mr. lippman didn't deny what gary reported on air tonight. to gary a short time ago. >> what did you make of what mark lippman said to me? beyond all the press releases and the press conferences that that he had today and the kind of the backtracking he's done publicly, bottom line, he didn't disagree that he said what you said he said, that casey -- that george and cindy anthony do not believe their daughter is innocent. >> reporter: it was kind of interesting today. i understand at a press conference it was to refute what i said. but you're right, he did not disagree with it. he was very ambiguous and i think he purposely wanted to be. he did not deny the quotes, did not say he was misquoted and did not say it was off the record. it was on the record. basically he doesn't disagree with what he said we said on tv. >> right. it seems like basically this got a lot of pick up. some people were saying george and cindy anthony believe their daughter is guilty. we never said that on this program. you never reported that. other people may have inte

mr. lippman is evasive. he says that they want justice.mally when someone says they want justice, that means they want justice for the victim in this case, which is caylee. but they have to be divided. this is a death penalty case. the state is seeking death. they want the jury to recommend death. and believe me, anderson, if there's a conviction in this case and there's a death penalty portion, this couple will fight for casey's life. >> sonny, the defense called a bug expert today who said that smell in casey anthony's car trunk could have been food and not a decomposing body. is this going to come down to a bat battle of the experts? >> i think there's no question about it, anderson. i think he gave this defense team several nuggets we're going to be able to use in closing arguments to poke holes in this prosecution's case. remember, this is a circumstantial case. there is no direct evidence tying casey anthony to caylee anthony's death. so this bug expert did a pretty decent job with helping the defense dismantle this prosecution's cas