jose baez tried to stop it. but the judge made it come in any way, he decided it was relevant in this case. now instead of trying to keep it out of trial, he has to try to discredit it. take a listen to how he attacked some of this evidence earlier today. >> i know it's saturday morning, but i think i've made myself abundantly clear about what should not be done. i firmly believe mr. baez heard me. >> i will not be discussing any prior cases. >> reporter: jose baez was trying all he could, as you could see, to discredit this. he will have his chance in about two weeks. that's when the prosecution will be done, about june 17th, that friday. then jose baez will start on that saturday following it to try to prove to the jury casey anthony is not guilty of first degree murder. >> and trying to save her life. let's remind people this is a capital murder trial. he's trying to save her life, sean. >> reporter: that's right. her life is on the line. if she does get convicted, the defense is ready to use mitigating circu

>> well, jose baez said in his opening statement that he would show the jury this was a dysfunctionalwith deep, dark secrets, and this is also going towards that part of his opening statement where he said basically casey became a liar and conducted herself the way she did for 31 days without reporting her daughter missing or dead or whatever because of these allegations of sexual molestation by her father as she learned to live a life of deceit. she was a big liar. they had deep secrets in the family, so this is the beginning of the dysfunction to show that they iced out their son from her pregnancy, even though he knew months before, he suspected she was pregnant, his mother said, leave it alone and wouldn't acknowledge it to him until two days before caylee was born. >> but it would appear that they have a long way to go to connect the dots fully on that theory. >> no question. but it is the beginning. it's not enough. if the case were to end right now, jose baez could not say, see, i proved to you an accidental drowning. i proved to you dysfunction. i proved to you sexual molestat

remember, that explosive opening statement by jose baez, i felt like i saw glimpses of johnny cochran in his opening statement. he made a lot of promises to the jury, and the only way to shore up the promises is to put casey anthony on the witness stand. i have been talking about it all week. and a lot of my facebook fans are saying sunny, is it going to happen? i'm taking bets, don. she's going to testify, she has to. >> you said it's almost a johnny cochran moment. there were a couple moments when the glove didn't fit, and he said, if the glove doesn't fit, you must acquit. he said he just came up with it. has for been a moment like that so far? >> i don't think so, but jose baez is doing a spectacular job with a case that all of us thought was indefensible going into this trial. so i think we're going to see some really wonderful lawyering in the defense's case in chief. >> sunny, they're asking the jury here to connect a lot of dots. and all these working theories. is that even possible? is it falling apart for them? it appears she keeps contradicting herself. >> exactly. i think

and jose baez the defense attorney started saying and that said note it showed a little bit of guilt,it? well, the prosecution then wants to open that door and put in place into evidence, rather, that suicide note. well, the suicide note doesn't talk about anything of a cover up. it doesn't say anything about his guilt. and one can assume that if you're going to commit suicide and you're involved in this coverup and that you're involved in the death of your granddaughter you would admit it at that time, right? >> the breaking news tonight at the top of our program was we've >> i'm going to stick with my prediction, ooernd anderson. because jose baez talked so much in his opening statement that she was sexually abused by her own father. he also said in his opening statement that caylee died an accidental death by drowning. in my view there is no evidence of any of those statements in evidence, only the opening statement. how else does the defense bring that in front of this jury? and i think it really runs the risk -- the defense does -- by not putting casey anthony on the stand, not p

the defense started to talk to him about this suicide attempt, and he did leave a note, and jose baezt, doesn't it? and now they want to place into evidence that suicide note, but that suicide note does not talk about anything of a cover-up or say anything about his guilt. and one has to assume that if you are involved in the cover-up and the death of your granddaughter, you would admit it at that time, right? >> and the breaking news at the top of the show is that the defense plans to rest tomorrow. you believed that casey would take the stand because you could not imagine any other way for them to salvage this abuse from casey anthony. >> i'm going the stick with my prediction, anderson, and that is that they have to, because jose baez talked so much in the opening statement that casey anthony was sexually abused by her father, and that caylee accidentally died by drowning, and in my mind, there is no evidence that supports that, and how else do they bring to this jury? and it runs the risk, the defense does, by not putting casey anthony on the stand, and not putting that evidence i

