>> watching his church burn down. public schools in baltimore are closed down today. the mayor announcing a citywide curfew at 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 a.m. the defense calling the witnesses in the penalty phase of dzhokhar tsarnaev trial. his attorneys trying to spare his client the death penalty. the convicted bomber was the product of a dysfunctional family and fell under the spell of his brother tamerlan. we get more from deborah feyerick in boston. >> reporter: christine, dzhokhar tsarnaev's defense team really trying persuade the jury that life in prison is in their words the better choice. they are trying to show the jury that sentencing him to a maximum security facility where he will be with other terrorists well he will become irrelevant. the defense case centered not on dzhokhar tsarnaev so much as his older brother tamerlan.