>> well, we told them how caylee died. how the pieces of the puzzle came together to show precisely how caylee died. i think what he's referring to is we didn't have a witness who could come in court and say this is exactly how she died, and while i respect his opinion on that and, again, jurors are allowed to demand whatever they like, how she died was less important than the fact she died by result of a homicide, and we felt that the circumstantial evidence that we provided amply eliminated the possibility of an accident, you know, that the duct tape, the way the body was disposed of, just the idea of somebody, you know, responding to an accidental death of a child by throwing them in a swamp, we felt, was compelling evidence that excluded the reasonable possibility that it was an accident. the jury focussed on the one issue, the issue of exact cause of death, and he's right, we couldn't tell them exactly how she died, whether it was the duct tape, the chloroform, being put in a bag. any one of those could have done it.

>> well, we told them how caylee died. pieces of the puzzle came together to show precisely how caylee died. i think what he's referring to is we didn't have a witness who could come in court and say this is exactly how she died, and while i respect his opinion on that and, again, jurors are allowed to demand whatever they like, how she died was less important than the fact she died by result of a homicide, and we felt that the circumstantial evidence that we provided amply eliminated the possibility of an accident, you know, that the duct tape, the way the body was disposed of, just the idea of somebody, you know, responding to an accidental death of a child by throwing them in a swamp, we felt, was compelling evidence that excluded the reasonable possibility that it was an accident. the jury focussed on the one issue, the issue of exact cause of death, and he's right, we couldn't tell them exactly how she died, whether it was the duct tape, the chloroform, being put in a bag. any one of those could have done it. to us, t

casey still owes the state $217,000 for the investigation and search for caylee. clearly, this is the first time the jurors are hearing of ashton's allegations. we reached out to all of them last night and every one declined to comment. matt? >> kerry sanders, kerry, thank you very much. jeff ashton was one of the prosecutors in the casey anthony trial. he has a new book out today called "imperfect justice: prosecuting casey anthony." jeff, good to have you back. good morning. >> thank you for having me back. >> four words since you heard the words not guilty on the most serious charges in this case. do those words still haunt you? >> less so than when i was here before, but it still bothers me a bit. writing the book was a good way of getting a lot of that out, but -- >> do you still have the second thoughts? do you go over what you could have done differently, the should have, would have, could have things? >> you know, there's some small things that i talk about in the book that i wish we had done differently, but honestly, i don't think there's anything that w

she told police a nanny took her daughter caylee in july 2008.ound a woman with that name but she claims she never met casey anthony or her daughter. she said as a result of what casey anthony said, gonzalez lost her job, her home and received death threats. ryan smith is host of trutv and is "outfront" tonight. ryan, casey anthony acknowledged she was being sued, but i mean 60 times, she didn't say much else. >> reporter: nope. she didn't have much to say. she mentioned she hadn't spoken to her brother in six months and her parents in over a year. when you look at this, in a sense she doesn't have to offer anything in this case. even though they wanted to know about caylee, her family life, any particulars, she kept pleading the fifth throughout and didn't offer any information. her lawyer is concerned anything she says might incriminate her and been tried on murder, child abuse and lying to police, doesn't seem like there's a lot florida can do about her going forward but he wants to avoid anything coming from this. >> can she be forced to answ

you will recall they convicted her of lying to police but not of murdering her young daughter cayleebody turned up on the side of the road in 2008. phil keating has the details. is he live in our south florida newsroom tonight. phil ashton writes about what he calls the nuclear lie and what he says was decisive. >> he says it was beyond the wildest imaginations of the prosecution team. the nuclear lie revealed by jose baez, casey's attorney eight weeks before the beginning of the trial one that father george had molested sexually casey anthony for years and, two, there was no nanny but actually caylee had accidently drowned in the pool, covered up by george, the father. ultimately the end, ashton writes that was enough for the jury to acquit her of murder. >> the fact that they would completely absolve her of any responsibility for caylee's death was probably the biggest surprise of that day. the law gives jurors the ability to interpret the term reasonable doubt as they wish. and, you know, this jury interpreted that term to set the bar very high. >> ashton telling me he does not bl

she told police a nanny took her daughter caylee in july 2008. name but she claims she never met casey anthony or her daughter. she said as a result of what casey anthony said gonzalez lost her home, her home and received death threats. ryan smith is out front tonight. ryan, casey anthony acknowledged she was being sued but i mean 60 times she didn't say much else. >> nope. she didn't have much to say. she mentioned she hadn't spoken to her brother in six months and her parents in over a year. when you look at this, in a sense she doesn't have to offer anything in this case. even though they wanted to know about caylee, her family life, any particulars, she kept pleading the fifth throughout and didn't offer any information. her lawyer is concerned anything she says might incriminate her and been tried on murder, child abuse and lying to police, doesn't seem like there's a lot florida can do about her going forward but he wants to avoid anything coming from this. >> can she be forced to answer any questions like whether she met this woman, any qu

