defense. he searched the internet researching such as topics such as lethal injection and assassinations in the weeks before the rampage in tucson. experts say the activities do suggest premeditation. loughner pled not guilty on three counts. six people died and 13 were injured on that saturday in tucson. in just a couple of hours, we are expecting the department of homeland security to ditch the color code for terror alerts in the u.s. the guide, as you remember, was in place after 9/11, but will be revamped because travelers are really no longer paying attention. nbc s justice correspondent, pete williams, is live in washington with the story on this. pete, is there any indication about any system that might become in place of this? i know we talked about this before, saying that this really has become obsolete. right. they will put in a new system. it will be just basically plain old english words instead of colors. if there s a threat to the financial system, they ll put out an
clearing in california. massive -up underway after seven days of record-breaking rain. damage estimates running in tends of millions of dollars. the heavy rain prompted health warnings with trash, pesticides and bacteria washing into waterways. the storms are heading east creating concerns about possible avalanches in nevada. report saying italian and car kiss group could be respond able for two mail bombs. the bomb at the chilean he did had been embassy had been mailed from inside italy. heightened terror alerts in effect across europe due to possible attacks over christmas. i m marianne rafferty, now back to on the record. greta: here is the inside of the morgue. you might want to avert your eyes. the body is wrapped, if you
laughs and the demise with not be the end of terror alerts, it would be replaced with a more descriptive but less colorful system. bill: back to the fox news alert, a close eye on the massive protests in london. over proposed tuition hikes and budget cuts, amy kellogg is working the story for us, out of london, what is happening now? hi, bill, the pictures say it all, students out, it has gotten violent in a few different spots, but i think it is important, bill, to give you background about what is going on here. first of all, what has been striking to a lot of people is the fact that this is happening in the u.k., the british have been patient about austerity measures put into place and we have seen demonstrations from romania to rome an paris and athens but this is the first time we have been seeing them here in the u.k. and, this is the second set of student protests. but, they are protesting tuition increases, three-fold, will be $14,000, give length of, now to
the tip about the german threat comes after a study intelligence tip led to the printer cartridge bombs put on cargo flights. and this comes towards the end of an autumn full of terror alerts and terrorists. the eiffel tower had to be evacuated earlier this fall twice. the bomb scares turned out to be false alarms. osama bin laden personally delivered threats to france via aught ohio tapes. i spoke to a colleague of mine that said germany is on the radar screen because it has a troop presence in afghanistan and because there are several islamic radicals in jails in germany right now. finally the only thing that governments have been warning people over the autumn to do is to avoid large crowds where there are lots of foreign tourists. shannon: thank you very much.
season around here. and with some recent offensive operations i think we have sensed a swing. we can tell, based on reporting from the recent offensive operations that it s going real well. juan, i also want to add and i think this is very important, that july 2011 withdrawal date. yeah. that thing is written on the charts that say conditions on the ground. i have already met the replacements for these guys coming in six months from now so that s all lined up, juan. so i suspect that july 2011 date is a date when they will assess what the situation is but certainly not begin any meaningful withdraw. i have got 60 seconds. i want to ask you very quickly. we know about increased terror alerts especially in europe. we know about the increased drone attacks in pakistan. how is that impacting what the shoulders are doing in soldiers are doing in afghanistan? i have to say without asking them opinions about the drone attacks, i am a huge fan of the