well and saw the lack of evidence. i think it was a proper verdict. carl, how much of a factor do you think that was? people saying casey anthony came from this dysfunctional family as meg put it s that where the prosecution failed? could they have overcome something like that? well, certainly one of the jurors suggested that there was a credibility problem with the father, george anthony. and that probably had something to do with the thoughts and the concerns of the jurors. the dysfunction of the family was parentally quite evident from those there in the trial. i m sure all the piece has to fit together well before they could win such a serious charge as first-degree murder. an intentional planned murder. casey s ex-fiance, he actually thought to be caylee s dad at one point. he had thoughts on what he thinks casey will do after this spoke out this morning on nbc s today. there s no way casey goes back to that home. there s no way that they have any semblance of a normal f
they were all covering the verdict live to hear the jury s decision. not guilty of murder or manslaughter. nbc s kerry sanders called it a stunned, jaw-dropping moment. most thought the verdict would go the other way. also, is the republican party willing to risk economic armageddon in the name of religion? that is, the religion of no taxes? the gop have been the mojaves of the american government, willing to bring down the whole country in the service of ideology. this is no phony crisis. if we re not careful the country risks becoming greece. not ancient greece, by the way, current greece. also, does mitt romney even believe what he says? for months he said president obama made the economic worse. last week he denied ever having said that. yesterday he said it again. republicans still looking for mr. or ms. right, romney is just mr. right now. after president obama took on the republicans for defending tax breaks for wall street biggies, republicans cried class warfar
information. well, jim lichtenstein has just informed me that the forms have been handed to the clerk who will read them to the court. and we are getting close to the moment that we will hear and as much as we have heard that it is 2:15, maybe it is a few minutes earlier or after as we are waiting and we are looking at the pictures of the courtroom. also, kerry, we are hearing that an hour after the verdict, the prosecutors are expected to hold a news conference, and we will likely hear from some of the members of the jury who could speak to the media publicly following this verdict that is being read. let me go back to meg strickler and many people have commented on this seven women and five men and whether somehow that would play a role in this verdict, because you have got more women on this jury than men. what are you saying?
60s and she has three children and i noticed that when jeff ashton was delivering his closing argument, she did not look at him. she even tapped a pen on her knee as if, you know, hurry up, get this over with. now, on the second day of closing when the state came back, she did look at jeff ashton and look at linda drane-burdick, but i thought it was a curious sign at this moment, and in fact, i am wondering if that is the one juror who would not lean toward the state, and of course now we know it was all of the jurors. and let me quickly get anne bremner and meg strickler since they have been kind to stick around here and get their reactions to the verdict. anne, i will start off with you. i am looking behind us, because it is a scene back there and balloons and people congregating everywhere. i always thought this could be a case where the defense could have the advantage because it is a reasonable doubt case, and the
guthrie who of course has beenle following the cases and the nuances back and forth and this has been explosive with the prosecutor and the defense team go at literally before the cameras and the judge having to pull the people over, but in the final days here, the closing arguments that we heard were powerful many say from the prosecutor who said, listen, you don t make an accident look like a murder. how do we explain this duct tape and three pieces of duct tape that ended up on this child s face? and the prosecutor said, who was connected to every piece of evidence in this case. it is one person, the defendant, casey anthony. another effective line i thought from the prosecutor is when she said, look, the defendant wants you to believe everyone else in this case is a liar except for the one person who is the proven liar in this case which again is casey anthony. so i thought that the prosecutors did a good job of streamlining the case, and telling essentially a compellin