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inaction in the democratic senate where the effort to repeal the new health care reform law is destined to die. the pentagon puts forward some self-imposed budget cuts today. defense secretary robert gates is unveiling a five-year plan. last summer he hoped to cut $102 billion from the military's budget. now it's predicted the plan will only slash about $80 billion. new military vehicle and weapons programs are at risk. congress must approve those cuts. now to australia where golf leaders admit this morning it will take at least a year to recover from historic floods in the north...

there are surprises everywhere. go to discovertheforest.org. conrad murray, can be charged with involuntary manslaughter. diana alvear is in los angeles with the details. >> reporter: good evening, rob, good morning. another full day of court with witnesses telling what happened in the minutes following jackson's death. there were very high-profile members of his family on hand for all of that emotional testimony. day two of dr. conrad murray's preliminary hearing promised more details from the day michael jackson died. it also featured the arrivals of the singer's parents and siblin...

today. let's look at the current temperatures around the region where right now it is 26 in washington. 25 at dulles. 23 in baltimore. and we're seeing windchills in the teens and low 20s. 13 degrees is what it feels like at dulles. 15 in baltimore. feels like 21 in the district. ocean city feels like 16. the winds are relatively light this morning. here is a look at the satellite radar. a lot of sunshine this morning, a lot of sunshine today. if only that sun would warm us up. it won't. we'll continue to see our temperatures in the 30s. there is snow falling along the great lakes. f...

oprah: ok, it's been weeks now since our season premiere, when we pulled off the biggest surprise in our "oprah show" history. 300 people, as you might have heard, walked into the studio that day with no idea what was about to happen. as we pack up to head down under we're going to introduce you to some of our ultimate viewers who are coming with us. take a look. it's our season premiere! >> we had no idea when we went into the studio that we were going to be the first show. we were just excited to be part of the audience. oprah: and this is really my last chance to do something real...

it could be your saving grace. >> reporter: 9news now. john edwards and children were at elizabeth's side we understand at her chapel hill home. a family friend said just yesterday she was making the announcement the cancer treatment was not going to be continue. elizabeth edwards has died. we have other breaking news from the white house where president obama held a late afternoon news conference trying to convince democrats to get on board with his plan to end the gridlock over tax cuts. joel brown joins us with more on the deal the president struck with republicans. joel, this...