they have a lot more revenue, frankly, than simpson-bowles. everybody should know -- simpson-bowles also cut defense more than anyone is willing to talk about. this across-the-board sequester is a bad idea, whether it's defense spending or other areas, but if we are going to talk about these seriously, we have got to really delve into the ideas bipartisan groups have put out there. >> chris van hollen, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> this fall, and meningitis outbreak was traced to contaminated steroid injections in massachusetts. tomorrow, the house energy committee looks into the outbreak. bringing its eli starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3 and c-span radio -- it to you live starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3 and despair radio. >> watch book tv online ive tomorrow, streaming video from the national book awards in new york city and red carpet interviews with finalists. all online, live tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. eastern. add your comments on facebook.com/booktv. >> secretary geithner spent tuesday at the annual wall street jour

opening statements in the murder trial of 20-year-old alexis simpson, the former bowie state simpsonused of murdering her roommate, dominique frazier. both sides concede the girls did not like each other. the prosecution told the jury that simpson stabbed frazier after an argument concerning loud music frazier was playing in their dormitory suite. the defense attorney for simpson says she acted in self-defense and that she was constantly bullied by frazier and other girls. the jury heard testimony from a number of witnesses including family members of simpson. the most emotional came from tyrelle warren testified he was in this week visiting another girl. he, the girl, and frazier were to attend a comedy show on that evening. he said frazier and since and got into a heated argument in the two got into a scuffle over loud music. moments later, warren testified that he began punching out her and he noticed frazier bleeding badly from her neck. he stayed with their s she bled out all the her hand on until paramedics arrived. -- he stayed with her until she bled out. >> what you think ab

prosecutors said simpson was the in the fight that led reject that simpson was not butaggressor in theg to defend yourself. manassas woman who led police on a wild chase through virginia a preliminaryas hearing today. started on 66 in virginia and pressed her car near in rockville.ll she faces several charges including assault and reckless endangerment today. >> years and job opportunity. there's a doctor today from until 6:00 p.m. at the washington convention center. register on-line in advance. go to the web site. >> a big weekend for drivers as of the express lanes in northern virginia will open tomorrow. >> what can we expect? brianne carter is live in tysons corner. good morning. >> what to expect is a question are asking, waiting for. the for to open way it is almost over. exactly what drivers ond to know before they hit tomorrow and again for monday to beush on lanes, wee the new by aoined this morning representative. should drivers no monday for the press there rush-hour they will be able to use these lanes? the first thing they should know is when the 495 express open, they wi

bart simpson's sister, he said no, he told me that was o.j. simpson's wife.what he said, they got money, they're well off and i'm taking her down. >> uh-huh, okay, while o.j. simpson was acquitted of the murders, a civil jury determined that simpson was liable for the murders. so let's talk to holly hughes, she is a criminal defense attorney. how valuid is this claim? >> you know, i didn't really see it. i actually watched the documentary, because that is a tantalizing lead, who else killed them? he is sitting on death row, the execution is pending in florida. so i think it is an attempt. multiple things going on here, he wants to prolong the execution, because if he has information, they will say give him the stay, we'll find out what he knows. also, it is full of information, the family members are sort of all jumping on this bandwagon, so i am not sure there is a lot of credence. the evidence just doesn't match any of the other murders that he committed. and the other murders are women that he was involved with sexually. that he just met, he was not a robb

