. >> no one does this better than deputy prime minister john prescott in 2001, taking one for england on the cheek. >> the guy who threw the egg was half his age, to start, and was very close. might have got it in his eye, might have actually injured him. >> there was a lot of jostling and abuse. i felt a bang on the back of my head. >> unluckily for his attacker, mr. prescott had trained as a boxer in his youth. >> he didn't think. he just want, bam! >> i immediately responded to defend myself, and that's how it happened. >> it's one thing if someone throws something at you. it's another if someone attempts to punch you and then you punch back. >> john prescott actually did himself a lot of good by his instant angry reaction to the guy who threw the egg, and think the rest of the nation said, good for you, chum, that's absolutely right. this guy is going to behave with disrespect, you sorted him. >> including, it seems, the prime minister himself, who applauds his deputy during a press conference. >> he has got very, very great strengths. not least in his left arm. >> the dazed and b

jude law and john prescott. news corp was facing at least 60 lawsuits. all right. campaign imbed with the latest news. a lot of chatter about what's going on with rick perry's campaign. there were calls over the last 48 hours for him to drop out before saturday. carry dan, what do you hear? what do you know? >> rick perry was cleared much of his schedule over the last few days just announced an 11:00 a.m. press conference. that press conference will be for him to drop out of the campaign. he's been under a lot of pressure in the last few days for conservative commentators. eric ericsson was actually introduced him at an event where perry later went on to announce his candidacy right here in charleston where we are tonight. i was told yesterday that perry thought he was getting very good at the state and wanted another chance to show hisself and see how it went. i was told yesterday he would rather lose than quit. he would rather go through and finish the process. however, he did take a blow yesterday. there were a lot of endorsers leaving him and going to other cam

the cash payments, announced today, will go to actor jude law and former deputy prime minister john prescott, among others. they're among 60 people who've sued murdoch's newspapers. a billionaire history buff will donate $7.5 million to help fix earthquake damage on the washington monument. the national park service announced david rubenstein's gift day. the earthquake that hit last august shook the 555-foot obelisk so hard that it caused severe cracking. repair work begins later this year, and is expected to take up to a year. rubenstein said he wants to help fund repairs so the monument can reopen as soon as possible. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: hundreds of mayors gathered in washington this week for meetings at the white house and capitol hill. their message: don't let cities fall through the cracks. and to ray suarez. >> suarez: president obama won't submit his new budget blueprint to congress until next month. but local officials across the country are already bracing for bad news. as part of the deal to raise the debt ceiling, spending mus

among those receiving a settlement, actor jude law and british deputy prime minister john prescott. >>> facebook is launching a slew of new apps it hopes you will like. it will let users share everything of photos of what they cooked for dinner to details on what they're wearing. >>> and look at this tennis tantrum at the australian open on wednesday. cypress tennis star became so miffed that he began slamming his tennis racquet into a mangled mess. he grabbed another racquet from his bag, slammed that one. and then he grabbed another. oh, and then yes, one other. four total. he went on to lose the match and was fined $800. there is a definition of a sore loser. 7:19 right now back over to matt, ann and al. not having a good day. >> please don't do that with the forecast. >> i blew a forecast, just whacked the thing out 678 neb, let's see what's happening. more problems to our friends in the northwest. look at the plume of moisture extending way out into the pacific. it's going to be bringing more rain, more snow. not quite as bad as what we've seen, but it's going to add to the woes