here is a tip for jose baez. never hand your enemy a club because he might use it to beat you over the head with it. yesterday we saw a defiant george who said i did not have an affair, and today we see a broken, heart wrenching emotional plea by a father, and a grandfather saying i wouldn't do that. >> you mention that, and we were watching this earlier and you can see george anthony on the verge of tears several times, but there were one moment when he broke down when he learned he had learned investigators had found caylee's body. let's listen to that. >> had you held out the hope that caylee would be found alive? >> absolutely. every day from july 15th, until the day we were told it was caylee. >> in january of 2009, you went -- i'll give you a moment. >> he is broken, as you described there. what was so interesting was his daughter's reaction, casey's reaction sitting there. i am curious. as a defense attorney, would you worry in that case what jurors might think of your client and what they are thinking? >>

i understand the defense attorney jose baez also considers this junk science. >> reporter: that's rightlls it junk science. basically they take air samples from the trunk of the car and based on the quality of the air they can project there was a decomposing body in there. today was the first day someone from the state came up. they called the orange county sheriff's office supervisor to explain a little bit about it. we expect the state to call a doctor to the stand sometime next week, most likely to explain about it more. we'll hear more about this case, the air tests in this case very soon, richelle. >> sean, in recess until monday morning at 9:00 a.m. >>> earlier i spoke to our legal guys about the casey anthony trial and about whether her admitted -- >> the fact is the burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt, michelle, is overwhelming, and the fact is that the lack of -- >> which trial are you watching? >> richard, wait a second. i'm watching the same trial every day. the fact is, despite whatever problem there is with the defense counsel, it is her behavior introduced methodical

then we see her called for jose baez and all of a sudden oh, she's on it, and she's snapping out and, she's just very different affect, trying to help her daughter. you know, i made -- >> does she look rehearsed? >> no. it's very affected. she's putting on a show. she's trying to help her daughter, obviously, avoid the death penalty. you can't blame her for that. i cannot imagine what this family is going through. what a horrible thing. >> this is something you and i were watching as well yesterday. her brother was up on the stand, lee anthony and he really was crying, certainly looked emotional but the prosecutor wasn't buying it. >> i was very afraid for my mom and i was angry at my sister. i was angry at much in general how they didn't want to include me, and didn't find it important enough to tell me, especially after i already asked. so, i was very hurt. >> now, what we're listening to there, he was asked a question about -- he apparently did not know that casey was pregnant. he was kind of left out of it. but his reaction there -- what did you make of his reaction. what was your

jose baez placed casey anthony on the witness stand, during his opening statements.o else will testify that caylee died an accidental death by drowning? the only person that holds the key to that testimony is casey anthony. they have to put her on the witness stand. and if they don't, i think, it's game over for this defense. they made all those promises in opening statements and they were all going to break every single one to the jury. >> sonny, appreciate it and jean casarez, thanks. fascinating stuff. >>> outrage over the story of a 95-year-old cancer patient patted down at an airport and her daughter said she even had to take off her adult diaper to get on the plane. tsa released a statement about u how agents treated the elderly woman. what they said next. >>> and ahead, the rediculist. kim kardashian's haters. dare to doubt the proverbial junk from the proverbial trunk and they'll wind up on the rediculist. i ate breakfast and got heartburn, third day this week. so i took my heartburn pill and some antacids. we're having mexican tonight, so another pill then?

then it's up to lead attorney jose baez to try to cave casey anthony's life and get a not guilty verdict for her. >> sean, thank you so much. we'll check in with you later on. >>> in about 15 minutes, we'll bring in our legal guys to talk more about this case as well as a case known as the red bull defense, energy drinks and insanity. you don't want to miss that right here in the "newsroom." >>> and in the western u.s., a massive wildfire in eastern arizona is giving firefighters all they can handle. the battle could get a lot tougher today. high winds and low humidity are expected to fan the flames. the blaze has scorched an area bigger than los angeles. right now, firefighters are trying to keep it from spreading into new mexico. >>> and along the missouri river, more people are packing up and moving out as floodwaters rise. neighborhoods near council bluffs, iowa, are among the latest to be evacuated. the u.s. army corps of engineers releasing massive amounts of water from dams along the river hoping to relieve pressure on reservoirs swollen by heavy rain and snowmelt. >>> health offi

