japan, one arresuspected of mur reporter: we are learning more about the case. tokyo police were holding him on different charges but now holding him on murder charges, looking to advance their case against this unidentified man, unidentified because he s still considered a minor under japanese law. for the minor of fur dg long, an irish exchange student found dead in a tokyo hotel room, strangled to death. the tokyo police say the only other person in the room was the 19-year-old. they are moving forward on a case against another american, blackston, an l.a. native. we spoke to his attorney and he says the tokyo prosecutor s office has officially charged him with groping furlong s friend on the night of her murder. the attorney says that these charges are not valid, that he intends to fight on behalf of his client trying to get his client off. he does not feel there s any sort of validity to this. the attorney also says that at this point he could face, if found guilty, an
government spending and rolling back regulations. i believe in cutting taxes. i believe in balancing budgets. i propose cutting $5 trillion from this budget over the next five years. jon huntsman also says he ll cut taxes, reform the tax code to eliminate loopholes. he ll lower the corporate tax rate and roll back government regulations and financial reform laws. he wants to move towards energy independence and establish new lines of trade with other countries. ron paul, he d get rid of the federal reserve and the income tax. return to the gold standard. shut down several government agencies like the epa and the department of education. rick perry favors a flat tax for all-americans and corporations of 20%. he d like to shrink the federal government, roll back regulations as well. he would also set a goal balancing the budget by the year
the bush era tax cuts permanent, lower the corporate tax rate and eliminate estate tax. he promises to repeal banking and financial regulation reform, make major changes to how the environmental protection agency and food and drug administration operate. mitt romney has a 59-point plan to get america back to work. at the heart of it is cutting government spending, rolling back regulations on banks, cutting taxes for corporations to 25% and cutting discretionary spending by 5%. government does not create jobs. free american people pursuing their own dreams. that s how we create jobs. rick santorum wants to push the corporate tax rate to zero for american manufacturers. he s also dedicated to cutting government spending and rolling back regulations. i believe in cutting taxes. i believe in balancing budgets. i propose cutting $5 trillion
similar bombings two weeks ago on al qaeda. the opposition accuses the government of staging the blasts to back up a claim that it s fighting terrorists. iran planning more war games. state-run media report another round of military drills are going to take place next month in the straight of hormuz. the most recent exercises ended just this week. tensions now have been rising over this strategic critical waterway. iran threatened recently to block the strait if new sanctions harm iranian oil exports. the government also threatens to take action if u.s. air craft carrier goes through the strait. italy s mount etna roaring back to life. ireporter joseph posten caught all of it on video. he said it started rumbling yesterday morning. once he saw the huge ash cloud he pulled out the camera and his eruption reportedly poses no danger to villagers. so far no flights have been canceled because of that big ash cloud. well, new orleans. city leaders there say teenagers not welc
the allies to ensure that we are focused on the stability in the peninsula. in the statement, you mentioned south korea and japan. it does not mention china. does that mention there is no communication by the president and vice president with the chinese? not at the presidential level. i am not sure yet whether we had contact with him in a different level. we are talking with everyone as quickly as possible. i top the move on to this dispute going on between the house and the senate and the white house. here s what speaker boehner said on meet the press when it comes to his push to say no two-month extension. let s make it a year. if you look at the house-passed bill, we did everything the president asked for. we had a couple of policies that we believed would create jobs in america. things like the keystone pipeline and pulling back