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simpson. trace reports on the evidence, and former lapd homicide detective mark fuhrman reacts, next. >> when the murders became big news, glen stone's calls to my family started turning nasty. >> i was begging him, i said, glen, i'll come to you, i'll go with you. and he said, no, there's a shoot to kill on me. i said, what do you want me to do? and he said i don't know if i'd ever kill anybody i'm related to, but i'm not sure. i gave birth to my daughter on may 18th, five days later, i had a massive heart attack. bayer aspirin was the first thing the emts gave me. now, i'm on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. [ woman ] learn from my story. as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios >> we, the jury in the above entitled a, found the defendant not guilty of the crime of murder in violation of penal code section 187a, a felony upon nicole brown si

simpson's lawyers say they weren't surprised and argued simpson cut her roommate 18- year-old domonique frazier's throat in self-defense. it was a claim supported by evidence provided in the case including one that showed simpson requested a room change to avoid further conflict with frazier. the roommates did not get along and it all exploded the night of september 15th, 2011, when simpson turned off music frazier was listening to. it ended with frazier's throat being cut. prosecutors say they are disappointed by the verdict. >> i'm stunned to be honest with you, absolutely stunned and we are disappointed, but we do respect this jury's verdict. this is the system we have. we believe in it. we respect it, but it doesn't change the sadness that we feel in having two beautiful young women involved in a situation like this. >> her emotion was very genuine and she is tremendously remorseful for this incident. it has affected her emotionally and in ways that you can only imagine. >> the simpson's attorney says the 20-year-old plans to resume studies at a different school next year. frazier's

simpson, i didn't know anything. now, what happened to that knife is important, because if she got rid of the weapon, that could lead to guilt. and that's something that the judge told the jury to pay very close attention to. now, at 6:30, the jury is going to either come out with a decision or they're going to rest for the night and come back tomorrow and continue deliberations. if convicted, she could be looking at up to 30 years in prison, or life behind bars without the possibility of parole. reporting live in upper marlboro, tracee wilkins, news4. >>> police in fairfax county are asking for help in identifying a man who assaulted a teenager in a library. a 17-year-old girl said the man had been watching her and following her inside the jefferson library. it happened earlier this month in falls church. she said when she tried to get away from him by going into a restroom he followed her inside and assaulted her. the man in the photo had been there before, staff said. >>> a principal in a district school has been

the night of september 15th, 2011, simpson and frazier and roommates fought after simpson turned off music dominique was listening to. they had a long-standing simmering dislike for each other. in court, prosecutor jackson held up a knife saying to simpson you took a knife that looked like this with blood dripping from it and put it in your bag. the prosecutor trying to suggest that simpson hid the weapon, which was never found. said simpson, yes, but i was not trying to keep up with the knife. on redirect, simpson's lawyer accused him of prancing around with the knife. he held up the knife and said is this is this your knife? no, she replied. this knife belongs to dominique, he said, and simpson said yes. the drama unfolded in the standing-room only courtroom that is packed full of rooms and family members the trial had to be moved to a bigger space. >> i think justice should be served, okay, because a life has been taken and, like i said, both families are suffering right now and it's up to the jury. >> lovely little girl and never no problems or anything at all that and this came

>> simpson: yes. >> reporter: simpson says it was an act of self-defense, only pulling out a knife because she was ganged up by frasier and her friends. she was scared. according to testimony, days before the murder, simpson had requested a change of dorm room because of roommate issues. she was told there were no rooms available. and that was our own reporting. now on to d.c. where the staff members including the principal are accused of assault. the victim a former staffer. >> reporter: i'm matt jablo in northwest washington where students at coolidge high school had a normal day today, except for the fact that their principal spent much of the day a few miles away at police headquarters downtown, where she turned herself in this morning after being charged with assaulting a former staff member back on november 2. according to the police report, the victim, the 37-year-old king hicks, the former afterschool coordinator here at coolidge high school was talking to some friends in the parking lot after a football game when she heard somebody shout get her. and at at point according to the p

i think we should create the equivalent of eight simpson- bowles region of a simpson- bowles, and come up with a plan to buy 75 years of salt with the rigid of solvency. i might add a wrinkle here. every 10 years, a similar commission ought to be created. let's not get into this mess where we have six months to go with social security. you know how important it is for people. people are devastated by the recession and their pension plans lost. it is important to us, our kids come and grandchildren. i think we should create a commission that will report back to congress before a vote by the end of the next calendar year. i want to talk about the two toughest elements when it comes to entitlements, medicare and medicaid. represent about 20% of our budget. they are a real challenge to us. untouched, and amended, medicare will run up money in 12 years that is scary. we have so many americans who count on it. almost 50 million americans and the number is growing. yesterday, in america, 10,000 reached the age of 65. it will happen tomorrow. it will happen every day for the next 18 years. the

