gave her father control over her estate and other aspects of her life. a lawyer representing britney says it s another step toward justice . 0ur correspondent barbara plett usher has more. this has been quite a year for britney spears. she finally began to speak out about the arrangement that controls her life. the target of that anger was her father, jamie, the man who became her conservator after she apparently suffered a breakdown 13 years ago. it is a sort of guardian role to handle all of her affairs. of guardian role to handle all of heraffairs. during of guardian role to handle all of her affairs. during recent court hearings, the singer accused him of using her money for himself and of abusing his power. speaking directly to thejudge, she abusing his power. speaking directly to the judge, she said she wanted more control of her finances and her body. she even alleged that the conservatorship was forcing her to use birth control when she wanted to have a baby. mr spiers has als
across the us western states, we fly over washington state to see how new technology is being deployed to help the fight on the ground. it almost looks like mushroom clouds from a nuclear bomb and they carpet the state with this thick haze. and a giant iceberg the size of greater london is blocking the british antarctic survey from their research station. we ll have more on that later this hour. the father of britney spears, has agreed to step down as her conservator, after 13 years. the pop star has been mounting a series of legal challenges to the court agreement that gave her father control over her estate and other aspects of her life. a lawyer representing britney says it s another step toward justice . our correspondent barbara plett usher has more. this has been quite a year for britney spears.