In april of last year, they filed the their first for a harsher sentence and then lawyers filed an appeal of the murder conviction. in december a judge ordered an independent review of dna evidence. this past june, dna experts testified that evidence used to convict her may have been contaminated. she and her boyfriend are expected to address the court when it wraps up tomorrow. new fallout in the assassination of afghanistan, xaeb denying claims that the spy agency was involved with the envoy s killing. interior minister making the claim in parliament yesterday. pakistan foreign ministry calling the allegations baseless and irresponsible. gregg: israel welcoming a plan to restart a peace talks with the palestinians. senior cabinet ministers approving the plan with unspecified reservations.
why in the world would they do this? well, you can blame florida. florida has decided to push its primary up to the end of january. so now let the dominoes fall where they may. so iowa could possibly want to move their primary to earlier than new hampshire since they are traditionally the first state to vote. iowa, new hampshire, aren t the only ones a little upset over what florida is doing. cnn s shawna shepherd joins me from south carolina. the site of what is the first southern primary. good morning to you. are they talking as well about what they might do and how much they might move their primary up? reporter: they re absolutely talking about it, and they re going to try to make sure that they get their voice heard. they re not happy with florida s decision, and they really want to hold on to that, that title of the first primary in the south and they re going to do whatever they can to make sure that they don t lose that title. we talk about what the states are goi
anthony home. hello to you all. this is your cnn saturday morning. i m t.j. holmes. let s start with new information and a new warning with about the killing of a leading al qaeda figure. the cia use add drone to kill an nwar al awlaki in yemen. they had been tracking him with drones for two weeks, much like they did with osama bin laden. al awlaki is blamed for inspiring the underwear bomber in 2009. the fbi and the department of homeland security warning about possible retaliation in the u.s. they say his death could provide motivation for so-called lone wolf attackers. another part of the story this morning, the question whether it s l it s legal to target a u.s. citizen. he was born in new mexico. that s a question erin burnett asked cia director leon panetta. this individual was clearly a terrorist, and, yes, he was a citizen. but if you re a terrorist, you re a terrorist. and that means that we have the ability to go after those who would threaten to attack the un
To feel sorry for the victim and to hate the defendant were, um, really over the top. and i really think tainted the entire process. jon: fred, the prosecution argues you know what? well, this ain t casey anthony case because in this case there s evidence of the woman s guilt, including her dna on the hand and the victim s dna on the blade. i hear what you re saying, but this is nothing like that case. jon: but there was also evidence of dna on the victim s bra clasp, and the prosecution although they brought that evidence forward, amanda s attorneys say that infinitesimal amount of dna is not enough to draw conclusion. and it was sitting there on the floor for six months, and the dna experts assigned by the court say they believe it was contamination. i believe, it is so easy to do. well, wait, wait, wait. it was sitting there while she was in jail, so, you know, it was still there when it was found, and it was relatively untouched. and it certainly wasn t touched by her or he
embassy in afghanistan in kabul. two dead, one an american citizen. monitoring the situation from our bureau in abu dhabi. an apparent breach of security inside a heavily guarded complex in kabul. what do we know about it. reporter: bear in mind where this was. this was a part of the u.s. embassy compound and annex will many are working. one of the employees started shooting in various directions. he was later shot dead. his victims appeared to have been one u.s. citizen, also an embassy employee and another one injured, not life threatening and subsequently moved to hospital. has we don t know is why this happened. could it have been some kind of taliban plot? unclear. investigations are ongoing. or a personal dispute. how did this afghan get through security and carry this out? many questions but certainly a significant breach of security right in the heart of kabul s most secure area, ali. it s not the first time. we saw this attack a little while ago. hats going on wi