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Elements of the crime itself of second-degree murder. only then do we move to the issue of whether or not there is sufficient evidence to dispute the defense of justifiable use of deadly force. so the first thing that should be addressed is the elements of the actual crime that the state bears the burden of proving. the intent and state of mind. included in the courts materials -- and i think its probably the last or second to last case is gibbs versus state. its a 2005 opinion from the fourth d...

Have to do it. last week tom coburn said its preferable, cutting deductions and business leaders who support mitt romney, the head of fedex and at&t saying let it happen. the president won the election on that issue and i think you will see our republican colleagues reluctantly say 39.6. >> let me interrupt and bring in senator corker. senator schumers right, a growing number much republicans and conservatives, not a majority, but a growing number, are saying we have to cave on tax -- on raising...

Negative drag on the economy. >> to your point, steve -- >> its not quite semantics, though, in the sense that first of all, the president doesnt think 800 is the right number. we can all imagine where the midpoint of that is, its 1.2. >> i dont think well ever see that. >> what do you think the maximum number is? >> we put forward in july of $2011 $9 trillion plan, had $1 trillion of tax increases in it, had $8 trillion of other savings of which a significant portion was interest. and i can sho...

Harry reid says not only does speaker boehners proposal delay revenues into 2013, it sets up another destructive fight over the debt ceiling. the senate wasting the public time. house republicans should allow a vote on the senate passed middle income cuts. a discharge petition to force a vote on extending on tuesday at noon. the two sides are still talking informally. last night oklahoma senator tom coburn while berating the white house for rejecting boehners plan out of hand, ended up criticizi...

Thats where they would exchange these kilos of coke and heroin. the couriers now loaded with drugs would then make it to the gate, get on board the plane and sit right alongside unsuspecting passengers flying from puerto rico to cities like miami, dallas, newark, and new york city and then begin dealing the drugs. >> these people come to employees here and make an offer. not all of them will accept it but some of them do. and these resulting arrests show that we are working together. we are watc...

The discovery is perhaps the most storied space shuttle in the fleet, spending the equivalent of 365 days in space before it comes to its final resting place here at the annex to the air and space museum, martha. martha: it is incredible how low it is flying as doug pointed out. as it was going by the washington monument. looked like it was going past the midpoint practically of that monument. just a extraordinary thing to watch in the skies. a lot to think about. a lot of history there. well co...

Washington. iit left florida this morning to cheers and tears in some cases as thousands of people watched it take off for the final time from florida, from cape canaveral. now it is heading into dulles. we also watched it take ceremonial turns around the capitol building. it went to the east, and to the west, and to the south, sort of tipping its wings all along the way to people who watched it, only a thousand feet in the sky. very low altitude. we watched it fly by washington monument that lo...

million miles in 39 missions. well bring you more what it means for the future of space travel. >> president obama blames oil speculators for the soaring gas prices. a short time ago call forward tougher measures to crack down on the speculators. he wants to require traders to put more of their own money and increase the penalties for manipulating the markets. republicans blame the presidents policies for the rising prices. he says drilling alone is not going to solve the problem. >> p...

Wishes of the jury. megyn: what do you think, joey? >> i think there is a likelihood that that will happen, but heres whats going to occur. what happens is he gets a presentence report, it cons information about the defendant, about any past criminality, about his family and all of that. so there are guidelines with that presentence report that the judge can follow. there are high-end guidelines -- megyn: how low could a judge go, joey? >> well, you know, the judge could go -- the jury recommend...

minnesotas cannon river, president obama coming out loaded forbear saying the dead debate say that some politicians and he didnt mention parties would rather see their opponents lose than see american win. tough words. take a listen. >> we ended up creating more uncertainty and more damage to an economy that was already weak. now, we cant have patience with that kind of behavior anymore. i know youre frustrated. im frustrated too. >> three states in just three days. by bus for presiden...