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good morning, everyone. it s half past the hour. i m randi kaye. thanks for starting the day with us. years after mubarak was toppled from power, the first free election is urnds way. millions are expected to head to the polls today and tomorrow. tensions remain high by what many call a power grab wii the military. ben is joining us from cairo. ben, what are you seeing there this morning and what kind of turnout have you seen in terms of voters? reporter: given what we have seen so far, the turn out is fairly impressive. we are in one room where men are voting. there are lots of people outside. one of the problems today, of course, is that it is very hot. people are becoming impatient. but, certainly, the turnout is good. in the first round of presidential elections, turnout was about 46%, which was lower than the prior election. what we have seen so far is people are coming out despite the heat and despite the wait. one woman told me she s willing to wait all day lon ....
that are not true about george. how he s being portrayed is just an absolute lie. robert zimmerman insists his son acted in self-defense. he talked about taking a, quote, leap of fate. federal charges filed against that jetblue pilot that had a midair meltdown. the captain s mental health coming into question, whether he should have been at the controls in the first place. where s mom? what are you stopping for? here it is, right here, right here. we re out, we re out, we re out. dramatic cell phone video captures one family s harrowing escape from a fire burning in colorado. two key endorsements for mitt romney to tell you about. one, a potential running mate. the other, a former president. the polls show the gop front-runner has a lot of work ahead if he plans to beat president obama. we start with new developments overnight in the trayvon martin investigation. just released video obtained by abc of george zimmerman on the night he fatally shot the 17- ....
good evening, everyone. tonight, is it time to trust? time for a breakthrough between the west and iran? e today was all about trust until moments ago when the prime minister gave an interview throwing cold water on the situation and laying out a time frame for a strike. in an interview with channel 2, benjamin netanyahu said this. translator: i am not standing with a stopwatch in hand. it is not a matter of days and weeks. but also not a matter of years. everybody understands this. this is his first interview since visiting with president obama and confirmed what we reported on this show, which is that president obama delayed israel s plans this spring, but had not stopped them. netanyahu s words of course leaves the extremely sensitive u.s. election time frame wide open for a strike, but on a day when the u.s. and europeans have agreed to go back to the negotiating table with iran, the news is a splash of cold water, proving israel is not backing down on trying to ....
tonight, is it time to trust? time for a breakthrough between the west and iran? e today was all about trust until moments ago when the prime minister gave an interview throwing cold water on the situation and laying out a time frame for a strike. in an interview with channel 2, benjamin netanyahu said this. this is his first interview since visiting with president obama and confirmed what we reported on this show, which is that president obama delayed israel s plans this spring, but had not stopped them. netanyahu s words of course leaves the extremely sensitive u.s. election time frame wide open for a strike, but on a day when the u.s. and europeans have agreed to go back to the negotiating table with iran, the news is a splash of cold water, proving israel is not backing down on trying to force a quote unquote window. talks have failed since 2009 due in part to the west s assistance, that all of iran s nuclear activities be on the table including enriching uranium ....
virginia. and elijah cummings, the former chair of the black caucus and analysis, and chris jeff free lund of digital. i am candy crowley, and this is state of the union. what a difference a year makes, or not so much. last year at this time, president obama was vacationing on martha s vineyard, and that s where he is today. last year he said a year and a half ago the economy was shrinking rapidly, and the economy is now growing. this year he is saying america will come back from this recession stronger than before. that i am convinced of. unemployment was above 9% in 2010, and a year later it still is. more say the economy is getting worse. joining me from michigan, senior obama campaign strategists, david axelrod. thank you for being here. i want to ask you first sure, candy. the president is going to have the new jobs plan and a stimulus that is coming up in september, he s going to announce it. tell us what you know about that, and in particular ....