demanding the two political groups now unite. they say the deep political divide must end to a single palestinian government can form. back at home, it is what attorney general eric holder is calling the largest federal health care fraud bust in u.s. history. more than 100 people are now charged with illegally billing medicare to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars. diana alvear has details. good morning, diana. reporter: vinita and rob, good morning. this was a huge operation. and it was specifically designed to send a very specific message, that medicare funds are not for the taking. you re watching a massive sting take place in the predawn darkness, federal agents raiding medical facilities in seven states. 111 defendants in 9 cities, including doctors, nurses, health care company owners and executives for their alleged participation in medicare fraud schemes involving more than $225 million in false billings. reporter: the raids were carried out in miami, tampa, d
that s right. don t mess with texas, except mother nature can mess with texas. here s a look at your forecast back home. a stormy day across parts of the south. snow and freezing rain from brownsville and houston. and jackson, mississippi. showers from orlando, atlanta and charleston, secret. light rain from seattle to portland. 42 in boise. 48 in albuquerque. 17 in the twin cities. detroit, 19. chicago, 22. mostly 20s in the northeast. 44 in atlanta. and just 38 degrees in new orleans. cold for the big easy. well, we turn now to egypt where the protest in cairo took a violent turn overnight as supporters and opponents of president hosni mubarak exchanged gunfire. it s believed now that at least five people were killed in that intensifying chaos in that country. the u.s. embassy is now telling americans in cairo to go to the airport immediately if they want to get evacuated. for more on the situation, we are joined from washington by steven portnoy. good morning, steven.
when it comes to the fresh stuff. that s what walmart says they re going to be doing. and you have to eat more fruits and vegetables. they upped the servings from six to eight five to eight. in a day. good morning, everybody, i m rob nelson. and i m vinita nair. it is less than two weeks since congresswoman gabby giffords was shot in the head and she s taking a major step in recovery today. she s moving to a rehab facility in texas. before leaving the hospital, giffords and her husband took a look at the mountains in tucson. with more on her journey, here s diana alvear. reporter: vinita and rob, good morning. giffords is being transferred to the same facility that nfl player kevin everett received treatment for a spinal cord injury. well, she is beginning to stand with assistance. she s scrolling through an ipad. reporter: the significant tasks signify enormous milestone
convinced of murray s guilt. i want conrad murray to go to jail, period. reporter: murray has pleaded not guilty. the court also heard from jackson s personal assistant. he was describing the hours at the hospital following jackson s death during which he said murray seemed to want to leave, at one point saying he wanted to retrieve the singer s favorite ice cream. at another saying he was hungry, and then disappearing. vinita, rob? the 112th congress convenes today on capitol hill with republicans in control of the house. gop leaders say they will move quickly to cut government spending. the first vote on that issue is scheduled for tomorrow and republicans are also challenging the president on health care. outgoing house speaker nancy pelosi warned people will suffer if health care reform is overturned. in order to have a patient s bill of rights, though, it s important to have comprehensive health care reform. we think that obama care will ruin the best health care system
one also. the rate was 5,600 tickets every minute in the states that have this lottery. think about, that how fast tickets were going. we ll see if there s a winner. we all love to gamble. oh, man, please. good morning, everybody, i m rob nelson. i m vinita nair. change comes to capitol hill today as hundreds of new lawmakers are sworn in. republicans take control of the house. and gop leaders are making it clear they intend to challenge the president to cut federal spending. t.j. winick has a preview. reporter: good morning, rob and vinita. it appears all of that compromise struck during the lame duck session is a thing of the past as both parties appear to be drawing a line in the sand. the washington president obama came back to is about to look a whole lot different than the one he left less than two weeks ago. my job this year is to make sure we continue the recovery. we started making progress on that during the lame duck. i expect to build on that progress when i