profiled trayvon martin and disregarded the police dispatcher s request that he wait for officers to arrive. a prime-time exclusive tonight with his new attorney, mark o mara in just a moment. but we begin with our breaking news, north korea s failed missile launch. i want to bring in barbara starr at the pentagon and dan lothian at the white house. barbara, a very dramatic few hours here. obviously, we knew this launch was coming. it seems to have been a spectacular failure. what can you tell me about it? piers, a senior u.s. official just saying those very words to me. an unprecedented record of failure for the north koreans, now one of the third failures in a row of their rocket and missile program. this rocket lifted off the launch pad and very quickly, within about 90 seconds, broke into several pieces. if you look at the map, we are told that the major debris field now is about 165 kilometers west of south korea. so it broke apart in flight. that is a fundamental fa
possible test for a long-range missile that would be capable of reaching the united states. now south korea is warning that the north is trying to provoke an angry international reaction. it says that the north plans to use that reaction as an excuse to go ahead with a third nuclear test. 75 people were killed in syria today. just a day shy of the deadline for the government to pull its forces from cities across the country. now, the mounting death toll is dimming hopes that the assad regime is actually going to follow through with its pledge to withdraw. earlier we also saw clashes between rebel forces and syrian troops at the turkish border. republican presidential candidate newt gingrich says campaign front-runner mitt romney has the nomination all but locked up. this is what he said on fox news sunday. you have to be realistic. given the size of his organization, given the number of primaries he s won, he is far and away the most likely republican nominee, and if he
courageous move. while an attorney for trayvon martin s family says the family is trying to have patience. north korea thumbing its nose at the world. any day now could launch this rocket which would violate a u.n. resolution. much of the world sees this as a possible test for a long-range missile that would be capable of reaching the united states. now south korea is warning that the north is trying to provoke an angry international reaction. it says that the north plans to use that reaction as an excuse to go ahead with a third nuclear test. 75 people were killed in syria today. just a day shy of the deadline for the government to pull its forces from cities across the country. now, the mounting death toll is dimming hopes that the assad regime is actually going to follow through with its pledge to withdraw. earlier we also saw clashes between rebel forces and syrian troops at the turkish border. republican presidential candidate newt gingrich says campaign front-runn
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