. >> he has been manipulated by andrea snyderman. >> reporter: newman was snyderman's boss at g.e.rlier testimony snyderman denied the affair saying she tried to fend off his advances. >> none of those feelings were ever returned. i made myself completely clear where i stood. >> reporter: several witnesses have contradicted snyderman's denials including one of her closest friends who testified she suspected an affair. following this testimony, snyderman awkwardly hugged her friend. once outside the courtroom snyderman told her the friendship was over. >> ms. citron responded, i had to tell the drea snyderman resp well, then i have to do what i have to do. >> reporter: the judge found snyderman's actions highly inappropriate and banned her from the courthouse. >> andrea snyderman is playing each and every one of us for a fool. >> reporter: her friend later returned to the stand saying the encounter caused her to worry for her children's safety. >> i was just more shocked and overwhelmed with a lot of different emotions. >> reporter: as thursday's testimony drew to a close, the psych

nancy snyderman, nbc news, new york. >>> this being super tuesday night, back to politics. we have another call, and the beat goes on for rick santorum. oklahoma tonight in his column. so there you have it, the very latest. we'll take a break. we'll continue right after this. ♪ supercalifragilistic- expialidocious ♪ >>> one of those songs that makes you happy when you hear it. and roger sherman wrote a lot of songs like that during his lifetime. he wrote "supercalifragilistic- expialidocious," "it's a small, world," "chim chim chiree." many of them co-written with his brother richard. they both have a star together on the hollywood walk of fame for their work with disney. robert sherman won two academy awards in his time, one grammy. he died in london on monday at the age of 86. >>> the president today paid tribute to donald payne, the democrat from newark, new jersey, the first black congressional member elected from that state. he died of colon cancer having served until the very end. he was elected in 1988 to fill peter radino's old seat. he was a trailblazer that advoca

nancy snyderman. >> reporter: 25-year-old paul myers has been smoking since he was 15. he has always liked the ritual. >> i grew up as a musician. so i was always around kids that wanted to play music and smoke cigarettes. >> reporter: he is one of the 88% of smokers who start in their teens and then are hooked as adults. a new report today from the surgeon general says teen smoking is an epidemic. 1 in 4 high school seniors regularly smoke cigarettes. while cigarette smoking has decreased over the decades, that decline has slowed. >> the rate of decline in smoking has gone down over the last few years because government investment in anti-smoking programs has actually gone down. >> reporter: the numbers out today are staggering. 600,000 middle school students smoke along with 3 million high school students. most shocking, more than 1,200 americans die every day due to cigarettes. but for every death at least two young adults become regular smokers. >> ironically, young kids are not that worried, teenagers are not that worried about long-term health consequences. >> rep

they claim andrea snyderman, the widow, lured the defendant into a secret affair and then manipulatedow into murdering her husband. today the defendant's lawyer made her the villain. >> following this trial, i respectfully suggest to you that webster's dictionary should be changed, and from this day forward anyone who looks up the definition of evil would see nothing more than a photograph of andrea snyderman. the gun in this case was in hemmy's hand, but the trigger, i respectfully suggest, was pulled by andrea snyderman. megyn: joining me now to discuss it, former prosecutor, now defense attorney joey jackson, and julia morrow who is also a defense attorney and former prosecutor. all right, panel, this defense is going after the wife now, the widow of the victim full throttle. it seems to me, you tell me, julia, it seems to me they seem to be a little worried that their insanity defense is not going to fly on its face,, and o they're trying to create identity villain. the wife. they had an affair, she made him do it, it's not hemmy's fault. >> that's a great analysis. their insanity