>> i put forward five theorys in this book as to how caylee anthony may have died i made clear, theoryber one which has casey anthony deciding it is better than her daughter die than live with her grandparents which i believe is what casey anthony thought was about to happen she was going to lose custody of her daughter that is the theory that fits psychologically i am not a jury or judge but if you ask me what makes sense psychologically when she learned her mother was going to try the take custody of that little girl she said it is better if she be dead. >> you paint the picture of her parents as being enablers the mother cindy very controlling and about their refusele to look at facts in front of them, and the main one being at a certain point when their daughter was 7 months pregnant they were in denial can you talk about the parents. >> exactly see for these parents their daughter didn't exist it is like charles manson said from the stand you can't kill me he said i am already dead. casey an though think had already been spiritually an nigh lated, killed by her parents yes, they d

about caylee she is safe at least for the moment. father mad cow is revered as a national hero. but not everyone is enamored with the farmers. local media tax market and his activist organization graffiti day and his struggle of the bout began. their marco has troubles at home his reputation outside peru is growing. he attends the mine shareholder meeting in colorado. and thousand basters and the american press about the conflicts at yanacocha. then he's invited to canada and speaks in front of ontario's parliament. what just like in canada hundreds of farmers in peru and latin america are sent to jail for defending their right to a healthy life. then dealing peoples' struggle to defend their land and water continues. in two thousand and six yannick coaches shut down by another blockade america was called in to mediate but this time a farmer is killed by police. you're not on your money. they called my sister and my niece answered we got on we saw it in. they knew she was an adolescent and they said tell your uncle to stop interfering with mining issues you know that because we'

. >> we couldn't provide the jury with sort of clear evidence on a silver platter, of exactly how cayleet we felt we had done was to have excluded everything but homicide. and really, you know, the burden of proof on the state isn't necessarily to prove exactly how the homicide was committed but that it was committed. >> ashton also said in the book he general winly did not like anthony's lawyer jose baez, he said the defense attorney was careless with facts, ignored deadlines and encouraged anthony to be uncooperative with detectives. casey anthony is keeping a low profile in florida while serving probation on an unrelated check fraud conviction. >> and we're hearing the private conversations now between former prince george's county executive jack johnson and his wife just before they were arrested in a corruption case. the conversations were recorded as fbi agents arrived at their home to serve a search warrant. >> if you open up the dresser, you know, my drawer, right. there's a little box and in the box there's a check. just tear it up or chew it up. something. >> that is the beginn

in july a jury acquitted anthony in the killing of her daughter caylee. anthony is currently in florida serving probation for an unrelated check and fraud case. coming up on the "today" show, ashton will have more on what happened behind the scenes of the trial. >>> congress is scaling back on the obama administration's plan for healthier school lunches. the bill drops attempts to limit servings of potatoes and removes limits on sodium and a requirement to boost whole grains. the changes were requested by food companies and backed by congressional conservatives who argued the government should not tell kids what to eat. they're expected to vote on the bill, which is part of a larger spending bill this week. >>> you may soon see your gas bill going up, but could be a lot worse. the maryland public service commission rejected a bid by washington gas to substantially increase its rates. washington gas wanted to boost its revenue by $30 million in order to replace the utility piping and infrastructure. the public service commission says it will only allow a r

robert caylee at the department of the environment, thank you for all of your excellent work in helping us to achieve 78%. i am proud to lead a fantastic department of individuals who have been instrumental to the progress we've made. we cannot rest on our past successes. we have to continue to push the envelope. our policies and programs have put this on the right path. we need every person to take personal responsibility in reducing our carbon footprint. collective action can create a powerful impact. thank you all for being here today. i appreciate your time. [applause] >> thank you. i am convinced the job description of everyone at the department of the environment says "good at doing stuff that everyone says cannot be done." thank you for your leadership in making this happen for the entire city. the city is not alone with our agencies in our efforts to try to reduce carbon emissions and foster the grain economy. a number of leading environmental organizations have been leading the drive to push for the reduction of emissions increased susceptibility. one of those is the natural re

