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>> jenna: im going to give you a nice chat, jon! and now they become officers, they continue our service to our country. its nice to have that moment to take in. what a spectacular day in annapolis. congratulations to them all and their families. >> theyve worked very hard over the last four years and going to spend the next five at least in service to each of you out there. so hats off to the mid shenmen, the annapolis graduating class of two -- of 2011. jon: well put there, jon, hats off indee...

Sky at certain points. dan springers live on the ground in benghazi with more. >> reporter: yeah, the big news out of libya today is that hard line from russia. the country has a closer relationship with gadhafi than most and certainly better than other northern african countries, so it may be in the best position to negotiate an exit. up million now and certainly over the last -- up until now and certainly over the last couple of days russia has been critical of those air strikes, saying that t...

Jenna: breaking news out of chicago, now, the jurors have heard some of the infamous and colorful wire tapped phone calls. now they are hearing from rod blagojevich himself. the ousted illinois governor is on the witness stand for the second day in his corruption trial. steve brown is there live at the courthouse in chicago. steve, bring us up to date. >> reporter: well, for the prosecution they played dozens of these wire tapped phone conversations as they were laying out their case. for the de...

Was an alleged fondling by her brother lee when they were kids. once the jury entered court it started with an emotional bang as lee anthonys fiance talked about kalee and caseys relationship. >> casey and kalee had a very -- it was a very special bond. >> did it appear genuine to you mary? >> it did. and did kalee ever go without food, as far as you know? >> no. >> did she ever appear neglected to you? >> no. >> did you ever see casey strike or torture or punish kalee in any harmful way? >> no,...

Write a little note and tuck it into the inner band of the hat, they may even leave a little money in the hat for those kids to find. jenna: how much? >> jon: i dont know. jenna: that sounds pretty good. jon: theyre college students, basically, theyre not extremely wealthy, so it might be $5, $10. jenna: even the words would mean so much at this point. they did really accomplish quite a bit. no easy task, of course, to get through the academy, by any stretch of the imagination. peter doocy is th...

Tapped phone conversations as they layout alternate explanations for what the prosecution says was an opportunity to essentially sell off bits and pieces of the state for campaign contributions and to enrich blagojevich and his team. jenna: reading the transcripts, as you rightly point out is different than actually hearing the calls themselves. they have heard the jurors from blagojevich himself. yesterday you were telling us how he was talking about his hair and the disco era and everything el...

On -- the state has put on a case solely of dealing with the bad character of my client, or the attempted character assassination of her past conduct, boyfriends, people she slept with, things that have absolutely nothing to do with the crimes charged. >> reporter: but judge perry agrees with the state that these witnesses are serving a purpose beyond lack of remorse, that sharon showing casey anthonys conduct at a time her child was dead because both sides agree kalee died kwr*upb 16th, 2008 wh...

Two was nearly beaten to death at the home opener at dodger stadium in march. now were getting some brand new details from the l.a. police about the arrest in the case. harris faulkner is on it from the breaking news desk. >> reporter: ill give it to you in a simple headline, police say they feel from this latest lineup with the suspect, 31-year-old giovanni hernandez, that they have the right guy. his lawyers are saying hes willing to take a lie detector test and that he has a strong alibi. but...

Jon: i liked your bracelet question. jenna: my question was she kid kid -- did have to go to court to get the electronic bracelet because thats part of being under house arrest, but she pled no contest to stealing jewelry, so my question is, do they get the ankle bracelet after shes done? jon: i dont know. i think shes going to have to give it back. she doesnt want another charge on her rap sheet, doesnt -- does she? jenna: shes going to have to serve at the l.a. morgue, so shes got a little bit...

Steve centanni has more live from washington. steve. >> reporter: yeah jon, the recession has officially ended but these new figures pulled from government data by usa today indicate the recovery is still fragile. people -- the numbers indicate that americans are relying on government assistance, including social security, medicare, food stamps, unemployment benefits, more than at any time in our nations history. the amount of income people get from their wages accounts for 50.5% of their overal...