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killing melissa jones. now a jury must decide if he gets the death penalty. >> amanda lamb with what the defense offered in court today to try to save his life. >> reporter: doctors and teachers took the stand today to talk about all of the difficulties he had in school beginning at a very young age. it was the people who knew him the best, his family who talked about the childhood abuse that they believe shaped him as an adult. >> reporter: emotions were high as witnesses testified about smith's troubled up bringing. how they felt guilty for not getting him away from his abusive father. >> obviously anyone would feel regret for something that they didn't do if they knew they could have prevented someone from being hurt. >> exactly. melissa hug inspiration jones being murdered. >> objection. >> move to strike. >> reporter: candy is the mother of smith's half sister. she cared for him as a child
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>> he had asked me to be his mommy. if i would take care of him the way i took care of christina. outsider. >> reporter: smith's sister christina love said their father emotionally and physically abused smith. >> leaping on him, punching throwing him. >> reporter: love cried on the stand and made it very clear she does not want her brother to be sentenced to death. >> do you love him? >> i do. >> do you want him to continue to be part of your life? >> i do. i would give anything to do that. >> reporter: now the defense wrapped up its testimony this afternoon. the state will now get a chance to put on rebuttal witnesses tomorrow morning. both sides are expected to make closing arguments monday morning and then the jury will deliberate on this. fbi agents searching the
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they raided the home where the brother of the gunman lived. the fbi confirmed it carried out a search warrant as part of the ongoing investigation but isn't identitying it has to do with the deadly shooting. the two killed 14 people in december. new york city's top police official said that supports the fbi's request to gain access to a phone belonging to him. apple is calling the directive an over reach by the united states government. nypd said that the safety of the public is more important. >> while so much of at tension has been focused appropriately and -- on the terrorism aspects of this the impact on the day to day lives of americans on their safety and our ability to solve and prevent crime is of even more significance. i would argue. >> although investigators got permission to retrieve data
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today's trip was the third time in six years that the president hosted the team at the white house. he took credit for the blackhawks performance noting the team went nearly a half century without winning before he took office. >> i would like to see his jersey room all the jersey was the name its ons. >> basketball, hockey. >> with the daytona 3500 this sunday another racing season gets starts. >> tonight we profile a man saving racing history we find scott mason in smithfield with race cars of old. >> >> reporter: he play have to modify the building. >> my wife saw it and said it's -- to big and i walked in and said it's to small. >> reporter: it is a little small. >> this is what they call a dwarf car. >> reporter: what does that make this? >> about 65 miles an hour. >> reporter: this sessions car
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>> very heavy duty cars . >> reporter: chad's modified raisers. >> they were very brave. >> reporter: these were the hell bent for leather fire balls of the bit track. >> jeff gordon started in a car like this called a sprint car. >> jeff gordon. >> it's a style of race that not many people are familiar with but my opinion it's some of the best out there. >> reporter: and the race cars in here once did race >> this one is probably my favorite. >> reporter: chad bought it from the original owner. >> he n wi rsafo s. >>
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