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Rubio. shannon ream -- bream is looking at this for us, this was their first nationally-televised debate. >> reporter: you're right. and it's setting up an interesting choice for gop voters, the establishment candidate, the one who's gotten the big endorsements from the gop, governor crist. on the other side, a very conservative challenger, marco rubio, who is getting a lot more attention from groups like the tea parties. the governor's been talking about rubio's expenses, he's got some serious questions, here's what he says. >> he set up about a $600,000 slush fund which he utilized for, oste...

Eight basketball game. mr. obama has twice increased troop strength in afghanistan, that's the reason that and the increased military action for the increased casualties on the u.s. side. when the last of the servicemen and women arrived later this year, it'll be nearly 100,000 u.s. forces in afghanistan, national security adviser general james jones says the success this summer will largely determine whether the u.s. is able to keep to its timeline and begin withdrawing troops in 2011. jane: what about the timing of this visit? >> reporter: well, in a sense it was largely, it was well overdue...

Happening in the top box, strained relations between the united states and israel. mike tobin is live in jerusalem. >> reporter: gregg, frorts all over the world are quoting unnamed sources saying the obama administration is considering abstaining when it usually steps in with veto power in the u.n. and protect israel from harsh and critical resolutions, unless israel complies with the desires of the white house. one israeli minister said all of this pressure the obama administration is bringing on the netanyahu government only serves to embolden islamic radicals. back to you in new york. greg...

Jane: new developments coming out of the white house at this hour after president obama's surprise visit to afghanistan telling the troops there that winning is crucial to crushing terrorists. the trip comes just as a new report shows that troop deaths roughly doubled in the first three months of this year compared to the first period in 2009. wendall going toker, what was the message that the president brought to the troops? >> reporter: the president told the servicemen and women that success in afghanistan is essential to the nation's security allowing the taliban and al-qaeda to rebuild wo...

12-year-old boy will be treated as a homicide. >> >> reporter: the judge got the case more than two weeks ago and here's the deal, 12-year-old jordan brown was 11 when he stood accused of killing his father's fiance, who was pregnant with a little boy at the time. they both died. he faces two counts of criminal homicide in the death of that 26-year-old pregnant mom. what the judge is saying is yes, he heard the argument, a defense psychologist made, that an adolescent's brain does not control impulses in a mature way but he also heard a psychiatrist for the prosecution arguing that the boy was...