and good morning, everybody. this is your wake-up call for monday, december 5th. i m christine romans, carol has the morning off. newt gingrich, the one to watch in the gop race in a new nbc marist pole leading the pack in iowa but mitt romney is still ahead in new hampshire. although his support has dropped from only a month ago, less than 30 days from the first gop nominating contest in january. he s taking some time off. atlanta megachurch pastor eddie long made that announcement yesterday. he says he needs time to work on family issues. long s wife of 21 years vanessa filed for divorce on thursday. last spring long settled a lawsuit piled by four young men who accused him of sexual coercion. the u.s. and pakistan mending diplomatic fences after that nato air strike that killed two dozen pakistani troops. president obama called pakistan s president yesterday making clear the incident was not a deliberate attack on pakistan. both presidents agreed to stay in touch. le
and avery. wonderful to see you. have a wonderful holiday. happy memorial day. thank you so much. talking about hangover ii, probably means it s part of your plan this weekend. stay tuned because we re going to have a review of the film at 4:00 eastern time. not talking about lawsuits at 4:00. we re going to talk about whether you need to see it. here s an update on other cases that we have been following for a long time. bishop eddie long will not be going to court. he reached a settlement with four young men who accused him of sexual coercion. also closed, the case against two new york city police officers accused of raping a drunken woman that they escorted home back in 2008. on thursday, kenneth moreno and franklin mota were found not guilty but were found guilty of misconduct. both men were fired immediately after the trial and now could face jail sentencings because of that. in the case of jared lee loughner, it s on hold.
you put stuff in it. yeah. you ride your beer and drink it, too. oh, my goodness. unbelievable. already, fredricka, have a fine time. we ll see you tomorrow. all right. see you tomorrow. you bet. top of the hour right now, we re focusing on the things that are not so fun in joplin, missouri. more than 150 people still have not been heard from since the deadliest tornado on record hit there last sunday. 132 are confirmed dead. more than 1,000 people were hurt. the federal government has approved nearly $3 million in aid. and president obama actually plans to meet with survivors tomorrow in the city of joplin. all week, we ve been hearing extraordinary stories of survival and, of course, about the people who died trying to save others. our paul vercammen is in joplin. you ve been hearing from the victims there? reporter: when you get an idea of what happened here, a man named dean wells, 59 years old, was so busy helping other people get to shelter in spots of t
ben and his family live on this block. ben s a re/max agent, and he s a big part of this community. re/max agents know their markets, and they care enough to get to know you, too. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. visit remax.com today. atlanta megachurch preacher eddie long has reached an out-of-court settlement with four young men who accused him of sexual coercion. the case drew national attention because of long s international fame as a televangelist who has crusaded against homosexuality and gay marriage. long told members of his church he would fight the allegations, but instead it appears he s paid his accusers off to avoid further scrutiny. for more on this i m joined now
what is that? it s sweden s version of rape, sexual molestation and unlawful coercion. routine cases of sexual coercion have maximum penalty of two years in prison. but there are separate allegations from another swedish admirer he was also hooking up with. i want to show you a rough timeline of events from the british newspapers. as i go through this, i want to try to it s confusing but i want you to follow this along with me and then ask yourself this question. really, does this make sense? and if this were done by you, would you be getting the same attention that he is getting? would you not be let out? watch this. i want to show you first of all, person number one. we have can t show you the actual photographs of the