he was telling me like questions about how do you feel inside, do you have anything, thinking about the past, just all different questions, but i didn t quit that day, it was another month later. it was january 16, 2009 and i knew that day, people say was that your bottom. well, for moneywise, sure i didn t have any money left because i knew it would be an incredible story to help people, a story of hope, i would always know these things as they were happening, something bad would happen to me and i d say that would be good in my book. it was kind of weird thinking but that day i knew my calling that god had chosen me for this to help people and with the addiction, with everything that s going on now, i don t quite know what i was going to do. did he turn you on to faith? no, seeds were planted my whole life. did he give you the jumpstart
how do you feel inside now? so all different questions. but then another month later it was january 16, 2009 i knew that day people say was that your bottom. but moneywise i made sure i didn t have any money left. because i knew it would be an incredible story to help people. i knewth something bad would happen to me. and it was weird thinking but that day i knew that god had chosen for me and with the addiction. . did he turn you on to faith? .
i wasn t there. i wasn t present in that crime. cnn s matthew chance was in the courtroom. matthew, walk us through this morning s hearing, will you? reporter: yeah, martin. it was very emotional. amanda knox came in escorted by the guards and looked very stressed indeed, very pale. her head was hung down. she didn t even look at her family, who were gathered in one corner of the courtroom to give her support. her former boyfriend also serving a lengthy prison sentence for the murder of meredith kircher, spoke first. he said they were both innocent. then the big moment came. perhaps the biggest speech of amanda knox s life. she turned to the jury and managed to compose herself because she was in tears, and, you know, make this impassioned plea for them to set her free. she said she wanted her life back. she was tired of being punished for something she didn t do, she said. and so she said it all as well in fluent italian. over the past four years since she s been in priso
and on a plane back home to seattle. brooke? just to confirm because we have these two judges, six laypeople, jurors, all together that s eight. if the decision is split, it ultimately then goes to who, the defense to break the tie? reporter: there cannot be a split decision. if you know they re coming back now, we expect the verdict within minutes here, that means it will be a majority decision. i see. reporter: that means they will never tell anyone how much of a majority. that s all that s needed. there s no unanimous verdict. if they re coming back with a verdict, most likely it would be very rare in legal history for this to happen they he have a ruling in hand on this appeal. paula newton, we ll check in again. defense secretary leon panetta had pretty strong words regarding israel s increased isolation in the region. barbara starr has details. brooke, leon panetta is traveling to israel, egypt. today in israel meeting with leaders and palestinian auth