making news this thursday morning. >> u.s. troops targeted. killed at an airport by a man shouting in arabic. was it a terrorist act? tales of abuse from a 90-year-old legend. mickey rooney's emotional testimony about a growing problem. and sheen's saga. new tweets from the star overnight. and good morning, everyone. i'm mike marusarz, in for rob nelson. >> and i'm peggy bunker. german investigators say the frankfurt airport shooting that left two u.s. airmen dead may have been a terrorist attack. >> the german and the u.s. governments are now vowing that those responsible will be brought to justice. emily schmidt joins us now from washington with the latest. good morning, emily. >> reporter: mike and peggy, good morning to you.

we're waiting to learn the names of the two airmen who were killed in the attack. the military says they were about to be deployed to support an overseas mission. instead, they died in a place where few would have expected danger. the attack happened just outside the international terminals in frankfurt. at least a dozen air force security personnel had arrived from england, on their way to a u.s. base in germany. law enforcement officials say the alleged gunman walked up to them, began arguing, and pulled out a semiautomatic weapon, while shouting allah akbar, arabic for god is great. nine rounds later, when his gun jammed, two airmen were dead, two more wounded. the other airmen grabbed the shooter while he continued to shout, jihad, jihad. >> we will spare no effort, in learning how this outrageous act took place. >> reporter: president obama made an unexpected appearance at the white house press briefing, to talk about the attack. while german chancellor, angela

merkel, vowed to do everything possible to investigate the incident. sources say the shooter is 21-year-old arid uka. his parents moved to germany decades ago, from kosovo. last night, his relatives in kosovo said they could not imagine something like this could happen because they said, americans are their brothers. this investigation is continuing. but as of now, officials say there's no reason to think that the gunman acted as part of a larger terrorism plot. peggy and mike? >> all right, emily. live from washington this morning. thank you. in libya, the fighting between rebels and forces loyal to mommar gadhafi is escalating. gadhafi is making good on his threat to quote, until the last man or woman. thousands filled the square in the heart of tripoli last night, waving the libyan flag. gadhafi threatened to turn his country into another vietnam, if the u.s. intervened.

and there's been a legal setback in efforts to free a cia contractor held in pakistan. a court ruled today that ray davis is not protected by diplomatic immunity in the shooting deaths of two pakistani. a higher court could reverse that decision. davis says that he acted in self-defense. the case has damaged u.s. relations with pakistan, a key ally in the war on terror. more charges are being piled on the u.s. army private accused of providing sensitive information to wikileaks. it could mean bradley manning spends the rest of his life in prison. among the charges now being levied against manning is aiding the enemy. that could have gotten him the death penalty. but prosecutors say they won't be seeking that punishment. manning is suspected of passing state department cables and important documents about the wars in iraq and afghanistan to wikileaks. and president obama has signed a temporary spending bill that will keep the government afloat for the next two weeks. it cuts $4 billion in spending. and makes no dent in the $1.6 trillion deficit. republican leaders say they are determined to chop tens of billions more in a longer-term

bill. vice president joe biden is set to begin talks with them as early as today, to work on a possible compromise. and also from washington, word that senator daniel akaka will not run for re-election next year. the 86-year-old democrat from hawaii has served 22 years in the senate. he's now the seventh senator who recently announced plans to retire. the supreme court has upheld the free speech rights of a small, fundamentalist church that stages protests near military funerals. the church claims god is punishing the military for the nation's tolerance of homosexuality. in its 8-1 decision, the court said even though its speech may be hurtful, the church has a right to be heard. samuel alito was the only justice to dissent. a california parole board now has refused to free the man who assassinated robert kennedy. sirhan sirhan spoke at length, during the hearing, expressing remorse and regret.

but he claimed not to remember shooting kennedy four decades ago. board members say sirhan did not show enough remorse or understand the severity of the crime. today marks the 20th anniversary of another event that shook the nation. it was on this day that four los angeles police officers were seen on videotape beating rodney king. the officers were later acquitted in state court, setting off the los angeles riots. the beating incident led to an era of transparency in police departments around the country. and crime is up now 19% this year in camden, new jersey. also, people there say they know why. the city, in mid-january, which is right outside philadelphia, we're talking about camden in pennsylvania, laid off more than 160 police officers. that was order despite of a budget deficit of $26 million. prosecutors say the reduction of police, more gangs and also a poor economy are the perfect storm for violence. well, hundreds of d.c.

schoolkids get a treat from the first lady. >> here or there. i do not like them anywhere. >> that's of course, the classic, "green eggs and ham" read by michelle obama and the education secretary arne duncan. it's all in honor of read across america day. actress, jessica alva, and packers wide receiver, donald driver, also read to the kids. >> very cool. exciting for them. >> dr. seuss' birthday. >> celebrated that in style. now, for this morning's weather from all around the nation. warm and dry across the south. but much chillier in the northeast. expect some snow in the upper midwest and parts of the rockies. in the northwest, snow in the mountains. rain in lower elevations. >> it will be a t-shirt and flip-flop day across the southern u.s., with ideal temperatures in the mid to high 70s. you'll need to bundle up in most of the northeast, where the readings will plunge into the 20s in some spots. the chilliest spot today, fargo, at only 21. coming up, the showdown between nfl players and owners.

