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So i know how important that is. is. jenna: next hour governor mitt romney telling the senates most powerful democrat to quote, put up or shut up. as senate majority leader harry reid suggested that the governor hasnt paid taxes in a decade. today is mr. romney in senator reids home state. we will have the latest in the war of words over all this. were talking a lot about the new jobs numbers today. there are signs that the housing collapse may have hit bottom. well see. well explain how signi...

Idea 34-year-old roger pion might be so upset, apparently not police in newport, vermont, jon. at least not until they saw this. five marked squad cars, one unmarked car and a transport van smashed. thats half the fleet of the verys department in this rural county. the culprit driving a big old family farm tractor. they say he was angry about his recent arrest for marijuana possession. the damage? more than $300,000. the sheriff says no one was hurt. the vehicles were parked and empty, and the o...

Mom was taken. he called it the, quote, worst feeling imaginable, when he got a call late last tuesday night from his sister saying police wanted to know if they could account for their mom, there was a report of of a car being taken and a person being tied up in the back. when the family couldnt find his mom, he got in his own car and started driving around maryland looking for her because he had to do something. ripken said it was, quote, a horrible night, and he and his family prepared themse...

Bought this house, and the other one is now for sale. >> reporter: other markets on the rebound, chicago, atlanta up 4%, april to may, tampa-miami 10% aided by foreign investors. jon: thanks, william. jenna: well, back to syria as more violence is taking place there. the government tanks are moving into the rebel strongholds in the capital, the last stronghold that the rebels have there. this is a 16-month-of long uprising which has left up to 20,000 people dead. were going to talk about some of...

The company. there havent been very many given the fact they have about 1600 outlets, i think there have been about 12 in the past 12 years. but still the arguments being made that the company discriminates. i have yet to see that in the outcome of these lawsuits. but it doesnt matter. what goes -- whats really at issue here is whether or not what someone says rather than what they actually do should effect their right to own and operate a business in a city. and i dont think mayors should be ma...

The rebels are not entirely sure whether it did come from syrian regime forces or whether came from their own people. the government is blaming it on the rebels. if you look at the map weve got, you can see how easily this could have been simply stray gunfire. just to the east of the camp youve got actually the last rebel stronghold there. it is tatdamon. we understand the neighborhood has been taken by regime forces. it was an intense fight that went on there. the u.n. is now saying not just da...

Theyre discouraged. they left. the all-in rate, thats all the people that have jobs, part-time people, full-time people, that actually has gone up because, well, part-time people want full-time work, they cant get it. weve got a lot more unemployed people than we want to have so, unfortunately, this is a really mixed bag. bottom line, though, we see that are discouraged and payrolls are not keeping up with population at the end of the day. 8.3% unemployment, its a calculation rounding error. the...

In terms of putting food on the table. if the rain comes at this stage of the game, can you guys save the crop for this year? >> im afraid the corn is pretty much done. we might put on a slight bit of weight onto the kernels but at this point the corn is done. the concern is trying to save the soybean crop so we have protein coming out of this farm. >> reporter: thank you very much for your time. good luck. hope things get better in the rest of the year. they talk about decreasing ethanol produc...

"happening now." day four in testimony on drew petersons murder trial. the former illinois cop is charged with killing his third wife, kathleen savio. vandals in california defacing a chick-fil-a restaurant. this week as supporters rallied around the fast-food chain after its president was criticized for supporting traditional marriage. today same-sex marriage advocates are planning their own demonstrations. well keep up to date on that. in arkansas, police are searching for an escaped inmate....

Governor romney and president obama. so well have those remarks for you live. stick with us for that. monica crowley, julie roginsky, always a good argument. feisty argument. >> happy friday. jon: jenna. jenna: we appreciate it very much. what would you do if you find yourself in the middle of a work place shooting? there is a new push to araise awareness about steps you can take to save your life in a worst-case scenario. well tell you what they are just ahead. take a look at that video. nasa...