ex-wife and ron goldman. almost all 1995. then in october millions of americans gathered in front of their duties to watch the verdict productivity in the united states plummeted for the half-hour. tell us how this, why this ordeal fascinated us so much? >> it had everything. it had issues of race sex to a degree. it had high-powered lawyers. simpson was a multimillionaire former professional football player, something of an actor in movies, various movies command he had the resources to organize and recruit a legal team that was -- allowed he and his gaze to go toe to toe with what the state could muster. in fact, the defense team was so effective in neutralizing some of the best evidence of the prosecution that the acquittal of o.j. simpson became, in my view inevitable. the verdict was announced the country essentially shut down. people refuse to get on their flight and telling you what the verdict was. press conferences on capitol hill were closed. senator joe lieberman said, not only would you not be here i wouldn't be h