. >> reporter: raffaele sollecito made a plea to give him back a real life. he and his ex-girlfriend, american college student amanda knox are facing the third trial for the 2007 murder of british student meredith kercher. an expert testified that the dna on the knife prosecutors claimed was the murder weapon belonged to knox, not the victim. that backed up the claim that the knife was a regular kitchen knife. italy's high court ordered a third trial saying the acquittal was full of contradictions. amanda knox is not in court. she told british tv she's too scared to return to italy. >> i was already imprisoned wrongfully. >> he said knox was his first true love and he did not take the accusations seriously at the beginning. >> there'll be another half dozen hearings before the verdict in january. >>> frightened passengers and crew evacuate a plane after a fire at montreal airport in canada. you can see people sliding down the emergency chute while flames and smoke billow through the air. a luggage loader caught fire. the plane had just arrived from north afri

as amanda knox and her former boyfriend, raffaele sollecito are once again fighting for their innocencefor the first time in this trial, this morning, sollecito is speaking in the italian courtroom. thanking his family and professing that knox is his first true love. even a place in my life, he said. we had a carefree love. this flower blossomed. emotional at times during his 20-minute statement, he begs and says, quote, i am fighting every day to bring out the truth. apologizing for not taking the charges seriously at the beginning of the first trial in 2007. adding, i never went to parties excessively, never loved liquor. but i may have smoked a couple of joints. but that doesn't change who i am psychologically. sollecito says the murder case has hurt him. how he can't find a job because people in italy think of him as an assassin. as for knox, she remains in seattle. her attorney is calling this morning's testimony a victory. they requested a testing of a minuscule sample of dna found on the suspected murder weapon. just hours ago, italy's top forensic investigators formally explaine

the prosecutor also called for a 26 year sentence for knox's former boyfriend,raffaele sollecito.ial for the pair. the two were convicted in 2009 of killing british exchange student meredith kercher but the convictions were overturned in 2011 for " lack of evidence. " >>anny: the wife of a palo alto man who is being detained in north korea breaks her silence and is asking for his release. 85 year-old merrill newman, who is a korean war vet has been held for a month now. lee newman says her husband detainment is a " misunderstanding " she isn't worried about his health and sent to madison to beijing with hopes it can be delivered to wherever merrill is being held. lee said she is hoping her house that will be home for the holidays. >>: i would like to remind them that this is the 30th day of his detention and that we are looking forward as a family to being together on thanksgiving at we need to have merrill back at the head of the table for the holidays. and we ask, respectfully, for them to release him and let him come home. " merrill newman and a travel companion were on a 10 da