so who is justin ross harris really? nswer could help to solve the question that f cooper harris' death was a tragic mistake or something more sick and twisted. cnn, atlanta. >> thank you, nick for that. legal analyst is joining us from atlanta. he practices law in cobb county, georgia. a prosecutor there knows all of the players in this case. give us a sense of what is going on right now. so many cases won and lost in jury selection. talk us through the process today that may last the next couple of weeks. >> you are right. i personally believe that cases are won or lost during jury selection. who winds up on the jury is a key importance in the case. what is happening now is the judge is taking up the people who say, look, i can't set my life aside for this long, or people who say i can't deal with the subject matter. people who say there's a hardship and want to be taken out of the jury pool. she's going to hear from those people and make decisions. and jury selection will begin tomorrow in ernest with the jurors fillin

some key locations involved with the incident, presumably this would include the parking lot of ross harrisonth-old cooper inside his hot suv and also the parking lot of a anybody shopping mall where hours later witnesses saw harris pull over and attempt to revive his son. now, these jurors likely already know what happened in this case, because the basic facts are not in dispute. but the court is trying to find jurors who have no preconceptions as to why this happened. ross heresiess he forgot to drop his son off at daycare and didn't realize he left him inside the hot suv until it was too late. he said he had previously done net search's on children overheating in vehicles because as a father it was one of his biggest fears. prosecutors allege the internet sections, along with sexual text-messages harris exchanged with multiple women while his son was dying in the suv, suggests this was a premeditated murder. now, shortly after this alleged crime took place, 10,000 people signed a pet decision of support -- pet decision of support for ross harris, urging the court to drop the case, but th

ross harris admits he left his 22-month-old son, cooper in back of a hot suv on june 18, 2014. child overheated and died. that's not disputed. harris, though, claims the forgot to drop his son off at daycare and didn't realize the "was inside that vehicle until it was too late. the prosecutors allege that harris wanted to murder his son so that he could be child-free, as he pursued extramarital affairs. now, in addition to those text messages, prosecutors point to fact that harris conducted some web searches looking for information on children overheating inside vehicles, but harris told investigators early on that he conducted those searches because as a father, this was one of his biggest fears. >> prosecutors have filed some new motions for this case. tell us about those. >> reporter: they did indeed. they filed a motion asking the judge to awill you the jury to view the suv that harris was driving on the day that his son died. in fact the very suv that the young "overheated in. they also want to take the jury to view key locations, where the indent unfolded, presumably thes

ross harris admits he left his 22-month-old son in the back of a hot suv. nd died. but harris said he forgot to drop his son off at daycare. but prosecutors claim he wanted to murder the boy so he could lead a child-free lifestyle and pursue extramarital affairs. ross harris prosecutors say conducted internet searches. research online into children overheating in hot cars. but ross harris told investigators he did this because as father this was one of his greatest fears, that he was trying to avoid this happening to his family. investigators say while the boy was overheating in that vehicle, the father from his workplace was exchanging text messages of a sexual nature with multiple women. does this add to the possible kiewghts's contention that he wanted some become child free or does it show he was distracted and had more reason to accidentally leave his child in the car. this jury will be asked to get into harris' mind to figure out not so much what happened, but why it happened. abby: absolutely heartbreaking. bill: two front runners battling for broadwa

you might remember ross harris is accused of leaving his 22 month old son strapped in the family's suv on a blazing hot georgia day in june of 201. the a little boy died while harris was at work. jury selection could take weeks because legal experts say it's going to be hard who have not heard about this case. >>> drivers in northeast arkansas could not see through this dust storm. take a look at the scene. high winds and low visibility, the storm caused two separate multicar pileups. one person died in one of the crashes. several others were injured. >>> right now as we approach 5:00 a.m., new details on an officer-involved shooting. what investigators are now revealing about a dangerous situation near a maryland shopping plaza. >>> a sheriff arrested, what we're learning about an incident involving anne arundel county's top officer. >>> and it is a rainy monday morning for most of us. good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. storm team 4 tracking how long the showers will stick around. and chuck bell has that answer. >> i say it will be wet through at least lunchtime t

