republican backers. don t worry. you run. we ll take care of the money. he has rather moderate views on social issues conservatives may not be hip to. we ll talk a lot about that this morning. something else we re talking a lot about. amanda knox s first hope for freedom. the american student is waiting to see if her murder conviction will be overturned. she made her case to the jury earlier this morning. now an agonizing waiting game for her. part of what a tearful knox told the court, the accusations are completely unjust and without any foundation. i am paying for my life with a crime i didn t commit. paula newton has covered this case for years and joins us live from perugia, italy. what else did knox have to say to the jurors this morning? you know, she got up and could barely speak,ally. choking back the tears. they asked, do you want to take a seat? she said, no. she said okay. and she made a tearful plea but maintained her composure each time underscoring i di
and emotional verdict tonight. an italian night sets amanda knox free. here s the scene inside the courtroom. translator: on behalf of the italian people, after having examined section 6 and 5 of the criminal procedure code as the verdict was read, knox broke down, hugged her attorneys, then was rushed from the courthouse. she and her one-time boyfriend have been in jail since 2007 when they were arrested for the brutal murder of knox s british roommate. they were convicted of murder two years ago. both appealed. today both won. shortly after the verdicts, knox sister faced the cameras outside the courthouse. we re thankful that amanda s nightmare is over. she s suffered for four years for a crime that she did not commit. cnn s senior international correspondent matthew chance is outside the courthouse in perugia now. you were in the courthouse when the verdict was read. describe the moment when knox and her family realized she would be set free. reporter: it was
to tell you the truth, so what is this letter? two things have been said that really is a liar and cannot be relied on. you can t convict a person that lies. a person got involved in things that wasn t involved. but that is the end. apart from what was said it serves no purpose. you have told him off on several occasions. don t talk of the homicide. okay, i won t talk about this homicide. and then not have the proper friend and let what she say from a liar that has been recognized as such and what he cannot get involved in the culpability of all this. a person who tries to make him get involved in the evaluation of responsibility says, aye, that is the most disturbing. i have decided to do it, and i don t know how my letter arrive ed. look at the hearing in june when he goes to the prosecution. it can be read as a trophy because this is the letter of a liar. amaretto is a wonderful color. the lawyer said they say, you know, okay, i ve already been convicted, so convict
there are several departments responding to the fire. still attempting to put it out. all of our employees and anybody who was visiting the plant at the time the fire began has been evacuated and accounted for. so that was obviously our first concern. everybody is out and safe. i want to ask about this wedgeworth elementary school which is in that area. so if everyone is safe, does that mean that the school has been closed or where are the students at this point? that i don t know. they re not in visual range. we are next to a college that has been evacuated. as far as the elementary school, i don t know the status but i do know they are upwind from the fire so any of the fumes and smoke are all being directed the opposite direction of the school. can you help us understand what caused this and how it got so big so fast? no, i m sorry. we don t know that at this time. can you give me an idea of what type of gases are in the air and how dangerous this might be? i m
i wasn t there. i wasn t present in that crime. prosecutors painted knox as a demonic figure who killed for the thrill. they described the murder as part satanic ritual and part orgy. the trial of conrad murray enters a second week in about 45 minutes. that s the michael jackson trial. the emergency room doctor who pronounced michael jackson dead is expected on the witness stand first. dr. rachelle cooper says that murray never told her that he d given jackson the anesthesia that allegedly killed him. murray s three girlfriends are expected to testify as well. phone records show that he talked to all three in the minutes before and after jackson went into cardiac arrest. protests by the group occupy wall street have spread from new york city to at least three other major cities. police arrested more than 700 protestors on saturday when they marched on the brooklyn bridge. occupy wall street, that group says it wants to draw attention to corporate greed and immorality am