those tests only show the presence of the drug in the system. metabolites. if you have drug use for therapeutic reason, even if he took vicodin the day before or that morning. the reality, you look at the video, it is likely that he would be convicted of impairment. that s how the law works. if you refuse testing, an officer can testify to impairment as drug expert. so the law works. even if he had refused. but consider this. in the coming weeks, we will get a test back and that will show the urine test the presence of metro area tab lights, and he will be arguing whether he took those hours before or the week before. had he refused, he could create a narrative of too much mountain
through the sidewalk. crushing people. a drug expert on the scene thinks she was on some kind of stimulant, but the blood tests are not back yet. she could be in court as early as tomorrow to face murder, attempted murder, child endangerment and abuse as well as leaving the scene of an accident. back to you. unbelievable. william, thank you. now let s go to politics. gop race for the white house, senator lindsey graham no longer in it as of today. south carolina republican making the announcement just a few hours ago. while he didn t endorse any candidate, well, he made a prediction. here s what i predict again. i think the nominee of our party is going to adopt my plan when it comes time to articulate how to destroy isil. to those who are doing the fight willing, i m going to be your voice. to those in the republican party who want to win, check out my plan. hillary, if you get to be president, i ll help you where you can. i hope you re not. chris stirewalt fox news digital
attorneys for hernandez began presenting their defense this morning and the case could go to the jury as soon as this afternoon. the defense called a drug expert to the stand and a forensics expert. the defense argues it made no sense for hernandez to have wanted to kill 27-year-old odin lloyd since the two were friends. prosecutors rested thursday after more than two months of testimony, laying out the case that hernandez allegedly masterminded lloyd s death with two other men. nbc s ron allen joins me with more. i believe it was the headline in boston globe talking about the fact the trial was so long and now we could see a quick end here. couple of months 130 witnesses, and it could end this week, the jury could get the case. the defense says basically they re putting on a couple of witnesses, should last one day. their argument is that the prosecution hasn t proven its case. so they re not going to put on a lengthy defense, they re going to let the jury hopefully come
to the conclusion that hernandez is not guilty because the prosecution didn t prove it. the expert today is a drug expert. talking about pcp, angel dust use. they re trying to peck away at a mountain of circumstantial evidence that apparently links hernandez to the crime and perhaps points to the two other men charged with him. they will be tried separately later, however. they re trying to say hernandez didn t do it. one of the other two guys did perhaps. there s no murder weapon no independent eyewitnesses. again, it is all circumstantial evidence. some of the most damning evidence is videotape surveillance footage from hernandez s home security system. a lot of grainy images that show him before and after the murder was committed. some of them showing a gun that was used. trying to prove to the jury hernandez was there, the problem is they haven t come up with a lot of evidence that says essentially that hernandez was involved in committing the actual crime, pulling the
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