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of the jury. closing arguments ended late today and now the jury seven women and five men, they will decide whether to convict him and whether he should pay the ultimate price for the act of terror. witnesses in court today described tsarnaev as fidgeting during the closing arguments. prosecutors have painted tsarnaev as a cold-blooded terrorist who along with his older brother murdered three people and wounded 264 more during the boston marathon two years ago. he's charged with killing a police officer three days later during the manhunt. the defense says tsarnaev was brainwashed by his brother. alexandra field has been following the trial. the defense says it was him. this is not about guilt or innocence. it's about whether he will be put to death. >> reporter: yeah. they laid that out in opening

statements that it was him. this has been about how to spare tsarnaev's life but the prosecution has a different task. they have the burden of proving his guilt in some 30 different charges that he faces, 17 of those come with a possible death sentence. if this jury returns a guilt verdict on one of those 17 charges, then it goes on to the sentencing phase of this trial. both sides are laying the ground work for that second phase, weaving in a lot of narrative. the defense trying to argue that this is a young man who was susceptible to the influence of his older brother, was manipulated into this plot that he didn't conceive himself. the prosecution saying when he was found hiding in that boat he had laid out the motive expressed it to the american people writing that message saying we muslims are one body, when you hurt one, you hurt us all. they say he was a holy soldier

who had his sights set on boston the day of that deadly attack. erin? >> alexandra field, thank you very much. ed you were there today as this went to the hands of the jury. you saw the jurors you saw tsarnaev and his face. how did he react? >> he was relatively nonreactive until the attorney who did the closing walked towards the table and pointed to him. he got a little animated after that. so there was a response from him. >> so it was just at that one moment when he pointed at him. you're saying he got animated? >> yeah. he was fidgeting moving his hands around. i thought that he might actually say something. he clearly was affected by some of the things that the prosecutor was saying. >> oh that's interesting. so 17 of the 30 counts that he's facing carry the death penalty, as you know ed.

>> correct. >> you lived through this as a member of that community in trying to find him. the death penalty is a big question and it's a big question in a place like massachusetts where many people oppose it. do you think he deserves it? >> well i did live through it. i spoke to you during those few days that we were pursing this guy. so i may be a little slanted in my view. but i've never been a big advocate of the death penalty but i think in this particular case this suspect's actions, what he did to two innocent young women and a little boy along with officer collier, it was such a vicious attack and so directed and affected so many people that i think the death penalty is definitely called for on this case. >> so you believe in it. and even though -- so one of the survivors, jared, said when

tsarnaev had the shootout he wanted to die. by giving him the death penalty, it's giving what he wants. there are people who agree with jarrod who says look this is what he wants, he wants the death pen fault. what do you say to that? is this rewarding him in any way? >> i was surrounded by the victims today in court and they have been so strong and so much a real role model for everyone. it's incredible the way that they have dealt with this. i don't want to argue with any victims but what dzhokhar tsarnaev wants is irrelevant to me. i think that he is following in the footsteps of people who have declared war on the united states. they have said that they want to kill innocent civilians, they've done that and now they should pay the price for it. that's the way i look at it. >> all right. very well said. thank you so much ed appreciate you being back with us. and now "outfront," alan

dershowitz you heard what ed said. he doesn't care what tsarnaev wants. he thinks this merits the death penalty. >> i agree. and i don't think he wants the death penalty. if he wanted the death penalty, he wouldn't have retained this brilliant lawyer clark whose specialty is to avoid the death penalty and he would have gotten up in court and blurted out jihadist terminology. if any case ever warranted the death penalty, it's this one. but the question is is this both the worst crime possible? yes. is it the worst criminal possible or are there mitigating factors and we'll see what clark comes up with in terms of mitigating factors. >> that of course is his attorney. i've heard interesting analysis. people say, look voters in massachusetts again and again say they are not for the death penalty but when it comes to the boston case people are more

open to it. >> i understand. >> what do you think this jury will do? will they just be patently opposed to it in principle? >> i think one of the smart things that the prosecutors did was put on a strong case even though the defendant conceded guilt. so they are already starting with a big advantage when it comes to the death penalty phase. but one of the smart things that clark did is she let the prosecution basically put out its whole heart case early on. >> right. >> so they can't put anything on now that will be a surprise or a shock to the jury. >> uh-huh. >> look it's always uphill to prevent a death penalty in a case where a policeman has been killed multiple deaths children have been killed. if anybody can do it clark can do it. she's -- >> she's known for it. she got the underwear bomber off, jared who shot gabby giffords. >> if she puts him on the witness stand, she'll be

