jodi arias admitted under oath she was the killer. >> did you kill travis alexander on june 4th, 2008 yes, i did. >> but she denied the charge against her. that she had planned travis' murder. >> why? >> the simple answer is he attacked me. and i defended myself. >> she pled not guilty, claiming self defense. she was forced to kill travis. >> it just, those two minutes. jodi had to make a choice -- she would either live or she would die. >> the death penalty case you want sympathy. you need an explanation for the defendant's actions and what they did. >> the defense's explanation was to blame the victim. defense witnesses pour frrtraye travis as conflicted. publicly a devout mormon, respected in his community. privately a man with lewd interests. jodi was in the word of her defense attorney travis' dirty little secret. something she vividly demonstrated in this lurid phone call. >> you, you were hot. start touching yourself. >> when you hear this call, it's, it's crucial to understand the difference. the difference between the type of person that travis pour frayed hpour -- portrayed

nobody had heard from travis alexander in five days. so a handful of concerned friends went looking for him. they found their friend pale and lifeless on the shower floor. >> 911 emergency. >> a friend of ours is dead in his bedroom. we haven't heard from him in a while. his roommate just went in there and sees lots of blood. >> travis' body had 29 stab marks including the slash across his neck from ear to ear. this was a .25 caliber gunshot wound over his right eyebrow and massive amounts of blood all over the master suite. his friends had immediate suspicions about who did it. >> has he been threatened by anyone recently? >> yes, he has. he has an ex-girlfriend who's been bothering him and following him and slashing tires and things like that. her name is jodi. >> jodi arias, the woman travis met in las vegas two years before. >> we were there for a convention. our company had a big event there. i was there in las vegas with him. >> travis alexander was a motivational speaker, compelling and effective. he was also a close friend and c

the jury convicted arias last year of murdering her boyfriend, travis alexander, back in 2008, but waser she should receive the death penalty. here it goes again. retrial sentencing for jodi arias. >>> 25 minutes after the hour. a cruise ship with a quarantined passenger makes it home as some of the people in dallas that may have been exposed to ebola reach the 21-day milestone in their observation. quarantine over. a key milestone. but what's next? that's coming up. know that no two mouths are the same. that's why there's a listerine® product for every mouth. one to clean your whole mouth. one for those hard to reach places. one to protect kids mouths from cavities. even one to freshen breath on-the-go. with over 100 years of innovation in oral care... there's a listerine® product for every mouth in your house. for cleaner, healthier mouths go beyond brushing alone. listerine®. power to your mouth ™. >>> breaking overnight. dozens of people in the clear as those in contact with the now deceased first ebola patient in the u.s. are told they are no longer at risk of contracting the dise

last year, the jury convicted jodi arias of murdering her ex-boyfriend, travis alexander. the -- jodi arias claims why she -- she nearly cut his head off. the jury saw pictures of jodi arias, ones she took, seconds before the murder, showing her lover in the shower. prosecutors shot the undergruesome pictures of the corpse, naked in the shower, the bathroom spattered with blood. it was an awful scene. then there was her behavior at the police station. here she does hand stand in the interrogation room. why? well, because, jodi arias. she also passed the time singing, "oh holy night" the jury took 15 hours to find her guilty of murder in the first degree. since that verdict, one jodi arias, glasses and fingers, has spent most of her time in jail celling artwork online. she recentlyff these particular glasses here before the ones she wore at the trial. she claims that she gives all of the money to charity. fox news cannot confirm that. claudia cowen is live. how did things start in court today? >> the lawyers are still making their opening statements. the defense going first

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>> reporter: jon, it has been an agonizing week forethe family of travis alexander as they had to listentremely graphic and violent evidence in this case all over again but only way to get new jury up to speed as they decide whether his killer should live or die. jody arias's parents also in the courtroom, watching their daughter at the defense table, confer with her lawyers and gauge reaction among the jury during the testimony of police and medical examiners who worked the 2008 murder. at one point an officer held up the sony camera arias tossed into a washing machine to get rid of photos she took of alexander before and after she killed him. detectives testified they used special forensic sort of wear to retrieve pictures which are key pieces evidence. they saw an x-ray of alexander's skull and but let wound they said came after she stabbed i am 2 times and slit his threat, leading the prosecution to say he had great suffering before he died. the prosecutor needs to convince every juror the that arias must die. they must not base them on the graphic pictures and violent crime scene. h

