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Jodi Arias, prosecutor spar in courtroom

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    Adam Housley reports from Los Angeles

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Courtroom that woman accused of savagely murdering her ex boyfriend shooting him slitting its throat from ear to ear in stabbing him 27 times.

Today battle with the lead prosecutor over whether she is capable.

Of telling the truth.

As you probably know by now -- areas told the cops not one but three different stories about -- -- ex -- ex boyfriend ended up dead.

First she said I've no idea what happened to Travis Alexander.

Then she said masked intruders came in and killed my loved one.

And then she settled on self defense.

Last week she admitted she killed -- that that she couldn't remember that she stabbed the knife into his body 27 time didn't remember even one of those.

Today the prosecutor tried to pay -- areas as a woman who will lie when it suits her best interest.

A woman who will lied to the jury for something as trivial as where the prosecutor is standing in the court.

Isn't it true that you are -- problems on the witness stand reporting unit because of the way prosecutors asking the questions right.

Yes.

In the prosecutor also blasted that -- areas for what he described as -- habit of snooping on her now did ex boyfriend's phone and email accounts.

Adam Housley live in the West Coast usually at this prosecutor is been described Iran there's a real bull -- -- -- is not backing down at all today.

No no she's not -- have been battling all day long I mean it's time is very contentious they're.

It arguing over the meanings of words and how she said certain things -- -- getting really away in some respects from the actual facts of the case but it has been.

A -- of -- the match of wits between these two at times she's as you understand the judge calls both attorneys up there.

It goes back and forth -- -- -- twice she has defiantly said she's not guilty of first degree murder we -- get that out of testimony today.

Politico revealed little snippet here of what it's like as these two battle in the courtroom take a listen.

You can't.

Even remember.

What you just ahead.

He -- are focused on your posturing tone in -- angered some time to process so.

Yeah it is it is again that prosecutors -- because you perceive him to be angry right.

It's not a -- it is so yeah it was this he did.

Did you -- frustration there on the prosecutor's side in jeopardy it's just when you watch this thing -- you're watching and Abbott & Costello routine sometimes.

Who's on first what's on second any kind of missed the whole fact of the trial which sounds like probably the goal a lot of talk about past boyfriends all the way back to like the 1990s with -- -- Yes there -- they're trying to show that she is always -- -- her -- -- going through their cellphones going through your email accounts when they weren't around remembering their in their passwords that kind of thing to show that this is a woman who always had problems who lied and was suspicious all along.

And they'll use out of course -- to say that's what you did Travis Alexander and when she found out what she didn't wanna hear she killed -- That's what they're trying to show with this part of the testimony separate Adam Housley for us.