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Now that the rain has stopped. we are told that the jacksons have a hotel near here. the drive from the compound would normally be 35, 40 minutes. l.a. traffic that can be a lot longer. we are told they have a hotel room nearby in preparation from when a verdict does come down. >> shepard: adam housley outside that courthouse. could soon be easier to make robo calls to cell phones. debating a bill to ease restrictions on auto dialing and prerecorded messages. consumer groups warn it could open pandora's box. it only allows informational calls that people without land lines might be missing. li...

Money. it's the on way for them to make money. a lot of consumer groups complain we don't know about this. but we do know about this. we just ignore it. we complain we have to pay $25 to check our bag. it holds everybody else up in line. if you do not want to fly, hop on a train, jump in your car. you have a choice. heather: the carry-on fee -- maybe it's not such a bad thing. everybody is trying to shove that bag that's too big in the overhead because they don't want to pay for it. >> we were 15 minutes delayed because we had two people with bags that wouldn't fits in the overhead. heather: a...

Impacts on both consumers and business. cnn's maggie lake sat down with at&t ceo randall stephenson. maggie, let's get right into this. are customers going to end up paying more because of this merger? >> at&t says, no. but randi, i can tell you from the moment that it was announced consumer groups say, absolutely. they remain convinced that if you take two major players and combine them, that it's going to end up costing consumers. especially since t-mobile is really known as a price maverick, somebody who is very competidentify prices. at at&t, well, they have a bit of a different reputation...

The financial services industry. according to independent research commissioned by mastercard, the total amount of brand and prepaid cards is expected to exceed $440 billion by 2017. that is four times the estimated value in 2009. promoter of cards, many celebrities, say they are to moting financial literacy. >> my card is saving people a lot of money and people are migrating from banks to use my services. >> consumer groups and some lawmakers con tepid the cards lack protections offered by traditional bank and credit union accounts. and often have assortment of fees to zap balance. in most ca...

Least. and mortgage lenders, wells fargo, recently suggested raising that to 30%. peter barnes of the fox business network spoke to a key regulator today who rejected that notion. chief fox report chief correspondent jonathan hunt has more on the mishap involving military families. first, peter, what did we learn today from the federal deposit insurance corporation chairman sheila baier? >> shep, that she wants the down payment and a mortgage to remain at the historic level 20%. as part of financial regulation reform, congress directed baier and other regulators to come up with new guidelines ...