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the story that little caylee had been kidnapped by zanny the nanny turned out to be a lie.ing because of death threats, and losing her jobs all because of the notoriety of being associated with a fictitious kidnaper. casey anthony invoked the fifth amendment 60 times. only answered about 12 questions including six yeses, and i don't know and stating her name. but she kept taking the fifth when it came to details about when she last saw caylee aeu lived. whether caylee truly drowned in a swimming pool and now she got the nanny's name for the nanny lie. we know that casey had friends at a wh hotel in 2008 where gonzalez applied for a unit, and that's believed how she got her name. they tried to force casey anthony to get around the fifth amendment argument, that is being planned. we did learn from reading the transcripts about the family relationship between casey anthony and her family now that she is a free woman. she has been free from three and a half months. she admitted she has not spoke between her brotherly or her parents, saying the last time she spoke with cindy and

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she was released in july after a jury acquitted her of murdering her 2-year-old daughter caylee.his one. a hawaiian family said a store overreacted by having them arrested for stealing sandwiches. nicole and her husband and daughter went shopping. she started feeling dizzy and picked up some sandwiches. she said she forgot to pay for them when they checked out. the couple was arrested and their daughter was taken away by child protective services. >> it was like a nightmare. i couldn't believe that it was happening. this was taken way overboard. >> since then child protective services has returned their daughter. the family says they plan to fight the charges. >> president obama is taking steps to help reduce prescription drug shortages. yesterday he issued an executive order to send out early warnings about shortages and to alert people to them. he said it is threatening the lives of cancer patients and other people with serious illnesses. a new poll out shows that americans really like first lady michelle obama. 63% of voters approve of her. 85% of democrats. 42% of republicans

her that the state was investigating george for some involvement in the death and disappearance of caylee. it was absolutely false. 100 percent false. to me that was not only a huge lie but was just cruel. >> is it a cruel lie jose bias. i didn't welcome you. thank you for coming on. >> i don't know how it could be a cruel lie when it was absolutely true. law enforcement asked her to wear a wire on two different occasions and have conversations with george about the duct tape. they had on several occasions done search warrants in the home and exceeded the scope. there was you a time when they left one of the cell phones in his car. any one looking at the case can see this. that came out in a pretrial hearing during -- actually during the trial outside of the jury's presence. >> i was shocked the psychiatrist reports, what casey told the psychiatrist is in this book. for instance casey telling the shrink she had been molested by george. casey telling the shrink her baby died on the 16th. >> those are sealed. i can't go there and i won't. i have a professional obligation to follow the rules

michelle, carly and caylee from ontario, oregon. >> you guys sent, by the way, the most beautiful letterit talks about how your husband lost his job. he was employed as a truck driver. owned a business. the economy really hit them hard. then you said you lost your house, your stable life. it was a difficult time. but it made you guys a better family, a stronger family. i like this. you said, i wish that all of america could go through this. then maybe material things wouldn't be as important and everyone was start working on their relationships. this is your first family vacation in a long time. >> yeah. >> to come see us in new york city. >> are they miked? >> glad you're here. >> i think they're in shock. >> we're very excited for you. you know what? there's another little extra gift we have for you. four new york city passbooks. this may look little. guess what's in it? your ticket to the world. passes to the empire state building, museum of natural history, museum of modern art, the metropolitan museum, guggenheim, top of the rock, statue of liberty, ellis island, sightseeing cruise

allegations against casey anthony, what a former prosecutor in the murder trial is now saying about caylee'sus a former penn state football coach giving his first interview about the child sexual abuse charges against him. will talking to the press help or hurt sandusky's case? gregg: folks in colorado can be forgiven if they think a tornado tore throughout neck of their woods. high winds tossing trees into cars, destroying planes, despite being tied down at the boulder airport. >> this is phenomenal. this is like arkansas. a real twister. we do have twisters in the mountains, people don't realize that. you see the size of the rocks, these are huge rocks. gregg: what a mess in one denver neighborhood the winds uprooting more than a dozen big trees. martha: the former penn state football coach jerry sandusky speaking out for the very first time since his arrest on 40 counts of child sex-abuse. he is denying those charges, but graphically admits a serious lapse in judgment during his interview -- this is just a stunning interview with nbc's bob costas. >> mr. sandusky there is a 40-count indic

