murray's team says jackson gave himself the fatal dose. yesterday jurors heard jackson slurring his words in an audio recording made just weeks before he died. he was talking about his upcoming shows in london. >> when people leave my show, i want them to say, i've never seen nothing like this in my life. >> murray faces up to four years in prison and the loss of his medical license if he is convicted. iran is planning to send navy ships near the atlantic coast of the united states, at least that's what a commander has told iran's state-run news agency. why, you ask? that commander says iran will do it because the u.s. does the same thing near the marine border. the u.s. defense department has not commented on this. american ships have been deployed to the persian gulf in the past. it looks like 41 years of good fortune have run out for a fugitive. george wright is a convicted killer who escaped from a new jersey prison in 1970 and later hijacked a plane to algeria. he managed to elude the law until monday when he was arrested in portugal. the united states is trying to get him extradited. right now new jersey governor chris christie is not running for president, really. but the day is young. last night he gave a foreign policy speech at the reagan library in california. it sounded kind of like a stump speech. afterwards the audience asked the no-nonsense republican the inevitable question. >> my italian mother, she told me to tell you that you've got to run for president. >> anybody who has an ego large enough to say oh, please, please, please stop asking me to be leader of the free world, it's such a burden, but by the same token, that heartfelt message you gave me is also not a reason for me to do it. that reason has to reside inside me. >> in the past, christie has said with no uncertainty that he is not running for president, so his less absolute response last night has changed. we'll talk more about this with tim farley in our political ticker. if you're eating cantaloupe for breakfast, scrub it and rinse it first. listeria has been traced to can't loeps grown in colorado and sold across the country. at least 13 people have died and more than 70 have gotten sick in 18 states. those adventurous engineers with rappelling gear will try to tackle the washington monument again. they're looking for damage from the earthquake. they couldn't rappel last night because of the weather. there is a chance of thunderstorms again today, so they might have to wait. cnn's brian todd explains why you don't want to be hanging onto the monument in bad weather. >> reporter: these engineers will have to inspect every stone. it will take at least a few days. officials say they can work through heavy rain, but if there's lightning, they'll have to stop. it's been hit by lightning several times in its history. >> the lincoln memorial reflecting pool, by the way, will be reflecting again next spring. right now it's kind of a giant mud pit as you can see. workers are fixing leaks and installing a new circulation system. now let's head to atlanta and check in with jacqui jeras. so will the weather be fine to be way up on top of the washington monument today? >> well, it won't be fantastic weather, not my favorite. there will be some clouds and yeah, a chance of rain in the forecast. you know, delays today looking a lot like what we saw yesterday. it's that pesky cutoff low that doesn't want to go away that's finally going to get out of here, though, before the weekend's end. there you can see it swirling around the great lakes and ohio valley. a very slow mover. we do have showers and thundershowers up and down the east coast. and look at that big cluster across parts of virginia. and that will probably be moving into washington, d.c., as we head into the late morning hours. so delays expected once again today in new york city due to rain and thunderstorms. and washington, d.c., those thunderstorms especially late this morning into the afternoon hours. philadelphia, chicago looking for rain and low clouds. in detroit and cleveland. so we have almost every single city on the map today that we had yesterday. now, we do have some concerns about flooding. flood watches have been posted across parts of pennsylvania and into upstate new york. rainfall rates of one to three inches can be expected today. and the ground still quite saturated here. use a lot of caution if you're traveling around and if you do run across any roads with water over them, don't drive through it. so the big story is that low. slight risk that some of those thunderstorms could be severe in the mid-atlantic. and things quiet across the midwest. we've got a big cold front, carol, that's going to be coming through and sweeping out that low. the weekend will be so much cooler and so much nicer. and how about that for all the people that have the weekend off? timing couldn't be better, right? hang in there. another couple days. >> i'm looking forward to it. it's going to be -- is it the 50s or the 60s we're looking at? >> 50s for overnight lows for sure. i think we'll hit into those 60s for highs, though. >> that's perfection! thank you, jacqui jeras. we appreciate it. republican presidential candidate rick perry is taking some heat over his performance at the gop debate last thursday. comedian stephen colbert says that looks awfully familiar. here's your punch line. >> i don't like what i'm hearing people say lately about rick perry. he has had a bad week largely because of one moment in thursday's republican debate. >> i think americans just don't know sometimes which mitt romney they're dealing with. is it the mitt romney that was on the side of against the second amendment before he was for the second amendment? was it before he was before the social programs? >> i like this guy. because folks, this weekend, he did not run away from his debate performance. he owned it! >> it's not who is the slickest candidate or the smoothest debater that we need to elect. >> so what if he's not a slick talker? some of our greatest presidents have been tongue-tied on occasion. how soon we forget this. >> fool me once, shame on -- shame on you. fool me, we can't get fooled again. >> oh. if you have a smartphone and you use it in public, this is a story you do not want to miss. see why you could be in danger of drive-by hacking. but first, here is the "quote of the day." i think they're over this first african-american president thing. coming up in 90 seconds, find out which republican presidential candidate said that. it's eight minutes past the hour. 