than simpson-bowles. so look, i think 1.6 trillion is a good target, although less than simpson-bowles, but i think if you look at his overall plan, the president has that right balance spent there's been some democrats have suggested maybe your leverage position would be enhanced if we went over the cliff. what do you think of that? >> well, i don't think we want to go over the cliff. we are trying to avoid going over the cliff. the real issue is whether our republican colleagues are willing to make those tough decisions before january 1, or whether they will only face those decisions after january 1. the president has laid out a very clear plan, not just since the election, but before the election or how to get there. so when i say that speaker boehner has set the right tone, but the jury is still out on the substance of his proposal, let's see the substance. the president has been transparent to let's see what the speakers proposing that because if it doesn't hit those targets, and then were not going

lawyers said simpson did it in self-defense after frasier and her friends attacked simpson. the outcome came as a surprise to man students we spoke with on campus. >> regardless of you know circumstances, she was still murdered. and someone should have to pay for that. >> beth families lost. it's not going to be a win. even if she did go to jail. >> simpson's testimony also key in the trial the she said cutting frasier was an accident. >> the shooting plot foiled in missouri. the man charged with first degree assault, making a terrorist threat, and armed criminal action. police say he admitted to planning to shoot up a movie theater over the weekend. they say he bought some guns and tickets to a sunday screening of the new "twilight" movie and had intent of shooting people inside the theater. investigators say, his mother tipped off police about those weapons. >> tonight witnesses revealing more details from the scene of a deadly train crash in midland, texas. a freight train slammed into a parade float carrying wounded veterans and their families last night. four men who se

it took the jury about three hours to return with a not guilty verdict on all seven counts simpson wasing. >> thank you god. >> reporter: simpson gave emotional testimony saying she didn't mean to kill her roommate dominique frazier when she swung a knife and cut her throat. attorneys maintained it was in self-defense because she feared for her safety. the jury bought that story. >> we are very disappointed tonight. we presented what we thought was very clear and strong evidence, and there are no winners tonight. this is a very sad case. it it has been throughout the duration. >> reporter: the defense chose to put simpson on the stand because according to them they wanted to cop vy her thoughts that night. >> her emotion was very genuine, and she is tremendously remorseful for this incident. it has affected her emotionally in ways that you can only imagine. >> reporter: it was that testimony that may have convinced the jury, but as you would imagine those outside the courtroom had plenty to sound off on. >> she doesn't need to be walking the streets. >> very happy. >> reporter: alexis

simpson news. did a serial killer murder his exwife, nicole brown simpson and ron goldman. stunning new claims more than 18 years afterrrrrr >> october 3, 2009, camp keating, the most technically disadvantaged american outpost in all of afghanistan, located within three mountains. 53 u.s. troops hoping it would not happen but they were attacked by 400 taliban, outoutnumberred almost 8 to 1. what happened and why? abc news senior white house correspondent jack tapper set out to get answers. the fact of one of the murdered soldiers telling tapper he blames the president and the secretary of defense for not supporting his son. that's one of the eye opening stores in the outpost. he joins us. thanks for joining us, jake. >> thanks for having me, greta. >> you need to read this to understand what the soldiers went through. >> i hope so. that's the goal is so people because 99% of us have no idea about this war. we're not connected to it. i think its less than five -- less than .5% of the people have actually fought for us since 9/11. i certainly was blocked off and unaware even

