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Investigations. george zimmerman's family was in court wednesday for the first time since jury selection began. zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the death of trayvon martin. he has plead not guilty, claiming self-defense. and now for your first look at business. we turn to kayla tausche. >> good morning. fewer people are expected to hit the roads over the july 4th holiday than last year but it's not because of gas prices. aaa says the sluggish economy and people are taking less time off. microsoft is reversing course now on its new xbox one game console. users will be ab...

Uses for military training and light ground attacks. # in california, a small passenger jet with three people on board ran into a hangar. the faa says the pilot reportedly lost control during an engine test. jumped after the plane jumped. no one was hurt. turning now to business, jackie deangeles. >> good morning to you. futures higher after stocks rallied on thursday closing near the highs of the day as fears over the fed pulling the plug on its stimulus programs started to ease. look for data today on inflation. many factoring in consumer sentiment. mortgage rates are up again this week ...

About 10,000. the fox business network's peter barnes is live with us from washington. despite all this, i don't know, kind of weak economic data why were the markets higher. >> stocks closed higher in part some analysts believe the weaker indicators the federal reserve reasons to keep stimulating the economy. the fed has kept short-term interest rates near zero for quite some time and continues its other stimulus programs to help push long term rates down to mark car loans, mortgages and business loans cheapers. >> they always told me when i was learning to drive don't look in rear view mirro...

Reduction and this is a budget by the president's own projection doesn't get the nation to full employment, what we consider the optimal length or level of people working until 2018. >> 2018? >> yep. >> he won't be president any more by then. nancy, one of the things in here, he talked about this during the state of the union was pre-k. he proposes a cigarette tax. >> right. >> now, i know republicans say they hate taxes. some democrats don't like them either. but would people oppose a cigarette tax to help pay for poor little children? >> well, i think in general the republicans really just d...

More importantly it was not strong enough for the fed to back off stimulus programs keeping interest race very low for a long time and into the economy. at its meeting next month it is expected to reaffirm those policies. continue them. shep? >> shepard: peter barnes there at the firehouse. peter, thanks. president obama and governor romney are set to meet for a little lunch at the white house tomorrow. of course, the last time they were face to face was during the debates at the height of the presidential race. things were a little different back then. the white house says president obama is ...