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Situation has been quite as -- as confrontational if it weren't important the president. >> reporter: congressional leaders reached a truce of sorts. agreeing to avoid procedural maneuvers that cause unnecessary delays. and in arizona, after judge roll's untimely death, judge silver became chief judge. she picked up his work and was granted a judicial emergency. allowing more time for criminal cases to go to trial. >> we are dealing with a crisis. we -- do our best not to think about it. and let the sadness overcome us. we have continued to rye catry cases and handle sentencings and pleas. we ...

In some states the backup has reached a krit cam point. dan lothian reports. >> reporter: arizona chief judge john roll was on a mission to get a judicial emergency declared in his district. too many cases, not enough judges. judge rosalyn silver witnessed this dogged efforts to head off delays and dismissal. >> john was an example of somebody who was rigorous in his -- understanding his responsibilities and duties. >> reporter: on january 8, the 63-year-old judge had gone to meet with representative gabrielle giffords at a constituent gathering in tucson to talk about the crisis. when he was ...

Louisiana, in addition to a confirmed twister in mississippi. the system brought flooding rains and dangerous winds from louisiana into georgia. the system is now tracking toward the northeast. they've already got some flood watches in effect. former illinois governor rod blagojevich is asking a federal judge to just sentence him already. he's also filed a motion seeking a second trial against him to be dismissed. blagojevich was convicted last year of lying to the fbi and prosecutors vowed to retry him on nearly two dozen other counts. he receives another trial will cost too much taxpayer m...

At 5s d, there is a visiting judge. judge roll's name plate is still there, his portrait still there. this clearly a difficult day here at this courthouse. this will be his third appearance, loughner's, the first in tucson. we also expect family members of the victims to arrive here shortly to see loughner face-to-face. other things that will be discussed today besides those pleas, mental competency. loughner, of course, had a history of mental illness. and the united states wants him to go under a psychiatric evaluation. the judge is expected to talk about that today, possibly rule on it. leg...

Million miles under its belt, the space shuttle "discovery" made its final landing about 90 minutes ago at kennedy space center in florida. "discovery" landed after completing a 13-day mission to help outfit the international space station. this spacecraft took five men, one woman and one robot astronaut into space. we can't see this video enough t touchdown. this is from the "discovery's" final launch just two weeks ago. here to tell us all about it is john zarrella live from kennedy space center. john, how did the landing go? it looked picture perfect from here. >> absolutely spectacular. a ...