leniency here? this was probably the most stable relationship she had. she met him. she was working at a resort. she did very well at her job. she went there every day. she actually filled in as the wedding planner at that resort. they then started to date afterwards. they got a home together. they had a high mortgage. she started having many jobs to make her part of the mortgage. she worked hard at that. he will talk about her attributes. what kurt nurmi said jed e yesterday in that opening statement is jodi arias will tell you what she had planned for her life t. focus will be on her it looks like. important to know, jodi ended the relationship with him. it wasn t the other way around as it was for travis alexander. beth, jean, thank you both for. that appreciate it. in another case, a man who has been dragged through the mud publicly. that s yale galanter.
0 that might come later. oh, advice taken, mary, thank you for being with us. no problem, good luck if you are playing. thank you, we appreciate i. thank you for joining me today, cnn newsroom continues right now. [ music playing ] hi, everybody, i m ashleigh banfield. thanks so much for being with us. it s one of those days, a taxing day, especially for the ousted head of the irs. lawmakers want a pound of flesh for what looks to be a partisan bias in handing out tax exempt status and some other treats that go along with it. a dirty little secret in the military is not so secret any more and it is definitely not little. sexual assault is a crisis. now the tap bratop brass vowing go to war and defeat it. and the mayor of toronto, canada, denying he smoked crack cocaine with somali drug traffickers. believe it or not. this is a story i m following. the toronto star reporter says he s seen an explosive interview of that. we will begin in arizona where jodi arias line i life is
of the jury, by lying to them, lying to travis, lying to investigators. that s a theme throughout. then, it was the defense s turn with kurt nurmi making their case. it s not even about whether or not you like jodi arias. nine days out of ten, i don t like jodi arias. anything less than first degree is a victory for the defense here. so what you want to play is obviously their story of self-defense, that something happened in the heat of passion between these two people who, at one time, were linked as lovers. jodi arias says travis alexander yelled at her for dropping the camera. he called her stupid. he says even a 5-year-old could hold a camera. and then he jumps. out. and then he attacks. and then he holds her down. and she remembers that on a previous occasion when he held
i m not guilty. and audio tapes. certainly the best times the trial of jodi ann arias has finally come to a dramatic end. state of arizona versus jodi ann areas count one. we the jury find the defendant as to count one first degree murder, guilty. it was a trial that transfixed the nation. this is a case, this is a story, this is a criminal defendant unlike any we ve ever met before. jodi arias, beautiful young woman, accused of brutally murdering her ex-boyfriend travis alexander, a young guy, seemingly had this great sexual relationship, but then she stabs him 29 times, almost decapitates him. shoots him in the head. it s a verdict that delivered justice for travis alexander. i think justice. i listened to the same evidence that the 12 jurors listened to. i was convinced. jodi arias wasn t attacked. no, no, no. travis alexander was the one who was attacked. slaughtered, and killed. this tale of passion gone wrong cost travis alexander his life. now it