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nancy snyderman by phone tonight. nancy, i heard the medical examiner quoted as saying, she had a heart attack aggravated by cocaine while in the bathtub, plain and simple. >> this is a classic example of the new face of addiction and the cause of death from addiction and a reminder you don't have to have one massive drug in your system. she really has a cumulative issue. underlying heart disease, most probable from cigarette smoking and smoking marijuana and then the legal combination of alcohol, xanax, ben drl, all depressants, and all of those things together when you slip into a hot bathtub can be enough to slide under the water and then drown. so the coroner is causing the cause of death accidental drowning, but when you decrease the respiratory rate with all of those medications, it really is one problem precipitating the other. and the real concern here is obviously, as an addict, as someone who was treated before for an addiction, there are doctors, famiilfamily, friends, could have helped deny access to the m

judge fou snyderman' actions higy inprriate and banned her fr the course >> andrea snyderman is playingh and eve o of us for each and every one of us for fools. >> her friend later returned to the stand saying the encountercaused her to worry for her children's safety. >> i was just more shocked and overwhelmed with a lot of different emotions. >> reporter: as thursday's testimony drew to a close, the psychologist told the jury snyderman's constant calls, texts and e-mails to neuman in the months leading up to the murder further confused an already unstable man. >> it's a pattern of pushing him away, pulling him toward her. and the part that's dangerous about doing that at that time with mr. neuman is that he was already delusional about his relationship with her. >> reporter: and the prosecution, of course, doesn't buy the defendant's plea of not guilty by insanity. instead they said he spent weeks carefully planning the murder. to be clear, andrea sneiderman is not on trial and not charged with any crime. she is on the defendant's witness list, and she may take the stand again when th

nancy snyderman.elcome. [ cheers and applause ] >> hi, everybody. >> we have a crowd and the pressure is on. we'll start with republican politics. super tuesday was tuesday night. mitt romney got the win in ohio. won the most states. rick santorum had a strong showing in the south. there have been increasing calls, in fact, from some who are aligned with the santorum campaign that it's time for newt gingrich to get out. nancy? >> until mississippi and alabama weigh in and he get as check of the south, i have worked with him in the past. do not under estimate how smart he is, how tenacious he is and how much he wants it. he doesn't care if he's not going to get it. he wants to be sure his voice is heard. >> if santorum received gingrich's votes in ohio alone it would have put him over the edge. >> you kbgo ahead. >> no, you. >> number one, none of the guys are going away. there is no reason to. newt gingrich or rick santorum. number two, mitt romney looks so weak yesterday saying "it's over, the other

their client may have held the gun but snyderman pulled the trigger.ntage of his mental state and forcing him to do this deed for her. that's where the defense is going with this. this is the first one from the prosecution. >> she wants to protect him and she wants to protect herself. this isn't manipulation, this is cahoots, this is conspiracy. why would she hide for three months? unless she was trying to protect herself and him. f about that's true, that makes him a coconspirator, not crazy. megyn: where is he going with that. >> they planned this. he just exploded one day. it was planned out. that's what they are getting. they haven't charged her. crisp, clear, untouched. that's why there's brita, to make the water we drink, taste a little more, perfect. reduce lead and other impurities with the advanced filtration system of brita. not financially. so we switched to the bargain detergent and i found myself using three times more than they say to and the clothes still weren't as clean as th tide. so we're back to tide. they're cuter in clean clothes.

are you going to seek an arrest warrant for andrea snyderman? >> i can't answer that now. look at the facts and evidence and look at what justice requires and the evidence requires. >> reporter: though the jury didn't find newman insane in the legal sense he will be evaluated for mental illness inside the prison system. savannah? >> thank you so much. rusty's family is with us. his brother steve, sister-in-law lisa and his parents don and marilyn. good morning. >> good morning. >> first, let us offer our condolences. i know you have strong feelings about rusty's wife andrea. let me get your reaction to the verdict. after everything you have been through, what was it like to hear that guilty verdict in the courtroom. did it provide a measure of comfort? >> no. it won't bring rusty back. nothing will do that. that's all we care about is trying somehow to keep him alive in our hearts. >> i know the defendant apologized in court, that he was sorry for what happened to rusty. do you buy it? >> no, not really. i have heard that line. i'm so, so sorry from many, many people in th

