if anybody knows a thing or two about that, it is that guy, mark o'mara. he represented george zimmerman as i know you will remember last year. then, i have this, as part of your intro today, mark o'mara, you have just been awarded by the national trial lawyers association, the national criminal trial lawyer of the year. well deserved. congratulations. nice to hear. >> good morning. great it talk to you again. >> i have watched you at work. it is true. it really is. here is my question for you. you know all too well what it is like trying to defend somebody on garden variety charges when you don't have a garden variety client. the media and everybody else is zeroing in. what is the advice you have for roy black? >> roy doesn't need advice from me. he is a great lawyer. here is the thing about miami-dade county in a dui. justin bieber fits into a category where he is available for the back on track program. a quick, ease why i way to deal with a dui. what you do basically is go into this program. if you complete it, which is community service, a fine, which

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union politics panel joining me marc harrold libertarian commentator attorney and author of team o'mara president of the young democrats of america and newsome national advisory council with the project twenty one black leadership network thanks for all all of you for joining us but it's great to have you with us. shouldn't we just as a starting point shouldn't we really be talking about congress's failures not president obama is i mean they've been. from from two thousand from january twentieth two thousand and nine the night that obama was inaugurated and fifteen republicans and newt gingrich and frank luntz got together at the caucus room restaurant and basically swore a blood oath to do everything they could to block any any success on his part i mean the agenda that the republicans have always had is ruin the economy to prevent him from having any success and then blame him for all of it and the american people i mean you know this is the old p.t. barnum thing nobody ever got or a.j. liebling to put in his quote book or look at nobody ever fail to get rich underestimating the intel

joining us is mark o'mara, who represented george zimmerman at his murder trial. do you see any possibility of a stand your ground defense used by this guy? >> well, they may try it. i'm not sure there's any other defense. what they may try and say is he reacted to what he perceived to be what we know as self-defense, imminent threat of great bodily injury. but i don't know how he's going to prove that, because all the witnesses say there wasn't any threat going back and forth, and throwing anything, popcorn or anything else, even throwing a punch doesn't get you to the point where you can use great bodily force like a firearm. and quite honestly, i think an officer trained in the specter of force and when to use deadly force or a firearm, should know much better that it should never get to that point, unless he is truly in fear of death or great bodily harm. >> also in a movie theater, you can get up and leaved. it's not as if you are cornered unable to leave. >> he did. he got up and supposedly went to the manager. you do have a commonality in all of these. we d

joining me now to help me keep up, michelle turner, and mark o'mara. welcome to all of you. michelle, where the hell are we with justin bieber? it seems like almost every other day there is a new thing involving him and the law. >> when you said trying to keep up, you're right. this is the second time in a week we're talking about him outrunning the law. just a little bit ago in toronto, he was there, he turned himself into authorities in connection with the assault of a limo driver. this happened more than a month ago, it was back on december 19th, he was at a toronto maple leafs hockey game in the area, this happened after it, we also know he was appearing with his attorney, his attorney had been in touch with the authorities beforehand. this was a prearranged situation. so it seems like he may have known about this at the time of the other things. but he now has three open cases hanging over his head. this is no joke, and it's no small thing for justin bieber any more. i think it's becoming a serious problem. >> is it a case of he's struggling to turn into a fully fledged

let's talk more about this now with mark o'mara.you find it plausible that this detective had to fire his weapon that three trained officers couldn't subdue a teenager who weighed under 100 pounds armed with a screwdriver? >> i've said many times that cops are very difficult and very dangerous job. having said that, the circumstances have to be looked at. they were called to a situation of not a dangerous, armed person, they were called because of a psychological occurrence with this person. and they had to respond to that in mind. when they respond and subdue him, look at the situation as not being criminal but as somebody who is ill. the way the third person came on the scene and seemed to have aggravated it makes no sense to me whatsoever. and we have to look at what cops are told to do. they're given a spectrum of force to use. at the end of the spectrum is deadly force. every other opportunity to resist should be employed. even backing up. why not just back away from the situation and see what happens rather than using deadly f

be a christian nation and a white nation because it's the majority nation i mean that's completely o'mara told her she had sort of the basic tenet of democracy or freedom all right gentlemen i'm going to jump in here this is going to go to charlotte bring out again and after that short break we'll continue our discussion on saudi arabia stay with our. why is the price of gold so high. demand global demand do you think gold is money. the value of the only plays we have to live of the water that we need to survive it's not compared to gold i mean gold we're not going to eat gold we're not going to bait with gold. we're not going to drink up what clearly what amal is and is in a desperate economic situation absolutely right what we're running to do is say they're for any kind of economic development from the outside is going to be a benefit their only purpose is to extract as much money as possible to feed into the global financial system. with we are part of the geo political economic system that's extremely exploited to. first of all is a question where the mining should even be carried ou

