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We talk a lot about justice on this show. and its an issue nbcs "date line" is tackling this sunday. for ten years, "dateline" producer dan sleplian has been investigating!dhe case of a man in jail maybe for a crime he did not commit. the documentary called "conviction" tells the story of jon-adrian velazquez who has been behind bars for 15 years. he was convicted of murder in the death of a retired police officer during a botched robbery in new york city. but he has always maintained his innoce...

>> note to company thinking of doing ridiculous fees leak bank of america and verizon tried to do. >> think we can do it for the airline industry, no more bag fees. >> mike: and if we were in sydney, australia wed be having champagne. >> and huge fireworks because of this. >> mike: on the bridge there, they do it every year and pours down like rainy the fireworks. >> they celebrated new years eve into the new year, ringing in first in sydney, australia our on rick reichmuth is live next to the f...

support him. hes followed by ron paul at 22%. rick santorum is now third with 16%. newt gingrich is at 14%. michele bachmann is on the campaign trail in des moines right now, a day after one of her high profile advisers defected. bachmann is likely to face questions about the decision by state senator ken sorenson to jump ship and throw his support behind ron paul. were keying an eye on bachmanns media event and well take you there live for some of the q and a session. he may be th...

shot rick santorum leap frogs into fourth. his support has tripled since the beginning of the month and closing in on mitt romney and ron paul who are locked in the statistical ties within the margin of error. joe johns is in des moines to break it down. of course, the question is, did the gingrich camp see this coming? >> yeah, i think to some degree they saw this coming. hammering ron paul, for example. also, mitt romney. its pretty clear that gingrich saw he had some problems becaus...

It zigzags around for political convenience. on the east side of the date line, its today, on the west side, its tomorrow. the island of samoa is on the today side. the government has decided they want to be on the tomorrow side. if you bought tickets to go to samoa this week, check the date. samoa is canceling friday. it will not happen in samoa. it will be 11:59 on thursday the 29th and one minute later, it will be midnight saturday. the start of your blink can be thursday night and the end of...

It zig-zags around for political convenience. on the east side of the date line, its today, on the west side, its tomorrow. the island of samoa is on the today side. the government has decided they want to be on the tomorrow side. if you bought tickets to go to samoa this week, check the date. samoa is canceling friday. it will not happen in samoa. it will be 11:59 on thursday the 29th and one minute later, it will be midnight saturday. the start of your blink can be thursday night and the end o...

with you and that question. candidates are going to be crisscrossing the state today. talk to us about this day a week before the caucuses, joe. >> oh, yeah, you can call this crunchtime for sure, hala. a time when the candidates really bear down and iowa truly gets focuses on the caucuses. mitt romney starts out his day in inp. the. however, he like many of the other candidates will end up here in iowa. hes going out on a bus tour and so is newt gingrich, in fact. he is another guy we...

"outfront" tonight, a deal. finally, a deal. the house republicans agree to the senates two-month payroll tax cut extension. the house added one small tweak thats going to make it easier for employers to actually process the tax breaks, since this really is the final hour before midnight on a tax change. the gops image has taken a beating. a cnn/orc poll found when it comes to handling major issues, people have increasing confidence in president obama. look at him now, 50% have more co...

im erin burnett and out front tonight, a deal, finally. a deal. house republicans agree to the senates two-month payroll tax extension. this includes unemployment benefits and that doc fix that prevents people that take medicare doctors getting a big drop in payments. the house added one small tweak that will make it easier for employers to actually process the tax breaks since this really is the final hour before midnight on a tax change. the gops image, though, has taken a beating. c...

im erin burnett and out front tonight, a deal, finally. a deal. house republicans agree to the senates two-month payroll tax extension. this includes unemployment benefits and that doc fix that prevents people that take medicare doctors getting a big drop in payments. the house added one small tweak that will make it easier for employers to actually process the tax breaks since this really is the final hour before midnight on a tax change. the gops image, though, has taken a beating. c...