nancy snyderman, thank you very much for your insight. >> youe1 bet you. >>> now to the trayvon martinttice for the slain teen. nbc's ron allen is live in stanford, florida. ron, good morning.e1r thank you both for joining us. joe, let me start with you. you spoke to george zimmerman as recently as yesterday. how is he weathering the storm around him and how aware is he, if at all, of the things we just showed? >> i think george is just now becoming aware of how big this is. it was the first time i spoke to him yesterday since before the shooting, and through his family members, i learned that right after the shooting, he couldn't stop crying. he's at the point now where he's just now realizing not just how big this is for him but how big this is for the country, which is one reason why i'm sitting here now. >> craig, mr. zimmerman claims self-defense with police originally. you're standing by that defense of him. what's the evidence of self-defense here? >> well, what i can reveal right now -- i mean, i don't want to litigate this case in the media. >> sure. >> i want to litigate it in

it came out after jurors found him guilty but mentally ill for the murder of rusty snyderman outside day care center. he claimed he killed him after having delusions of an angel and demon. he read a statement and apologized to the victim's family. >> i am so, so, so sorry. can can't say enough, to all of you, to the precious children, to the snydermans, my parents, friends and family. i'm sorry from the deepest part of me. >>> a north carolina judge says rielle hunter is set to testify against john edwards. prosecutors accuse edwards of using money from his 2008 presidential campaign to try and cover up their affair. edwards' trial is scheduled to start next month. >>> former illinois governor rod blagojevich is spending his first night behind bars at a federal prison in colorado. he arrived today to begin his 14-year sentence for corruption. >>> apple stock hit a new high today and shared briefly reached over the $600 mark in morning traded and ended the day just under $598. this comes as apple's latest ipad officially goes on sale with midnight releases in several countries, japan

came just hour after the jurors found him guilty but mentally ill for this 2010 murder of rusty snyderman was shot multiple times while he was dropping his child off at day carry, his then 2-year-old son. they found him guilty but mentally ill. is that the right verdict? >> well, think it is. they could have also gone not guilty by reason of insanity, and what shocks me about this is typically when an insanity defense is raised, it does not work. they do not treat it as a legitimate defense. they treat it as an excuse. they say, oh,y u're only crazy now because you've been caught. andrea yagts ites is one. she was clearly out of touch with reashlgts didn't realize what she did was wrong. but here say say he did plan this, wear a disguise and rent a different car. they heard testimony from fantastic experts. what's interesting here is the state's experts, they had already been hired by the defense, so they could have used the same person but for the defense getting to them first. so there were very credible experts, and the jury heard every bit of it and said, yes, you know what? this man

nancy snyderman joins us on the phone. thank you so much for being here. tell us about the procedure and what his recovery most likely will be like. >> the hardest part is getting a tissue match. he's been on the transplant wait list about 20 months. though we don't know who the donor is, it's important to make sure that tissue matches together. his diseased heart is removed and the heart is harvested from the donor and then sewn into place. and then like most heart patients, he's going to recover in the intensive care unit for a while and go through cardiac rehabilitation. then for the long haul vice president cheney will be on medications to minimize any issue of rejection. obviously the hope is that this will take. >> dr. nancy snyderman, thank you so much. we will bring you much more as we know it. former vice president dick cheney has received a heart transplant. the 71-year-old has suffered five heart attacks in his life. we wish him the best recovery. now back to "lock-up." >>> america's prisons, dangerous, often deadly. there are 2 million people d

nancy snyderman has a look now at what you can do to keep your kids kids' mouths clean and healthy. >> just 5 years old owe won't is getting used to the dentist. he has had two cavities in two weeks. something his mother is trying to avoid owen's 2-year-old brother, hudson. >> hudson doesn't have cavities yet. >> reporter: tooth decay in 2 to 5-year-olds is on the rise. according to a recent "new york times" article, dentists are regularly seeing preschool wers as many as 6 to 10 cavities. and ten 'tises say the reason for the increase are hard to find. >> every time a child has a snack with a sugary item, the mouth becomes acidic. it is the number and frequency of exposure urs in that acidic environment that can cause tooth decay. >> okay, everybody. it is time to brush your teeth. >> reporter: brushing twice a day long has been the prescription for healthy teeth. but it is a habit too many kids apparently aren't developing. >> my son who just turned 4 is brushing his teeth. it is a fight. it is a battle. >> reporter: but dentists say it is a battle worth winning. some toddlers requi