. >>> jodi arius was convicted of killing travis alexander. attorneys have to go through 175 more people before settling on that injury. >> happening today the highly anticipated schuylkill bank boardwalk will open in philadelphia. mayor nutter will be on hand. the boardwalk will extend the schuylkill river trail from locust to south street. >> san francisco giants will face the washington nationals, san francisco bounced the pirates out in a one game playoff. it was a laugher. a grand slam was hit in the top of the first inning. it was the first time that a short stop hit a grand slam in the mlb playoffs. >>> eagles running back season season is frustrated about his performance in the first four games. he is off to the worst start in his career. >> i'm confident in my game. the teams that we play, i know what type of player i am. i can't answer the reason we can't get the running game going, i'm not going to fight that battle. >> center jason kelly was out on the practice field, but a long way from taking part in practices. celsey underwent a

but the family of travis alexander wants that, and the prosecutor wants the new trial., it's up to the prosecutor to move forward. >> and this jury deciding one thing only, does she get the death penalty? >> that's it. and if they can't agree on death, it's over. life with parole or life without parole, but no retrial if this jury hangs. >> and that's up to the judge, parole or no parole. >> very odd. >>> now to dangers at the atm. a scary scene, an attempt eed robbery of a young woman in broad daylight. how can you stay safe? gio benitez has that story. >> reporter: bank brutality. look at these images as a man allegedly attacks a 20-year-old woman at a florida atm monday night. wrapping his arm around her throat, demanding money. he takes off when she hits the car alarm panic button. shaking the community, and catching the attention of the alleged crooks boyfriend. >> he's my boyfriend, he's in the room sleeping. >> does he know you're calling? >> reporter: police arrest him. but it turns out most atm robberies happen between midnight and 4:00 a.m. and more likely to

34-year-old arias has been convicted of first-degree murder in the death of former boyfriend travis alexander, but the jury deadlocked on the issue of the death penalty which triggered the retrial sentencing. >>> evacuation concerns in hawaii as lava races toward villages in the puna region as lava flows away from the kilauea volcano. it is moving at 15 yards an hour. it destroyed a cemetery and moving close to a main road there. >> pretty, but dangerous. >>> let's get an early look at the weather with karen maginnis. >> we had showers and gusty winds, but the area of low pressure is pushing away with the canadian maritimes and the temperatures are seasonably cool. cool weather running 10 to 20 degrees above where they should be for this time of year. atlanta, 84. memphis, 84. dallas, 85. it will be very much not like the end of october. temperatures holding on into the 60s. new york city and washington, d.c. chicago, 77. minneapolis, 65. wait. it will be a frontal system that sweeps through and those temperatures all the way from minneapolis and duluth and chicago and st. louis will be coole

arias was convicted of killing travis alexander last may with a jury deadlocked on whether to give hereath penalty or life behind bars. >> released until election day many candidates making a push but not so much in north carolina. one candidate a no show for the final debate. kelly wright is here live with what happened. lots of people scratching their heads over this one, kelly. >> this is odd for crunch time. it was supposed to be a debate for senatorial candidates in north carolina for till lis and hagan. tillis took the stage and hagan was a no show. tillis sat at an empty chair blasting hagan. she declined to do the debate when she was invited in july. but there are reports she is facing allegations of corruption and insider deals involving tax payer money used to fund projects for companies her family owns could that be the real reason? in florida no fan for charlie crist spores forced to sweat it out under the lights for the final debate. scott and challenger expressing their views in a contentious debate that got heated and personal. >> you don't know me and you can't tell my

