapitated, dismembered, skins. if you don't want to think about this type of violent impact on a human body, do not watch this video that is circulating. we also have still pictures. we at cnn have decided ton air them, not even blurred. the story told by the parents of this young woman, 19 years old, is that they went to the morgue to identify the body of their son.

and by chance, came across the body of their daughter, zana. who was, according to an account given to amnesty international, taken into custody to force the brother, to turn himself in. he did not. either way, both children were, according human rights groups, and activists on the ground, tortured and killed eventually. this story has gotten a lot of traction on-line. the level of brutality reflected is something in the likes i have never seen. >> well continue following the story, telling the story, from syria. thank you very much. now to mitt romney meeting with donald trump later today. will he get fired or get the stamp of approval? that's coming up in your political ticker. ♪

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>> talking politics today. we know one of the front-runners today, mitt romney meeting with donald trump np new york. lets bring in jim in with more on this. do you have any details with regard to this meeting? >> forget details, brooke. we are looking for pictures of this meeting. this is one of the stories we have been talking about all day today. former massachusetts governor going up to new york and meeting with the donald at his offices there on 5th after new in manhattan. located outside of that building before and after this scheduled meeting, apparently romney went

inside, met with donald trump, left the building and left the scene. at this point without anybody taking a picture of him. so what that says, we're still trying to figure out at this point, but as you know, this meeting between romney and donald trump follows a similar meeting between perry and donald trump although we are able to get pictures of the texas governor with the donald of that one. so make of that what you will, brooke. >> perhaps pictures will surface. we ceil that. we also know donald trump will talk to wolf in "the situation room." we will glean information from that review. also, new poll numbers are out. give us a peak for the republican choice for nominee. >> it is interesting, brooke. after all that talk, after rick perry's pretty shaky performance of that debate thursday night, he was dubbed texas toast by some of the beltway establishment. as it turns out he is not so crispy after all. if you look at the latest poll

be, rick perry is out in front by a fairly comfortable margin, 30% for rick perry. 22% for mitt romney, 11% for gingrich. then follow he bid cain, paul, santorum and huntsman, then if you look at the hypothetical match-up, the news is not so good, following president obama 51 to 46%. romney does better in that head to head match-up. but the headline, i guess, from all of this is that he is not quite toast just yet, brooke. >> thank you very much, sir. >> you bet. >> now, remember there? >> i mean, do they want the government no shut down? do they want fema to close? and fema will close. >> is fema really running out of money. keep in mind in washington they are bickering over 0.4% of the federal budget. we are going to live to capitol

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you have another possible government shut down. markets are reacting to ubss new chief and where did the falling satellite go? also, president obama out at the west swinging, talking. talking first though with kate bault win on capitol hill. there is a dispute over disaster relief funding. kate, the clock is ticking. what is the latest from the hill. >> in the latest is that while there is a vote scheduled for 5:30 on a short term spending measure, the real news here, brooke, is that there could be, we could see a break through in avoiding a government shut down. and this has to do with the fema funding. additional fema funding as discussed as part of the short term spending bill that would keep the government funded. fema came out today, saying that it's much depleted disaster relief fund, may be able to stretch those funds to make it through this week.

saying in a statement quote, the disaster relief fund could be fully exhausted by the end of the week. this is different from previous predictions that fema fund might be depleted by the beginning of this week. this key for this single point. the end of this week is the end of the fiscal year. by making it by the end of the fiscal year, this central obstacle in the short term spending bill debate a moot point. demjanj . it seems that we might be reaching a point where that might not even be necessary because fema might have enough funds to make it through this week so we could see a break through, developments we could see in the next few hours, thanks, brooke. next, live in mountain view, california where president obama took part in this virtual town hall. today sponsored by linkenin.

jessica, what kind of questions about the president field today? >> hey, brooke. got a got a lot of questions about unemployment and the american jobs act. boy, did he get a freebee. a guy named doug edwards who said he was retired because essentially he hit it big at google, because he is doing so well for himself, asked the president, would you please raise my taxes. well, if that's not a question the president couldn't have begged for, here is how president obama answered. >> right now, we've got the lowest tax rates we've had since the 1950s. and some of the republican proposals would take it back as percentage of gdp back to where we were back in the 1920s. you can't have a modern industrial economy like that. >> not quite as fired up as we have heard the president lately, but i did get a chance to interview doug edwards

afterwards. he said he doesn't have a lot of faith that will raise his taxes but he wanted to get the conversation going and would be happy to pay more. >> i asked him -- >> did you. >> he said he would be open to it too. he said he would be open to it too and he admires warren buffet and would be open to the buffet way too. >> jessica, thank you so much. next we see allisonson at the new york stock exchange where investors are react together management shift at the giant swiss bank. allison, i'm sure this is related to the trading scandal we talked about a few weeks ago. >> absolutely it is related. it follows unauthorized trades totaling $2.3 billion. that raised a lot of questiones about what kind of risk management is happening at ubs? so no surprise here. heads are starting to roll beginning right at the top. the former ceo said, you know

