ocean, the damage is done. united nations security council will talk about this, the north korean threat, later today. newark, new jersey, mayor cory booker, already a rising star. now he s a superhero after i ran into a burning home to help save a woman. he was hospitalized. we have an update on his condition. using your money to reward what some call a jackass. the gift that keeps on giving. we ll explain. up first, the state versus george zimmerman. it s official. florida prosecutors laying out their case against the man now accused of murdering 17-year-old trayvon martin. after weeks in hiding, we got our first full look at the neighborhood watch volunteer as he went before a judge. mr. zimmerman, you re appearing for your first appearance at this time for the charge of murder in the second degree. and you are represented by mr. o mara,that sflu. yes, sir. via video, the judge ruling there is probable cause for the case to proceed. prosecution alleging that zi
complicated partisan bickering. the senate went o recess without giving the agency a short-term funding extension. president obama believes the issue will be resolved by the end of the week. the transportation secretary says you have nothing to worry about when you fly. i ll be speaking to him later on american morning. president obama turns 50 today. he qualifies for a free scoop at baskin-robbins. and he got a surprise in chicago happy birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday jennifer hudson much better singer than rahm emanuel. 26 seconds of the president s comedic stylings. it s true, that i turn 50 tomorrow. which means by the time i wake up i ll have an e-mail from aarp. asking me to call president obama and tell him to protect medicare. funny, yet topical. some suppoers paid nearly $36,00for dinner. hoe they got a lot of free refills. if you re planning a trip to the caribbean, there s trouble in paradise, named tropical storm emily. i
offer the spending and deficit cuts that republicans thought it would. cnn s chief white house correspondent jessica yellin spends the next 18 seconds giving us the big picture. reporter: what s happening now is democrats are waiting. they re just waiting to see what happens with the republican s bill before making their own move in the senate. the big picture here is neither the republican s bill in the house nor the democrats bill in the senate seems to have the votes to get through both houses of congress. so we re back at stalemate. and so it s wednesday and there s no deal. the ted line is tuesday of next week. if congress can t get it done by then, you could start to see higher interest rates, a declining dollar and other problems. the white house website has put up a chart that breaks down the u.s. debt by administration over the last ten years. i was just looking at it. more than $3.5 trillion because of changes to the economy, not policy changes, but less tax in
no deal on the debt ceiling, but it is a new day. our sources say president obama is trying to koex members of his own party, while cutting as much as $3 trillion in spending. that is going to mean changes in health and retirement programs, also puts off tax reform, something a lot of people felt is very important, until later. the details are very fluid. no agreements yet. congressional democrats are very nervous. the president trying to figure out a way to work it out. he s holding a two-hour meeting at the white house. he did that last night. writing about compromise in this morning s usa today. some of the cuts would target worthwhile programs that do a lot of good for our country. there are cuts some people in my own party aren t too happy about and frankly, i wouldn t make them if we didn t have so much debt. this is a sales pitch to the american people, many who want less finger pointing and more action. i blame both parties for the stalemate. all the people re
shuttle. we are now less than one hour away from the final space shuttle landing. just in the last half-hour, we got a go for landing from nasa. the deorbit burn took place in the last couple of minutes. in the burn, the shuttle s engines are fired to help it slow down before it hits the atmosphere. in less than 30 minutes the shuttle and crew will start to feel the effects of the atmosphere. they ll be about 80 miles above the earth at that point. as the shuttle comes through the atmosphere, it heats up to about 5,000 degrees on the outside. when it breaks through the atmosphere, many of the folks in florida will hear those famous son iic booms. about five minutes before the landing, the commander will take manual control of the shuttle and pilot it to the grounds. when the orbiter hits the runway, it will be going 220 miles an hour. the shuttle will land for the last time ever at 5:56 a.m. eastern time. and just so you know, nasa is considering this a night landing. the lan