priority. and one of the questions we tried to get him to say, bill, was exactly whether or not he thought balancing the budget was a proper goal. and if he didn t agree with a ten-year plan to do that, how many years did he think we should have to balance the budget bill: and the answer? he wouldn t address that. bill: no or years stated? that s right. he didn t say anything about that. bill: fascinating insight. randy forbes, thank you for your insight. we re going to get reaction from the white house as it continues on the senate side today. randy forbes from virginia on the hill. martha: well, there were some bright lights in the skies over florida hours before dawn, strange aircraft whipping through the treetops and buzzing houses. this is file video, because actually nobody caught a picture of this whole thing while it was actually happening, but try to imagine. folks say they were roused out of bed and wondered could it be visitors from another planet, and who would not
before the race. not clear if that inspection took place. weather has been a real problem on the course including postponement of the race because of heavy fog. there has been a lot of rain on the mountain the last few days. no word whether or not that played any role. looks like a serious knee injury that should keep her from being able to compete for some time as we learn more, jenna, we ll pass it along. jenna: that is file video we should mention to our viewers with lindsey vonn racing down the hill as we ve seen her so often do, is spectacular at that. as we get video we ll show our viewers exactly what happened on the hill. rick, thank you. jon: this just in. report that is the tour bus that crashed in california yesterday had a long history of safety problems including faulty axles, brakes and a variety of other issues. the trouble so extreme the company that maintained the bus was put on a federal watch list. seven people were killed in that crash. about three dozen others inju
joe johns is in the courtroom. he s outside the courtroom in greensboro, north carolina. we have our jeffrey toobin, senior legal analyst, helping us along, along with ray lynn johnson and as well as our own sun yib hostin who has been good enough to join us. joe, first to you. it s hard to do it quickly, i know, and briefly. bring our viewers up to speed what we know right now and what we re waiting for. reporter: what we know is this is a six-count indictment against john edwards and the jury has indicated to the judge in the courtroom that they have reached a verdict on count three of that six-count indictment. that count three relates to a charge of accepting illegal campaign donations in the year 2008 from rachel bunny mellon, a 101-year-old woman who lives in upperville, virginia, very rich, it s right outside of middleburg, virginia, and she had taken upon herself to give jon edwards several hundred thousand dollars which according to one of her friends was griffin
colombia. we let the boss down because nobody is talking about what went on in colombia other than this incident. that is true. the secret service now yanking security clearances for several agents accused of bringing prostitutes to a hotel before the president arrived. a new fallout from the scandal ahead. and a new legal move by george zimmerman s attorney. trayvon martin s accused killer asking for a different judge. plus, new concerns for zimmerman s safety. and watch out. they were just in the onions. a man under arrest after an attempted hold-up with hot dog tongs. seriously, folks. we are not making this stuff up. dumb criminal file. we need one of those and just dump these stories in there for your viewing pleasure. a look at a general election matchup between president obama and mitt romney. a new cnn national poll of registered voters shows the president with a near double-digit lead overall. 52% to romney s 43%. meantime, an abc interview, romney full
massive military installation. the accident occurred in a remote port of the yuma training range complex but the choppers actually went down on the california side of what s known as the chocolate mountain aerial gunnery range, they use this spot for training because it replicates the mountains of iraq and afghanistan. now, this is file video provided for us by the u.s. military of a similar training exercise last year, involving the same kind of helicopters. the choppers belonged to the third marine aircraft wing out of miramar, california but the seven marines on board who were killed, based out of camp pendelton, north of san diego. one of the choppers involved is a cobra, and this is what that aircraft looks like. it is the backbone of the marine corps attack helicopter fleet, and holds a crew of two, a pilot and usually a gunner. the other was known as a superhuey, or venom, helicopter. it s a twin engine,