Thats as final arguments get under way as were speaking. The defense is claiming that the olympian could not have committed premeditated murder. Well take you live to south africa for reports. Also nearly half the country is under a wintry blast. Heres a live look this morning at wichita, kansas. Feet of snow in the heartland, tornado warnings in the gulf, snow blanketing the desert. Well tell you where that storm is going next. And then weve got breaking news this morning out of syria where 31 people are reported dead after a huge car bomb blast near the ruling partys headquarters. Well bring you the latest on that story as well. New overnight, five People Killed when a small plane runs off a runway. Were live on the seen in thompson, georgia, where investigators are trying to find out how it happened and who was on board. And president obama addresses that highly talked about golf match with tiger woods. Who does he think was more nervous . Its thursday, february 21st. Starting point
was carrying seven people back in 2009. allegedly he was under the influence of alcohol at the time. i want to get right to nic robertson who s live outside the court house in south africa to walk us through some of the latest turn of events in this case. good morning, nic. reporter: good morning, soledad. well, the defense are putting their case just after a lunch recess, a very short lunch recess here. the defense saying that the prosecution hasn t even put forward enough evidence so far to determine that there should even be a murder charge, never mind premeditated murder. they say there s no eyewitne eyewitnesses, that this is a forensic case. the magistrate earlier in the proceedings called on the chief police investigator, the one with these attempted murder charges hanging over his head, called him into the courtroom and asked him if he was happy speaking in english and he said yes, he was happy in english but no mention whatsoever of those pending charges on him. th