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Jon: new developments in the case of a u.s. soldier charged in that deadly shooting rampage in afghanistan. the wife of army staff sergeant robert bales speaking out for the first time about her husbands case. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon. i guess sergeant bales wife says she didnt see this coming. >> reporter: not only did she not see it coming, she told the today show this morning that she had not asked her husband in the times that she has spoken to...

Fund. we all want to see the good guys get awarded and the bad guys get punished. you said we might be closer to finding the money. does that mean the people that lost it are going to get anything back? >> i dont think they are for a lot of reasons, that the money that mf global used, im not saying it was right to use that money, but when you pay it out to people that really are owed that money you cant call it back. the court rulings are very difficult. you really just cant call it back. they a...

Robert bales. reports are that each victim, the families of each victim received $50,000 per victim. heres general allen. >> it is a natural and a cultural norm that we would pursue. weve done that in the past, and in this case it was appropriate, we believed, given the circumstances of this particular tragedy. >> reporter: one man had 11 family members killed, that means he was given an estimated $500,000, a princely sum in afghanistan f the reports of the amount are correct. and nobody has pus...

Unbelievable, telling "the today show" her husband showed no signs of posttraumatic stress disorder before going to afghanistan, she also says her husband loves children and feels shell never believe he could be involved in the killings. in the meantime, we do have reports today that the united states has paid close to $50,000 in compensation to the families for each of the 17 victims. jon: also in southern afghanistan, today, a gunman wearing an afghan national army uniform shot and killed two ...

This is such a big deal because this is a novel area for the exploration of the commerce clause which says can the government make you do something. its not that they cant make you not do something, which is what they told that farmer, but could they make him grow wheat, could they compel him to do something that would be for the betterment of all national commerce. thats the question for the court. jon: its going to be fas nailing to watch. chris stierwalt, thank you. if you want more on your p...

Here, rich? >> i hate to say it, i dont know this was deliberate or calculated, i think it was a genuine show of temper. now, i havent seen the entire speech that the initial statement was taken from, but my understanding was the broad context was health care, so maybe jess was being obtuse, maybe it was an unnecessary question. i dont think anything justifies that kind of reaction, and i dont know jest, but hes on our air sometimes and seems a perfectly reasonable, mild-mannered guy, so to get ...

There was a sense, perhaps a hope, that this peep could somehow remove community nition from the island, those expectations not yet and certainly on this second papal visit, expectations a lot lower for exactly what he can do, what he can achieve. he is going to have two major outdoor mass, the outdoor mass in haf ana could draw half a million worshipers, and we got a hint of what he might say in those masses before his trip when he said maxism had no relation to reality and that cuba needs to f...

Jon: it really is astounding. the big apple getting ready for teebo mania, the most famous quarter back in the league makes his debut. jenna: just waiting for that! just waiting. also stirring up more excitement, the pope as he visits latin america. hes visiting mexico, just left, apparently, heading for cuba now. a live report from haf ana, coming up. [ male announcer ] for making cupcakes

So the president is on a sticky point here for his personal prestige, no doubt he wants to see the law upheld and certainly to the policy end that it seeks to achieve, but in terms of what he gets politically out of this it may not be helpful if the supreme court backs him up. jon: but on that individual mandate, the commerce clause and so forth, going back to 47 when the supreme court told a farmer that he couldnt grow wheat because it affects the nations wheat supply, the courts have given pre...

3 1/2 pounds of pastrami, corned beef, turkey, swiss, american, all an white bread, for $22, jon. jon: and you have to take a kneel when you order the thing, right? all right. you cant -- >> all right! jon: there we go. good man, dave briggs, playing along. dave, thank you very much. >> see you guys. jenna: controversy over a seven-year-old girls battle with weight, why her mothers story is creating a firestorm. there they are. were going to tell you why. well go in depth with this story. wait u...