faulted. if she doesn't, she'll be faulted. i can't give her advice and nobody else should give her advice because only she know what is kind of a witness he would make what his answers would be and it all depends. if he takes the witness stand, that's all that will matter. all the jury will focus on is him and what he said and whether they can look him in the eye and say, you deserve to die. >> and on this issue of deserve to die, one of the big fights in the death penalty is what cost society more the appeals process or someone being put to death. what costs society less? >> if costs matter imposing the death penalty is the most costly thing we can do. first of all, make a hero of him and endless appeals. i'm not sure any of us will live long enough to see this execution carried out. so if you want finality you impose life in prison and let

him suffer with his conscience if he has any for life in a prison cell. >> alan dershowitz thank you. "outfront" next "rolling stone" magazine retracting that story at the university of virginia and now the person at the center of that case is suing. and on a caribbean vacation a family suddenly poisoned. did a pesticide at their resort where they were going for their luxurious vacation almost kill them?

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"outfront" tonight, a uva fraternity suing over rape charges. the university of virginia fraternity says it is suing "rolling stone" magazine after a report detailed the failures of a "rolling stone" report in which a woman known as jackie accused the fraternity of a brutal gang rape. this story sparked out reajrage across the country but turns out it's not true. cnn's brian stelter is "outfront." >> reporter: after a scathing university of virginia review

found failures in the reporting. >> the failure was avoidable. >> reporter: editors mistakenly invested in the single source, jackie the supposed victim. they did not interview jackie's friends who would have contradicted her account. the magazine did not give the accused fraternity enough information to really respond to the allegations. the frat did not even hold a party on the night jackie claimed. that fraternity announcing today it will pursue a lawsuit against "rolling stone" over its reporting. and uva's president says irresponsible journalism unjustly damaged the reputations of many innocent individuals and the university of virginia. so how can erdely ever write again?

she said "these are mistakes that i will never make again". >> i'm not sure who would trust her at this point with a story. i know from personal experience that i would not recommend it. >> reporter: but the magazine's top editor will dana says sabrina has done great work for us over the years and we expect that to continue. that decision comes from the "rolling stone" believes the report is enough punishment. to be fair the writer and her editors did not make up facts or plagiarize but the review says they did bad reporting and editing. but they are getting second chances and the professors who reviewed the story are not second-guessing that. >> it's appropriate to sort out that accountability. >> reporter: meanwhile, other news outlets cannot believe it. lisa myers tweets this.

"so no one gets fired and no policies changed? no wonder so few trust us anymore" and an nyu professor writes "it was a failure of competence one big enough that he had for will dane that should resign." >> it's incredible that that could happen but they are dodging the issue and aggressively saying no one is going to be fired. >> defiantly, i would say. they are just simply not commenting. you could argue this is about second chances. you could argue this is about loyalty on the part of the publisher. but almost everybody today is taking the opposite approach. they are saying this seems like stubbornness or ineptitude. >> there's a lot of outrage out there about that. thank you, brian. now, joshua strange was accused of sexual assault by his girlfriend at the time in 2011.

he was arrested but when the case was brought before a grand jury they threw the case out due to insufficient evidence. all right. i appreciate you taking the time. josh let me start with you because i just gave everyone the headlines of your personal story. as someone who says he was falsely accused of rape in college, are you surprised by this story that jackie's allegations were front page material for "rolling stone" and caused outrage across this country but ended up not being true? >> i'm really not surprised. i'm not surprised by either the reaction of the general public nor the fact that it turned out to be false. the reaction -- it's a shock factor. even reading it myself it was very very shocking to read and it was very very difficult to read. immediately i had red flags that came up about it. it was so heavy handed on her side and seemed to almost just say, well there's no point in trying to investigate any

further because why would someone make this up? it seems like they took her at her word and that was good enough and it was obviously not good enough. there needed to be some sort of investigation into the actual facts and into the story. >> right. and then there was, linda. but josh raises an interesting point, which is that we went from a time when women didn't come forward at all. now you have something like this where it's almost -- it's just seen as you can't ask the questions. you can't push back. this reporter -- everything was done in the name of protecting this woman. they didn't want to risk offending. >> erin there are two different things at play. one is how these cases unfold on a college campus. and you're right, i think you can't question critically or people don't question critically an accuser who, after so long being unable to get justice, they are coming forward. josh he i would probably agree that college campuses are not the place to adjudicate criminal

