Oscar Pistorius Heads Back to Court
ROMANS: Oscar Pistorius is back in court today for sentencing in the killing his girlfriend. It's the final phase in the murder trial that gripped the nation. Last month, the athlete was convicted of killing model Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius faces several years in prison, although the judge has a lot of discretion here. Could go easy on him. CNN's Kelly Phelps following the latest developments, really following the whole trial for us. She's in Pretoria, South Africa. And Kelly, explain this process for the American audience here. How can a sentencing hearing take days potentially?</s>KELLY PHELPS, CNN LEGAL ANALYST: Well, because this is discretionary sentencing, the judge is not guided by a piece of legislation or statute. Essentially both sides have the opportunity to put witnesses and evidence before the court that they feel is relevant if terms of being either aggravating or mitigating factors. They will then give their suggestions of what an appropriate sentence would be in this matter in order to assist the judge in guiding her discretion. She will then eventually have the task of making that final determination in conjunction with other cases and recognize sentencing principles as well as the evidence that is being put forth before her. So it is in a sense a sort of mini trial.</s>ROMANS: A mini trial. Could take another couple of days. And she has a wide, wide bit of discretion, Kelly, in what her sense is. We know you'd be following it for us. Thank you so much, Kelly Phelps. 5:51 this morning, search teams today scouring the site in the Ukraine where the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17 crashed. Officials will be collecting the remains of bodies and personal belongings of the victims. Ukrainian authorities will be then transfer the findings to a Dutch team -- you know, forensic team have so far identified 272 people of the total 298 on board. The aircraft shot down by a missile, investigators say, over eastern Ukraine back in July. Still, still trying to process that scene. Hong Kong students today facing off with police clearing protest barricades. Demonstrators turn to social media calling on protesters to reinforce other barricades. The students have invaded major districts in the city for three weeks in a row now. They demand -- they are demanding voters have a larger say in choosing the city's leader in the 2017 elections. National Security Adviser Susan Rice revealing what she knows about North Korea's Kim Jong-Un. In an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press" she said there is no proof that the North Korean leader is out of power. Listen.</s>SUSAN RICE, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS: Chuck, obviously, we're watching carefully what is happening in North Korea. It's a country that we monitor with great attention. We have not seen any indications of the transfer of power at this point in North Korea that we view as definitive. But we'll continue to watch it carefully.</s>ROMANS: Kim has not been seen publicly in more than a month. There are rumors that he was deposed or that he is ill. A group of defectors even says they believe his younger sister may be running the country while he recovers. All right, 52 minutes past the hour. Stocks tanked last week. Tanked. Is the selling over or just beginning? We're going to get an EARLY START on your money next.