. >> reporter: carter puts her fate in the hands of one man, judge lawrence moniz. mistake?g mistake. >> reporter: what might the defense have hoped to gain by going for a bench trial? >> i think the defense was afraid of the response that a jury would have to these texts. they're terrible. >> they're very incendiary. >> and so i think that you are hoping that a judge will be able to view it in a more rational -- >> like calmer heads prevail. >> and maybe focus on issues like causation and the definition of the statute, as opposed to how horrible the texts are. >> reporter: and so the trial begins. >> she assisted and devised and advised and planned his suicide. she pushed him to kill himself sooner rather than later, and she mocked him when he chose to delay his death. >> reporter: prosecutors mary clare flynn and katie rayburn laying out the case and a motive. >> if you really look at it, your honor, she's really desperate for attention. look at me, i lost my boyfriend. >> you presented her as a girl who was manipulating, who was looking for attention. >> she wanted him to

secretary moniz, thank you for being with us this morning. you are a man who lived through the nuclear threat of the cold war. can you compare what that was like to the potential threats that we are aware of today in the world iran, north korea, other areas? >> well, at the end of the cold war in the early 90s, a lot of people were hoping that the whole issue, the specter of nuclear weapons was behind this. today i have to say that the possibility of a nuclear weapon beingty used is probably higher than any time since the human missile crisis and are concerned is less on inactive miscalculation that provides a faulty information for the united states and russia. >> younu are feeling while you e energy secretary. >> yes, indeed. although i think it's gotten worse in the intervening period. for example, with russia, let's face it our relationship is very, very poor at the moment. much less communication that was going on and that is what adds to this idea that miscalculation is that could lead us to a very, very bad outcome. >> you are leading

moniz, i want to thank you and commend you for your work in negotiating and securing the iran nuclear deal. secondly, my question has to do with your former role as energy secretary. i was wondering if you can speak to the risk to the electrical grid that solar flairs pose? and do you feel that hardening out electrical grid to solar events should be a priority. >> guest: well, let me say, first of all, more broadly, i think that hardening the grid, if you like, i would say making it more resilient against a number of threats, you mixed solar flares and extreme circumstances those certainly are an issue, but i'd like to say at that time frankly, i would say cyber threats are probably a greater present danger, but in general, what we need to do is we need to get a much more resilient system. we need to continue the deployment that was started nearly ten years ago now, in terms of much more able sensors that can detect disturbances and isolate part of the grid with problems. and it's not only on he high voltage system, the transition system, but also when you get to the distribution syst

moniz of theoretical physics at stanford and m.i.t. were floodedatures by extremely mild air on both sides with record warmth in the nation's capital. how closely do you watch climate science? guest: very closely. half of my time is on nuclear threats, half of it is on global warming and clean energy solutions to that. it has been predicted for a long time. as we have global warming, and that is a fact not a scientific speculation, the world is warming, it has been known and predicted, and observed, that the arctic warms twice as fast as the temperate zones. we are seeing, in front of our eyes and satellite eyes, tremendous changes in the arctic. some say, isn't that wonderful? we will have a northern passage for ships. that might have some benefit, but the reality is it is extraordinarily dangerous for those living there. villageseen whole already compromised with the global warming today. the arctic is at tremendous risk. of course, a lot of what they do in the arctic depends upon having things like a frozen tundra, etc. canhose begi

. >>> i want to bring in earn east coast moniz, nuclear physicist, secretary of state under presidentman of the nuclear threat initiative. you you will be familiar with the fact secretary moniz was very intimately involved in the iran nuclear deal. secretary, good to see you. did you for being with us. >> thank you. >> i want to ask you about a piece you wrote with former democratic nor sam nunn saying that human error, not intentional aggression, may, in fact, be the most likely scenario to set off a nuclear catastrophe. talk to me about that in reference to what hans was just talking about in terms of this new nuclear review.. >> well, first of all, ali, we do believe it is the case that much more than in a certain nuc powers, whether it's the u.s. and russia or of course the north american situation, india and pakistan, we have many cases of nuclear powers having difficult relationships, shall we say, that could easily lead to miscalculation. so, one of the questions that we would pose to the nuclear posture review of the administration has just put out is does it, in fact, address

had nothing to do with president obama, it had to do with moniz. >> you don't need to suck up to mebeing with you. >> good to be with you we'll see you again in studio. >>> when we come back, we're going to check in with andrew. he's in pyeongchang with an olympic update as we head to break, take a look at the markets this morning. last time we looked they were all in the red you can see the ftse is now up just barely, break even. the cac in france is down by .3 of a percentage points the dax is down by .6 of a percent. stick around, we'll be right back today, innovation in the finger lakes is helping build the new new york. once home to the world's image center, new york state is now a leader in optics, photonics and imaging. fueled by strong university partnerships, providing the world's best talent. and supported with workforce development to create even more opportunities. all across new york state, we're building the new new york. to grow your business with us in new york state, visit esd.ny.gov. >>> welcome back to "squawk box," everyone equity futures this morning have been a

moniz of theoretical physics at stanford and m.i.t.ere floodedatures by extremely mild air on both sides with record warmth in the nation's capital. how closely do you watch climate science? guest: very closely. half of my time is on nuclear threats, half of it is on global warming and clean energy solutions to that. it has been predicted for a long time. as we have global warming, and that is a fact not a scientific speculation, the world is warming, it has been known and predicted, and observed, that the arctic warms twice as fast as the temperate zones. we are seeing, in front of our eyes and satellite eyes, tremendous changes in the arctic. some say, isn't that wonderful? we will have a northern passage for ships. that might have some benefit, but the reality is it is extraordinarily dangerous for those living there. villageseen whole already compromised with the global warming today. the arctic is at tremendous risk. of course, a lot of what they do in the arctic depends upon having things like a frozen tundra, etc. canhose begin

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