going along with the plan that she says she scripted along with her then husband michael dippolito andmohammad shahadi. >> the tape it was a show. that was the tape. that was the purpose of it. >> reporter: you were acting in the tapes? >> yes. >> reporter: earlier this your she doubled down, testifying at a pretrial hearing. >> this is supposed to put on line so you can get publicity. >> on social media, yes. >> right. >> so we could try to get an acting job from it. >> reporter: it is hard to fiend a good hit man. they're not just cruising around. this is another case where it seems that someone wanted a close relative dead and they got turned in. at least that's the prosecution's theiry. >> reporter: back in court, contention among opposing counsel has the gotten so intense, the judge admonished them in open court yesterday. >> you are going to start acting professionally. i am not going to have this bickering between the two of you. >> reporter: it is not yet known whether or not dalia dippolito will testify, but with the prosecution resting their case today, it is now solely up to

. >> reporter: that's michael dippolito, the now ex-husband of the woman caught on video allegedly trying to hire a hit man to kill him in 2009 only that alleged hit man was actually an undercover police officer. >> you definitely want to do this? >> i'm positive like 5,000% sure. >> reporter: she always maintained her innocence. one juror who voted for guilty said it was real. and she thought he was dead and this is what she wanted. dippolito remains under house arrest. later on "good morning america" our chief legal analyst dan abrams weighs in. >>> california has stopped uber self-driving car program. the same day it all got started. the company needs a special permit to have it on public roads. in the meantime, uber says video showing what appears to be a self-driving suv running a red light in san francisco was actually caused by human error. the company says there was a driver at that wheel. >> ah. >>> all right, when we come back caught on camera, the dramatic moment a police officer was shot during a traffic stop. >>> and secretly coming to save the day. a first responder on the s

dippolito was caught on undercover camera allegedly trying to hire a hitman to kill her then husband michael dippolitoe hitman was an undercover officer. the police stage this crime scene where she was told her husband was killed. >> is your husband michael? i'm sorry to tell you ma'am, he's been killed. [ crying ] >> the police department posted that video to youtube where it went viral. the defense believes the officers staged the crime scene to impress the crew of the tv show "cops." friday they grilled police over the integrity of the investigation. >> you post that on youtube for the whole world to see within six minutes. you don't think that's -- >> well, because you keep changing the time. >> you think this is funny ma'am? >> no, i don't. now you're saying it's six minutes. >> the judge has yet to decide whether the jury will see this video. this is the second time she's been tried for the crime after being granted a new trial. dahlia dippolito maintaining her innocence. in an interview with our amy robach last december. >> did you want your husband dead? >> no. absolutely not. >> did you hire

with the plan that she says she her then husband michael dippolito and former lover mohamed shihadeh had scripted for an acting project. dalia giving her explanation to it was a tape. that was the purpose of it. >> you were acting in those tapes? >> yes. >> reporter: and earlier this year, testifying in a pretrial hearing. >> this is supposed to be something you guys are. >> going to put online so you can get publicity. >> on social media. right. so we can try to get an acting job from it. >> so this is acting? >> yes. >> reporter: while it's not known if she was expected to testify in her retrial, the contention among opposing counsel so intense the judge admonishing them in open court. >> you're going to start acting professionally. i'm not goto you. >> reporter: now she is being retried after being convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison because an appeals court ruled the original jury pool had been tainted. the retrial is expected to last a full week. >> keeps going and going. >> all right. >>> you know what else keeps going? the big board, and it's coming up. >> yes. >> on

. >> reporter: michael dippolito, the now ex-husband of the woman caught on tape allegedly hiring someone to kill him in 2009. the supposed hit man actually an undercover police officer. >> you definitely want to do this? >> i'm positive like 5,000% sure. >> reporter: her attorneys attacked the police department for filming the conversation with the undercover cop claiming they were more interested in starring the reality show "cops" instead of properly investigating the case. the police also came under fire for telling dalia her husband was dead, knowing he was actually alive. >> okay, i'm sorry to tell you, ma'am. he's been killed. >> reporter: in 2011 dalia was sentenced to 20 years in prison, but the case was overturned on appeal in 2014, and now she will go back on house arrest where she spent the last two years. prosecutors vowing to try her a third time. >> it's mildly humorous to me but, listen, i wish her all the luck in the world. i'm trying to move past it. it's a little hard when you have do this every other year. >> reporter: she's always maintained her innocence telling me s

. >> reporter: dalia dippolito heads back to a courtroom. >> is your husband michael? okay, i'm sorry to tell you, ma'am, he's been killed. >> reporter: but in court dippolito's lawyers turned their eyes on the police department behind the videos arguing that the boynton beach police department staged this encounter "cops" and by doing so tainted it and put their quest for fame ahead of the integrity of the investigation. something the police department disputes. >> you post that on youtube for the whole world to see within six minutes. >> reporter: in an interview with our amy robach last december, dippolito maintained her innocence. >> did you hire a hit man to kill your husband? >> no. >> reporter: linsey davis, abc news, new york. >>> violence reportedly erupted in louisville, kentucky, during a celebration after louisville quarterback lamar jackson won the heisman trophy. sources tell our station there louisville football players were shot at an off-campus apartment complex saturday night. their injuries are said to be nonlife-threatening. >>> and there are new cla

