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Her. >> shepard: for the shooter here. the new attorney for the shooter trayvon martin's shooter, george zimmerman, a measured and informative update from this new attorney really doesn't have a lot of new information. we got some interesting tidbits there. not unsurprisingly, george zimmerman, his client he says will plead not guilty to these charges. now that he is locked up, under florida statute, i believe they have 48 hours until there is a bond hearing. the lawyer says he will ask for a reasonable bond. all exactly normal. whether he will get that or not is up to the judge who is involve...

>> shepard: alcohol can apparently make your brain work better. i'm perfect. what's the word from scientists at the university of illinois, the alcohol part found that men who downed the equivalent of 2 pints of beer did better on a series of brain teasers. drinkers got the right answers more quickly than the sober test takers. one theory is that alcohol blocks analytical thinking making room for more creative reasoning. this message brought to you by beer makers of america. not really. the rocket is set to lift off in north korea. it could give washington some new intelligence on that secreti...

They went to hawaii, right? how exciting. >> yeah, shep. it sounds like it was pretty common for the gsa to send employees to hawaii for lengthy stays and minimal work. check out this exchange between gsa employee and inspector general's. last trip where five gs 15 flew over with unnamed employee for leased property ribbon cutting for the fbi office. 5 to 7 days, five 15s, gsa employee? oh yes, yes, 5 to 7, i don't know what the other people's calendars look like and they were, i'm sure, working hard the whole time. gsa employee? i doubt it the investigations also revealed the gsa spent $330,0...

Eastern to carry out this launch. weather is a factor. we understand it's quite cloudy there right now. experts that we have spoken to say if this three stage missile is perfectly successful, this time, compared to 2009, when it broke up in the third stage, then the north koreans would be about half way toward being able to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile with a pay load, a weapon that could reach potentially the united states, shep. >> shepard: what are the north korean neighbors doing, jennifer? >> well, the japanese have deployed several batteries of patriots missiles and launc...

Conduct another launch. that would be a direct threat to regional security. >> experts don't believe north korea's neighbors would be able to intercept the missile or debris with any success. what they are concerned about is the digging taking place at the nuclear test site shown in these satellite images and that a nuclear test, the country's third will follow this missile launch. shepard? >> shepard: jennifer griffin at the pentagon. jen, thanks. some experts are saying that north korea may be doing us a favor with this launch. coming up, we will see why they are calling it a rare opportunit...