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arias was found guilty last year of murdering her ex-boyfriend travis alexander in phoenix, arizona.deadlocked on whether she should be put to death. if prosecutors fail to secure the death penalty again during the sentencing retrial, she'll receive life in prison instead. >>> three-dimensional printing takes off, literally. coming up, we'll show you how this 3d printed airplane is going to fly. >>> also ahead here, a comet buzzes the red planet so closely nasa hits the thrusters on its mars satellite, to get them out of the way. it's the yoplait greek taste-off and we're asking this sports town which blueberry greek yogurt is their champion. a tastes better. it's yoplait! i knew it! do you want to see which one yoplait greek beat? chobani. hoorah! yoplait greek wins again. take the taste-off for yourself. with roc® multi correxion® 5 in 1. proven to hydrate dryness, illuminate dullness, lift sagging, diminish the look of dark spots, and smooth the appearance of wrinkles. high performance skincare™ only from roc®. >>> a fast moving comet near mars forced several nasa spacecraft to du

in may of 2013, a jury found her guilty of murdering her on again/off again boyfriend travis alexander. jurors rejected self-defense after hearing that she stabbed him dozens of times and shot him. they were unable to agree on the sentence. >>> a fresno, california, man is alive because of extraordinary kindness of strangers. he was trapped inside his burning home. his daughter outside screaming for help. one by one, throw men answered the plea. michael found the 73-year-old man struggling with his oxygen tank. the smoke made it hard for him to breathe, too. they stepped in and rushed him to safety. >> we were carrying him out. that's when we were passing the garage and just explosion out of nowhere. >> is everybody out? >> no, there's -- >> everyone escaped just in time. all three rescuers left once the fire department arrived. the identities of the two other heroes still a mystery this morning. >> reporter: authorities in new hampshire promising to prosecute anyone responsible for weekend mayhem. take a look. parties at king state college spilled out into the streets. these parties w

arias' defense team focusing on dramatic pictures of travis alexander taken in the shower, apparentlyminutes before his death, but why? fred tecce, arthur aidala, great to see you both. we have a juror pool, we have several alternates. we're ticking them down, and this thing is just getting started. how worried are you if you are the prosecutors putting on this second attempt at getting her sentenced? in i'm a little worried. -- >> i'm a little worried. i thought the testimony in the first trial was overwhelming, jurors saw her lie through her teeth, and they couldn't come to a verdict of death. i mean, i think what this woman did was a horrible, horrible crime. i'm in favor of the death penalty in a lot of cases, i'm not so sure this is one of them. i think the best sentence for her would be to cut off her access to the media. shannon: yeah. i do think that would be a painful thing. arthur, stab wounds, shooting him, slitting his throat. i mean, that doesn't sound like -- not that there is an average murder case, but it sounds like there could be some of those extenuating circumstanc

. >> reporter: in may of last year, the jury that convicted her of murdering her boyfriend, travis alexanderdecide if she should receive the death penalty. >> i have received your note wish unable to come to a unanimous decision. >> reporter: so the penalty phase starts again. >> travis victor alexander was slaughtered by this woman. >> reporter: the trial will likely feature a replay of the most explosive evidence. the interrogation tapes where shebd not stop lying. >> he would tell you it wasn't me. >> reporter: and all the pictures, the explicit ones in 2008, even those of the shower crime scene, snapped by accident when she dropped the camera. and then the parade of witnesses, detailing the raunchy and rocky relationship between arias and the 30-year-old mormon businessman she murdered. >> he told me he had a stalker. >> reporter: and whether the woman who spent 18 days on the stand. >> we were in the red house on highway 1. >> reporter: should have should've her life spared. you are never going to tell the truth about what went down in the bathroom. >> i don't know what you mean by that

last year a jury convicted the 34 year year old of murdering her ex-boyfriend travis alexander is a phoenix home. opening statements and testimony in the penalty phase retrial began yesterday. prosecutors are hoping the verdict will be different this time around and the first trial jurors were split on the death penalty. though pins of those fascinated with the case are strong. >> i hope jodi ari yas, you know, gets the death penalty. >> i'm here again this morning just to show my support. i was here for the last trial and i just want to see justice come through and be here for travis' family. >> ari yas lawyer is asking for life in prison. the trial is expected to last until late december. >>> we have good news tonight a lot of people have been awaiting. the first ebola test for this quarantined king charles spaniel has come back negative. bentley is his name and he belongs to nina pham. the dallas nurse currently under going treatment for ebola in maryland. health officials say they'll test bentley again before his 21-day quarantine period ends on november 1st. now, if you have been worry