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but after jurors left for lunch, sunny, the defense attorney, jose baez, complained to the judge aboutcd that contains some stuff from casey anthony's desktop computers. what was the objection there? >> yeah. you know, i think it was a bit of showmanship, meaning i just got this information from the prosecution. the judge said this is not really a big deal. of course the prosecution is continuing its obligation to give you more information. and so it seemed a bit of sour grapes from jose baez, who now has been caught in not the first discovery violation, sort of trying to point the finger at the other side, and the judge said, uh-uh, that's not going to fly here, the prosecution didn't do anything wrong. >> all right. sunny hostin, great to have you on to talk about this. thank you. >>> and we want to show you some amazing video right now. a string of tornadoes ripped through the midwest yesterday. take a look here. pretty incredible stuff. this was the scene in nebraska last night. several homes near the nebraska-kansas border were destroyed. the national weather service says there we

listen to how attorney jose baez described cronk during opening statements a month ago. >> i want tou that mr. cronk -- and again we are not saying mr. cronk had anything to do with caylee's death. but mr. cronk is a morally bankrupt individual who actually took caylee's body and hid her. there was a $225,000 reward in this case. but it was for a live caylee. mr. cronk didn't read the fine print. and he thought he had himself a lottery ticket. >> reporter: but when cronk took the stand today, defense attorney cheney mason over and over tried and seemed to fail to paint cronk as a man attempting to cash in on a child's death. >> do you remember talking also to the detectives about the issue of the reward you were looking for? >> we were discussing the crime line tip,sy. we weren't talking about the other ones, sir. >> you were joking, you say, with alex roberts and the others about finding this body? >> no. we were joking about the money, sir. i never joked about finding the body, sir. that's not what i said. >> reporter: cronk said he went into the wood to relieve himself on august 1

her attorney jose baez, has his own routine every day when the trial begins.es to turn on the charm. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen. >> and he waits until the jury says it back. then he launches his effort to help save casey anthony's life. >> can you tell the ladies and gentlemen of the jury what you tested, where it came from and what your results were? >> do you recall receiving items of evidence to test? >> sir, i'd like to direct you to your -- a report you did in this case. >> reporter: almost a week into casey anthony's defendant case, jose baez has yet to explain his shocking allegations against casey's father george that he sexually abused casey for years. instead he's presenting a forensic case just like the prosecution did. regarding possible decomposition in the trunk of casey's car, a scientist testifying for the defense said after testing the car trunk -- >> i cannot conclusively determine that those -- the presence of those compounds indicated that there had been human remains in the trunk of the car. >> reporter: but two weeks ago, juror

. >> reporter: jose baez and jeff ashton were at it again. this time, openly sparring over an expert with it's witness' expected testimony. >> i'm afraid once again, we are in the position of experts having accept supplemented their opinions without notice to the state. >> reporter: accused murderer casey anthony stared emotionless, as the prosecutor ranted again the defense again broke florida court rules, trying to bring in surprise testimony at the last minute. then without explanation, the judge abruptly adjourned what was to be five hours of testimony today. a mysterious end to the day that won't be explained until at least monday. this after a week that had another jaw-dropping twist. >> i found out my granddaughter has been taken. >> reporter: almost four weeks ago, casey anthony's mother cindy testified for the state and was overcome with emotion as she listened with the jury to her 911 call. that her daughter's car had the stench of death, appearing to support the state's claim that caylee's lifeless body had been stowed in the trunk

jose baez, lead counsel for casey anthony, has been told by the judge on the record, these violations are intentional. i find them to be intentional, mr. baez, you need to bring forth all the information, paycheck sure your experts put what they're going to testify to in their report. give their opinion ahead of time so the other side can properly prepare. and that's not just to jose. the state has to provide the defense the same type of information. this has repeatedly gone on, where the defense attorney has shown up, says his expert's going to testify to something that is not in the judge's pretrial order, and what i'm referring to there, t.j., back in february, they had -- you know, this case has been going on for three years, behind the scenes, pre-trial hearings, over and over, and this continually arose. the judge has said in the past, hey, both sides are playing games. so to avoid this, to stop this from happening in trial, because we'll have jurors that are sequestered. we don't want to hold them hostage any longer than we have to. so to make sure trial slows smoothly, i'm put

defense attorney, jose baez wanted to raise doubts about how the case was handed. >> mr.yes. >> do they include cell tower information? >> no they do not. >> would that information have been useful to you as -- being able to determine mr. george anthony's movement? or his cell phone movement? >> yes, if i had a reason to even believe that that would play a part in this case which at the time i did not. >> baez brought up roy krompt, the meter reader that discovered caylee's remains in december of 2008. >> you also testified that you never confiscate his computer? >> yes, i don't believe getting his computer. >> the next expert witness of the day was kenneth fertin, a forensic expert. the goal for the defense, call into the question the presence of chloroform found in the trunk of casey's car. he noted the chloroform could come from a household cleaner like bleach. but under cross-examination admitted there was no evidence of any bleach in casey's car. >> you would expect that if bleach were spilled upon a dark fabric surface the dark fabric surface would reflect some evid

