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About three minutes till the top of the hour. before you leave the house heres whats happening. two tickets matched the winning number in last nights $636 million mega million jackpot. one ticket sold in atlanta, georgia. the other in san jose, california. the harvard university student accused of bomb threats is due in court today. the 20-year-old is accused of sending hoax e-mails saying bombs were in four buildings on the campus. today is free shipping day. 1,800 retailers are offering fr...

Campus killing one person and wounding two others before taking his own life. the motive is not yet known but they dont believe it was a random act. the identities of the victims have not been released. >> he was trying to protect his wife at a north jersey mall and will be laid to rest today. the funeral is being held in lakewood. he was shot in the head sunday during a car jacking in the parking lot at the mall. they had just finished up holiday shopping. they hope forensic evidence taken from...

Federal officials say if the new cap works, the spill could be contained by monday. >> the coast guard identifying the second body from the delaware river after a deadly tour boat accident in philadelphia. the victim a 20-year-old hungarian man and the tour boat company sending some boats back into service, but not the ones in philly. the u.s. senate reportedly taking new action to guard against e-mail fraud after a string of hoax e-mails went out to the media claiming to come from u.s. senate a...

In the senate offices explaining the system and urging staffers to forward this information to news outlets. someone sent the hoax e-mails saying that democratic senators harry reid, diane feinstein and others had died from cancer. several got them from the new york times and they had senate.gov in the tag and appeared to come from senate offices. the sergeant at arms has reportedly implemented something called sender frame work technology to prevent more forgeries, kelly. >> kelly: we understan...

Reporting the deaths of four u.s. senators all went out to major newspapers. senate police are saying theres a high-tech computer system that will stop a future hoax in its tracks. more on that. this was not in place before? >> reporter: the senate has reportedly started using an e-mail validation system after news organizations received hoax e-mails, falsely announcing the deaths of four senators. roll call reports the sergeant at arms sent a memo, warning hoax e-mail messages spoofing senate s...

Reportedly started using e-mail validation system after news organizations received hoax e-mails falsely reporting the death of senators, and they sent out a warning saying -- >> the fake e-mail said harry reid, dianne feinstein, pat leahy and lautenberg died of cancer around the e-mail had senate.gov tag so it appeared to come from the senate offices. that is called spoofing and you get an e-mail from someone disguising himself as another sender. this was developed by a non-profit group and the...

It is really easy. >> what could tell you is information embedded in it. winkler says they might be able to be tracked here. >> will the culprit be caught? >> when somebody does something this stupid for no reason whatsoever other than their own enjoyment, they tend to make a lot of mistakes. >> capital police are investigating this string of hoax e-mails and the senate is adding an extra layer of cybersecurity. internally, they can more easily recognize a phoney e-mail. brianna keilar, cnn, was...

Challenge for them, and if they are just seen as immigration hardliners, immigration hawks, that is going to be difficult for them. >> reporter: now the state of ass a has until july 20th to file a response to the governments case, but keep in mind this law is supposed to go into effect july 29th, so it is possible that because of that narrow timetable the judge may not be able to rule on the injunction before then, so this law, wolf, could still take effect on that day. wolf? >> thanks, lisa, v...

Those people. >> there has been a lot of our cops killed by the illegal immigrants that were jaywalking, and ill keep enforcing all the law, including the new one. nothing will stop this sheriff, politics or otherwise. >> brian: gentlemen, we appreciate it. leave it there. great debate. appreciate you joining us on americas news headquarters. >> u.s. senate is taking a stand how to deal with fake e-mails so it doesnt get punked again. this week, e-mails were sent to media outlets claiming to com...

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