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it's the top of the hour. i'm gary tuchman in for suzanne malveaux. let's get you up to speed. george zimmerman has a status hearing just a few minutes from now. he's not expected to appear in court for it. he also has a bond hearing set for next week. zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of trayvon martin. zimmerman says it was self-defense. the affidavit says he quote profiled the teenager and disregarded a police dispatcher's order not to pursue him. thousands of syrians shouting against the government are testing the cease-fire that went into e...

>> reporter: the california institute for regenerative medicine or cirm is about to enter a crucial stage in stem cell research. going to clinical trials. the most promising experiments could cure diabetes, hiv, sickle cell an neem ya, and blindness in the elderly. >> you don't really get to find out whether the potential of the treatment is really going to be effective until you start to treat the patients. >> reporter: cirm's board is discussing how much to allocate for that trial phase. through the 2004 voter-approved bonds under proposition 71, it has already given out or spent half of the...

tonight, we have breaking news. cnn confirms the identity of the man accused of murdering 16 afghan civilians in a house to house shooting spree last weekend. 38-year-old staff sergeant robert bails, an 11-year veteran. let's get to chris lawrence at the pentagon. what can you tell us? >> well, i can tell you he's originally from the midwest and he was living in ohio until about 2001. after 9/11, that's when he joined the army. he's been based out at joint based lewis mcchord for the majority if not all of his military career. did about three combat tours in iraq. this was his first ...

[ male announcer ] get the venture card from capital one and earn double miles on every purchase, every day. go to capitalone.com. i wonder what it could be?! what's in your wallet? welcome back. a lot going on on the west coast. live images of what's taking place as court is about to get undersession in the sentencing part of the trial phase for conrad murray. for the latest though on the sentencing of michael jackson's former doctor, conrad murray, we have assembled a great panel for you today. we have seen some of the family that's been filing in. prosecutors also pushing for the max here...

The description of the defendant as being an al-qaeda operative. the judge, again, overruled that particular objection by the defense. the judge said that there was conclusive proof that ahmed ghailani consciously avoided knowing that, in fact, there were plans to blow up the two u.s. embassies. he is facing right now between 20 years and life in prison, and before the day is out, jenna, before the judge announces the sentence it is very possible, in fact very likely, i'm led to believe, that we could hear statements from some of the victims. jen looks like they are outside the courtroom, davi...