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Of the secretary of homeland security janet napolitano at the podium there, at the microphones outlining what this new system is going to be. carl is here to break this down for us. i had a chance to talk to tom ridge, the former homeland security secretary. even he realized at some point everyone is making fun of this color coded system and making jokes of it. he was like, okay, maybe it wasn't the best idea. what do we have before and what are we looking at now? >> the old one did cause confusion. you had all of those color codes you saw just a moment ago. the new one is definitely simpler. ...

Here are some stories to watch today on abc news. a new corruption trial begins for former illinois governor blagojevich. last year a jury was deadlocked on all but one charge. homeland security secretary janet napolitano announces a new system to tell americans about a new terror threat. it will replace the current color codes. and a stubborn wildfire in western texas is just 10% contained today. a huge jet is now dumping fire retardant on the flames. and finally this half hour, we consulted the oxford english dictionary for this one. mcjob is defined as quote an unstimulated low-paying...

Here are some stories to watch today on abc news. a new corruption trial begins for former illinois governor blagojevich. homeland security secretary janet napolitano announces a new system to tell americans about a terror threat. it will replace the current color codes. and a stubborn wildfire in western texas is just 10% contained today. a huge jet is now dumping fire retardant on the flames. and finally this half hour, we consulted the oxford english dictionary for this one. mick job is defined as quote an unstimulated low-paying job with few prospects. >> flipping a burger that sort ...

That would be me, and i agree that the alert needs to be continued. >> nbc news justice correspondent pete williams is in the newsroom with details. pete, this is a long awaited change. will it make a big difference to all of us who had finally gotten used to, i guess, the code oranges? >> reporter: i think the department of homeland security had decided that we had become so used to the color codes that we weren't really paying attention to them anymore, they were backgrounds that few people actually knew what the color codes were or indeed when they changed them, what that meant we were supp...

Class, they have to be terminated, simple as that. and a lot of teachers don't want to work these days. >> avery, you think that's going too far is this. >> yeah, a little extreme. richard's answer is based on a lot of assumptions. >> well, you can catch our legal guys here every saturday always juggling some great topics at noon eastern. forget the old color codes. we're going to talk about plans for a new terror alert system right after the break.