charges. in the story for me as a prosecutor as a professional i think the reporter and the magazine were so irresponsible because there were other huge tells, like the fact that this young woman claimed seven men serially assaulted her while she was laying naked on shards of glass and didn't need medical treatment for that as an intelligent young woman didn't see the need to be examined. >> there were other questions that they could have asked without questioning her story. >> yes. >> josh in your case and in the uva case though and the experience of a young man who has gone through this sort of a thing, do you feel it's guilty until proven innocent? someone makes an accusation of a young man in college and that accusation is the reality? >> absolutely. it is 100% you are guilty until you prove yourself innocent which is not the way it is supposed to be at all. no matter what i did in that

room no matter what they said in my hearing, i was gone. i was signed sealed delivered, expelled. there was nothing i could do because there was such a presumption against me that it was almost futile. >> linda, what do you say to that? i know most young woman who come forward have gone through trauma and are telling the truth and some are not. no young man deserves to have his whole life ruined which can happen because there it is out there, because someone falsely accused you offing? that you can't prove. >> erin i started prosecuting these cases in 1972. that's ancient history in terms of victimization. they didn't allow most women to go forward. we struggled for a long time to give accusers a day in court. >> to give them their voice. >> correct. and now the federal government is imposing a need to solve these cases at that level.

this idea that they can serve as investigators, judges juries there's no due process, neither for mr. strange, i'm sure had probably no right to have an attorney no right to call witnesses, nor do the accusers in these cases have the ability to call witness, have dna evidence presented. >> right. >> these cases should not be investigated by people on campuses. it's just wrong. >> so josh what should a young man do now in college? i mean obviously the answer is complete abstinence. but what would you say? >> really just always be aware of your surroundings and don't -- i'll be the first one to tell you, i did practice poor judgment. try to not do that. just always be aware of who it is that you're speaking with and who it is that you're getting involved with and never set yourself up for something like this. >> linda, what about on the other side? the woman who goes through this

traumatic act and is afraid to go forward because people say, oh she's making it up? >> women need to know that they can be believed and there's so many advocate units in place all over the court andntry and on campuses. as josh was saying get consent. if you're a young man, make sure you have consent from a woman before you engage in acts. these cases are not caused by drugs and alcohol but they are contributing factors. >> of course they are. >> if you're a young woman going out and you think you can have five tequila sunrises and -- >> and don't remember what you did -- >> yeah. the courts can't reconstruct it for you. there's a lot of basics that really need to be re-established about how we socialize and women need to know that when they come forward with the truth, there are court systems that are able to help them and until this is sorted out on college campuses a lot of the title 9 work will go on. >> alcohol doesn't excuse it on

either side. >> right. "outfront" next a war of words between president obama and the israeli prime minister heating up. we're going to tell you what he just said. and a family poisoned at a caribbean resort. a common chemical nearly killed them. two of them are fighting for their lives while in a coma. nancial noise financial noise financial noise

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breaking news president obama responding to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the president moments ago dismissing netanyahu's demand that iran recognize israel's right to exist as part of the deal. this as the obama administration tries could convince congress not to derail the deal. jim acosta is on the white house lawn. that's aggressive israel saying they want iran to recognize their right to exist but it seems to be that the united states would be on board with but the president shooting that down. >> reporter: that's right, erin. and that sparring continuing today as he weighed down on

benjamin netanyahu's demand that israel have a right to exist by iran. the president basically saying today that is a nonstarter and insisting in that interview with national public radio it's a deal iran never would have accepted. the full-court press has begun as president obama sells a nuclear deal with iran to deeply skeptical congress and allies. the president explains to npr why he did not hinge a deal on israel's right to exist. >> the notion that we would condition iran not getting nuclear weapons in a verifiable deal on iran recognizing israel is really akin to saying that we won't sign a deal unless the nature of the iranian regime completely transformed and that is i think, a fundamental misjudgment. >> reporter: he told "the new york times" in an interview that

