important points there. prosecutors contended that this woman on your screen merdith kercher was killed in a frenzy sex attack. you had knox, her then boyfriend, and rudy guede who admitted to being in the apartment on the night of the murder. he s the only one now that is behind bars. we understand that he acted alone. the people released yesterday were not the guilty parties. it feels very much like we re back to square one and the search goes onto find out what truly happened. our lives have been disrupted. what happened to my daughter meredith is every parents nightmare with something so
dramatically overturned her conviction for murder in the death of her college roommate. right now as we understand it she is on a flight headed straight foresee at he will. jon: it was an emotional scene in court yesterday when the 24-year-old dissolved in tears on learning of the acquittal of the killing of her british roommate merdith kercher. people around the world followed every twist and turn this in case. knox had plenty of supporters here in the u.s. we want to express our profound sorrow to the family of merdith kercher for their unfathomable loss and unnoable pain. we are hopeful these results may give them some measure of relief, however temporary. we offer them our deepest sympathies and will continue to keep them in our prayers. let us not forget that this is prime air remember a sad occasion, a young woman lost her life and two innocent young people had a portion of their lives stolen from them. jenna: there is some very
evidence was handled. we don t know whether that would make a difference to this court. on the other side amanda knox gave conflicting stories. first she said she wasn t even in the apartment that night she was over at the boyfriend s house who was ultimately also convicted. then after being interrogated by police she ultimately said she had been in the apartment that night, and then pointed the finger at this bar owner who really had nothing to do with it. why did she do that? also the police had been taping her phone calls, she had an incriminating conversation with her own mother suggesting she had been at the apartment. the prosecution has relied on that as well. there have been multiple accounts of her bizarre behavior after meredith was found dead. when she was taken to the police station she was hugging, kissing, coddling with the boyfriend. she did a cartwheel outside of the police station hours after she found out her roommate was murdered. her father told me she was in shock
today, the bells are ringing right now. it s 8:00 local here. they said the verdict could come not before 8. we heard the italian news agency flashing that it will come in 9:30. they are normally pretty reliable. could be a little later than that. that is what they are aiming for. lots of british and american media here to be sure but also loads of curious onlookers as well as you see outside of the courthouse right now. basically, you know, the brits because of merdith kercher, the victim, the americans of course because of amanda and amanda s family did a very good job in this appeals trial keeping the story alive and basically the story of the innocence of both their daughter and of her former boyfriend raffaele sollecito. earlier today amanda made the final plea and she was really ready to go. she speaks italian very well. she was ready for game day. on the initial trial she had been fumbling around, rambling all over the place, not very
much for being with us as you have throughout this case. we look forward to speak to you after we have the verdict we hope. thank you. megyn: all the best, sir. unbelievable, folks we are 20 minutes away from a verdict in this case. what is going to happen to this young american girl who went to italy to study abroad, suddenly winds up with her roommate murdered and then gets convict he of the crime herself. i m not saying whether she is guilty or innocent, none of us can know but that prosecutor, that italian prosecutor has got a very checkered past. and now we ve had independent experts come in on this appeal and analyze the evidence, and they have raised serious questions about how this woman was convicted in the first place. those are the stakes as we watch this courthouse today, 20 minutes away from what could be the verdict in this case. and as herman cain moves into a top tier status as a candidate a rarely seen moment between cain and president bill clinton surfaces. could th