blockbuster jodi arias murder trial. she will be back in court today for the penalty phase of the trial in is the day after the jury finally reached a verdict. we the verdict dooley i m panelled and sworn upon our both do find the defendant guilty of first degree murder. truly stunning development just minutes after the this verdict, jodi arias telling a phoenix television station she would rather get the death penalty than life in prison. this prompted authorities to put her on suicide watch this morning. cnn s ted rolands is live with that shocking interview. i can t believe it happened. yeah, it is hard to believe that the sheriff s departmental loued it to happen and that her lawyers allowed it to happen when she still has the death penalty phase ahead of her in this trial. but this has been a bizarre trial from the beginning and that is just the lightest twist. she says that she was surprised by this verdict. as you mentioned, she said she would rather be executed than
and say i love you and i m glad it wasn t you that died. and it really hurts because, you know, i haven t seen her in so long and i can t wait to see her because she was my daughter and my best friend. john, you know, i spent a lot of time with freddie, her son, michelle s brother. and that whole family dynamic is a very tough situation. they allege a lot of abuse over the years and a lot of neglect. and so, you know, the question is that now when michelle does get released from the hospital, where is she going to go. but, you know, a side note which is very positive is that the family of the dejesus has spent a lot of time with her at the hospital, with michelle, and they say she s also in very good spirits and looking forward to her release. we are all looking forward to that release. zoraida in cleveland, thank you so much. another major story we re following this morning,
consulate in benghazi was attacked. gregory hicks told the congressional oversight committee about the phone calls he received from ambassador chris stevens during the september 11 attack in benghazi. now hicks, a 22-year-old service office claims he was demoted when he started questioning the state department s version that night. dana bash has more from washington. reporter: for the first time, a gripping public account of the benghazi attack. on the second in command to the slain ambassador chris stevens. i found two missed calls on the phone, i punched the phone number i didn t recognize, and i got the ambassador on the other end. and he said, greg, we re under attack. reporter: for 30 minutes, greg hicks told the story of the deadly attack as he lived it from a command center at the u.s. embassy in tripoli. at about 3:00 a.m. i received
where 150 volunteers came. we went knocking door to door putting out fliers to try to find out where gina might be and spread the news that she was gone. so gina is now finally back home with her family. what was that like? how is she doing? you were there yesterday when all of this was happening. it was just a myriad of emotions. you know, the family has such tremendous faith. the mother and father would never accept the fact that their daughter was not coming home. they always knew she was alive. they just felt it. i think it s a mother s intrue i guess so. they know that child is still there. when she came home, there weren t many words said at all. she didn t say a word. she just gave the thumbs up and the crowd erupted. when i was able to embrace felix and embrace nancy and hug one another, no words were exchanged. it was like we spoke for hours. you are getting misty eyed as you are sharing this story. yeah. really emotional time for you as well. everybody wants to know
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