and on a plane back home to seattle. brooke? just to confirm because we have these two judges, six laypeople, jurors, all together that s eight. if the decision is split, it ultimately then goes to who, the defense to break the tie? reporter: there cannot be a split decision. if you know they re coming back now, we expect the verdict within minutes here, that means it will be a majority decision. i see. reporter: that means they will never tell anyone how much of a majority. that s all that s needed. there s no unanimous verdict. if they re coming back with a verdict, most likely it would be very rare in legal history for this to happen they he have a ruling in hand on this appeal. paula newton, we ll check in again. defense secretary leon panetta had pretty strong words regarding israel s increased isolation in the region. barbara starr has details. brooke, leon panetta is traveling to israel, egypt. today in israel meeting with leaders and palestinian auth
pushed the panic button probably several months ago, they just haven t telegraphed to us yet. you have to look no further than a poll out in virginia that shows president obama has a 62% disapproval rating with independents in that state. that is devastating to him. remember, virginia was one of the states that he flipped back in 2008 to win the presidency. not just virginia, north carolina is another state that they re concerned about. then go out west to colorado, another state that they flipped, as well, back in 2008. and then there s the two big states, kyra. there s ohio and there is florida, as well. these are all states that he needs to win in 2012 in order to win a second term. you know, kyra, a lot of people don t think the president has the fire in the belly any more. i was talking to a democratic strategist this morning and what he said to me was very simply, instead of when you re selling the whole idea of the jobs bill, don t say pass the bill, say, yes we can. w