>> the big violation on the part of jose baez, who is the lead defense counsel for casey anthony, he is not turning over all the information that he wants his experts to testify to. there were a lot of pretrial hearings in this case. we have had three years of hearings leading up to the trial, and in february it came to a head and judge perry signed an order and what he said was okay, guys, both sides are playing games, so i am being fair here, and i will put this order out and it applies to everybody. if you want an expert to testify to something, they have to render an report and this is my opinion and what i am basing it on, and baez is turning over reports and when they get on the stand he is asking them questions that were not in the report, a clear violation. >> what about the anthropologists, regarding what he had to say about duct tape? >> yeah, he started to testify saturday morning and went on about the bones, and that's fine, and that's his opinion and what he is qualified as an expert in, but when baez tried to get into the duct tape and the placement of the duct tape, an

because as we know, jose baez had made this grand statement in his opening argument that he was goingo show that kronk somehow had taken control of caylee anthony's remains and had manipulated them for fame and fortune. everybody in the courtroom, when he got on that stand they did one of these, leaned forward in the seats. even the jury did that. they were laser focused on him. but in the end, most of those profession am and unprofessional observers in the courtroom felt that defense failed to make that point and in fact it was really not a good day for the defense team when it came to roy kronk. >> martin savage, thanks. >> yep. >>> just ahead we are going to dig in deeper to the relationship between casey anthony and her dad, especially defense claims which he denies he sexually abused her when she grew up and that's why she acted strangely and lied so much when caylee disappeared. the question is, is there anything in the jailhouse recordings of the father-daughter conversations that even hint at a troubled past? we'll take a look >>> and reputed boston mobster whitey bulger in co

what i thought was brilliant, if you watched george anthony testify, jose baez had him on direct whicheans you can't sort of object to what your own witness says unless it's nonresponsive so he says do you know someone named crystal holloway and george anthony slips in well, sir, i know her boy a few different names. you know she's been convicted of fraud. you can't unring that bell. the jury heard that. they know she's a convicted liar. so he said two really important things. number one, i did not have an affair with this convicted liar. and number two, i never, ever said this was an accident that snowballed out of control. we're going to see the defense put her up to try and counter what george anthony said, and make the jury think he's the liar, not her. >> you brought up an important point last hour. you said it was what they didn't ask him. they didn't ask him about this whole proposition that he sexually abused his daughter and that he accidentally, he discovered the accidental drowning, the little girl, and tried to cover it up. they didn't ask that at all. >> they haven't gone

>> yesterday jose baez, the lead defense attorney for casey anthony got to start his case. he was able to start presenting his evidence. started off slow with a little bit of boring testimony from an orange county deputy and some scientists but his big bombshell was right before lunch. i can guarantee you this was strategically done at 11:59 while he is questioning a dna expert from the fbi and asking her was blood found on all of these clothes that were seized from casey's house pursuant to a search warrant and then all of a sudden he slips in were you asked to perform a paternity test to see if lee is the father of caylee? at which point in time jeff ashton, our lead prosecutor -- >> lee being? >> her brother, the defendant, casey anthony's brother, yes, which is one of the allegations that the lead attorney, jose baez made in opening is that lee sexually molested her. by asking that question, what he's signalling to the jury is, hey, even the fbi thought there was something to because they asked for this paternity test, which is not true. it's misleading the jury. this i

what jose baez is rehabbing this man in the eyes of the jury. jury is getting to see the real george anthony. >> why did he get so upset? he essentially tried to commit suicide? >> the reason we know that happened, one of the lines he just said, he said, mr. baez, you are trying to take my joy. meaning that little caylee was the joy of his life. he loves his daughter casey in a fatherly pure way. i don't believe the allegations of abuse. when you are attacking him and say you hid your granddaughter's body. it is breaking this man's heart. we know from the jail tape, that casey herself said to her dad, you have been the best dad ever and the best grandfather. >> okay. we have to leave it at that. we will watch it very closely. thanks. >>> ten minutes away from president obama's news conference. the president will discuss a wide range of issues from job growth to the wars in iraq and afghanistan. you can watch it live here on cnn. cyber aacks. in financial transactions... on devices... in social interactions... and applications in the cloud. some