what, he feels it's his duty to assume responsibility for this. so he stepped down. this is coming just two weeks after 31-year-old trader was charged in london with fraud, false accounting as well for allegedly making rogue trades. those trades aren't the sole reason, brooke, that ubs is expected to post a loss in the third quarter. obviously shareholders, none too happy about that. brooke? >> let's remind everyone on authorized trades totaling $2.3 billion. >> exactly. >> can we put a punctuation now? is the scandal over or might more people lose their jobs? >> it will be dot, dot, dot. because this is not the last of it. several vocal shareholders want more done. there are some shareholders who are calling for more changes at the top or even scaling back the size of switzerland's biggest bank. one possible idea floated, down sizing the investment banking side of the business, get out 6

making these risky bets to make a more stable firm. you have to remember, brooke, the firm is trying to rebuild its reputation after taking mortgage back, losses back in 2008. this is just one more black eye for ubs. >> allison, thank you very much. last but not least, about chad myers as we are talking about that satellite. we have been talking about this thing for like two weeks now. i'm looking through my work e-mail over the weekend thinking, okay, the big moment. where did it land? >> where is the video? >> where is the video. >> where is somebody's iphone? >> some reporters said, yes, they thought they said some pieces of the satellite but nasa is not saying yes, i did fintively. >> i think it fell somewhere between hawaii and portland. i was on the tweet deck until 3:00 in the morning. if you are in portland, go out and look for it. they said, we didn't see anything. if portland didn't see anything, it burned up north of south,

southwest portland, didn't see it there. >> but there are pictures pf people who thought they saw things. this is over minnesota. i can't tell what you that is. there is one up near calgary. somebody let chinese lanterns off in the sky and they videotaped the chinese lanterns. on the video, look, look what we see. so there is a lot of moeks hoaxes out there. this is something going up or down. >> nasa hasn't identified the images. >> why right. they can't verify anything. there is nothing at all on the ground. this looked spectacular for a while in hawaii. this is much too early. three or four hours before it hit. people were looking in the sky for everything. i had video from san antonio from a tv station. didn't ever go over san antonio. people were trying it see things and they saw other things that fall out of the sky all the time that we don't know about. >> can we say, hash tag wab

anti-cli mac tick. >> yes. and anti-sleep. we stayed up until 3:00 doing that. >> that is your reporter roulette for this monday. i don't know if you stayed up late watching this, but you know you arrived on national stage when your performance is on saturday night live. what do you think of the actor that took on rick perry's persona. you will know who he is next, on the political pop.

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okay, we have the collective ahh to this. here she is, over my shoulders. my producer, not in the control room today, working hard is normal because of this little bundle of joy. she is so cute. we wanted you to meet her. she is ella harper hall. born saturday. as we got an e-mail from our uber 3r0 ducer, saying she was born in prime type. mom with be danielle, is doing well. eric did not pass out during

delivery. good job. eric, we miss you. gop debate, michelle obama teamed up with nba superstar lebron james. a busy couple of days in the world of political pop. joe johns, catch us up. >> absolutely. congratulations to eric by the way. a great guy. she cracking the whip in to time right there in the newsroom. >> i'm sure she will. >> there is so much you can say about saturday night live, making fun of the republican presidential debates to be honest, this is the kind of thing we have come to expect from snl. believe it or not, it is now it its 37th season. in the opening skit of the show, the writers actually introduce nine different characters and manage to skewer every one in the space of about 10 minutes or so of these of course wbt candidate got some most memorable attention was texas governor rick perry. zeroing in on an actual moment during the debates we when perry

messed up his lines own a line with mitt romney that should have been rehearsed. look at the real thing as it happened. >> i think americans just don't know sometimes which mitt romney they're dealing with. is it the mitt romney on the side of against the second amendment before he was for the second amendment. was it before he was before the social programs from the standpoint of he was far standing up for roe versus wade, before he was against roe versus wade. >> okay. so there is something alluding that perry loses focus. saturday night live picked up on that. in typical fashion showed him no mercy whatsoever. check it out. rick perry playing by none other than alec baldwin. >> i would like to attack mitt romney as a flip-flopper. >> sure it's late in the debate. this is when you normally get tired and confused.

>> not tonight. i'm ready. >> romney said he was for, against, obamacare. but what about -- mitt romney -- rom nooe-care. was it before he was before? >> uh-oh. >> was it was -- he was before -- border control. >> he is hilarious. >> he is totally hilarious. saturday night live is one of those things that makes running for president tricky. you know, brooke, there is chance the show will make fun of you and there is nothing can you do about it. >> i think it is the most a host ever appeared on the show. i think he bet out steve martin as well. >> also, looking through the papers this morning and i saw a picture of michele bachmann and

lebron james. what were they doing? >> this is the worldwide day of play. if you haven't heard about it, you don't have kids or your kids don't watch nickelodeon, this event was in washington, d.c. over the weekend. heavily promoted with a bunch of nickelodeon stars. icarly. vicker toous big time rush. all of whom have their own shows. it is to promote health and wellness which dove tails very nicely with the first lady, michele bachmann's, let's move campaign. so, beautiful picture thereof the two of them hugging. a lot of people there in washington, d.c. perhaps as many as 50,000 out on the elips over the weekend. >> oh, wow. >> yeah. dwane wade, carmelo anthony. spongebob squarepants. the idea is to get off the couch and play. i have been scouring the internet. at these nickelodeon events, they tend to slime people.