she was convicted of murd iring her sometimes boyfriend travis alexander. >>> peyton manning threw four touchdown passes last night. against san francisco. that put him at 510, a new nfl record. two better than brett favre's old mark. the broncos won the game. those are just some of your top stories on this monday, october 20th. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning to you. we begin with good news for one group of people at risk of contracting ebola and a critical period for another. the 21-day monitoring window ends for the first 48 people who came into contact with thomas eric duncan. among them his family, fiance and first health workers to treat him. >> another 75 dallas health workers are entering a new time of high concern. they cared for duncan close to his death when the risk was highest. if they've been infected, their symptoms would be appearing right about now. >> the carnival is back in port along with the hospital worker that sparked fears. tests showed she had no trace of ebola. >> the white house is sending one of its staff to dallas to co

before the mystery witness, they heard from travis alexander's family. >> my name is steven alexandert like he did in the first trial, travis' little brother went over the gruesome death he must have had when arias stabbed and shot him. >> how much did he suffer and scream? >> reporter: and heard from one of his tearful sisters. travis was our strength, our motivation, and his presence has been ripped from our lives. alexander's family and the prosecutor believe arias should die for the 2008 murder. last year a jury convicted her but deadlocked on death. this new jury is seeing the pictures again, hearing the many lies. >> if i killed travis, i would beg for the death penalty. >> reporter: to see if she will regret the words. >>> and turn now to pop star iggy azalea, calling out "saturday night live" for photo shopping her life. showing the moles that "saturday night live" took out. mara schiavocampo has the story. ♪ >> reporter: she's featured on fancy. >> who dat. >> reporter: with her very unique features. platinum blond hair and signature mole. but this morning rapper iggy azalea

they did find her guilty of first-degree murder for the death of her ex-boyfriend, 30-year-old travis alexanderjody arias denied having anything to do with it. then she confessed, saying that it was all in self-defense. so the first trial the jury was unable to determine whether or not she should get the death penalty. so now we're looking at the death penalty phase. we have 12 jurors, eight alternates. they have to unanimously decide whether jody arias will get the death penalty this time around. if they aren't able to come to that conclusion, if all 12 jurors are not able to unanimously say jodi arias gets death, the judge will take over and there will be two options. jodi arias will spend the rest of her life in prison without the possibility of parole, or the judge will decide that jodi arias can spend the rest of her life in prison with a possibility of parole after 25 calendar years. again, the jury is expected in the courtroom at 10:00 o'clock this morning. opening statements will be held shortly after. back to you. >> all right. anita roman live with the latest. thank you. >>> coming up

prosecution started by showing a shocking photo of arias' ex-boyfriend travis alexander after ariasad and shot him in the head. her defense says she should not be put to death because she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder. >>> oscar pistorius is waking up in a south african prison after he was sentenced to five years behind bars. he showed little emotion as the judge announced her decision and then says goo it mayolon unc. >>> an ohio man is expected to be back in the u.s. within hours after his release by the north korean government. jeffrey fowle had been detained after he left a bible at his hotel. abc's karen travers with the story. >> reporter: jeffrey fowle, an american held by north korea, is on his way home. >> we certainly welcome the decision from the dprk to release him. >> reporter: fowle a father of three from ohio was in north korea this spring, part of a tour group. in may he was arrested accused 5 carrying out hostile acts against the country, leaving a bible at a hotel. christian evangelical evange limp is considered a crime in south korea. fowle's family in

she was convicted of murdering her boyfriend travis alexander.ot decide whether she should be executed or receive life in prison. >>> the ftc is suing at&t over its unlimited data plan saying the plan is misleading and makes customers think they have unlimited data to use when they see their internet connection speeds cut by about 90% after they hit a certain limit. the ftc says it received thousands of complaints about this. at&t for its part says it has always been transparent with customers about its data use policies. >>> former big league baseball slugger jose canseco recovering from a gunshot wound to the hand. he told police he was cleaning his gun when it went off. his fiance says, a finger was left dangling by a string after the incident. she tells "l.a. times" doctors will amputate or surgically reattach it. >>> melissa rivers hired an attorney to investigate the death of her mother joan rivers. the 81-year-old died in september are suffering a heart attack during surgery. >> of course she wants answers. i think we all do. >> especially