sollecito to southern italy. but the prosecution hit back, demanding a retrial. arguing to the supreme court that the acquittal was a rare mix of violation of the law and illogicalness, saying the judge who acquitted them had quote lost his way. a difficult day for both families today. it also happens to be sollecito s 29th birthday. no word on whether knox and sollecito have had any contact since the news broke. george? okay, thank you, lama. let s get more from amanda knox s attorney ted simon. good morning, ted. thank you for joining us. as we said, you broke the news to amanda this morning. how did she take it? well, let s be clear. carlo dalla vedova broke the news to amanda this morning. yes, amanda took it it was painful. she s issued a statement it was very painful to receive that difficult news. we were certainly hopeful that the supreme court would simply affirm the correct ruling of the appellate court. but let s be very clear here. there was never any eviden