johnson portrayed simpson as the aggressor. she also admitted that frazier had a knife in her room and johnson wa that frazier might stab simpson. facts she kept hidden from authorities until this week. and then under cross-examination she said at the moment simpson cut frazier dominique frazier hit her when she had the knife in her hand. that was a big moment for the simpson defense team. they claim that this was a matter of self-defense. there remains to be seen what impact all that will have on the jury. a few moments ago, the state rested its case in the defense -- and the defense began calling its witnesses. this case is expected to wrap up in upper marlboro tomorrow. >> the maryland transit making any arrests or filing charges after a vicious fightriver and passenger was, on camera. this fight took place monday in baltimore. the fight began after the mta employee told the girl that she was pulling her music too loudly. the driver is suspended until mta finishes its investigation. >> coming up, rates are going up on a high

blacks obama rejected simpson- bowles. -- >> obama rejected simpson- bowles.why are you considering it? >> this is both a strength and a week -- weakness for simpson- bowles. simpson-bowles provides great architecture. it does not flesh out every detail. nobody has taken simpson-bowles and converted that from a well thought out blueprint into legislation because there are lots of various ambiguities. the overall architecture of simpson-bowles says we should achieve deficit reduction through combination of cuts and revenue. it seems to me we could take that as the starting point. that is how we had deficit numbers. my view is we take the ratios, "wall street journal simpson- bowlsimpson-bowles, and move forward. if we disagree, we have an obligation to come up with something else. the president's budget is actually much more closely aligned with the framework of simpson-bowles than the other budget we have seen coming out of the house, for example. partly by virtue of the fact he has revenue in addition to cats. the president's budget has some significant cuts

simpson simpson's ex-wife and her friend. glen rogers convicted of killing whip in florida and california, also a murder suspect in several other states. his family says he met nicole brown simpson in 1994 when he lived in southern california. a criminal profiler says rogers' paintings may contain clues to the murder case. o.j. simpson was acquitted of those murders and no one else was ever charged >> 4:45. next, carrying its own weight. big milestone caltrans is marking today in the construction of the new eastern span of the bay bridge. >>> medical controversy, major health group says every adult in the u.s. >>> welcome back. mid to upper 60s with southerly flow best chance of rain in the bay today. if you are traveling we have 40s across the northern border, 50s and 60s until you get to new orleans and dallas, 70s, 82 in phoenix. even with the rain not seeing many delays. amid west no problems, around portland towards us where we are are going to have issues with weather-related delays today and tonight. check out our flig

less than simpson-bowles. look at his overall plan -- '-- s. . >> maybe his negotiating position would be enhanced if we went over the cliff. >> i do not think we want to go over the cliff. we are trying to avoid going over the cliff. the real issue is whether our republican colleagues are willing to make those tough decisions before january 1, or whether they will only face those decisions after january 1. the president laid out a clear plan not just since the election but before the election for how to get there. when i say that speaker banner has set the right tone but the jury is still out on the substance of this proposal, let us see the substance. the president has been transparent. let us see what the speaker is proposing because if it does not hit those targets, then we are not going to accomplish our goal of long-term deficit reduction with inappropriate revenue component. it would be really bad if we just kicked the can down the road here again. between what happens in the next six weeks and what hap

simpson-bowl simpson-bowles, i think we need a wedge between ordinary rates and capex.aking. >> what should the rates be? >> should be zero. >> i don't know about zero. >> 15 would be very nice. >> 15 is the lowest it's been in forever. you expect to see this. >> obama care in. >> if they go in between the 15 and 20 on the ordinary rate that's 17.5 and you add the 3.8, that might be a compromise position over there, not that i wouldn't like it lower but that's a compromise so you bring it back about to the 20 if you cut, split it down the middle on the capital gains rate. >> marty, thank you. andrew, i've got a website here, cabellas, beautiful crossbows. if you want me not to -- >> if you're going to go hunting, buy a crossbow. >> home protection. >> a home protection security. >> am a lowed to have a baseball bat? i'm out in the middle of nowhere. >> i don't know, i don't know. >> a baseball bat? sports, so that's okay. >> louisville slugger, i'm game for that. >> thank you very much. >> as a dual purpose. >> a big dog. >> i have dogs. >> my dog likes big steaks when

