and amid harsh criticism, bank of america says it is dropping its plan to charge customers 5 bucks a month to use their debit cards to make purchases. the move comes after several rivals decided in recent days to also drop consumer tests of the new bank fees. bank of america issued this statement a short time ago, saying, we have listened to our customers very closely over the last few weeks and recognize their concern with our proposed debit usage fee. our customers voices are most important to us. as a result, we are not currently charging the fee and will not be moving forward with any additional plans to do so. still ahead, will conrad murray take the stand in his own defense in the michael jackson wrongful death trial? why he s even thinking about it. we ll talk about that. plus, meet jon huntsman s daughters. they sit down with our own chris jansing as they hit the campaign trail for their dad. uh, i m in a timeout because apparently
candidate for the republican nomination for the president, has been kind enough to join us in our studios in washington, d.c., and he s joining us live this morning after what was surely a very stressful and busy day yesterday. i do hope you got some sleep, and thank you for being with us. our viewers do thank you, too. thank you, robin, and it was a busy day but i survived. this is why it was a busy day, and we re going to talk about many issues, but let s start with what s at the top of the news. many people are asking, did you say something early yesterday about sexual allegations against you but something completely different hours later? let s watch as things happened yesterday. if the restaurant association did a settlement, i am i wasn t even aware of it and i hope it wasn t for much because nothing happened. so if there was a settlement, it was handled by some of the other officers that worked for me at the association, so the answer is absolutely not. i am un