TSA Will Allow Small Knives on Airplanes; Jodi Arias Trial Recap
KEILAR: Thirty-one minutes after the hour now. Welcome back. I'm Brianna Keilar in for Randi Kaye.</s>BLACKWELL: I'm Victor Blackwell. Thanks for starting your day with us. Here are five stories that we are watching this morning for you. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in Kabul. It killed nine people. This happened near the Afghan defense ministry. The witnesses say one of the dead is a police officer who embraced the suicide bomber to help minimize the blast. And the blast happened during a visit from U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, he was in a briefing less than a mile and a half away and was quickly moved to a safer location.</s>KEILAR: Small pocket knives now allowed on airplanes. The Transportation Security Administration announced the move this week. Not everyone, though, especially those who work in the airline industry are onboard with this.</s>VEDA SHOOK, FLIGHT ATTENDANT: But now, myself, I'm a flight attendant with Alaska Airlines and that's one of the airlines that also was supposed to - a few years ago, we're expecting more airlines to join in this course with this today, as Alaskan Airlines CEO at the time remarked that in 2000, Alaskan Airlines' passenger had a 2 1/2 inch knife and attacked the crew members. And he says that a weapon such as a pointed tip could cause great harm on crew members and passengers in the cabin. So the story was the same seven years ago as it is today.</s>KEILAR: Delta CEO Richard Anderson said Friday he also objects to the move. Number three, sick passengers aboard Royal Caribbean's Vision of the Seas cruise ship are back on U.S. soil today after 11 days at sea. 105 guests and three crew members became sick with a stomach illness thought to be the norovirus, they responded well to over-the-counter medication that was administered aboard the ship.</s>BLACKWELL: New court documents show James Holmes was hospitalized in November for apparent self-inflicted head injuries while in his jail cell. Now, he is the man accused of last July's shooting rampage at an Aurora Colorado movie theater. The documents also say Holmes received psychiatric care after being deemed a danger to himself or others. His arraignment is set for Tuesday.</s>KEILAR: Venezuela has a new leader for now. Vice President Nicolas Maduro was sworn in as acting president Friday, three days after the death of president Hugo Chavez. It was the same day as the president's funeral. The presidential election will be held in 30 days.</s>BLACKWELL: Next Wednesday, accused murderer Jodi Arias will return to the witness stand. Now, if you missed it this week, Arias had to answer some really pointed questions from the jury. More than 200 of them while the defense team attempted to restore her credibility. Here's Randi Kaye. And we have to warn you that some of the testimony as it has been for this entire trial is pretty graphic.</s>RANDI KAYE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: For Jodi Arias, this week was all about proving she never planned to kill Travis Alexander.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Did you go to Mr. Alexander's home on June 4th with the intent on killing him?</s>JODI ARIAS, DEFENDANT: No. I didn't.</s>KAYE: The jury is well aware Arias has changed her story three times. Two years after the killing, she finally said she did kill Travis Alexander, but in self-defense. She claimed his anger and the physical abuse worsened after she'd caught Alexander masturbating to a photo of a young boy. But if it was so startling, why hadn't she written about it in her journal?</s>ARIAS: So, it's a highly negative event, and it was a negative experience for me and it's not something that I wished to remember.</s>KAYE: Another week, another sex tape. This time the defense played mainly Alexander's voice in effort to paint him as the more experienced sexually.</s>VOICE OF TRAVIS ALEXANDER: You cannot say I don't work that booty. We've had two and three-hour sessions many times.</s>KAYE: The defense did all it could to clean up Arias' image, even trying to explain away the text message Arias sent Alexander suggesting she dress up like a dirty little schoolgirl.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The idea of the schoolgirl in the outfit, was that something that you were interested in? Or was it something you were doing to please him?</s>ARIAS: It would be more for his pleasure because just being with him was enough for me. But he enjoyed that kind of stuff.</s>KAYE: By midweek, it was the jury asking the questions. More than 200 in all delivered by the judge. They started with this zinger.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Why did you put the camera in the washer?</s>ARIAS: I don't have memory of that. I don't know why I would do that.</s>KAYE: The camera contained pictures of Alexander in the shower. This one taken just two minutes before his death. Photo time stamps put Arias at Alexander's house at the time of the killing. And what about Arias' failing memory the day Alexander died? She has testified that she shot Alexander first and doesn't remember anything after that. Here in court, her defense lawyer tried to raise even the slightest doubt that it was Arias who stabbed Alexander nearly 30 times and sliced his throat so deep, his head was nearly cut off.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Do you have any memories of slashing Mr. Alexander's throat?</s>ARIAS: No.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You -- when you were asked on cross-examination if you did that, do you recall telling us that you did?</s>ARIAS: Yes.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Was that a recollection? Or a logical assumption on your part?</s>ARIAS: It was definitely not a recollection.</s>KAYE: The jury also wanted to know this.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Why did you place Travis' body back in the shower?</s>ARIAS: I could only speculate because I don't remember.</s>KAYE: And this.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Why is it that you have no memory of stabbing Travis?</s>ARIAS: I can't really explain why my mind did what it did. Maybe because it's too horrible.</s>KAYE: When the jury's questions were done, Arias' defense lawyer stepped in yet again to try to repair the damage.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So, Jodi, that is the ultimate question. Why should anybody believe you now?</s>ARIAS: I lied a lot in the beginning. I understand that there will always be questions, but all I can do at this point is say what happened to the best of my recollection. And if I'm convicted, then that's because of my own bad choices in the beginning.</s>KAYE: Bad choices that could cost her her life. Randi Kaye, CNN, Phoenix.</s>BLACKWELL: So, Jodi Arias, domestic abuse victim or cold-blooded premeditating killer? Decide for yourself in an "AC 360" special "Sex, Lies and Audiotape," that's the name of it, "The Jodi Arias Trial," that's tonight at 9:00 Eastern right here on</s>CNN. KEILAR: It was seven days dominated by ballet brutality and Dunkin Donuts heroism. Here is your week of crime in 60 seconds.</s>KEILAR: In Russia, a dramatic development to a plot right out of -- well, a ballet. 29-year-old dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko admitted that he was behind the acid attack on Bolshoi ballet director Sergei Filin in January. Despite the confession, Dmitrichenko said the attack was not intended, quote, to the extent that it happened. A 59-year-old man who spent 22 months in solitary confinement was awarded $15.5 million this week for his suffering. Stephen Slevin was arrested in New Mexico for a drunk driving incident, but was never tried. And his attorney said the county forgot about him. While in jail, Slevin developed fungus on his face, tooth decay, and significant weight loss. In a statement Thursday, the county said it deeply regrets the harm Mr. Slevin suffered during this period. And don't mess with Dunkin, a man who tried to rob a Dunkin Donuts drive-through was expecting cash, but instead got a full face of hot coffee. The suspect drove off empty handed and cops in Connecticut are still looking for him. And that's your week of crime in 60 seconds.</s>BLACKWELL: This was a great conversation.</s>KEILAR: I bet.</s>BLACKWELL: Yes, caught up with the legendary rocker Jon Bon Jovi. We talked about rock, of course, Superstorm Sandy, and gun control.</s>BLACKWELL: The NRA put you on a list of enemies.</s>BLACKWELL: You're going to hear his response to that and about his life on and off stage in my exclusive interview.