the president ahead if he were to run against the likes of mitt romney, sarah palin, or senator john thum. 63% think the country is headed in the wrong direction. that's the most since obama took office. and not surprisingly as the nation emerges from what's known as the great recession, a combined 54% say the past ten years have either been a very bad decade or one of the worst decades in american history. >>> and this morning's new york times reports that federal prod cuters are trying to build a conspiracy case against wikileaks founder julian assange. they're trying to find out if he encouraged or helped private manning. he's currently being held in a virginia prison. if assange did sell, officials believe they could charge him as a conspirator in the leak, not just a passive recipient of the documents who then published them. >>> and now here's a look at some other stories making news early today in america. in minnesota, if you really needed a more tangible idea of just how bad winter weather is, look at what this speck of metal in the snow is going to turn into. it's an abandoned c