are slowly healing, going in the right direction. let s not do anything to stay in the way of steady, slow the spin graph. all right. mayor of the morning. thank you very much. welcome. it is now 12 minutes past 6:00 on the east. so at this time we like to give you an early start to your day by alerting you to news happening later today. we re not just on the news, we re ahead of the news so you know what s going to be big tonight. joran van der sloot on trial today for the young woman s murder in peru. he admits to the killing of stephany flores but says it wasn t premeditated. of course, van der sloot was arrested in the disappearance of natalee holloway in aruba but nerve are charged for that. and jon huntsman, newt gingrich, all in new hampshire trying to chip away at mitt romney s lead there. as for mr. romney, governor romney, she hoe is holding a
the trarg of simple homicide not the aggravated charges. what does this mean and how much time could he actually spend in prison? well, good morning. this is rosemary. he s admitting to simple homicide by his lawyer, because he ll only go to jail in that case between 8 and 20 years. he s avoiding the aggravated charges of premeditated murder which could land him in jail for an entire life. are you still there with us? i ll still here. so you got know van der sloot pretty well when you represented him. what are your impressions about him? a lot of people find his very deta detached, smug. with that grin on this face all the time. right. well, i m a lawyer. if i was a psychologist i d say he was a sociopath, a man without a conscience, because he doesn t seem to have remorse for anything that he s done. yet, again, with the natalee
15-year-old jakadrien turner on her way back. the hand over today. they have some plasplaining to . i think this girl doesn t want to be found. interested in hearing from her as well. it s 3 2 mithts past the hour. the prime suspect in the disappearance of natalee holloway goes to court but facing murder charges of a different woman. and so we are going to talk now to mary arnold, and she ll give us insight here. a former attorney for joran varnld sloout avan der sloot an me on the phone. it says van der sloot was charged last september with murder. his lawyer says he will accept
happening. and the big jobs report for december is coming out today. christine romans calling it the big granddaddy of them all. it s probably good news for the democrats and she ll share details. and there s this thing that climbers like to do. seven peaks, it s a big deal for anybody. but if you re 15 years old. it s a huge deal. we ll tell you about this kid. who happened to just globe-trot the world and climb the seven highest peaks. and we re going to add in an eighth one. which one s that? you ll see. quite a little wonder that we re going to see this morning i m looking forward to it. learn something every day. we begin this morning with the critical endorsement in the battle for new hampshire. for jon huntsman. the boston globe has it as a banner headline, they say former utah governor offers the republican party an opportunity to renew itself. the boston globe editor spoke to our own erin burnett last night. huntsman is bold anywhere the campaig