This is a rush transcript from “On the Record ,” December 17, 2008. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: Tonight: He has direct access to Casey Anthony, and now you have direct access to him. Casey Anthony sits behind bars tonight, charged with her daughter, Caylee’s, murder. Casey Anthony’s lawyer, Jose Baez, joins us. Welcome, Jose.
GRETA VAN SUSTEREN: Jose, there are all sorts of different types of clients. There are some who just tell the lawyer, Just go ahead and do your work. There are some who are much more involved in their case. I mean, how do you describe her as a client?
BAEZ: Well, she’s very involved in her case, and I — but that’s not just her. I try that with all of my clients. I think, first of all, the one knows the most about their case is them, and I try to educate them on a constant basis to — so that way, they’re familiar with the process and they understand what it is that I’m trying to do for them, and that usually makes my job a whole lot easier.
VAN SUSTEREN: How did she take the fact that the police at least suspect — or sheriff’s department — that the bones, the skull they have found belongs to her daughter? I mean, is she just standing by and waiting for the news, or does she say anything about it? What — how’s she taking that?
BAEZ: Well, you know, as far as real detailed specifics, I know you’re doing the best you can to get it out of me, but I have to tell you I have decided to try and keep a lot of that confidential because it’s her privacy that I want to respect. And this is happening to her and her life, and as her attorney, I think that’s just the right thing to do.
VAN SUSTEREN: All right. You should know I’m sort of carefully avoiding invading the attorney-client privilege and sort of just getting sort of, you know, your perceptions of her, not asking what she said, but – - all right, the search that’s going on right now — and yesterday in court, the other day, they mentioned a little girl’s bones or something. Can you give me any sort of background information on that and what you know, whether or not this is Caylee or not?
BAEZ: Well, I — you know, that came out with the media, and the very first thing that I thought was, Oops. They have been keeping everything close to their vest. That was what the Orange County sheriff’s office attorney said. And then the sheriff’s office later went on record and retracted that statement.
What our experts are telling us is that it takes two to three days to get a DNA match, and we’re going up on one week now. We have — you know, we’re doing everything we can to move this process along quickly. So as far as what I know, it’s been based on certain conversations, but pretty much everything that’s out there is what I know right now.
VAN SUSTEREN: You don’t represent the parents, do you, Jose? You just represent Casey?
BAEZ: No. They have a very good attorney named Brad Conway (ph) that is representing the family at this time.
VAN SUSTEREN: All right. The reason why I wanted to establish that is that, you know, we hear all sorts of, you know, rumors, as you might imagine, and one of them is that the parents are at risk of being charged themselves. Do you have any — I mean, are you hearing that at all? The prosecution — are they making those threats?
BAEZ: Well, you know, you hear rumors all the time. And I’ve got to tell you something, Greta. What’s been going on in this case is unlike any case I’ve ever seen and many other attorneys that I’ve spoken to have ever seen. The rumors just run are rampant, so you really don’t know what to believe and it’s very hard to tell fact from fiction in this case. And that’s — that’s been the battle that I’ve had to deal with from day one, is that I have this very unpopular client, and many things are being thrown out there, and it’s impossible to respond to every single allegation, every single rumor.
VAN SUSTEREN: Is there any chance in your mind the case will be tried in Orlando, or are you going to have to move it out of there? And I mean, I don’t know if even moving it can change the issues associated with change of venue, but do you really expect that one to be tried in Orlando?
BAEZ: Well, we certainly hope not. We’ve given the prosecution our motion for change of venue. They’re looking it over. I believe we’ll be having a hearing on that shortly. And we’ve laid out a specific place where we feel it’s best to do this trial at. I have not disclosed that location, and I’ve asked that we — I’m trying to see if we can keep that confidential, so that way, it doesn’t spoil that market by pre-trial publicity. So that’s the way — that’s the route we’re going to take. We’re going to ask that it be held confidential so it doesn’t taint any prospective jurors in that specific area. And we’re certainly hoping we can get it moved there.
VAN SUSTEREN: Well, I’ve been down there and I’ve seen it, and I’ve even been part of the media coverage, as you well know. And I think that this is one case that needs to be moved someplace in all fairness to all the parties.
BAEZ: Absolutely.
VAN SUSTEREN: Thank you, Jose.
Thursday, December 18, 2008 Fox News
On Wednesday Casey Anthony’s attorney 
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35, Orlando) — Judge Stan Strickland of the 9th Judicial Circuit Court will hold an emergency motion hearing Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Orange County courthouse.
Cindy and George Anthony are at home on Hopespring Drive this afternoon after attending Sunday services at Eastside Baptist Church.
Eyewitness News has learned that Casey and her defense team are asking a judge to force a Central Florida mall to turn over video from a security camera. 
Although Casey Anthony’s family and her lawyers claim her missing daughter Caylee is alive, information that could help find her has been abandoned at the Orange County Sheriff’s Office for an entire month.
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