dippolito hired an undercover officer posing as a hitman to kill her husband in 2009. the state showing this video during the trial, a fake murder scene carefully staged by police. >> is your husband michael? okay, i'm sorry to tell you, ma'am, he's been killed. >> reporter: jurors also saw this video. dippolito in a car with the phony killer for hire. >> you definitely want to do this? >> i'm positive, like 5,000% sure. >> reporter: while dippolito didn't testify, she says she was just acting as part of a reality tv show, maintaining her innocence in an interview with abc's amy robach. >> did you want your husband dead? >> no, absolutely not. >> did you hire a hitman to kill your husband? >> no. >> reporter: in 2011, dippolito was convicted of sligsatiolicito commit first degree murder, sentenced to 20 years in prison, but that was overturned on appeal. david, for now, the judge has sent the jury home to rest and will ask them to continue deliberating in the morning. david? >> mara schiavocampo with us tonight. thanks, mara. >>> next this evening, 100 million americans bracing for dangerous cold this evening. wind chills well below zero, after deadly winter storms. a driver rescued from

dippolito with an undercover informant. and then, later, reacting to a fake crime scene. >> is your husband michael? ay, i'm sorry to tell you, ma'am, he's been killed. >> reporter: and the defense arguing the boynton beach police department set her up to impress the crew of the tv show "cops." dippolito now returning to house arrest, while her ex-husband she's accused of trying to kill left dumbfounded. >> all she had to do was divorce me, and in the end, nobody would have got in trouble. >> reporter: prosecutors announcing they'll try dippolito for a third time. her defense team saying, quote, "we are absolutely ready for round three," adding, "tell them we can't wait." david? >> ryan smith tonight. ryan, thank you. >>> when we come back here, the famous yoga name found dead in his home. a suspicious circumstance. he launched so many yoga franchises across the country. >>> also tonight, 20 years later, a new turn in the unsolved murder of jonbenet ramsey. >>> and just in time for the holidays, amazon unveiling delivery by drone. it took just 13 minutes. there could be hope getting it there after al

michael? sorry to tell you, ma'am, he's been killed. >> reporter: dippolito maintains she was just going alongld abc's amy robach last december. >> that was the purpose of it. it was a show. it was a tape. >> you were acting in the tapes? >> yes. >> the reality is she attempted to hire people to kill me before. >> reporter: in 2011, dippolito was convicted of solicitation to commit murder, but that verdict was thrown out on appeal. now the 34-year-old is preparing to be tried for a third time. >> what we're focusing on is how we can better bolster our message and get that out there in round three. >> reporter: the state attorney says the trial begins as soon as possible. meanwhile, dippolito is scheduled to be back in court in three weeks for a status check. kendis, diane? >> marcy, thank you. >>> in the next half hour, the growing debate among new parents, should you sleep train your baby? opponents says training is nothing more than the cry it out method of just ignoring the baby's screams. >>> first, she's the young conservative fire brand who's lighting up the internet. why 24-year-old tom

michael. >> i'm sorry to tell you, ma'am, it's been killed. >> reporter: in court dippolito's lawyers turned the spotlight on the police department behind the videos arguing that the boynton beach police department staged this to impress the crew of the tv show "cops" and by doing so tainted and put their quest for fame ahead of the integrity of the investigation, something the police department disputes. >> post that on youtube for the whole world to see within six minutes. you don't think that's going to jeopardize -- you're laughing. >> you keep changing the time. >> you think this is funny, ma'am. >> no, i don't but now you are a saying it's six minutes. >> reporter: had is the second time dippolito is being charged for the alleged crime after appellate court reversed her conviction in 2014. in an interview with our amy robach last december, dippolito maintained her innocence. >> did you want your husband dead? >> no, absolutely not. >> did you hire a hit man to kill your husband? >> no. >> the judge says once the defense rests its case he will decide if the jury will see that now infamo

. >> reporter: 34-year-old dippolito is accused of hiring an undercover officer posing as a hit man to kill her newlywed husband of six months. >> is your husband michael? okay, i'm sorry to tell you, ma'am, he's been killed. >> reporter: the spotlight has been put on this video made by the boynton beach police department which the defense argues was staged and posted online to impress the crew of the tv show "cops" and displayed a lack of integrity in the investigation. a claim the police department denies. video will be shown to the jury. >> because it's been a feature of the defense case, the state has a right to put that into evidence. >> reporter: dippolito's lawyers insisting the police set her up. dippolito maintains she is innocent. >> this case is 100% on the egregious misconduct of the boynton beach police department and how they used dalia dippolito as a pawn to generate good reality tv for the show "cops." prosecutors arguing the video they showed speaks for itself. >> 4,700 bucks. she wanted two bullets put in her husband's head. for nothing. >> reporter: the prosecution will get a chance to give its rebuttal this morning and then dalia di

recordings of the 34-year-old dippolito who was accused of hiring an undercover officer posing as a hit man to kill her newlywed husband of six months. >> is your husband michael? okay, i'm sorry to tell you, ma'am, he's been killed. >> reporter: that video, the center of this case made by the boynton beach police department. the defense claiming they staged it arguing that officers set up the police department denying those claims. >> this case is 100% on the egregious misconduct of the boynton beach police department. >> reporter: dippolito pleading not guilty telling our amy robach last december she knew it was all a show for the cameras. >> the tape was -- it was a show. it was a tape. that was the purpose of it. >> you were acting in those tapes? >> yes. >> reporter: but prosecutors say the video speaks for itself. proving dippolito's >> i'm confident like 5,000% sure. >> read her body language. there's not an ounce of hesitation. she's confident. he says i'll put two shots to the head. she's fine with that. he told you she didn't even given. >> reporter: now the jury can't reach a verdict today, the judge is expected to give an allen charge asking them t