. >>> a jury trial begins for ross harris. he's accused of intentionally cooper in the car while he was at work. >>> josh stone, 29. joel gray turns 84, and presidential medal of freedom winner ethel kennedy, the wife of the late bobby kennedy is 88. >>> i'm betty >>> a homicide dangerously close to a college campus. police are searching for the gunman who opened fire near rutgers in newark. >>> a small plane crashes on a long island street. the search for answers as the survivors recover. >>> and battleground new york. the empire state is crawling with candidates all vying for your vote. "today in new york" starts now. >>> crawling with candidates. >> the image. >> good morning everyone. it's monday morning. april 11th. i'm darlene rodriguez. >>> i'm michael gargiulo. chris is off. but raphael miranda is here. >> better weekend than last week. >> no snow in the forecast this time. that's always a good thing. there is some rain right now. you can see on storm tracker, we're dealing with some showers. very light and spotty. tha

authorities say ross harris left the baby strapped in his suv while he was at work in 2014.ting a jury is expected to take up to two weeks. legal experts believe that widespread media coverage will make it tough for the lawyers to find jurors who have not heard of the case. >> they are going to beç taske with finding a jury who can dedicate their entire life to this case. what i think you can find in cobb county is someone who hasn't made up their mind, because they realize they haven't heard all of the evidence. >> the trial is expected to last more than two months. >>> now to decision 2016, president obama is defending hillary clinton's run for the white house and her record, including the use of a private e-mail server. the president made his first ever appearance on fox's sunday morning show, saying that neither he nor his administration would politically influence investigations of clinton's e-mails. he also said he agreed with clinton that she showed carelessness in handling some classified e-mails while secretary of state but her actions never put the country in dang

. >>> in georgia jury selection begins in the trial of ross harris accused of intentionally leaving his his suv to die while in work in 2014. >>> celebrating birthdays today, british singer/songwriter joss stone turns 29, caberet dancer and actor joel grey turns 84, and presidential medal of freedom winner ethel kennedy, the wife of the late bobby kennedy, is 88. >>> russia's black sea resort has smashed world record for bikini skiing. participants between 16 and 70 took to the slopes in spring temperatures saturday shattering previous record set in siberia. organizers are awaiting confirmation from guinness. looks like fun. >>> keep it here for more news, weather and sports. thanks for watching "early today." hope you have a great monday. hope you have a great monday. a deadly hit-and-run crash in san bruno. >>> breaking news. a deadly hit and run crash in san bruno and now an investigation that continues on a major roadway that at one point closed down. >>> plus, the desperate search for a missing girl. the clue police are using to find the 2-year-old from san francisco. >>> after a r

authorities say ross harris left the baby strapped into his suv while he was at work in 2014.jury is expected to take up to two çweeks. legal experts believe widespread media coverage will make it tough for the lawyers to find jurors who have not heard of the case. >> they're going to be tasks with finding a jury who can dedicate basically their entire life to this case. what you can find in the county is someone who hasn't made up their mind because they realize they haven't heard all of the evidence. >> the trial is expected to last more than two months. >>> 18 past 5:00. time to get a check of traffic and help out those folks in south jersey. >> usually it's smooth right about now. let's check nbc 10 first alert traffic reporter jessica boyington. jessica? >> vai and tracy, smooth right now. we done the want to get ahead of ourselves, especially with drizzle out there. we did see an accident scene on the vine street expressway over in center city. that has since cleared out of the way. the on and off ramps, that's where you want to be cautious. the 42 freeway over at route

justin ross harris claims that he forgot to drop off his 22-month-old son at day care but prosecutorsintentionally left little cooper in a hot car for seven hours. police say that harris searched online for information on hot car deaths and surviving persons. >>> a texas high school teacher is on leave after she was caught on camera slapping a student. >> from graduating [ bleep ]. >> whoa. she swipes the student's papers off his desk and scolds him for disrupting the class. she was arrested and charged with assault. >> well, a massive search for a missing sailor continues this morning. navy officials say that a female third class petty officer disappeared during a training exercise. this while on board the dock landing ship "u.s.s. carter hall" along the north carolina coast. reports say that a pair of boots with a note was found on deck near the rear of the ship. several navy and coast guard units are helping with that search and rescue. >>> turning now to the race for the white house. fury in colorado as republicans cancel their presidential vote and now the candidates are setting

you might recall ross harris is accused of leaving his 22-month-d seat.little boy died while harris was at work. harris faces murder charges. jury selection could take weeks because most people know about this case already. >>> talk about a lucky dog. meet toby. >> toby! >> toby, the sheepdog, is alive and walking after falling more than 300 feet down a rocky cliff. toby and his family were hiking around washington county, utah when his owners say he saw something, went after it and chased it off a cliff. it's not something rescuers usually do, but they came out to help when the family called 911 thursday. toby had some head injuries, he's now with his family at home, and he's recovering. it looks like pretty well. >>> today is the perfect day to show off your own pet. we'll tell you how and why. >>> plus, we told you about the big week ahead for the caps. there is also a lot going on for caps fans. in annapolis, she battled republicans joseline peña-melnyk for congress... yes! and the nra to pass the toughest gun safety legislation in the country. i'll t