nancy snyderman says this technique could make kids sick. >> certainly no health benefits for this. a couple down sides. there is nothing dirtier than the human mouth so forget the ik factor of pushing up food. there is nothing very good about the viruses and bacteria that live in an adult mouth and a child's immune system may not be ready for those. >> but it is so appetizing to watch. dr. snyderman also said the technique could make it tougher for toddlers to learn to feed themselves. >>> well, the public wore of words between model/actress christy brinkley and her ex-husband peter cook took another turn today. cook and brinkley settled a bitter divorce four years ago but a judge ordered them to be civil. he said he would fine them for saying nasty things about one another. brinkley says he has violated that order several times and broke down in tears yesterday on the "today" show. cook appeared on "today" this morning and said brinkley's behavior was in his words a cunning and shameless attempt to garner public sympathy. >> i'm not bullying her, i am not harassing her. christy br

nancy snyderman wayed in on this unusual feeding style. >> certainly there are no health benefits fromhis and a couple of down sides, there's nothing dirtier than the human mouth. there's nothing good about the viruses and bacteria that live in the adult mouth and a child's immune system may not be ready for those in his or her mouth. so it's not a great idea and you hit on the social parenting aspect. toddlerho toddlerhood. learning the skills of how to sit in a high chair and eat foods with your hands and eat on your own, those just are really born adaptive skills. >> snyderman said the method could put a child at risk of contracting a virus. silverstone posted a note with the video that said the veggies from the miso soup are her son's favorite. >>> we're going to take a look at some stories we'll be following this afternoon. coming up at 4:00, a congressman gets thrown out of the house today, while supporting trayvon martin. plus, how many hours of sleep should you get to limit your chances of a heart attack? a new study is out on that today. >>> then tonight at 5:00, "the hunger g

nancy snyderman who has the latest for us. >> reporter: like so many americans, dana started taking an aspirin a day ten years ago to help prevent heart disease. after being diagnosed and treated for colon cancer, his doctor told him to stay on it. >> my doctors in houston told me that aspirin therapy was now something that they thought about as the healthiest recur ens of cancer so i've been taking it ever since. so i continue to do it for both reasons, the cancer and the heart. >> a medical journal said aspirin may have a new role in cancer and treatment. consider the statistics, people who take cancer have a 15% lower risk of dieing from cancer. a 38% less chance of developing kolo-rectal cancer and aspirin may reduce the risk of cancers of the esophagus, stomach and lung. and it may provide benefits even after diagnosis. aspirin users have a 36% less chance of having cancer spread. >> there's reason for hope that aspirin may have this additional benefit in terms of preventing cancer. but at the same time we also know that it's not a panacea. >> reporter: doctors caution that aspiri

nancy snyderman is here with more on this. nancy, good evening. >> it's a brave new world because imagine something as simple as a strep throat, a scratched knee, a time when you can't go in for chemotherapy or a hip replacement because it's too dangerous for fear of a deadly infection. this is a report, a warning from the head of the world health organization that basically antibiotic resistance could mean the end of modern medicine. why? the overuse of antibiotics and it's made us dangerously prone to all sorts of common infections. staph infections known as mrsa, e. coli, tuberculosis, even hiv. this is the tip of the iceberg, and the concern is this list is growing day by day. >> absent the invention of a new category of medicines, what are we left to do? >> guess what, the pipeline is dry for new medicines because there's not really money in that. there's more money in alzheimer's and cholesterol. what to do? only take medication when you need it. skip it for the common cold. use it as directed by the doctor, for every da

nancy snyderman. >> we think of 70 as being the cutoff.ut if the tissue matches right and he waited a pretty long period of time, then, you know, there are just times that it gets matched up. he had run out of options. >> in terms of his overall health, it is good? >> this is where the ethical issue comes up. because there are younger people also on transplant lists. when you have heart failure over this prolonged period of time, lungs and kidneys take a hit. that will be the question as he moves forward. he'll be on immuno suppressive drugs for the rest of his life. >> thanks. >> you bet. >>> the president visited the border region between north and south korea. >> reporter: making his first trip to the demilitarized zone, which separates the two koreas, president obama peered intently at the isolated north. >> it's like you're looking across 50 years into a country that has missed 40 years or 50 years of progress. >> reporter: but now north korea plans to test launch another long range rocket, threatening to derail a deal with the u.s. f

