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This hour, we ll be putting your questions to another republican presidential con ternd. former governor tim pawlenty, when we talk with him live. get those questions in. you can join our live chat, fox news.com/happening now, click on the america s asking tab and get those questions in to us. jenna: also happening now , testimony resumeing in the casey anthony murder trial. we have a live look inside that courtroom today. as you might recall yesterday, the judge abruptly recessed the trial after scolding lawyers for both sides for wasting the jury s time. casey anthony, who you re seeing on your screen here, faces the death penalty if convicted of first degree murder in the death of her little daughter caylee. let s check in with phil keating, live at the courthouse. we understand today s testimony centers around the timeline? reporter: yes. the timeline of when specifically caylee anthony s skeletal remains ....
Self-help motivational speaker, who is on trial for manslaughter, three people died in that tent in sedona arizona. the trial lasted almost three months, as you take a look at victims there. in closing arguments prosecutors played the jury a tape of ray telling his followers, quote, this lodge will provide one of the most intense altered states you have ever had in your life. it will be the most intense heat you have ever experienced in your life. it will feel as though you re going to die. death is the biggest fear you face, you must surrender to that fear, it is okay to die. the prosecution, said if he is convicted on the three counts of manslaughter he could face 37 years behind bars. they could convict him of negligent homicide, it carries a max of 11 years. the jury should be getting the case later on today. we ll keep you posted on the deliberations. jon: please do, thanks. ....
Bickering and then he recessed the court for the rest of the day, surprising some. it seems like everybody is behaving themselves well enough for the trial to resume today. and you can see that it is streaming live on the ipad app. you can check it out whenever you want. you can go to the ipad, itune store and download the faction channel ipad app and watch the entire trial. our legal panel will weigh in on the defense and their case that they are presenting today in court a little bit later on. back over to you. jenna: rick, sounds good. thank you. hi, everybody, we are so glad you are with us. i m jenna lee, welcome to a brand-new hour of happening now. jon: i m jon scott. we are learning new details about president obama s plans for the way forward in afghanistan. we expect to hear directly from the president tomorrow. several white house sources telling fox news he has not made a final decision on just how many troops to bring home from afghanistan this year. the president ordere ....
Performed all that well for the defense. jenna: coyotes, no coyotes. it gets back to this claim, doesn t it, by the defense that, there is someone else that should remain a suspect in this case. can you tell us more about that, phil? reporter: exactly. there were a couple of bombshells in the opening statement of jose baez, one was that caylee accidently drowned, of which there s no evidence prior to the opening statement of this trial, and also, that perhaps caylee s remains were discovered maybe in august of 2008, and then redeposit those woods prior to the december discovery. that was made by roy cronk, that meter read ner orange county, florida, and the allegation, the claim being made by ho jose baez, he was trying to get $250,000 reward money to discover her remains, saying they were hid somewhere, redeposited them in december of 08 to cash in on that reward. ....
To testimony ostensibly on her behalf. the defense case is underway. will she have to testify? that is still the question everyone is asking. jenna has more on that. jenna. jenna: certainly is one of the questions, jon. of course, we re several weeks into this trial. the defense calling the forensic botanist today, she testified on leaf patterns that little caylee s body may have only been in the woods two weeks. cross-examination went pretty rough for that witness. we want to talk about more of the forensic evidence. pathologist from jon j. college, doctor, what do you think about this botanist, what she has to say about the leaf growth and what it tells us about the timeline? well, jenna, i think what we re seeing here is a strategy by the defense to neutralize each and every expert brought by the prosecution. jenna: is it working? it is definitely working, because there is a ....