exactly. >> that gus is a genius! >> gus is -- goes with me everywhere. in the meantime, 27 minutes before the top of the hour and your headlines. we are awaiting a big decision today from shirley sherrod, the former u.s. department of agriculture employee who was forced to resign. she reportedly is meeting with the agriculture secretary tom vilsack to discuss a new job in that department. her supervisor demanded her resignation after a blogger posted a videotape showing her making racially charged comments. that videotape had been edited. >> murder trial against joran van der sloot in peru is on hold over a language barrier. her attorney is asking a judge to throw out van der sloot's confession because he claims there wasn't an official interpreter translating spanish into dutch. cops say van der sloot admitted killing stephanie flores after meeting her at a peruvian