nuclear missile program is a, quote, direct threat to the united states. gates is on a four-country tour of asia. next, move over at&t. you re no longer the only iphone service provider here. verizon wireless, huge news today, announcing the date will be february 10th. that is when they will start selling the iphone. so existing verizon customers will be able to preorder. at&t has been the exclusive carrier of the iphone for four years. we ve been talking a lot about this movement within the arizona state legislature to try to safeguard the funerals of some of the shooting victims. 9-year-old christina green is to be buried thursday. an organization with an extremist agenda is planning some sort of protest. joining me now from tucson, state representative matt heinz. matt by the way is also a friend of congresswoman gabrielle giffords. we re going to get to him momentarily. i also just want to remind you here, we are watching the state