briefing this morning. the army is reported to cut troops by 80,000, leaving 490,000 soldiers. marine corps is expected to trim by 10%. the navy and air force would see less of an impact. the cuts would force a shift away from the policy of being ready to fight two ground wars at once. well, the german man accused of being the new year s eve arsonist in los angeles has been formally charged. 24-year-old harry burkhart faces 34 downs of arson. bail was set at under $3 million and ordered to surrender his passport. prosecutors say he use aid device to accelerate fires. now there s word burkhart is under investigation in germany after a fire at his family s home in frankfurt days before he left the united states. here is your first look at some of the other news going on around america today. a violent brawl broke out between hockey fans after the winter classic in philadelphia. police released video of flyer fans beating up new york ranger fans outside a cheese steak
how do you know that? because i peel it. i feel good about this. i think he would have answered. i think it was our problem. we were dialing and getting numbers not in service. i thought he gave me a bogus number to be nice to get rid of me. but it really it is still a good number. we will give it another try. he is huge into politics. may be a former soprano cast member but this guy loves his politics. 30 minutes past the hour now. time to bet you up on the big stories of the day. u.s. military may not longer be able to fight two ground wars at the very same time. the president and the defense secretary are going to unveil a new pentagon strategy today. it includes cutting a whole bunch of troops to cut defense costs. the accused hollywood arsonist, harry burkhart, german citizens charged with 37 counts of arson. police allege he set more than 50 fires in an arson spree triggered by his anger over an immigration hearing last week for his mother. i don t know if you misse
he was apprehended by a reserve sheriff s deputy acting on a tip from the state department. an agent recognized burkhart from this surveillance tape, at least by los angeles police, and remembered his angry outbreak in court three days earlier. this is one of the apartment buildings that burned during the arson spree. over there, you can see the back window of the apartment where harry burkhart lived with his mother. it s not hard to imagine someone standing at that window and watching the fire burn. why would someone want to hurt their neighbors, people who did nothing to offend the person. reporter: in his native germany, burkhart is also under investigation for an arson fire there in october that gutted a house owned by his family. in vancouver, british columbia, the province newspaper reports that harry burkhart suffers from severe anxiety, autism and several other medical conditions. according to a letter submitted by a doctor in a court case there. cnn has tried to reach the
the carports were right underneath the houses. the kram spree rattled the city over the long holiday weekend, obviously. tonight story s becoming more complicated and frankly more bizarre by the minute as new details about the guy, about the suspect and husband mom emerge. casey wian has the latest. reporter: approximately 24 hours before the worst arson spree in los angeles since the 1992 riots, prime suspect harry burkhart was behind the wheel when his mother, dorothee, was arrested during a traffic stop. police say burkhart became enraged and had to be restrained. his mother, dorothee, an international fugitive, was wanted by german authorities on 19 counts of fraud related to rental housing and nonpayment for breast augmentation surgery. later that day harry attended dorothee s initial extradition hearing and his tirade resumed. he entered the courtroom and made quite a disturbance. there was a lot of cursing in english, words that i won t repeat here.
accused of setting more than 50 fires targeting cars and homes. prosecutors say burkhart used a device to help accelerate the fires which caused an estimated $3 million in damage and terrorized a portion of that city. now there s word that burkhart is under investigation in his home of germany for a fire that started at his house days before his departure to the u.s. kodak may file for bankruptcy protection in the coming weeks. the company is talking to banks to secure up to $1 billion in financing to keep the company running during the bankruptcy proceedings. let s look at the markets and get all up in your business,