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50 percent he needed to avoid a runoff in his hope for the senate. his opponent is this young man, ted cruise, a houston lawyer and former state solicitor. he is backed by sarah palin: >> from day one, the strength of this campaign has been tens of thousands of tea party leaders and republican women and grassroots leaders that have stood up and said enough is enough. we want our country back. this race is ground zero in the battle between the moderate establishment and the conservative tea party...

Surfacing in the disappearance of a groom. do you remember this story? who vanished from his honeymoon cruise seven years ago. george smiths family always believed that something in this case just did not add up. >> ive also been traumatized by royal caribbeans actions and their attempts to sweep this tragedy under the carpet and from the get go portray this tragedy in a false light in order to protect their image. martha: they want to know how this happened, and the evidence may reveal new susp...

Is glaring me missing, although there was a crowd watching, no one intervened or helped the officer. the person who recorded this on the cell phone apparently did not bother to use that phone to call for assistance to help the officer. fortunately, this had a relatively happy ending, especially for the officer. bill: indeed it did. david lee, thank you for that. david lee miller on that story for us in our newsroom in new york. martha. martha: coming up, a possible break in a cold case. a newlyw...

Martha: this story has gotten a ton of attention this week from the classroom to the slammer. new outrage over a texas judges ruling that jailed this 17-year-old honors student for missing too much school, essentially, but were going to clarify that in a moment, diane tranreportedly worked two jobs to sport her family and her lawyer says she missed some days because of exhaustion from working two jobs to support her siblings and family. now the teenager now has as a result of this a criminal rec...

Arrest, bill. bill: a case that continues more than a year now, greg palkot, thank you on that story out of london. martha: weve got a fox news alert now. were looking at something thats just crossed the wires. we were talking before about syria and u.s. action that would be taken to crack down on whats going on out there now and we can tell you the u.s. treasury has imposed sanctions on sira, on their bank, to attempt to limit bashar al assads government access to the global financial system. s...

Their investigation not knowing. they know if its blood. they probably did a presumptive test. if theres enough of the evidence so they wouldnt damage the eventual outcome and identity of that evidence. so they know. martha: mark, thank you very much. mark furman. >> thank you. bill: all right. 9:29. we are on verdict watch in the john edwards case, the jury just beginning an eighth day of deliberations. we could get a decision any moment now, but for the moment, questions of dissension inside t...

Martha: the feel, though, is, bob and and remarks that this is the end game, that assad will likely not survive all of this and if he does hes going to do it with brute military force, the likes of which the country probably hasnt seen yet, andrea. >> heres the issue and this is so tough, martha, because there are no good guys in this fight. bob is partially right and mitt romney is partially right. look, we do not want to commit troops, i wholeheartedly agree with bob, its a civil war, we shoul...

That pioneered the smartphone says its losing money and warns of layoffs. theyve had a battle with apple over the past couple of years. i still use mine! martha: i dont use it anymore, i have to admit. bill: i have to get that sorted out. martha: it used to be the cutting edge thing, you know, not anymore. well see if they can pull it out. >> there are new developments we want to bring you up to date on in the case of this missing girl, six-year-old isabel cellis and police in arizona are saying...

Shed be very proud of us both for the day. im very sad that shell never get a chance to meet kate. martha: very poignant memories from him. i was 15 years old when his mother died in a tragic car accident in 1977. i will be in london this weekend to mark the queens diamond tkpwaou tkpwaoub jubilee. we will be on the banks of the river. there is a thousand ship flotilla on sunday and we will cover that live. prince william gave his mothers ring to kate middleton when they got engaged and it was a...

Time again, when the couples are as strong as the romneys apparently are it certainly serves them really well and makes them, win or lose, theyre okay in the end, you know? >> bill: and very clear, after he lost in 08, the family got together and they took a vote and some of the kids said forget it, dad, were not going for the second round and ann romney was the deciding vote at that family meeting. martha: look forward to the rest coming tomorrow. in the meantime through is new -- there is ne...