>> standby, dan abram, because everyone is. you rarely meet a person who does not like brian williams. i want to bring in sharon waxman and frank sesno? >> le well, it does not make any sense. if you do something that is e egregious from the corporate and the journalistic point of view, and you are suspended for six months without pay, and i have spoken to somebody very familiar with the thinking inside of nbc news and people there are livid about it, too, because you are twist manage the-- twisting in the wind for six month, and it says to the audience, he has done something so egregious that he should be suspended for six months and this not like somebody who is an nfl quarterback who needs to go away for a few month, and the penance is trust and kredcredibility. and that morale is as low within nbc news and as low and confusing the public and the ratings dropped on friday already is that you have mixed signals, and the danger that the mixed signals and the second and the third and the fourth shoes that are doing to drop coul

let's talk to dan abrams. so much to wrap your head around. this first incident on the road.other and son go back to the house get a gun. does that change things? >> well look it changes things in terms of how we view the case but why this happened, et cetera. but in a legal matter if it happened as the police are saying now which is they go after him, they don't have a confrontation. this he come back and the person follows them to the house and then shoots her at the house, that doesn't change it as a legal matter. that's right. that becomes murder. you follow someone to their house, no matter if they chased you or didn't still a case of murder. what i'm puzzled by is why the authorities are already so certain about what happened. meaning you heard right there at the end of kendis' piece he's talking about the two key witnesses being the daughter and the son involved in this case. they definitely want to catch this person. they want to find this person. they want to talk to this person. because it seems there are still some unanswered questions about exactly how -- >> does

. >> more from our legal team abc news legal analyst dan abrams and nancy grace on hln in atlanta.eginning with the most powerful punch possible. >> absolutely by bringing on the wife taya the jury gets to know the victim in this case and that's very rare. you can search the constitution. it mentions nothing about the crime victim. this is the only way the jury gets to know to see, to feel the victim and in this case that's extremely important and what they're going to learn about the defendant in this case routh, is that he used the claim of ptsd so many times to get out of trouble, even to get out of a dui. he would use this claim of ptsd. >> and, dan, ptsd not the same as insanity. >> that's right. ptsd is not enough to say i shouldn't be held responsible for my actions. it has to be my ptsd was so bad that i didn't understand right from wrong. but, look in this case this is a comparatively good insanity claim and what i mean by that is the insanity defense is always tough -- >> emphasis on comparatively. >> hang on one sec. it's really tough in a state like texas, it's really h

nancy grace and dan abrams. double-date. outside to ginger. shall we? >> i'm inside. first it's cold and, second, because i have some friends we're going to be talking to. let's check in on hawaii. we haven't talked about them lately, yes, very warm and beautiful. we love seeing those pictures. totally envious, but also a high surf advisory for kauai and some of the volcano areas could see 80 plus mile-per-hour winds and wyoming, a picture of some of the mountains. it's going to get even colder. if you think it's mild in new >> good morning, are you ready for record warmth? today is the first of several, 68 to 72 inland and up to 73 north to south along the cost and 74 around bay for the high and this lasts through >> and all that weather was brought to you by quaker. now you'll find out why all my friends are here. the nba all-star weekend tips off tomorrow. right here in new york city and we've had transformed social square into the ultimate lebron james fan cave complete with die-hard lebron fans. there they are. we're go

dan abrams here right now.ity is knowing the difference between right and wrong. he says he did. >> it sounds like they're asking the ultimate question but, remember, while this is not helpful to his defense at all, this idea of him coming forward repeatedly by the way asked that three or four times in the interview not helpful. with that said, if he is legally insane, he's not the guy to ask. right? i mean, as a legal and practical matter, if he doesn't understand right from wrong asking that guy isn't the right person to be asking about that. you have to look at the tape in its totality about 50 something minutes long. there are a number of periods in there where he seems sort of incoherent talking about head hunters and saving his soul. he's talking about needing to do it. insanity always really, really tough to win. but the defense hoping they focus on sort of the totality. >> when you look at the whole 56 whatever minutes anything else damaging in the tape. >> the more damaging part is not the part about r

dan abrams is here to weigh in on that testimony and then yes, matt, i know you're waiting for this.ood's most powerful stylist is getting the celebrities ready for the biggest night in film. we have will smith here live with his latest film focus and i believe we've got some oscar fun headed your way. so, a lot of your viewers can get in on oscar trivia with "good morning america," guys. >> yes, we understand tj homes is on his way to jenkintown. we cannot wait to see him. we can't wait to see "gma." going to be a lot of fun. >> my favorite part is the red carpet, too, so i'm excited about those secrets. all right, let's take up outside right now not so excited about the commute. 30 bypass at 322 getting heavy here from 340 to 113. a good shot of the roads and that ramp. , see that they're mostly clear but watch for areas of black ice slick spots here or there because we have seen a number of accidents and the latest water main break our third this morning this one in norristown, main street at franklin street. avoid the area. of course it's going to be icy. lafayette street is your