of but simpson's attorneys did speak on her behalf. >> this is a self-defense case.xis, in my mind, no doubt acted in self-defense. >> reporter: dominique's frasier's throat was split by simpson in the dorm they shared during homecoming of last year. the state painted simpson as the aggressor. the defense said she acted in self-defense. they say the strongest part of their case was simpson taking the stand in her own defense. >> her emotion was very genuine, and she is tremendously remorseful for this incident. it has affected her emotionally and in ways that you can only imagine. >> is there anything that you would change about the way the case was presented? >> no. we did the very best we knew how to do. we presented the evidence as it was. and the jury gave us their verdict. >> you can see simpson's family hugging and thanking the attorneys from outside of the courthouse. but for the frasier family, there is no celebration. >> dominique frasier's mother lost her own daughter. only a couple of days before her daughter's birthday. and so certainly she's grieving. >>

on september 15th, 2011, simpson and frazier fought after simpson turned off music frazier was listening to. simpson ended up cutting frazier's throat. >> she went into the victim's room and she sought the victim out and so we brought this case because we thought that, in fact, what she did was criminal and some disappointed. >> reporter: frazier family said nothing after the verdict. prince george's county state's attorney angela alsobrooks says they're devastated adding there nor winners in this case. >> this is -- there are no winners in this case. >> this is a very sad case throughout the duration. there are no winners. we have a young woman, a beautiful young college student who is dead whose neck was slit. we have another young woman who has experienced this as well. this is a loss for our community. >> reporter: simpson's attorney says the young woman will now try to move on and rebuild her life, a life that despite the not guilty verdict will never be the same. >> she is tremendously remorseful for this incident. it has affected her emotionally and n ways that you can only imagin

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say yes to simpson-bowles, mr. president. i'm willing to say yes to simpson-bowles. we need more revenue in washington. we need more private sector jobs. we don't need to raise tax rates. we need to limit loopholes for the wealthy. mr. simpson, if you say yes to simpson-bowles when it comes to revenue, so will i and so will most republicans. we can get revenue without destroying jobs and both need to. no republican will vote for increased tax rates. we will insist our democratic friends reform entitlements something we've never done ask that's where the big money is at. say yes to simpson-expwoalz we'll get this behind us. >> schieffer: senator, thank you so much. and now we're going to get the other side of this picture. and joining us now, one of the architects of the president's victory, his senior campaign adviser, david axelrod, who is out in chicago. mr. axelrod, thank you so much for joining us. let me just start, on friday, the president said he was open to compromise, but he said he would not accept any approach to deficit reduction, that does not ask the we

simpson-bowles is the way forward. what did simpson-bowles do? they didn't raise tax rates they eliminated deductions. all but two. interest on your home with a cap and charitable deductions and and they had lower rates at 25% corporate rate. the top individual rate was around 30%. they took that trillion dollars from eliminationing deductions and exemptions. they d they put some of it on the debt and buydown rates and did entitlement reform. that is what i think will wind up doing and we'll come together on discretionary spending cuts. i'm optimistic after hearing john boehner today that revenue would be on the table in the form of simpson-bowles. i think that's the magic way forward. and the democrats have to do entitlement reform. >> but if you look at the polls, people actually voted for, a lot of them support raising taxes on the wealthiest americans. boehner said he would not do that. he would not support it, harry reid said democrats would insist on those taxes being raised. >> all i would suggest is that every bipartisan group has looked

