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>> all right. first, though, big news today. the trial of the accused underwear bomber begins this morning with earnest with opens statements at the federal courthouse in droit. umar farouk abdulmutallab is charged with trying to blow up a flight on christmas day 2009 with a bomb hidden in his underwear. >> the defendant is acting as his own attorney. cnns deb feyerick in live in detroit, where you were the night this all developed and christmas day 2009. deb, what is the situation? >>...

clashes between the army and pro-coptic christian protesters turned deadly. 25 people killed, nearly 300 others wounded. coptic christians are an ancient sect that make up 9% of egypts population. theyve faced a lot of violence in the recent months but unclear how the violence started sunday night or who is to blame. the violence erupted when a group of coptic christians and supporters of their cause were marching toward the egypt state-run television building. military trucks were set...

im not getting into that. >> i think what the real focus is here again is on religious tolerance. thats really what this is about. and i think again to make this a big issue is just ridiculous right now. >> were covering all the angles for you. paul steinhauser is in washington. and shannon travis is in iowa. lets go ahead and start with you, paul. bachmann and cain ducking the debate shows. just how delicate the balancing act proves, i guess, how delicate that balancing act needs to b...

expected to take place sometime this week. 60 votes are needed to overcome republican efforts to block the measure. heres athena jones with more on jobs bill and earth whether it ever pass. >> reporter: putting americans back to work is president obamas priority. >> say we can grow the economy as much as 2%, and as many as 1.9 million workers. >> reporter: hes been pushing the plan everywhere. at a press conference last week, on the road, on facebook and twitter, and in his weekly addr...

he was talking about propofol, the anesthetic that finally killed him. it took him to the valley of death and did not bring him back. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening, another dramatic day in the trial of dr. conrad murray, whos accused of causing the death of michael jackson. to ted rollins in los angeles. >> reporter: piers, it was a riveting day in court today, we got to listen to conrad murray, basically, this will be it for jurors, unless he takes the stand, he ge...

Everywhere. the adoring fans -- >> we like their show. their personalities. >> reporter: the sea of media. the camera flashes. and that thin white curtain that separates the stars from the stargazers. even as they laugh all the way to the bank, the sisters themselves cant explain how their world got this crazy. >> we have no idea. >> we were leaving our hotel today, and i was like, what is going on? the beatles are not here right now. >> theyre certainly not the beatles but with the world of rea...

who will fill the shoes and be the product visionary. steve jobs could understand what consumers want before they wanted all these products. who will step in and be able to sort of create the next iphone or the next ipad? thats the own question here. i dont think anybody can answer that, kyra. >> i think a lot of people are asking that question. i understand there are some special services for employees today. >> we dont know when theyre going to occur, what we know is that when steve ...

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for a horrific crime she didnt commit. her roommate was brute ale murdered in an apartment they shared in perugia. tonight amanda and her boyfriend rafael sollecito are free. shes preparing to fly home to the united states to rebuild her shattered life. for the latest, lets go to matthew chance in perugia. youve been out there the whole time. you were in court today. dramatic scenes. were you expecting that? youve been following this very closely for years. >> reporter: yeah, well, i w...

police through a private entrance. her murder conviction overturned yesterday. knox sobbing uncontrollably when this verdict was read. so emotional, she had to be helped from the courtroom. her friends say the first thing she wants to do when she returns home to seattle is lie down on a green field. lets get the latest from becky anderson live in perugia, italy this morning. do we have a timetable for knox departure, becky? >> reporter: yes. we believe shes gone. its now mid-day local ...