we ll explain the reason for the free fall. plus, a thousand ships, a million people, queen elizabeth s diamond jubilee kicks off today. we have team coverage bringing you one of the biggest celebrations in modern history. an incredible story of heroism and self-sacrifice. how a man born with no legs and arms saved his family from a ranging inferno and now he fights for his life. good morning, everyone. i m rob marciano in for randi kaye. thanks for starting your day with us. a speck tlark fall from grace for a man who was once a trusted ail lay of the united states and was one of the world s most powerful leaders. an egyptian cord has sentenced hosni mubarak to a life in prison in the killings of unarmed protesters in egypt s arab spring last year, but initial joy has turned to fury and calls for mass protests calling for a rise in muslim brotherhood who has hilt sights on the presidency. cnn foreign correspondent ben wedeman is live watching all of this. reporter: w
here she is testifying by phone, first being sworn in and then not telling the truth. do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth so help you god? yes, i do. do you have any financial means where you can assist in those costs? not that i m aware of. well, because the judge believed the zimmermans to be strapped for cash, he was granted a low bail, $150,000 of which he only had to pay $15,000 out of pocket. what mrs. zimmerman did not say is that the couple had more than $150,000 in donations in a paypal account. and the defendant through ms. zimmerman lied to this court. about the amount of money they had. now, i would argue to the court that that is an egregious violation in terms of the representations that were made to this court. it was misleading. and i don t know what other words to use other than it was a blatant lie. in addition, the court has transcripts of a call, a telephone call that george zimmerman and his wife allegedly
political reporter shannon travis. it is a long way to november. not that long a ways away. but we re already seeing some major shifts in the campaign, aren t we? reporter: that s right, don. leave the primaries behind. all that stuff is all behind us. this is a new day. mitt romney is probably feeling like a new man. you re already seeing the party from conservatives, maybe some independents starting to coalesce around him now that he s officially clinched the number needed to become the nominee. again, it will be official in tampa, in florida. but he s pretty much going to be the nominee. another thing that we saw happen as he clinched the nomination was on wednesday, president obama gave mitt romney a phone call. happened wednesday morning. we got word of it a little bit after. but both sides tell us it was a very brief conversation between the two men. they wished each other well. they said let s have a healthy debate. they talked a little bit briefly about their famili
because of all the three films, and i know you ve heard we did this competition in three different territories. i was look iing for distinctive three different parts in three different movies with different tones that, a, would give me something to do where a young director could really direct me and i just thought ben s script, the idea, was very, very clever. it was funny. and it gave me a chance to in the voice of mr. higgims, as we call him in the film, although his real name is kenny, i got a chance to sort of revive my great mentor and idol jack lemmon. it s sort of a little bit of a jack lemmon voice for mr. higgins. it s nice to have a mentor. it seems like a role that may very well be right up your alley. dana, i want to did ask you. you re the producer. i guess the goal is to discover undiscovered talent. how tough is it for a young director or an actor, what may be, to get their first break? how difficult is it? it s extremely difficult for anybody to break i
edwards. the trial itself was no less tabloid about funneling cash from a 92-year-old heiress to edwards pregnant mistress rielle hunter during the 2008 presidential primary. the jury did not believe this violated campaign finance law and could not decide on the rest of it. the judge declared a mistrial. i wanted to say first, thank you for the jurors and their incredibly hard work. and their diligence. they took their job very, very seriously. all i can say is thank goodness we live in a country that has the kind of system that we have. well, that system in all likelihood won t try him again. we ll talk to jeffrey toobin about the reasons why. first, though, i want to play you more of john edwards news conference which quickly turned into incredible television. watch. while i do not believe i did anything illegal or ever thought i was doing anything illegal, i did an awful, awful lot that was wrong. . and there is no one else responsible for my sins. none of the peop