boat. david fitzpatrick, cnn producer, is also joining us on the phone. david, you were one of the first on scene reports we had of officers moving in with guns drawn. what are you seeing now from your vantage point? they are [ inaudible ]. david, we re having a problem hearing you on your cell phone. we ll try to get a better connection. call us back as soon as you can. jeff beatty, you heard from brian todd, officers trying to establish communication, trying to tell the suspect to come out. we don t know if there has been any response. that is the best way to go, to get him to walk out. that is the way to go. he can come out with his hands raised, they can get a good visual on him to make sure he s not wearing any body-worn explosives or something like that. so that is obviously the best way to go. hopefully that will be successful. there had been reports about his brother being found with
weather, and we have a couple of still pictures of a funnel cloud, one in alabama. and a photograph of a . (inaudible) as far as harrisburg, illinois, they were spared the wet of it. we had rain and lightning, but they did not want anymore damage. you can see this strip mall was obliterated during the tornado and the waste of it was spared and we have a lot of wind right now and as far as people being in danger it does not exist and they are coming back to normal life. neil: thank you. when you try to go to these locations we can have problem hearing. this violent weather is expected
happening today, at the trial of jackson s doctor. now, court reconvenes in about 45 minutes or so dr. conrad murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter jackson s death. yesterday a security guard testified that murray asked him to help gather up drug vials before even asking him to call 911. i was standing at the foot of the bed p he reached over and grabbeded a handful of vials and then he reached out to me and said, here, put these in a bag. and engineers are back at work today rappelling down the sides of the washington monument, they are looking for any damage the earthquake caused last moment. the work has been delayed by some weather. still a ways to go but one of the engineers says so far, good. not a bad way to spend a work day as well. incredible, not only because of the actual history of the structure but the area and being the view. and just knowing what you re doing and seeing what you re seeing after the earthquake. we have the drawings from repair
but, no. i thought it was humorous. who would be upset about getting fed popcorn? actually, he was upset about getting fed popcorn. yeah. now the big story out of tampa, one big happy family. yesterday in a meeting with reporters, yankees owner hank steinbrenner called out of team for not playing hard enough last season after celebrating the title in 2009. he said i think maybe they celebrated a little bit too much last year. some of the players are too busy building mansions and other things and not concentrating on winning. i have no problem saying that. derek jeter, john, i think had a problem hearing that. as joe is holding up, that s a picture of derek jeter s hominid construction, $7.7 million in tampa. that s ridiculous. he just signed a $51 million contract, jeter did. look at that. what are you doing? after all of that after all that bad blood that got stirred up over the jeter contract negotiation, it s just starting to simmer down and
not everyone is in tampa. hank steinbrenner called out the team for not playing hard enough last year. hank said, quote, i think maybe they celebrated a little bit too much last year. some of the players are too busy building mansions and other things and not concentrating on winning. i have no problems saying that. well, derek jeter had a problem hearing that because he was referring to this mansion in tampa owned by derer jeter. construction on the $7.7 million home finished in the offseason. jeter signed a $51 million contract extension in december. coming up, wisconsin governor scott walker continues to stand his ground saying he won t compromise on budget cuts. what could the standoff mean for his state? he ll tell us later today. coming back here, huddling around the water cooler to watch donald rumsfeld shoot the breeze