>> i was going to ask if either of them got slimed. >> i've been looking for pictures of slime because i love it so much, i didn't see any. maybe they reserved that for one of their other programs. >> i don't think you can slime them, just to note. but -- >> maybe cnn needs slime. >> joe johns, thank you so much. i appreciate it. still to come, she was called a she-devil who loves wild sex. that's how an attorney describes amanda knox. what happens to the mer kaj college student. she is appealing the case, will she get life behind bars as per the prosecution with their pushing for or will she walk? we're not the case. but first, if you cannot make it through the day, without at least one cup of joe, you are not alone. bundle.com releasing its list of the most caffeinated cities. did yours make the list? people spend twice the daily

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that, not on that list. washington, d.c., we are now getting the first bits of video of that earthquake from inside, these are images, from inside the washington monument. we just turned this video around from the national park service. these are images as people are racing down the stairs. wouldn't you be as well from surveillance cameras inside when the 5.2 magnitude quake hit the east coast late last month. the monument has since been closed while engineers check out damage including four cracks in the marble. look at everyone get out of there. a couple of hours ago. the park service did tell us, the washington monument is structurally sound. i'm quoting, it is not going anywhere. when will repairs be made and when the beautiful monument will be reopened. coming up, the conrad murray trial kicking off tomorrow. sunny hostin is on the case, next. [ male announcer ] one-hundred-nineteen data points.

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that gets you a better car. call... or visit one of our local offices today, and we'll provide the coverage you need at the right price. liberty mutual auto insurance -- responsibility. what's your policy? amanda knox is called a liar and promiscuous she-devil inside this courtroom. she is appealing her 26-year prison sentence for the murder of her british roommate. sunny hostin is on case. sunny, prosecutors raise the stakes in this appeal over weekend asking the court to increase knox's sent tones life in prison. how can they just up and do that? thz it is an appeal but in italy, an pale is a do-over. you get a new trial. that's why they are hearing new

evidence. they have a lot of options. they can't can increase the sentence, uphold the sent eps. they can completely overturn the conviction or they can convict her of something lesser. a lesser crime and then take into account the amount of time she spent in prison. she has already spent four years in prison, brooke. so there are a lot of options open to this appellate court and let's face it, it consists of six jurors and two judges. so very, very different from what we are used to seeing in the united states where you see judges only hearing appeals. this system is just very different from the american system p. >> if she wins the appeal, sunny, what happens procedurally? can she just leave italy right away? go home? >> some people say she can. she can leave italy on the first flight available, but in my view because all of these options are available, if she wins the

appeal in the traditional sense and the sense that her conviction is overturned but then she gets convicted of a lesser crime, she could still remain in prison for some time. i talked last hour to curt knox, amanda's father and he gave me a preview of the depens. here he was. >> tomorrow is the defense and thursday will be amman dae defend amanda's defense. i think we will see what independent court experts have defined as being bad and unreliable. where what we saw and what we have heard during the first three hearings is all circumstantial evidence. >> 10i just wanted to follow up with you with regard to the forensic evidence. cot issues with the dna evidence be enough to free her? >> i think it could be. when you listen to those court experts that were appointed by the italian court, independent experts they have called into

question the validity of that dna evidence. that's what ties amanda knox and rafael to the crime. no question about it that this is an important, important piece for the defense team. but then again, brooke, there is other evidence. if she did give a confession of sorts, her behavior after the murder, so there is other evidence. but by and far, the most important evidence would be the dna evidence. >> i want to move on to this, just about a minute left. we have a jury for the trial of michael jackson's doctor, dr. conrad murray. he charged with the death of michael jackson's death by propofol. >> we though there are seven men, five women that have been chosen, 12 jurors all together. there are five alternates. six of them are caucasian. five of them latino.

one african-american. we know there are michael jackson fans on this jury. we also know that some of them have seen the "this is it" video, documentary. some of them watched very carefully the casey anthony case. it is a group of people with different races, different backgrounds. but they will be getting this case and starting this case tomorrow, brooke. opening statements, tomorrow in california. >> well talk about it tomorrow. 20 seconds, why not see quester the jury. this will be all over tv and print and the web. >> i thought the judge got it wrong, brooke. i think this jury should be see questered. the judge didn't want do it. he didn't want to hold them prisoner. i think was a bad call. everybody will be talking about this case. i'm talking about it. you're talking about it. >> we will talk about it again tomorrow. sunny hostin, on the case. that's it for me. now to wolf blitzer,