. >> he claimed that smith's reactions were crucial for the jury to consider like when ron anthony showed a bloody knife. >> travion has no reaction to seeing that knife. >> when witness sara asked smith what was going on. wallace says smith's reaction was important. >> what doesn't he say? he doesn't say i don't know. but the defense claimed smith was under ron anthony's influence and was following along. >> travion did what ron told him. >> the lawyer claimed there was no physical evidence to connect smith to the murder. >> there was to fingerprints of any relevance or value collected in this case. link the cuts on travion's palms to struggle with melissa huggins jones. the jurors obviously felt the state proved a first-degree murder case. now here's what happens tomorrow. there will be a so called mini trial if you will. the jurors come back and listen to evidence, the victim's family will speak through victim impact statements. it'll take several days then the jurors go back to the jury room and deliberate. should smith get the death penalty or not. steve, wncn news now. >>> we're fol

but the defense claimed smith was under ron anthony's influence and was following along. >> travion did what ron told him. >> the lawyer claimed there was no physical evidence to connect smith to the murder. >> there was to fingerprints of any relevance or value collected in this case.

ron. i love you guys. anthony: coming up at 9:00 here on abc11 eyewitness news. the enterally woman hit in a drive-by shooting in durham county is identified. dorothy hallway was watching tv with her daughter and gunfireroomed. she is in critical condition but making progress. a disabled man's van is back in his position. police found it friday might two miles away at the back of an apartment complex. it still runs and the handicapped controls are still a mass movement in raleigh this weekend. thousands crowded fayetteville street for the hk on j street march. and the voter law is part of the protest and that as immigrants justice, women's right and other social justice issues. those and a full 90 minutes of news coming up on the sore side a cold valentine [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org ] anthony: ready or not here we are. valentine's day. sunday, february the 19th. 19 degrees outside, that will wake you up. i'm anthony wilson. caitlin: i'm caitlin knute. we a

anthony: i came to oaxaca for mescal. i like mescal more and more these days. and this guy, ront mescal in the world. we're at the zapotec ruins of monte albán. >> cooper: in pre-conquest mexico, there were gods and goddesses of intoxication and ecstasy. the touch of a lover, the smell of a flower, the a-ha of an idea, all had gods and goddesses that took responsibility for those things. >> anthony: all of your mescals come from different villages, and only that village. >> cooper: and only one maker in that village. we call our stuff "single village mescal," because most mescals are made with a blend of different villages all put together. no one goes home and has a cocktail in these indian villages. they wait until there's a special occasion. ♪ every birth, death, confirmation, baptism, there's a fiesta. a wedding is eight days. you invite 200 people. you feed 'em breakfast, lunch, and dinner. you have a band every day. and then they really consume. don't drink yet. for mother earth and our ancestors. then you say, stee chi beu. >> anthony: stee chi beu. that's extraordinary.

ron is doing. that is not unusual. we'll be right back here >> don't drop it. anthony: just four minutes away at 9:00 here on abc11 eyewitness news. fayetteville police are cracking down on drunk drivers. they have checkpoints setup along cliffdale road overnight to educate people over the dangers of drunk driving and reduce the number of impaired drivers on the road. donald trump is bringing his momentum to our area. his campaign opening an office in fayetteville today. he got an endorsement yesterday new jersey. a dog rescued from deplorable living conditions in durham has a new home. a sheriff deputy adopted marty after the dog was found dehydrated and emaciated last summer. those stories part of a full hour of news on the other side of this break. still chilly. 8:57. keep it right here as abc11 (phone ringing) you can't deal with something, by ignoring it. but that's how some presidential candidates seem to be dealing with social security. americans work hard, and pay into it. so our next president needs a real plan to keep it strong. (elephant noise) (donkey noise

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anthony: the panthers giving for heroes. a two-day event honoring military veterans and raises money for the bob woodruff foundation which helps injured veterans and families. head coach ron rivera and panthers players treated wounded vets complete with personalized jersey, grammy-award-winning artist darius rucker performed a private concert for the back to you. kayla: up next, singer taylor more than a country star. . bill: welcome back, so an iconic character from the 1980s is coming back to tv. kayla: fox news has that story and more in the hollywood nation. >> reporter: reuben hits the road, west wants mark's money, and swift scores a first in the hollywood nation. >> uptown funk. >> reporter: the national academy of recording arts and sciences gave out the gold at the 58th grammy award, kendrick lamar taking home five trophies, while taylor swift made history as the first woman to win a second album of the year statue. show scheduled to perform her new single. she was forced to cancel after her doctor put her on vocal rest due to a bronchial infection. kanye west social media posts are whackier on the heels of twitter feud with wiz khalifa and recent controversial c

. >> ron klain, you've been through a lot of these dossiers. do those judges exist anymore? are those anthonyr bases on their aown tppointappo. >> anthony kennedy was nominated by ronald reagan, and was confirmed 97-0 in a presidential election year. >> by a democratic senate. >> but on the third trial. >> and to sarah's point, it was after bjork. >> after bjork which, of course, we define what justice fights -- >> look, i think the president has a list of excellent candidates. and as i said at the outset, i think you can't underestimate how much he as a former constitutional law professor, someone who takes this seriously, really digs into this and is going to pick someone knowing that this person could shape our law for a generation. >> to chuck's question, have both parties in the last ten years appointed more polarized judges? >> i certainly i do think justice roberts. jong justice roberts was a polarizing -- >> turned out he wasn't. and i think what folks on the light, ted cruz would say, we didn't know much about him. i'm going to take a -- we're going to -- the president's a little bit