negotiations with iran is proof that diplomacy with long-time adversaries can pay dividends. especially the president said when engagement is backed by intention. >> iran's defense budget is $30 billion. our defense budget is closer to $600 billion. iran understands that they cannot fight us. >> reporter: but the president's critics say he's undercut that position of strength by allowing iran to keep too much of it is nuclear program. >> my view is probably the best deal that barack obama could get with the iranians because the iranians don't fear nor do they respect him and our allies in the region don't trust the president. >> reporter: it's a message israeli prime minister netanyahu repeated on cnn when he declined to say he trusts the president. >> do you trust the president, mr. prime minister? >> i trust the president is doing what he thinks is good for the united states but i think that we can have a legitimate difference of opinion on this

because iran has shown to be completely distrustful. >> it has been personally difficult for me to hear ex expressions that somehow the united states has not looked out for israel's interests. >> reporter: a big portion of the framework agreement touted in the rose garden last week is hardly settled. the white house conceded that the white house and iran have yet to agree on when sanctions on tehran will be lifted. >> it's a four-page document. >> it's a key pillar in the framework agreement. >> jim, i think we've been very clear that there are important details that need to be locked down. >> reporter: and a confrontation between the white house and congress is becoming even more of a possibility as republicans say they are busy gathering up democratic support for a plan to have congress vote on the final

nuclear deal. the white house said today the president will veto that measure but republicans are getting increasingly confident that they will have enough votes to override that erin and the president is feeling it from all sides tonight. >> thank you very much, jim acosta. "outfront" now, congressman ed royce and andrea carsonandrew carson on the house intelligent committee. the president said he will not make this deal contingent on iran recognizing israel's right to exist. this is very relevant to the deal right? if iran recognizes israel's right to exist, they are saying they are not going to try to destroy it. why wouldn't the president -- why would the president not do that? that doesn't make sense, does it? >> well i think the president is wise in this regard. it's no secret without a doubt, that america stands with israel. we support israel's right to exist and israel is an important and critical ally in the region.

what is more important is that iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon and i think this deal keeps our country safe it keeps our allies safe and the region safe. >> representative royce what do you say to that? the president says i don't have to put this right to exist thing in here because iran doesn't want any parts of it but this is a once in a lifetime opportunity and i don't trust iran but i'm going to verify my inspectors are going to go in go ahead and pass this deal. >> well as the head of the military in iran said the destruction of israel is nonnegotiable in this deal. israel will be destroyed. and the message from the supreme leader a week ago was death to america. he has told the iranian military i want you to mass produce icbms and they are less than a year away from having the capability with these icbms. now, the question is will the

inspectors be able to go in and actually inspect these sites, especially the military sites because, remember the ayatollah has sided with the military here and, so far, iran has cheated the iaea on the ability to get those answers in terms of it is nuclear bomb work and to get access to places like fordo and the reason it exists so this is going to be the question and why congress is interested in what is in this deal. >> now, i know, look they say they are going to get access to fordo and other places that you're referring to but representative royce raises a key point, which is this all started from a baseline of the united states saying iran could not have a nuclear program at all. and now all of a sudden they get to keep their research and development, keep their centrifuges, don't have to destroy anything. here is president obama when he was running for re-election in

2012. >> the deal we'll accept is they end their nuclear program. it's very straightforward. >> congressman carson does it give you cause in supporting him that he's done such an about-face? >> i think under the current proposal iran has agreed to cut their centrifuges from just over 11,000 to around 6,000, which is roughly two-thirds in many ways or at least half. i think that's a step in the right direction. what i'm comforted by is the iaea will be able to do regular inspections without intervention and what is critical for people to understand is that the current sanctions in place, erin from terrorism sanctions that are in place to the human rights abuses sanctions and ballistic missile sanctions in place will not be impeded or interrupted. that's critical for folks to know. and once this deal if it is a

solidified, once it progresses the other sanctions in place will be ultimately phased out during a series of seasons, if you will. but the other sanctions, terrorism, human rights abuses and ballistic missiles will stay in place. >> that's a fair point. they get some of those key banking paths to open up. >> absolutely. >> congressman royce, are you sold at all by the issue -- i was talking to the head of the iaea on friday and he said there's a couple sites they can't get into. under the deal they'll be able to get into all of the sites if it's observed and now they have to give 24 hours notice and now they will only have to give two hours notice. he seemed to think that was enough the u.s. could just show up and iran wouldn't be able to hide stuff in that amount of time. does that optimism convince you? iran has been lying to us for years and years and years and now he's optimistic. >> remember we went through this with noerkrth korea.

