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Bill: now we know the man behind cape and the mask. this is not batman. this is 39-year-old stan warby he turned in a suspect wanted on a string of charges including fraud and possession of stolen goods. turns out the suspect he turned in was actually a buddy of his. and agreed to accompany him to the police shop. the costume he was already wearing that for a soccer match? thought it would be funny and left the costume on. martha: he looks darn good in it. bill: next time at soccer match . martha: all right. back to this story this morning the journal of accused murderer jody arias is now at the center of her trial. police say she planned the attack on her ex-boyfriend travis alexander in jealous rage. earlier she was asked about the relationship history. the, were you aware of mr. alexander engaging in ....
Other sexual behavior at the same time, with other individuals at the same time that he was engagedding in sexual behavior with you? at what time period? anytime period? yes. martha: hmmm. there is a picture of arias when she was dating alexander. on the right is her now, just a second. you will see that. she repeatedly changed her story about his death. she first said she had nothing to do with it. then she blamed it on masked intruders before she finally settled on self-defense. alicia acuna is live in denver with more on this morning. morning, alicia. reporter: good morning martha. it was a standout moment yesterday when jody arias was on the stand when her defense attorney asked her why alleged violent incidents with travis alexander were left out of the journal. she testified she didn t want to solidify bad things by putting them on paper. this was called the law of ....
Attraction. arias said for the for the first time she was made to tear marriages out of her journal. take a listen. another reason is that, if travis were to read it in the past he made me tear out some negative things i had written about him. so, i didn t want to put more things on paper that were negative about him. i just wanted to focus on his good qualities, not, his short many comings. reporter: there was also an entry from september of 2007 that was introduced as evidence. jody arias read from that. it said, quote, of travis alexander, i love travis victor alexander. he makes me sick. he makes me happy. he makes me sad. and miserable. end of quote. martha? martha: hmmm. so the defense team, we got a little bit of wind of this in the question that we played right before we came to you. they re working really to paint him as, sort of a sexual deviant, right? reporter: right. and this really has been ....
Part of the strategy to paint jody arias as more of the victim here and the person she killed as more of a perpetrator. and in court yesterday they replayed a phone call that jody arias had recorded between her and alexander. it was quite explicit. it doesn t contain much we can relay on television but doesn t really make him look good. that is the point here. also arias insists she discovered alexander was into wild pornography and something his family and friends deny. there is no evidence introduced in court to show that is true. martha: she stabbed him 27 times, shot him and slit his throat and she is trying to impress upon the jury she did that out of some sort of self-defense. we ll see if they buy it. alicia, thank you very much. bill: we re waiting live update from republican leaders in congress. they are in a closed-door meeting right now. can they get any closer to a new budget deal we wonder? martha: final preparations underway right now at the sistine chapel. how the cardin ....