. >> reporter: defense attorney jose baez tried to show george tried to kill himself over covering upaylee's drowning and sexually abusing casey for years. >> you would never admit to it, wow, sir? >> sir, i would never do anything to harm my daughter in that way. >> baez bringing george to the stand and allowing george to suffer an emotional breakdown does not benefit the defense at all. >> reporter: casey took charge this morning during a telephone hearing without attorneys present turning on the microphone and telling the judge she supported efforts to seat a new jury after a recent death penalty ruling. >> i can answer that one. >> okay. >> i agree with miss finnell. >> and that was kathy bellich reporting. will we hear more from casey? it is possible even if her lawyers don't know for sure but they are expected to finish today and the jury could begin deliberating on sunday. >> well, a review of the dna evidence used to convict amanda knox of killing her roommate could help clear her. court appointed experts report that the evidence is unreliable and possibly contaminated. e amer

. >> reporter: perry threatened to hold defense attorney jose baez in contempt of court.hen it all beganay when prosecutors complained baez planned to question witnesses on topics not included in pretrial reports. after a long sidebar, court was adjourned until this morning. >> and i would go through the reports of all my experts and make sure that their opinions were contained in the reports. >> reporter: and while the trial of this young mother accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter caylee may be garnering more attention by the day, the judge seems intent on keeping it from becoming a spectacle. >> all of this, folks, is going to stop, or you will be working some very fierce days. >> reporter: perry also threatened to extend the trial hours by starting early each day and shortening the lunch break and told both sides to expect a full workday on saturday. t.j. winick, abc news, new york. >>> stars from "jackass" are remembering ryan dunn who gained fame on that show. he was killed early yesterday in a fiery one-car accident outside philadelphia. a passenger in dunn's 2007 porsche al

>> jose baez is casey anthony's lead defense attorney.hy wouldn't your first question be you've abused casey yourself. isn't it true you did this and that to her. jose baez was vocal about it in opening but when he had the chance, suzanne, he had lee anthony on the stand he didn't bring it up and the only reason i can think of is he's saving it for later because lee anthony, casey's brother is also on the defense's witness list so i think we're going to see him back on the stand again and that may be the time they go after him. >> all right, holly, thank you so much. appreciate your insights. >> thank you. >>> watch all-day coverage of the casey anthony trial on our sister network, hln. and form a resilient layer called biofilm? biofilm germs are strong enough to survive daily brushing. thankfully, there's listerine® antiseptic. its triple-action formula goes deep to penetrate biofilm, kill germs and protect your mouth for up to 12 hours. aaaahhhh... [ male announcer ] for a deeper clean, fight biofilm with listerine®. >>> we have some br

a testy exchange between george anthony and jose baez.is is the first time, i think, k kyra, that we have seen this emotion from george anthony. this is a former police officer who is used to testifying and has experience testifying. we see him crying on the witness stand. using some sort of handkerchief to stop his tears. an important part of testimony in the courtroom today. >> sunny hostin, thank you. we are monitoring the pictures. the father of casey anthony on the stand. george anthony giving his testimony at this time. we will continue to watch it. all right. >>> next hour, president barack obama is going to open the floor to reporter questions. it is his first solo news conference since march. he just faces a laundry list of issues. the debate over the national debt and the drawdown in afghanistan and the controversy of the mission in libya. cnn's jill doherty is at the white house. we are sure he will get all types of questions. >> reporter: no question. to make this more complicated, senate republicans now say they are going to

her own attorney, jose baez, said that in opening. yeah, she lies about everything.rom "one tree hill," the nighttime show. she borrows other peoples' stories and weaves them into her own life, and if the jury hears she used another woman's tragedy, because this woman lost her 2-year-old boy on christmas, on christmas, and if they learn casey anthony is this cold-blooded to steal her story and use it as her own, as well as throwing her father might as pack it up. >> how is the defense doing? are they able to adequately defend her or have there been mistakes? >> huge mistakes. this shows the experience of jose baez. this is a lawyer that had only been prag three years. what we have seen repeatedly is judge perry is hot. he is so mad about the discovery violations but has done a good job keeping it in check. he is saying at the end of the proceedings, the florida bar will have to address the violations and i will have a contempt hearing to hold you in contem contempt. and judge perry said he found it to be intentional. you're hiding the ball. you're trying to do trial

