$2.2 billion loss for the first quarter. it is warning it could be forced to default on federal payments. prosecutors plan to call nancy kerrigan as a witness during her brother mark s manslaughter trial. their father daniel kerrigan died after a fight with his son. the espionage trial of three americans in iran was postponed again today. officials aren t saying why. shane bauer and josh fattah have been in custody since 2009. more than 22 earthquakes hit italy today, pretty normal for the quake prone country. what did not hit today is the big one predicted by a now dead scientist.รง a self-taught seismologist had predicted a massive earthquake would devastate rome on this day. thousands of romans fled the city just in case. city officials are saying it s okay, everything s all right, we re still standing. the navy s decision to allow military chaplains to perform same sex marriages lasted less than a month. on april 13th, the chief of chaplains rear admiral mark tid
you look at the country and realize that this is an electorate that is unhappy about the direction of the country. and their focus is what is it going to take to solve the problems and they re really a policy focused electorate. they want to hear what the candidates have to say. newt believes that plays to his strength. he s known as an ideas person. he s someone who people believe can come up with a solutions facing the country. and so given that particular synergy, he decided this was a good time to get in. you know, it is interesting, nbc news/wall street journal did this recent poll and asked what were the worst attribute what do people have reservations about, feel uncomfortable about in their potential candidates. and here we are in the order, one being a former lobbyist, two, having multiple marriages. hello, newt. being a fox commentator. that was newt previously. being mormon. and five, being former house speaker. again, newt gingrich. karen, can he find widesprea
in permanently sealing the gulf oil leak. engineers are preparing the so-called static kill for as early as tonight. however there is a new battle brewing over what is on top of the water. emily schmidt is joining us with the latest. reporter: right now, bp is finalizing its plans for the next step in trying to end the oil spill once and for all. bp says once the static kill begins, we should know within hours if it actually works. 105 days into the oil spill, the coast guard says the next 48 hours may be critical with the static kill of the blownout well beginning as early as tonight or tomorrow. right now, the current forecast is we ll do that activity on tuesday. reporter: this q-4000 will be the one to watch. it will slowly pump midinto the well, pushing mud into the well to see if cement can plug it in place. if it works, it plugs it from the top setting up the next phase of the bottom kill. it would be a welcome step forward in a disaster that still poses proble