it s now down to 77.8 years. that s the first decline since 2004. we have some breaking news coming into us right now. and it comes from salt lake city, utah, where there has been a verdict, apparently in the elizabeth smart case. kristin welker is krocovering t for us in salt lake city. do we have her on the line? let s see here okay. here s what i m getting. that the jury has reached the verdict in the elizabeth smart case, but we don t know what that is yet. they have not come in and our reporter is in court. so this is eight years since elizabeth smart was kidnapped, and her kidnapper on trial at this point we ll wait and see what happens when we hear the verdict. the white house is saying it s open to changing the tax cut deal that president obama made with the gop if everyone signs on. a senior democratic aide says at the very least house democrats want the tax raised from the 35%