ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA AND VENEZUELA WHO WERE NOT INVITED.
SECRETARY WILL LEAD THE
DELEGATION IN HIS ABSENCE.
ONE OF THE KEY ISSUES IN THE
SUMMIT.
>>> AFTER ITS ANNOUNCEMENT A
MEMBER OF THE DEFENSE TEAM IS
OUT SICK WITH COVID-19.
>> INTENSE EXCHANGE.
TO MOVE FORWARD AT THIS STAGE
OF SELECTION WITHOUT HIM, JOINS
US LIVE WITH THE DRAMATIC
MOMENTS IN COURT A LOT
HAPPENING.
>> A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME IT IS
SORT OF ESCALATED.
THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PHASE 2
THAT IS WHEN THE ATTORNEYS HAD
THAT CHANCE TO ASK MORE PROBING
QUESTIONS.
THE MORNING START WITH THE LEAD
DEFENSE ATTORNEY EXPLAINING TO
THE COURT, A DEFENSE ATTORNEY
OUT SICK WITH COVID-19 UNDER
QUARANTINE.
THEREFORE ASKING TO PUT THAT
SECTION OF THE PHASE ON HOLD TO
NOT PROCEED WITH ASKING THE
POTENTIAL JURORS ABOUT THEIR
DEATH PENALTY VIEWS TO CHECK IN
ON HARDSHIPS.
THE STATE ACTUALLY DID NOT
OBJECT AT ALL HOWEVER THE JUDGE
SAID THAT SHE WANTED TO PRESS
FORWARD AGAIN DOUBLING BACK
WITH HER, HIRED PRIMARILY JUST
TO DO THIS THING.
JURY SELECTION AT THIS PHASE
MORE THAN THAT BEYOND HERSELF
THE ONLY OTHER MEMBER OF THE
DEFENSE TEAM THAT HAS DEATH
PENALTY TRIAL EXPERIENCE THE
JUDGE AGAIN SAYING THAT SHE
WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITHIN
PHASE 2 WITHOUT HIM THEN THAT
IS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO GET TO
THE SOUNDS YOU ARE ABOUT TO
LISTEN TO THE JUDGE INTERPRETS
THE DEFENSE ATTORNEYS OBJECTION
TO WANTING TO MOVE FORWARD.
SHE EVEN THROWS OUT SOME
ACCUSATIONS OR INTERPRETATIONS
THAT THIS IS A THREAT, MAKING A
THREAT TO THE COURT.
SHE MAKES THAT ORDER MOVING
FORWARD THAT IS WHEN THE LEAD
DEFENSE ATTORNEY TELLS THE
JUDGE YOU ARE PUTTING ME IN A
TOUGH SPOT EITHER DO NOT MOVE
FORWARD IN CONTEMPT OF COURT
READY TO MOVE FORWARD AND I DO
NOT FEEL LIKE I PRESENTING MY
CLIENT VERY WELL.
>> FURTHERMORE MY CLIENT.
>> YOUR CLIENT HAS A RIGHT TO
HAVE A COMPETENT LAWYER.
>> SO I TOO WOULD URGE THE
DEFENSE TO RECONSIDER ITS
POSITION.
ETHICAL VIOLATION.
INDICATES YOU CANNOT DO THAT I
DO NOT INTEND TO HAVE ANY
CONTEMPT HEARINGS.
REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE A CLEAR
VIOLATION OF FLORIDA LAW AND
THE RULES OF PROFESSIONAL
RESPONSIBILITY.
>> THE STATE OF FLORIDA VERSUS
NICHOLAS CRUZ.
I NOW HAVE TO CONSIDER WHETHER
OR NOT MY LIBERTY IS GOING TO
BE IN JEOPARDY OR NICHOLAS
CRUISES LIBERTY IS GOING TO BE
IN JEOPARDY.
WHETHER OR NOT MY LAW LICENSE
WOULD BE IMPACTED.
ORDERING ME TO DO THAT AND I
FAIL TO DO THAT I AM AT RISK OF
BEING HELD IN CONTEMPT.
>> RESPECTFULLY YOUR MOTION IS
DENIED.
>> THE JUDGE SAY RESPECTFULLY.
I HAVE TO SAY SITTING IN THERE
IT DOES VERY MUCH FEEL LIKE AN
UNRESOLVED ISSUE.
THE LEAD PROSECUTOR STANDS UP
SAYS MAYBE WE SHOULD PICK THIS
ALL UP TOMORROW.
ALL GOING TO COME BACK AT 1:00.
WE WILL BE HERE TO SEE WHAT YOU
SAW PICK UP.
THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
NOT ADDRESS YET, ALSO PENDING
IN ALL OF THIS DEFENSE MOTION
TO PUT A HOLD ON THE ENTIRE
TRIAL CITING THE MASS SHOOTINGS
AND SAYING WITH ER UVALDE AND
OPENED WOUNDS IN THE COMMUNITY.
THAT MIGHT ALSO SURFACE IN THE
AFTERNOON SO STAY TUNED LOCAL