our guest this evening, mark watson, of keel asset management. thank you, mark. >> susie: here's what we're watching for tomorrow: a check on inflation at the wholesale level, with the january producer price index. the latest numbers on housing starts and weekly jobless claims. also tomorrow? general motors reports earnings. we'll see how g.m.'s turnaround is going and whether it's losing any traction in europe. >> susie: former countrywide financial c.e.o. angelo mozilo could soon be answering new questions on capitol hill. house lawmakers have asked mozilo to testifabout discounted mortgages given to members of congress as home prices were soaring. the letter cited documents that allegedly show mozilo personally referred lawmakers to a v.i.p. lending program known inside countrywide as "friends of angelo." countrywide was the nation's biggest subrpime lender before housing collapsed. >> tom: cisco systems is suing the european commission for approving microsoft's takeover of online voice and video calling service skype. cisco doesn't oppose the

mark greenblatt is here with more. >> reporter: prosecutors want to paint gabe watson as a cold, and emotionless killer who wanted tourder his bride for money. one of the prosecution's own star witnesses ended up helping the defense. for three days, the state has portrayed gabe watson as emotionless following his wife, tina's drowning. on day four, friday, incredibly, one of the prosecution's own witnesses seemed to directly contradict that. >> he did what he could do. he went to get help. >> reporter: michael moore is gabe watson's long-time friend. he told the jury watson was still devastated roughly a week after her accident. >> i asked if there was anything i could do for him. he did explain that tina's body was not going to be released. he said he wanted to stay there. and bring his bride home. it was emotional at times for both of us. >> reporter: gabe watson is accused of turning off the air to tina's tanks, shortly before she floated off to her death while on a honeymoon dive in australia. >> he was a diver. he planned this trip. >> reporter: when prosecutors tried to make the case that watson, a certified d

as mark strassmann reports, the man was suddenly set free on thursday halfway through his trial. >> gabe watsonad reason for relief. an alabama judge had acquitted the so-called honeymoon killer of murder charges and the drowning of his newlywed wife tina as he scuba dived in 2003. >> we all wanted justice, we wanted the court to hear what little information was presented and the judge determined that it wasn't enough. >> watson's defense lawyers never put on a case. judge tommy nail said they failed to prove he killed his 26-year-old bride to cash in on her $33,000 life insurance policy. >> the camera -- >> prosecutors had accused watson of drowning tina by cutting off her oxygen supply and showed this chilling photo of her lifeless body in court. >> the eyewitness testified he saw watson trying to save his wife. >> obviously we're very disappointed. >> the dead woman's father who testified yesterday insisted his son-in-law got away with murder. >> seems to be a lot more protection for the accused than there does consideration for the victim, which in this case is tina. >> i'm the most sad for

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if watson is convicted he could face the possibility of life in prison without parole. savannah? >> markter in birmingham, alabama, thank you. now a check of the weather from al. >> all right. thank you so much, savannah. we have friends here from the bahamas. >> yeah. >> usually it's a little bit better than this. >> a little bit better. >> we'll take kathie lee and hoda down there. for today we have wet weather. we've also got cooler than normal temperatures. 30s and 40s in the northeast. 20s in the northern plains and the inner mountain region, nice and warm. southern texas, 80 degrees. down in tallahassee, we're looking at temperatures in the 80s. a risk of strong storms through the gulf. rain into the mid mississippi river valley. snow in the inner mountain regions. >> good morning.cific northwest. we're awfully quiet start on this wednesday. the skies will turn mostly sunny as we move into the afternoon. >>> what's your name? where are you from? >> chris and robin hughes from monroe, louisiana. >> louisiana. good to see you. let's head back inside to matt. >> it was an eventful val

as mark straws man reports, the man accused of killing her was suddenly and dramatically set free on thursday, halfway through his trial. >> gabe watsonad reason for relief. an alabama judge had acquitted the so called honeymoon killer of murder charges in the drowning of his newlywed wife tina as they scuba dived off australia in 2003. >> we all wanted justice. we all wanted the court to hear what little information was presented, and the judge determined that it wasn't enough. >> watson's defense lawyers never even put on a case. judge tommy nail ruled prosecutors failed to prove watson incompetent tensionally killed his 26-year-old bride so he could cash in on her $33,000 life insurance policy. >> blow the camera a kissy. >> reporter: prosecutors had accused watson of drowning tina by cutting off her oxygen supply and showed this chilling photo of her lifeless body in court but the only eye witness testified he saw watson trying to save his wife. >> obviously we're very disappointed. >> reporter: tommy thomas, the dead woman's father who testified yesterday, insisted his former son-in-law had got away with murder. >> seems to be a

marks the seventh straight day military tanks pounded homes. one witness says hundreds of soldiers surrounded the city. dozens of tanks in sight. the president limited access by cnn and other international news organizations. ivan watsoning from istanbul, turkey. what is the situation unfolding, specifically? >> reporter: good morning, ted. well, residents of the city of homs woke up every morning this week to the sound of ar tillie pounding their streets fired from kilometers away fired into a city with a population of around 1 million people. one of the residents we talked to said there were airplanes flying overhead dropping bombs on the city. we cannot confirm that. another resident we talked to made a desperate plea to help get the children out of this encircled city where hundreds of people have been killed. one of the voices speaking out to raise awareness on the plate is the u.s. ambassador to damascus who had to shutter the doors of the u.s. embassy earlier this week. he spoke to cnn on friday and said there's no question that the syrian army has the monopoly of the use of force in this city. take a listen to what he had to say. >> we know who is shelling homs. it's not the armed opposition groups. it's the g

if watson is convicted he could face the possibility of life in prison without parole. savannah? >> markin birmingham, alabama, thank you. now a check of the weather from al. >> all right. thank you so much, savannah. we have friends here from the bahamas. >> yeah. >> usually it's a little bit better than this. >> a little bit better. >> we'll take kathie lee and hoda down there. for today and hoda today. we have wet weather. we also have some cooler than normal temperatures. 30s and 40s in the northeast. went in the northern plains. and the intermountain region nice and warm. tallahassee, looking at temperatures in the 80s. risk of strong storms down through the gulf. rain makes its way to the valley. plenty of sunshine making its way into the pacific northwest. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> golden sunrise on this wednesday morning. good morning. tom kierein in storm center 4. that's the live view from our pat lawson muse sky watcher camera. around the region right now, temperatures are in the upper 30s to near 40 degree