we'll see if jose baez has the same thinking as you do.hink if he'll tie her to the chair but he may not put her on the stand. >>> this hour, "sound effect" is a trick question. the u.s. men's soccer team plays mexico in california. who has the home field advantage? >> and a score! the u.s. is on the board! >> the u.s. scores. the crowd goes wild. what do you expect, right? but keep listening. >> coming off. you think that's tactical or a way to -- quick shot taken. and there's mexico. they're back in it. >> the visitors weren't exactly on unfriendly turf in saturday's final at the rose bowl. mexico has such a big fan base in and out of l.a., it's almost never scheduled to play there out of respect for the u.s. team. here's how the rest of the game went down. >> ropes the shot, blocked. it's a goal for mexico. they've tied it at 2. >> he scores again! mexico leads. he's in trouble now. the net is empty. he'll float it in. mexico has taken over! >> oh, yeah, that's how it all ended. mexico wins the game and a spot in the confederations cup

you may remember casey's defense attorney jose baez made those allegations during opening statements.rge's attorney, mark litman. tell me, that whole business about the allegation of the molest against george and lee. did that come out of left field or did you know it was coming? >> we knee it was coming. several weeks ago mr. baez and two of his attorneys came to our office and explained how they alleged caylee passed. six weeks ago we phone out from the prosecutors, what the defense was going to be. >> greta: how does that relate to the issue whether this was accidental or murder? >> nothing. it is just more stuff to throw out there. something tphaoeurbt jury to hang their hat on. to try and high the issue of what really happened. and to attack the family. >> greta: did the prosecution object to that? >> the openings are not evidence by any means. you can pretty much say what want. whatever you say, you have to prove. i think that's what the prosecutors are looking for. >> greta: how are cindy and george doing? >> you can see in court they have good days and bad days. certainly on t

very tough case and i think jose baez is doing a great job given that there is forensic evidence as well. >> be sure to watch every night at 7:00 p.m. eastern on our sister network hln. i'm don lemon. sanjay gupta, a special, "dads for my daughters" is next. ♪ ring around the rosies a pocket full of posies ♪ ♪ ashes, ashes we all fall down ♪ >>> a devoted father hears a shocking diagnosis. >> the fact i could go through this whole thing and not be me, was really -- it was awful. >> facing his own mortality. >> i could just feel my body sort of slipping away. >> reporter: he makes an extraordinary request. >> will you help be their dad? >> reporter: in this hour, an intimate diary of bruce's harrowing journey. >> and one for good. >> reporter: it's going to inspire you to rethink how you live your life and how you would take care of the ones you might leave behind. >> tuesday, july 15th, 2008. dear friends and family, the mist lifts slowly off my in-laws' back lawn off cape cod most mornings, revealing a day that is well under way, under a layer of due on the granite boulders. i apologize

. >> a lot of this forensic evidence, defense attorney jose baez fought hard for it not to be admitted into court. why is that? he tries to say that it's not reliable, that it's junk science even. >> reporter: yeah, she's called this junk science. he's been fighting. right out of the gate today, he made another objection trying to stop this. the judge wasn't hearing it, though. the defense thinks it's not conclusive enough. they've cited other cases where there may have been problems with it but the judge didn't think that was totally relevant to this case. so he let it in and the defense is going to have to live with it and in two weeks when they have their chance, they're going to have to try and explain away this compelling testimony from the fbi today. >> compelling and tough to get your mind around what the prosecution is saying, that caylee anthony was in the trunk of her mother's car. sean, thank you very much. in about 15 minutes, we're going to bring in our legal guys to talk more about this case. you don't want to miss what they have to say. i'm going to put a question to the

. >> jose baez did not want this testimony in court today. he oblged to it, but the judge allowed it anyway. while this is all going on, caylee anthony's grandparents are sitting in the courtroom, hearing this, reliving this. i got off the phone with the attorney, and he said this is really tough, but they want the truth, and they will stay there until the find it out. >> and they had to ask permission to watch trial because they're on the witness list, but the judge said it was fine. good the. >> that's right. the judge made an exception in the case. in this case, the judge saw this as appropriate because high se m as victims, too. they lost a granddaughter and want the truth. >> thank you. >> let's get to arizona. more than 1,000 firefighters are battling wildfires. more than 250,000 acres are burning across the state. jan brewer is expected to hold a news conference shortly. smoke and fire can be seen in albuquerque. that's about 200 miles away. >>> if you checked your calendar, you know the atlantic hurricane season is here. jacqui jeras