nancy snyderman. >> reporter: like so many americans, dana garmani started taking an aspirin a day ten years ago to prevent heart disease. after being diagnosed and treated for colon cancer, his doctor told him to stay on it. >> my doctors in houston told me that aspirin therapy was something they thought would help prevent the recurrence of cancer. so i've continued to take it for both reasons, the cancer and the heart. >> reporter: the medical journal says aspirin may have a new role in cancer prevention and treatment. consider the statistics. people who take aspirin had a 15% lower risk of dying from cancer. a 38% less chance of developing colorectal cancer. and aspirin may reduce the risk for cancers of the esophagus, stomach, breasts and lungs. taking aspirin regularly may also provide benefits even after diagnosis. aspirin users may have a 36% less chance having cancer spread. >> there's reason for hope that aspirin may have this an additional benefit in preventing cancer. but at the same time, we know it's not a panacea. >> reporter: doctors caution that aspirin still carries ri

nancy snyderman. >> reporter: like so many americans, dana started taking an aspirin a day ten years ago to prevent heart disease. after being diagnosed and treated for colon cancer, his doctor told him to stay on it. >> aspirin therapy was something they thought of as a healthy recurrence of cancer. >> reporter: the medical journal says aspirin may have a new role in cancer prevention and treatment. people who take aspirin had a 15% lower risk of dying from cancer. a 38% less chance of developing colorectal cancer. and aspirin may reduce the risk of cancers of the esophagus, stomach, breast and lung. it may provide benefits after diagnosis. aspirin mayri may have a 36% chance having cancer spread. >> aspirin may have an additional benefit in terms preventing cancer. we also know that it's not a panacea. >> reporter: doctors caution that aspirin still carries risks. it can cause stomach upset and bleeding. these new findings suggest the risks of cancer prevention outweighs those risks. >> my patients will often ask me is there something i can do to make my treatment better? the answe

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nancy snyderman on this coroner's report just out in l.a. >>> a violent end to a story we told you about. a tengs standoff between french police and the alleged gunman in three fatal shootings. after being corners for 32 hours, french officials say the suspect came out with guns blazing as police stormed the apartment. he jumped from a window, landing on the ground, still firing until he was shot dead by police. three plofrszs were hurt in the exchange. the 23-year-old al qaeda militant died as they claim he wanted to, with a gun in his hands. >>> now to the pollaauolitics o women's health. the largest women's breast cancer charity remains in kroenchs after a controversial decision to cut off funding to planned parenthood. donations to the susan g. komen charity are down. >> the organization known for its iconic pink ribbon is taking a hit where it hurts. as raszs for the cure around the country. in southwest florida, donations down almost 30%. lafayette, louisiana, down 27%. ft. worth, texas, race registration down 40%. >> we do recognize that people are upset with komen right now. even

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nancy snyderman is here with more on this. >> it's a prove new world because imagine smns as simple as strepthroat, a scratched knee, a time when you can't go in for chemotherapy or a hip replacement because it's too dangerous for fear of a deadly infection. this is sareport, a warning from the world health organization that antibiotic resist nls could mean the end of modern medicine. it's made us dangerously prone to all sorts of infections, staph infections known as mrsa, e. coli, tuberculosis, hiv, this is the tip of the iceberg, and the concern is this list is growing day by day. >> absent the invention of a new group of medicines, what are we to do? >> the pipeline is drew because there's not a lot of money. there's more money in alzheimer's and cholesterol. what to do? only take medication when you need it. skip it for the common cold. use it as directed by the doctor, for every day you're supposed to, watch out, and avoid them in food. they probably don't belong in chicken and meat as we have, and watch out for counterfeit medications. it's physician, industry, and patient linin

