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Martin. a judge ruled zimmermans attorneys will not be able to mention specific evidence during opening statements in zimmermans upcoming trial. among them pictures of guns and drugs found on martins cell phone. the judge is refusing to allow jurors to travel to the shooting scene. zimmermans trial begins june 10th. in los angeles hearing from the top promoter of mike michael jacksons come back tour. in court he acknowledged negotiating a deal for dr. conrad murray to accompany jackson. but ne...

Put that in perspective. is that a normal -- i mean can you believe that would have been legitimate? >> well, yes, i can believe it could be legitimate. however, we have no feel at all for the back ground of this case. i frankly think this may be a case we used to call a dangle operation. somebody was placed in the way of say our intelligence folks and its much like what we would call a sting operation in our country. and perhaps they bit. we just dont know because none of the details have been ...

Find tools and direction at aarp.org/possibilities. a new poll finds 76% of new hampshire voters favor background checks. among the 76% who favor background checks, just 29% have a favorable view of new hampshires republican senator, kelly ayotte, and 35% have an unfavorable view. kelly ayotte, of course, voted against the background checks bill. as reported on this program, senator ayotte is now allowing the nra to lie to new hampshire voters on her behalf in ads telling voters that she actua...

Voters on her behalf in ads telling voters that she actually voted for background checks when, in fact, she voted against the form of back ground checks that new hampshire wanted and voted for a bill that would actually make the current background check system even weaker. its a very different story in new hampshire for the democratic senator, jean shaheen, who voted for the background check bill. in that same poll, it find that senator shaheen is leading her possible opponents by double digits....

You point out that they couldnt come to an agreement on two of the charges. and the judge did what judges do in cases like this. he instructed the jurors to go back into the deliberation room and to try to come up with a verdict. it is a jury of seven women and five men. and this is the tenth day that they have been deliberating this case. it has gone on a couple of years. dr. gosnell was picked up and in jail since january of 2011. so the case is one that a lot of people in philadelphia and aro...

Bragging to these guys about being able to build a bomb a month earlier. it would have seemed appropriate for them to maybe go to the authorities with that knowledge even before this. but let me go back to you. were learning a little about the back ground of these three gentlemen. and im curious. what is protocol? would immigration status be a first question to these three as authorities came upon them and wanted to question them? >> well, it would be a factor in the game plan among the joint te...

Spot. to give you a little background or give our viewers a back ground to put in it context. pena nietos partner ran mexico for 71 uninterrupted years during which they got a reputation for corruption and back door deals. this was resoundingly kick out in 2000 when the pan party took over for 12 years. opportunity pan party rule you had a huge economic decline, a rise in homelessness and a rise in the drug cartel crime and violence and border security issues are out of hand. pena nieto came abo...

Chris christie did not put his party first. he does what good governors do. he gets it done and whoever is going to help new jersey is who is he going to be with. thats exactly what good governors do. this is going to make him a better presidential candidate for the republicans, not that they would consider nominating him, than it would if he took the mitch mcconnell line and just trashed everything. >> no. i agree that he would be much more dangerous to the democrats than someone playing this f...

Down because there is a lot of buzz out there on the right about a national gun registry. and even saw in senators statements, citing the national gun registry. when you talk to toomey, in the bill, it makes it illegal to have a national gun registry but there is that fear on the right that if you have more back ground checks that are expanded it would lead to that and i think thats really what helped. >> had it is. we talked about filtering it through the partisan political system. thats how th...

Really need to hear what our potential defense secretary is thinking about the real issue that he or she will have to deal with. get it out. get them doing it in the back ground, but in the confirmation, actually lets talk about what really -- >> substantive matters. speaking of which, we just got new video of president obama. here is what he told reporters outside the white house just moments ago. listen to this. >> mr. president, how is the speech? >> well find out tonight. >> what about north...