>> well, what's going on here, people are looking at this interaction and if jose baez and casey anthonyge anthony of being this child rapest, there's casey anthony, talking to her dad telling him what a great dad you are. they know she doesn't tell the truth, but that will make them question the allegations of sex abuse by the way she's interacting with her father there. >> it's still though, jean, without an actual cause of death, it still could be a circumstantial case, right? >> exactly. and when you look at the elements of murder, the jury has to say beyond a reasonable doubt that casey anthony caused the death of caylee. how are they going to do that? >> vinnie, the defense has added a grief counselor to their list of witnesses. what is that about, trying to explain casey's behavior, the going out and partying in the photographs we see? >> absolutely. this is the hand that the defense has been dealt. they can't get around it. it's so well documented with photographs, videotapes, audiotapes of her lying, and of her out doing things, like getting a tattoo, the beautiful life on her s

now, the defense did a very good job, this is jose baez, lead defense counsel, of questioning where'sh of that and unfortunately, this analyst did not stop when she recognized that as the shape of a heart, that adhesive residue, wasn't the sticker itself, it's the adhesive that's left over, kind of like if you have a band-aid on and take it off, there's some of that adhesive left. she didn't photograph it. so the defense did a very good job of bringing that up, saying why wouldn't you, that's such important evidence. obviously they want to argue it wasn't really there. >> what is the idea behind this? the idea is that the mother put a little sticker on to this duct tape and then put the duct tape over the child's mouth? >> exactly. what you're looking at is the dynamic. if this was just a stranger killing, they're not going to take the time to do that. this is somebody who is conflicted about putting this child's body out there in that swamp to decompose. so this is someone who had a connection to the little girl and the argument obviously is that her mother, after killing her to free

we thank you, jose baez.e's basically admitted that child died in the home, so we can already get that one out of the way. now we have all this physical testimony coming in about, you know, i think it's pretty good, actually, because what we're doing is showing that not only did that child die in the home, but then casey's running around with a car with her dead child in the back of it. so, they set up -- the prosecution set up a good thing. they showed her as a really cold-blooded psychopath for the past week. i think anybody sitting there is going, wow, you know, that's a scary woman. and jose baez made another stupid move by throwing the antho anthonys under the bus. only three people in the world that believe in casey and he just tossed them out. i mean, now there's nobody. i think the jury is already looking at her as someone capable of killing and now the physical evidence is showing she's the one that had the body with her. >> do you think the defense will have to put casey on the stand? >> i think the

again, you know, we heard jose baez' opening statement, and it was really shocking.is saying that little caylee anthony died accidentally by drowning. she is the only witness other than george anthony, she alleges was there as well, and in order to shore up the defense, randi, she has to take the witness stand. we know that the prosecution is going to say they are going to complete their case june 17th, so casey anthony may get on the witness stand as early as thele following week. >> that is only 111 days away. sunny hostin, thank you. >>> thanks. >>> and you can watch special coverage of the casey anthony trial all day long on our sister network hln. >>> in today's taking the lead, we look at a independent rapper who says that his key to success is embracing piracy, and he let kids steal his music. poppy harlow reports. >> reporter: he does not look, sound or think like your typical rapper. >> hip-hop is poetry, and there is not much difference between edgar allan poe and kanye west. >> reporter: you may beg to differ, but mc lars has figured out how to make it in

we don't know what make this girl tick but we do know based on her own attorney, jose baez' opening,at she says or does can really be trusted, because why is she crying? she's crying for herself. >> what about the brother? we were quite surprised. he was only on the stand, very short while, ten minutes, at max, here. and the story that he told about how the child was taken. was there an inconsistency there or did it line up with her story of what she said initially? >> no, it's another huge inconsistency, suzanne. here awhy this why they waited him back. he testified now, and now they called him back because now we have the testimony of yuri melich, the lead homicide investigator. casey was very descriptive in telling the lead homicide detective, i dropped caylee off at the sawgrass apartment at my nanny's apartment. when i went to get her after work that day, they weren't there. zenaida who she claims was the nanny, she said her phone was disconnected and she could never contact her again. her brother lee testified now today that zenaida and the nanny's sister physically restrained

