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phone etiquette, the man was an older gentleman but tells the "new york times" he had just gotten the iphone the day before the concert and he didn't know how it worked, didn't know it had an alarm, didn't know how to turn it off. according to "the times" he apologized to the conductor face to face. apology accepted. the lesson learned. at least turn the ringer off. now this. here we go. top of the hour two. welcome back. couple of stories we're watching for you. president obama wants to shrink the government. joran van der sloot learns his fate. and cnn sits down with oprah winfre...

Those people like that? that doesn't make any sense. >> a stronger argument. varnld sloout is still facing extortion charges in the united states for trying to sell information about natalee's remains to her mother. do you think that that case will ever see the light of day? >> my gut tells me that in peru he's going to go to jail, not get a fair trial. go to jail for a long time and i don't think he's going to make it here to be able to even fight those charges. >> we appreciate you joining us this morning. rose marie arnold, former attorney for joran van der sloot. thanks for getting up earl...

happening. and the big jobs report for december is coming out today. christine romans calling it the big granddaddy of them all. it's probably good news for the democrats and she'll share details. and there's this thing that climbers like to do. seven peaks, it's a big deal for anybody. but if you're 15 years old. it's a huge deal. we'll tell you about this kid. who happened to just globe-trot the world and climb the seven highest peaks. >> and we're going to add in an eighth one. >> which one's that? >> you'll see. >> quite a little wonder that we're going to see this morning i'...

similar bombings two weeks ago on al qaeda. the opposition accuses the government of staging the blasts to back up a claim that it's fighting terrorists. iran planning more war games. state-run media report another round of military drills are going to take place next month in the straight of hormuz. the most recent exercises ended just this week. tensions now have been rising over this strategic critical waterway. iran threatened recently to block the strait if new sanctions harm iranian oil exports. the government also threatens to take action if u.s. air craft carrier goes throu...

Committing crimes against women or children. there could very well have been a risk there and it's in everybody's best interests to not have that happen at this point, alex. >> okay. well, and the uniqueness of having these three countries all vying for some sort of association with joran van der sloot. peruvian authorities have gotten to him. any reports of aruban authorities or u.s. authorities on those extortion charges that he's facing? >> no. those will have to wait. i mean, this is really the case at hand and it is a big and complicated one. the case in aruba, the last we heard from auth...