in front of the maricopa county courthouse talking to some of the hundreds of spectators, some of them arizonans, some tourists, who have flocked to the courthouse with the news that in roughly 12 minutes there is going to be a verdict read in the jodi arias murder trial. ted, walk us through why some of the people there are there. reporter: well, jake, as you can imagine it s because they re hooked. they are hooked on this story and they have been for months. it s gone on so long as you were just talking to ashleigh about. here s a great example. this is don from miami. he is a prosecutor on vacation, been watching this trial. you said it s one for the books. you re on vacation. what are you doing here at a courthouse? you work at a courthouse. yeah. we work at a courthouse. i ve been practicing law about 30 years, prosecuting 20 years. i ve been following the trial from miami. it is just amazing. as a prosecutor i know that every time you go to trial you re rolling a dice even th