loss for millions of americans. and the heart six heart throb. which a-list actor is suing his exfiance to get back his $90,000 engagement ring? in a town where every breakup makes the tabloids this one is a genuine mystery. good morning, everybody. let s pull up the live shot. you re looking at whitney houston s childhood church where her memorial service will be held later today. this will be one of the biggest hollywood funerals in year. we ll have full coverage. so much focus on her daughter and making sure she gets the privacy she needs. and miranda lambert. this is a nasty fight brewing here. publicly taking on chris brown. she s making sure no one forgets the awe salt charge for beating up his former girlfriend, rihanna. this is miranda in concert with a sign saying, take notes chris brown. this is the best assignment of the morning. ginger zee found the place where millions of monarch butterflies go every winter. the trip of a lifetime. it s coming up la
jon: the uva lacrosse murder trial taking an unexpected recess this morning due to an illness. this is the prosecution wrapped up yesterday, painting a disturbing scene of yardly love s final moments. rick folbaum is following that story for us. rick? reporter: jon, the prosecutor says this is first-degree murder case. that huguely set out to kill his ex-girlfriend. now it is the defense s turn. they were supposed to start the full day of testimony today when one of the attorneys suddenly called out sick. he expects the court to be back in session about hour and a half ago. huguely is charged with murdering yardly love and beating her to death. one of the first defense witnesses a neuropathologist, claims that love suffocated laying face down on a pillow. the prosecution wrapped up their case after calling 40
witnesses. they say love died from blunt force trauma the result of huguely beating her. the autopsy results concluded same thing. the judge says the jury could get this case by the weekend. back to you. jon: rick, thanks. for more on this case we re joined by frred tecce, a former federal prosecutor and jennifer bonjean a criminal defense attorney. fred, you don t make much of the defense his team offered so far? no, i don t, jon. when i was a prosecutor i used to tell the jury in closing argument everybody in the courtroom has a job. my job is to present the evidence. your job is to look at it. the job of the defense lawyer is look at everything else you could possibly look at because if you focus on the evidence you would have a conviction. this was volatile relationship. he admits he was there and shook her and grabbed her by the neck. the testimony she died from blunt force trauma. that he grabbed her computer. evidence of concealment which is consciousness of guilt and lied to
i m erin burnett and outfront tonight, hot rod show and tell. yes, you heard me right. hot rod. iran today defiantly flaunting its first iranian made nuclear rods. if iran is going to this is a crucial step towards building a weapon. now, a lot of this of course is propaganda and wearing the white labcoat for the cameras, president ahminedjad was on hand at a tehran nuclear facility as fuel rods were lowered into a nuclear reactor. rods contain the pellets of nuclear fuel. that s essential for nuclear reaction. while that was going on, iran was sharing other news. cake, which is another step to enriching uranium to the 90% holy grail weapons grade level. now, ahminedjad, as we re all well aware, insists that iran s nuclear program is for medical and peaceful purposes. i.e. nuclear power. but no one buys it not even the watchdog i.a.e.a. and definitely not washington or tel aviv. have we reached a tipping point with iran? where sanctions will not be enough? a new research
whitney houston on a dangerous path days before her death. she drank heavily in the days before her death. she started drinking 10:00 in the morning poolside. also, have we got a deal for you. and i mean it. a payroll tax cut deal is now actually in place. the lawmakers using a word they haven t used in a while, the big c word, compromise. iran showing off a new level of nuclear know-how and playing the oil card, as well. what does iran want and what is it capable of? we re speaking to an expert who has been inside iran. if you are about to or in the middle of packing your children s school lunch, you will love this one. does the government know better than you what to put in that lunch box? aapparently in one town they seem to think they do. is it going too far? find out what was in the lunch box and what the mom got in trouble for. what they replaced it with is what shocks me. singer whitney houston was drinking heavily at her hotel just days before she was found