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as the gop nominee to be hoping to win back a state that went for president obama in 2008. and he's hoping hispanics will help him out. our colleague on that story in-depth for us in denver. i mentioned 2008. two thirds of the hispanic vote nationwide went to the democratic ticket but the vote in colorado was closer. does romney see an opening and could that spell a difference, do you think? >> oh, he definitely seeing an opening. both kand date candidates do. 12% to 14% of the overall voterless here in colorado and both sides are going at them. romney, the second trip since basicall...

they spent $800,000 of your money on skits, clowns, mock award ceremonies. this hour we will hear their answers about the spending scandal. we begin hearings on the actions of the general services administration employees. the agency supposed to make sure taxpayer dollars are spent wisely. instead, they threw this lavish conference in vegas at taxpayer expense. tornadoes ripped through the midwest. six people in one hard-hit oklahoma community died. ten states in the midwest and plains got slammed by the storm system. people are cleaning up trying to get back to normal today. now, ...

Democracies around the world. the decade-long war in afghanistan, defense secretary lee on panetta told reporters on the press plane that the combat mission may end a ye o the latte part of 2013 we'll be able to make a transition from a combat role to a training advice and assist role. now panetta is attending a meeting of nato defense ministers and the comments come a day after a report was leaked to the press suggesting that the taliban's morale in afghanistan remains xpleextremely high. they say, of course, it takes time to end a combat mission and emphasizing that panetta also said this, "...

soledad. you look gorgeous. >> you like the hair. you satisfy. it's all about the hair at the end of the day. >> see you guys. it could be the end of the fen year war. leon panetta says there is a new goal, end come bad and switch the role of u.s. and nato troops from fighting and training. presidential candidates already weighing in. mitt romney's trashing the plan. the chairman of the house armed services committee calls it premature. we're going to talk about that? just a second. first barbara starr is at the pentagon. barbara, we've got about 89,000 boots on the ground in afgha...

>> ted rowlands was inside the courtroom when that audio was played. ted, it was stunning to hear. i can't imagine what the reaction was like inside the courtroom where michael jacks jackson's family was attending. >> reporter: to be honest, drew, i was not inside the courtroom during that audio, but i think anybody who heard it was shocked. and the prosecutors used it for one reason, to show that dr. conrad murray knew what he was doing to michael jackson, knew the drugs he was administering to michael jackson had this type of effect. they got that recording from murray's own cell p...