mladic, have you gone through mr. mladic with the indictment? >> absolutely, justice. >> did you at any moment gain the impression that he did not understand what the indictment was about? >> no, your honor. >> translator: not a single moment did i have that impression, your honor. >> mr. mladic, we'll proceed on the basis and you'll have further time to further study the indictment if you need the time. we'll come to that at a later stage. mr. mladic, you have the right to have that indictment to be read to you now today in court before 37 pages. but you also may wave that right so we will not read the whole of the indictment. do you want to exercise the right to have it read in full? >> translator: i do not want to have a single letter or sentence of that indictment read out to me. >> well, that's another matter. i do understand that even in stronger words you wave your right the indictment to be read out to you. nevertheless, this is put on the record that you wave this right. but nevertheless summarize the indictment briefly, both for you, b

mladic, please.ix up your defense, what you are charged, what you may have done in the past and the way in which you are treated at this very moment. and that's what i asked you about. if you have any complaints about your treatment in detention, please consult with counsel and counsel, of course, you would refer mr. mladic to the regulations for the establishment of a complaints procedure for detainees. i think mr. mladic has already received a copy of the documentation in relation to that. mr. mladic, any other matter you would like to raise in the context that is not your defense and what happened in the past, but the present situation for detention. any other matter to be raise in that respect? >> translator: if you want the proceedings to proceed as they should -- and i don't know how long that's going to be going on for, it's only known by the man up there -- i just have to say that i want to live to see that i am a free man. such as i am, i am defending my country and my people and not ratko m

earlier serbian judges rejected general mladic's appeal he was too sick to face the tribunal.ture from serbia's justice minister for mladic to be on his way. we now have a report from the hague from matthew price. >> it was a day of goodbyes for the man accused of genocide. this morning in belgrade under heavy security, ratko mladic was taken to the grave of his daughter. she killed herself with her father's gun, so upset she's rumored to have been at his role in the yugoslav wars. later, his son and wife came to bid farewell. a right his victims were never afforded. as commander of the bosnian serb forces, ratko mladic is accused of using murder, rape, torture, deportation as tools of war to clear parts of bosnia of all nonserbs. and almost two decades later, in a convoy to the airport, he was driven to face justice. away from his beloved serbia into the netherlands, and finally on to the u.n. detention center. in the end, this was a very short and quick journey for ratko mladic, but as the helicopter takes him into the hague detention facility, it brings to an end a very lon

ratko mladic arrives in holland. the syrian president, by a sharp aad aaside -- bashar al ass has made a move following weeks of anti-government protests in continuing repression by security forces that have left more than a thousand people dead. >> an innocent caught up in a bloody conflict. the funeral of someone allegedly tortured and killed by security forces, one of the youngest victims of this uprising, bringing this response from the u.s. >> i can only hope that this child did not die in vain, but that the syrian government will and the brutality and began a transition to real democracy. >> protests continue. these demonstrations the biggest challenge to the president in his 11 years in power. in a possible concession, the syrian leaders announced an amnesty for members of political groups. it is not clear whether that includes thousands of protesters. the protestors rejected that offer. the burden is too little, too late. >> a british journalist who prefers to man anonymous told me that the amnesty will not m

people and my country, not ratko mladic. >> you are charged as an individual. we will focus on the charges brought against you. >> the court appearance was watched closely in stereo. mothers whose husbands and sons were slaughtered by his troops could not stand the sight of the butcher of the balkans in sarajevo. >> we don't expect much from this trial because it will last a long time, but i wish him good health long enough to hear the verdict and to be sentenced for what he has done. >> the court session lasted only 100 minutes. his next court appearance is scheduled for july 4. >>> germany is moving closer to make its exit from nuclear power a done deal. parliament is expected to pass legislation next week to shut down all 17 nuclear power plants and the country by the year 2022. the german chancellor spent part of friday meeting with leaders to make sure that everyone is on board. b>> the chancellor courted state premiers to try to win broad consensus for the nuclear policy turnaround. merkel even agreed to amend the initial plans and allow a gradual exit fr

the international criminal tribunal for the former yugos v yugoslavia indicted mladic for the ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. mladic denies the charges, saying words he had never heard and indicated his fight for illegal battle. former serb leader is alson trial. he was arrested three years ago after being at large for almost 13 years. >>> the world health organization says the e. coli 0104 bacteria spreading in europe is a rare strain that has never been seen before. more than 1,700 people have fallen ill from a food poisoning outbreak in 12 countries, mainly in germany. 18 of them have died due to kidney failure and other problems. with h.o. said on a statement on thursday the e. coli strain is a rare one and never seen before