you might remember ross harris facing murder charges after police say he left his 22 month old son strapped in the family's suv on a blazing hot day in georgia in june of 2014. the little boy died. jury selection could take weeks because legal sxermexperts say will be hard to find people who haven't heard about this case. >>> in less than an hour, we will hear from a woman whose accusations against clarence thomas nearly derailed his supreme court nomination. anita hill says thomas sexually harassed her while they worked together. despite her allegations, thomas was confirmed as a supreme court justice. shear a sne here is a sneak peek. >> i don't think i have on the supreme court, but what we have to do is understand why my testimony and my experience was so important to the integrity of the court and why it spoke directly to the character of the nominee at the time. >> hill's testimony is now the subject of an hbo film set to air saturday. you can see hill's entire interview with savannah around 7:30 this morning right here on nbc 4. >>> secretary of state john kerry saying the u.s. is re

the first panel of potential jurors is questioned in justin ross harris' murder trial.leaving his son cooper to die in a car on june 2014 when temperatures were in the 90s. inside the vehicle right there, much hotter, 120 degrees. according to a heat analysis study. before getting to the stage of jury selection, potential jurors had to answer questions like these on a questionnaire. do you watch legal talk shows, examples included but not limited to nancy grace, ashleigh banfield, anderson cooper, et cetera. have you, or has a friend or family member ever forgotten and left a child or animal in a car even if only brefly? and perhaps the most uncomfortable question of all, have you ever looked at a pornographic website? cnn legal analyst is joining me from atlanta. he practices law in cobb county, georgia and a prosecutor assigned to the same judge in this case. thank you for coming on. these particular jurors are filled out a questionnaire. now the competency examination begins. why these these questions rel sflant the case? >> the idea behind the questionnaire is to ge

authorities say ross harris left the baby strapped in his suv while he was at work in 2014.ing a jury is expected to take up to two weeks. legal experts believe widespread media coverage will make it tough for the lawyers to find jurors who haven't heard of the case. >> they're going to be tasked with finding a jury who can dedicate base quli their entire life to this case. what i think you can find in cobb county is someone who hasn't made up their mind. >> the trial is expected to last more than two months. >>> in decision 2016, president obama is defending hillary clinton's run for the white house and her record, including the use of a private e-mail server. the president made his first ever appearance on fox's sunday morning show. president obama said neither he nor his administration would politically influence investigations of clinton's e-mails. he also said he agreed with clinton that she showed carelessness in handling some classified e-mails while secretary of state but her actions never put the country in danger. >> i continue to believe that she has not jeopardiz

because he wanted a life free of re ponsibilities. >> reporter: as his trial begins today, justin ross harris has never waivered. almost two years after leaving his 22 mth old son, cooper, rustrapped in a baby seat in a sweltering hot suv where he died, harris' defense has never changed. >> cooper's death was a horrible, gut-wrenching ac dent. >> reporter: autho ities aren't budging either. they say cooper's death was deliberate. that he was murdered by his father, who was living a double life. >> evidence is showing us he has this second life he's living, with alternate personalities and alternate personas. >> reporte : at a 2014 pre-trial hearing, police dropped bombshells, alleging harris was exchanging sexually explicit texts and pictures with up to trapped in a car with temperatures that climbed to 120 degrees. three of the women were under 18 years old. police say two months before his son's death, harris researched child deaths in overheated cars and life without children. >> proved motive because he was unhappy in his marriage and wanted to live a child-free life. >> reporter: harris'

prosecutors say justin ross harris purposely left his son in the car for seven hours in a 90-degree day in 2014. the defense says it was nothing but a horrible accident. in court, he was seen giving one of his attorneys a first bump. jury selection is expected to last two weeks. >>> more backlash in north carolina after a new state law limited protections for the lgbt community. cirque du soleil canceled several upcoming stops in the state. the company says it strongly believes in diversity and equality for everyone and is bruce springsteen, ringo starr have canceled future shows in north carolina to protest that new law. >>> we've all witnessed people taking up more than their fair share of space in the seats on the subway. now police in san francisco are cracking down on people hogging seats on trains. this is san francisco. transit police will begin ticketing people for sprawling out and placing a bag on an empty seat. offenders could face fines of up to $500. the rule will only be in place during rush hours. could you give me some room here? >> what is the problem? relax. man, i nee

jury selection begins today in the ross harris murder trial.g his 22 month old, cooper to intelligencely, rather, to die inside his suv. harris faces multiple counts malice murder and actual exploitation of children. harris also faces charges relating to sexting to underage girls at the time his son was dying in the car. >> an unidentified navy officer is charged with spying. officials say he was arrested eight months ago and just faced his first hearing on friday. we'll keep you posted. >>> thank you for joining me today. i'm carol costello. at this hour with berman and bolduan starts now. >>> this morning no one told me there would be math. >> i'm sorry. no. >> or more importantly, apparently nobody told trump. trump blasted the selection process that handed ted cruz all of colorado's delegates. trump called it totally unfair. which for once is mild by comparison. his new convention manager accused ted cruz of using gastapo tactics. >> that's the first we've heard from trump in four days. that might be a record in this

