welcome back to this special edition of newsroom. welcome to our viewers on the east coast and those on the west coast. we re waiting on the president to start his news conference. he s not in it yet, but we re tracking it. we re going to bring you up to date. good news for american homeowners. they surged 9.3% as of february. that s the best gain since february 2006. accused murderer george zimmerman back in court in florida. this is his last scheduled hearing before the trial. there are some critical thing that is could happen today. zimmerman might speak. two, the future of his controversial stand your ground defense could be in play. we have a developing story in libya. armed men have occupied the
michael shannon hired the lawyer who arguably knows more about international child abduction than anyone in the country who believes the u.s. government not only has done nothing to help, it may have expedited afaf khalifa s deportation. these are american boys, american sit zeps. they re not entitled to be egyptian citizens and they re being held in a foreign country for 12 years and the government, unfortunately, has done nothing about it. michael shannon turned to an egyptian court for help, hiring an egyptian attorney to help him enforce his u.s. custody rights. the case was filed in 2002. it was postponed two years until december 30th of 2004. then, another two-year postponement until february, 2006. then, nothing. it has lingered in this court ever since. american orders to bring
who arguably knows more about international child abduction than anyone in the country who believes the u.s. government not only has done nothing to help, it may have expedited afaf khalifa s deportation. these are american boys, american sit zeps. they re not entitled to be egyptian citizens and they re being held in a foreign country for 12 years and the government, unfortunately, has done nothing about it. michael shannon turned to an egyptian court for help, hiring an egyptian attorney to help him enforce his u.s. custody rights. the case was filed in 2002. it was postponed two years until december 30th of 2004. then, another two-year postponement until february, 2006. then, nothing. it has lingered in this court ever since. american orders to bring american citizens back to the
deadly weapon. he is sentenced to prison. this shows that we have to look after one another. if we see something going on awe of us as citizens have to step up to take some action. you cannot have something like this happening. i don t expect somebody to help me but it would have been all right if it did happen. 2700 miles from philadelphia is bakersfield, california. okay. take a little. where another sinister act is caught on camera. [ gunshots ] i kept my eyes closed and tried to remain calm. donald ray batch owns an rubs the chester market. february 2006 begins as just another day at the store for him. i was at the ending to the customers and doing my normal stuff and selling stuff and
risk because of former advisor says he may face rising unemployment rates in the midst of an election year. as an economy improves, sometimes the unemployment rate can actually go back up as some of those discouraged workers come out and say, hey, if there is jobs, i m going to start looking for work. now, that s reflected in those congressional budget office projections, that the unemployment rate will be 8.9% at the end of this year, going up to 9.2 in 2013. president obama has to worry that the unemployment rate may be dropping as the election year begins, but might well be rising in the closing weeks of the presidential election. brett? bret: thank you. u.s. service companies grew in january at the fastest pace in 11 months. the survey s employment index surged to its highest level since february 2006. the dow closed at its highest level since before the 2008 financial crisis. adding 157. s & p 500 was up 19. the nasdaq finished 46 ahead.