. >> mark o'mara, let's take the whole bieber legal actions into a totality and address the issue of his potential deportation from the united states. because there is an official white house petition on the official site there. i know all about these because there was one that was launched about me to have me deported. and president obama had to spring to my rescue. but he's actually got even more thane had now. he's got over 130,000 signatures. which means the white house will be compelled to respond. is there a serious risk here of bieber being deported? >> well, justin bieber is sort of a criminal light right now. i think he needs to get control of himself. those people advising him need to tell him to get his act together. but egging a house, not particularly serious. not sure how you cause $20,000 with an egg unless it's gold paint signed by peter max. the event with the assault an the limo driver, that could be an opportunity thing. the dui down in south florida, i would not be too concerned about if i was roy black for a couple of reasons. one, it's less than a .02. not much

critically important, mark o'mara and heather hanson back with me now.ou heard susan talk about these range of emotions. many people welcoming it. what do you do about the venue? this is kind of a tricky jury pool, isn't it? >> you stay right in boston and try it there even though it is opposed to some gut feelings. here is why. it is a liberty city. 77% are not in favor have o the death penalty. . you are not going to find some better locations to not want to put him to death. now, you get an opportunity to look more into the juror's backgrounds and their biases and prejudices and what they know about the case, because you are right there in the heart of the center of it. you get that opportunity that you wouldn't have with a change of venue. stay in boston. >> it is hard to hear that. i remember when i covered the anthony case. where are you going to move it to, mars? everybody knows about this. in the end, when it comes to law, it's not about what you know. it is about what kind of person you are and what you can do with what you know. >> that's going

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let's talk more about this now with mark o'mara. it plausible that this detective had to fire his weapon that three trained officers couldn't subdue a teenager who weighed under 100 pounds armed with a screwdriver? >> i've said many times that cops are very difficult and very dangerous job. having said that, the circumstances have to be looked at. they were called to a situation of not a dangerous, armed person, they were called because of a psychological occurrence with this person. and they had to respond to that in mind. when they respond and subdue him, look at the situation as not being criminal but as somebody who is ill. the way the third person came on the scene and seemed to have aggravated it makes no sense to me whatsoever. and we have to look at what cops are told to do. they're given a spectrum of force to use. at the end of the spectrum is deadly force. every other opportunity to resist should be employed. even backing up. why not just back away from the situation and see what happens rather than using deadly force. >>

. >> mark o'mara, paul callan, happy new year. >> happy new year. >> and good luck getting back to floridaok a hotel, didn't you? >> yes, i did. >> that's a good thing. controversial comments from duck dynasty's phil robertson, that the a & e! network is moving forward with the new episodes. kind of makes you wonder if it's about keeping the viewers happy, keeping the money rolling in or just letting somebody say what he wants to say. but thieves can steal your identity and turn your life upside down. hi. hi. you know, i could save you 15% today if you open up a charge-card account with us. you just read my mind. [ male announcer ] just one little piece of personal information, and they can open bogus accounts, damaging your credit, stealing your money, and ruining your reputation. that's why you need lifelock to relentlessly protect what matters most, helping stop crooks before the damage can be done. and now you can have the most comprehensive identify-theft protection available today -- lifelock ultimate. for protection you just can't provide yourself, get lifelock ultimate. i didn't kn

mark o'mara is joining knee me. i'm mystified. what do you mean a crime of opportunity?'t know why he did it or why he focused on this priest. we know he was in jail a day or two before with psychiatric issues. he did it. why did he do it? >> what about the reliability for the hospital that he are leased him? >> the cops took him to the hospital, hospital gave him back to the cops. cops released him. they have to after four or five hours. if he's not a danger to himself or to others, they have to let him go. >> all we know at this point, the priest was bludgeoned. tefs a violent struggle. . i wonder as to weather they seek the death penalty. >> they do have it, but with a first-degree murder charge, normally you have previous contact between the two. it was more like a second-degree murder charge because there was a type of heat of passion type of thing. so lots to look into. >> how can they come to that conclusion when we don't even know why he allegedly did it. >> we have to wait and see. this is going to be a question of trying to answer the question why did he do it.

. >> mark o'mara, joey jackson, good to hear from you. brilliant minds and brilliant thoughts. thanks for watching. "cnn newsroom" continues now. >>> just before the winter olympics begin, two brothers who police believe may have assisted in a deadly terrorist bombing in volgograd are now in custody. amanda knox will find out this hour whether she'll be convicted of murdering a british exchange student more than two years after she was acquitted in the case. and three inches of snowfall, that is the question frozen in everyone's mind, how did two inches of snow bring a major city to its knees? no one wants to play the blame game, but is anyone willing to take responsibility? >>> and welcome to the "cnn newsroom." i'm carole costello. thanks for joining me. the ice that caused the traffic nightmare has almost melted away, but the fi i can't say koe will forever be frozen in the city's memory. drivers are beginning to retrieve more than 2,000 vehicles abandoned all over the city. at least ten deaths were reported across the south from this week's wintry blast. and in alabama 1,60

and marjorie o'mara, thanks for being on the show. >> good evening, reverend. >> good evening.you very much, reverend. >> let me ask you, what were you hoping to learn from david wildstein today? >> the truth, to be honest with you. we've been hearing so many stories. and in light of the e-mails that were given to us that were by way of the subpoena, the truth would have been nice. but unfortunately, that was not the case. >> here is what governor christie said today about reports that he and david wildstein had been friends since high school. listen to this. >> let me just clear something up, okay, about my childhood friend david wildstein. it is true that i met david in 1977 in high school. he is a year older than me. david and i were not friends in high school. we were not even acquaintances in high school. i think some of the stories impute like an emotional relationship and closeness between me and david that doesn't exist. >> assembly woman, does it matter how long he has known wildstein, or does it matter what they did? and are you sold by what the governor said today? d