i remember the way the north koreans cheated and the upshot is we found out because we didn't have any time anywhere inspections. and let me explain, we don't have anywhere anytime inspections. we run these by the iranians and then they decide whether they will let us in. remember the military has a real say with this. they are the ones with a real connection with the ayatollah who will ultimately decide. if the ayatollah decides to hold us up from getting inspectors in or if the ayatollah decides to open up new sites on other military bases, remember they are saying we don't want you to be able to come in and just do snap inspections everywhere. we could find ourselves in the same situation as we did with north korea where we find out they have a dual program, plutonium and enriched uranium and all of a sudden here's the bomb and the deliverable capabilities with the icbms and

it's too late. that's why most of us pressured -- we sent letters to the president laying out all of these points. we have passed a bill 400-20 which i had authored to put more pressure on iran in order to get the concessions. the real concessions that we need in this agreement and this is why so many members of congress are concerned at this moment on both sides of the aisle. >> as you heard jim acosta tell our viewers, it looks like they may have a veto proof majority to shoot things down. thank you, congressman carson and royce. don't miss a special edition of "outfront" this friday. we'll be in south korea to speak with defense secretary ashton carter. it's this friday live from south korea. "outfront" next a major new attack by isis. a fierce fire fight outside of syria's capital. a vacation in paradise goes

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isis and a major new offensive making a bold push towards syria's capital. this is militants storming the

streets of a refugee camp just miles from president bashar al assad's palace in damascus. ateek atika shubert is "outfront." >> reporter: this video is proof, isis says that they are just miles from the presidential palace of bashar al assad. this is the closest isis has gotten to threatening the seat of assad's power by striking at one of the most vulnerable populations in damascus the palestinian refugee camp. now, reports from palestinian leaders that isis is staking its claim by beheading rival rebel commanders inside the camp. the u.n. is calling the situation, quote, beyond inhumane. >> when we think of a situation that was already unparable in many terms, in human terms when i visited three weeks ago, the situation now has only deteriorated further and so it

is really very much a test for the entire international system to see whether this situation can be addressed in human terms and in political terms. >> reporter: they have already been starved by assad's forces and bombarded by the regime's rockets. a year ago, this was the scene when aid workers were able to negotiate a place to the camp. hundreds were believed to have died not only from the violence but lack of food and medicine. now isis is on the streets and their presence threatens civilians once again. >> translator: as you see brother, houses are ruined and destroyed. we are afraid to sleep on the upper floors. we are tired of hunger and thirst. we don't have food or medicine here. we have nothing here at this camp. please try to find a solution. >> reporter: but there may be worse to come. isis can strike at the heart of

damascus assad's forces may decide to hit back. that will surely mean more suffering for civilians. atika shubert, cnn, new york. >> thanks atika. i want to go straight now to a counterterrorism official phil mudd. they put this video out because they are politically savvy. this is a bold attack. this is miles from damascus. what is that significance? >> you look at this and i think the first reaction you have is there's a humanitarian disaster and a potential threat to the assad regime. i would say take a step back. you go east south to iran you have an iran-backed houthis and go to syria where we have isis moving in next to damascus. where are they getting close to? a shia-backed regime across the region. you don't just have civil wars.

time and again you have regional implications. the sunnis versus the shia. >> and then you have iran on one side. >> that's correct. >> and so if isis were to grow to succeed, this could be just one pr element and may not be a true story but if they are growing and you see the assad regime in danger due to isis, you end up where the united states is in a position of backing bashar al assad. >> i think there's going to be pressure to say if we want oppositionists people who will potentially fight isis they are going to say, if you want to join us and give us weapons, aren't you in this game with us, too? in other words taking out assad? we're going to have to figure out this riddle if we play this game of supporting oppositionists we've got to have the same goals as they do, which is take out bashar al

assad, which ain't that hard. the strategy not the operations. >> the hard part is what to replace them with. we learned that in iraq. >> yes. thank you into. two teenagers are in a coma and officials think a pesticide used at their resort is to blame. why was it used years after it was banned? and jeanne moos on selfies. everyone takes them. prince harry, though, is. know your financial plan won't keep you up at night. know you have insights from professional investment strategists to help set your mind at ease. know that planning for retirement can be the least of your worries. with the guidance of a pnc investments financial advisor, know you can get help staying on track for the future you've always wanted.

