still no verdict in the racketeering trial of james whitey bulger. the jury got the case tuesday. it s been deliberating ever since. wednesday, the panel asked the judge that it must reach a unanimous verdict on all allegations. the judge said yes. the mob boss faces a life sentence if convicted. no connection between april s deadly fertilizer explosion and a paramedic that responded. he was arrested and charged with having bomb making materials. prosecutors say there does not appear to be a leak between reid and what happened in west texas. 50 people died when the plant explo exploded. the exact cause has not been determined. here is a weird story. it s shark week. we get it. we can report a shark sighting in the unlikeliest of places.
strange as well known tv and film director in new zealand. in fact one of his films won the best film at berlin film festival. shep: there was a shark sighting before this happened? a a great white shark and he went up and reported to authorities because shark sightings are so rare in new zealand, nobody believed him. last confirmed attack was 1976. minutes before the attack there were hundreds of school kids who were swimming just a few feet away from where the attack happened. as you said it s not confirmed to be a great white shark but a local marine biologist, he has a pretty good guess. a white shark in this instance, in reality the only sharks around new zealand is big as a person would be a great
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thank goodness. the wall dough canyon fire killed two people and destroyed some 350 homes. a new shark sighting off cape cod, massachusetts. these aerial pictures showing a shark swimming off chatham massachusetts a few days after a kayaker had a very close encounter with a probable great white in the same area? oh my. martha: yellow tag, behind my head. you see the yellow tag on the shark. bill: i see that. martha: they put a computer chip in that baby. near swimmers, not near swimmers. safe to go in. not safe to go in. very helpful information. bill: it is that time of year, especially in chatham. martha: let s talk iowa for a moment, shall we in iowa s very powerful christian conservatives were not keen on governor mitt romney when the white house race got underway. evangelicals are coming around according to some. they are not happy and
first to our brand new cnn orc polls. this is issue number one, the economy. and a surprising jump in the number of americans who believe the economy will eventually get better. take a look at this. when asked about what economic conditions will be like next year, 60% now say they believe they will be good compared to only 39% who say conditions will be poorer. last fall when we asked the same question, those numbers were very different indeed. only 39% saying things would get better in the year to come. we sent our own joe johns to the key battleground state of ohio for a closer look at these new numbers. joe is joining us now from his old hometown of columbus, ohio. what s going on there, joe? reporter: that s right, wolf. well, things are starting to look better here in the buckeye state, but i have to tell you that cnn orc poll indicates that nationwide one thing is clear, the number one issue on voters minds happens to be jobs and the economy. the november election ma