enjoy these above-average temperatures today because there is a change for tomorrow. , >>> how did caylee anthony die. it is one of the questions that may soon be answered by a key player in the casey anthony trial. dr. phil will speak with the lead prosecutor from the casey anthony trial, just ashton. ashton just wrote a book about the case and will explain where he thinks the case went so wrong. it will also reveal never- before-seen contents of casey anthony's psychological report. be sure to tune in to dr. phil, this wednesday, only on wjz. >>> a wild scene after a california highway patrol officer is shot and wounded during a traffic stop. police say a man fired shots at two patrol officers in sacramento. the men then tried to flee the scene but his car flipped. police say when the suspect refused to obey commands, officers shot and killed him. the officer is expected to recover. >>> olympic concerns. the british government is defending security plans for the 2012 games, despite reports u.s. officials are worried about protection. heather cocar reports from london. >> reporter: londo

sealed depositions of two mental health experts revealed casey's new story about caylee accidentallying and that her father, george, molesting her, casey, when she was a child. and that, ashton says, probably won anthony acquittal of murder. >> they wanted, you know, to up root, irrefutable proof, and we just couldn't give them that. >> reporter: casey anthony remains in florida somewhere, hiding, fill owing the state -- still owing the state more thann the anthony home computer and, basically, he says, was in colossal denial. >> i think cindy sort of denial and refusal to be candid about her relationship with casey was, actually, made it very difficult for us to give the jury the motive that they seemed to want. so i think, if anything, that was probably the part that hurt the most. >> reporter: ashton still remains convinced that what really caused the death of caylee anthony was her mother, casey, using chloroform to make her pass out, then using the duct tape the suffocate her and then dumping her out in those woods. and one of the colossal screw-ups of this investigation was tha

in your best estimation, was caylee intentionally killed?thing. you know, the biggest thing was the duct tape, you know, no theory of accident or anything else explains the duct tape. and to me, the only theory that explains the duct tape is premeditated murder. why else do you put duct tape over the nose and mouth of a child? >> that was so compelling when you said that in the closing argument. what was the line? i've never seen somebody try to cover up -- >> nobody makes an accident look like a murder. it's ridiculous. >> exactly. i remember that in my mind. it obviously didn't ring with the jurors, unfortunately. >> unfortunately, yeah. >> let me ask you about jose baez, the defense attorney. everyone was so startled when he came out in his opening argument and said that casey had been abused by her father. and then he provided no evidence later on. how could he do that? >> well, if those statements were made and at the time he made them, he believed that he had a good faith possibility of proving it, then it's ethical. if he said that kn

psychologically, if you lined up ducks in a row, you'd say the night when cindy anthony threatened to take cayleenot going to watch my daughter annihilated like i was. she got a tattoo saying "beautiful life" her daughter's untortured relatively compared to her own and released her to the heavens. >> dr. keith ab low, we'll never know. thank you for your time. appreciate it. >> thank you so much. >>> coming up next, marlo thomas with another story of thanks and giving, right after this. to our muscles are nerves that send messages through the body. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia -- thought to be the result of overactive nerves that cause chronic, widespread pain. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. i learned lyrica can provide significant relief from fibromyalgia pain. and less pain means, i can feel better and do more of what matters. [ female announcer ] lyrica is not for everyone. lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. tell your doctor right away if you have these, new or worsening depression, or unusual changes in mood or behavior, or any swe

she didn't hold caylee, the young girl who died. her mom to hold first, th baby was, because really, she didn't exist by this point. even though she didn't graduate high school, they had a graduation party, anyhow. why? because she didn't matter, she didn't exist. the celebration of the family is what matters. she went missing before this little girl went missing. that's the point of this book. jon but it's also pointed out that friends and family members sent gifts for her graduation, and the family didn't send them back, the thinking being that they wanted everything to look perfect, they wanted everything to look normal. >> even her friends, her friends knew she had no nanny, that she had no job, but she thought well, she's a nice person, why get in her fairks and her brother, by the way, if friends were to say hey casey, come on, you don't have a nanny, he'd be right up in their faces saying what are you giving her trouble for, she's just like that. see, the bottom line is nobody wanted to challenge her, this young woman, before