ratko mladic appears at the hague and dismisses the charges against him as monstrous. and going for gold. for american gymnasts shawn johnson, the road to 2012 is paved with some high-tech help. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. for weeks now, the situation in yemen has been spiraling out of control and today the country's embattled president was wounded. a short time ago state television broadcast an audio message from the salt laksaleh. is this a recipe for civil war? >> prayers' for peace and hope for change. for almost four months now, thousands have gathered in the streets, demanding one thing, that president saul lasaleh lat. they have insisted that their revolution is peaceful. >> he has ruled for 33 years. [unintelligible] >> the violence has escalated in the last 10 days, and for the first time today, a direct hit to the presidential palace. seven people were killed and the president and prime minister were both injured. in a message broadcast last friday not from a hospital, the president's ordered the security forces to purge the

in this case, one of the first oaks made by mladic, according to the guardian online, is that mladic nobody else. but mladic isn't there to answer that allegation. >> there are a lot of people questioning, and i think one of the concerns and i understand the icty had said -- had answered this. there have been concerns he would not get a fair trial. this is one of the big things they're saying. of course, this is a huge case in terms of trying to, perhaps, restore, if it was indeed damaged, the reputation and credibility of this tribunal. >> yes, i think the reputation of the tribunal hasn't been as high as it might have been and like all of these internationally created tribunals they are set up with a political purpose and can sometimes be seen as serving that purpose and that may be one of the reasons that tribunal hasn't been seen as favorably. there's absolutely no reason these men shouldn't -- or this man shouldn't have a fair trial providing prosecutors don't bend in any way to political pressure or to publicity-seeking pressure which sometimes operates. >> could that actually

the hearing was held after mladic was arrested last month ending 15 years on the run. he's accused of ordering the mass killings of mus 4ri78 limbs in july 1995 during the war in bosnia. the international criminal tribunal for the former yugos v yugoslavia indicted mladic for the ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. mladic denies the charges, saying words he had never heard and indicated his fight for illegal battle. former serb leader is alson trial. he was arrested three years ago after being at large for almost 13 years. >>> the world health organization says the e. coli 0104 bacteria spreading in europe is a rare strain that has never been seen before. more than 1,700 people have fallen ill from a food poisoning outbreak in 12 countries, mainly in germany. 18 of them have died due to kidney failure and other problems. with h.o. said on a statement on thursday the e. coli strain is a rare one and never seen before in an outbreak. the organization says it is trying to identify infection root in order to stop the spread of the bacteria. w.h.o. and researchers

then general mladic commanded serbian troops during the shelling of civilians in sarajevo. but he's most notorious for the massacre at srebrenica. his soldiers rounded up and murdered more than 7,000 muslim men and boys then dumped the bodies in mass graves. since then, most of the victims have been reburied by relatives who think a trial in the hague is too good for him. "they should bring him here so we mothers can convict him" says shura maleic whose sons were killed at srebrenica. but on the other side of the ethnic divide that persists in this region, hard core serbian nationalists revere ratko mladic. >> he is our war hero. he is the one who fought for serbs. >> reporter: but the way he fought on those balkan battlefields in the eyes of prosecutors at the international criminal court amounts to war crimes-- including genocide. elizabeth palmer, cbs news, london. >> smith: here at home, the performance of the housing industry is key to an economic recovery, but the housing market is sliding backward. a report out today says home prices are down more than 5% in the past

ratko mladic was extradited from serbia today to face a u.n.tribunal in the netherlands. the former bosnian serb general is accused in the murders of 8,000 bosnian muslims and other atrocities. we have a report from paul davies of independent television news. >> reporter: the sudden presence of dozens of heavily armed special police officers outside his belgrade prison was the first sign that, after a 16-year wait, justice was finally moving fast for ratko mladic. somewhere in this convoy bound for the airport, and ultimately the international court at the hague, is the bosnian serb general whose attempt to avoid extradition on grounds that he wasn't well enough to travel had just been rejected. >> with the extradition of ratko mladic to the hague, the republic of serbia has fulfilled moral and international obligation, and with it can prove that we meet our commitments. >> reporter: these are the only moving pictures of mladic we've seen since his arrest last week. his family say he's suffered two strokes and won't survive a trial. this rally