whether he had an affair with andrea snyderman was never@? realized. says they never had an affair. he says he saw@? her naked in te room. that he fell in love with@? her. but went on to say under questioning if she says they@? didn't have an affair, maybe they didn't have an affair. this of course the courtroom in decatur, georgia where the verdict should be read. the lawyers have yet to appear back in court.@? they may be walking in right now. megyn: this is always such a terrible moment for the defendant and the family of the victim. but also@? for the lawyers as yu fight the battle hard and ultimately it's in the jury's hands. that's how the american system of justice works. this man's life is potentially in the about balance. he will spen@?d life in prison f he is found guilty of the murder charge. they can find@? him not guilty ? reason of insanity. that's what the defense wants,@? or guilty but insane. which means he would go to amenity alpha silt.@? then go to prison. so this man who gunned down a father moments after that father had dropped hi

nancy snyderman.d morning all of you. >> good morning. >> nice to see you. >> i love the way you say power players. that's all i'm saying. >> i'm glad. >> anything will make him feel good. >> let's start in israel. i want to start with donny. israel banned underweight models from modelling. they are asking for the models to supply a report that they are not being malnourished. >> bmi index or something. >> yeah, certain bmi. as an ad guy does that make you bristle? >> number one, the government gets involved and puts warnings on cigarette labels because we know it's physically harmful to kids. we have to stop blaming the media. i'm raising daughters. at the end of the day, i have the ability to teach her, as far as her own self-image versus what's in a magazine. we are pointing a finger at the media. we have more control. >> wait, the media is incredibly powerful. >> not more than parents. >> let me say, one of the real issues is that we do so much photo shopping that even the models themselves don't

nancy snyderman of nbc. >> this has raised ethical questions, moral questions about whether the viceresident in fact should have received his heart ahead of other people and, raised the question how old is too old to receive such a precious trans plant? >> bill: mr. cheney waited 20 months before receiving the heart. that is longer than the average wait. he has had five heart attacks. check three. army staff sergeant robert bales charged with 17 counts of murder accused of gunning down civilians in afghanistan is being held at fort leavenworth, kansas. his wife says he is innocent. >> he is being charged with first degree murder. in other words,premeditated, that he planned this. >> it's very unbelievable. all i can think of is what happened? what led up to it. i don't have have -- i don't feel like i have all the information. >> when i asked what kind of dad he he was you said he was so involved with his children. he loves children. >> he loves children. is he like a big kid himself. >> he is accused of killing nine children. >> right. >> innocent children. >> i have no idea what ha

president recently convened a working group, co-chaired by new york's aggressive attorney general, eric snydermanwhat needs to be happening is dedicated resources. we need to get the regulators to send over their best examiners. we need to broad en the statute of limitations so people don't skate just because time has lapsed. and, you know, frankly, we need to have an all-out effort to really make sure there is consequence for the financial wrongdoing that occurred on wall street. there has been no correlation between who drove this crisis and who is paying the price for it. we don't want hangman justice but we want wrongs righted and we want det-terrence. again, to compare the parties. while i have been very clear that i think the obama administration has been slow off of the mark the republicans on the other hand the house republicans, have tried to interfere with almost any serious investigation of the financial crisis. they did it with our commission. they did with elizabeth warren. so there is stark contrasts here but we need to do better. >> i tell you these issues obviously manufacturing,

nancy snyderman is speaking to me by phone. this is a far from routine operation for anybody, let alone a man of dick cheney's age. how long does it take to perform this sort of surgery and how long is it? >> the difficulty, frankly is finding the appropriate match and that's why he was on the list for 20 months. which is little longer than the average. and then as you well know, getting the right tissue type. because you want to minimize any chance of or minimize the chance of rejecting this organ because it really is a foreign body from one person to another. the technical aspects of taking a heart out of one person and sewing it into another interestingly, is, is rather routine at this point and only takes a few hours. but then the critical time of the intensive care unit, making sure that the fluids are balanced, no risk of infection and long-term, cardiac rehabilitation. and putting vice president on anti-rejection medications. and that's a life-long bout of medicines to minimize the chance that he will reject this heart.