the jodi arias case is now in the jury s hands. they started debilitating late yesterday and will get back to it on monday. in his closing arguments yesterday, even jodi arias own lawyer admitted that she s a liar but he said she is not on trial for lying. our legal guys are back. avery freedman and richard herman. the defense attorneys saying it doesn t matter if you like jodi or not, the bottom line is prosecutors didn t prove their case. so you can t convict her. richard, is that a smart strategy? does he have a good point? it s smart strategy. it s the only strategy. by the way, fred, both the prosecution and the defense attorneys world report very, very good in this case, fought very, very hard, they gave it
until the american public is not paying as close attention. jake tapper, cnn, boston. let s talk more about the legal strategy. let s bring in avery and richard, our usual legal minds here. civil rights attorney avery freedman as well as criminal defense attorney joining us from las vegas, richard herman. gentlemen, investigators say dzhokhar tsarnaev already told them that he and his brother built the devices in tamerlan s home and now investigators say they found explosive residue in the apartment that tamerlan, the slain suspect, shared with his wife, katherine russell and their daughter as well. avery, this seems to be a very big challenge for dzhokhar s defense team, if he pleads not guilty, with that administration already. we have the not guilty plea
out on this, fred. avery, you re disagreeing on this one. can the city be in control of the weather and that things such as a calamity like this kind of weather would stand in the way and it would be responsible still? yeah, well, that s exactly the point. mayor bloomberg made a point of saying he was disappointed. maybe that s evidence, i don t know what weight or the value of it is, but the fact is that indeed when you have a major snowstorm, unless the estate can show that the circumstances were so unreasonable and so foreseeable that it would have resulted in the death of yvonne freeman, who was 76 years old, i wish the family the best but i don t see any liability coming out of this case. it is a sad case and the family is pursuing $20 million. let s talk about lance armstrong now. he could be facing indictment by a grand jury. and one has to wonder, is this mostly because of eyewitness
whatever, drinking, train wreck lohan, they get to the legal system and that s how they get publicity. it s ridiculous. this guy will do anything to be visible. he s a five-alarm screwball. there s absolutely nothing there. the fact is this is consistent with the way this guy does. he s now selling bear scratch devices and stuff like that out on the internet. there is no basis. if a suit is filed, i have to tell you this, the lawyer and he will be fined for bringing a frivolous action. it would be a ridiculous case. absolutely. ouch. avery, richard, thanks owe much. we agree. yeah, on some things but not so much on others. but that s the way we like it. have a great weekend, see you next weekend. appreciate that. we love having them every weekend. meantime, a fond farewell to a great american. sargent shriver remembered at a mass attended by top political dignitaries. who s born to care this life was protected.
an elderly woman died waiting for an ambulance. new york city blames the blizzard. her family blames the city. that s one of the cases i talked to our legal guys about earlier today. civil rights attorney avery freedman and criminal defense attorney richard herman. what is the family s argument going to be, richard? the argument is going to be what can it be. it can be this. is it reasonable that it takes 45 minutes to get through on a 911 call? is it reasonable that it takes three hours for emergency vehicles to get to someone s house in new york city? and is it foreseeable that if they delay that long in responding to a 911 call and actually coming to a house, is it foreseeable that someone could die? the answer to all of those are the city is going to be liable. they have got to get their checkbook out. i ve heard there s no liability, there s immunity. they re wrong. the city is going to get banged