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it's the top of the hour. i'm gary tuchman in for suzanne malveaux. let's get you up to speed. george zimmerman has a status hearing just a few minutes from now. he's not expected to appear in court for it. he also has a bond hearing set for next week. zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of trayvon martin. zimmerman says it was self-defense. the affidavit says he quote profiled the teenager and disregarded a police dispatcher's order not to pursue him. thousands of syrians shouting against the government are testing the cease-fire that went into e...

here's how booker responded a short time ago to someone who referred to him as a super hero. >> there are people that do this every day. the police officers that i was with showed really quick action and got into the building really quick. they're firefighters that do this every day. i'm a neighbor that did what most neighbors would do, which is to jump into action to help a friend. i consider all of us lucky. there was a time i was searching for her. it was a really frightening experience for me. i didn't think we were going to get out of there. i feel grateful and lucky o be with y...

about it, i was -- once it hit the ground on the fifth time, everything just -- i saw daylight. i don't know how i'm here. >> in just a few moments, a tornado survivor remembers his mother who did not survive. and we are just getting word that a plane carrying american and british pro democracy workers has left cairo. they were accused of cementing unrest in egypt. they were ngos who were the target of a government crackdown last december. all face charges of fraud. the crisis further strained ties between new egyptian government and the united states. meantime, in syria after we...

Spending. >> the earmarks for pennsylvania generals and when he was back in 2006 he really started bringing home the bacon for himself, didn't he? >> there's no question about it. just on a personal level, as you mentioned, when he was in congress he made $162,000. that was his salary in the united states senate. when he left -- actually, when he was defeated from a pretty big margin, he went to make money for the first time in his life, big money. and he made $1.3 million, according to a financial disclosure that he wrote out when he started running for president. that was. >> 2010 and the be...

alison, everyone is noting that this is just a part of the trend. >> right. well, first of all, don, it is an encouraging report, especially when you look at the trend here. when you look at the trend, 1.6 million jobs have been added in the last year. the unemployment rate is at 8.5%. so, yes, things are getting better. the dow is down and nasdaq is mixed. not so overly impressed. as things improve, the expectation is rising and the fact is these numbers just didn't blow away expectations. the economy at this point is kind of like an economy that's had its training wheels taken off ...