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>> well, almost anyone who owns a smartphone, iphones, ipads, blackberrys, windows 7 and android users. all these devices regularly acts as shared networks in public places. unless these networks are properly secured, all these smartphones are vulnerable to infiltration for a hack attack. for example, there's an app for android called face sniff that makes hacking possible through the hand set. it can hijack social media profiles in just minutes. as more and more of our mission-critical work is taking place on these devices, security experts are calling for more vigilance. so carol, if you have a smartphone, be smart. just surf on secure networks. >> i will do that and take your advice. kristi lu stout, thanks, as always. >> thank you. i know, i'm sounding like an after-school special, be smart. >> no, we like it. thanks. first lady michelle obama played a major part in her husband's 2008 victory, but can other spouses do the same? they're trying. ahead, see which candidates' wives are expected to intensify their appearances on the campaign trail. it's just about 12 minutes past the hour. whoa. whoa. how do you top great vacations? 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he gave that big speech in the reagan library last night in california and the audience members, they put this question to him. listen. >> are you reconsidering or are you standing firm? >> listen, i have to tell you the truth. you folks are an incredible disappointment as an audience. the fact that that took till the second question shows you people are off your game. that is not american exceptionalism. >> he had them eating out of the palm of his hand. and he didn't flat out say no like he's done in the past. should we make anything at all of this, tim? >> well, he did refer them to politico and said hey, check out all the ways i've said no. sandskrit has 96 ways of saying love and i think he's getting close to 96 ways of saying no at this point. it's like j. lo still looking for the right man. they just can't find the guy or the woman they want to represent them. look, i don't think that chris christie is going to run. he hasn't been in office long enough. he said in that speech last night at the reagan library, it has come from inside you. it just doesn't seem to be inside him. plus a lot of republicans, i think, in the conservatives really took a closer look at him, they would wind up seeing that he has some fairly moderates, almost liberal positions compared to harsh conservatives on immigration, on civil unions, and even on collective bargaining. so i think that -- i still think he's not going to run. but as you said, the day is young. >> this is helping him in the state of new jersey. i mean, he's going to run for governor again, right? his approval ratings have gone up since people have been asking him if he's going to run for president of the united states. so all in all, chris christie is probably enjoying this moment. >> yeah. and let's remember, he's also fund-raising. when you're fund-raising and still in the news, you're more of an attraction so you can raise more money. he's going to raise more money for bobby jindal this week. i think that's playing into this, too. let's talk about the spouses of the republican candidates who are running in the primary. we're going to be seeing more of them on the campaign trail. tell us about that. >> well, ann romney has been doing a little bit more, and we're seeing more stories pushed out about her. perhaps as a little more balance and warmth to the mitt romney somewhat robotic character or caricature he's been portrayed as. and anita perry, seeing her both in iowa and south carolina for governor rick perry. look, we've seen that people don't vote for candidates based on what their wives do or what in some cases might be what their husbands do when hillary clinton was running for president. but still, it is a part of the big puzzle when people are making up their minds. in the case of president obama, he's got a strong ally in michelle obama. she has been a strong advocate for anti-obesity and also for soldiers' spouses. she has also been a tremendous fund-raiser, is very popular and very strong as an advocate in some of the communities where the president may or may not reach out. i think it's going to be interesting how they become part of the conversation. it's part of what is a fascinating aspect of the campaign trail, carol. >> well, also, you can tell a lot about a person by the person they have married. i think a lot of people, you know, get insight into their true personalities by just listening to the spouse. >> mm-hmm. exactly. and i think you also understand that there's an influence that is there, and you kind of wonder who's going to have the president's ear. the last person to talk at night. laura bush was popular up until the day that george bush, even though he was unpopular when he left office, of course, hillary clinton as first lady, betty ford, look what the interest in jacqueline kennedy was all about. and to somebody like mitch daniels who's not running this year because he just couldn't get an agreement with his wife that it would be a good idea. so a big part of what we're going to be seeing as the campaign trail wears on. >> tim farley, thanks. tim farley, "host of morning briefing." nothing says rest and relaxation like a hotel room situated 500 feet under the ground only accessible by a mine shaft. at least that's the theory behind this suite. coming up, we'll take a spin around this bizarre bedroom. first, as you're plugging away at the gym, given couragement to the women in the room. today is national day of women's health and fitness. you go on that treadmill. let me say that again. you go, girl, on that treadmill. it's 19 minutes past the hour. 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