that simpson chose to end the life. police say that simpson attacked her roommate, 18-year- old dominique frazier after the two argued over music played on an ipod. witnesses say the two were separated but simpson was pushed into her bedroom. they say it all ended when simpson came out on the attack with the scissors. >> i want -- and that is on trial. [ indiscernible ] >> yeah. >> what was she like? >> i told her, but she was, she was nice. >> reporter: same thing the defendant's lawyer said. during her bond review, michael worthy called simpson non- violent and said the crime was an abrasion. while we await the outcome of the trial, three students say their campus changeed since deborah frazier died with more cameras and lots of security, especially at christa mccullus hall. >> they tighten up the security, they hire a new resident director, i believe, who, from what i heard, i haven't been in the building lately, he runs a tight shift. >> reporter: so what should happen now? >> i think it's sad. it's a sad thing, but

simpson said she knew dominique frazier owned a knife. she felt trapped in her room and wanted to get out. she said when she came out of her room, one of frazier's friends grant her, and pulled her into the -- grabbed her and pulled her into the room. simpson said at that point she picked up her own pocket knife. it is the first time we have heard the actual weapon described. she says while she was a jump she started swinging the knife while we. all of the seven she realized the punches had stopped coming from frazier, and she saw frazier clutching her neck. at this point, she is sobbing as she describes this. she says she tried to help frazier she put her own hand over the wound to stop the bleeding, but there was nothing she could do. the defense lawyer said did you want dominique frazier to die this way, and she said no. the court is in a brief break. cross-examination coming up. >> thank you for the details. 12:09 p.m. right now. will look at the new route 28 bridge over wellington road. shiny and white. it cost more than $21 million.

>> simpson, yes. >> prosecution, you know knives can kill, right? >> simpson, yes. >> prosecution. you know if you plunge a knife into someone's neck, it can kill, right? >> simpson, yes. >> the defense argued that simpson was not the aggressor, but a young woman ganged up on by three others. and he said before eyewitnesses who testified, they lied. simpson's aunt defended her niece. >> her crying, and just praying for the whole family. i would never have her with any issues or problems or anything like that. i just don't understand this. >> reporter: the jury will deliberate for the next two hours. if they do not reach a verdict, they will return tomorrow morning. the jury must decide between first-degree murder which involves premeditation. second-degree murder, which does not. voluntary manslaughter, which involves at least partial self- defense or they could, of course, find the defendant not guilty. we will be standing by for the next two hours to see if the jury will come back with a verdict. reporting live from prince george's county courthouse. >> wow, quite an evening. tha

thank you, senator alan simpson, co-chair of the simpson/bowles -- or could be bowles/simpson, if youill -- >> don't use bowles/simpson because the acronyms can be wrong. we don't do that. >> you had to tell me. you had to ruin my day. you were doing so good with that soap and bathtub. thank you, senator. >>> an article in today's "new york times" points out president obama may get trouble from his own left wing, the progressives, even far progressive when he tries to negotiate a budget deal. it reads in part, president obama's re-election and democratic gains in congress were supposed to make it easier for the party to strike a deal with republicans to resolve the year-end fiscal crisis by providing new leverage, but they could also make it harder as empowered democrats, including some elected on liberal platforms, resist significant changes in entitlement programs like social security and medicare. joining me is a liberal senator from rhode island, senator sheldon whitehouse of rhode island. senator, you're smiling but i don't know whether it's in delight you're going to be a holdou

simpson, yes, a knife. it was a pocketknife. this is how simpson described the moments leading up to the actual stabbing. she said, keaira began to attack, pulling me by my hair and i was scared. i did not know what they were going to do next. crying, she went on to say, they continued to hit me, so i swung the knife. then dominique stopped swinging. and grabbed her neck, and blood was coming out and i just wanted to help her. she said she went to call 911. and when the call didn't go through, she followed dominique as she stumbled to the hallway. i laid down next to her, she said, and i put my hand on her neck so blood wouldn't come out. i started to panic. there was foam coming out of her mouth. i didn't know what to do. now, the judge gave the jury multiple options here for what they could possibly decide. this young lady is guilty of. they could say first-degree murder, second-degree, voluntary manslaughter or involuntary manslaughter. again, the state wants to see first-degree murder charges which would land her behind bars