lawyers selecting a jury from a pool of more than 500 people for the trial of justin ross harris. the father charged with murdering his 22-month-old baby boy by leaving him in a hot suv. >> we looked forward to the case running its course and ultimately justice being served this this matter. >> reporter: 35-year-old harris charged with murder and child cruelty pleaded not guilty claiming his son's death was an accident that cooper died of heatstroke in 2014 and accident accidentally left him in the backseat of his suv outside of his atlanta area office for seven hours on a summer day with temperatures soaring to 90 degrees. >> cooper's death was a horrible gut-wrenching accident. >> kept saying what have i done? what have i done. >> reporter: but prosecutors painting a very different picture, one of a double life. investigators claim that as harris was in his office exchanging sexually explicit messages with other women who were not his wife including a 16-year-old girl. >> while that baby was out there, he was showing pictures of his private parts to other people. >> police say j

with jury selection getting underway today in a gut-wrenching case in georgia. 35-year-old justin ross harriscused of intentionally leaving his 22 month old son in a car on a hot day, causing his son's death. nbc's kerry sanders is outside the courthouse for us. good morning. >> good morning, willie. picking a jury that has no knowledge or pre-conceived notions of guilt in the case is going to be difficult. young cooper's death was, according to the authorities, horrific and premeditated. they believe that his father intentionally left him in a car to die because he wanted a life free of responsibilities. >> reporter: as his trial beg never waivered. almost two years after leaving his 22 month old son, cooper, strapped in a baby seat in a sweltering hot suv where he died, harris' defense has never changed. >> cooper's death was a horrible, gut-wrenching accident. >> reporter: authorities aren't budging either. they say cooper's death was deliberate. that he was murdered by his father, who was living a double life. >> evidence is showing us he has this second life he's living, with alternate p

reelection, ross perot was in the makes and it was a highly unpredictable three way race for the presidency. at that time there were two justices on the court, byron white within his 70s and harry blackman in his 80s and their widespread rumors that one or both were going to retire the day after joe biden gave the speech in the final week when the supreme court almost always goes home, last week in june. the day before the last sentence came out. joe biden, chairman of the judiciary committee. >> democrats in control of the senate. >> george w. bush, democrats in charge of the senate, this was the inverse of what we have with a democratic president and republican senate, joe biden, chairman of the judiciary committee goes to the senate floor and speaks for more than an hour saying the words republicans are trying to hang around the obama administration's neck which are it is too late in the political season to be fair to the president, to the senate itself or the nominee, too late in the political season to give a nominee a fair hearing and besides, he says, joe biden says at the time, it would be wrong for george hw bush to continue in the trend of the reagan/bush years of nom

ross perot was in the race and it was a highly unpredictable three-way race at that time. at that time also, there were two justices on the court, byron white in his 70's and harry blackburn in his 80's, and there were rumors that either one or both of them are going to retire the day after biden gave his speech. the supreme court goes home the last week in june. this was the last week in june. and biden, who was on the chairman of the committee -- again, divided government, george h.w. bush was the president and democrats are in charge of the senate, the inverse of what we have today, joe biden goes to the judiciary floor and speaks for more than an hour, saying the words that the republicans are now trying to hang around the obama administration's neck, which is that it's too late in the political season to be fair to the president or the nominee to give the nominee a fair hearing, and besides, it would be wrong for george h.w. bush to continue in the trend of the reagan-bush years of nominating what biden describes as polarizing judges. so, when you watch this, you have to remember the context, and remember the role that people play and who is in control wher

harry potter. i love it. >> welcome back to box here on cnbc, first in business worldwide. i'm joe kernen with becky quick and andrew ross the futures this morning were better earlier. still okay. about 60 or 70 earlier. we're up about just under 40 right now. the s&p up just under five. the nasdaq up 14. and check out oil. oil was firm earlier this morning. oil now up almost 3% which equates to a little over a dollar and just under $37 a barrel for wti. >>> in studio to share his thoughts on the economy, the matters and politics, steve case, the founder and chairman of the case foundation, steve also founded the venture capital firm revolution. he serves on the national advisory council on innovation and entrepreneurship and served on the president's council on jobs and competitiveness. >> you have a new book. >> he has a new book. aol. we will have lots. >> it's going to be a long morning. >> a long morning. >> i walked in the wrong room at the wrong time. >> do you that a lot. >> we're going to get you caught up on politics, the results are in from the wisconsin primaries. the theme of the night, staying alive. senato