the world's attention turned to verb with the arrest of ratko mladic. mladic has been extradited to the hague where he faces 11 charges for war crimes. he's expected to appear in court tomorrow. i am very pleased to have vuk jeremic at this table for the first time to talk about jaesh and the region that he knows so well. even though... welcome. even though you left to go to london with yr family and therefore eventually went to cambridge and... for your education. >> well, that was a very difficult time. i was part of this generation that left exyugoslavia. i come from a mixed family. >> rose: mixed i what way? >> my father i serb my mother is boss knee yak. there wereundreds of thousands of mixed families at the time and my family left the beginning of the war. i was a part of the democracy vement, the resistance movement to the dictatorship of slobodan milosevic and my return back home was related to the instigation of democracy in serbia. >> rose: but tell me today what of the... how is that remembered that awful period in the history with the break

the serbian government delivered a ratko mladic to the hague yesterday. he was arrested last year and serbia after more than 50 years in hiding. on friday, he is scheduled be formally charged with genocide and other crimes -- after 15 years in hiding. apeter is here to talk about another bailout of greece. >> they say could be the beginning of the end of the crisis. it looks like there will be a new bailout. the european union economic affairs administrator said there close to a rescue package to prevent greek from -- to prevent greece from defaulting on their debt. there have been negotiating new loans they desperately need to stay solvent. the deal is expected to include more government spending cuts that have triggered angry protests in athens, as well as privatizing state of assets. greece is still close to bankruptcy despite the bailout from the e.u. and the imf last year. >>> the chinese computer maker elnova - lenova is purchasing a german firm. they have been expanding its side of china at a speedy pace. >> this is where they want to grow, on the

i am ratko mladic. i did not kill croats as croats, and i am not killing anyone either in libya or in africa. i was just defending my country. >> reporter: "the whole world knows who i am," he said. and then to the widows of the murdered, a direct sign and a wave. he was feet from them, protected by bullet-proof glass. >> holman: it's expected the mladic trial could last several years. the u.n. refugee agency has confirmed finding the bodies of at least 150 people off tunisia. they drowned this week when their ship capsized. the incident happened 12 miles from the kerkennah islands. more than 800 people were on the vessel, fleeing the violence in libya. nearly 600 of the refugees survived. more than 100 others still are missing. the u.s. house today rebuked president obama for sending u.s. forces against libya without congressional approval. all but ten republicans, joined by 45 democrats, voted for the non-binding resolution. it called for the president to provide mission details and cost figures withi

mladic was arrested last week in verb ya after a 16-year manhunt.remic. >> what's important precondition for lasting reconciliation is the balkans establish the full truth about what happened during that terrible decade of the 1990s. first and foremost we expect the trial will bring up the truth. >> ultimately how was he caught? where did they find him? >> he was -- his last hiding place was in a small village in northern serbia and he was found after we came across a piece of information leading to his arrest. >> there is a report this morning from his attorney that he's been suffering from cancer since 2009. was actually treated in ray serbian hospital and had chemotherapy. do you think that should play any role whatsoever in how he is prosecuted. >> i'm not that much of a legal expert to be able to answer that but i'm sure a u.n. court set up in the hague is going to deal with it in an adequate man sdmrer how important has this been, the fact he's been captured and after 16 year, this extensive manhunt that he's finally being brought to justice.

it's the first public appearance from mladic since he went on the run 16 years ago. he told the court he's a gravely ill man. he was captured in serbia last week. he is accused of genocide and war crimes that claimed the lives of 100,000. >>> coming up on "morning news," on this friday, an important jobs report is expected to show where the economy is headed. >>> plus, you'll be amazed at the word she spelled to become the national champion. this is the "cbs morning news." with chili's new $6 lunch break. choose a texas toast half-sandwich, like our classic turkey, piled high and tasty. pair with a delicious soup or house salad. served with seasoned fries, it's big flavor for just 6 bucks -- weekdays at chili's. there's another way to minimize litter box odor: purina tidy cats. tidy cats premium line of litters now works harder to help neutralize odors in multiple-cat homes. and our improved formula also helps eliminate dust. so it's easier than ever to keep your house smelling just the way you want it. purina tidy cats. keep your home smelling like home. some consti

