fires across the border? that s when things get out of control. since north korea has cut off all communications with south korea and with the united states joint command there, don t overreact. they re afraid there will be some kind of miscalculation and things will spiral out of control. very bad time for a small incident. thank you, elise labott in washington, d.c. sure. nelson mandela is back home. he was zmargeed from the hospital earlier today. the 94-year-old was admitted to the hospital for recurring lungs infection and pneumonia. faa says it will delay closing 149 smaller regional control towers. the new deadline is june 15th. because of those mandated across-the-board budget cuts, losing $637 million in federal funding. that forces its decision to close those towers. immigration and custom
it s gone up to the supreme court and the supreme court said we have a problem with the appellate court decision and sent it back to the appellate court to take a second look. that s basically where we are at this point. we just heard from amanda knox s lawyer, sort of parsing things it seems to me. couldn t it be as simple as amanda knox refusing to go back italy. is there extra decision rules in the united states that would horse her to go back or prevent her from going back? you know, ted simon representing her is very capable international lawyer. being very careful. because he doesn t want italian authorities to issue a warrant for her arrest and then have someone come to the united states to try and enforce that warrant. so we re being very careful about this from a legal standpoint. we want to look at the italian court decision. i am not saying she would not return italy. she is being careful so italians don t overreact and say amanda knox is a murder fugitive on the
the conventional paths are tough because if you take ohio away, as i showed, and that s in the obama column, then he has all sorts of other problems to get to 270 and there is a necessity to find these states. and, by the way, folks, when i m doing this, i m not saying this is where nbc says the race is right now. i m going through scenarios so don t overreact on twitter. i know you like to do that. one final point about the expanded battleground state maps f. romney comes up short and ohio proves to be the critical state and they didn t have any other path to 270 will they look back six months ago and say to themselves, imagine had they built an organization in pennsylvania, minnesota and michigan, suffered the idea they couldn t win, couldn t win, couldn t win but stubbornly stayed there ala obama in north carolina, and guess where north carolina is today? still tight. would they be in a better position today to take advantage of this momentum? that s a question they could be asking
nashville, tennessee, a man impersonating an officer stole hundreds of dollars in a bogus traffic stop. in georgia, authorities were recently pursuing a suspect targeting women while posing as an officer. in mississippi, police have tips for anyone being pulled over in a remote area at night. put your flashers on, drive a safe speed and proceed to a lighted, populated area. reporter: in mississippi as this mystery unfolds, figuring out who to trust has become complicated. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. you ever think how on edge those residents must be knowing this guy is out there doing this. i think it s good the police have told their fellow officers, look, if you are going to pull someone over, legitimate cop, and they don t stop, don t overreact to someone not pulling over, which is important so that no one panics in an already panicked situation. they ve also told people that if they don t feel comfortable pulling over because they are being tailed by what looks lik
whether or not they should hold that convention at the m hotel. by the way, darrell issa will be joining us. he sent out 23 other letters to federal agencies to examine the need behind these conferences period. do you really need to go away, hire a mind reader, get black jack vests for $6,000 in order to build a team attitude or bond? but the traveling industry is pushing back. their lobbyists are saying hey, congress, don t overreact. this could be very beneficial. this is not we want to make sure that we re careful to say don t go to las vegas, you know, because they got the bum rap before. we re not saying that i just want to bring up the point that i think this is a much bigger issue than just this one little federal agency. i mean, i think it brings us sort of to a big point in the election come november which is, you know, the difference between the two parties. do you want one that believes in big government and, you know, creating more taxes and that they might go and b