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Investigations. george zimmermans family was in court wednesday for the first time since jury selection began. zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the death of trayvon martin. he has plead not guilty, claiming self-defense. and now for your first look at business. we turn to kayla tausche. >> good morning. fewer people are expected to hit the roads over the july 4th holiday than last year but its not because of gas prices. aaa says the sluggish economy and people are taking les...

Uses for military training and light ground attacks. # in california, a small passenger jet with three people on board ran into a hangar. the faa says the pilot reportedly lost control during an engine test. jumped after the plane jumped. no one was hurt. turning now to business, jackie deangeles. >> good morning to you. futures higher after stocks rallied on thursday closing near the highs of the day as fears over the fed pulling the plug on its stimulus programs started to ease. look for d...

About 10,000. the fox business networks peter barnes is live with us from washington. despite all this, i dont know, kind of weak economic data why were the markets higher. >> stocks closed higher in part some analysts believe the weaker indicators the federal reserve reasons to keep stimulating the economy. the fed has kept short-term interest rates near zero for quite some time and continues its other stimulus programs to help push long term rates down to mark car loans, mortgages and business...

Reduction and this is a budget by the presidents own projection doesnt get the nation to full employment, what we consider the optimal length or level of people working until 2018. >> 2018? >> yep. >> he wont be president any more by then. nancy, one of the things in here, he talked about this during the state of the union was pre-k. he proposes a cigarette tax. >> right. >> now, i know republicans say they hate taxes. some democrats dont like them either. but would people oppose a cigarette tax...

More importantly it was not strong enough for the fed to back off stimulus programs keeping interest race very low for a long time and into the economy. at its meeting next month it is expected to reaffirm those policies. continue them. shep? >> shepard: peter barnes there at the firehouse. peter, thanks. president obama and governor romney are set to meet for a little lunch at the white house tomorrow. of course, the last time they were face to face was during the debates at the height of the p...

We have laws that automatically kick in and not spend dollars and members of congress might want to spend or spend dollars that the government doesnt have. and the president signed a law that takes the government out of the control of the congress and put its on automatic pilot and no one is ppy with the way the automatic pilot will go in january. >> gretchen: stimulus programs? the president would try to do another one? >> he believes that the stimulus programs have helped. taking tax dollars a...

Them, and ten thhen tell them wu told them. do you it over and over until they finally buy what you bought after the fact. >> but theres -- >> and he didnt ever do it. >> theres another problem which is to go back to a point david made about the choice. if you say were going to make a choice. this is about visions and values and policies. the problem -- a lot of problem has been the president is very good at defining mitt romney as being a throwback as you said to the bush administration, but th...

Reality in the physical examination five years whereby they create that level of employment. obama to his credit and in the make that kind of promise, which people may not want to haemplt thats more of a reality. in the next two months it wont change. will it change in the next two or three years? you could have government stimulus programs and government infrastructure programs while its contrary to the current republican congress does have an immediate employment effect. >> lets bring in chris...

theyll pack -- theyll get on every single slice. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." were expecting a vote in the house of representatives. the house oversight committee at any moment now on whether to hold the attorney general of the united states, eric holder, in contempt of congress. at issue, his refusal to turn over documents about the botched gun-running sting operation called fast and furious. the republican-led panel going forward even after president obama today ...

Morning papers. well starts with "the new york times" business section, and perhaps an attempt to calm an increasingly tense situation. german chancellor angela merkel told cnbc she was ready to discuss stimulus programs to get the greek economy growing again. this is on top of the international bailout greece is already receiving. merkel also said she was committed to keeping greece in the euro zone. >> "the new york times," after flirting with the idea for months, aaron sorkin will write a scr...