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Friday. i cant believe its already friday. thank goodness. coming up the trayvon martin shooting according to george zimmerman. newly released documents by zimmerm zimmermans attorney who shot and killed the unarmed teenager what happened that night. mitch daniels has been named the next president of purdue university. daniels had been widely mentioned as a possible running mate for mitt romney. hell start his new job in january when his term as governor is over. daniels has said hell recuse him...

on this student loan interest rate. obviously its an important issue in that some of the new numbers show people owe more on student loans than credit card debt. is that still a hot topic >> its still a big topic, tamron, because as you say the volume of student loans is so huge. and a lot of this new volume is not -- not students as we think of them. they are not 20-year-old students going to college. a lot of people who are older, who are in their 30s or 40s who have gone back to sch...

>> well, obviously, all ears and eyes were on mitt romney today in florida, the important state. mr. romney started out his remarks by saying there are some pele who say that identify not answer this question. let me play what he presented as the non-answer to the question, lets play what mr. romney said. >> hispanics have been hit disproportionately hard while the national unemployment is still above 8% and has been for 40 straight months. hispanic unemployment is at 11%. as president...

To do. >> for more on dimons testimony we go to steve sedgwick live this morning for us in london. steve, a lot of people watching that wonder its a good show, but will it change anything about the way business is done on wall street? >> thats very interesting because, of course, long before we had this incident over the $2 billion that had been lost at the cios office in london, there were questions from jamie dimon whether regulators were going too far and those questions are still there, alth...

>> why did senate majority leader harry reid refer to a reporters inquiry as, quote, a clown question bro. well explain that one later in shows. first to the news live at 5:30 a.m. here at 30 rock in new york city. we start in egypt, where the countrys ailing former leader of three decades is reported to be near death this morning adding another layer to a complicated political situation. ousted president hosni mubarak reportedly on life support after receiving -- after suffering i sho...

>> good morning, willie. lets start with the condition of former president hosni mubarak. his lawyer tells nbc the president is now on a respirator and he does expect the former president to make a full recovery within three to four days and despite some of the conflicting reports that have been coming out throughout the course of the evening, his wife, susan mubarak, has not accompanied or visited him at the hospital. he remains under tight watch at the military hospital here in a cai...

Pennsylvania. governor tom corbett defended the mandatory ultra sound bill moving through his state house this week. >> wouldnt change it. as long as its not obtrusive. i dont want to make anybody watch. okay? because you just have to close your eyes. but as long as its on an exterior, not interior? >> talking about the mandatory ultra sounds. well talk about that more later in the show. new york congressman gary ackerman is retiring after three decades on capitol hill saying redistricting did n...

leave by 2013. the taliban also refusing to participate in peace talks. all of these developments coming days after a soldier killed 16 villagers in afghanistan. brand new video into fox news channel. those specs you see are a man and a woman who got stuck on a mountain. they wandered off the trail while hiking in arizona just a few minutes ago we learned they were rescued and it appears they are not hurt. >> incredible video out of michigan. a total of 6 twisters spotted in the area...

supposedly an ally. this comes as afghan president amid karzai calls for immediate withdraw of troop from the rural areas. he is also demanding troops leave by 2013. the taliban also refusing to participate in peace talks. all of these developments coming days after a soldier killed 16 villagers in afghanistan. brand new video into fox news channel. those specs you see are a man and a woman who got stuck on a mountain. they wandered off the trail while hiking in arizona just a few mi...

im chuck todd. right to my first reads of the morning. the president hits the road today spending his entire day raising money. first in chicago where hell hold two events before flying to atlanta for three fundraisers that are tailored to the african-american business and entertainment community including at tyler perry studios where cee lo green will perform. the president has been dedicating almost a full day a week recently to fund raising as the campaign kicks into high gear while...