defense attorney jose baez accuses a csi tech of altering evidence by drying a garbage bag found in thent because the defense says the foul odor came from garbage not a decomposing child. forensic expert tests about air samples. they found traces of chloroform on items in the trunk of the car. what does that prove? dr. baden's wife is a former member of the defense team in this case. good evening dr. baden. first chloroform. why is that of any significance if found in the tkwrpblg >> it is ubiquitous. present in many household products and in the manufacture of rugs and things. i think dr. vass yesterday said there was a huge amount of chloroform in the testifying. fbi toxicologist who has better credentials than dr. vass said it was even less than the normal amount of chloroform. i think the chloroform, so far, will -- doesn't appear to be an issue. >> greta: the defense and prosecution -- prosecutor saying a dead body was in that car defense saying the experts are wrong that the dog is wrong. it is a curious issue. how in the world did the remains get from the home six or eight s to w

>> well, jose baez in the history, in the annals of american law jourk to take the opening statementit at the bottom. that has unfortunately set the tone. to answer your question, deb, i don't think much if not all of the prosecution's evidence undermined in a week. we'll hear the evidence in about a week but the fact is the evidence has been irrefutable. the defense really has not done much of anything to bias the jury into think make there's some justification. i think the defense is in a world of trouble. that's not a surprise to anyone. >> before we segue to the next story, i want to say does she have to testify, avery, yes or no? >> yes. >> richard, yes or no? >> if she testifies, she's going to get convict and get sentenced to zmeekt you can catch our legal guys every saturday at noon jeechb and this just in to cnn. we're hearing new york representative anthony weiner will request a short leave of abscess from congress. according to a spokesperson, the congressman will seek professional treatment to, quote, focus on becoming a better husband and healthier person. this comes as

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. >> now, deb rarks casey's lead attorney in this case, jose baez, disagrees with that expert opinion. he has his own expert. he'll bring that up in about a week when he's going to be presenting his side of the case. >> and, sean, has the prosecution been able to determine without question that casey anthony during the period when those flies were in the back of the car actually drove that vehicle or is connected to that vehicle in some way? >> reporter: you know, casey anthony had custody of that car, she would drive it all around. she would drive it to the amscot was one area where it was eventually found. casey had the car at that time. prosecutors believe she put the body in the car, didn't know what to do with it and eventually they took the body from the car and put it in the woods where it decomposed with all the trash. >> clearly she was very emotional during the trial and the thought of having some sort of a body decomposing in the back of a vehicle, especially if, in fact, it is her daughter, she broke down on the stand -- she broke down listening to all the testimony today.

jose baez has his work cut out for him.eath and the port mort em root banding is brand-new too. she testified she can't say why that's the case. it's great evidence, but it's not necessarily perfect evidence. >> in the meantime, i will ask you about the former imf who pleaded not guilty to the charges that he sexually assaulted a hotel maid. is this going to come down to he said she said? >> seems it will. he is saying they are looking@a defensive consent. that's inconsistent with the hotel worker and to hear her tell the story. >> if you say there was sexual contact and emissions, you say concept, it's all consistent. >> always good to see you. >> it's a critical juncture in the trial against illinois governor rod blagojevich. the governor could face several days of relentless cross-examination and the outcome of the trial could turn on his testimony. nbc's rick bogert joins us from chicago. what are we expecting today? >> rod blagojevich walked in a few moments ago and will be taking the stand. he was engaged in horse tra

. >> that included jose baez questioning him divining rod to walk around the grass finding hidden gravesnd water. he pointed out how the air samples were not done until 10 weeks after caylee anthony died a story quoted him describing what the smell of a human decomposition is to that of a potato. a potato gone bad. >> that it is sickly sweet. it doesn't smell like a swamp or rotten egg smell. if you ever had a potato go back bush administration in your cupboard. that's a horrendous smell. similar to decomposition. amazingly similar. >> i believe i made that statement, yes. >>vass trying to explain. he has studied decome posing potatoes and they are nothing like a decomposing body. >> trace: tell us how novel this air sample science in a murder trial really. >> this is absolutely the very first trial in the united states that is admitting this type of air sample evidence to provide testimony about human decomposition. never been done before. attorneys on both sides fought heavily over whether or not to admit this in front of the judge perry pre-trial. he ended up siding with the prosecuto