were getting into. i mean, there was voir dire in this case. but i ve seen some of the evidence in this case, some of the photographs that were part of the grand jury report, and i ve seen a lot of gruesome things having been a federal prosecutor and covering many, many cases. and i can t unsee those pictures, and i would imagine that the jury had a tough time with it. this is one of the more gruesome cases that i ve seen, and, jake, i m not only a lawyer, i m a mother. and seeing some of the photos of the babies, seeing some of the photos of the incisions on the back of their necks with their spinal cords snipped, it was tough. it was difficult. and if it was difficult for me, someone used to seeing these kinds of things, i can only imagine how difficult it may have been for the jury. sunny, thank you so much. also joining me from outside the courtroom right now is dr. gosnell s attorney, jack mcmahon. mr. mcmahon, thanks for joining us. were you surprised by the
violations. prosecutors gathered evidenced that showed gosnell snipped the spinal cords of infants during the abortions he was performing. joining me cnn legal analyst sunny hostin. sunny, you reported that the prosecutor wassi sob sobbing as the verdict was read. what was gosnell s reaction? rncht reporter: initially he appeared to not have a reaction. i stayed after and i did look at dr. gosnell, and he appeared in my view to be shocked. he was upset. he sort of let out a sigh and was shaking his hand back and forth. certainly after the jury read the verdict and as you mentioned it was an extensive verdict, he was, in my view, pretty shocked. sunny, this was a really graphic case, a lot of evidence that was very difficult to get through. how did that affect the jurors do you think? reporter: you know, i think that the jury knew what they
all right. this hour on wall street the dow opens within striking distance of a new milestone. the closing bell ended yesterday s trading less than 40 points from an all-time high. that record was set in october 2007 when the nation s economy wassi was hitting the skids. alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange. a good day to look at your 401(k) if you want to be in a better mood. it could be that day, the day the dow finally hits that record we ve been watching for weeks now. if futures are any indication, not only will the dow hit it at the oping bell, it will blow right through it. i want to show you the number we are watching for. the dow right now is sitting at 14,127. when that bell rings, the number we re going to be looking for, for the dow to hit 14,164. just remember, if stocks hit it, it doesn t mean it can stay there. anything can happen during the day. what s really going to be key, christi, if it sticks. if it closes at that record high of 14,164.