And im new yoreena ninan. We begin with a day of reckoning for Oscar Pistorius. A judge set to say if he will be spared or going right to prison. This is a live look at the courthouse in pretoria. The judge has been reading the sentence for some time. Shes taking her time, being meticulous and slow in reading the sentence. He could get up to 15 years in prison. His defense is asking that he serve three Years Community service. The prosecution is asking for at least ten years. Hamish macdonald has been keeping an eye on this. The judge has been kind of explaining, you know what . Yes, he is disabled. But hes a guy who didnt let his disability stop him. Why should it stop him from going to prison. Reporter yes, going through this methodically. Someone is going to be disappointed as a result of the sentence handed down in the coming minutes. But ultimately she can not create the impression there is one law in south africa for the poor and a different law for the rich and famous. She said
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proper documentation. treasury officials say the program is making, tremendous progress and is just of one of many pieces in the government s plan to save the housing market. just to put this all into perspective there are about 5.6 million borrowers who are now delinquent on their loans and only about 1.. 7 of those would qualify for a home-affordable modification. now the problem is that treasury officials admit currently those in the trial mods, only two-third, current on their payments. tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of the announcement of this program and it was aimed at modifying 3 to 4 million borrowers by the end of 2012. treasury officials say they re still on track to do that but critics say that just may be a drop in the bucket as we continue to see delinquencies and foreclosures rise. bob and maria. thanks very much, diana olick in washington with the latest there. and as i mentioned the fed minutes also out. we have news within the past hour that the