Page 12 - August 2012 News Today

Better than me at the shell game, which is sad. quite frankly. >> but is he? skeptics think kiddos owner is playing a game of cat and mouse with us. >> this video seems like it could be fake because the cat is almost too good at it. its so nonchalant about it. >> you can do anything with computers, so why couldnt you just put a bell under a cup. it seems like this would be a relatively simple thing to put in special effects. >> others believe kiddo is an honest to goodness clever cat. >> i was r...

Taking revenge in other instances. if we look at double down. they talk how mitt romney during the vetting saw things that scared him abut chris christie. the question, is this just the first of any sort of frinti of g stories. >> also brings out the inner chris christie. you see him respond as in the clip. he is responding to the press. he is chris christie at his chris christiest. doesnt this provide the opportunity for him to display personality traits that may not be so attractive. >> the th...

Military incident involving u.s. military forces since august of 2012 when a helicopter crashed in the same mountainous region killing seven in august 2012. an investigation is still under way and theres still some suspicion, taliban claims they shot down the helicopter. the u.s. military thinks it was mechanical difficulties but this whole incident remains under investigation. >> briefly, do we know whether any of the troops survived the crash? >> reporter: there was one soldier aboard that did...

Security threat, one that turned out to be true. major jason brezler saying he was trying to do the right thing but the brass didnt like how he did it. listen to this. catherine harris has the explanation. >> on the eve of his hearing fox news with with with a letter from six members of congress who served in the marines questioning why he could be discharged for trying to help fellow marines in afghanistan. it reads his battalion commanders during the event in question and today support him com...

This in the past at least, dennis rodman has offered to be a mediator, if you like, between barack obama and kim jong-un, not something the u.s. government has taken him up on. but we dont really know whether or not he will actually be meeting with north koreas supreme commander. you would have to think that neither of these people would miss such an opportunity to get it out to the world what theyre up to. >> they seem to like the photo ops. thank you so much. in other world news, a deadly da...

Security threat, one that turned out to be true. major jason brezler saying he was trying to do the right thing but the brass didnt like how he did it. listen to this. catherine harris has explanation. >> on the eve of his hearing fox news with with with a letter from six members of congress who served in the marines questioning why he could be discharged for trying to help fellow marines in afghanistan. it reads his battalion commanders during the event in question and today support him complet...

In afghanistan since august 2012. the senate foreign relations committee has started a hearing on the american response to the sectarian violence that started nine months when muslim rebels overthrew the majority government. it is now a humanitarian crisis in which children are often the victims of brutal attacks. unicef says children are being killed because they are christian and muslim and the numbers are staggering. as much as 6,000 children recruited into arms groups, 2.3 million children...

Where it was when harry truman was in office. >> this is all against the backdrop where even good news about the countrys economic recovery is always tempered. take fridays job report. 203,000 jobs created in november and an unemployment rate that fell to 7%, the lowest level in five years. thats good news. but the percentage of working age americans participating in the labor force has remained practically static and has dropped in the past year. that means too many of the people who have given...

Context where were supposed to be nice and pretty and try to sell the project. now we dont sell project. we speak out loud and sell an idea. >> i am half naked but not an object. im not here for your pleasure. im here to deliver my own message. >> in august, 2012, a solo act of defiance in the ukrainian capital of kiev gets ina in very hot water. a protest dense the trial of the band pussy riot, arrested earlier that year. >> they did an action in the church. they were dancing and singing songs ...

School football players were convicted of that rape in march. cnns jean cass ar ez has moez n these charges. >> reporter: three others connected to the school district face misdemeanor charges. one of them for providing alcohol to minors. this is a case that shocked the nation, disturbing videos, tweets and photographs brought to light in august 2012 night of drinking and rape in this football-loving town. >> im sorry to put you guys through this. >> two star players were convicted and are incar...