. >> it has been confirmed the former bozz anyian-serb -- bos nmplet ia -- bosnian-serb leader mladic will appear in court on friday. of. >> admissions to allegations of corruption and that the bidding process had tained fifa. >> he tried to show a display of shock, but this was not an election. fifa did its belft to keep up the pretense, take -- best to keep up the pretense. he didn't take too long, and here's why -- just one name on the ballot paper. this was a different fifa president from the defensive figure of two days ago. following his election, he looked more sure footed promising reform and calling on football's structured family to reunite. >> i do ven expect anymore battles, why we should expect that. now we are going into a new period of the fifa transparancy and the fifa controlling system. >> but not everyone wanted him to serve a fourth term. the head of english football asked for a postponement. >> the election has turned into a one-horse racism in -- race. in few of the football association, this should be avoided for the sake of fifa and the president it's sefment a

. >>> the serbian government has sent former bosnian-serb commander radko mladic to the u.n. tribunal in the hague. on tuesday he was flown from belgrade to the hague for detention. he was indicted for the indiscriminate shelling of sarajevo during the 43-month siege and the massacre of 8,000 muslims during the war in bosnia. he had been at large for 15 years until serbian police arrested him in a farm house in northern serbia on thursday. the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia in 1996 for crimes against humanity. he is expected to be brought before a u.n. judge in a day or two for a preliminary hearing. the handover is one of the conditions set by the european union for serbia to join the bloc. >>> the earthquake and tsunami of march 11th dealt a terrible blow to many of japan's museums and art galleries. thousands of valuable natural specimens and cultural artifacts have been damaged and face permanent ruin. but as we see in this next report museums from all over the country are helping restore damaged specimens. >> reporter: after the tsunami this ci

. >> the former bosnian serb army commander ratko mladic has made his first appearance at the war crimes court in the hague. he refused to enter a plea on the charges he faces, including the massacre at srebrenica which claimed the lives of up to 8000 muslim men and boys. he told the tribunal he was gravely ill and needed more time to understand the charges. a former u.s. senator and democratic vice presidential candidate john edwards has been indicted on felony charges by a federal grand jury. during the 2008 presidential race mr. edwards is accused of spending nearly $1 million of campaign money to cover an extramarital affair. he has pleaded not guilty to the charges. european and imf officials say that greece will receive -- say that greece will receive another bailout. they have had a notable pickup in exports. the greek government plans further austerity measures. there has been a further sign that the economic recovery in the united states is weakening. unemployment has risen above 9% and only 54,000 jobs were generated in may, far fewer than expected. it is the latest in a series

other news from around the world the lawyer representing the former bosnian serb commander rad co-mladic says he's in a prison hospital at the war crimes tribunal in the haig. he said he was treated for cancer two years ago while he was on the run. he was treated for lymphoma in 2009 in a belgrade hospital. an american couple who kidnapped a schoolgirl and held her can'tive for nearly two decades -- captive for nearly two decades has been sentenced to life in prison. jaycee dugard was abducted in 1990 by philip garrido and his wife, nancy. china denied any responsibility for cyber attacks on the personal email accounts of senior american officials. the u.s. government says it's investigating the allegations which relate to g-mail accounts hosted by google. the attacks were reported by the company yesterday and along with claims that they originated in eastern china. power security correspondent has the report. -- our security correspondent has the report. >> the battle over cyber space is intensifying. countries wanting not just to defend but also attack. the latest target, top officials

let's turn to the man known now as the butcher of bosnia, ratko mladic.hiding for about 15 years. he's now been charged with war crimes, things like genocide, ethnic cleansing, that massacre at srebrenica. >> he's going to have a stoic defense. he's proud of his military career and proud of the way he handled himself. i think he's proud of his accomplishments. i think he's going to say that's the course of treatment and the way i have to be as a leader. i had to take care and protect my people. this was as a casualty of war and i did nothing out of the ordinary. it's kind of absurd. >> avery, go ahead. >> yeah, they have to put some kind of defense on. to be honest with you, it would be baffling to figure out what it is. they actually have a videotape where he boasts about the revenge taken for the murder of serbians, what they were back in the 18th century. he says it. they have video and they have his personal diary. so we even saw that sort of mindless macho behavior in the courtroom where he ignored the judge yesterday and said, i'm not going to enter