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the dream vacation quickly turned into a nightmare. the justice department is launching a criminal investigation into why the chemical which was banned was even used in the first place. steve and his two teenage sons are fighting for their lives in a hospital tonight. both sons are still in a coma. traces of the fumigating chemical was found in their room at a luxury resort in the u.s. virgin islands. jean casarez is out front. >> reporter: a spring vacation for the family in the u.s. virgin islands was supposed to be a tropical paradise. but just hours after checking into their st. john's condo, the family of four thought they had food poisoning. paramedics were called to the delaware family's villa on march 20th, after steve fell unconscious. his wife and two sons began

having seizures. the family was rushed to a hospital in nearby st. thomas and then air lifted to the united states after it appeared they had been exposed to a lethal pesticide. >> it's a potent neurotoxin. epa banned its use for indoor applications all the way back in 1984. >> reporter: ignoring epa regulations, federal investigators say meth ill bromide was sprayed on the first floor of the condo to kill bugs. but the fumes reached the second floor where the family was staying. >> this is a very stoptopics pesticide. >> reporter: steve is now out of his coma and improving. his two sons are still both listed in critical condition. his wife is out of the hospital and undergoing therapy. indoor use of the toxin is illegal. but the epa says it has never seen such a devastating indoor case before. raising serious questions about

where else this chemical is used. >> today it's used primarily in agriculture. for instance it's injected into the soil of strawberry fields. >> if the chemical is put in the ground near the straw berberryiesstrawberries how do we not get it in our system when we eat the strawberries? >> well we trust that the strawberry producers are making sure that there's not excess pesticide residue on strawberries. you didn't want to wash them really good. >> reporter: according to the journal of industrial medicine field workers were poisoned at a connecticut nursery in 1990 after the chemical was injected into the soil. in 2011 the cdc reports warehouse workers in california were taken ill after exposure to grapes imported from chile, fume gated with the chemical. we're just learning right now that sea glass vacations have just told cnn that they are canceling their contract the

renters of the condo, in regard to terminex. they will not be using them anymore. also the department of justice has launched a criminal investigation into this. the epa is assisting. but the more i learned about this the more concerned i got, because it is used amongst agricultural crops. >> injected into the soil next to strawberries. >> i asked the cdc, what do you do and she said wash your fruits and vegetables. organic, you can buy organic and it shouldn't happen at all. for the rest of us that eat regular fruits and vegetables the real hope is to just wash them. >> thank you very much jean casarez. and next one member of the royal family takes a selfie. jeanne moos has the story next. the world is filled with air. but for people with copd sometimes breathing air can be difficult. if you have copd, ask your doctor about once-daily anoro ellipta.

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macati outside of manila in the philippines. people don't ask me how they get their stats. prince harry is in australia in what could be the least selfiest city in the world, after what he's done there. >> reporter: it took a prince to put his royal foot down moments after one australian fan tried to sneak a selfie with prince harry. he gently but firmly nixed the request of another. did you hear him? selfies are bad. finally, finally someone willing to exercise a little selfie control, and just say no to selfies. even the queen has been caught in selfies. although it's said she photo bombed these two field hockey players. they say they posed where they figured she'd walk by.

watch the fan in washington, d.c. make a beeline for prince charles. shake his hand pose, and then celebrate. no one's immune from the pope to the president, and the vice president. mr. obama even joked around with a selfie stick. as he did some schtick to promote health care. selfies have been around since before they were called selfies. in 1966 buzz aldrin took what may have been the first space selfie bang on earth, though still above it skyscraper selfies are popular. and the pit of a volcano, george put on a horse mask and snapped a selfie. from horses to lions, to lions to bulls. this guy was taking selfies during the running of the bulls. the prince took the bull by the horns and said you may not take a selfie.

when it comes to just say no to selfies, the redheaded prince rules. jeanne moos, cnn, new york. >> i'm all for it. he's in the right. be sure to watch our show and dvr it every night. anderson starts right now. thanks for joining us. hope you had a good holiday weekend. a lot happening tonight. judgment day for the man whose own lawyers admit he did it made the bombs, did the plan and planned the killing, the maiming of innocents at the boston marathon. closing arguments of the trial, the jury starts deliberating today. the big question how will the controversial defense strategy that infuriated survivors play with the jurors. a virgin island vacation brings a family within inches of death. how a pesticide that was banned 31 years ago ended up in their bodies. a widely used form of contraception to h