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Hopes for walmarts new ceo, doug mcmillan to right the ship. sure, hes currently the head of walmart international, a division thats been beset by charges of massive and aggressive corruption in mexico. but, hey, that was before dougs time there. and sure, under dougs watch, walmart blocked key safety precautions in bangladesh and then refused to compensate victims manufacturing walmart clothes in the unsafe conditions that walmart insisted on. but, you know, nobody is perfect. all right. so may...

In the philippines, survival is a battle waged every single second. a wife keeps her husband alive by manually pumping air into his lungs at a hospital. his leg was amputated just days ago. these pictures are just g gut-wrenching. they really pull at your heart strings. the hospital does not have electricity a week after the typhoon slammed ashore. the husband is one of 12,000 people injured. in tacloban, crews are still collecting bodies from the streets and rubble and putting them into trucks....

Welcome back. we have quick headlines. sentencing begins today for james folger, this comes three months after a jury convicted him on 31 racketeering charges and murders. he was found guilty on 11 of 19 murders. kevin trudeau convicted of contempt. hell be sentenced in february. >> his first book "tuesdays with morrie" is the number one best-selling memoir of all time. good job. since then his array of bestsellers have been made into successful tv movies and plays as well. >> now hes back wit...

Harris: as a trial attorney, im wondering whether you really push for that. theres a hearing to decide whether little ada, who was 6 at the time -- now 12, as you just mentioned -- will actually testify. how would you utilize her testimony? >> oh, its so emotional. if they bring in, for the prosecutor, if they bring in a girl who was 6 years old and she testifies how she found mommy in the bathtub not breathing and ran out to get the neighbor, its going to pull on the jurors heart strings. but t...

Put up those barricades and keep armed guards? the government is basically on strike at this point. the obama administration is on strike trying to hurt the country for their political gain. >> this is pulling on the heart strings of one of the world war ii memorial but also its messing up vacation plans, wedding plans and things like that for people. >> its pointless, back off, pull back armed guards stop pulling off placards and jogging paths and parking lots they might save more money. that w...

Critical of the police, whichever way you view this but when you see mark omara taking us through this, my instinctive reaction is once i knew the -- more about this woman was okay, wow, this maybe didnt need to happen. you didnt need to shoot her dead. what is your reaction now we know so much more? >> knowing so much more makes it more complicated and makes my heart strings get tugged a little bit but the police didnt have the benefit of knowing her history and background and didnt know whethe...

For those in los angeles who might be making their way to work because it is early there, its not long from now that closing arguments in the michael jackson case are going to get back underway and talk about some emotion in the courtroom yesterday. videos playing, money being thrown around in the billions in what he would have been worth to his family. casey, this jury, i cant imagine they arent exhausted after five months of tedious contract testimony, but when it comes down to it, these closi...

Yesterday. or in block a of this show. >> what i had for breakfast this morning. >> exactly. thank you both. coming up, five months, seriously, this trial on michael jacksons blame game? five months? and now it may all come down to an emotional 16-minute video that was played in court? is this about heartstrings or is this about contract law? look at this. ♪ you and i alone, i am here with you ♪ ♪ though youre far away, i am here to stay ♪ ♪ (woman) this place has got really good cho...

It felt like it was in this neighborhood and maybe it was on a military base and they said it could have been me in a movie theater. a shooter shows up. i have to suspect there is also a certain numbness in the media and in the country. >> that is the heart and soul of it. it is a depressing story and so much of what we do in the media is info-tainment. you can play at the heart strings and i dont think the media felt it and the people didnt and it is a shame. >> there is one silver lining in te...

>> maybe i feel this because it felt like it was in this neighborhood and maybe it was on a military base and they said it could have been me in a movie theater. a shooter shows up. i have to suspect there is also a certain numbness in the media and in the country. >> that is the heart and soul of it. it is a depressing story and so much of what we do in the media is info-tainment. you can play at the heart strings and i dont think the media felt it and the people didnt and it is a shame. >> the...