established precisely because there was no domestic, there were no domestic trials of people like mladic, and the reason there weren't is because there was a civil war going on. so the bosnians who are committing war crimes or the zerbes who were create -- serbs who were committing war crimes were committing crimes in other countries, right? the serbing didn't want to prosecute their own people because they thought, maybe they approved, maybe they didn't approve, but they were their guys. so this tribunal was set up precisely in order to insure that these people would, ultimately, be prosecuted. now, the tribunals are models on the nuremberg tribunals. there's no jury, it's just a bunch of international judges. and a number of people are concerned that when you have an international court like this, you're not going to have adequate procedural protections with the result that, you know, maybe innocent people will be convicted, although it's very hard to believe that mladic is innocent. that's the trade-off that you make. this is, you know, right at the heart of the debates about internat

mladic asked for more time to enter a plea and told the judge that he is gravely ill.200,000 muslims died in the civil war, including 8,000 muslim men and boys slaughtered back in 1995. >>> it is a story that broke during this newscast yesterday. we told you about this man that goes on a shooting spree in arizona and police are now revealing what happened. it involves divorce. that is next. >>> also, cnn has officially announced which republicans will be squaring off in the new hampshire debate and there are a couple of surprises. that's next. [ male announcer ] breathe, socket. just breathe. we know it's intimidating. instant torque. top speed of 100 miles an hour. that's one serious machine. but you can do this. any socket can. the volt only needs about a buck fifty worth of charge a day, and for longer trips, it can use gas. so get psyched. this is a big step up from the leafblower. chevrolet volt. the 2011 north american car of the year. >>> new developments in the air zone. >>> shooting case. a 73-year-old man killed five people, four in yuma county, one in the ci

. >>> this is new video of mladic in the netherlands. he told the judge he was defending his people and country during the bosnian war. he's accused of nitrosties in the war that claimed more than 100,000 lives. >>> the only medical marijuana dispensary in east pal low alto is fighting to -- palo alto is fighting to stay in business. they went before the city council last night making its case on why it should stay open. east palo alto has ordered the collective to close. they say the city code is too vague about what is and isn't allowed to be in business and using a dictionary definition as a defense. attorney general erik holder is promising a new clarification about the councils view very soon. >>> how does the traffic look, sal? >> it looks pretty good. there is not a lot going on. there is a new crash northbound 101 just after san francisco airport. it looks like it just came in. so popped up at 5:46 here it is 5:48. we are still getting details on that. let's look at the bay bridge commute. traffic is moving along realtively well.

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here are some stories to watch today on abc news -- former bosnian serb military commander ratko mladical today,. he's accused of genocide and crimes against humanity. >>> unemployment numbers for may are released later this morning. analysts first predicted employers made 180,000 hires last month. that some admit the estimate is overly optimistic. >>> president obama heads to toledo, ohio, today and will tell chrysler workers that the government no longer owns a share of their company. good news there. >> all right, finally, maybe the dorkiest event held on -- who am i, i have a pretty big dork side. >> we all do. everyone has an inner dork. >> it's okay. all right. >> on espn, annual scripps national spelling bee finals in washington, d.c. >> i like the spelling bee. not a contact sport. it its pure entertainment. don't forget, $40,000 on the line as well. karen travers shows us the big moment. >> h-o-u-s. [ applause ] >> reporter: with that word, sukanya roy became the winner of the 84th edition of the scripps national spelling bee. the 14-year-old from pennsylvania beat out 274 othe

. >>> the former military leader of the bosnian serbs, ratko mladic has spent his first night at a unitedflown there yesterday under heavy security. he is awaiting trial on war crime charges for his role in the brutal bosnian war of the '90s. mladic is held responsible for the massacre of 8,000 men and boys. >>> there are new questions this morning about safety of interstate bus travel after another fatal accident. >> four women were killed when their bus overturned on a virginia highway. now the driver has been charged, toman bradley, has been looking into the bus company safety record. good morning, toman. >> reporter: good morning, peggy and daniel, this scene has become frighteningly familiar. another commercial bus nightmare this time in virginia. virginia state police say this sky express bus traveling from greensboro to new york flipped over on interstate 95 in virginia. four people were killed, about a dozen injured. >> everybody was pretty much sleeping. and then all of a sudden, you know, you're flipping over. and you're -- you know, you just don't know what happened. >> reporte

