and amid harsh criticism, bank of america says it is dropping its plan to charge customers 5 bucks a month to use their debit cards to make purchases. the move comes after several rivals decided in recent days to also drop consumer tests of the new bank fees. bank of america issued this statement a short time ago, saying, "we have listened to our customers very closely over the last few weeks and recognize their concern with our proposed debit usage fee. our customers' voices are most important to us. as a result, we are not currently charging the fee and will not be moving forward with any additional plans to do so." still ahead, will conrad murray take the stand in his own defense in the michael jackson wrongful death trial? why he's even thinking about it. we'll talk about that. plus, meet jon huntsman's daughters. they sit down with our own chris jansing as they hit the campaign trail for their dad. uh, i'm in a timeout because apparently