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Morning Rundown: House Speaker outlines Israel aid plan in wake of Iran attack, 'freak show' described outside Trump trial, man kills Uber driver after both targeted in scam

Countdown's Countdowns

From the Thursday, March 4th show

Countdown’s Top Five

  2. New information involving the family of .  After an incident at a department store, a psychiatrist noted that the mother appeared to be depressed.
  3. into the secret working of the Supreme Court.
  4. The to include the newly declared independent candidate is out.  And it shows Nader not only with more initial support than analysts expected, but more than he got in the 2000 election. 
  5. A lawyer for the Bay Area fitness company alleged to be at the heart of baseball`s steroids scandal athlete anything illegal. 
  • Steroids are hardly new in sports.  Four other high profile cases:

  • The mother and daughter reunion,

    • Well, is this new?  Did FDR run for re-election in `44 talking about Pearl Harbor?  Did Lincoln actually bring up Gettysburg when he ran for is second term? 

    Today’s Top Three Newsmakers

    1. The , which accidentally issued a tsunami warning -- tidal wave warning for Eagle County, Colorado. 
    2. , not much of a getaway.
    3. .  A pornographic actor was revealed in today`s edition of a Houston newspaper as a former flight controller at NASA Mission Control.  [Warning: this is a link to a story about a porn actor.  Think about what might be on the other side of this link before you click it.]

    Let's Play Oddball!

    1. Of course don't work.
    2. And your next bit of public facility mayhem:  .

    Keeping Tabs

    1. was besieged during a live Web chat this morning with 16,000 online questions. 
    2. ; 24 hours ago, it was, when, after a 43 percent no-confidence vote, Eisner gave up the chairman`s half of his twin duties with Disney. 
    3. William Hung, back on "American Idol" this week, just about a month hence, and making his triumphal return to .
      We`re inviting to you e-mail us with the name of the song you want him to sing here on the show.