you know, osama bin laden, ratko mladic and now whitey bulger. it's not been a couple good months for serial killers. >> rose: (laughs) thank you very much, kevin, thank you, abby. >> thanks. >> rose: in his famous 1944 speech "the spirit of liberty" judge learned hand told his audience in central park "i often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon laws, upon courts. these are false hopes. believe me, these are false hopes. liberty lies in the hearts of men and women. when it die there, no constitution, no law, no court can ever do much to help it." the debate over the scope and the meaning of the constitution is as alive today as it was on september 17, 1787 when it was first adopted. joining meow is "time" magazine's managing editor richard stengel. he has written about the u.s. constitution in this week's issue. it asks "does it still matter?" i'm pleased to have rick stengel back at this tle. welcome. >> thanks, charlie. great to be here. by the way... >> rose: yes he? >> learned hand also said in that spee

. >>> ratko mladic will be aryaned by the tribunal on friday. they want to now how he evaded capture for 16 years. he spent the night in isolation and faces 11 charges including genocide for his alleged roll in the killing of 8,000 muslims during the bosnian war. >>> nato will extend its air campaign in libya for another 90 days. officials say that decision sends a clear message to moammar gadhafi that nato is determined to protect the libyan people. >>> more violence in yemen and syria. >> in yemen's capital, 41 people died in fighting this morning between government forces and rebel trinsmen and near duraa in southern syria, shelling by army troops have killed at least eight including an 11 years girl. >>> new information about the arrest of two terror suspects who appeared in court in louisville, kentucky, yesterday, an unusual case connected back to iraq. bob orr is in washington with more on this story. bob, good morning to you. exactly who are these men and what are they charged with right now? >> very interesting case. both suspects are f

. >>> former bosnian serb war commander ratko mladic made his first appearance before a war crimes tribalefused to enter a plea on charges that he ordered the massacre of thousands of muslims during the bossy nan war. his demeanor was described as defiant and combative. >> translator: i would like to receive what you've read out just now, these obnoxious charges leveled against me. >> assisted suicide advocate dr. jack kevorkian died today in detroit. kevorkian helped more than 100 terminally ill people end their lives during the 1990s. earning him the nickname dr. death. he went to prison in 1999 for eight years. kevorkian gave his last tv interview to cnn's dr. sanjay gupta and it happened a year ago this month. >> any regrets about anything? >> no. >> none? >> no. no. the only regrets i have is i could have treated my parents better and my sisters better, you know, it's personal relationships. but anything else i've done, anything i've done publicly, especially since graduation, is all my doing. i take full blame. >>> more now on the indictment of former presidential candidate john edw

. >>> this morning accused war criminal ratko mladic appeared at the haig for genocide and other war crimes he's accused of perpetrating during the bosnian war, including the mass murders of 8,000 men and boys. he shook his head as the charges were read and refused to enter a plea. >>> new concerns are coming to light as scientists probe the deadliest e. coli strain on record in europe. they say the bacteria uses a rare gene and highly poisonous toxins to glue itself to the patients' intestines causing particularly dangerous neurological and renal problems. so far at least 17 people have died and 1,500 people have been sickened by the strain, most of them in germany. >>> just days after repaying most of its bailout loans, chrysler is set to cut its financial ties with the u.s. government. italian automaker fiat is buying the u.s. treasury share in chrysler for half a billion dollars. president obama visits a chrysler factory today in ohio where he's expected to noungs the agreement that will however ultimately cost the u.s. government about $1.3 billion. >>> the air force confirms it

war crimes trial at the hague scheduled hearings for ratko mladic to face the genocide charges from the bosnian war. he spent his first night at the hague in isolation. >>> now to wall street. mandy drury is at the stock exchange for us this morning. how is it looking? >> it's another big economic day. we got numbers on the economy. they suggest we are going through a soft patch, but the market rallied anyway. they were cheered for efforts in europe to contain the greek debt crisis. there is one positive side effect of the softer economy. that's lower gasoline prices. aaa says the average gallon of gas has now dropped by 20 cents from a month ago. that's good news for drivers. the only question is whether it stays that way or even goes lower. back to you. >> we can hope so. mandy drury at the new york stock exchange, thank you. >>> the miami heat got fired up, burning the dallas mavericks and winning game one of the nba finals. lebron, or kingring 24 points, taking the heat to a 92-84 victory. by the way, the pucks drop here tonight for the game one of the nhl stanley cup finals between