alan simpson ranting is not news. the proposal that he put together and that people like paul ryan rejected back in 2010 would take taxes as a percentage of gdp from 18.5% during full employment, the average over the last 30 years, to 21%. that's a 2.5% of gdp tax increase or $5 trillion tax increase over the next decade. he tends not to mention that. add to that $1 trillion in limiting deductions -- >> okay, you're deep in the weeds here, grover. first of all, did alan simpson really leave a message on your voicemail? >> oh, several. rambling and long and inane. yes. >> all right. now, even john boehner and mitch mcconnell came out of that meeting in the white house and used the word revenue. it's on want table. they are acknowledging they will raise revenue. the only way i know to raise revenue is to raise taxes. i mean, does it sound to you like there's going to be a tax increase after all? >> no. if you remember, the comment that boehner and mitch mcconnell have made is they want revenue from economic growth. the

one of the two bowles-simpson.president was to embrace bowles-simpson and put erskine bowles at treasury, would that be a signal that he is in it for the long haul on bowles-simpson in the broad term? >> i think it would be. it would be a brilliant idea. if he can get some kind of agreement on the lines of their recommendations, that will be a triumph. politically for him. and i think also, the country will benefit. i think one thing he might do if it's not bowles would be to offer the treasury to romney. i'm sure he would probably turn it down but it would be the ultimate gesture. i don't think it will happen. i agree john kerry will probably end up at secretary of state. i must say that my sources in the obama white house have been rather quiet since january 2009. [ laughter ] so i'm not sure i have any other inside information. i do that panetta is an interesting man, because he has said that the sequestration, the reduction of funds of the pentagon pentagon happens it will destroy and hallow out the military an

or enalcohol simpson we the jury in the above entitled action find the defendant orenthal jane simpsonot guilty of the crime of murder in violation of penal code 187 a a felony upon nicole brown simpson a human being as charged in count 1 of the information. >> bill: two attorneys around simpson are dead now. interestingly enough. despite his acquittal in a criminal court a civil jury found simpson liable for the wrongful death. to pay for damages simpson was forced to sell what prized possession? pay the civil judgment and the answer is yes, the heisman trophy, b. >> the heisman fire, fitter. >> bill: thank you for that. whatever that was. i'm not quite sure. here is question number three. many across the nation were shocked when casey anthony was found not guilty in the death of her2-year-old daughter cailee. >> as for the charge of first degree murder verdict as to count 1 we the jury find the defendant not guilty so say we all. orlando, orange county florida, on this 5th day of july 2011, signed foreperson. >> bill: cailee anthony was not reported missing for an attorney month. dur

go back to simpson-bowles. simpson bowles rejected the idea of higher tax rates. the people who will give up most deductions are the wealthy among us. big a rate, 30% and tell people you have to pay it. how many americans in the upper income level fully pay 35%. the tax code is a social engineering document. flatten the tax rate, make people pay the rate you pick, have a 25% corporate rate. if you have bad tax policy, you're going to have bad job creation. simpson-bowles is the way to go forward. i'm confident that's the way we will go. >> we'll watch it, senator graham, appreciate your time. >>> coming up next, john king and candy crowley, also david gergen and gloria borger. when you listen to senator graham, do you get a sense that we're looking at anything other than gridlock? you can say simpson-bowles all you want. >> you're going to hear a lot of simpson-bowles. you do have a mid -- speaker boehner planted a flag today, he said i want to be conciliatory, i want to listen. harry reid said i'm not going to draw any lines in the stands. the burden is on the pr

