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Correspondent ben wedeman live in tokyo at this hour. ben, thank you for the report. >> southern mexico felt the effects of a 6.1 magnitude quake saturday morning, less than one week after a more powerful quake struck just south of mexico city. >> the confirmed death toll from last weeks disaster has now risen to 307. and the hope that more survivors will be found under the rubble is beginning to dwindle. ivan watson has the very latest for us. >> reporter: sirens rang out across the mexican cap...

Korea. the united states wants to punish any individual country or company that does business in north korea. of course, 90% of north koreas foreign trade is with china. so, china would bear the brunt of the sanctions. now, the chinese have indicated a willingness to cut down oil exports to north korea, but north korea as weve seen over the years has been able to sustain its existence, somewhat precariously, under a regime of sanctions thats been in form -- in effect in one form or another since...

Dead in that disaster. the 27-year-old tunisian denies being at the helm. he appeared in a sicilian courtroom. and rescue crews, and international correspondent ben wideman went on a trip with the police. >> reporter: the salvatore police calls out on the radio, giving the coordinates. its about 15 meters long with 150 people on board. he is part of the crew of an italian finance police surveillance plane in the mediterranean. >> this group of migrants is

Italian island every day. the island is italys southern-most area, close to the african coast. >> in this situation, we have been lucky, because luckily -- the coast guard was in the area. it was approximately ten miles distance from the target we intercepted. >> target is how they describe whatever theyre looking for. his plane has no weaponry. during the flight, they also came across a half submerged fishing boat and a partially deflated boat, but no people. one group of migrants was lucky tod...

Tomorrow. the judges on italys supreme court heard arguments in the case today. as you know, knox and her former boyfriend were convicted for the 2007 murder of meredith kercher, her college roommate in italy. they spent four years in prison until an italian appeals court overturned their convictions in 2011. amanda knox, who always maintained her innocence, then returned home to the united states. despite the appellate courts ruling, prosecutors do want to try them again. earlier tonight, i spo...

Weve got [ inaudible ] who was tried in an entirely separate case. this is not a run of the mail case. its complicated. you have raffaele sollecito who has one of the best high profile lawyers in italy defending him. youve got factors like that that whether they should or not, all weigh into this mix. >> appreciate it. ben wedeman as well, thanks so much. im joined by ted simon, expert in international law who represents amanda knox. thanks for being with us. how confident are you this italian c...

Thats 5:00 a.m. your time. >> you say we shouldnt read too much into that delay. >> no, i dont think we should read too much into it. this appellate court today heard 14 cases, of which the knox case was certainly the most high profile but it wasnt the most complicated, and you know the head of this court is 76 years old. its 9:30 at night. maybe he just needed a good night of sleep. the fact theyre going to announce it at 10:00 tomorrow morning i think gives us an indication that they do, are h...

0 next to a panda face. it gets better than that. steven harper even had to, yes, this is canada, folks. yeah. see that? can you just imagine barack obama having to do that? anyway, its only fair he had to do it considering fed ex actually paid for the pandas transportation complete with an in-flight meal, tons of bamboo and 20 apple seeds. in fact, if it werent for fed ex, canada would be totally bamboozled. 90% of a pandas diet is bamboo and it wont grow up in canadas climate so the canadians ...

and good morning and thank you for joining us. im deborah ferric in today for carol costello. snie the countdown is on. 85 days until election day. and both sides are crisscrossing the country looking for votes. take a look at this map. this is where they are today. president obama continues touring in iowa. mitt romney is stumping in ohio. vice president joe biden is in virginia, and congressman paul ryan will look to rally votes in colorado and nevada. republican star chris christie ...

carol costello. snie the countdown is on. 85 days until election day. and both sides are crisscrossing the country looking for votes. take a look at this map. this is where they are today. president obama continues touring in iowa. mitt romney is stumping in ohio. vice president joe biden is in virginia, and congressman paul ryan will look to rally votes in colorado and nevada. republican star chris christie getting the spotlight on one of the partys biggest nights. the new jersey gove...