prosecution? is it? how prosecutors are working to poke holes in her story that she killed her boyfriend all in self-defense. we ll go in depth. afghan president hamid karzai is ordering u.s. special forces to leave a key area in afghanistan amid some shocking allegations that have absolutely no evidence. general scales is here on what that is all about. jon: preventing heart disease could be as easy as changing your diet even for people at high-risk. an impressive new study suggests switching to a mediterranean diet, high in fruits, vegetables and good fats, can prevent 30% of heart attacks, strokes and deaths from heart disease. dr. leigh vinocur, adjunct assistant professor at lsu health science center in shreveport, a frequent guest of ours. a 30% reduction in heart attacks and heart problems. that is a significant number when you consider the fact
countdown to the sequester showdown. hi, everybody, i m jenna lee. and i just floated this idea to our audience. you know the jaws music from the academy awards? every time we say sequester this week i m wondering if it should come up. jon: a little audio cue. jenna: both because it s a little ridiculous and also because everyone is making it so dramatic. jon: i m i m jon scott. four days until the cuts kick in. democrats holding a news conference now with the air travel association on how sequestration will affect air travelers, but they are not the only ones. the white house says the cuts will hurt education, plus spark furloughs for hundreds of thousands of government workers. some prominent republican blasting the president for these so-called scare tactics. my advice to the president is stop the campaigning, stop sending out your cabinet secretaries to scare the american people. roll of your shraoefps and d sleeves and do the hard work of governing. jon: do democrats s
casey stiegel is live from the dallas bureau. her buy friend also took his own life, casey are the report jon, police are investigating it as a suicide. mindy mccready said this was something she simply could not get over. not longing a on the today show , said it was one of the hardest things she ever have had to deal with. the 34-year-old music producer her soulmate and caretaker of her two children. mindy mccready s life started spiraling out of control in 2004. the country star had tried taking her own life at least two other times. she had been hospitalized for drug overdoses, in and out of rehab. she had been arrested multiple times through the years for drunk driving, illegally obtaining prescription drugs, fighting with her mother, resisting law enforcement, and the list goes on and on. here she is, back in 2007 when she appeared before a judge in nashville for violating the materials of her probation at the time. i can only say that i m sorry in the hope that you
0 bill: great to be with you, jamie. have a terrific holiday. thanks for the invite. happening now starts for you right now. jon: we begin with brand new stories and breaking news. jenna: a singing sensation final found dead. mindy mccready is found dead. what we re learning about a troubled life cut too short. also a leaked white house plan to put illegal immigrants on a pooth to u.s. citizenship. how it could complicate bipartisan efforts to pass immigration reform. breaking the glass ceiling at nearly 200 miles an hour. danica patrick s historic achievement that could make us all proud, women drivers, huh. no more comments like that from you, jon scott. jon: okay. jenna: it s all happening now. jenna: jon never made a rude comment about women drivers. i was just teasing. jon: i never have ridden in a car with you, at least with you behind the wheel. jenna: probably a good thing. hi, everybody, i m jenna lee. jon: i m jon scott. we begin with a tragic tend to a troubled cou
it was supposed to be a vacation, remember? dr. leigh vinocur at lsu health sciences center. we hear reports bass rooms are not necessarily working. food is limited, if refrigerators or freezers are not working they probably have to throw a lot of stuff out. what are you supposed to do in a situation like this? it s a tough one because some people reported sewage backing up. so there s risk of all kinds of disenterri diseases, parasites, virus, e.coli. you have to be real careful. and it s hot. so another risk is that, you know, heat exhaustion, heatstroke. a lot of people are sleeping up on the decks. they re out there all day, you know, exposure is another one. dehydration. they re sort of like captive. it s, you know, there s really not that much you can do. they re supposedly bringing supplies in of freshwater