an important deadline at midnight tonight. and does the ipad 2 match the hype? the first reviews are in. and also, charlie sheen's public battle with his bosses. now, his estranged wife. and the new tweet that sheen sent overnight. it's a beautiful day inside

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that's helped push gas above $4 per gallon across the country. and now, americans are spending $95 million a day more on gas than just a couple of weeks ago. the economy is gaining steam in all parts across the country. a new federal reserve survey showed that growth grew to a moderate pace in 12, key regions. and the job market is picking up. many companies are beginning to raise prices as their costs rise. the upbeat assessment of our economy is helping to lift stocks overseas this morning. tokyo's nikkei average rose 0.9% today. hong kong's hang seng climbed to 0.3%. in london, the ftse opened higher, as well. on wall street, the dow gained eight points yesterday. the nasdaq, adding ten points. all right. well, there's no big surprises when apple introduced the new ipad on wednesday. except for the person who introduced it. apple ceo, steve jobs, who is on medical leave, took the stage himself on wednesday to unveil the ipad 2. the device is thinner, faster and lighter than the original.

and cnet's maggie reardon said one, new addition really expands the ipad's capabilities. >> my favorite improvement on this new ipad is the camera. now, people can use face time. you can do skype. so, i think that's a great feature. a lot of people were expecting it. and they delivered. >> by the way, the ipad 2 goes on sale next friday. the prices are the same as the original, starting at $499. on to a little bieber fever now. how much is justin bieber's hair worth? it's worth an awful lot, for a lock of his hair, which sold for more than $40,000 on ebay. the proceeds of that sale will go to animal rescue organization, the gentle barn. $40,000 for a lock of bieber's hair. >> well, a lot of people were upset when he cut his hair. the whole flip. >> a new look. >> doing the flip. and made some money for charity. >> it's hard to do that when you have shorter hair. >> or the talent.

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lake city, and minneapolis. well, to use football terminology, we're inside the two-minute warning in the talks aimed at the new nfl labor deal. while the current contract runs out at midnight tonight. >> a big day for the nfl. if no new agreement is reached, the nation's most popular sport faces a very uncertain future. karen travers looks at the issues. >> reporter: both sides have been meeting here in washington for over a week, trying to avert the nfl's first work stoppage since 1987. >> want the fans to know that we're trying. and if we don't get it done, we know that we'll let them down. >> reporter: the standoff centers around two, key issues. first, money. the nfl's annual revenue is about $9 billion. the owners set aside $1 billion for their own expenses. then, the players receive about 60% of the rest. the team owners say that's unsustainable, given the economic downturn. the second issue is the schedule. the league wants to add two more

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new mexico up 37-21. in the second half, new mexico up a bunch. alex kirk, making it look pretty easy. new mexico, 21-point advantage. later in the second, up 17, phil mcdonald misses. drew gordon did not. 82-64. that's your final count. byu, they go down. derrick rose and the bulls, taking on the hawks. first quarter, the florist. mr. rose. he and bogut says, give it to me. bulls with four unanswered to start the game. within three, rose drives. marvin williams, blocks. filthy. under 30 seconds to play. hawks up one. rose, sloppy. turning it over. joe johnson, outlet pass. he finishes with the yam. hawks up three. ten seconds to go. bulls down three. rose, when it's crunch time, most times. no good there. kyle korver misses the three.

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well, as we told you earlier, the wait is officially on for the new apple ipad 2. it's out next friday.

>> that's right. very exciting news. the unveiling yesterday was an important one. not just for the product, but who unveiled it. bill weir looks at apple by the numbers. >> reporter: 33, the number of seconds the crowds cheered for steve jobs, during his first appearance since taking a medical leave. three, the amount of dollars caple's stock jumped when he did. 6400%, the percentage that the stock has jumped since jobs returned to apple. $500, the amount steve wasz wazniak got. $325 billion, what the garage start-up is worth today. $666.66, the price of the apple 1. not that they were satanists. they just like the poetry of repeating numbers. $499, the base price of the

ipad. 15 million, the number of ipads sold in the first 9 months. 300 pounds. that's how much the beatles tape track weighed when they recorded the "sergeant pepper's" album. and 3.4 pounds, how much power at your finger tips. 16.5 pounds, what a mcintosh or an average tuna weighed. 44 ounces, what an ipad weighs today. holding around 500 songs. 2001, the movie that inspired the name ipod. >> and we call it, the ipad. >> reporter: several million, the number of times people chuckled when the name ipad was announced last year. and zero, the number of times people laugh today. it is seared into the vocabulary in a few, short months. and already, friends and foes alike can't wait to see what this guy comes up with next.