more followed. 3, 2, 1. and lift off of space shuttle discovery. 2, 1. boost ignition and lift off of the space shuttle discovery. 2, 1, ignition and lift off, lift off of atlantis. the shuttle atlantis. shepard: now for the final time, four brave astronauts will put their lives on the line to fly a shuttle into the heavens on behalf of all humanity. we ll get perspective from the space shuttle veteran tom jones, plus, jonathan hunt on what you might not know about the shuttle program s history. and, look at the training today s astronauts did to get set for a mighty big flight. two stager. command in the center. shepard: all as we prepare for sts 135, the final mission. shepard: and good morning again from kennedy space center, along the space coast in florida, and, right now we re waiting for the grand finale of the american space shuttle odyssey. we have just gotten word from forecasters at nasa the last few minutes they are cautiously optimistic that the weath
convict on a capital murder case? john, you re absolutely right, that s all they have to show is get a little bit of reasonable doubt in one of the juror s minds. you can see what you want about the defense s advocacy and jose baez, but he has done a fantastic job putting inferences in the jurors minds. he only has to have one person to either hang the jury or convince the others that it s not a first-degree murder. john: and anita, some of the other defense strategy here over the weekend they tried to claim that casey anthony was not competent to stand trial. the court found that she was. and then they also brought up this motion for a new jury and a mistrial based upon a federal ruling last week that florida s death penalty is unconstitutional. are they just trying to throw anything at the wall here to see if something sticks? well, the mental competency issue was a shock, and i think we arall shocked because there
is going to be raised. when i say we all, people that g bets in the office. if they are not, then we could have some issues. jenna: the fear of the unknown is a powerful motivator. you never know what is going to happen down in d.c. colonel mcshane with fox business thank you much. john: provocative testimony in the casey anthony trial. the defense tried to discredit the meter reader calling roy kronk a morally bankrupt individual. anita kay is a sex crimes prosecutor. maria hail is a defense attorney. maria let s start with you. many at home may be confused as to what the defense strategy was with roy kronk. lay it out for us. what is he trying to get to today. i can understand why the viewers would be confused at this point, because certainly jose baez in his opening
statement talked about the dysfunction and the sex-abuse and the fact that caylee actually drowned in the family swimming pool. at this point with roy kronk, he mentioned him in his opening statement as well saying that he was morally bankrupt, that he had a part in this and not to forget about them. we get to see just what roy kronk had to do with this. if anything. i think they are doing a really good job at poking holes in mr. kronk s testimony, or his prior testimony to show that he may have had something to do with it. but they just may be inferences and suggestions and it may not hold that much wait with the jury. john: anita kay as john lieberman was talking about a little while ago there is a lot with roy kronk that the jury is not allowed to hear. what is the defense trying to do here by inference and i phra indication? well, they are trying to dirty up roy kronk, that s for sure and create some sort of reasonable doubt that roy kronk moved the body, and this was the problem
will you ask that one more time, please? you never told her this was an accident that snowballed out of control? never did. did you ever send her a text message telling her that you needed her in her life? well, i ve seen that information come out. yes, i sent many text messages to many, many volunteers and people, and yes, i did need those people in my life, yes. so you sent her that text message? yes, sir, i m not going to say that i didn t. did you ever leave her any other letters that you were trying to get to speak with her? i know on one occasion i stopped by her residence, just left her a letter. yes, that s possible. what was in the contents of it, i don t remember. but it was something to cheer her up, make her to feel comfortable, what she was going through in her life, possibly, i did. i don t see anything wrong with that. if i can have just one moment, judge. you may . did you at any time ever tell her not to say anything about your affair wi