a fist fight and ended with simpson stabbing frazier. simpson said she grabbed a knife to scare frazier and her friends away. she said she was being jumped by the girls, but did not mean to kill frazier. frazier stumbled into a hallway and collapsed. that's when additional calls began. >> reporter: the medical examiner testified that the cuts frazier suffered could have killed her in minutes, if not seconds. >> reporter: now, the jury had a number of options for convicting simpson, anything from first-degree murder to involuntary manslaughter. butagain, they found her not guilty on all charges. coming up at 6:00, we talked with students at bowie state university about that and get their reaction. tracee wilkins, news4. >>> we have a developing story in fairfax county. a former teacher arrested and accused of sexually assaulting students decades ago. this afternoon police in mclean, virginia, arrested chris ton kloman. a woman says she ran into him at the washington episcopal school in bethesda last year while he was working as a substitu

the final question is why is it simpson-bowles and not bowles- simpson? >> i will take the latter first. the reason is not bowles- simpson is the acronym for that is not appropriate. [laughter] simpson-bowles means son of a bitch, so it makes no difference. this council and others, it is to back these guys up who have the guts to do this. no one knows politics better than you. we have worked together for years. there is a political price. these groups will begin to circle. we will raise more bucks to be right there at their backs until our backs cave in. if the tipping point comes and we go over the cliff, the people in america who are looking around when they go to borrow money to send their kid to community college and it has gone up 2% interest rates, they will say, who did this? what a jerk allow this to happen? they will say, you were the rigid one who would never do anything and we will take it out on you. i hope it does happen. i think the guys who have the guts to go big or go home, we will protect them. being any thoughtful american, that is wher

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alexis simpson was found not guilty on all counts. the former student testified that she didn't intentionally kill her roommate, dominique frazier. keith russell joins us from our live news desk with our first look at the evidence the jurors considered during their deliberations. >> yes, pat, we have that evidence. you'll hear it here first. evidence that helped convince a jury that alexis simpson was not guilty of any of the seven charges from first-degree murder to involuntary manslaughter. simpson was accused of stabbing dominique phrase tore to death in september of last year. they got into a fight in their dormitory over loud music. defense attorneys said simpson was bullied and fighting back when that stabbing happened. here's a portion of one of the 911 calls from the bowie state form after frazier was stabbed. take a listen. >> the caller you heard wasn't the only one to call 911 that night. tracee wilkins has the 911 call from alexis simpson herself following her deadly fight with her roommate. it's coming up on news4 at 5:00

. >> after three days of testimony, jurors sided with alexis simpson and her defense team which argued that dominique frazier's killing was a result of self-defense and not of murder. >> we never doubt it because we know our friend. >> truth prevailed through all of it. that's all i can say. >> reporter: friends and family rejoiced as they left a prince george's county courtroom in upper marlboro. it took the jury about three hours to return with a not guilty verdict on all seven counts simpson was facing. >> thank you god. >> reporter: simpson gave emotional testimony on thursday saying she didn't mean to give her college roommate dominique frazier when she swung a knife and cut her throat. instead they maintained it happened in self-defense because the young woman feared for her safety. the jury bought that story and left the prosecution in disbelief. >> we are very disappointed tonight. we presented what we thought was very clear and strong evidence and there are no winners tonight. this is a very sad case. it has been throughout the duration. >> reporter: the defense chose to put s

the witness testified that simpson was the aggressor. she admitted that another friend fought since then -- simpson. dominique frazier had a knife of her own. >> she was not able lead. -- a bully. >> as it stands, alexis simpson is charged with first-degree murder. once the state rests, the defense will make a motion that that charge be dismissed. dad is up to the judge to rule at that point. -- that is up to the judge to rule that point. >> time now for a look at today's other top stories. a 17-year-old accused of killing a d.c. cabdriver has been connected to the murder of a woman on a footpath. joshua mebane is facing first- degree murder charges in the death of theresa, who was shot while walking her dog. >> d.c. police are searching for a group of men wanted for a series of violent crimes committed in one night. ranging from robbery to rape and targeted women. the crime spree started friday just before midnight and ended at 4:00 a.m. saturday on 44th street. >> petraeus resigned friday after admitting to an extramarital affair. gene